Argonne International Folk Dancing: October 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

KOLO Concert Oct. 30 Harris Theater Chicago

Nikola alerted us to this upcoming concert:
KOLO Concert | Events | 2011-2012-season | Harris Theater Chicago
Serbian National Ensemble Kolo
October 30, 2011, 7pm
Harris Theater, Chicago

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Friday night dance cartoon

http://www.gocomics.com/working-daze/2011/10/22

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sad News: Phyllis Spiegel

Phyllis didn't dance with the Argonne group, but many of you may know her from Lake Geneva/Oconomowoc camp. Here is her obituary.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Tango at West Chicago library Oct. 27, Nov 17, Dec 29

Drop-in Argentine Tango dance instruction at the West Chicago library 6pm-7pm Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 29.
http://triblocal.com/west-chicago/calendar/2011/10/27/you-can-dance/
Registration form

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts, Oct. 22 at Fermilab, and other upcoming dance events

Received from Mady:

Lots of fun dance events coming up, in addition to the late October Halloween fun.

Fermilab’s dance groups are sponsoring a special full-day and evening Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts on Saturday, October 22, at Fermilab’s Kuhn Village Barn. Jeanette will be teaching Cross-Step Waltz and its variations as well as Mazurka Waltz . You can check out the former in this classic video by Richard Powers (one of Jeanette’s teachers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2BLHpVBT4
and Mazurka Waltz is shown in the following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZozQKadkw

Details are on the flyer at http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/WaltzWorkshop.pdf
There will be 3 workshops during the day (at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) and an evening Waltz party with some live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band in the evening. Workshops are $10 each, or there is a full-day-plus-evening price of $30.

The flyer doesn’t mention it, but I think we’ll plan a potluck supper to go between the afternoon workshops and evening party. There is refrigeration in the Barn, and a place to plug in appliances, but no real kitchen.

Jeanette will also teach a workshop on the Basics of Bellydance on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. That will be held on the stage at Fermilab’s Ramsey Auditorium in the Wilson Hall high-rise (where international and Scottish dancing is held in the summer).

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I’m too modest to advertise the weekend *I* am calling and teaching this coming weekend, Oct.14 - 15, but I can forward on this mention from Sue Hanson of Urbana:
“If you are a dance gypsy and don't mind last minute plans …. this weekend of traditional
dance sounds like a good one.
They will have American, Folk, and English. Mady Newfield, our folk dance
instructor for Marchfest, will be teaching English and International. Dale
Schreiber will teach Old Time Contra Squares and Rounds. There will be live
music by the Cosmic Otters (English/American) and Do Zore (International).

11TH ANNUAL Fairwater I.F.D Weekend
October 14 - 15 weekend
Fairwater, Wisconsin
Info at https://sites.google.com/site/folkdanceworkshop/ “

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And from Dan Garvin in Minneapolis, another reminder about the Oct. 28 – 30 weekend with Kete Ilievski teaching Macedonian dance at Tapestry.

“There is still time to take advantage of the early bird weekend package discount for Tapestry Folkdance Center's Fall Workshop with Kete Ilievski. The weekend package price is $55 for Tapestry members or $65 for non-members if your registration is postmarked no later than 10/14/11. This covers all four teaching sessions and the Saturday night dance party.

After the 14th, both prices increase by $15 -- still a savings compared to paying for each event separately. “

http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/
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That same weekend, Oct 28 – 30, there is a Swedish dance weekend at Folklore Village with Roo Lester. http://folklorevillage.org/t2/calendar#Fall Swedish
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Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers will host noted Bulgarian dance teacher, Daniela Ivanova, on Monday, Oct. 17., at their usual location , the Lake Street Church of Evanston, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Evanston is also planning a Potluck Dinner and Dance for Saturday, Nov. 5.
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And don’t forget Halloween parties – at Fermilab we’ll celebrate the holiday with a Tuesday 10/25 Scottish dance party, a Thursday 10/27 international dance party, and English country dancing with live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band on Sunday 10/30.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

1952 Finnish Lumberjack version of Tokyo Polka (no, really!)

Ellen's tree in the fall

It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Riverwalk in Naperville, so we went and checked out Ellen's tree to see what it looked like with fall colors:

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Daniela Ivanova at EMNFD, Evanston, IL, Mon. Oct. 17

Received from Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers:

Monday October 17

Bulgarian Dances with Daniela Ivanova

at Lake Street Church of Evanston

607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue

enter through courtyard arched entry on Chicago Avenue

7:30-10:30 p.m. Only $5.00

Dani is a dance researcher, choreographer, singer, and poet. She was with us in 2006 and 2009 for memorable evenings. See her bio.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Monday, October 3, 2011

Back from Oconomowoc camp, where a good time was had by all. As promised, here are video clips of the dances. Sorry for the delay, I had to figure out how to shorten some of them so that they'd be accepted for upload.

Update 9/19/2017: videos also available in youtube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLijPtPxfVqUxdgmrCR1p09D18vQJPJUot

Carnaval de Lantz

Romanian Club Life

Bou Nashir L'Eretz Yafa

Debarska Svadba

Brass Band Dances (3)

Dar Gorani

Domino 5

Maple Leaf Stomp

Reel of the 51st Division

Turning by Threes

Tokyo Polka

Argonne International Folk Dancing