Holiday schedule: Not meeting Friday, Dec 30, 2016

We will not be meeting Friday, Dec 30, 2016.

We will be meeting in Downers Grove as usual Friday, Dec 23, 2016.

And of course join us for the New Years Day Party, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.

Update: we aren't meeting in Downers Grove Dec 30, but EDC will be meeting Fri Dec 30, Paul says:

In case anyone in your sphere of influence is interested, we are meeting
on Friday 12/30/16 at the Latvian Center!

Special dance night - different themes - such as "Red Album Dances",
maybe Double Postie's Jig, all the Serbian Medleys, maybe Sweets of May,
and other dances we don't do often or haven't done for a while, etc.
 

New Years Day Potluck + Dancing, Sun. Jan 1, 2017

Argonne International Folk Dance
New Years Day Party
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2017
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: $5+Potluck dish to share

Click image below for flyers

EDC + EMNFD New Years Eve Party, Dec 31, 2016

From Harry: 
 

Saturday, December 31 - New Year's Eve Party sponsored by EMNFD and Ethnic Dance Chicago
@ Latvian Center,  4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago
7 p.m. : Potluck Dinner
8 p.m. - whenever : Dance Party
White Elephant Gift Exchange
$20 with dinner food contribution; $25 party only

Update: more detailed info from EDC:

Ethnic Dance Chicago and Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers wish you a very happy End-of-Year Holiday Season!

Please join us for a great time at New Year's Eve "Roaring Twenties" Style at the Chicago Latvian Community Center!


Reservation Form ( at www.ethnicdance.net/newyears)


Reserve your place early for a fabulous dinner & dance!


EDC/EMNFD Pot Luck Dinner and New Years Eve Party (1920's Style)
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - 2nd Floor Ballroom
Chicago, IL 60618
(Entrance on Hamlin)

          Setup: 5:30pm (come help if you can)
         Dinner: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Dance Party: 8:00pm - until

    * Dinner+Party (w/food contribution): $20/person
      ($10/Students-Kids<12)

    * Party Only (no Dinner): $25/person
      ($15/Students-Kids<12)

    * $5 Late fee after 12/24/2016

    * Food Contribution should be a generous, quality food contribution to serve at least five adults

    * BYOB - Bring Your Own Beverages (of your choosing)

    * Theme - Roaring Twenties dance, music and attire...

    * Prizes awarded for imagination, originality, quality and creativity!

    * Bring a funny or useless grab bag gift!

    * www.ethnicdance.net/newyears - newyears@ethnicdance.net - 773-266-2687


 

Sad news: Regina Fain

We were very saddened to learn yesterday that Regina had passed away in October.  We'd been missing her at folk dancing for the last couple of years since her health had started to fail.  Before that, we saw her at dancing almost every Friday, except during the Lyric Opera season when her season tickets sometimes included operas on Friday nights.  Back when we used to meet at the Argonne Rec Center, she was the one who set up the refreshment table, filled the punch bowl, etc., and was frequently one of the soup chefs for the Stone Soup Party.  She was very friendly and always greeted new dancers.  We miss her.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/regina-fain-obituary?pid=1000000181704409

When a letter I had sent to her at the nursing home in Joliet was returned by the post office, and I google'd her name with some trepidation, in addition to sadly finding the obituary, I found an article about the quilting group that she met with at the Lemont Public Library (where she was also a volunteer, always helping with their book sales).  You can see Regina in some of the photos in the photo gallery with this article:
http://patch.com/illinois/lemont/longtime-quilters-celebrate-art-friendship#

I tried to embed a slideshow below, but it doesn't seem to be showing up right -- here's the link:
http://s926.photobucket.com/user/argonneifd/embed/slideshow/Regina

Meeting as usual tonight Fri Dec 16, snow or no snow

In case you were wondering if we'd be there, we plan to meet as usual tonight.

