Chicago World Music Festival Sep 11-21 2014

The 16th Annual World Music Festival Chicago will take place Thursday, September 11 – Sunday, September 21, 2014 and is presented by the City of Chicago and produced by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. City-wide, multi-venue, eleven-day festival 

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/world_music_festival.html/

Here are just a few of the events from the above link:

Nicolae Feraru & His Gypsy Band (Romania| USA) | Calypso Rose with Kobo Town (Trinidad & Tobago| Canada)

Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
3pm

Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia)

Orkesta Mendoza (México| Tucson, AZ, USA)

Las Cafeteras (México| East LA, USA)

Thalia Hall
1807 S. Allport St.
6:30pm doors open, 7:30pm show
Age 17+

(Note: Boban Markovic is the artist whose recording of Dzumbus we dance to)

Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia)

Constellation
3111 N. Western Ave.
7:30 doors open, 8pm show
Age 18+

Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia)

La Yegros (Argentina)

Mayne Stage
1328 W. Morse Ave.
7:30pm doors open, 9pm show
Age 18+

One World Under One Roof - WMF Closing Night at the Chicago Cultural Center 

Preston Bradley Hall

2:30-8:45pm

• 2:30-3:45pm - Wanees Zarour Ensemble
• 5:15-6:30pm - Nicolae Feraru & His Gypsy Band
• 7:15-8:45pm - Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

Sep 12-14 Harvest Moon Dance Fest + more upcoming events

We heard of several upcoming events from Mady :
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Thursday, Sept. 11 - Fermilab international folk dancing moves back to Kuhn Village Barn at Fermilab, and a preview of Cross Step Waltz is planned.

Friday - Sunday September 12 - 14  Harvest Moon Dance Weekend - featuring dance historian Susan de Guardiola teaching Cross-Step Waltz (Friday) and historical social dance (Saturday), at Fermilab's Barn, as well as a Waltz evening (Saturday) with live music by Martha Edwards and Jonathan Whitall; Regency dance and modern English country dance and more cross-step waltz at Oak Park's Nineteenth Century Club (Sunday)

Friday - Sunday Sept 26 - 28 Yves Moreau at Tapestry's Fall Weekend in Minneapolis (for lower rate sign up by Sept. 12)

Saturday Oct 18 - "Chicagoland Fall Ball" Bulgarian Dance workshop and party with Nikolay Tsvetkov at Ethnic Dance Chicago

Sunday, Oct. 19  Nikolay Tsvetkov, noted dancer, instructor, and choreography from Ensemble Pirin, teaches a guest workshop and master class hosted by Ensemble Balkanske Igre  (more info at balkanske_igre@yahoo.com
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Also, St Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, where we dance on Friday nights, is planning an October Fest the evening of  Saturday Oct 18, and we may be helping with some simple participation folk dancing there, stay tuned for further details when we find out more.

There's still just barely time to sign up for Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp -- contrary to what some of the printed flyers say, the deadline for the early price is ***SEPT 3, 2014****, so better get hopping!
 

Vasa Pk Scandi Day Sep 7 + Roo's dance class starts Sep 14

We heard from Roo that her weekly Sunday evening Scandi dance classes will be resuming starting Sunday, Sept 14, 2014, at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 3910 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515. Contact Roo at DancingRoo@aol.com for a flyer and more information.

She also reminded us that Scandinavian Day at Vasa Park is Sunday, Sept 7, 2014 10am-6pm, at Vasa Park, 35W217 Route 31, South Elgin, Illinois

EMNFD: Bulgarika Live Music Mon Sep 15

Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancing is having an Bulgarian Folk Music and Dance Party with live music by Bulgarika
Monday, Sept 15, 2014
7:30-10:30 PM,
Lake Street & Chicago Avenue in Evanston
http://www.evanstonfolkdance.org/save-the-date

Looks like their Fall Regional Potluck is scheduled for Sat Nov 8, too.

Festivals this weekend Aug 15-17

Sorry for the late notice, just came across info for these 2 festivals in an e-mail from Dance With Janet:

Festival of the Horse & Drum, "A Multicultural Celebration of the Horse"
Kane County Fairgrounds, Aug 16-17, 2014
http://www.festivalofthehorseanddrum.com/
 In addition to dancing horses, it looks like there will be human Salsa Dancing, Belly Dancing, and the Bulgarian dance troup Xopo -- see the schedule for the Horse-a-Palooza Stage:
http://www.festivalofthehorseanddrum.com/horse-a-palooza-stage.html

Chicagoland Dance Festival, "Chicago's Only Country and Swing Dance Festival"
Crown Plaza Chicago O'Hare, Aug 15-17, 2014
http://chicagolanddancefestival.com/

Fox Valley Folk Festival Aug 31 - Sep 1, 2014

Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival
August 31 & September 1, 2014
At Island Park, Geneva, IL
http://foxvalleyfolk.com/

Ending our presence on meetup.com

Last spring, we decided to try setting up on meetup.com, to see if it would help improve attendance at regular Friday night dancing. Unfortunately, it does not seem to have had any effect on attendance, so we decided not to pay for another 6 months, so our meetup group will disappear from meetup.com after September.  Thanks to Susan for setting up and maintaining it, it was a noble experiment.  Too bad it didn't work out.

This blog will still be maintained, so check here for special events, cancellations, or miscellaneous stuff that I think you might be interested in :-)