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