Tuesday, March 31, 2015

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:

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.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

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.