PRI's The World: Remembering Esma Redzepova

Just heard this sad news on the radio:

Esma Redžepova, the prominent and versatile Roma singer dubbed the "Romany music queen," has died at the age of 73...

http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-12-12/remembering-esma-red-epova-romany-queen-song

WSJ: Airport Layover Dancing Facebook Meetup Group

Jay came across this news item today -- wonder if there are such apps/groups for other kinds of dancing?
http://www.wsj.com/video/stranded-at-the-airport-dancers-meet-up-to-tango/5F82BD37-D2B8-404C-A7B8-7473E9A8D82A.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/stranded-at-the-airport-lets-tango-1481298715

Skokie Folk Dance Holiday Party Wed Dec 14

Wednesday Nite Annual Holiday Party
Wed, Dec 14, 2016
8pm-10pm
At the Weber Center,

9300 Weber Park Pl.,  Skokie, IL 60077

ECD Regency Ball, Oak Park, Mon Dec 12

From Mady:
 Monday, Dec. 12 - Regency Ball in Oak Park with live music by Tim Macdonald, Jeremy Ward, Brandi Berry and calling by Tammy and myself [Mady].

the Chicagoland English Country Dancers
present a Regency Ball
Music by Tim Macdonald, violin and Jeremy Ward, violone
with special guest Brandi Berry, violin
at the Nineteenth Century Club,
178 Forest Ave, Oak Park
Monday, December 12, 7:00 to 10:00 pm

MSI Xmas around the world

http://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/christmas-around-the-world/

From Mady:
Saturday, Dec. 17 - Museum of Science and Industry performances by the Ddraig Goch (Red Dragon) Welsh Dancers (aka Fermilab IFD) and the RSCDS Chicago Scottish country dancers

http://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/christmas-around-the-world/events/december-events/

http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/assets/whats_here/exhibits/temporary/annual/catw/2016/CATW_2016_ExhibitGuide.pdf

Not meeting Friday, Nov 25, 2016

We will not be meeting the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov 25, 2016.

Here's a Peanuts Thanksgiving Dance cartoon:
http://www.peanuts.com/search/?pubdate=11%2F25%2F2004&sort_by=bydate&seasonal=thanksgiving&startdate=&enddate=&selectcharacter=&keyword=&type=comic_strips

Flying

We were talking last night about how the Fermilab performing group used to do dances with "flying" -- so I dug out some old photos:

EMNFD Out-Of-The-Woodwork Party, Mon Dec 19

Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancing
Annual Out of the Woodwork Holiday Party
Monday,. December 19, 2016
7:30pm
Lake Street Church
607 Lake St, Evanston, IL

Muriel Anderson Concert Sat Nov 26 Downers Grove

Muriel Anderson's annual hometown Saturday After Thanksgiving Concert
http://murielanderson.com/product/concerttickets/sat-nov-26-annual-saturday-after-thanksgiving-concert/
Saturday Nov 26, 2016 8:00pm
Downers Grove North High School
4436 N Main Street, Downers Grove, IL
adults $22 advance ($25 at door) and
students (thru high school) /seniors (65+). $15 advance ($17 door)
A portion benefits the Music for Life Alliance. 25th Anniversary concert, hosted by Steve and Johnnie of WGN

If you're on Facebook, join the new Argonne IFD group

Charles helped Susan set up a facebook group for Argonne International Folk Dancing -- so if you're on facebook (I'm not), you should be able to join the group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/argonneifd/

It's possible that once you're a member of the group you would be able to post to it by sending e-mail to:
argonneifd@groups.facebook.com  Since I'm not on facebook, it doesn't accept e-mail from me (I tried, and got back a "Permanent Error" failure from the mailer-daemon), so I don't know exactly how that works.  Rose & Michele are also tagged as admins, along with Charles & Susan.

