Bay Area Dance Week
2019-04-26 - 2019-05-05 | San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States
To help promote folk dance, several Bay Area Folk Dance Federation member groups are generously opening their folk dance classes free to the public during Bay Area Dance Week, April 26 to May 5, 2019.
Bay Area Dance Week
Bay Area Dance Week (BADW) is the largest, most vibrant dance week celebration in the country with over 400 free dance performances, workshops, classes, lectures, and open houses during its 10-day celebration. The Bay Area possesses one of the largest active and thriving dance communities of the country. In fact, the Bay Area has the largest per capita concentration of dancers in America. Now in it’s 21st year, Bay Area Dance Week invites participants and volunteers to celebrate dance, offering hundreds of free events representing the diversity of dance forms practiced in the region. From established company programs to one-time events, Bay Area Dance Week provides an opportunity for dance-lovers of all ages and experience-levels to take a grand tour of the many movement styles, including Argentine tango, classical Indian, jazz, hip hop, ballet, traditional hula, fire dance, Samba, modern, Chinese classical, belly dance, aerial dance, West African, contact improvisation, and more. Find more free events…
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Participating Folk Dance Events
Click an event link below for location and details of a free folk dance event

Day
Time
Location
Event
Presenter

Fri. April 26
7:30-10:00pm
Palo Alto
Join Hands for World Dance
Stanford International Dancers

7:30-10:30pm
Mill Valley
Ethnic Dances from the Balkans and Beyond
Kopachka Folk Dancers

7:30-10:30pm
San Francisco
Dances for Everyone!
Changs Folk Dancers

7:45-9:45pm
Berkeley
International Folk Dance Party
Berkeley Folk Dancers

Sun. April 28
12:30-5:00pm
San Francisco
Blossom International Folk Dance Festival
Folk Dance Federation of CA, N

Mon. April 29
7:00-9:30pm
San Francisco
Step into the World of Greek Dance
Greek Feet

Tue. April 30
1:30-3:00pm
Berkeley
International Dance in the Afternoon
Berkeley Folk Dancers

7:45-9:45pm
Berkeley
International Folk Dance for Beginners
Berkeley Folk Dancers

7:00-9:00pm
Santa Rosa
Pre-May Day Balkan Dance Celebration!
Razzmatazz Folk Dance Club

10:45am-12:15pm
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa International Folk Dance
Santa Rosa Folk Dancers

Wed. May 1
10:45am-12:15pm
San Francisco
International Folk Dance
San Francisco Dance Circle

Thu. May 2
7:30-10:00pm
Saratoga
Introduction to International Dance
Saratoga International Dance

7:30-10:30pm
San Francisco
Mostly Balkan Dance Party
Mandala Folk Dance

1:30-3:00pm
Berkeley
International Dance in the Afternoon
Berkeley Folk Dancers

7:45-9:45pm
Berkeley
Intermediate International Folk Dance
Berkeley Folk Dancers

Fri. May 3
7:30-10:30pm
San Francisco
Dances of the World
Changs Folk Dancers

7:45-9:45pm
Berkeley
International Folk Dance Request Party
Berkeley Folk Dancers

Sat. May 4
7:30-11:00pm
Menlo Park
Nordic Dance Party
Nordic Footnotes

Sun. May 5
1:00-2:15pm
San Leandro
Intro to Argentine Tango
Tango & More Dance

2:30-3:15pm
How Elvis Presley & Jazz Changed Argentine Tango

3:30-5:00pm
International Folk Dance Fun

2019 Blossom Festival
2019-04-28 12:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | City College of San Francisco, Wellness Center, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, CA, 94112, United States
Blossom Festival 2019 The annual Blossom Festival, a featured event of Bay Area Dance Week, includes a folk dance party, short dance workshops, and dance performance by guest company. Free!
Dance activities will be held in the Wellness Center, 3rd Floor, Studio 301
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Balkan Dance Party with Zabava International
2019-05-03 19:30 - 22:00 | Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
Live Balkan music and dancing to Bill Cope and Zabava International! It’s a party night, so snacks and drinks are welcome, as are tips for the band.
Bill Cope
Zabava International!
Energetic, soulful, and rhythmically dazzling music played from the center of the dance floor–music from Albania, America, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, the Romani, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden and Turkey traditions. The musicians recreate the vibrant interplay of traditional music and dance from the cultural crossroads.
Anastasia Barkett (violin)
Noa Laniakea (bass)
Michele Simon (vocals, tupan, hand drum)
Tom Farris (tambura, guitar)
Bill Cope (gajda, bouzouki, tambura, accordion, vocals, and more)
More details…

