Fermilab international folk dancing is cancelled from now through the end of March. In response to the coronavirus threat and concerns to limit any possible spread, Fermilab has decided to cancel all public events this month. We need to follow this policy, so there will be no international folk dancing at Fermilab for the rest of March. This unfortunately includes the planned March 19 workshop with Sani Rifati.
"This Sunday afternoon, September 10, at Fermilab's Kuhn Barn, there will be English country dancing from 1 to 5 p.m. (experienced from 1 to 2 p.m., then all welcome), with live music by Old Fezziwig's Band. We'll start working on a few of the dances coming up on the Harvest Moon Dance Weekend programs (see below), as well as Pat Shaw and other favorites from our summer experiences. There are also dates for upcoming dances at Fermilab through the 2017-08 season on the website now.This coming Monday evening, September 11, from 7 to 10 p.m., there will be a special workshop with dance historian Susan de Guardiola, with live music by Tim Macdonald and Jeremy Ward, at Oak Park's Nineteenth Century Club. Susan's focus is "The dancing of early 19th century Edinburgh" and is based on her recent research into the dancing of the Lowe brothers. (More details on the website.) Of course, if you want to wear historic costume, that is always appreciated, though certainly not required.
Also coming up soon is our Harvest Moon Dance Weekend, October 13 - 15, held entirely at Oak Park's lovely Nineteenth Century Club, with superlative music by all four members of Bare Necessities and wonderful calling and workshops by Bruce Hamilton. The early bird price for the full weekend ($130 for adults, $85 for full time students and limited income seniors) expires September 15, so you might want to register online by then!In news of Central Illinois, dancing in Champaign-Urbana will move from the previously announced date of Saturday, September 23, to Sunday afternoon, September 24, 2 to 5 p.m., at the Phillips Center.English dancing in Evanston has already started up for the season every other Wednesday evening. Check the website for upcoming dates."
Fermilab international folk dancing is looking forward to hosting Gergana Panova for a Bulgarian dance workshop on Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Gergana comes highly recommended as a teacher and scholar of Bulgarian folklore and we are pleased to host her for her only Chicagoland workshop appearance, at our usual location of Kuhn Barn on the Fermilab site. Suggested donation for the workshop is $10 adults/ $5 students. There is a printable flyer on the website which has a photo and more information about Gergana.:
We've decided to move the Mihai David Romanian workshop to Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium to take advantage of the smoother floor and air-conditioned climate there (better a little crowded than so hot!), on Thursday, July 18, from 8 to 11 p.m. (note slightly different time as well). In addition, our accordionist friend Don Weeda will be in town and will play for request dancing during the evening, when we take a break from workshop dances.
Mihai is also doing a workshop at the Evanston Monday Night group on July 22.We’ll go back to the Barn for aSPECIAL event: Thursday, July 18: MIHAI DAVID, the teacher of some of our favorite Romanian dances, will be at Fermilab’s Barnfor a WORKSHOP!!We’re moving to the Barn so that we have extra space, in hopes that lots of you will come. If the weather is warm, be aware that the Barn has no air-conditioning. There are several fans, but we could use extras if you want to bring one along (and maybe an extension cord).Suggested donation for the workshop is $10 for adults, $5 for students, but remember it is only “suggested,” and you can come to participate in any case! Mihai is appearing at the Door County Folk Festival (www.dcff.net),but to my current knowledge is not giving workshops elsewhere in the Chicago area on this trip.
You can download the flyer athttp://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/MihaiJuly18.pdf(If you run a group or will be seeing other dancers, kindly print a few and help us spread the word! – Thanks!)
Hi and happy Spring!
I have hot-off-the-press news of a special event coming up at Fermilab International Folk Dancing:
Jaap Leegwater, the well-known Dutch teacher of Bulgarian folk dance, will be making a visit to the Midwest and will do a special workshop at our group on Thursday, April 26, and follow up with a review session the following week, on Thursday, May 3. We're very pleased and excited to have him for this unexpected appearance!
The workshop will be held at Fermilab's Village Barn, on the Fermilab site, starting at 7:30 p.m., both Thursdays. We hope you can join us!
