1952 Finnish Lumberjack version of Tokyo Polka (no, really!)

Ellen's tree in the fall

It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Riverwalk in Naperville, so we went and checked out Ellen's tree to see what it looked like with fall colors:

Daniela Ivanova at EMNFD, Evanston, IL, Mon. Oct. 17

Received from Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers:

Monday October 17

Bulgarian Dances with Daniela Ivanova 

 

at Lake Street Church of Evanston

607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue

enter through courtyard arched entry on Chicago Avenue

7:30-10:30 p.m.        Only $5.00

Dani is a dance researcher, choreographer, singer, and poet. She was with us in 2006 and 2009 for memorable evenings.  See her bio.

More links related to Oconomowoc dances

Here's some stuff I found by googling some of the Oconomowoc dances, just for fun:

Videos:
Domino 5
Domino 5
Domino 5
Romanian Club Life
Maple Leaf Stomp
B'ou Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Reel of the 51st Division
Reel of the 51st Division
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Debarska Svadba
Debarska Svadba
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)


CD/MP3 Music:
Maple Leaf Stomp
Carnaval de Lanz
Carnaval de Lanz
Reel of the 51st Division
Turning by Threes (Tourner A Trois)
Dar Gorani
Tokyo Polka
Tokyo Polka
Tokyo Polka

Lyrics:
Bo'u Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)

Instructions:
Domino 5
Domino 5
Maple Leaf Stomp
Turning by Threes
Toyko Polka

Sheet Music/abc notation:
Carnaval de Lanz
Reel of the 51st Division
Turning by Threes (Tourner a Trois)
Tokyo Polka (Savitaipaleen Polkka, Ievan Polkka)

Other info:
Bo'u Nashir L'Eretz Yaffa
Reel of the 51st Division
Debarska Svadba
Tokyo Polka (Ievan Polkka)

Oconomowoc 2011 Video clips

Back from Oconomowoc camp, where a good time was had by all.  As promised, here are video clips of the dances.  Sorry for the delay, I had to figure out how to shorten some of them so that they'd be accepted for upload.

Update 9/19/2017: videos also available in youtube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLijPtPxfVqUxdgmrCR1p09D18vQJPJUot

Carnaval de Lantz


Romanian Club Life


Bou Nashir L'Eretz Yafa


Debarska Svadba

Brass Band Dances (3)

Dar Gorani

Domino 5

Maple Leaf Stomp

Reel of the 51st Division

Turning by Threes

Tokyo Polka

Not dancing in Downers Grove Fri Sept 23

Because many of us will be away at the Oconomowoc Dance Weekend,  we won't be meeting to dance in Downers grove on Friday Sept. 23.  We should have some nice new dances to share the next Friday.

Scandinavian Day - Sept. 11, Vasa Park, South Elgin IL

Scandinavian Day
at VASA PARK, Route 31, South Elgin, Illinois
(7 Miles South of I-90 Northwest Tollway & 5 Miles North of IL Rt. 64 North Ave.)
Sunday, September 11th, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

DONATION: Adults $10.00
Children 12 & Under FREE
FREE PARKING
http://www.scandinaviandayil.com/ScandinavianPark2011-ScandinavianDayFestival-General.pdf