Book - "Ethnic Museums and Heritage Sites in the United States"

In the Tribune travel section, they mentioned this book:
Ethnic Museums and Heritage Sites in the United States

"This comprehensive directory, the first of its kind, provides information about more than 1,100 museums and sites devoted to 55 ethnic groups. Organized alphabetically by ethnic group, entries include a description of each site and of its collections and facilities, along with complete contact information, website, hours and ticket information."

EMNFD: Lost&found, February teaching

Received from Harry:

Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers announce

Found 1/26 – Olive-green suede Salomon clogs size 42. Are they yours?

Throughout February – teaching dances from Madison Folk Ball

Bulgarian, Albanian, Swiss-Italian, Canadian Métis

February 9 – Celebrate February birthdays
and EMNFD team 5^th anniversary

Lake Street Church of Evanston – Lake St and Chicago Ave
enter from courtyard – 7:30-10:30pm

always $5

Coming up – EMNFD guest teachers:

March 16 - Nina Kavardjilova (Bulgarian)

March 23 - Ahmet Luleci (Turkish)

Save the date:

Balkanske Igre Spring Festival March 20-22

International House, Univ. of Chicago

EDC + Latvian Association Super Bowl Party / Ethnic Dance Party

Received from Paul:

Dear Folks:

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#1: Jan 30 – New Location & Time for EDC Last Friday Meetings
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NOTE NEW LOCATION for Last Fridays

To: The S.P.A.C.E. Academy and Art Center
3433 W Peterson Ave - Chicago, IL 60659
S Side of Peterson (6000N) W of Kimball (3400W)
Between St Louis (3430 W) & Bernard (3450 W)

NOTE TIME CHANGE: 9:00pm to Midnite

Directions: www.ethnicdance.net/directions_spacecenter.html


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#2: Feb 1 – Super Bowl Party / Ethnic Dance Party
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Dancing Before, During and After the Game

Super Bowl Party / Ethnic Dance Party at the Chicago Latvian Cultural
Center from 4:30pm to 10:00pm - 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618,
(NW Side) at corner of Elston (NW Diagonal & Hamlin (3800W), street
parking on Elston & Hamiln

Directions: www.ethnicdance.net/directions_latviancenter.html
RSVP: (773)-266-2687, marakins@rcn.com
Dancing Before, During and After the Game
Donation: $5.00/person (Food Included) - Pay at the door!
Food Included: Chili, Pizza, Veggies, Dips, Chips, Other Snacks
Bring Desserts if you like.
Cash Bar for Beer, Wine, Sodas
More detailed info: www.ethnicdance.net/calendar

EDC weekly dance schedule: www.ethnicdance.net/schedule

North Central Coll. Intl Fest Sun Feb 8 12-4 Naperville

NCC's 13th annual International Festival

North Central College's (NCC) 13th Annual International Festival will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, from noon to 4pm at the Merner Field House, 450 S. Brainard St. in Naperville.

Performances throughout the afternoon, including: the Girl Scouts of DuPage County, McNulty Irish Dancers, NARTAN Indian dance group, Weber Irish Dancers, Ray Chinese School, Apollo Dance Troupe, Wisla Polish Folk Dancers, Glen Ellyn Aikido Club and North Central College's International Club.

For more information about the festival, click here call the Office of International Programs at 630-637-513

University of Chicago Folk Festival. February 6-8, 2009

The 49th Annual U. of C. Folk Festival will be Feb. 6-8, 2009.
Click here for more info.