Here are some instructions for how to join, if it's not intuitive; I found them by googling, so no guarantees: http://www.wikihow.com/Join-Groups-on-Facebook

I think they're looking for a way to have the blog posts here automatically shared to the new facebook group, but they can always be manually shared either with the facebook icon on each blogpost, or the "AddThis" widget in the sidebar.  If you know how to follow RSS feeds in facebook, you can get the RSS feed for this blog by clicking on the "Subscribe in a Reader" link in the sidebar,  http://feeds.feedburner.com/argonneifd
I found the following instructions for setting up facebook to follow an RSS feed by googling, again no guarantees: https://www.lifewire.com/set-up-rss-feed-on-facebook-3486528

While I was looking around for info about facebook groups (even though I'm not ready to jump on the facebook bandwagon myself), I found that EDC and the Evanston group have facebook pages that are searchable with google -- in case you want to follow them, so that you find out about events such as the Regional Folk Dance Potluck tonight (Nov 5) in Evanston, the Out-of-the-Woodwork Party, their New Years Eve party, etc:
https://www.facebook.com/ethnicdance/
https://www.facebook.com/Evanstonfolkdance

I gather that there is a difference between a facebook page, and a facebook group.  It appears that the facebook groups don't show up in a google search, while pages can show up -- Charles showed me that the Fermilab folk dance group has a facebook group, but I don't find it with google.

Anyway, if you're a facebook person, feel free to join the group and participate!

Tamburitzans performance Sun Nov 6 Chicago

E-mail from EMNFD alerted us to this:
Tamburitzans in Chicago
11/06/2016
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Amundsen High School, 5110 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL
(312) 586-0789
https://talentshadows.events/e/j87QAXC36D45f92

Holiday Folk Fair Milwaukee Nov 18-20

Holiday Folk Fair 2016
Fri Nov 18 - Sun Nov 20
Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park
640 S 84th St, West Allis, WI 53214
Information: 414-225-6225
http://www.folkfair.org/index.html

Sad news: Willowbrook Ballroom

Just heard this evening that the Willowbrook Ballroom burned down this afternoon.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dbr-willowbrook-ballroom-fire-tl-1103-20161028-story.html

Penguin Dances

While browsing on Pinterest, I came across this purportedly USA folk dance, apparently being done in Italy:


As near as I can tell from my almost non-existent Italian, it's meant to be done with 5 couples, corresponding to 5 times thru the music, so that each couple gets to be the "protagonist".  I don't think we'll be adding it to our repertoire anytime soon, though.

But then in the sidebar on youtube I came across an entirely different penguin dance, which basically looks like the bunnyhop, but to much catchier music, and seems to be done at weddings all over the world, and all over social media:



There's a blog dedicated to it: https://penguindancemania.wordpress.com/
Which includes this German video from 1965 of a dance called "Letkiss", along the same lines:

If you try to look up "Penguin Dance" on Wikipedia, you get routed to the Bunny Hop:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_hop_(dance)

Which also refers to it by the Finnish name "Letkajenkka" -- and you can find a lot of videos with that music (as in the 1965 Letkiss video).

Here are links to the recent Penguin Dance music:
 https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Penguen_Dans%C4%B1?id=Aaqbezmzrffb4lz5wxxxfvqqycq
https://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Dance-Penguen-Dans/dp/B00ICS5XWM
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/penguin-dance-single/id816529903

Erik Butterworth's Music Database and others

This site has lots of information, including sheet music transcriptions for Bulgarian and other primarily Balkan folk music:
http://goldov.com/butterw/
http://goldov.com/butterw/emdb/

For example, searching for the titles of dances taught at Oconomowoc, I found sheet music for Toicevo and Tamatan, (I added the links to the previous post-Oconomowoc post).

Another place to looks for sheet music is:
http://abcnotation.com/search

From there I found music for Apley House , Passu Torrau , and Toicevo.