You can download a printable flyer about this at www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/
In one other bit of late breaking news, I just heard that we can't use the Barn April 19 because of a lab function. So dancing will move to Ramsey Auditorium that evening.
Other folk dance events coming up include:
Saturday, April 21 - Sarah Falkoff teaching at the Appleton, WI workshop, potluck and party, with music by Orkestar Bez Ime
Wednesday, April 25 - Oak Park/River Forest Folk Dacne Annual Potluck, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 515 Franklin, River Forest.
Friday, April 27 to Sunday, April 29 - Paul Collins teaching at the Indianapolis Folk Dance workshop.
Friday, May 4 to Sunday, May 6 - The Detroit Folk Dance weekend "Christomania" with Christos Papakostos and Joe Graziosi teaching Greek dance and live music with Christos Govetas' family band "Dromeno" - Registration form at
http://www.detroitfolkdancing.com/May%20Camp%20Reg%20form%202012.pdf
Monday, May 7 - Workshop with Christos Papakostos at Evanston Monday International Folk Dancing, Lake Street Church in Evanston www.evanstonfolkdance.org
Saturday, May 12 - Stone Soup Party at Argonne International Folk Dancers, 1 to 6 p.m. at St. Paul's UCC, Downers Grove argonneifd.blogspot.com/2012/03/stone-soup-party-saturday-may-12-2012.html
Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3 - June Camp at Beloit College, with Zeljko Jergan (Croatian) and Larry Marcus (Israeli). Registration flyers will be available for download very soon at junecampifd.googlepages.com
Lots to do. Have fun, and enjoy it!
Cheers,
Mady
Dec.. 15 – no dancing (because we need to rehearse for our Museum of Science and Industry performance – come see some of us do Welsh dances to live music this Saturday at 11 a.m. on their Christmas Around the World stage.)
Dec.. 22 – Holiday Party # 1 – we are expecting some out of town guests and old friends and a special dance treat, in addition to some special holiday dances.
Dec.. 29 – no dancing, but.......
Dec. 30 – (Friday, not Thursday) Holiday Party #2 - We hope to see some of you who can’t always make it during the rest of the year, but might have a chance to visit during the holidays!
Times are always 7:30 to 10 p.m., though we can linger later at the Barn if we’d like.
There are also other International dance holiday parties taking place in the area (thanks to Harry for the list):
Dec.. 19 Evanston Monday Night Folkdancers’ “Out of the Woodwork” Solstice Party, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Lake Street Church of Evanston, 607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
Dec.. 21 Skokie International Folkdance Party, 8 – 10 p.m., Weber Center, Skokie
Dec.. 27 Milwaukee Holiday Party "Holiday Glow" with live music with Izvor Orchestra, 7-9:45 p.m., Hart Park, Wauwatosa wfdp.webs.com/southeastwisconsin.htm
Dec.. 31 Ethnic Dance Chicago New Year's Eve Potluck and Party 7 p.m. Dinner, 8 p.m. Party, 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago www.ethnicdance.net
Dec.. 31 Racine New Year's Eve Party "Hawaiian Colors" 8-12 p.m., Women's Club of Racine, 740 Lake Ave, Racine 262-412-3354
Jan. 1 Argonne New Year's Day Potluck Feast and Dance 1-6p.m., St Paul's United Church of Christ, 5739 Dunham Road (corner of Dunham & Jefferson), Downers Grove, argonneifd.blogspot.com
For those of you who do other kinds of dancing at Fermilab, we’ve just decided that there will be Scottish country dancing with out a break. The Silk and Thistle Holiday Party is Dec.. 20, but there will also be dancing Dec.. 27 and Jan. 3 to prepare for the New Year’s Ball coming up Jan. 7 and 8.
Likewise, Fermilab English country dancing will meet as usual on the first Sunday of the month, which is New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, beginning with a brunch at noon and then an afternoon of going over dances for the New Year’s Ball. Dances for the Ball will also be the material for the festive session of English dancing coming up at the Nineteenth Century Club in Oak Park the evening of Dec.. 19.
Lots of fun dance events coming up, in addition to the late October Halloween fun.
