Argonne IFD now on Meetup.com

Susan kindly volunteered to get us set up on meetup.com
Check it out, and please join the meetup group if you're so inclined:
http://www.meetup.com/http-argonneifd-blogspot-com/

Save the Date: Sat, May 3, 2014: Stone Soup

We've reserved the Fellowship Hall for our annual Stone Soup Party for Saturday, May 3, 2014.  Further details to come in a later post.

It was great to have such a good turnout for our Fri, March 7 get-together with Ethnic Dance Chicago, including dancers from more than just the two groups.  Seemed like that was almost the first Friday that it didn't snow so far this year, luckily.

In case you've been trying to remember the dances that were taught that night:

Paul taught "A Trip to Town-O" -- here's a link to a video of some 5th graders doing the dance, to remind you of the pattern: https://www.schooltube.com/video/28a47e03704467de8d20/

He also taught Damat Halay -- here's a link for instructions + various videos of that:
http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2013/12/damat-halayi-turkey.html

Here's a video of Moonlight Swing:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Jops3-SQk
 -- almost the same as what we do, except right at the end after the jazz box, where we do grapevines, the guy in the video does something slightly different

And here's Promoroaca: http://youtu.be/5qNWoyRmdqU -- if your memory is better than mine, you may realize that I goofed on the first part, and did 4 measures each direction, but it should be 8 measures all in the same direction, as in the video.

Sorry that I couldn't find any videos for "Cajun Express" that Susan taught.

In addition to google-ing for the name of a folk dance to find instructions or videos, there are a number sites that have a lot of them already compiled and indexed, here are a few:
http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/p/alphabetical-list-of-dance-notes-on.html
http://wiki.volksmusik.cc/wiki/index.php/Full_dance_list
http://archives.mvfolkdancers.com/0_Other%20Items%20of%20Interest/0_Dance%20Instructions/
http://www.folkdance.com/html/LDDescriptions.htm
http://www.daytonfolkdance.com/l_links.html#descriptions

Besides the aforementioned Stone Soup, here are a few other upcoming events of potential interest around the area:
Fri-Sun Mar 28-30: Balkanske Igri Spring Festival, International House, UofC http://www.balkanskiigri.com/
Wed Apr 23 7:30pm: Oak Park Folkdancers Annual Potluck, 515 Franklin, River Forest, IL
Thu-Sun May 29-Jun 1: June Camp w/Steve Kotansky, Beloit College:  https://sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/

Fri, Mar 7: Special dance night, we're having company!

Folk dancers from  Ethnic Dance Chicago are planning to join us for Friday night dancing on March 7, so  we're going to make it a special evening -- we'll start early (7:30pm), end late (11pm), and bring snacks to share.  Hope you can join us!  Click on image below for flyer.

UofC Folk Festival Feb 14-16, 2014

54th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival
Feb 14-16, 2014
http://uofcfolk.org/

Concerts and workshops, usually including some dancing

The University of Chicago Folklore Society
1212 E. 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Chicago Winterdance Jan 3-5 2014, Cultural Center

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/winter_dance.html

Winter’s version of SummerDance, Chicago WinterDance 2014 will be held January 3–5 in the Yates Gallery located on the 4th floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago WinterDance will bring people of all ages and skill levels together with free, introductory one-hour dance lessons by professional instructors followed by music and dancing. The diverse musical lineup showcases popular dance styles.


Friday, January 3, 2014
7:10-9pm - DJ Mellow Khris (Chicago Steppin')
6-7pm - Dawud Shareef & Lura Satterfield (Chicago Steppin')

Saturday, January 4, 2014
7:10-9pm - Rica Obsesion (Salsa)
6-7pm - May I Have This Dance (Salsa)

Sunday, January 5, 2014
1-3pm - Tangata Ensemble (Milonga)
12 Noon-1pm - Tango 21 (Argentine Tango)
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Dates: Jan. 3-5, 2014
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Location:
Chicago Cultural Center, Yates Gallery
77 E. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60602
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Admission: FREE
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New Years Day Dance+Potluck Wed Jan 1, 2014

Argonne International Folk Dance

New Years Day Party

 Date: Wed., January 1, 2014 
Time: 1:00pm-6:00pm, 
potluck meal around 3:00pm 
Place: St. Paul's UCC Fellowship Hall 
Address: 5739 Dunham Rd., 
Downers Grove, IL 
Req. Donation: $3+Potluck dish to share
Click on image below to enlarge/print flyers

Not meeting Friday after Thanksgiving Nov 29, 2013

We will not be meeting for dancing in Downers Grove the day after Thanksgiving (Fri Nov 29).  Hope you all have a good holiday.

Some items of possible interest around the area:

Sat Nov 9 6:30pm Evanston Folk Dance Regional Potluck + Dance 

Wed Nov 20 7:30pm Oak Park Folk Dance 33rd Anniversary party - 515 Franklin, River Forest, IL

Fri Nov 22 7:30pm Auditorium Theatre: Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

Sat Nov 30 8:00pm Muriel Anderson Concert, Downers Grove North HS

Wed Jan 1, 2014 1:00pm Argonne IFD Annual New Years Day Party