A couple more places to find folk dance sheet music:
http://dickatlee.com/music/dick/index.html#tunes
http://balkanarama.com/charts.htm

post-Oconomowoc web surfing

Having spent the first half of my day struggling to get the video clips from Oconomowoc up on the blog, I decided to fritter away the second half of the day web surfing for videos, music, and info about the dances, now I'll share the links so you can fritter away some of your time, too:

The music for Menim Balam is also known as "Menim Balam Kime Neyler " or more frequently "Dut ağacı boyunca", and there are many versions of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ97GmKcQKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2utZpSQL6ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb6xNMyHx7I  (lyrics shown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEGHxX1aB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGEJm2Pe0Qk
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Dut+Agaci&rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3ADut+Agaci&ajr=0
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IA0DJGO/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=dut%20agaci%20boyunca&c=music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zahidem/id814428545
 https://youtu.be/90xHG3O6i_k dance
http://www.folkdancecamp.org/assets/MenimBalamSFDC2014.pdf dance notes

Aidym:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljO7YOKz0s   music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUKNAoD5MI
https://www.danmoi.com/ulger-ensemble-aidym.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZWmfZ6qVVo movements

Apley House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQcN03fvrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KogrUoeaLV0  (Renfair, circle around maypole)
http://dancefiddler.com/csds.htm -- vol 9 "Strong Roots" Country Dance Society Boston Center CDs
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=colinhume.com/ABC.txt/0013

Hole in the Wall -- Scooter Lee
http://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/hole-in-the-wall-ID98365.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRMfLbRHTIg dance video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibrVFSqRn4   music
https://www.amazon.com/Hole-in-the-Wall/dp/B014IY6URA/ref=sr_1_1
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Scooter%20Lee%20hole%20in%20the%20wall&c=music
https://www.scooterlee.com/product/im-gonna-love-you-forever-audio-cd/

Passu Torrau (Amore Contrariadu)
http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2014/10/passu-torrau-bagnoli-version-italy.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCQkKxppWc dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXsOI14qK9g dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2nfiUKRdyk - music
https://www.amazon.com/Amore-contrariadu/dp/B003VB66E4/ref=sr_1_1
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Janas_Janas?id=Bhnuplmevlwaysgp5t4abff3pzm
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/janas/id381461096
http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/PassuTorrau2009LD.pdf
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/intl/0037

Pride of the Pingle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0THD7XybCA - dance
https://www.amazon.com/Heatin-Up-Hall-Yankee-Ingenuity/dp/B0000003PQ - music (Track 6 reels)

Shumarsko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ejAxyi8Ss0 - music

Syrtos Rhodou
https://youtu.be/CKgEgUFvw78 dance
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B7crgaaqaqveysx3fzcbqkgiwn4&tid=song-Ttgi7sjpzohd2pxf3eab4stphiy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbUI_fd__ls  choral version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_yYkgToJuM choral version with dancing
http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/SyrtosRodou1978LD.pdf 

Take 5
(Dave Brubeck music, different dance, just for kicks)  https://youtu.be/8rYNUQhcTB4

(El) Tamatan -- lots of these are same music, not the same dance, but similar movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYX92b6c6po
https://youtu.be/paOc-LcukhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ins96P7BEFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG82rm0nti4
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bpsthqv5svyzufujm462a2gdnea&tid=song-Tvlq3qcybq36qjlm6dzrsmuow7a  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuiii1ucHdE  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGeeYbGwZY music
http://goldov.com/butterw/emdb/score.html?EB0944 sheet music


Toichevo Kolo (more frequently spelled Toicevo Kolo, without the "h")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrff5MF3bn4 (Dunav, same music, different dance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKArgtGlv6U (same music, different dance)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4245195-Orchestra-D-Mati%C4%87
https://www.amazon.com/DESPOTOVIC-SIXTEEN-YUGOSLAVIAN-DANCES-record/dp/B00Q5KOZ6Y/ref=sr_1_1
http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/despotovic_c.htm
http://www.folklorediscography.org/RTB-Ciga.htm
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/balk2/0199
http://goldov.com/butterw/emdb/score.html?EB0409 sheet music

