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SUMMARY:Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The twelfth and final Lyrids Folk Dance Festival will take place April 17-19\, 2026 at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall an hour drive east of Vancouver\, BC\, Canada. \nOur guest artists will be Tineke and Maurits van Geel presenting Armenian\, Roma\, and other International dances. \nZakuska from Seattle\, WA will be the Saturday evening party band. \nRegister \nZoom Registration \nFor more details e-mail info@lyridsfolkdancefestival.org \nDonations Gratefully Accepted\nPlease support the Festival and the Presenters. Drop into our Saturday party and we’ll tell you how to purchase the music and video packages from the Presenters. \nFeatured Guests\nTineke van Geel\nTineke Van Geel \n In 1977 Tineke van Geel received her degree as folk dance instructor. She specializes in Armenian dance and works as a choreographer. Tineke conducts workshops for students at various levels\, beginners to professional\, and has taught classes in international folk dance\, Dutch and Armenian dances in many countries around the world. Her main focus is to break down complicated steps and movements to basic elements and slowly ‘rebuilding’ them to the original dance form. This skill is part of her worldwide success and is combined with a vast knowledge of Armenian dance and culture. \nSince 1985 she has regularly visited Armenia to study folklore at the Pedagogic Institute and Choreographic School in Yerevan. A part of each research trip was devoted to working with several amateur groups in Armenia and doing research on costumes. Two of those research trips were sponsored by the Dutch government. On several occasions Tineke visited the USA to observe the dances performed by the Armenian communities there. Read more… \nMaurits van Geel\nMaurits Van Geel \n Maurits was artistic director of the professional Dutch dance performance group The Internationaal Danstheater for 24 years. During this interval\, the group performed 47 different evening shows. Part of this job involved several months of dance research each year in order to prepare for these programs. \nMaurits has traveled extensively in his dance research that has emphasized the Roma culture and those in the Caucasus. These travels have included India\, Pakistan\, Turkey\, Russia\, England\, France\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Ossetia\, Dagestan\, and Cherkassy. He has also choreographed many dances. \nIn the last several years\, Maurits has been teaching often with Tineke\, and this has included workshops in Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, Singapore\, and Malaysia. In North America\, the couple have taught at Oktoberfest in Montreal\, Pinewoods Camp in Maine\, and Stockton Folk Dance Camp. Read more…
URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/lyrids-2026/
LOCATION:Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall\, 12460 Harris Road\, Pitt Meadows\, British Columbia\, V3Y 2J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Camp,Dance Party,Lecture,Live Music,Online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Global Folk Dance Party
DESCRIPTION:We’re heading into summer – almost time for June camp.   This month we bring  you Pre-June camp – and a combination announcement and playlist. This month our GFDParty team will be joined by Catherine Rudin and Nina Lusterman\, and also first time guest teachers Alene and Charles Boyar.  The amazing Tom Pixton will be playing live music for us\, as well. Thanks to our tech team for making these amazing parties possible.  Please tune in at 2:30pm PST for some pre-show fun!   As always\, thank you to Andrew Carnie for the great website Folk Dance Musings\, and the thousands of people who post videos on YouTube.  And thanks to all of you for your support of folk dancing – both in-person and online.  You all make the world a happier place. Hope to see you on the dance floor on Saturday April 18!   \nAs always\, join us 30 minutes before each Global Folk Dance Party at 2:30pm PST for a different pre-show (quiz\, video\, music\, trivia\, etc.) each month. Hope to see you on the virtual dance floor on Saturday! \nJoin The Party\nBy Zoom\nRegister by Zoom\nUse 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-apr26/
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-apr26/
LOCATION:Congregation Am Tikvah\, 625 Brotherhood Way\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop
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