Ocho de Mayo Party
2019-05-08 19:45 - 22:00 | Holbrook Palmer Park, Carriage House, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA, 94027, United States
Join Suzanne Rocca-Butler and the Carriage House Folk Dancers for an Ocho de Mayo (May 8th) Party. Snacks or beverages to share are also appreciated if you are able to bring them.
Drop in fee is $9.00 for the entire evening. (There is no pro-rating of fees) If you are registered, the party is included.

Balkan Dance Party with Édessa
2019-05-10 20:00 - 22:30 | Strawberry Recreation Center, 118 E. Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Come dance to the exciting music of Édessa, one of the Bay Area’s premier Balkan dance bands.
Dance on our spacious sprung wood floor. Lots of free parking. Please consider bringing refreshments to share.
Édessa
Édessa is comprised of musicians who have devoted decades to the study and performance of the rich cultural expression of the southern Balkans, with music from Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Armenia, Turkey, and Balkan Roma (Gypsy). Édessa is George Chittenden on clarinet, gaida (bagpipe), zurna (shawm), and guitar, Lise Liepman on santouri (hammered dulcimer) and accordion, Ari Langer on violin, Sean Tergis on percussion, and bassist Paul Brown.
For more details contact president@kopachkafolkdancers.com or 415-497-4890.

Café Shalom Founder Celebration
2019-05-11 17:30 - 23:30 | St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 1399 43rd Ave, at Judah St., San Francisco, CA, 94122, United States
Cafe Shalom Birthday Celebration On Saturday, May 11, Café Shalom of San Francisco will celebrate the 90th birthday of their founder, RUTH BROWNS GUNDELFINGER, and the group’s 50th year, with a potluck dinner and dance party.
This will be a chance to honor Ruth’s passion for Israeli dance and the joy she has brought to her teaching as well as to celebrate the Café Shalom community she envisioned 50 years ago.
Potluck 5:30pm, dance party 7:30-11:30 pm
Dessert will be provided, so please bring other food to share for dinner along with serving utensils (no pork, shellfish or alcohol please).
Contact Info: Tirtza Pearl 415-595-4492 or e-mail
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May Folk Dance Party
2019-05-11 19:15 - 22:30 | St. Bede’s Church Hall, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Peninsula Council Folk Dance Party

7:15-8:00pm
Free pre-party workshop with Lon Radin teaching Tik (Pontian) and Krivo Ihimansko Horo (Bulgarian)

8:00-10:30pm
ALL-REQUEST PARTY MC’d by Adony Benaries and Ken Kaye

Send your requests to Adony or Ken and they will incorporate them into the program.
Dances range from beginning to advanced and all forms (line, couple, set). Bring a snack to share!
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Da! Mozhem and the Nema Problema Chorale Party
2019-05-18 19:00 - 23:00 | All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
7 – 8 pm
Kaela Fine will teach Rusi Kosi and Lucy may teach steps to Tropanka. Dancing to recorded music while the band sets up

8 – 11 pm
Dancing to Da! Mozhem and the Nema Problema Chorale, with musicians and singers famous in the Peninsula

Da! Mozhem and the Nema Problema Chorale
Da! Mozhem and the Nema Problema Chorale play and sing high-energy pan-Balkan music for the joy of dancing. D!M is a group of friends who have been playing together for well over a decade. The chorale consists of up to eight women, joined occasionally by male voices. The group has veterans from many excellent folklore bands such as the People’s International Silver String Macedonian Band, Born to Drone, Westwind, Sviraci, and the Slavonian Traveling Band. The band plays with emphasis on Bulgarian, Macedonian, and ex-Yugoslavetraditions. Several members frequently travel to the Balkans to learn more about the folkloric music of the region. The group plays on traditional instruments unique to the region as well as modern instruments.
Snacks greatly appreciated for the Kafana — a place for chatting with friends, snacking to get more energy for dancing and listening to the band.
Questions? Contact Lucy or Karen.
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Greek Glendi with the Helladelics
2019-05-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Mary is in town and it is a Helladellics reunion. Please join the band and Greek Feet for a full evening of dance, music, revelry and fun. Please bring some food to share. Music begins at 7:30pm. Ring bell at the gate to enter.
Featuring:
Mary Hofer – clarinet
Tom Farris- laouto
Gari Hegedus- oud and violin
Michele Simon- vocals and percussion
The Helladelics play mostly Greek, mostly traditional, dance and trance tunes, with captivating melodies, driving rhythms and passionate improvisations. You’ll find the hypnotic, bluesy material of Epirus, upbeat dance tunes from Thrace, lilting songs of the islands and the odd-meters of Macedonia, as well as tastes of Armenia and Turkey..

Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Yuliyan Yordanov
2019-05-23 19:30 - 22:00 | St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, 18870 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, California, 95070
Join us for a very special workshop lead by master Bulgarian dance instructor Yuliyan Yordanov.
Bulgarian ethnic dance is centuries-old tradition that still brings people of all ages together for moments of unity and spontaneous joy. Irregular rhythms, upbeat enthralling music on traditional Balkan instruments, and gorgeous costumes are all characteristics of Bulgarian folk dances. Most Bulgarian dances are line dances, with the dancers holding hands in a straight or curved line, facing in toward the center of the dance space. These dances are frequently seen at weddings and other celebrations with participants’ inherently beaming smiles. The music and the overall emotions are just that powerful.
Yuliyan Yordanov has been living in the San Jose area for the past few years, and has decided to return to Bulgaria. This may be our last chance for a while to learn Bulgarian dances from him.

7:30-8:15 pm
Opening dances

8:15-8:45 pm
First teaching session (2 dances)

8:45-9:10 pm
Dancing for our enjoyment

9:10-9:45 pm
Second teaching session (1 more complex dance)

9:45-10:00 pm
Review of dances taught

10:00 pm
Ending dances

Cost
$6-$8 sliding scale to pay for the hall
$3-$5 sliding scale to pay for the teacher
For more details contact Loui Tucker or call 408-771-4542.
Yuliyan Yordanov
Yuliyan Yordanov
Yuliyan Yordanov grew up in Doyrentsi, a village in the Lovech region of North Central Bulgaria, where he was immersed in dancing and singing from a young age. He later completed his studies at the Academy of Music and Dance Art in Plovdiv, and for nine years worked professionally in Lovech as a traditional Bulgarian dance instructor, choreographer and artistic director of youth ensembles. Since moving to the U.S. in 2001, Yuliyan has taught at numerous camps, festivals and workshops throughout the folk dance communities of North America. Read more…

2nd Annual Northern California Dance Symposium
2019-05-25 08:00 - 21:00 | Church of the Holy Cross, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA, 94002, United States
FDF (Faith, Dance, Fellowship) of Northern California is sponsoring a one day Greek dance symposium. Guest workshop instructors are Achilleas Tsiaras and Yiouli Dimou from Meliki, Macedonia, Greece and Joe Graziosi from Boston, Massachusetts. Achilleas and Yiouli will teach dances from Imathia and Vlach Dances of Kozani. Joe will teach island dances from Rhodes, Kalymnos and Kos; and from Orma, Almopia.
Symposium Schedule of Events

8:00 – 9:15 am
Check in, Light Breakfast, Meet and Greet.

9:15 – 10:45 am
Workshop 1- Joe Graziosi- Dodecanese Sampler- Rhodes, Kalymnos, Kos

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Workshop 2- Achilleas and Yiouli Dimou- Imathia

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Workshop 3- Joe Graziosi- Orma, Almopia

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Lunch Break

3:30 – 5:00 pm
Workshop 4– Achilleas and Yiouli Dimou- Vlach Dances of Kozani

6:30 pm
BBQ/Dance Evening Event, $25

Register
All day workshop: $50.
BBQ/Dance: $25.
Pre-registration is required.
Register
For More Info please email- norcalsymposium@gmail.com

Statewide 2019
2019-05-31 - 2019-06-02 | Edmunds Ballroom, 170 E. 6th St., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Ethnic Treasures of Folk Dance!
Statewide 2019 Registration Form
2019 Statewide Folk Dance Festival

Live Music with Miamon Miller and Friends, Bill Cope, Michael Lawson & Janie Cowen
Parties and Luncheon
Workshops and Request Dancing
Meeting friends – Old and New

