Celebrating 50 yrs of Lake Geneva/Oconomowoc Folk Dancing Sat Sep 9, 2023

 

***CANCELLED*** Oconomowoc Fall Folk Dance Camp Oct 6-8, 2023

There weren't enough sign-ups by the deadline to meet the attendance requirement, so there won't be an Oconomowoc camp this year. Hopefully next year.

Fri Oct 16 Special Night Celebrating Lake Geneva + Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camps

Join us at our usual 8pm CDT Friday night virtual Zoom Argonne Folk Dance session on October 16, 2020, when we will have a program entirely made up of dances that were taught at the regional folk dance camps that were held at Lake Geneva and more recently Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (hopefully to resume in person next year).  It will be an online evening of all dancing, not teaching.

If you have fond memories of a dance that was taught at camp (or if there's one that you wish you had a fond memory of... 😊), send us e-mail to add it to the request list, or let us know verbally or in the Zoom chat on Friday.  If you're not already receiving the weekly e-mail reminder with the Zoom meeting info, send us e-mail to request that you be added to the e-mail list.  Our e-mail address is: lindaandjay@comcast.net

Here are links to video clips of dances that were taught at Oconomowoc in recent years:

https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2017/09/oconomowoc-video-clips-2006-2017-on.html

 https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2018/10/oconomowoc-2018-video-clips.html

https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2019/10/oconomowoc-2019-video-clips.html 

 

Oconomowoc 2019 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 ("1/10..."), you should then be able to scroll down the list and click on whichever particular dance you're interested in.  Or if that doesn't work: hit play, and either sit through all of them in order, or click the ">>" next video icon.

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

Not meeting Fri Oct 4, 2019 - Oconomowoc camp

We will not be meeting for Friday night dancing in Downers Grove on Friday, Oct 4, 2019, because many of us will be attending the Oconomowoc Fall Folk Dance Camp 
Hope to see you there, or on subsequent Fridays when we should have some new dances to share.

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp Oct 4-6, 2019

Fall Folkdance Camp
October 4-6, 2019
Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute
600 Lac Labelle Dr, Oconomowoc, WI
Cost: $235 before Sept 6th, 2019

Click on registration form, use "Print Preview" and adjust scale as necessary to print.

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).

Oconomowoc Fall Folk Dance Camp Oct 5-7, 2018

Fall Folk Dance Camp in Oconomowoc, WI
Sponsored by Lake Geneva Folk Dancers
Where: Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI)
When: Fri-Sun Oct 5-7, 2018
How Much: $230 if paid in full by Sep 7, 2018 ($250 after Sep 7)
Click on image below for flyer.

Oconomowoc video clips 2006-2017 on youtube

The first few years of the blog, I uploaded the videos (and photo slideshows in some cases) to a free account on photobucket.com, which provided the HTML "embed" code to include them in the blog. But now photobucket has changed things and made stuff unavailable for "third party hosting" as this is called, unless you upgrade to a premium (paid) membership.  So, I finally got around to uploading all the years of Oconomowoc video clips that I have to youtube, making a playlist for each year (and also updated the early blog posts with the broken photobucket links to embed the youtube playlists instead.)

I made the youtube playlists "unlisted", which means you can see them if you have the link, but they won't show up in a youtube search.  Below are all the youtube playlist links, including 2006, which was before the blog even started:

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2006

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2007

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2008

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2009

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2010

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2011

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2012

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2013

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2014

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2015

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2016

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp 2017

Oconomowoc 2017 video clips

Below is aYoutube playlist of dances taught this 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.

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp Sep 15-17, 2017

Fall Dance Camp in Oconomowoc
Sponsored by Lake Geneva Folk Dancers
Where: Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI), 600 Lac Labelle Dr,  Oconomowoc, WI
When: Sep 15-17, 2017, check-in starts Friday 4:30pm, Dinner 6:30pm
Camp ends Sunday after a light lunch
Cost: $225 per person if paid in full by Aug 15 30, 2017 ($245 after Aug 15 30)
Accommodation: Double occupancy rooms with private bath.  Charge for a single room, IF AVAILABLE, will be an additional $75
More details on flyer. Click on flyer image at left to open it full size.

post-Oconomowoc web surfing

Having spent the first half of my day struggling to get the video clips from Oconomowoc up on the blog, I decided to fritter away the second half of the day web surfing for videos, music, and info about the dances, now I'll share the links so you can fritter away some of your time, too:

The music for Menim Balam is also known as "Menim Balam Kime Neyler " or more frequently "Dut ağacı boyunca", and there are many versions of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ97GmKcQKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2utZpSQL6ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb6xNMyHx7I  (lyrics shown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEGHxX1aB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGEJm2Pe0Qk
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Dut+Agaci&rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3ADut+Agaci&ajr=0
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IA0DJGO/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=dut%20agaci%20boyunca&c=music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zahidem/id814428545
 https://youtu.be/90xHG3O6i_k dance
http://www.folkdancecamp.org/assets/MenimBalamSFDC2014.pdf dance notes

Aidym:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljO7YOKz0s   music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUKNAoD5MI
https://www.danmoi.com/ulger-ensemble-aidym.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZWmfZ6qVVo movements

