Boulder International Folk Dancers (BIFD) will turn over their regular Friday night folk dancing to Lee Otterholt for a mini-workshop on Friday, September 20, 2024 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM in Sodal Hall at the Avalon Ballroom in Boulder. Price is $5 for BIFD members, $10 non-members. No preregistration; pay at the door, starting…
TNFD Party on July 9, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM It’s your last chance for a Tuesday Night Folk Dancing party until winter. What’s the occasion? It’s just a party on a Tuesday on a Summer’s night. -David What is a Tuesday Night Folk Dancing Party? A party is a chance to socialize a…
TNFD Party on May 7, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Easter? I thought that already happened! Well, it depends on whom you ask. Orthodox Easter (May 5) is what you get when follow the Julian calendar for Christian holidays. Both Orthodox Easter and Commercial Easter (the one with plastic baskets, fake grass, chocolate eggs,…
Do not miss the 3rd Annual Tuesday Night Folk Dancing Presents the McTeggart Irish Dancing and Céilí St. Paddy’s Extravaganza on March 19, 2024, 7:30 PM at the Empire Grange Hall. For those who were lucky enough to catch the 1st and/or 2nd annual, you know that Tatiana and the McTeggart Adult Irish Dancers really…
TNFD Party on February 13, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Party on Mardi Gras like there is a tomorrow, because that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and you’ve been partying for a week, and you still got some wild in you before you cage the beast. And that tomorrow is also Valentine’s Day, so you…
TNFD Party on December 19, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM The 2023 December/Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM MST, while those in the southern hemisphere will have to wait six months to celebrate Winter—you always wondered why they have “Christmas in July” sales. As usual, I am counting…
A new tradition of traditions. A full, or at least nearly full, night of Greek dances and Greek-themed party food. We may slip some non-Greek dances in by request, and we will have to sing the English version of Happy Birthday for the September birthdays and missed August ones. Same night, same time, same place:…
A rare Italian treat is in store for you on Friday, July 7, 2023, and it does not involve frozen dessert, pasta, or pizza pie. On a venture to Colorado from their home in Vermont, Celest DiPietropaolo and Marie DiCocco will come to Fort Collins to present an evening workshop of Italian traditional, non-performance dances…
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. There are two disclosed birthdays for the month of June: Erich & Bill. Next…
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…