Fermilab’s dance groups are sponsoring a special full-day and evening Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts on Saturday, October 22, at Fermilab’s Kuhn Village Barn. Jeanette will be teaching Cross-Step Waltz and its variations as well as Mazurka Waltz . You can check out the former in this classic video by Richard Powers (one of Jeanette’s teachers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2BLHpVBT4
and Mazurka Waltz is shown in the following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZozQKadkw
Details are on the flyer at http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/WaltzWorkshop.pdf
There will be 3 workshops during the day (at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) and an evening Waltz party with some live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band in the evening. Workshops are $10 each, or there is a full-day-plus-evening price of $30.
The flyer doesn’t mention it, but I think we’ll plan a potluck supper to go between the afternoon workshops and evening party. There is refrigeration in the Barn, and a place to plug in appliances, but no real kitchen.
Jeanette will also teach a workshop on the Basics of Bellydance on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. That will be held on the stage at Fermilab’s Ramsey Auditorium in the Wilson Hall high-rise (where international and Scottish dancing is held in the summer).
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I’m too modest to advertise the weekend *I* am calling and teaching this coming weekend, Oct.14 - 15, but I can forward on this mention from Sue Hanson of Urbana:
“If you are a dance gypsy and don't mind last minute plans …. this weekend of traditional
dance sounds like a good one.
They will have American, Folk, and English. Mady Newfield, our folk dance
instructor for Marchfest, will be teaching English and International. Dale
Schreiber will teach Old Time Contra Squares and Rounds. There will be live
music by the Cosmic Otters (English/American) and Do Zore (International).
11TH ANNUAL Fairwater I.F.D Weekend
October 14 - 15 weekend
Fairwater, Wisconsin
Info at https://sites.google.com/site/folkdanceworkshop/ “
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And from Dan Garvin in Minneapolis, another reminder about the Oct. 28 – 30 weekend with Kete Ilievski teaching Macedonian dance at Tapestry.
“There is still time to take advantage of the early bird weekend package discount for Tapestry Folkdance Center's Fall Workshop with Kete Ilievski. The weekend package price is $55 for Tapestry members or $65 for non-members if your registration is postmarked no later than 10/14/11. This covers all four teaching sessions and the Saturday night dance party.
After the 14th, both prices increase by $15 -- still a savings compared to paying for each event separately. “
http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/
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That same weekend, Oct 28 – 30, there is a Swedish dance weekend at Folklore Village with Roo Lester. http://folklorevillage.org/t2/calendar#Fall Swedish
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Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers will host noted Bulgarian dance teacher, Daniela Ivanova, on Monday, Oct. 17., at their usual location , the Lake Street Church of Evanston, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Evanston is also planning a Potluck Dinner and Dance for Saturday, Nov. 5.
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And don’t forget Halloween parties – at Fermilab we’ll celebrate the holiday with a Tuesday 10/25 Scottish dance party, a Thursday 10/27 international dance party, and English country dancing with live music by Old Fezziwig’s Band on Sunday 10/30.
We have a special guest teaching us this coming Thursday. Sushma, our own international dancer, who has shown us her talents in traditional Indian dance in two previous workshops, will return present us with a Bhangra dance. She’s been off at the University of Pittburgh and danced there with a competitive dance team in Indian dance. We’re very glad to have her back this summer. Hope you can join us this Thursday, July 29, for her teaching, or in one of the next couple of weeks for the review. And come and dance some old and new favorites, in the cool of Ramsey Auditorium at Fermilab, every Thursday evening, 7:30 to 10, through the summer.
Hi,
Counting down to spring here and with it, a number of special dance events!
At our own group, Fermilab international folk dancing will be hosting Iliana Bozhanova, whose workshop we enjoyed in February 2009, for a return visit, this time with live music by accordionist Todor Yankov who is traveling with her on this tour from Bulgaria. We’ll have an evening that’s part review workshop and part Bulgarian dance party on Thursday, April 8, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Kuhn Village Barn. It will be a great time to enjoy some wonderful live music and fine teaching. Suggested donation is $8 ($4 for students) (but it is a donation, and not required).
