Madison Folk Ball 2020 Jan 24-26

Received from Michael:

WHAT:  Folk Ball Festival

WHEN:  January 24-26, 2020
WHERE: Memorial Union
               800 Langdon St   53715

FEATURING: Michael Ginsburg

 

FACEBOOK: "Madison Folk Ball"

WEBSITE:      www.madfolkball.org

FRIDAY DANCE PARTIES (Jan.25)
-INT'L DANCE PARTY in Great Hall 

  7:30-Midnight

  Music by YID VICIOUS, IZVOR ORCHESTRA,

      & BLACK WINE -CONTRA DANCE in Festival Room
  7:30-11:00pm, Musicians & Caller TBA

-TANCHAZ in Old Madison Room

  Music by Szaszka

 

SATURDAY DANCE WORKSHOPS (Jan.26)

10:00-noon,  1:00-3:00,  & 3:00-5:00

  Great Hall – Balkan Dance (Michael Ginsburg)

  Tripp Commons – Lindy Hop,

      Transylvanian Men’s Dance, Folk Ball 101

Brown Bag Talk   Noon-1:00 in Old Madison Rm

Singing Wkshop  1:00-3:00 in Old Madison Rm

 

THE LEGENDARY FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY

  7:00-Midnight  Saturday, Jan.26
  Great Hall ballroom

  Music by  INTEMPERANCE COLLECTIVE,

    ORKESTAR BEZ IME, SLOBODA,

    & BLACK BEAR COMBO

SUNDAY WORKSHOP REVIEW (Jan.27)

  Sat. workshop dances from Michael Ginsburg
  10:30am - 12:30pm in Old Madison Room

 

THE MONEY:

Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come & go freely, but bring CASH,CHECK,or CREDIT CARD & give as you can!

Make one full-weekend donation at Info Table in Great Hall (check to "Madison Folk Dance Club")

or donate at each event you attend, but help keep this  celebration open to all.  THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS:  Workshop $15

       Party $30      Weekend $100
 
Presented by Wisc. Folk Arts Assoc.

    & Madison Folk Dance Club
Co-sponsored by Department of German,

    Nordic  & Slavic
Promotional support: WORT 89.9FM

    Community-Sponsored Radio

Madison Folk Ball Jan 25-27, 2019

Received from Michael:

WHAT: Folk Ball Festival 
WHEN: January 25-27, 2019
WHERE: Memorial Union 800 Langdon St 53715
FEATURING: Steve & Suzy Kotansky 

LIKE IT! "Madison Folk Ball" fb page
 https://www.facebook.com/Madison-Folk-Ball-825492254169523/ with news of teachers, bands, schedule.

FRIDAY DANCE PARTIES (Jan.25)
 -INT'L DANCE PARTY in Great Hall 7:30-Midnight Music by Yid Vicious, Intemperance Collective, Izvor Orchestra

 -CONTRA DANCE in Festival Room 7:30-11:00pm Musicians & Caller TBA
-TANCHAZ in Old Madison Room 7:30-11:00pm Led by Steve & Suzy, Music by Szaszka

SATURDAY DANCE WORKSHOPS (Jan.26) in Great Hall & Tripp Commons
10:00-noon, 1:00-3:00, & 3:00-5:00
Brown Bag Talk Noon-1:00 in Old Madison Rm
Singing Wkshop 1:00-3:00 in Old Madison Rm

THE LEGENDARY FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY
  7:00-Midnight Saturday, Jan.26 Great Hall ballroom
 Music by Szaszka, Orchestar Bez Ime, Sloboda, and Black Bear Combo

SUNDAY WORKSHOP REVIEW (Jan.27)
Sat. workshop dances from Steve & Suzy
 10:30am - 12:30pm in Old Madison Room

 THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come & go freely, but bring CASH,CHECK,or CREDIT CARD & give as you can! Make one full-weekend donation at Info Table in Great Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but help keep this an open celebration for everyone. THANKS! SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15 Party $30 Weekend $100

WEBSITE: www.madfolkball.org

Sonia & Cristian: Folkball, Fermilab, Evanston, Jan 18-22, 2018

Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu will be the featured teachers at the Madison Folk Ball:

January 19th – 21st, 2018

Memorial Union

800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706

https://sites.google.com/madfolkdance.org/mfdu/folkball

https://www.facebook.com/events/502869810074640/

On the way there, they will also be doing a workshop at Fermilab International Folk Dancing Thursday Jan 18, 2018:

Thursday, January 18, 2018
7:30 p.m.
Fermilab’s Kuhn Village Barn
Suggested Donation $10 adults / $5 Students
https://orgs.fnal.gov/folkdance/Cristian&Sonia%20workshop%20flyer.pdf

And on the way back, they'll be at Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancing on Monday Jan 22, 2018:

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

Folk Ball Jan 29-31 Madison, Wisconsin

Received from Michael:

WHAT:  Folk Ball Festival
WHEN:  January 29-31, 2016
WHERE: Union South
        1308 W Dayton St / Madison WI 53715
   Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation
        of usual venue Memorial Union.

SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
   Southern Balkan Romani Dance Workshop with Carol Silverman & Alex Markovic
     -- cocek dances with gender-appropriate styling
   Serbian & Greek dance workshops with Alex Markovic
   Yiddish (E.European Jewish) dance workshops with Steve Weintraub
   Singing workshop (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romani) with Carol Silverman
   Legenyes dance workshop with Dan Talmo
   Campus talk (Fri. afternoon) & Brownbag Lunch talk (Sat.noon) by
Carol Silverman
   New Romanian band from Twin Cities (Katrina Mundinger on taragot!)
adds spice
      to the Saturday party lineup
   Balkan Bazaar, vendor of fabulous folk merchandise, open for business

FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTIES (Jan.29)
  -- INT'L DANCE PARTY in Varsity Hall ballroom 7:30pm-12:30am
       INTEMPERANCE COLLECTIVE -- Madison's IFD commune
       YID VICIOUS -- Virtuous Klezmer Crew (Yiddish via Madison)
       REPTILE PALACE ORCHESTRA -- High-Octane Eclectic Ethnic
       DO ZORE -- The Milwaukee Sound from a New Generation
  -- CONTRA DANCE
       instruction 7:30-8:00pm
       dance 8:00-11:00pm [musicians & caller TBA]
       CONTRA LOCATION:
         The Crossing (1127 Univ.Ave) -- Blakeman Hall downstairs
         Please bring DANCING SHOES for the Contra --
           help us keep it clean on the dance floor. Thanks!

THE LEGENDARY FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY (Saturday,Jan.30)
  Varsity Hall ballroom of Union South -- 7:00pm - 1:00am
    SIMBRA OILOR -- Brand-New Romanian band from Minneapolis!
    ORKESTAR BEZ IME -- Flagship IFD band of the Twin Cities
    SLOBODA     -- Milwaukee's Full-Spectrum Ethnic Sound
    VESELIYKA   -- traditional Bulgarian folk orchestra (Madison)

WORKSHOP REVIEW (Sun.,Jan.31)
  Review of dances from Sat. workshops by Silverman, Markovic, & Weintraub
  10:30am - 12:30pm in Northwoods Room (Union South)

SPECIAL GUESTS
  Carol Silverman
   - researcher, teacher, performer, author, educational activist
   - award-winning professor of cultural anthropology & folklore, focus
       on Balkan folkore, ethnography, & human rights issues of Roma
   - teacher of Balkan singing around the world
   - author of prize-winning book Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and
         Balkan Music in Diaspora
  Alex Markovic -- Southern Balkan Dance (Romani, Serbian, Greek)
  Steve Weintraub -- our favorite Yiddish (Eastern European Jewish)
       dance instructor and a Folk Ball veteran

THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS.
  Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK,
  bring your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info
  Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate
  at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open,
  free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100

WEBSITE:    www.madfolkball.org
QUESTIONS: Michael 608-241-3655 / mk@mailbag.com

Presented by Wisconsin Folk Arts Assoc. & Madison Folk Dance Club
Co-sponsored by Department of Slavic Languages & Literature
Welcomed by WORT 89.9FM Community-Sponsored Radio

Madison, WI Folk Ball Jan 23-25, 2015

27th Annual Folk Ball Festival
January 23–25, 2015
Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street, Madison WI)
Featuring Lee Otterholt

http://www.madfolkdance.org/folkball

Madison Folk Ball Jan 27-29, 2012

Madison Folk Ball 2012
Jan 27-29, 2012
Univ of Wisc Memorial Union
800 Langdon St, Madison, WI

Featured Teachers:
Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion teaching Romanian dances
Denes Dreisziger & Gissella Santayana teaching Hungarian dances

Madison, WI Folkball Januay 21-21, 2011

Madison Folkball 

                 Madison's 23rd annual
               FOLK  BALL  FESTIVAL
                   January 21-23, 2011
 Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street, Madison WI)
               featuring   AHMET LULECI
             presenting folk dances of Turkey

Madison, WI, Folkball 2010 Jan 22-24

Folkball 2010

Received from Michael:

You and your party-hearty friends are invited
to enjoy Madison's 22nd annual
FOLK BALL FESTIVAL
January 22-24, 2010
Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street, Madison WI)
featuring ERIK BENDIX, DANIEL SANDU, & SANI RIFATI