Teaching appearances by Petur Iliev, Mihai David, Sevi Bayraktar, and Israel Yakovee. Cesar Garfiaz will lead a Sunday Salsa workshop and party!
Ethnic Treasures Festival opens Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. with party and brief introductory teaching.
Participants can choose to purchase the entire festival package or pay for individual workshops and parties.
Register
Our host hotel is Doubletree, Claremont. Pre-registration and hotel reservations available.
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For more details contact Pauline Klak or Diane Baker

Special Greek Dance Workshop with Stathis Strathis and Joe Graziosi
2019-06-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
GreekFeet is pleased to announce this special workshop with Stathis Strathis and Joe Graziosi. Stathis will be paying a tribute to our dear friend and teacher Anna Efstathiou by teaching her signature dance Vari Hasapia. Joe will be teaching a mix of regional Greek dances.
It is going to be an interesting, entertaining evening in the usual GreekFeet fanfare but with an added treat of having these two dynamic Bostonian Greeks joining us.
Ring bell at the gate to enter.
Stathis Strathis
Stathis Strathis has BA in Physical Education with a Dance Emphasis and a Masters of Arts in Creative Arts with a Dance Emphasis both from San Francisco State University. When he was a student at S.F. State in 1978 he saw a flier about Joe Graziosi teaching Greek Folk Dance at the University of California Berkely and has been a fan of his ever since. During his 13 years in S.F. he took Anna Efstathiou’s Monday night classes. He founded the Constantinople Group in the 80’s and they were the first Greek Folk Dance Group to get into the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. He danced for 3 seasons with the Nellie Demoglou Greek Folk Dance Theater in Rhodes,Greece where en ended up living for over 20 years. He taught Jazz Dance, Ballroom & Latin Dance and Greek Folk dance in the United States and on Rhodes both at the Ellie Paraskeva School of Dance and at the University of the Aegean of the Aegean where he was a full time professor in the Department of Early Education He now lives in Marblehead, MA where he teaches weekly both Greek Folk Dance and Argentine Tango. Stathis is a native Bostonian and grew up in the Boston Greek community.

Joe Graziosi
Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi has done extensive research on regional dance in Greece and among Greek communities in the U.S. He has taught throughout the world for community groups and at major folk dance camps, including the Balkan Music and Dance Workshops since 1982. He has served as judge and advisor for the west coast Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (FDF) since 1984, and judge and advisor for the southern states Hellenic Dance Festival (HDF) for the past 8 years. He is, along with Ahmet Luleci, co-founder of the annual World Music & Dance Camp, now in Iroquois Springs, NY.

Dance to Live French Music
2019-06-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
French dance fun for all ages! Gary Breitbard & Jena Rauti Dance with us through France—and never leave the Bay Area! Gary Breitbard and Jena Rauti will help teach and lead French dances to the live music of Fête Musette.
We will take you to Alsace, Brittany, Gascony, Provence, and the Massif Central in a period where the waltz, mazurka, polka, scottish, bourree, and rondeau ruled. Join us for an evening of called dances for all ages – no experience required!
Gary Breitbard and Jena Rauti have been teaching traditional French country dance music for two decades at Bay Area schools, Lark in the Morning Camp and the SF Free Folk Festival. They studied dance at Grand Bal de l’Europe, Festival de Luthiers at San Chartiers and other dance workshops in France.

Fête Musette
Fête Musette members are Gary Breitbard (accordion, hurdy-gurdy and vocals), Sarah Kirton (fiddle), Lee Anne Welch (fiddle), Peter Tommerup (mountain and hammered dulcimer), Julianne Staffords (button chromatic accordion, oboe and vocals), Bill O’Haren (percussion) and Jena Rauti (accordion and vocals). Read more…
Admission is $12, students are half-price and children are free – but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Tips for the band, and snack and beverage contributions are always appreciated, and there is always a cheese plate!

Sample of a fun French Country dance led by Gary and Jena with live music.

Dance Party with Da! Mozhem
2019-06-07 19:30 - 22:30 | Piedmont Veterans Hall, 401 Highland Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States
Dance to your favorite international tunes with Da! Mozhem and the East Bay Folk Dancers. Please save the date and join us for a fun night of dancing!
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Da! Mozhem at the San Francisco Free Folk Festival
Da! Mozhem
Da! Mozhem plays and sings high-energy pan-Balkan music for the joy of dancing. D!M is a group of friends who have been playing together for well over a decade. The group has veterans from many excellent folklore bands such as the People’s International Silver String Macedonian Band, Born to Drone, Westwind, Sviraci, and the Slavonian Traveling Band. The band plays with emphasis on Bulgarian, Macedonian, and ex-Yugoslav traditions. Several members frequently travel to the Balkans to learn more about the folkloric music of the region. The group plays on traditional instruments unique to the region as well as modern instruments.

