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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Aman Folk Ensemble videos on archive.org

If you go to archive.org and put "folk dance" in the search box, you find all sorts of stuff:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=folk%20dance
including these videos:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Aman+Folk+Ensemble%22

As far as I can tell, those Aman ensemble videos are only available to stream from archive.org, I don't see a way to download or embed them. But there are also some Aman videos on youtube, here's one, apparently from 1968:

archive.org digitized LPs

A while back I posted about 78rpm recordings that had been digitized on archive.org:
https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2017/02/archiveorg-78rpm-folk-dance-recordings.html

Now they also have a collection of all sorts of pre-1972 LPs available, including a few with international folk music:
https://archive.org/details/unlockedrecordings

For example:
https://archive.org/details/greeksongsdances00newy
 https://archive.org/details/israelifolkdance00ceda

 https://archive.org/details/balalaikasoundre00svet

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Muriel Anderson Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Concert Downers Grove

NITTY GRITTY JOHN McEUEN JOINS MURIEL ANDERSON (Ted & Andrea's daughter)
For Her 27th Annual Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Concert
When: Saturday November 24th, 8:00 p.m.
Where: Downers Grove North High School Auditorium, 4436 Main Street, Downers Grove, IL.
Tickets: $22 advance/$25 at the door, $15/$17 students (through high school) and seniors (65+) available at Anderson’s Bookshop, Tobias Music or online at murielanderson.com/dg

Senior Suburban Orchestra Concert Tues Nov 13, 2018


Senior Suburban Orchestra
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
5739 Dunham Road, Downers Grove
Concert starts at 2:00pm
This performance is open to the public. It is a free concert, with freewill donations appreciated.

The program will acknowledge the Illinois Bicentennial by featuring
pieces by two Illinois composers:  Adolf Weidig’s Trauer from Drei
Episoden, op. 38 and Felix Borowski’s La fête from Peintures (Paintings
for Orchestra).  The program also includes selections from the musical,
Chicago, and Over There, a medley of songs in honor of the 100th
anniversary of the ending of World War I which the audience will be
invited to sing along with the orchestra.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

2018 Post-Oconomowoc web surfing

Adir Adirim


Adir Adirim - Gadi Bitton - YouTube


Adir Adirim by Balkan Beat Box on Amazon Music - Amazon.com


Adir Adirim - Gadi Bitton - Circle on Vimeo


Athela Mou


Athela Mou - Άθελά μου (Greek Roma) | Folk Dance Musings


Athela Mou by Yiannis Saleas on Amazon Music - Amazon.com


Hora Ca La Neamt (different versions)


Cojocariu Delia - Hora ca la Neamt - YouTube


Andreea Mardari - Hora de la Neamț - YouTube


Hora Femeilor


PDF Stockton Camp syllabus: Hora Femeilor

Hora Femeilor, Romanian folk dance - YouTube


Hora Femeilor by Oor Hasjachor on Amazon Music - Amazon.com


The Fiddle Handbook




Chris Haigh - 2009 - ‎Music

"My favourite tune in this style is the 'Hora Femeilor', a particularly haunting ... the theme music for the1980s BBC TV series of Olivia Manning's Fortunes Of War."

Hora Femeilor - BoomTock - Google Sites


Irimenche-Pozlatenche


Магия - Magic (IHB 13) - Folklore Discography




Ostrapat


Ostropat (Moldova) | Folk Dance Musings


Pentozali


Pentozali - Wikipedia


Pentozali, the Traditional Dance of Crete (video) | GreekReporter.com



Pentozális - Πεντοζάλης (Greece) | Folk Dance Musings


Cretan Dance (Pentozali) by Athens Symphonic Orchestra on Amazon ...


Pentozali - ABC Notation


The Physical Snob












Preumblata de Femei


Preumblata de femei_ Romania 普歐塔塔女子舞_羅馬尼亞.mp4

abc | Preumblata de Femie - trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music ... - ABC Notation

Preumblata (Romania)

http://www.folkloretanznoten.de/Preumblata.pdf
(sheet music)

Trip to Bavaria

Trip To Bavaria Scottish Country Dance Video

Trip to Bavaria by Elgin Strathspey & Reel Society on Amazon Music ...

Trip to Bavaria by Elgin Strathspey & Reel Society on Amazon Music ...

abc | A Trip To Bavaria - thesession.org/tunes/15226 ... - ABC Notation


Waltz Across Texas

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS ( Line Dance ) - YouTube

CopperKnob - WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS - Lois & John Nielson

Willie Nelson - Waltz Across Texas - YouTube

Willie Nelson – Waltz Across Texas Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Waltz Across Texas (feat. Willie Nelson, Charlie ... - Amazon.com

Monday, October 8, 2018

Oconomowoc 2018 video clips

Below is aYoutube playlist of dances taught this past weekend and reviewed Sunday morning.  To see the whole list, click on the icon & text ("1/13..."), you should then be able to scroll down the list and click on whichever particular dance you're interested in.

(These are just short clips to remind you of the patterns, not complete teaches).

Warrenville Museum Guild Craft Fair Sat Nov 3, 2018

This is where they'll be selling some of the stuff you may have seen me knitting when I wasn't dancing.  Proceeds benefit the Warrenville Historical Museum.

34th Annual Warrenville Museum Guild
Good Olde Fashioned Christmas Fest
Craft & Bake Sale
Saturday, Nov 3rd 9:00am-4:00pm
Community Baptist Church
28W444 Main St, Warrenville, IL 60555

There are also two other craft fairs in the same day, all within walking distance.

St Irene's Heavenly Handmade Craft Fair

American Legion Craft and Vendor Show 2018 


Thursday, October 4, 2018

Evanston Regional Folk Dance Potluck Sat Oct 13, 2018

 Received from EMNFD:
 
Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers
Annual Regional Potluck Dinner and Folk Dance
Next week, Saturday, October 13
hosted by EMNFD


$5 plus Bring a dish to share (8+ servings)
 
6:00 pm - early set up
6:30- please arrive with your dish to share! (& early dancing)
7:00- meal served
7:30-11:00 dancing!

If you can, stay to help clean up 
 
at Lake Street Church of Evanston
607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue
enter through courtyard arched entry on Chicago Avenue
http://www.evanstonfolkdance.org/
Think Global - Dance Local!


Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers is not affiliated with Lake Street Church