TNFD Party on June 6, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM It’s time for another almost-monthly party at TNFD. Let’s call it the Summer Kick-Off Party. The June Solstice (Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice) is on June 21st @ 8:57 AM MDT. TNFD Party Protocol
♪ 24 dances; 1 hour and 9 minutes of dancing.→ New Dancers: 3 (two 1st-timers)→ Dances Taught: Zifkiro – Kurdistan [Tineke & Maurits van Geel] (Cherie)→ Dances That Need Review: Jove, Malaj Mome – Bulgaria; Hora Miresii (Bride’s Dance) – Romania/Transylvania
♪ 25 dances; 1 hour and 10 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Taught: Daskalica – Serbia (Sallie)→ Dances Reviewed: Hora de Mînă – Romania (Sallie); Moja Diridika – Croatia (Sallie)→ Dances Practiced w/o review: Dimitrija Suite: Dimitrija & Satovčensko Horo – Bulgaria→ Dances That Need Review: Vrapčeto – Bulgaria; Ha’eer Beafor – Israel; Kol Ma Shekadam…
♪ 25 dances; 1 hour and 7 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Taught: Hora de Mînă – Romania (Sallie); Moja Diridika – Croatia (Sallie)→ Dances That Need Review: Daskalica – Serbia→ Dances Practiced w/o review: Opšaj Diri – Croatia; El Adon Al Kol Hamaasim [Shmulik Gov-Ari] – Israel; Tokyo Polka [Richard Powers] – USA→ Dances Resurrected…
♪ PARTY NIGHT: 27 dances; 1 hour and 35 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Resurrected w/o review: Hora de Mînă – Romania; Daliana – Greece/Thessaly; Moja Diridika – Croatia; Povrateno – Macedonia
Pesen za Bojana (Песен за Бояна) For the last dance, I selected “Pesen za Boiana” by The Inheritance on their album Kalimara. When going through the music database to find dances we haven’t done in a good long time, I saw that this had been tagged for getting several plays. It a lovely, but haunting…
♪ 24 dances; 1 hour and 11 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Taught: Opšaj Diri – Croatia (Sallie)→ Dances Reviewed: Tokyo Polka [Richard Powers] – USA (David)→ Dances Practiced w/o review: Shiri Li Kineret [Shlomo Maman] – Israel; El Adon Al Kol Hamaasim [Shmulik Gov-Ari] – Israel; Agchka Jerazanke – Armenia→ Dances Resurrected w/o review: Hora…
Don’t miss this year’s Boulder International Folk Dance Workshop featuring Tineke & Maurits van Geel. They will share dances of Armenian, Romani, and other international folk origins. The workshops and dances start Friday evening on April 28th and finish with a review session on Sunday, April 30th, all happening at the Avalon in Boulder. Registration…
Folk Folks, I’m going to try something here. I had some kind of New Year’s resolution to learn a dance well enough to lead every week. I’m not sure how that stands with much chaos in learning and reviewing several dances at once, so I’ll have to chart that out to see if it pencils…
TNFD Party on May 2, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM My Fine Folks, We doubled up on special events in March, so we’ve had a dry April (dry of parties at TNFD, that is). May Day is probably the most appropriate, given the other choices: Mother’s Day, Armed Forces Day, & Memorial Day. May…