Palomanians Ice Cream Social
2019-06-15 19:30 - 22:30 | St. Bede’s Church Hall, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States
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The Palomanians Ice Cream Social featuring request dancing, refreshments, and of course ice cream!
A tradition for decades, the Palomanians will provide all the ingredients for an Ice Cream Social and Dance Party! With lots of toppings, fresh and stewed fruit, sprinkles, whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and more! Punch, water and coffee also provided. More dancing afterwards to work it all off. Nothing to bring besides your dance shoes.
There’s no teaching so the party begins at 7:30pm

Bastille Day Party
2019-07-14 14:45 - 18:00 | St. Bede’s Church Hall, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Celebrate Bastille Day and France with a folk dance lesson and party with the Peninsula Council!

2:45pm
Doors open

3:00-3:30pm
Free pre-party workshop with Adony Benaries teaching a couple of fun French dances.

3:30-6:00pm
ALL-REQUEST PARTY MC’d by Hollis Radin

The Peninsula Council annual meeting and election of officers will be held during the break.
Send your requests to Hollis and she will incorporate them into the program.
Dances range from beginning to advanced and all forms (line, couple, set). Bring a snack to share!
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Square Dance Workshop with Tony Parkes
2019-07-18 19:30 - 22:15 | St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, 18870 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, California, 95070
Join the Saratoga International Dancers for a special evening square dance workshop lead by caller and instructor Tony Parkes. No partner needed.

Tony Parkes
Hailing from the Boston area, Tony Parkes has been calling square and contra dances for more than 50 years. He believes in keeping these dance forms accessible to as many people as possible. He has beginners doing real dances within seconds, and can keep experienced dancers entertained with a bit of challenge or elegance. More details…

Contra and Square Dance Workshop and Party with Tony Parkes
2019-07-20 15:00 - 21:00 | All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
The Moveable Feet club presents an afternoon contra and square dance workshop, potluck dinner, and international folk dance party with the charming Tony Parkes. Live music for dancing by Susan Worland during the workshop.
Come for the entire event or portions as you wish. We look forward to dancing with you!

3:00 pm
Doors open

3:15 – 4:30 pm
Contra Dance Workshop

4:30 – 4:45 pm
Break

4:45 – 5:30 pm
Square Dance Workshop

5:30 – 6:30 pm
Potluck dinner, bring your favorite dishes for 8-10 dancers. Snacks for the workshop also appreciated. No oven, but refrigerator and power for crockpots available

6:30 – 9 pm
Folk dance party. Tony plans to call a few contras and square dances. Dancing to recorded music from all countries.
Requests in advance appreciated to Lucy or Lesley.

No partners needed. We change partners after each dance. All dancers welcome, however basic knowledge of the fundamentals of contra and square dancing is beneficial.
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Tony Parkes
Hailing from the Boston area, Tony Parkes has been calling square and contra dances for more than 50 years. He believes in keeping these dance forms accessible to as many people as possible. He has beginners doing real dances within seconds, and can keep experienced dancers entertained with a bit of challenge or elegance.
For more details contact Lucy or Lesley.

Stockton Folk Dance Camp
2019-07-21 - 2019-08-04 | University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA, 95211, United States
Featured Guests

Joe Graziosi
GREEK NON-PARTNER DANCES

Tineke van Geel
ARMENIAN NON-PARTNER DANCES

Gergana Panova
BULGARIA NON-PARTNER DANCES

Richard Schmidt
POLISH COUNTRY PARTNER DANCES

Gigi Jensen
ARGENTINE PARTNER DANCES

Tony Parkes
AMERICAN SQUARES AND CONTRAS

Rebecca Tsai
CHINESE WORKSHOP

Band
Miamon Miller & Free Range Organic
Celebrating over 70 Years of International Dance and Music
For over 70 years Stockton Folk Dance camp has featured guests from around the world who come to the University of the Pacific in Stockton California each summer to share traditional dances and music. Students and long-time international dance enthusiasts of all ages come to learn and preserve folkloric dances and music, as well as to hone their world dance and music skills.
Registration
General notes that apply each year:
A minimum deposit of $100 is required to hold a spot if you cannot make full payment at the time of registration.
If you cancel BEFORE May 31, a $50 processing fee will be withheld from your refund.
If you cancel AFTER May 31, $100 deposit will be withheld from your refund.
No refunds after June 30.
Register online
You can make a payments online for camp and related items, or you may pay by check.
Payments page

