Lockdown Waltz

If you feel like waltzing around your living room, you can pick up various waltz line dance steps from this youtube video:  https://youtu.be/OuyYhhEK6aQ
And then do them to the lovely waltz music in this video:  https://youtu.be/oCd9kBw0s8c

Cross-step waltz, Ragtime two-step, Victorian dances - Apr 4-6, 2014

Received from Mady:

Susan de Guardiola will be teaching an introduction to cross-step waltz next Saturday, April 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ida Noyes Hall during the afternoon workshops of the University of Chicago's contra dance weekend with Les Z Boys and Seth Tepfer (which should itself be a fun time!). Then she'll be teaching Ragtime and Two step at Fermilab's Barn on Sunday afternoon, April 5, 3 to 6 p.m., and Cross Step Waltz - review and further moves Sunday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. (suggested $10 donation per workshop).

Monday evening, April 6, at Oak Park's 19th Century Club, Susan will present dances of the Victorian era for a Victorian Ball, 7 to 10 p.m., with live music by the Cosmic Otters and Tim Macdonald.

more information:  English dancing website.

 

Flyer:

http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/english/SDWwSdG2015.pdf

Sep 12-14 Harvest Moon Dance Fest + more upcoming events

We heard of several upcoming events from Mady :
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Thursday, Sept. 11 - Fermilab international folk dancing moves back to Kuhn Village Barn at Fermilab, and a preview of Cross Step Waltz is planned.

Friday - Sunday September 12 - 14  Harvest Moon Dance Weekend - featuring dance historian Susan de Guardiola teaching Cross-Step Waltz (Friday) and historical social dance (Saturday), at Fermilab's Barn, as well as a Waltz evening (Saturday) with live music by Martha Edwards and Jonathan Whitall; Regency dance and modern English country dance and more cross-step waltz at Oak Park's Nineteenth Century Club (Sunday)

Friday - Sunday Sept 26 - 28 Yves Moreau at Tapestry's Fall Weekend in Minneapolis (for lower rate sign up by Sept. 12)

Saturday Oct 18 - "Chicagoland Fall Ball" Bulgarian Dance workshop and party with Nikolay Tsvetkov at Ethnic Dance Chicago

Sunday, Oct. 19  Nikolay Tsvetkov, noted dancer, instructor, and choreography from Ensemble Pirin, teaches a guest workshop and master class hosted by Ensemble Balkanske Igre  (more info at balkanske_igre@yahoo.com
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Also, St Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, where we dance on Friday nights, is planning an October Fest the evening of  Saturday Oct 18, and we may be helping with some simple participation folk dancing there, stay tuned for further details when we find out more.

There's still just barely time to sign up for Oconomowoc Folk Dance Camp -- contrary to what some of the printed flyers say, the deadline for the early price is ***SEPT 3, 2014****, so better get hopping!
 

Waltz Workshop with Jeanette Watts, Oct. 22 at Fermilab, and other upcoming dance events

Received from Mady:

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. 

Fermilab ECD/Scottish/waltz news

Received from Mady:

Friday: English country dance and Jane Austen fans are welcome to come to a practice session this Friday, June 20th, at 7:30 p.m. to go over the Jane Austen dances we will be teaching for the Ball at the the Jane Austen Society annual general meeting in October. It will take place in Oak Park in the ballroom of the Oak Park Arms Retirement Community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave (60302). Fancy dress is optional. We will have an audience of the members of the retirement community. Putting on Aires will play. No admittance fee, just bring some money for tipping the band. $5 suggested.

Saturday: You can indulge in your love of things Scottish (including dancing) at the Chicago Highland Games, Friday evening and all day Saturday at the Oak Brook Polo Grounds. Come by the combined RSCDS Chicago Branch and Evanston Scottish Country Dancers tent to visit and find out about that kind of dancing. There will be demos at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and teaching at 11:15 a.m. at least. More info and schedules at www.chicago-scots.org

Sunday: There is a Waltz "Playshop" at this Sunday, June 22, at S.P.A.C.E. in Evanston, 1245 Chicago Ave. (at the corner of Dempster) from 7 to 10 p.m. There will be several bands, taking turns playing. A mini-workshop to show a few of the moves we learned at the "cross step" sessions several weeks ago will take place sometime during the evening, and there will be a few group dances. Admission is $5 at the door to cover rent, tipping the musicians is encouraged and a potluck dessert to share will be welcomed. More info at http://www.chicagobarndance.com/events.html

Hope to see you at one of these….

Happy dancing,

Mady