Yar Ko Parag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6I823kYWw  dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQ8ZpVhnOQ dance
https://youtu.be/42GAao5d5aM  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoOB3i5-V4I music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fX6Y6W4sKg music
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag/dp/B014HQMF1O/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag/dp/B00JND3MNM/ref=sr_1_2
https://www.amazon.com/Parapono-Yar-Ko-Parag-Xenitia/dp/B00IX9D5C0/ref=sr_1_3
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag-Bingeol-medley/dp/B003BS7290/ref=sr_1_6
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag-Boyin-Mernem/dp/B000QM4US0/ref=sr_1_7
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Yar%20Ko%20Parag&c=music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yar-ko-parag-boyin-mernem/id194471477?i=194471707

I couldn't find much about Shumarsko, but while I was looking, I found a nice video of Cigansko Horo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK8haY9Mv84 Циганско хоро

And I couldn't find the exact version of Popcorn that Daniel showed us at the after-party, but there are similar ones, like this:

https://youtu.be/Z2_gDmEbhrc

And some less similar, including an Irish Step Dance version:

https://youtu.be/YfdLh0MHqKw

https://youtu.be/-3iAk90Qt_E

https://youtu.be/MDRP51U_LKI?t=4m55s  "River a Popcorn"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NRW2YK/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk1

https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B3dml42a6fre4of7v52cs6budie&tid=song-T7tb3dyqb6panfjpjzvsmixggfy

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hot-butter/id5355589

Oconomowoc 2016 video clips - YouTube playlist

Sorry this post is so delayed -- I tried to upload the videos to blog posts as I've done in the past, but blogger wasn't cooperating.  I tried 4 different browsers, two different computers with 2 different operating systems, two different video formats, but nothing worked -- it would upload successfully, but the "Processing video" step never finished, it just disappeared leaving only a broken link.  Anyway, after googling to see if I could find a solution, I finally found that the easiest thing would be to create a YouTube channel, put all the video clips in a playlist, and embed that in a blog post.  Hopefully this will work, probably better than the old ways, anyway.  I made the videos and the playlist "Unlisted", which means you can see them if you have the link, but they won't show up when searching YouTube.  Sorry for boring you with the details, but after several hours of wrestling with it, I just had to complain a little :-)

PRI "The World": Bhangra Nova Scotia Style

http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-28/check-out-bhangra-beach-nova-scotia-style

Hava Nagila: The Movie on WTTW Create Sun Oct 2 8pm

http://www.havanagilamovie.com/

Hava Nagila (The Movie)
369WTTWC 8:00 - 9:00p

Johnny Yune, Josh Kun, Connie Francis
(2012) A detailed look at the history of the Jewish song "Hava Nagila," which is routinely played at celebrations such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. This documentary also includes interviews with celebrities and musicians.

http://www.pbs.org/program/hava-nagila/

Looks like it repeats at midnight

Not meeting Friday, Sep 23 -- Oconomowoc weekend

We will not be meeting for dancing Friday, Sept 23, 2016, because many of us will be at the Oconomowoc folk dance camp that weekend.  Do join us in the following weeks, when we should have some new dances to share.

Blasts from the past

More things I came across while sorting thru old stacks of paper:

Ann Landers on Folk Dancing

Going thru a stack of old papers, I came across this clipping:

Upcoming Regional Folk/Music/Dance Events

Received the following list from EMNFD -- some of these events have already been posted here, some not:

Regional special events - support our folk music and dance friends! (By the end of September your feet will be so tired!)

• Friday Sept 9 - Global Dance Party with Jaerv Swedish band at Old Town School, Chicago IL at 8:30  https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2016/09-09-2016-gdp-jaerv-830pm/
• Satuday Sept 10 - Taste of Hungary at 8260 W Foster Ave, Norridge IL; dancing at 6:30  http://www.tasteofhungary.com/
• Sunday Sept 11 - Scandinavian Day at Vasa Park, S. Elgin IL; dancing at 1 p.m. http://scandinaviandayil.com/index.html
• Thursday Sept 15 - Performance by Söndörgő tamburitza band from Hungary at Fitzgerald's, Berwyn IL at 8:00  http://www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/events/view/Sondorgo-2
• Weekend Sept 15-18 - Tamburitza Extravaganza at Westin O'Hare, Rosemont IL  https://tamburitza-public.sharepoint.com/
• Weekend Sept 23-25 - Fall Folk Dance Camp at OSRUI, Oconomowoc WI   (see Dit for info)
• Tuesday Sept 27 - Dance party with music by Bulgarika at Hart Park, Wauwatosa WI, at 7:30
• Thursday Sept 29 - Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Iliana Bozhanova, music by Todor Yankov at Fermilab Kuhn Barn, Batavia IL at 7:30 http://orgs.fnal.gov/folkdance/ 
•  Save the Date: November 5 - Regional pot luck dinner and dance hosted by EMNFD http://www.evanstonfolkdance.org/save-the-date