01/08/09 – EDC Midwest Ethnic Dance/Music News Update

Received from Paul:

You’re receiving this message because you’re on one of the following
distribution lists:
1) Ethnic Dance Chicago (www.ethnicdance.net)
2) Door County Folk Festival (www.dcff.net)
or from a posting through the
3) Eastern European Folklife Center (www.eefc.org)

Message Contents
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#1: Jan 17 - Winter Party-in Chicago w/Prazna Flasha Tamburitzans
#2: Jan 16-18 - Scandinavian Dance Workshop in St Louis
#3: Jan 16-18 - 24th Annual Golden Festival in New York City
#4: Jan 20 – EDC Excursion – Inauguration Day Dinner/Dance
#5: Jan 23-25 – 21st Annual Madison Folk Ball Festival
#6: Jan 26 Bulgarian Dance Workshop in Detroit w/Iliana Bozhanova
#7: Jan 30 – New Location & Time for EDC Last Friday Meetings
#8: Feb 6-8 - 48th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival
#9: Feb 13-15 – Snopa #23 – Twin Cities Winter Workshop
#10: Feb 13-15 - Bulg Dance Wkshp in St Louis w/Iliana Bozhanova
#11: Feb 14 – Internatnl Evening-St Sava Cultural Center-Milwaukee
#12: Mar 15 - Duquesne University Tammmies in Merrillville, IN
#13: Mar 20-22 - Balkanske Igre Spring Festival in Chicago
#14: Mar 20-21 - English-American-Scandi Dance Weekend-Urbana, IL
#15: Apr 5 - Duquesne University Tammmies in Milwaukee, WI
#16: Apr 18 - Fox Valley (WI) Folkdancers (Appleton, WI), Workshop
#17: Apr 25 - Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society 20th Anniversary
#18: May 1-3 - Detroit Folk Dance Camp-Camp High Scope, Clinton, MI
#19: May 1-3 - Festival of Nations in St Paul, MN
#20: May 1-2 - 53rd Annual Pittsburgh Folk Festival
#21: May 27 - Duquesne University Tamburitzans in Marquette, MI
#22: May 27-30 - Chicago Turkish Festival
#23: Jun 5-7 – Regional June Camp-Beloit(WI) (Florescu/Dion)
#24: Jul 8-12 – 30th Annual Door County(WI) Folk Festival (Wed-Sun)
#25: Mailing List Policies for www.ethnicdance.net/www.dcff.net

More detailed info: www.ethnicdance.net/calendar

EDC weekly dance schedule: www.ethnicdance.net/schedule

Madison Folk Ball Jan 23-25, 2009

Received from Michael:

You and your party-hearty friends are invited
to enjoy Madison's 21st annual
FOLK BALL FESTIVAL
January 23-25, 2009
Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street, Madison WI)
featuring YVES MOREAU and DENNIS GROVE

