July/August
2005
July/August
2005
PREZ SEZ
by Terry Abrahams <terry.abrahams@verizon.net>
Hey y'all! Hope you're having a good
dancing summer - even in this heat and rain! The major news is that your board
is working on the possibility of different camp - with a wood floor, the ever
elusive special feature that we would love to have. So far, we've deleted three
camps that we thought might have served us well when we first looked. One camp
we had to have kids, one we couldn't dance (oops!), and one had columns in the
dance room. We haven't completely eliminated one that has the wood floor, but
no AC. The cabins are not as nice but it is cheaper. It is in
This wouldn't be a camp, but would be a
"community" situation and could work. Any takers on this??? We're
also looking at conference centers, if you know of a good one. In the meantime,
we have our usual camp locked in, so we aren't without. Just thinking .. I've
been extremely involved in helping the American Cancer Society get it's Road to
Recovery program back up and running and have been a bad girl about seeking
instructors. I know there's time, but by the next newsletter, I hope to have
news. And so I end with - You can live without dancing, but not as well.
REFLECTIONS
ON DANCE
Instead of an article this
month, I have a quote for you. I authored it this morning, as I was replying to
some emails about swing dancing in the
“Dancing is
healthy, fun, mysterious, inevitable.”
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PICTURES FROM THE
By: Terry Abrahams on her new camera
Bernice Roth and Terry
Abrahams
John
and Jean rehearse
Terry,
John and Jean
ORLANDO INT’L FOLK
DANCE CLUB
by Pat Henderson <henderp@bellsouth.net>
Bobby and I were the only ones from our dance group who attended the
Florida Folk Festival in White Springs over Memorial Day weekend. We
helped Terry Abrahams lead Israeli dances to a
Klaysmer band from Gainesville. We shared a campsite with the band along
with Terry and Jean Murray. It was the first time that Bobby and I camped
after going there for so many years and getting a motel room. It was not
loud all night as I had suspected although Terry and Jean did go off to find a
band to jam with when Bobby and I called
it a night.
Juanita’s
75th Birthday and
Joe
& Lucy’s 9th Wedding Anniversary
On Wednesday, June 1, we had a joint birthday and anniversary party.
Juanita Schockey was celebrating her 75th birthday and Joe and Lucy Birkemeier
were celebrating their 9th wedding anniversary on that day. Then Emilie
Brozek brought one of her granddaughters who was 13 that day. Talk about a
big day -- it truly was. We had about 24 attend that
night. Orlando had record rainfall in June so we did not dance on
15th after we received three inches of rain that day. We did not ease
into the rainy season at all this year.
Travels this month
included: Ellie Hall to California to visit family and Ann Robinson to
North Carolina for a two week ceramics seminar with a Turkish instructor.
For those interested in our property situation: we are temporarily
off the market while we haggle with the county about splitting the 8.5 acres
into three parcels. So if anyone knows anyone who wants to move to
The OIFDC group picture on
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MAINEWOODS DANCE CAMP
by
With events starting August 13 and
concluding
See all the information online at: http://www.mainewoodsdancecamp.org
If you have questions, you
can contact Kay Demos, their webmaster and coordinator. Email: kay@mainewoodsdancecamp.org
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JUNE DANCE CHRONICLE
by Raluca <rarosca@ufl.edu>
I was out of town for 3
weeks, but from the messages on our email list and the general feel of the
place, I can assure you: dancing at
FYI , here are the dance we’ve covered since we moved in
this new building (forgive our spelling). On
1.
Djanguritsa (Bulg.), by Jack Seltzer
2.
Manavu (Isr.) by Jack Seltzer
3.
Hasapiko (Gr.) by Margaret Tolbert
4.
Latica (Bulg.) by John Ward
5.
Korabushka (Rus.) by Jack Seltzer
6.
Delilo (Turk.) by Margaret Tolbert
7.
Posiskliute Patrioti ( ) by John Ward
8. El LLanero (Venez.) by Raluca Rosca
After an excellent first Friday, we had a
good Saturday Celtic dance workshop
(see details in a different message — I reiterate my
recommendation of Dorianne and Yutaka for the FFDC camp.) .
On
1.
2.
Ajd'Nalijevo,
3.
4.
Davorike Dajke, Julieta
5.
6.
La
7.
Pasisliute Patrioti, John
8.
9.
