COD Celebration de la Francophonie Wed Mar 9

Charles will be leading some French folk dances at the College of Dupage Celebration de la Francophonie, presented by College of DuPage Languages Dept, Alliance Française of DuPage and La Connexion Française:
Wednesday, March 9
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
College of Dupage
425 22nd St, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Student Services Center Atrium
SSC 2206
http://www.afdupage.com/uploads/2/7/4/8/27487037/2016_cod_celebration_de_la_francophonie.pdf

Balkanske Igre Spring Festival Mar 18-20 U of Chgo

March 18-20, 2016 at the International House at 1414 E 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
http://www.balkanskiigri.com/index.html 

Friday, 8pm - midnight / Saturday & Sunday, 9am-5pm
Workshops, Party, Culture Sessions with Master Teachers and Artists
Ahmet Luleci, Alex Markovic, Ventzi Sotirov, Chris Bajmakovich, James Stoyanoff, special guest Atanas Kolarovski, & others.

SATURDAY EVENING, March 19, 7pm, Concert & Dance Party featuring the finest live music and dances from all regions of the Balkans and Eastern Europe/Mediterranean

CIECD Marchfest - Urbana, Mar 19, 2016

Central Illinois English Country Dancers 
Marchfest Traditional Dance & Music Festival
March 19, 2016
Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton in Urbana, IL
Dance Instruction By Mady Newfield  &  Local Dance Leaders
Music By Martha Edwards & Andrew Taylor on fiddle & Dianna Davis on keyboard, Little Bluestem String Band & The Flatland Consort
http://www.centralillinoisecd.org/Files/Marchfest2016.pdf

Swedish Weekend at Folklore Village Mar 18-20 Dodgeville, WI

Spring Swedish Music & Slängpolska Weekend
March 18th-20th
With Special Dance Instructors: Karin Hansen & Ellge Jakobsson and
Music Instructors: Christer & Kristina Samuelsson
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, WI
http://folklorevillage.com/t1/calendar#Festivals

U of Chicago Folk Festival, Feb 12-13, 2016

http://www.uofcfolk.org/schedule.shtml

On Saturday February 13, there are a series of free daytime workshops in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Evening concerts are held in Mandel Hall1131 E. 57th St.Chicago, IL

Workshops include the following dance-related ones:

Scandinavian Dance Workshop with Mary Allsopp & Friends
10:30-12:00, Cloister Club
  Playful party dances, gentle waltzes and lively set dances. Traditionally, the morning wraps up with a Grand March. Partners optional, all ages welcome. Walk-through instruction by John Parrish, and live music throughout.

Waltzes and More Walztes, With English Country Dance
11:30-1:30, 3rd Floor Theater
Putting On Aires will play for an extended time of waltzing and occasional English Country Dances. The workshop will be led by Tom Senior.

Cajun Dance
Noon-2:30, Cloister Club
The Cajun Troubadours will play for a Cajun Dance. Instruction from Noon to 12:30, with the dance to follow.

Morris Dancing
1:30-2:30, Third Floor Theater
Join Pullman Morris and Sword, from the city's far South Side, for a demonstration and workshop on Morris dancing, an English traditional dance done in teams to live music.

Old-Time Barn Dance
3:00-5:00, Cloister Club
The Corn Potato String Band will play for an old-time Barn Dance in the Cloister Club on Saturday afternoon. The dances will be called and brief instruction given.

NCC International Festival Feb 14, Naperville

North Central College International Festival
https://northcentralcollege.edu/academics/international-programs/international-festival-2016
Sunday, February 14th
12pm-4pm
Merner Field House
450 S. Brainard Street
Naperville, IL

 https://northcentralcollege.edu/sites/default/files/u43485/PERFORMANCE_SCHEDULE_Sign_1.pdf

SNOPA! Intl Dance Weekend Feb 19-21 Hudson, WI

February 19-21, 2016, at Camp St. Croix, Hudson, Wisconsin.
The Saturday night band will be Orkestar Bez Ime
Teachers: Patti Cohen, Mark Kanazawa, and Mady Newfield

http://www.snopa.org/home/SNOPA2016flier.pdf

Registration deadline is Feb 5