Scandinavian Day, Vasa Park, Sun Sep 11, 2016

Scandinavian Day Festival
Sunday, Sept 11, 2016
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
$10.00 per person
Vasa Park, 35W217 Route 31, South Elgin, IL

http://www.scandinaviandayil.com/index.html

According to the schedule, there will be Scandinavian dance lessons at 1pm, and a performance by the Leikarringen “Heimhug” Norwegian Folkdancers at 2:15pm.

Fermilab Bulgarian workshop, Illiana Bozhanova, Sep 29, 2016

Bulgarian Dance Workshop with master teacher 
Iliana Bozhanova on tour from Bulgaria
and LIVE Music By Todor Yankov
Thursday, September 29, 2016
7:30—10 pm
Kuhn Village Barn
on the Fermilab site in Batavia, IL
suggested donation $10 adults/$5 students

More info: http://orgs.fnal.gov/folkdance/
http://orgs.fnal.gov/folkdance/Iliana2016-09-29Workshop.pdf

Fox Valley Folk Fest Sep 4-5, 2016 Geneva, IL

Fox Valley Folk Music& Storytelling Festival
September 4 & 5, 2016
At Island Park, Geneva, IL

http://foxvalleyfolk.com/

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp Sep 23-25 2016

Fall Folk Dance Camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Sep 23-25, 2016
Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Oconomowoc, WI
Click on image below for Registration form

Taste of Polonia Festival - Chicago, Sep 2-5, 2016

Taste of Polonia Festival
Fri - Sun Sep 2-5, 2016, Labor Day Weekend
Copernicus Center
5216 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60630
Polish food, music, folk dancing
Regular Admission Prices: Before 5 pm – $5 ~ After 5 pm – $10 ~ Kids 12 & under FREE
Sept. 2, Friday: 5 to 10:30 pm
Sept. 3, Saturday: 12 to 10:30 pm
Sept. 4, Sunday: 12 to 10:30 pm
Sept. 5. Monday: 12 to 10 pm
http://topchicago.org/

Lebanese Festival - Lombard, Sept 9-10, 2016

Our Lady of Lebanon Lebanese Festival
Friday, September 9 from 5 PM - 11 PM
Saturday, September 10 from 2 PM - 11 PM
950 N. Grace St, Lombard, IL 60148
ADMISSION: Donation of $3/person
http://www.ollchicago.org/detail/9-9-2016-9th%20annual%20lebanese%20festival%202016.aspx 

Including Lebanese music, folk dancers, belly dancers, and Lebanese food that Michele says is very good.

Chicago Sun-Times: 'Therapy Tuesday' polka party dies after 23 years

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/therapy-tuesday-polka-party-dies-after-23-years/

"...Almost every Tuesday since 1993, a group of polka fans has met in Chicago for a morning of lively dancing. They’re so fond of it, members call their get-togethers “Therapy Tuesdays.”..."

