Urbana English + American (+ more) Dance Weekend Mar 14-16 , 2008

Received image of flyer from Jenifer, see below. Info will also be available at
http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/weekend.html

Sue Van Wassenhove Publishes Everglades Book of Poetry

Sue & Joe VW used to dance with us at Argonne & Fermilab in the late '80s and early '90s, and have been back to visit once in a while since then. Here's a link to an article about Sue's new book of poetry and photos of gorgeous quilts representing creatures and plantlife she saw in the Everglades. The book will be available in Feb '08, and is available for pre-order, according to the Borders/Amazon website .

Mathematics of Square Dancing - Chgo Tribune Dec10'07

This article in the Chicago Tribune
is about a class at North Central College in Naperville, called the Mathematics of Square Dancing. There's also this video on the Trib website. Short quote from the article:

"It's math in motion -- you're walking through mathematics and would have no idea you're working with concepts that most college math majors don't study until their fourth year," says math professor David Schmitz, describing square dancing as "solving a Rubik's Cube."

St. Louis Olde Christmas Ball - Sat., Jan 5th, 2008

The St. Louis English Country Dancers will present their annual Olde Christmas Ball on Saturday, January 5th, 2008, at the Focal Point Arts Center, 2720 S. Sutton Blvd. in Maplewood, an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis. The ball will take place from 7:30 - 10:30 pm; fancy dress (YOUR definition) admired but not required.
Click here for more info.

EMNFD: 12/17 Out of the Woodwork Party

Received from Harry:

Call all your old folkdance friends!

Bring them back for the gala Evanston Monday Night

“Out of the Woodwork”
Holiday Party !

Monday, December 17

Lake Street Church of Evanston – Lake St and Chicago Ave
enter from courtyard – 7:30-10:30pm

always $5

bring festive treats to share

freewill donation to support the homeless shelter at the church

Remember:

December 24 and 31 - no dancing

English country Christmas Ball, 12/15, Urbana, IL

The Central Illinois English Country Dancers
Present An

E N G L I S H C O U N T R Y D A N C E
C H R I S T M A S B A L L

The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their
thirteenth annual Christmas Ball on Saturday, December 15, 2007. The
dance will be held in room 314 of the Illini Student Union, 1401 W.
Green, Urbana, IL, on the campus of the University of Illinois.

Click here for more info

A new reason not to dance "Car Wash"

Here are some links to the news story that a couple of people were talking about at dancing last night:

Syracuse Post-Standard story, which begins:

Nightmare at the dentist’s office

Friday, November 02, 2007

By Sue Weibezahl Porter

Staff writer

A dentist at Syracuse Community Health Center, dancing to the song “Car Wash” while he was extracting a patient’s tooth, lost the inch-long drill bit, which punctured her sinus cavity and came to rest by her eye socket, according to her lawsuit.

WCBS video and WCBS print story