Cross-step waltz, Ragtime two-step, Victorian dances - Apr 4-6, 2014

Received from Mady:

Susan de Guardiola will be teaching an introduction to cross-step waltz next Saturday, April 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ida Noyes Hall during the afternoon workshops of the University of Chicago's contra dance weekend with Les Z Boys and Seth Tepfer (which should itself be a fun time!). Then she'll be teaching Ragtime and Two step at Fermilab's Barn on Sunday afternoon, April 5, 3 to 6 p.m., and Cross Step Waltz - review and further moves Sunday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. (suggested $10 donation per workshop).

Monday evening, April 6, at Oak Park's 19th Century Club, Susan will present dances of the Victorian era for a Victorian Ball, 7 to 10 p.m., with live music by the Cosmic Otters and Tim Macdonald.

more information:  English dancing website.

 

Flyer:

http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/english/SDWwSdG2015.pdf

NPR: Chinese regulation of "square" dancing

Heard this story on NPR this evening:
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/27/395817212/in-regulating-outdoor-dancing-china-tells-seniors-how-to-bust-a-move


Here's another related link
: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/24/395105501/china-is-going-to-regulate-outdoor-square-dancing

Prickly City Dancing Cartoon

http://www.gocomics.com/pricklycity/2015/03/22

MIT Folk Dance Club Song Book link

I came across this the other day:

http://people.brandeis.edu/~gessel/songbook/fd.pdf

It has the words for many of the tunes we dance to, in case anybody wants to learn them and sing along.

Soiree Francophonie Wed Mar 18 6pm-9pm Coll of Dupage

Charles will be leading folk dancing at this event:

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 6pm - 9pm
Soirée Francophonie at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Student Services Center (SSC) Atrium

With French-themed activities, folk dance instruction, food and more.