Scottish, Mexican, Swedish Festivals June 14-16, Western Suburbs

The Scottish Festival & Highland Games will be in Itasca, IL Fri-Sat June 14-15:
http://www.scottishfestivalchicago.org/

And there will be a Mexican Folkloric Festival at Cantigny in Wheaton Sat-Sun Jun 15-16:
https://cantigny.org/event/mexican-folkloric-festival/

And Swedish Day in Good Templar Park, Geneva IL, Sun Jun 16:
https://www.goodtemplarpark.org/events/2019/6/16/swedish-day-midsommer

Chicago Summerdance June 27-Aug 24, 2019

The Summerdance schedule is up on the City of Chicago Website:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_summerdance.html

Here are a few of the more folk-y listings:

Wednesday, June 26, 6–9pm – Contra & Square Dance

• Golden Horse Ranch Band (Contra & Square Dance)  

• Annie Coleman (Square & Contra Dancing, Line Dancing, Polka, Waltz)

Sunday, June 30, 4–7pm – Folk Dances & Music from India

• Ishti presents Pulse of India: An Evening of Folk Dance and Music
• Ishti Dance (Bhangra, Raas-Garba, Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Sambalpuri)

Sunday, July 7, 4–7pm – Eastern European Folk Dancing

• Dardania (Albanian Folk Music)
• Altin Naska (Balkan & Eastern European Folk Dances)

Saturday, August 24, 1–8pm
SummerDance Celebration – The Grand Finale!
Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
A full day of participatory and professional dancing throughout Millennium Park on the Great Lawn, Cloud Gate, Wrigley Square and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

MidEast Dance Party Thur Jun 13, 2019 Chicago

Raqs Hafla: Free MidEast Dance Party
Date & Time: Thu, Jun 13, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location:

Green Briar Park

2650 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60659
https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/events/raqs-hafla-mideast-dance-party-green-briar

Free concerts May 18 & May 19, 2019, Naperville

Senior Suburban Orchestra
Family & Friends Concert
Saturday May 18, 2019
1:00pm
Dupage Unitarian Universalist Church
1828 Old Naperville Rd, Naperville, IL

https://www.facebook.com/events/705895533185575/

New Horizons Band Dupage
Spring Concert
Sunday, May 19th, 2019
3:00 pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,
1310 Shepherd Dr (near 75th & Gartner)
Naperville, IL

https://www.facebook.com/events/664354980691041/

Dance step paving stones in Chattanooga, TN

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/north-shore-dance-paving-stones

Something to look for if you're ever in Chattanooga...

96-yr-old Dancing Grandma - Huffpost & GMA

Came across this article from Huffpost on a news page yesterday:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarasota-grandmother-dancing_n_5cbe2eefe4b00b3e70cdf044
Looking for the video that went with it, saw that she's also been featured on Good Morning America and other places:

https://youtu.be/KVmWnrj9TAI 

Turns out if you search for "dancing nana" or "dancing grandma" there are a lot of them out there.

June Folk Dance Camp May 16-19 NIU Dekalb

Received from Mady:

...registration is open for "June Camp", ... at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. It will be held this year, exceptionally, in May, from the evening of Thursday, May 16, through Sunday noon, May 19. Featured teachers are the entertaining duo Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu, and there are live music dance parties every evening. There are various registration categories possible, including options for those in the area who wish to drive in but stay at home. However, because of our early dates, the registration late fee date is already coming up soon, April 25, and all overnight and meal registration closes May 6. (You can only come for workshop or party only registration after that date.) Full details including online and PayPal registration are on the June Camp website at  https://sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/

 We encourage you to attend June Camp, but since we unfortunately have Saturday & Sunday conflicts this year, we won't be able to make it, and therefore will be meeting for dancing in Downers Grove as usual on Friday night May 17.