More dancing again that weekend, for another repeat visit: this one from Jeanette and Mike Watts who brought us Cross-Step Waltz two years ago. They will hold a workshop on Sunday afternoon, April 11, from noon to 4, again at Kuhn Village Barn at Fermilab. Come to learn and practice the basic step of this accessible variety of vintage waltz between 12 and 2, then stay for an intermediate class to go over variations from 2 to 4. (Please don’t come to the later class unless you’ve been here for the first, or know the basics from a previous workshop. Suggested donation is $5 per session or $8 for the whole afternoon (students $3 per session and $5 for the afternoon).
More information on these from me, or on our website at www.fnal.gov/org/folkdance -- as well as flyers to print, if you need some for your group.
Sooner than that, come next week, March 25, when we’ll bid farewell to longtime regular Nancy, who is moving to Michigan.
In other news, if you’re around Chicago this weekend, don’t miss the workshops and performances of Balkanske Igre’s Spring Festival – live music parties, workshops, a Balkan dinner and dance performance extravaganza on Saturday evening.
There’s also a special FREE Barn Dance at Fermilab’s Kuhn Village Barn Sunday afternoon March 21 to celebrate Dave Harding’s birthday. Dot Kent is calling with the Volo Bogtrotters.
Monday, March 22, Ventzi Sotirov will be teaching Bulgarian dances at Evanston’s international folk dance group, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m., at the Lake Street Church of Evanston, 607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Ave., $5. They will also have Iliana Bozhanova on April 12.
Last but not least, June Camp, the international folk dance weekend at Beloit College, will have Kete Ilievski (who is also at the Chicago Spring Festival) teaching Macedonian dances, and Marilyn Smith teaching French dances, June 3 – 6. Registration flyers will be out in April. Check the website at http://junecampifd.googlepages.com or let me know if you want one sent to you. (You can pick up preliminary flyers at the Chicago Spring Festival, or print some from the website).
Happy dancing! and I’ll see you this weekend if you’re coming to Urbana’s Marchfest weekend of English, contra, and international folk dancing.
Cheers,Mady
Daniel Sandu will give a special workshop on Romanian folk dance, with his special fusion with percussive dance, on Thursday, January 28, 7:30 p.m. at Fermilab’s Barn. More information about him at http://www.danielsandu.com/danielsandu/biography.html
Before that there’s Madison’s famous Folk Ball, January 22-24 – with great dance parties and workshops by Erik Bendix, Daniel Sandu, Sani Rifati and others (more info at http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html)
Stay warm and safe, and hope to see you soon.
Happy New Year, happy winter.
Hi,
‘Tis the season, but given the way the holidays fall, we’re canceling international folk dancing at Fermilab for two weeks. There WILL be dancing this Thursday Dec. 17, but then we will NOT dance again until January 7, 2010. (Scottish dancing continues without a break every Tuesday evening, and there will be English country dancing on Sunday, January 3.
There are lots of other opportunities to dance during the holidays – I’ll pass on Harry’s helpful list:
12/21 Evanston IFD "Out of the Woodwork" Solstice Holiday Party !
Lake Street Church of Evanston, 607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue
12/25 Ethnic Dance Chicago Party at the Latvian Center
8:00-12:00, 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago www.ethnicdance.net
12/29 Milwaukee Folk Dancers Holiday Party with Live Music by Izvor
7:30-10:00, Hart Park, Wauwatosa WI www.gainesnet.com/milwauke.htm
12/31 Ethnic Dance Chicago New Year's Eve Potluck and Party
5:30 Dinner (reservations req'd), 8:00 Party, 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago www.ethnicdance.net
12/31 Racine Folk Dancers New Year's Eve Party
8:00-1:00, DeKoven Center, Racine WI www.gainesnet.com/milwauke.htm
1/1 Argonne New Year's Day Potluck Feast and Dance
1:00-6:00, St Paul's Church, Downer's Grove argonneifd.blogspot.com
And please correct your calendars: Daniel Sandu will present a workshop at Fermilab international dancing on Thursday, January 28, AFTER his appearance at Folk Ball the previous weekend. We hope you can join us then.
Have a wonderful holiday and a New Year filled with good times and good dancing.
Mady
