Global Dance Party: EDC + Dunav Tamburitza Orch at Old Town School

Received from Paul/EDC:

05/27 -  EDC's Dance moves over to the Old Town School of Folk Music
            for a Global Dance Party with the live music of
            Dunav Tamburitza Orchestra - 8:30-11:30.
            The original group Guitar Trio Balkan canceled its USA Tour.
            www.oldtownschool.org/concerts
            *EDC Dance @ SPACE Center canceled for this event

http://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2016/05-27-2016-gdp-trio-balkan-strings-ethnic-dance-chicago-830pm/

June Camp, June 2-5, 2016, Beloit

Received from Mady:

registration is now open for June Camp 2016.

The international folk dance camp will take place from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5, again at Beloit College on the Illinois-Wisconsin border. June Camp features two wonderful teachers this year, Erik Bendix and Roberto Bagnoli, along with the Pinewoods Band for live music parties, the Dance Exchange, and all of our camp's traditions. The June Camp website has lots of details. There is also a printable information flyer.

NPR: Health benefits of synchronized dancing

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/03/476559518/the-health-benefits-of-dancing-go-beyond-exercise-and-stress-reducer

"New social science research shows that dancing in synchrony with others increases people's threshold for dealing with pain."

Not meeting Friday Apr 29,2016

We'll be busy making soup for the Saturday Apr 30 Stone Soup Party,so we won't be meeting Friday night April 29.   We haven't had a lot of volunteers to bring soup for the potluck so far, so if you feel like making/bringing soup, please do!

Stone Soup Folk Dance Potluck Sat Apr 30, 2016

Argonne International Folk Dance Stone Soup Party
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2016
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: $5 + Potluck dish to share
 In order to spend more time dancing and less time cooking during the party, the soups will be made ahead. Please let us know if you can bring soup.
Click on flyer image below if you need more printed flyers.

The Buckets Comic: family dancing cartoons

Another comic strip did a story arc about dancing this week:

http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/18
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/19
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/20
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/21
http://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2016/04/22

 

Comic: For Better or for Worse Ballroom dancing

The "For Better or for Worse" comic strip has a storyline on ballroom dancing this week:

http://fborfw.com/strip_fix/tuesday-april-5-2016/
http://fborfw.com/strip_fix/wednesday-april-6-2015/