Miraculously funded by your generous voluntary donations --
make one full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Great Hall
or donate at each event you attend, but do what you can to keep
Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration!
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Friday Night Dance Parties -- three of them!
INTERNATIONAL DANCE: Great Hall (4th floor) 7:30-midnight.
CAJUN STRANGERS -- Yes, Cajun - Madison
YID VICIOUS -- Virtuous Klezmer (Yiddish) - Madison
IZVOR ORCHESTRA -- Flagship Ethnic Band of Milwaukee
cameo by TRI BRATOVCHEDKI -- Eastern European Singers
CONTRA DANCE: Tripp Commons (2nd floor east)
7:30-8:00 instruction, dancing 8:00-11:00 or later if you like...
Calling by Karen Kaufman, Music by DUCK FOR THE OYSTER.
Info: Roger foolong@pobox.com / 608-242-0373.
Suggested donation $7.
HUNGARIAN TANCHAZ (village-style "dance-house")
Beefeaters Room (3rd floor east)
8:00pm -- music by SZASZKA (traditional string band)
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Saturday Folk Arts Workshops
10-noon Great Hall BULGARIAN / BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
10-noon Tripp Commons CROSS STEP WALTZ -- Jeanette Watts
10-Noon Beefeaters Yid Vicious documentary film "Car-Free Klezmer"
12-1 Beefeaters Rm Brownbag Lunch /Culture Corner -- Yves Moreau
1-3pm Great Hall METIS TRADITIONAL DANCE -- Dennis Grove
1-3pm Tripp Commons SERBIAN FOLKDANCE -- Michael Malich
1-3pm Old Madison Rm FAMILY DANCE -- Duck for the Oyster
1-3pm Beefeaters Rm AFRICAN DRUMMING -- Eku Emmanuel & Atimevu Drum &
Dance
3-5pm Great Hall BULGARIAN / BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
3-5pm Tripp Commons WEST AFRICAN DANCE -- Abu Muhammed
with Atimevu Drum &
Dance
3-5pm Old Madison Rm A CAPPELLA SINGING -- Tri Bratovchedki & Friends
3-5pm Round Table Storytelling "Tell-Around" -- Reid Miller
3-5pm Beefeaters Yid Vicious documentary film "Car-Free Klezmer"
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Visit Joan Amsterdam's folkstuff shop in Great Hall anytime Saturday!
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Saturday BUFFET DINNER - serving at 5:00 in the Union
(Inn Wisconsin Room - 2nd floor east)
Lasagna (meat or vegetarian), salad, Italian squash medley,
bread sticks, cookies, coffee/tea/milk.
Per person $17.50. Reservations required -- accepted thru Sunday, Jan.18.
Contact Michael mk@mailbag.com / 608-241-3655
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The Legendary FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY (Great Hall)
Saturday 7:00pm-1:00am
Music By:
ORKESTAR BEZ IME -- IFD Band from Twin Cities
VESELIYKA -- Village-Style Balkan Band - Madison
SLOBODA -- Milwaukee's Full-Spectrum Ethnic Sound
REPTILE PALACE ORCHESTRA -- High-Octane Eclectic Ethnic
Early Evening Dance Perfs: SUMADIJA Serbian Folk Dance Ensemble
(Milwaukee),
NASHENCHETA & MITRONIYA Bulgarian dance ensembles (Chicago)
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Sunday Workshops / Reviews at Great Hall
10:30am - 3:30pm BULGARIAN/BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
and METIS DANCE -- Dennis Grove
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Survivors Dance Party -- Sunday 8:00-11:00pm
at The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue
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Presented by Madison Folk Dance Club.
Sponsored by Department of Slavic Languages, Global Connections, Students
for WORT.
Welcomed by WORT 89.9FM Community-Sponsored Radio.
To offer or ask crash space: Tami 608-274-3132 tjdettin@yahoo.com
Folk Ball website: http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html
for workshop details, schedule updates, lodging information, and such.
Further Info: Michael 608-241-3655 mk@mailbag.com

Reuters Morris Dancing article

Click here
for an article entitled "Morris dancers urge young to strap on the bells"

NBC TV "Superstars of Dance" starts tonight (Jan 4, 2009)

Here a link, in case my attempt to embed the promo clip from youtube doesn't work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EutEn0B32Ag

Tamburitzans at Moraine Valley CC Jan 17, 2009

Nikola forwarded this info:

Tamburitzans
Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.
$20 general public / $15 seniors / $10 students and MVCC staff
Dorothy Menker Theater
America’s longest-running multicultural song and dance company, the Duquesne University Tamburitzans is a unique ensemble of talented young folk artists dedicated to the performance and preservation of the music, songs, and dances of Eastern Europe and neighboring folk cultures – a carousel of style and color from the first note to the final stomp.
This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, with additional contributions from Illinois Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.

Old Town School World Music Wednesday concerts

Click here for schedule of world music concerts at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago

No Dancing in Downers Grove Fridays 11/28, 12/26, 1/2/09

We're not going to be dancing in Downers Grove the day after Thanksgiving (11/28), nor the day after Xmas (12/26), nor the day after New Years (1/2). However, we will be holding our annual New Years Day Party

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New Years Day Folk Dance + Potluck in Downers Grove

Date: Thurs., January 1, 2009

Time: 1:00pm-6:00pm,   potluck meal around 3:00pm

Place: St. Paul's UCC Fellowship Hall

Address: 5739 Dunham Rd.,  Downers Grove, IL

Req. Donation: $1+Potluck dish to share

Click here for directions