May-June 2005
May-June 2005
PREZ SEZ
by Terry Abrahams <terry.abrahams@verizon.net>
Hi everyone! A few thoughts on my mind. First, I note that Dan is sending interesting
activities to us one at a time. Which is
fine for us email folks. But, I’m
worried about those who receive their newsletters via snail mail. I’m hoping that even though you have chosen
to receive it by regular mail, that you are receiving these bulletins on your
email addresses. If you are not, you’re
missing possible great activities, and you want to tell Dan to get you on that
list. The other thing is that for those
who are sending these things to Dan for print, if you know about them way ahead
of time - please get them to him to be put into the newsletter. I realize the newsletter has been peripatetic
(like that word?) in terms of continuity, but we’re hoping Dan gets onto a
schedule whereby you’ll know your newsletter is coming every month – at the
first of the month.
Second, I want to talk about the Spring
Fling. For those of us who attended, we
had a great time. But therein lays the
problem. As the years go by, fewer and
fewer of us attend this wonderful party that Julius throws every year. In case you are not aware, Julius does this
entirely by himself. He has no group,
and therefore no help, and thereby pays for the hall, all the food, prepares
the food, sets up the room, provides the music – have I missed anything? He and I are wondering if it’s worth all of
this trouble if so few people attend.
(Plus he may not get the hall for next year – so should he hunt for a
new one?). SO! Why aren’t we attending? Here are the possibilities. I do know that this year, one group was
performing the next day, and didn’t want to be too exhausted to do well. But where was
And thinking of ahead of time. Hope to see some of you at the Florida Folk
Festival next week (this won’t be ahead of time when you receive this
newsletter) and I’m hoping to look at a camp with a wood floor near G’ville on
my way up. Pat H discovered it. If it’s available and great, we could
possibly change the date back to Presidents weekend. More next month on that. OK – over and out.
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by
I sent an email about this, but it bears
repeating… The Florida Folk Festival is this weekend,
Location: the location is White Springs, which is north of
Price: $15 a day per person or $35 for the weekend. If you
register online, you’ll save $5.
Their web site is comprehensive and
beautiful. For complete information, click here: www.floridafolkfestival.com
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By: Pat Henderson
Yes, we are still dancing in
Bobby and I attended the Mayfair
Ball in
Traveling since the last newsletter
article includes: Lucy Birkemeier to
Remember that our group dances every Wednesday
through June. We take July and August off.
Special event night: Wednesday, June 1,
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A POEM FROM A DANCER AT THE SNOWBALL
by
Susan Levasseur, written
White
lights,
a
wood floor,
stars
in the ceiling.
Musicians
mellow as soft air
and
a story stage.
A
caller; rhythmic as a drum.
Smooth
cement stairs
and
a pure white door.
In
the glossy, spiked windows:
dancers
spiraling phantom swirls;
larger
than life.
I
open the door.
A
whole new world…
and
I forget myself.
My
petty, parapet will
dissolves
into walls,
into
dance driven
larger
than life.
Heroes
and heroines.
Embraces
of shared lives.
Mixed
blood, ruddy cheeks,
pounding
hearts – and we dance!
We
play heroes and heroines—
music,
our flashing sword.
Our
skirts – great red capes
and
our men with warm sweaters;
and
our men dance!
Larger
than life
and
better.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Saturday,
June 4, The Celtic dance invasion: Breton and Irish Set dances
WHERE:
WHEN: Saturday, June 4, 2-
$?: Free to UF students; $5 for all others; no partner
required; people
of all ages and dance levels welcome
Q? Contact Stefan Craciun /craciuns@ufl.edu/
352-870-0526
WHAT: Doriane Rencker and Yutaka Usui
(http://www.geocities.com/wildsets/)
presenting:
Breton dances- what the Celtic population of
Brittany,
in
Irish music was MADE FOR SETDANCING not Riverdance -
Men, keep your
shirts on!! In Irish pubs today, all the rage is the
incredibly fun Setdancing !!
June 10-19, Dance on the Water
July 2-9, Norwegian and Swedish Music and
Dance at
www.nordicfiddlesandfeet.org
July
4-13, French
August
1-13,
August
13-September 5, Mainewoods Dance Camp.
September 9-12, Israeli Dance Camp, Dany Ben Shalom, Ruthy Slann
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NEWS FROM
by Raluca <rarosca@ufl.edu>
Things
to do in
We have to thank Tanya Beatty for this
great description:
"UF International Folkdance Club meetings on Friday nights are always fun.
You get to do something fun, learn about different cultures, and actually be
doing something meaningful on a Friday night. The people are some of the
nicest, down to earth people you will meet and make you feel like family. And
if you like meeting people from different cultures, you will find some there as
well. "
in
other news…
Thanks to June's PR efforts we've
seen the first workshop announced on Marilyn's 'Dance News' and in other 10
locations.
She would be out of town for the second
workshop, so let me know if you'd like to do the PR for the second workshop.
Designer for the Alligator's ads most needed.
TAMPA – HMMM, no cleverness today - JUST TAMPA by Terry Abrahams <terry.abrahams@verizon.net>
Andi sent a quick note to say “we arrived
safely yesterday and I'm on a dinner break from the Israeli workshop.