Miraculously funded by your generous voluntary donations --
make one full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Great Hall
or donate at Info Table for each event you attend, but do what
you can to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Friday Night Dance Parties -- three of them!
INTERNATIONAL DANCE: Great Hall (4th floor) 8:00-midnight.
CAJUN STRANGERS -- Madison's award-winning Cajun crew
DO ZORE -- Milwaukee's New Generation Folkdance Band!
YID VICIOUS -- Virtuous Klezmer (Yiddish) - Madison
CONTRA DANCE: Tripp Commons (2nd floor east)
7:30-8:00 instruction, dancing 8:00-11:00 or later if you like...
Calling by Roger Diggle, Music by Amy McFarland, Maria Terres &
friends.
Info: Carol carolormand@yahoo.com / 608-213-1618.
Suggested donation $7.
HUNGARIAN TANCHAZ (village-style "dance-house")
Beefeaters Room (3rd floor east)
8:00pm -- music by SZASZKA (traditional string band)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Saturday Folk Arts Workshops
10-noon Great Hall GREEK FOLKDANCE -- Erik Bendix
10-noon Tripp Commons BHANGRA DANCE (E. Indian) -- Jay Singh
12-1pm Beefeaters Rm Brownbag Lunch /Culture Corner -- Sani & Michael
1-3pm Great Hall ROMANIAN DANCE -- Daniel Sandu
1-3pm Tripp Commons BALKAN ROMANI (Gypsy) FOLKDANCE -- Sani Rifati
1-3pm Old Madison Rm BULGARIAN & CELTIC SINGING
-- Tri Bratovchedki & Navan
1-3pm Beefeaters Rm STORYTELLING "Tell-Around" -- Reid Miller
3-5pm Great Hall BULGARIAN FOLKDANCE -- Erik Bendix
3-5pm Tripp Commons ROMANIAN DANCE -- Daniel Sandu
3-5pm Beefeaters Rm DRUMMING STYLES -- collect & trade 'em!
Hicham Lachgar - Moroccan Sani Rifati - Balkan Romani Elmore
Lawson - W.African
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Saturday BUFFET DINNER - serving at 5:00 in the Union
(Inn Wisconsin Room - 2nd floor east)
Lasagna (meat or vegetarian), salad, Italian squash medley,
bread sticks, cookies, coffee/tea/milk/soda.water.
Per person $17.50. Reservations required -- accepted thru Sunday, Jan.17.
Contact Joan jbraune@sbcglobal.net / 608-242-1168
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The Legendary FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY (Great Hall)
Saturday 7:00pm-1:00am
Music By:
VESELIYKA -- Village-Style Balkan Band - Madison & Lovech
ORKESTAR BEZ IME -- IFD Band from Twin Cities ("The Rogarians")
REPTILE PALACE ORCHESTRA -- High-Octane Eclectic Ethnic (Madison Island)
SLOBODA -- Milwaukee's Full-Spectrum Ethnic Sound
Early Evening Performances to include:
CASHEL DENNEHY School of Irish Dance
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sunday Workshops / Reviews in Great Hall
10:00am - 3:00pm
GREEK & BULGARIAN -- ErikBendix
ROMANIAN -- Daniel Sandu
BALKAN ROMANI -- Sani Rifati
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Visit Joan Amsterdam's FOLKSTUFF SHOP in Great Hall anytime Saturday!
To offer or ask crash space: Tami 608-274-3132 tjdettin@yahoo.com
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Presented by Madison Folk Dance Club.
Sponsored by Department of Slavic Languages, College of Letters & Science.
Welcomed by WORT 89.9FM Community-Sponsored Radio.
Folk Ball website: http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html
for workshop details, schedule updates, lodging information, and such.
Further Info: Michael 608-241-3655 mk@mailbag.com

Madison Folk Ball Jan 23-25, 2009

Received from Michael:

You and your party-hearty friends are invited
to enjoy Madison's 21st annual
FOLK BALL FESTIVAL
January 23-25, 2009
Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street, Madison WI)
featuring YVES MOREAU and DENNIS GROVE