Chicago World Music Festival Sep 9-25, 2016

18th Annual World Music Festival Chicago
Friday, September 9 – Sunday, September 25, 2016
Various Locations, including the Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602
Free Admission; No Tickets, Various Hours
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/world_music_festival.html/

Chicago Turkish Festival Aug 24-27, 2016

Chicago Turkish Festival
Aug 24-27, 2016, 10am-6pm
Daley Plaza
50 W Washington St
Chicago, IL 60602
http://www.chicagoturkishfestival.com/events.php

French Connection Day Sun Aug 14, Cantigny, Wheaton, IL

French Connection Day
Cantigny Park, Wheaton, IL
Sunday, August 14 |  10 am - 4 pm
Free with $10 per car parking fee
http://www.cantigny.org/calendar/signature-events/french-connection-day

Serbfest Aug 5-7, 2016 Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago

Serb Fest 2016 - August 5th - 7th, 2016
Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
5701 Redwood Drive, Chicago IL 60631
Serbian culture, food, dancing
http://www.serbfestchicago.com/welcome

Chicago Summerdance 2016

June 24 - September 11, 2016 • Spirit of Music Garden, Grant Park, Chicago • FREE
chicagosummerdance.org

The detailed schedule isn't up on the official website yet, but we've heard about the following events so far:

July 10 -  4pm-5pm: John & Galia, Balkanske Igri will be teaching, followed by Romanian music with Nicolae Feraru, free event associated with Taste of Chicago

Friday Aug 19 -  Chicago SummerDance features Joe Kirin's KGB Band with EDC Teaching 6:00-7:00, Dancing 7:30-9:30 - Free  Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave) Chicago IL 60605 EDC may meet at the Latvian Center after this event

Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival July 16-17, 2016

Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival
July 16-17, 2016
Saturday & Sunday, noon to 7 p.m.
Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd. at Church St.
Free admission

Live accordion music by Don Weeda Fri 7/15

Don Weeda will be in town this coming week, and will be at dancing Friday night (July 15) in Downers Grove to play live accordion music for us to dance to.  He has a great repertoire of folk dance tunes.  He will also be playing for Fermilab International Folk Dancing the day before, Thurs, July 14.

Scottish Highland games June 18, Itasca, IL

http://scottishfestivalchicago.org/

30TH ANNUAL SCOTTISH FESTIVAL & HIGHLAND GAMES
Friday, June 17th & Saturday, June 18th
Hamilton Lakes, Itasca, IL

Midsommar Fest Sat June 18 Rockford

http://www.swedishhistorical.org/pages/midsommar


Swedish Historical Society of Rockford will hold its annual Midsommar Fest from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 18 at Erlander Home Museum, 404 S. Third St, Rockford, IL

Door County Folk Festival July 13-17, 2016

Received from Paul/EDC:

07/13-17 Door County Folk Festival (We-Su) Baileys Harbor, Ephraim & Sister Bay, WI. Featuring workshops/culture sessions with  John Morovich and other regional dance leaders. Live Music with  Nick Bratkovich and Do Zore Orchestra
            www.dcff.net/brochure
            *EDC Dance @ Latvian Center canceled for this event

07/15-17 Door County Contra Dance Weekend (Fr-Su) Baileys Harbor,  Ephraim & Sister Bay, WI. Featuring calling by Carol Ormand. Live Music with Rare Privilege and the Toe Trippers
            www.dcff.net/brochure-contra
            *EDC Dance @ Latvian Center canceled for this event

Not Meeting Friday, June 3, 2016

We will not be meeting for dancing in Downers Grove Friday, June 3, 2016, because many of us will be at June Camp Hope to see you there, or on Fridays before and after.

Louise WBOM interview - Tim Macdonald + Jeremy Ward Mon 5/30 8am

Memorial Day Monday May 30, 2016, at 8am, on wbom.playtheradio.com, there will be a program called Artist's Showcase broadcast from the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center in Rockford, with Louise interviewing folk musicians Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward.
http://wbom.playtheradio.com/index.cfm
http://mendelssohnpac.org/wbom-radio-2/

Labor Day Weekend World Village Music and Dance Camp in WV Sep 2-5

Roo will be teaching at this Labor Day camp (formerly known as "Buffalo on the Danube") in West Virginia, along with Sonia and Cristian, and Steve Kotansky:

http://www.dancingplanetproductions.com/dancecamp.htm

World Village Music and Dance Camp

Timber Ridge Camp, High View, WV

Labor Day weekend 

September 2-5, 2016

Door County Contra Dance Weekend Jul 15-17

Received from Paul/DCFF:

 07/15-17 Door County Contra Dance Weekend (Fr-Su) Baileys Harbor,  Ephraim & Sister Bay, WI. Featuring calling by Carol Ormand. Live Music with Rare Privilege and the Toe Trippers
Key links are www.dcff.net/schedule-contra, www.dcff.net/staff-contra www.dcff.net/brochure-contra.