1)
Kortanc - Linda
2)
Osmica - Joyce
3)
Ma Navu (reviewed) - Jack
4)
Lalica (review) - John
5)
Kargouna (review) - John
6)
Davorike Dajke (review)- Julieta
7)
Zumpo Ondo (review) - Julieta
8)
Kochari - Jack
9)
Belasicko Oro (review) - Joyce
10)
Delilo (review) - Margaret
11)
Hasapikos (review) - Margaret
This good dancing Friday
evening was followed by a fundraiser for GDMA. Jack Seltzer reports:
“By the way, was fun seeing everyone for breakfast
yesterday at Applebees.....Gary really is good at flipping those
pancakes......Chimo (Joaquin) also
helped in the kitchen and so our coffee came out real steamy and full
bodied......(now if only they both can dance as good as they can cook.....)”
Peggy
collected $$$$ at the door.....Sherry helped serve the folks who were able to sit,
relax and listen to the live sounds of a 3 piece band......These 2 ladies have
really given the group a great boost every Friday night....[..]
Actually
they've all given the group a shot in the arm and they all are getting better
at faking more and more of the dances.....”
1.
Sborinka (
2.
Osmica (
3.
Joyce, Sepastia Bar (
4.
Sulam Yakov (
5.
Kochari (
6. Yolanda (Puerto Rico) taught by Julieta,
7.
Kissufim (
8.
Tetovsko Oro (
Joyce
reports about this one: “For the very first time in a long while I stayed and
danced the entire evening. It felt like
old times. Each time I thought I would
leave then music for another great dance was played.
Thanks to
Jack and Max who kept things rolling with the music and programming. Over 20 people were there and all had a great
time. We had some new folks again. The PR in The Gainesville Sun really has
helped. Thanks for those who are doing
the publicity! [..]
Tetovsko
Oro was a real foot twister but Margaret has assured us that once our feet get
it we can do the dance without having to think about the instructions. The range of dances - easy to more difficult,
and the(as always) wonderful music were a treat.”
Once again a good dancing Friday was followed by an eventful
Saturday, this time a ‘pro-dance’ garage sale hosted by Julieta (she might have
wrote y’all a separate message—on short, many have helped, many are to be
thanked and the action brought in $325 for GDMA and about $140 for our group).
1.
Ekijslisko Oro - Bulgarian - Jack
2.
Sborinka- Bulgarian - review - Julieta
3. Hora din Gocesti - Romanian - Linda
4. Kinneret - Israeli - Julieta
5. Vulpuista - Romamian - Margaret
6. Keciko - Turkish - Margaret
7.
Baztan Dantza - Basque - Jack
8.
Yolanda - P. Rico - review – Julieta
This time I was back in town after a non-dancing
tour of the Pacific NW and it surely felt good to be folk dancing again. Joyce
Story was visiting from
SO…Join us Friday night at
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Ethnic Dance Expressions -
"Veils & Visions Revue" An afternoon of Middle Eastern and Spanish dancing
Location: Indian Cultural &
Tickets:
Adults:
$12 Advance / $15 At-door
Seniors
60+: $10 Advance /$13 At-door
Children
under 10: $5
Reservations Required for At-door Tickets
Advance tickets may be
purchased at
Ethnic Dance Expressions -
Plaza West -
Contact: Sallamah Chimera, Director
352-384-9200
www.ethnicdanceexpressions.com
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By
There are a lot of good things happening
in
Their web site lists the various weekly
dances and monthly dances, from clogging to Irish to Zydeco to Israeli and
English Dancing. It’s a must see! Here’s the web address: http://www.afn.org/~gdma/index.html
If you don’t have web access, contact the
GDM by email or voice… and tell them you read about the GDM in the FFD! Email: gdma@afn.org or phone 352-219-8907
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NEWS FROM
by
Raluca Ioana Rosca <rarosca@ufl.edu>
[From an email
Yutaka taught the basic footwork from a
region in Ireland and then a 5 parts jig (by that time the lack of sleep the
night before caught up with. me, so I can't report too much on those, except
'they looked good').
Both Doriane and Yutaka are fun, excellent
teachers, presently based in
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by Marie
Millett gvduurn@earthlink.net
[From an email
The Grapevine Folk Dancers continue to
dance this Summer but some of us are having a
getogether at the Door County, Wisconsin Folk Festival the weekend following
the 4th of July. It will be a new event
for some of us and a return for others.
Nancy Wilusz, Sidney, and Edith Iwens went last year. Dolores Lustig,
Don Winnock, Phyllis Spiegel, and I will join this year.
