Univ of Chicago Folk Festival Feb. 10-12, 2012

52nd Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival
Feb 10-12, 2010
Mandel Hall
1131 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Illini Febfest, Feb 10-12, 2012, Urbana

Febfest Dance Weekend
CONTRA – ENGLISH - INTERNATIONAL
February 10-12, 2012

Hosted by the Illini Folk Dance Society
UIUC ILLINI UNION, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL

Featuring:
    Allison Thompson – English
    Ron Buchanan – Contra
Plus
    Mady Newfield – Israeli
    Mitch Harris – Yiddish Dance

Featured Band: Chicory/Ragged Robin

ADMISSION: Weekend Pass: $34                             
FREE to UIUC  Students with Student ID *
Friday:    
    Contra Dance  $5       
    Contra Dance Orientation  Free       
    Request International Folk  Free     
Saturday:    
    Workshops  $3 each          
    English Ball  $7          
Sunday:    
    Klezmer Music/Yiddish Dance  $5          
    Farewell Dance  $5           

MORE INFO: http://www.centralillinoisecd.org/weekend

EMNFD: January and February events e-mail

Received from Harry:

It's a national holiday - all the more reason to dance!   Monday January 16  WE ARE DANCING! and celebrating January Birthdays   7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Lake Street Church of Evanston 607 Lake Street - NW corner of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue enter through courtyard arched entry on Chicago Avenue  Only $5.00

Other regional folkdance events: 1/27-29 Madison Folk Ball U of Wisconsin Memorial Union Parties, Workshops, Food, Performances, Live Music Teachers include Sonia Dion & Christian Florescu (Romanian), Denes Dreisziger & Gissella Santayana (Hungarian and Gypsy), Steve Weintraub (Klezmer), and Roger Diggle (contra) 2/11 Sumadija International Evening A mini version of Milwaukee Holiday Folk Fair Dancing to live music with Orkestar Sloboda, ethnic dance performances, Serbian food 5:00-12:30, St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Milwaukee  2/21 Milwaukee Mardi Gras Party  Live music with Orkestar Sloboda 7:00-9:45, Hart Park, Wauwatosa wfdp.webs.com/southeastwisconsin.htm 3/23-25 Balkanske Igre Spring Festival   U of Chicago International House, 1414 E 59th St Parties, Workshops, Food, Performances, Live Music Teachers include Atanas Kolarovski, Ahmet Luleci, Ventzi Sotirov, and Martin Koenig

Find us on the Web at www.evanstonfolkdance.org

David Vinski workshop, Columbus, OH, Feb. 24-26

Columbus Folk Dancers End-of-February Workshop
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 24-26, 2012
4th Avenue Christian Church, Columbus, OH
David Vinski teaches Dances from Eastern Europe & Armenia

For more info: http://www.columbusfolkdancers.webs.com/Special_Events.html

Ellen Johnson Memorial Scholarship, College of Dupage

A scholarship has been established at College of Dupage to honor the memory of Ellen Johnson, a long-time folkdancer, who passed away a little over a year ago.  The first annual scholarship has just been awarded.  Here is information about how to apply, and how to donate:
http://www.cod.edu/foundation/SCHOLARSHIPS/Johnsonellen.pdf
Ellen's son says "We have guaranteed the scholarship for at least 10 years.  If the funds are there, it can go longer." Those wishing to make a contribution to the Ellen Johnson Memorial Scholarship may do so by writing a check made payable to the College of DuPage Foundation and in the memo portion of the check write “Ellen Johnson Memorial Scholarship”. Please send the check to the attention of Tom Simandl, Manager of Development, College of DuPage Foundation, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137.

Madison Folk Ball Jan 27-29, 2012

Madison Folk Ball 2012
Jan 27-29, 2012
Univ of Wisc Memorial Union
800 Langdon St, Madison, WI

Featured Teachers:
Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion teaching Romanian dances
Denes Dreisziger & Gissella Santayana teaching Hungarian dances

NPR: Ethnic 78RPM record mix

There's a story up on NPR, along with an audio player that has a lot of ethnic music, much of it Greek/Turkish/Balkan, from old 78rpm records:

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145361675/78-78s-in-search-of-lost-time

http://www.npr.org/series/129702737/the-mix