Already learned 4 FABULOUS dances. “
(She has a workshop there immediately upon arrival – nice way to start
he summer), while our Israeli group limped along without her Tuesday.
I finally decided to expand my dancing
world and went to the Mayfair English Country Ball. I got to Orlando
early, learned how to “do” my computer, which Bobby has generously loaded with
all of his dances from his computer – we tried it Friday night and Andy
approved and we will be able to stop lugging our tapes around. Believe it or not, we thought of a few dances
Bobby didn’t have. I didn’t think that
was possible! Got to the workshop
where John, Jean and I played in
one of the rooms. while Val and someone else played in the other room. (I LOVE to
play – too bad I don’t practice and get better) There were very nice
snacks, so they would dance 1/2 hour, small break, etc. Then a two hour
break for dinner and a bunch of us went to a seafood restaurant that was
excellent. On back, changed to our "costumes" and there was a
really good band for the evening, so we had a good time. Not as many men
as we would like (quel surprise) but – what the hey! Next day instead of
going back to the workshop, I joined the Orlando Israeli gang for a performance
at a Sunday School, and after they figured out how to get the electricity
working (!), we did 3 dances and then taught the kids a couple. It was
good to see the
Our Jen (Israeli) graduated last week, she
will leave us at the end of the month.
Sad for us – happy for her – she’ll be working at Disney – so will join
the Israeli group there. Ursula is in
the
I think this issue is to be in a two-month
at a time newsletter – so I can’t figure out whether I will have been in
Bulgaria before the next one or not. I’m
traveling with Jim Gold (who is with some of our FFDC people in
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Pictures from FFD
Ocala
Pictures from OIFDC Meeting
at Bobby and Pat's Place
All pictures sent in by Ann
Kessler
Florida Folk Dancer is a
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corporation whose purpose is to further knowledge, performance, and
recreational enjoyment of International Folk Dance.
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NEWSLETTER |
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OFFICE |
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WEB
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CAMP
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SYLLABUS |
465.29 |
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PETTY
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250.00 |
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INSTRUCTORS |
1,814.70 |
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VENDOR |
100.00 |
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SNACKS |
95.67 |
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FACILITIES |
8,624.50 |
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T-SHIRTS/BUTTONS |
363.33 |
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REFUNDS |
700.00 |
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VIDEOS |
363.99 |
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RETURNED
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215.00 |
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CAMP
2004 TOTAL |
12,992.48 |
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DEPOSITS |
9,957.82 |
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DUES |
280.00 |
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CAMP
2005 |
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SYLLABUS |
546.24 |
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PETTY
CASH |
200.00 |
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INSTRUCTORS |
2,035.70 |
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GIFTS FOR
OFFICERS |
30.00 |
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SNACKS |
93.60 |
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FACILITIES |
8,671.15 |
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T-SHIRTS/BUTTONS |
402.41 |
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REFUNDS |
706.00 |
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VIDEOS |
418.95 |
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REG.
FORMS |
143.08 |
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CONTEST
WINNERS |
47.00 |
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CAMP
2005 TOTAL |
13,294.13 |
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DEPOSITS |
13,758.00 |
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CAMP
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DEPOSIT |
175.00 |
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33,267.14 |
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TOTAL
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27,783.16 |
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23,995.82 |
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Since the last financial statement for FFDC was
for calendar year 2003, I have prepared three reports. One takes the time period January 2004 through treasurer should start April 1 and an amendment to the bylaws to this effect has been suggested by Ann
Kessler. It is hard to separate camp income from membership
so most membership dues are added to camp deposits. Some amounts have changed from the balance sheet report
since records from November and December 2003 plus April 2005 have been added to complete the camp
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Respectfully
submitted, Pat Henderson, Treasurer,
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CAMP
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SYLLABUS |
465.29 |
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PETTY
CASH |
250.00 |
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INSTRUCTORS |
1,814.70 |
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VENDOR |
100.00 |
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SNACKS |
95.67 |
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FACILITIES |
8,624.50 |
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T-SHIRTS/BUTTONS |
363.33 |
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REFUNDS |
700.00 |
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VIDEOS |
363.99 |
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RETURNED
CHECK |
215.00 |
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TOTAL EXPENSES |
12,992.48 |
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CAMP
2004 |
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TOTAL INCOME |
12,662.82 |
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PROFIT/LOSS
2004 |
-329.66 |
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CAMP
2005 |
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SYLLABUS |
546.24 |
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PETTY
CASH |
200.00 |
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INSTRUCTORS |
2,035.70 |
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GIFTS FOR
OFFICERS |
30.00 |
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SNACKS |
93.60 |
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FACILITIES |
8,671.15 |
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T-SHIRTS/BUTTONS |
402.41 |
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REFUNDS |
706 |
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VIDEOS |
418.95 |
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REG.
FORMS |
143.08 |
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CONTEST
WINNERS |
47 |
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TOTAL
EXPENSES |
13,294.13 |
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CAMP
2005 |
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TOTAL INCOME |
13,758 |
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PROFIT/LOSS 2005 |
+463.87 |
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