For those of you of a certain age (the age where you would have been watching children's TV in the '60s and '70s), who grew up around Chicago, if you were at the Saturday night Folk Ball party in Madison, and you thought the first song that the little girls in Russian costumes danced to sounded familiar, here's why:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Door
https://youtu.be/oE9GGqR3yaM
UPDATE: more info about the song:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ram_Sam_Sam
Argonne IFD meets most Fridays 8-10:30pm, virtually on ZoomSt Pauls UCC, 5739 Dunham Rd, Downers Grove, IL. Recreational dancing, no partners needed. $3 requested donation.
Member National Folk Organization.
More info: lindaandjay@comcast.net
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/argonneifd/
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Madison Folk Ball Jan 27-29, 2017
Folk Ball 2017
29th Annual Folk Ball Festival
January 27th – 29th, 2017
Union South, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
Featured Teacher: Yves Moreau
https://sites.google.com/madfolkdance.org/mfdu/folkball
Bands:
Orkestar Bez Ime
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Sloboda
Veseliyka
Yid Vicious
Intemperance Collective
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
29th Annual Folk Ball Festival
January 27th – 29th, 2017
Union South, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
Featured Teacher: Yves Moreau
https://sites.google.com/madfolkdance.org/mfdu/folkball
Bands:
Orkestar Bez Ime
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Sloboda
Veseliyka
Yid Vicious
Intemperance Collective
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
New Years Day 2017 Photos
Thanks to Ted for sharing the photos he took on New Years Day -- here's the link:
https://goo.gl/photos/3Gvyzyhg4PqwxPrM9
https://goo.gl/photos/3Gvyzyhg4PqwxPrM9