Summer Dance Party
2019-08-07 19:45 - 22:00 | Holbrook Palmer Park, Carriage House, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA, 94027, United States
This summer dance and post-Stockton party will be our only chance to dance together at the Carriage House until Fall quarter begins Sept. 18, so I hope you can all come! Bring your dancing shoes and good cheer. Snacks or beverages to share are also appreciated if you are able.
Drop in fee is $9.00 for the entire evening. There is no pro-rating of fees.
Suzanne will resume teaching again Sept. 18th when the Fall Quarter begins.

International Dance Workshop with Roberto Bagnoli
2019-08-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Piedmont Veterans Hall, 401 Highland Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this workshop with a teacher who is loads of fun! For more information, you can contact Kay James or call Kay at (925) 376-0727.
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Roberto Bagnoli
Roberto Bagnoli Roberto Bagnoli grew up in Rome, where he was first introduced to folk music and dance, eventually taking part in several performances and teaching dance classes. He subsequently studied various forms of folk dance in workshops throughout Europe, Israel,and North America.From 1995 to 2003, he performed as a dancer and choreographer with the Terra di Danza Dance Company and was involved in the production of Raggi di Luna Italiana (Italian dances); Giro Giro Mondo (dances from around the world);Keltic Emotion (Celtic dances); Mazal Tov (Israeli dances);and Ethnos (international folk dances). He currently organizes two dance camps in Europe: Balkanot (Balkan and Israeli dance) and Camp Yofi (Israeli dance). Roberto has lectured and conducted workshops throughout Europe as well as on numerous occasions in North America, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.Roberto lives in Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy. Read more…

Little Festival of the Redwoods
2019-08-11 12:00 - 16:15 | Guerneville School, 14630 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville, CA, 95446, United States
The Santa Rosa Folk Dancers invite you to the 75th annual Little Festival of the Redwoods.
Noon-1:30 pm, Picnic Potluck Social
Join for a picnic potluck at the Armstrong Redwoods State Park picnic grounds. Please bring a hot dish, salad, or dessert and your own table service. Club will furnish coffee, tea, and water.
1:45‑4:15 pm, Request Dance Party
Guerneville Elementary School
14630 Armstrong Woods Road
Guerneville, CA
The festival continues with an all-requests international folk dancing afternoon with your favorite dances selected by Elsa Bacher as DJ.
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For more details please contact Elsa Bacher of the Santa Rosa Folk Dancers.

Post-Stockton Dance Party
2019-08-11 15:00 - 19:00 | St. Bede’s Church Hall, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Join us for a dance party starting with reviews of dances taught at Stockton Folk Dance Camp 2019.

2:45pm
Doors open

3:00-3:30pm
Free pre-party workshop including new dances from Stockton Folk Dance Camp 2019: Shantel, a Romanian dance choreographed by Maurits and Tineke van Geel, and Yarn Anoush, an Armenian dance also choreographed by Tineke. Both are easy and fun dances that you’ll love!

3:30-6:00pm
ALL-REQUEST PARTY MC’d by Adony Beniares and Ken Kaye

Send your requests to Adony and he will incorporate them into the program.
Dances range from beginning to advanced and all forms (line, couple, set). Bring a snack to share!
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Greek Glendi with Agapi Mas
2019-08-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Enjoy Greek dancing to live music featuring Agapi Mas with Greek Feet celebrating Leo birthdays. This is also for the popular Greek August 15 holiday, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary or Koimisis tis Theotokou.
Agapi Mas will be playing a full night of regional Greek music for dancing. Agapi Mas is Greg Jenkins on clarinet and vocals, Alan Davidson on laouto, Michael Garibaldi on percussion and vocals, and special guest Michele Simon on vocals.
In addition, the Leo folks are planning some outrageous B’day cakes. This party just keeps getting better and better each day. Hope you can make it!
Note: Ring the bell at the gate to enter

Potluck, BBQ, and Dance Party
2019-08-25 15:00 - 22:00 | Wolterbeek’s Ranch, 3100 Ponderosa Road, Shingle Springs, CA, 95682, United States
Come join the fun and renew/join SIFDAC!