The Millett Hilton welcomes overnight guests who would like to dance with us on Wednesday nights. Call Marie Millett 941-351-6281
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by
Judith Baizan - judithbaizan@juno.com
[From
an email
The Norwegian focus of this year's Scandia
Week Mendocino was on Springleik, with the Odnes brothers, Knute and Ivar, with
Ivar fiddling, and Knute and his wife Bodil dancing. At the same time that they wore us out with
step practice they kept us amused with their gentle brotherly needling. The Swedish focus was Ewa and Tommy Englund
teaching dances from Helsingland, including the wonderful floating
Nigpolska. The present practice at
Scandia Week Mendocino is to have both Norwedian and Swedish dance represented,
rather than alternate them in successive years as was done previously.
Scandia Week Mendocino in
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By terry.abrahams@verizon.net
[From an email
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by Jack
Seltzer - seltzerj@hotmail.com
[Editor’s note: some of
this information seems to duplicate Raluca’s article in this issue, but I’m
including it because it has other information and another point of view.]
As of June 3rd, the
It costs each individual $3 a night($1 for students). The charge is to cover the rent and
any additional expenses we will incur in the future like a laptop computer or a
guest dance teacher.
We're off to a great start for the
1st four Fridays with about 20 people coming each week. The music programming
is coming off a computer which Max purchased on Ebay for $100. Now we have 8 -
9 Gig of dances as our collection. What a fun time I'm
having setting up the dances for each evening. None of the hassle having to go
to individual cassettes or CDs for each dance......
Yesterday Julieta, hosted a yard
sale for GDMA and our group and we did great. A bunch of folk from the group;
Tina, Rosellen, Toshi, Talia, Jenna, John, Peggy, Eric, June, Esther, and Linda
& I were all out under Julieta's trees selling all kinds of stuff for 25
cents to 25 dollars..... Was a fun time until
Last Saturday, we all went over to
our local Applebees and did our thing cooking eggs and coffee for the GDMA
cause.......We all heard it went pretty well but could have been better with
all the energy Tara (GDMA's leader) expended on the event. See the following
blurb for that event.....
Here's
our teaching list....
1)
Kortanc - Linda
2)
Osmica - Joyce
3)
Ma Navu (reviewed) - Jack
4)
Lalica (review) - John
5)
Kargouna (review) - John
6)
Davorike Dajke (review)- Julieta
7)
Zumpo Ondo (review) - Julieta
8)
Kochari - Jack
9)
Belasicko Oro (review) - Joyce
10)
Delilo (review) - Margaret
11)
Hasapikos (review) – Margaret
All the dances we review will be put on
for the request time from now on, as "review" means they have been
taught 2 times since we moved to 308. So come on over after
Other dances put on for "request
time" were Korobushka, Zemer Atik, Kissufim, Bannielou Lambaol, Ajd Na
Lijevo, AnDro Retourne, Hora Spoitorilor, Djanguritsa, Sweet Girl, Boyash
Bypsies, Syrtos, La Bastringue, Elu Tsiporim, Pata Pata, Poslushaite Patrioti(I
think it's Russian - a great melody - nice dance, too, that John has kept for
us), Rustemul, Arap, Hora De La Gorj, Baztan Dantza, Horehonsky Czardas, 12th
St. Rag, Dedo Mili Dedo, Erev Ba, Lum Lum Ley, Blue Bell Polka, Ruby Love(a
syrto of Cat Steven's song)… I may have left out some of them.....If anyone
cares to add any I missed.......
Any requests, bring them Friday
night......We're having a blast bringing back some of these great sounds.....
By the way, was fun seeing everyone for breakfast yesterday at
Applebees.....Gary really is good at flipping those pancakes......Chimo
(Joaquin) also helped in the kitchen and so our coffee came out real steamy and
full bodied......(now if only they both can dance as good as they can
cook.....)..
Peggy collected $$$$ at the
door.....Sherry helped serve the folks who were able to sit, relax and listen
to the live sounds of a 3 piece band......These 2 ladies have really given the
group a great boost every Friday night....
Now if only their husbands could get on the ball already!!!!! Actually they've all given the group a shot
in the arm and they all are getting better at faking more and more of the
dances.....
That’s the latest info on our International
Dance group.....We're going to have lots of people off and traveling over the
summer but we'll keep meeting every Friday....
so give us a call for directions or an email at seltzerj@hotmail.com
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