Friday, December 25, 2015
Not meeting Friday, Dec 25, 2015
New Years Day Party, Fri Jan 1, 2016 Downers Grove, IL
Argonne
International Folk Dance
New
Years Day Party
Date:
Friday, January 1, 2016
Time:
1:00pm-6:00pm, potluck meal around 3:00pm
Place:
St. Paul's UCC Fellowship Hall
Address:
5739 Dunham Rd., Downers Grove, IL
Req.
Donation: $3+Potluck dish to share
Click on image below for flyers, plus below that are some photos of the 2006 New Years Day Party, for a blast from the past.
EDC-EMNFD New Years Eve Party Dec 31, 2015
http://www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/edc_new_years_eve.pdf
EDC-EMNFD THURSDAY NIGHT Pot Luck Dinner/Dance @ the SPACE Center - NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY
DINNER: 7:00pm-8:00pm - PARTY: 8:00pm-until
Contribution: $20.00/ea – Party Only: $25.00/ea - Discounts for Kids/Students
Contribution: Main Dish to feed 5 adults OR any two of the following: Side Dish or Salad, or Dessert to feed 5 adults - (should be a generous, quality food contribution to serve at least five)
BYOB
$5.00 surcharge for reservations after 12/24/2015
Party Theme: New Year’s Eve in the Tropics
Wear Hawaiian Shirts, Bermuda Shorts, Grass Skirts & Other Tropical Attire
Prizes awarded for imagination, originality and creativity!
Bring a funny or useless grab bag gift!
Announcement & Registration Form: www.ethnicdance.net/newyears
(Located on the South Side of Peterson Ave (6000N), just west of Kimball Ave (3400W),
between Bernard Ave (3432W) & St Louis Ave (3500W) in Chicago)
(Parking on Peterson, Bernard and St Louis – By the CTA Peterson Bus stop)
Email: newyears@ethnicdance.net
Phone: (847)-846-8139
More Info: www.ethnicdance.net/newyears
Location Details
S.P.A.C.E. Academy Center for the Arts
3433 W Peterson
Chicago IL 60659 US
Directions
S Side of Peterson, just West of Kimball, between Bernard (3420W) and St Louis (3500W) - LAST FRIDAYS ONLY
Sad News: Selcuk Cihangir, Services Sat-Sun Dec 19-20, 2015
We were saddened to receive the following news from Paul:
To: Ethnic Dance Chicago Email DistributionDear Folks:
Sad news - In case you had not heard, our friend, Selcuk Cihangir,
passed away from a massive heart attack on Monday morning. I received a call on Tuesday morning from Diane Cihangir.
The family has sent me information about their planned memorials to
Selcuk. Details in the attached pdf document [scan attached below]
Photo Attachment #1:
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L to R: Selcuk Cihangir, Rosalinde Vorne, Ellen Simon, Paul Collins
FDCC June Camp, Camp Channing, Pullman, MI - circa 1976-1978
Photo Attachment #2:
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L to R: Atanas Kolarovski, John Kuo, Larry Hoey, Steve Spear, Bill Lee,
Russell Frank, George Ornstein, Selcuk Cihangir, Sulieman Hassan, Robert
Sturm
University of Chicago International Folk Festival - Ida Noyes Hall
Gymnasium - circa 1975-1978
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Friday - Dec 18th
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Dance Memorial, Ethnic Dance Chicago will host a dance memorial tribute
to Selcuk Cihangir as we do many of his favorite dances and remember
Selcuk. 8:00pm to midnite - Chicago Latvian Cultural Center,
4146 N Elston, Chicago 60618
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Saturday - Dec 19th
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Visitation & Prayer - 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Muslim prayer offered at 3:15 pm
Albanian American, Islamic Center, 5825 St. Charles Rd,
Berkeley, IL 60163
See Attached pdf for additional details
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Sunday - Dec 20th
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Memorial - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Club House, Cress Creek
1049 W. Ogden, Naperville, IL 60563
Diane Cihangir has requested that we have some dancing at this
celebration. Selcuk's favorite dances would again be in order.
See Attached pdf for additional details
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Selcuk's son Emre is creating a multi-media project to honor his father.
Please send your photos and comments to Emre Cihangir at:
bigbossemre@yahoo.com
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The Family is requesting that in lieu of flowers to please contribute to
a transport fund that can help realize Selcuk's desire to be buried in
his homeland. - via PayPal: bigbossemre@yahoo.com
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Folklore Village MIdwinter Traditions Festival Dec 28 - Jan 1, 2016
Roo sent info about the Festival of Christmas & Midwinter Traditions with Roots Singing Instructor Valerie Mindel and World
Dance Instructors: Bill & Livia Vanaver, December 28th-January 1st 2016 at Folklore Village, 3210 Cty Hwy BBDodgeville, WI 53533
http://folklorevillage.com/t1/calendar#Festivals
http://folklorevillage.com/t1/calendar#Festivals
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry Xmas + Holidays of Light
Charles mentioned that he will be in the performance.
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/christmas-around-the-world/events/december/