Playlist from April 24 Zoom Virtual Dance

Just to pass the time, I did some searching for web links related to the dances we did last week, and updated the playlist with some of what I found.  So if something caught your attention and you want to hear the music, see the dance, or read up on it, see below.  Don't expect this level of detail every week, though 😀

Ma Navu	Music	Dance	Notes
Mori Shej Sabina	Music	Dance	Notes
An Dro Retourne (Changerais-Tu)	Music	Dance	Notes
Horehronsky Czardas	Music	Dance	Notes
Katushe Mome Katushe	Music	Dance	Notes
Bavno Oro	Music	Dance	Notes
Do You Like Mam'selle The Greece	Music	Dance
Hai Ne Ne Ne	Music	Dance
Valle Toskerishte - Albania	Music	Dance
Zek Zek Dadumle	Music	Dance	Notes
Sadi Moma	Music	Dance	Notes
Paraliakos	Music	Dance	Notes
De secerat		Dance	Notes
Hineh Ma Tov - Line Dance	Music	Dance	Notes
Zimushka		Dance	Notes
Esmer	Music	Dance	Notes
Jovano Jovanke	Music	Dance	Notes
Adjon Az Isten	Music	Dance	Notes
Tvardishko		Dance
Primavera en Salonico	Music	Dance	Notes
Radino Horo
Vodenki		Dance
Le Maitre de la Maison	Music	Dance	Notes
Lemonia	Music	Dance	Notes
Kerem Eyle	Music	Dance	Notes
Kendime		Dance	Notes
Erev Ba	Music	Dance	Notes
Le Retour Du Fils Soldat	Music

Websites with collections of dance videos, instructions, etc.

If you're looking for more videos to dance along with when no "live" virtual dancing is available, or notes to remind you how the dance goes, here are a few sites to check out:

http://dunav.org.il/
http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/
https://www.dancilla.com/wiki/index.php?title=Videos/en
http://www.socalfolkdance.org/videos.htm
Folk Dance With Henry
http://rikudim.net/dance-video
https://ifdo.ca/~seymour/videolinks/
http://www.folkdance.com/resources/dance-notes/
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Mirri360/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/kolokoalition/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sPsV9ezGm6VOSMNV9nB3A/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/royisdancing/videos
https://www.sfdh.us/encyclopedia.html#dances

There are undoubtedly many others - feel free to add to the list in the comments.

Facebook videos from Yves Moreau

Another item from Dale Adamson's blog:

https://daleadamson.com/2020/04/13/yves-moreau-posted-videos/

Youtube Folkdance workshop with Dimitar Petrov (Mitko)

Saw this item on Dale Adamson's blog:
https://daleadamson.com/2020/04/12/folkdance-workshop-with-dimitar-petrov-mitko/

Playlist from April 17 Zoom virtual folk dance

Here are the dances from our April 17 session, mostly selected from requests:

Setnja (Carribnia - Island)
Svekrvino
Pinosavka
Bufcansko
Dobra, Nevesto
Waltz Across Texas
Hai Ne Ne Ne
Corlu
Prekid Kolo
Dona
Sweet Girl - Siroon Agcheek
Syrtos Pyleas
Koritsa
Bordeiasul
Dospatsko Horo
Tokyo Polka Line Dance
Zek Zek Dadumle
Laz Bar
Ivanice
Karagouna
Banjsko
C'est Une Jeune Mariee
Dana
Tzadik Katamar
Jeftanovicevo Kolo
Kostursko (Macedonia) - Flying Tomatoes, Rags to Racenicas
HORA DE MINA
Hora Miresi

PBS "Bare Feet" Dance Series

Here are a couple of links to the PBS "Bare Feet" series that Susan mentioned in the Chat during tonight's Zoom session:
https://www.travelbarefeet.com/
https://www.pbs.org/show/bare-feet-mickela-mallozzi/
Looks like it's airing in the Chicago area on WTTW-Create on Tuesdays.