EMNFD: Roberto Bagnoli teaching Monday, June 6, 2016

Received from EMNFD:
  Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers

Monday May 30 - Memorial Day there is NO dancing at EMNFD

Monday June 6

Special evening at EMNFD with

Roberto Bagnoli

Roberto Bagnoli is a master teacher of international folkdance, and has been on the teaching staff of Stockton International Dance Camp for five years. He joins us following June Camp.






http://www.evanstonfolkdance.org/save-the-date

Chicago Rhythm Fest - Auditorium Theatre June 4th 7:30pm

Received this notice in e-mail:

CHICAGO RHYTHM FEST is at The Auditorium Theatre June 4th 7:30pm! Five fantastic percussive dance companies will be performing-Bam!, Ensemble Español, Mexican Folkloric Dance, Muntu Dance, and Trinity Irish Dance-as part of the Auditorium’s “Made in Chicago” Dance Series. Tickets start at $28 and are on sale at AuditoriumTheatre.org, 312-341-2300, and the Auditorium Theatre’s Box Office: 50 E. Congress Parkway. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
Join us as we celebrate the rhythmic arts that connect diverse communities through rhythm!
 http://www.auditoriumtheatre.org/shows/chicago-rhythm-fest-2/
https://chicagotap.org/performances/stomping-grounds/ 

Global Dance Party: EDC + Dunav Tamburitza Orch at Old Town School

Received from Paul/EDC:

05/27 -  EDC's Dance moves over to the Old Town School of Folk Music
            for a Global Dance Party with the live music of
            Dunav Tamburitza Orchestra - 8:30-11:30.
            The original group Guitar Trio Balkan canceled its USA Tour.
            www.oldtownschool.org/concerts
            *EDC Dance @ SPACE Center canceled for this event

http://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2016/05-27-2016-gdp-trio-balkan-strings-ethnic-dance-chicago-830pm/

June Camp, June 2-5, 2016, Beloit

Received from Mady:

registration is now open for June Camp 2016.

The international folk dance camp will take place from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5, again at Beloit College on the Illinois-Wisconsin border. June Camp features two wonderful teachers this year, Erik Bendix and Roberto Bagnoli, along with the Pinewoods Band for live music parties, the Dance Exchange, and all of our camp's traditions. The June Camp website has lots of details. There is also a printable information flyer.

NPR: Health benefits of synchronized dancing

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/03/476559518/the-health-benefits-of-dancing-go-beyond-exercise-and-stress-reducer

"New social science research shows that dancing in synchrony with others increases people's threshold for dealing with pain."

Not meeting Friday Apr 29,2016

We'll be busy making soup for the Saturday Apr 30 Stone Soup Party,so we won't be meeting Friday night April 29.   We haven't had a lot of volunteers to bring soup for the potluck so far, so if you feel like making/bringing soup, please do!

Stone Soup Folk Dance Potluck Sat Apr 30, 2016

Argonne International Folk Dance Stone Soup Party
Date: Saturday, April 30, 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: $5 + Potluck dish to share
 In order to spend more time dancing and less time cooking during the party, the soups will be made ahead. Please let us know if you can bring soup.
Click on flyer image below if you need more printed flyers.

The Buckets Comic: family dancing cartoons

Another comic strip did a story arc about dancing this week:

http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/18
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/19
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/20
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/21
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/22

 

Comic: For Better or for Worse Ballroom dancing

The "For Better or for Worse" comic strip has a storyline on ballroom dancing this week:

http://fborfw.com/strip_fix/tuesday-april-5-2016/
http://fborfw.com/strip_fix/wednesday-april-6-2015/