Upcoming workshop dates at Fermilab IFD and elsewhere

Received from Mady:

Hi,

Happy Friday the 13^th (one of my favorite dates).

I’m sending a reminder about the upcoming workshop at Fermilab international folk dancing next Thursday, as well as advance notice of another *two* workshop evenings planned for this spring at Fermilab as well as upcoming weekends. There’s lots going on!

This coming Thursday, March 19, we’re pleased to have Nina Kavardjikova back at Fermilab for a workshop on Bulgarian dance. (She was here in 1995 and taught such dances as Filek and Svornato). We’ll start at 7:30 p.m., at Kuhn Village Barn as usual. For a workshop we request a donation of $8 adult, $4 student, but you can give what you wish – the main thing is, please come! There’s more info about Nina at http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/kavardjikova_n.htm

We are also looking forward to a workshop on dances of Greece with Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi, on Thursday, April 30, at Kuhn Village Barn at Fermilab. You can read more about him at http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/graziosi_j.htm.

And on Thursday, May 14, please join us for a workshop with Chicago’s own multi-talented dance expert, John Parrish (before he moves to Detroit). He’ll teach some French dances, but given his wide knowledge, we’ll be glad to see what else might come up! At the Barn, as usual, 7:30 p.m.

And a heads up that Fermilab International Folk Dancing will be cancelled on Thursday, June 4. We’ve decided to begin June Camp with a dance party Thursday evening and some extra activities Friday. So, if you can, think about coming to Beloit College to catch that great weekend with Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion, now Thursday June 4 to Sunday, June 7 (but you can come for only part of it, if necessary). The registration fliers will be ready very soon with full details. Please let me know if you want to be added to the list for further June Camp announcements or check out the June Camp website later this week. You’ll find a link to it on the Fermilab IFD website, which is at  http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/.

Aside from Fermilab’s schedule, there are other workshops to mention. You can catch Nina Kavardjikova this coming Monday night, March 16, at the Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers, and next weekend, March 20-22, at the Chicago Spring Festival. The detailed schedule for the spring festival – which also features Ahmet Luleci (Turkish), Atanas Kolarovski (Macedonian) and Sani Rifati (Rom), as well as lots of great live music -  is now available. Check with John Kuo for more info, at  balkanske_igre@yahoo.com , or let me know and I can email you the schedule.  Ahmet will also give a workshop Monday March 23 at the Evanston group.

Also next weekend, March 20-22 is a festival of Traditional Dance and Music in Champaign-Urbana, with Chicago dance teachers Tom Senior (English and Contra) and Roo Lester (Scandinavian). More info on that at www.prairienet.org/ciecd/weekend.html

Hope you have a fine St. Patrick’s Day and a great entry into spring, with lots of good dancing!

Mady