And speaking of PBS dance-related series, for a blast from the past, this recent article:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/quarantine-hobbies-from-television
 Points to this 1979 WGBH "Dancing Disco" series:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0DE922677C3C419180DCE82FF98C9C42

Youtube channel with IFD dance-along playlists

Henry Temchin, a longtime folk dancer now living in Florida, has set up a youtube channel with IFD playlists and videos to dance along with: Folk Dance With Henry
For example:
Shelter In Place Dance Playlist #1

UPDATE 4/25/2020 from Henry: "Just a quick update: my YouTube channel  Folk Dance with Henry  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpvv5ZXfbuATHPHSP4QR7A 

now has 100 dance videos, three 45 minute beginner/intermediate playlists and two 2 hour intermediate playlists.  This might be viewed as replacing my two weekly sessions that aren't active right now.  I planned these playlists as I would my sessions, mixing moods, speeds, tempos, and countries."

Sad News: Myra Beniger

We received the following sad news from a friend of Myra's today:

"Regrettably, Myra Beniger, my uncle's long-time friend and folk-dancing partner, passed away on April 3, as a result of complications from the coronavirus.  She was in a nursing home in Westmont at the time she became ill.  Her funeral is this coming Tuesday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park.  I am in the process of writing an obituary and was wondering if you might have a good picture of her from her folk-dancing days that I might be able to submit along with the obituary.
I trust that you both are well, along with the other members of the Argonne Folk Dancers.  Once again, many thanks for all the love and kindness that the Argonne Folk Dancers extended to Bob and Myra."

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/forest-park-il/myra-beniger-9123259

Mike found this photo of Myra with the U of C group from some time ago:

 

Playlist from Zoom April 10 Virtual folk dance

Seta
Lemonia
Ma Navu
L'Homme qui Marche
Zek Zek Dadumle
HORA DE MINA
Hora Veche 1
Paraliakos
Ec Ec
Mari Mariko
Ali Pasa
David Melech Israel (King of Israel)
Adir Adirim
Halte Mich Fest
Banjsko
Belasicko
Cine are noroc are
Eretz Yisrael Yaffa
Grad se beli
W Moim Orgrodecku
Hora de la Soroca
Hopa Hopa
Hanter Dro + An Dro - A St. Malo Sur Mer
Hora Femeilor
Ivanice
Aidym
Le Retour du Fils Soldat- CAN/Quebec

(This list is probably not quite the same order the dances were played, since the music player decided to jumble the order at one point for no obvious reason)
 

Playlist from April 3 virtual Zoom folk dance

Seta
Mori Shej, Sabina
Dobra, Nevesto
Above the Rainbow
Eretz Yisrael Yaffa
Hora Fetelor
Paraliakos
Ma Navu
David Melech Israel (King of Israel)
LemonTree- USA
Dos Amantes
Copperhead Road
Ivanice
W Moim Orgrodecku
Arnautsko Horo
New York New York
De secerat
Hora Veche 1
Svekrvino
Osman Aga
La Derniere Danse

Zoom security and privacy issues

As we and seemingly everyone else in the world have been signing onto Zoom, people have been discovering that Zoom has quite a few security and privacy issues.  Here are a few articles that people have sent me about them:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-alert-zoom-client-can-leak-your-network-login-credentials/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e95m/zoom-leaking-email-addresses-photos

https://protonmail.com/blog/zoom-privacy-issues/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account

Please consider these issues, and others that have or will no doubt come to light, and decide whether you want to continue to use the Zoom app.  So far, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for us, so we will continue with the virtual folk dance sessions using Zoom.  Even if you don't want to use the Zoom app, you can still call in on the voice phone number for audio only.

User beware...

UPDATE: Marketplace Tech has a segment about Zoom today (Apr 2, 2020):

Lastly, just for fun:

Ode to Zoom - Parody Medley

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