​Games – 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Potluck and Dancing – 5:00 to 10:00 pm

$10.00 per person or $5.00 for those age 23 & under. The price of admission pays your yearly membership with the Sacramento International Folk Dance and Arts Council.
To save time, download our membership application, fill it out in advance, and bring it to the barbeque!
The annual Sacramento International Folk Dance and Arts Council (SIFDAC) Membership Barbeque and Dance is held at the end of August prior to September 1. We love getting together and dancing outside at the Wolterbeek’s Ranch! Thank you so much Al and Teddy for letting us gather together each year at your ranch and having the best time ever!! This event is special because it is the best time for local folk dancers and clubs to sign up and become members of SIFDAC since the term of membership goes from September 1 to August 31 of each year.
For more details contact: Gene (916) 799-8086 (email) or Barbara (916) 923-1555 (email)
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End of Summer Dance Party
2019-08-29 19:30 - 22:30 | St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, 18870 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, California, 95070
Celebrate the end of summer with folk dance party on the last Thursday before Labor Day with the Saratoga International Folk Dancers.
“Dressed up in Denim” is our end-of-quarter theme. Loui hopes you will go out of your way to wear denim – and not just the usual blue jeans: skirts, shirts, jackets, vests, overalls, and hats are all made in denim. If you don’t own any denim clothing, I’m sure a quick trip to the local Goodwill store will fix that problem.
Warmup and dances for beginners between 7:30 and 8:15pm. Request dancing for the rest of the evening. This is a large, friendly group; you won’t be disappointed! Drop in fee $8, first visit free. More details…

Dance Party with Zabava International
2019-09-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
Live music and dancing to Bill Cope and Zabava International! It’s a party night, so snacks and drinks are welcome, as are tips for the band.
Bill Cope
Zabava International!
Energetic, soulful, and rhythmically dazzling music played from the center of the dance floor–music from Albania, America, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, the Romani, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden and Turkey traditions. The musicians recreate the vibrant interplay of traditional music and dance from the cultural crossroads.
Simmy Willeman (violin)
Michele Simon (vocals, tupan, hand drum)
Tom Farris (tambura, guitar)
Bill Cope (gajda, bouzouki, tambura, accordion, vocals, and more)
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Summer Camps in Review 2019
2019-09-07 13:45 - 20:00 | All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
Come to our 6th Annual Summer Camps in Review. No time to attend all the camps and workshops? No problem! Catch great dances with our great local teachers as they present their favorite dances that they learned at various camps and workshops. Includes potluck dinner and party.
Come the whole time or just a few hours. We want to dance and chat with you.
Program
1:45pm – Doors open. Dancing to last year’s summer camp dances and more…
2:00 – 5:30pm – Workshop of 2019 Summer Dances. PROGRAM
5:30 – 6:30pm – Potluck dinner, bring your favorite dish. Refrigerators available, but no oven.
6:30 – ~8:00pm – Review and your requests of dances from Statewide to Stockton and more. MC’d by Loui Tucker.
Many thanks to these awesome teachers who have volunteered to share dances they love: Katherine Abbott, Aaron Alpert, Craig Blackstone, Denise Heenan, Melissa Miller and Lew Smith, Betsy McKone and Henry Sawyer, Ulrike and Lothar Narins, Lon Radin, John Rusk, Marina Troost, Marian Snyder, Rebecca Tsai, and Todd Wagner. They will be teaching/reviewing dances from Mendocino Folklore Camp, Mendocino Scandia Camp, English/Scottish Workshop, Workshop in Transylvania, Balkan Camp, Statewide, and Stockton Folk Dance Camp.
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Welcome Back Party
2019-09-18 19:45 - 22:00 | Holbrook Palmer Park, Carriage House, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA, 94027, United States
Join Suzanne Rocca-Butler and the Carriage House Folk Dancers for a folk dance party as we welcome Suzanne (and ourselves) back for another fun quarter of dance classes. Bring your dancing shoes and good cheer!
Snacks or beverages to share are also appreciated if you are able.
This is the beginning night of the Fall Quarter so registration for the quarter is $77.00.
Drop in fee is $9.00 for the entire evening. There is no pro-rating of fees.