Miraculously funded by your generous voluntary donations --
make one full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Great Hall
or donate at each event you attend, but do what you can to keep
Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Friday Night Dance Parties -- three of them!
INTERNATIONAL DANCE: Great Hall (4th floor) 7:30-midnight.
CAJUN STRANGERS -- Yes, Cajun - Madison
YID VICIOUS -- Virtuous Klezmer (Yiddish) - Madison
IZVOR ORCHESTRA -- Flagship Ethnic Band of Milwaukee
cameo by TRI BRATOVCHEDKI -- Eastern European Singers
CONTRA DANCE: Tripp Commons (2nd floor east)
7:30-8:00 instruction, dancing 8:00-11:00 or later if you like...
Calling by Karen Kaufman, Music by DUCK FOR THE OYSTER.
Info: Roger foolong@pobox.com / 608-242-0373.
Suggested donation $7.
HUNGARIAN TANCHAZ (village-style "dance-house")
Beefeaters Room (3rd floor east)
8:00pm -- music by SZASZKA (traditional string band)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Saturday Folk Arts Workshops
10-noon Great Hall BULGARIAN / BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
10-noon Tripp Commons CROSS STEP WALTZ -- Jeanette Watts
10-Noon Beefeaters Yid Vicious documentary film "Car-Free Klezmer"
12-1 Beefeaters Rm Brownbag Lunch /Culture Corner -- Yves Moreau
1-3pm Great Hall METIS TRADITIONAL DANCE -- Dennis Grove
1-3pm Tripp Commons SERBIAN FOLKDANCE -- Michael Malich
1-3pm Old Madison Rm FAMILY DANCE -- Duck for the Oyster
1-3pm Beefeaters Rm AFRICAN DRUMMING -- Eku Emmanuel & Atimevu Drum &
Dance
3-5pm Great Hall BULGARIAN / BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
3-5pm Tripp Commons WEST AFRICAN DANCE -- Abu Muhammed
with Atimevu Drum &
Dance
3-5pm Old Madison Rm A CAPPELLA SINGING -- Tri Bratovchedki & Friends
3-5pm Round Table Storytelling "Tell-Around" -- Reid Miller
3-5pm Beefeaters Yid Vicious documentary film "Car-Free Klezmer"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Visit Joan Amsterdam's folkstuff shop in Great Hall anytime Saturday!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Saturday BUFFET DINNER - serving at 5:00 in the Union
(Inn Wisconsin Room - 2nd floor east)
Lasagna (meat or vegetarian), salad, Italian squash medley,
bread sticks, cookies, coffee/tea/milk.
Per person $17.50. Reservations required -- accepted thru Sunday, Jan.18.
Contact Michael mk@mailbag.com / 608-241-3655
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The Legendary FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY (Great Hall)
Saturday 7:00pm-1:00am
Music By:
ORKESTAR BEZ IME -- IFD Band from Twin Cities
VESELIYKA -- Village-Style Balkan Band - Madison
SLOBODA -- Milwaukee's Full-Spectrum Ethnic Sound
REPTILE PALACE ORCHESTRA -- High-Octane Eclectic Ethnic
Early Evening Dance Perfs: SUMADIJA Serbian Folk Dance Ensemble
(Milwaukee),
NASHENCHETA & MITRONIYA Bulgarian dance ensembles (Chicago)
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Sunday Workshops / Reviews at Great Hall
10:30am - 3:30pm BULGARIAN/BALKAN FOLKDANCE -- Yves Moreau
and METIS DANCE -- Dennis Grove
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Survivors Dance Party -- Sunday 8:00-11:00pm
at The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue
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Presented by Madison Folk Dance Club.
Sponsored by Department of Slavic Languages, Global Connections, Students
for WORT.
Welcomed by WORT 89.9FM Community-Sponsored Radio.
To offer or ask crash space: Tami 608-274-3132 tjdettin@yahoo.com
Folk Ball website: http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html
for workshop details, schedule updates, lodging information, and such.
Further Info: Michael 608-241-3655 mk@mailbag.com

Madison Folk Ball - Jan 25-27, 2008

E-mail from Michael attached below; Here's a link to the Folk Ball website, for later reference (currently, it comes up mostly for 2007, but it does give the dates for 2008).

Warmest Wishes and Greetings of the Season to you and all the dancefolk thereabouts! I've just finished clearing paths of show and ice for the third or fourth time in short sequence, though I understand the Chicago area has been struggling with even more serious challenges. It is starting to look a lot like Christmas...

My apologies for being even further behind than usual this year in festival planning and preparation. Here is what's ready for publication at the moment:

Live music dance parties in Great Hall both Friday (8:00-midnight) and Saturday (7:30-1:00am);
Friday night contra in Tripp Commons 7:30-11:00.
Survivors Party Sunday night at the Crossing (1127 University Ave.) 8:00-11:00.
The Featured Teacher Creatures will be Lee Otterholt and Sani Rifati, other instructors TBA.
Performing groups will include Viata Romaneasca of Milwaukee; other performing groups TBA.
Dance bands will include Yid Vicious (Madison), Maritza (Iowa), Reptile Palace Orchestra (Madison), Izvor (Milwaukee), Cajun Strangers (Madison); hopefully Sloboda (Milw.) and Orkestar Bez Ime (Twin Cities), others as well.
Tri Bratovchedki will offer a singing workshop, probably in collaboration with others.

Sincere thanks for your help in spreading the word on Folk Ball!
Your comrade,
Michael