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SUMMARY:Annual Lunar New Year Festival
DESCRIPTION:Festival Schedule The annual Cerritos Folk Dancers Lunar New Year Festival! Save the date! Now in its 13th year! This year the workshop teachers are master instructors Lee Otterholt and Rebecca Tsai. \nThere will be finger food available. If you like\, you may bring food or non-alcoholic-beverages to share with other dancers.  \nThere will be a name badge for each attendee. Please return the name badge before you leave. When the name badge is returned\, each of the first one hundred payers will receive a red-envelope\, which contains a small amount of lucky currency. You have the option to attend the group after-festival dinner. The restaurant and the cost will be announced at the festival. To reserve the seat\, please sign up at the front desk by 4 p.m. on the day of the festival. \nRegistration\nThe suggested donation is $15. But\, if you make the payment before February 8th\, 2025\, you may pay just $12 per person. You may send the name(s) and check\, payable to \nCerritos Folk Dancers\n20737 Cortner Ave.\nLakewood\, CA 90715-1656 \nThe attendee name is required for us to prepare the name badge. The pre-payment is non-refundable and non-transferable. Optionally\, contact Wen at chiangwenli@yahoo.com or 626 500 5035 for electrical transfer of funds\, such as using Zelle or Paypal. \nIf you would like to receive the syllabi through email\, free of charge\, please sign up at the front desk or let Wen Chiang know. \nLet’s dance and celebrate the Year of the Snake together! Remember\, the Lion Dance starts things off at 12:55. \nFor more details contact CerritosFolkDancers@gmail.com or call Wen at 626 500 5035.
URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/lunar-new-year-fest-2025/
LOCATION:Cerritos Senior Center\, 12340 South Street\, Cerritos\, CA\, 90703\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Nirkoda Romani
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Alpert is excited to announce Nirkoda Romani (Hebrew for “let’s dance Romanian style”)\, a workshop with Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu\, beloved teachers of Romanian folk dance (and good friends). Aaron Alpert will also be teaching Israeli dances. The evenings will be filled with dance parties MCed by Loui Tucker (Sat.) and Adony Beniares (Sun.).  \nTeaching sessions span 2-5:00pm and parties 7:30-11pm\, with a break for dinner (on your own). This is a three-day weekend (Presidents’ Day)\, so you can sleep in Monday! \nLocation\nThe venue is Etz Chayim at 4161 Alma St.\, Palo Alto\, CA. It has a wonderful sprung wood floor (it was formerly a basketball court)\, air conditioning and heating\, and plentiful free parking. \nPricing and Registration\nThere are four events total (two teaching sessions and two parties). If you pre-register by Feb. 8\, the entire weekend is $100\, or a la carte is $35 per each event. If you pay at the door\, prices increase to $110 for the entire weekend or $40 per event. \nRegister today! \nMore details may be found at http://nirkoda.com/romani. If you have further questions\, please email Aaron Alpert. \nSonia Dion and Cristian Florescu\nRomanian Folk Dance\nCristian and Sonia have been guest performers with the Collage International Dance Ensemble of Boston\, have been regular teachers at l’ École supérieure de danse du Québec and have been selected to be part of the Artists in the Schools program sponsored by the Québec Ministry of Education. In recent years\, they have developed a specific interest in working with recreational folk dance groups in Canada and the United States\, Mexico and Brazil. They have been teaching in Europa (Austria\, England\, Poland\, Germany\, Italy\,  Norway\, Belgium\, Switzerland\, The Netherlands\, France) in Asia (Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, Japan\, Singapore\, Malaysia) and Australia  to share their love of Romanian folk traditions.  \nIn recent years\, Cristian and Sonia have developed a specific interest in working with recreational folk dance groups. They’ve been teaching in Brazil\, Canada and the United States\, Europe (Austria\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Switzerland and the Netherlands)\, Asia (Hong Kong\, Japan\, Singapore and Taiwan) to share their love of Romanian folk traditions. They have taught workshops in Canada and the United States and choreographed Romanian suites for performing groups\, including the world-renowned BYU Folk Dance Ensemble in Utah. Read more… \nAaron Alpert\nIsraeli Folk Dance\nAaron Alpert started dancing before he was born! His parents met at Israeli folk dancing in Los Angeles\, and his childhood is filled with dance memories\, from participating in his first dance camp at the age of two months\, to acting as his father’s “remote control” when he taught\, to performing in Saturday night talent shows at the Camp Alonim for Jewish youth that takes place every summer just north of Los Angeles\, California. \nIn his first year at UC Berkeley\, Aaron became one of the instructors and the curriculum developer for Jewish Studies 98: The Israeli Dance DeCal. In January 2009\, Aaron joined the teaching/DJ rotation at Cafe Simcha\, a weekly Israeli dance session held near Berkeley. He also sporadically substitutes for leaders of other South Bay Israeli dance groups. \nIn October 2012\, Aaron started his own dance session\, Nirkoda! (Let’s dance!) in the San Francisco Bay area. After the first 10 months in a small studio on the Stanford University campus\, the evening dance party was popular enough to require moving to a larger venue\, Temple Etz Chayim in Palo Alto\, California\, where it continues to attract dancers. Aaron has been a staff member at Camp Rikud\, an annual dance camp for Israeli dance aficionados. Aaron attended Stockton Folk Dance Camp as a participant in 2017 and has been a member of the staff in 2018\, 2020 (online)\, and 2024. Read more…
URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/nirkoda-romani/
LOCATION:Etz Chayim\, Alma Street\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Global Folk Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Connect Globally\, Dance Locally. Follow folk dance leaders and dance watching enthusiasts worldwide. Catherine Rudin\, Leigh Holden\, and Lori Larson will join as Guest Dance Leaders this time. \nJoin The Party\nBy Zoom\nRegister by Zoom\nWe’ve changed Zoom numbers. Here’s what you need to do.  Use the registration link above and you’ll get an email from Zoom with your link for the Global Folk Dance Party. Feel free to share the above registration link with your friends\, they’ll get their own link to join. With the new registration\, you’ll get a reminder email the morning of the Global Folk Dance Party\, so you don’t have to look for your link. \n\nIMPORTANT – Do not use both computer and phone; you will generate feedback.\nZoom will best be viewed using side by side mode. See https://bit.ly/39dximU for info.\nWhen in the meeting\, click the ‘chat’ button to chat with everybody and make requests.\nWhen you sign into Zoom\, enter your name and city so we know where you’re from!\n\nBy Facebook Live\nJoin by Facebook Live \nif Zoom is full or you just want to watch.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PFDCouncil/ \nFor more details or to send requests e-mail us at virtualfolkdance@gmail.com. Alicia La Fetra\, Lisa Michael\, and Stacy Rose will be happy to help.
URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/gfd-feb25/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Cafe Shalom Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:Israeli folk dancers from all over the Bay Area dance the night away at Café Shalom’s Saturday party—a monthly tradition since the 1960s! We play a wonderful mix of oldies and the latest dances based on requests. Dancers of all ages are invited to join the fun on the third Saturday of every month.  \nSaturday classes are large parties with many dancers from all ages and spectrum. We dance dances from 1918 and from 2018 back to back. \nThe first part of the evening – 30-45 minutes starts with slow and beginners dances\, oldies\, and dances which we learn in Tuesday class. Later we increase the intensity\, up the beat and the pace and the evening is fully charged with great energy and fun. \n7:30 pm – Warm-up\, beginner’s\, oldies dances\, and recently taught dances\n8:00 pm – Our party perks up… with circle\, and couple dances\n9:15 pm – Birthday celebrations\, announcements\, followed by a line dance set\n9:30 – 11:30 pm – We’ll dance ‘til then or ‘til we drop – whatever comes first! \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $5 for students. \nInfo:  Text 669.444.1284\nCafe Shalom\, more details…
URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/cafe-shalom-feb-25/
LOCATION:Congregation Am Tikvah\, 625 Brotherhood Way\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop
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