Apley House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQcN03fvrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KogrUoeaLV0  (Renfair, circle around maypole)
http://dancefiddler.com/csds.htm -- vol 9 "Strong Roots" Country Dance Society Boston Center CDs
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=colinhume.com/ABC.txt/0013

Hole in the Wall -- Scooter Lee
http://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/hole-in-the-wall-ID98365.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRMfLbRHTIg dance video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibrVFSqRn4   music
https://www.amazon.com/Hole-in-the-Wall/dp/B014IY6URA/ref=sr_1_1
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Scooter%20Lee%20hole%20in%20the%20wall&c=music
https://www.scooterlee.com/product/im-gonna-love-you-forever-audio-cd/

Passu Torrau (Amore Contrariadu)
http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2014/10/passu-torrau-bagnoli-version-italy.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCQkKxppWc dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXsOI14qK9g dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2nfiUKRdyk - music
https://www.amazon.com/Amore-contrariadu/dp/B003VB66E4/ref=sr_1_1
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Janas_Janas?id=Bhnuplmevlwaysgp5t4abff3pzm
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/janas/id381461096
http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/PassuTorrau2009LD.pdf
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/intl/0037

Pride of the Pingle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0THD7XybCA - dance
https://www.amazon.com/Heatin-Up-Hall-Yankee-Ingenuity/dp/B0000003PQ - music (Track 6 reels)

Shumarsko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ejAxyi8Ss0 - music

Syrtos Rhodou
https://youtu.be/CKgEgUFvw78 dance
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B7crgaaqaqveysx3fzcbqkgiwn4&tid=song-Ttgi7sjpzohd2pxf3eab4stphiy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbUI_fd__ls  choral version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_yYkgToJuM choral version with dancing
http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/SyrtosRodou1978LD.pdf 

Take 5
(Dave Brubeck music, different dance, just for kicks)  https://youtu.be/8rYNUQhcTB4

(El) Tamatan -- lots of these are same music, not the same dance, but similar movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYX92b6c6po
https://youtu.be/paOc-LcukhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ins96P7BEFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG82rm0nti4
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bpsthqv5svyzufujm462a2gdnea&tid=song-Tvlq3qcybq36qjlm6dzrsmuow7a  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuiii1ucHdE  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGeeYbGwZY music
http://goldov.com/butterw/emdb/score.html?EB0944 sheet music


Toichevo Kolo (more frequently spelled Toicevo Kolo, without the "h")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrff5MF3bn4 (Dunav, same music, different dance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKArgtGlv6U (same music, different dance)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4245195-Orchestra-D-Mati%C4%87
https://www.amazon.com/DESPOTOVIC-SIXTEEN-YUGOSLAVIAN-DANCES-record/dp/B00Q5KOZ6Y/ref=sr_1_1
http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/despotovic_c.htm
http://www.folklorediscography.org/RTB-Ciga.htm
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/balk2/0199
http://goldov.com/butterw/emdb/score.html?EB0409 sheet music

Yar Ko Parag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6I823kYWw  dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQ8ZpVhnOQ dance
https://youtu.be/42GAao5d5aM  music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoOB3i5-V4I music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fX6Y6W4sKg music
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag/dp/B014HQMF1O/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag/dp/B00JND3MNM/ref=sr_1_2
https://www.amazon.com/Parapono-Yar-Ko-Parag-Xenitia/dp/B00IX9D5C0/ref=sr_1_3
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag-Bingeol-medley/dp/B003BS7290/ref=sr_1_6
https://www.amazon.com/Yar-Ko-Parag-Boyin-Mernem/dp/B000QM4US0/ref=sr_1_7
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Yar%20Ko%20Parag&c=music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yar-ko-parag-boyin-mernem/id194471477?i=194471707

I couldn't find much about Shumarsko, but while I was looking, I found a nice video of Cigansko Horo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK8haY9Mv84 Циганско хоро

And I couldn't find the exact version of Popcorn that Daniel showed us at the after-party, but there are similar ones, like this:

https://youtu.be/Z2_gDmEbhrc

And some less similar, including an Irish Step Dance version:

https://youtu.be/YfdLh0MHqKw

https://youtu.be/-3iAk90Qt_E

https://youtu.be/MDRP51U_LKI?t=4m55s  "River a Popcorn"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NRW2YK/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk1

https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B3dml42a6fre4of7v52cs6budie&tid=song-T7tb3dyqb6panfjpjzvsmixggfy

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hot-butter/id5355589

Oconomowoc 2016 video clips - YouTube playlist

Sorry this post is so delayed -- I tried to upload the videos to blog posts as I've done in the past, but blogger wasn't cooperating.  I tried 4 different browsers, two different computers with 2 different operating systems, two different video formats, but nothing worked -- it would upload successfully, but the "Processing video" step never finished, it just disappeared leaving only a broken link.  Anyway, after googling to see if I could find a solution, I finally found that the easiest thing would be to create a YouTube channel, put all the video clips in a playlist, and embed that in a blog post.  Hopefully this will work, probably better than the old ways, anyway.  I made the videos and the playlist "Unlisted", which means you can see them if you have the link, but they won't show up when searching YouTube.  Sorry for boring you with the details, but after several hours of wrestling with it, I just had to complain a little :-)

Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp Sep 23-25 2016

Fall Folk Dance Camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Sep 23-25, 2016
Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Oconomowoc, WI
Click on image below for Registration form

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