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