Ethnic Dance Chicago 2008 CALENDAR
Ethnic Dancing, Music and Singing in the Midwest and Beyond

Dancing as a Second Language

ETHNIC DANCE CHICAGO
Fridays 8:00pm to Midnite

Chicago Latvian Community Center - 4146 N Elston Ave (NW Diagonal), at Hamlin (3800W) - Chicago 60618
Last Fridays @ Portage Park Center for the Arts - 3914 N Menard (5800W) at Dakin (3950N) - Chicago 60634

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Chicago Area Contra Dancing http://www.chicagobarndance.org
2008 SummerDance: Jun 12-Aug 24 http://www.chicagosummerdance.org

Chicago SummerDance Schedule

Click Here for Chicago SummerDance Schedule
2008 World Music Festival: Sep 19-Sep 25 http://www.cityofchicago.org/worldmusic
Millenuim Park Music Without Borders Concerts - Jun-Aug http://millenniumparkconcerts.org/musicwithoutborders/

 

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JANUARY 2008-(TOP 2008 CALENDAR)

Dec 28, 2007
to Jan 1, 2008

Folklore Village 60th Annual Festival of Christmas & Midwinter Traditions - Yves Moreau and France Bourque Moreau: Balkan, Bulgarian and French Canadian Dance at Folklore Village Farm in Dodgeville, WI
Folklore Village Farm in Dodgeville, WI
Teaching Staff: Yves Moreau and France Bourque Moreau: Balkan, Bulgarian and French Canadian Dance and other arts and crafts.
Reservations, Information: (608)-924-4000 staff@folklorevillage.org, http://www.folklorevillage.org

Jan 1, 2008

Pot Luck Luncheon & Dancing - Argonne International Folk Dancers
Argonne International Folk Dancers
St Paul’s United Church of Christ
5739 Dunham Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60516
1:00pm dancing, 3:00pm potluck meal, dancing til 6:00pm
Linda Schub/Jay Wightman, (630) 393-6565, lindaandjay@comcast.net, no charge
Bring a dish to share, a hearty appetite and your dancing shoes!


Information: Linda Schub/Jay Wightman, (630) 393-6565, lindaandjay@comcast.net
5
Jutta & the Hi-Dukes play @ LunchBreak: Music without Borders, Fridays, 12:15pm, Randolph Café

Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (Euro-roots world music)

Cultural Center Information: (312)-744-6630, http://chicagoculturalcenter.org

Jan 4
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Beginning-of Year Party - Bring Some Food & Drink
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Jan 11
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Jan 18
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Fri 18th & Sat 19th

RESCHEDULED TO FRI MAY 16TH

Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares in Milwaukee, WI

Bulgarian women's choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares wit the Brazilian vocals of Monica Salmaso
RESCHEDULED TO FRI MAY 16TH
8:00 PM

Pabst Theater
144 E. Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Tickets: (800) 511-1552 or (414) 286-3663 http://pabsttheater.org/bulgares.html

The ancient, mysterious, transcendent voices of the Bulgarian women's choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares mesmerize the sense. The gorgeous Brazilian vocals of Monica Salmaso will be a pure and hypnotizing complement.

18-19
23rd Annual Golden Festival in New York City (A Celebration of Balkan Music and Dance) Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band & Friends - Two nights of Balkan music, dance and border-crossing celebration.

Emerson Hawley: (718) 859-4759, zufestival@zlatneuste.org
http://www.zlatneuste.org/

Jan 25
NO EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center

Cancellation due to Madison Folk Ball
Cancellation due to Madison Folk Ball - See Below

NO DANCE at Portage Park Center for the Arts,
3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Jan 25-27, 2008
20th Annual Folk Ball Festival,  Folk, Contra, Singing Workshops & Parties, lots of live music, (Madison, WI)

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Student Union, Madison, WI; Instructors: Lee Otterholt (Balkan), Sani Rifati (Balkan Romany), Penny Brichta (Israeli), Argentine Tango (Steve Fosdal & Angie Fadness); Old Apple Morris Dance Team (English Morris Dance), Lots of Live Music & Parties.

Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655, mk@mailbag.com, http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html
     

FEBRUARY 2008-(TOP 2008 CALENDAR)
Feb 1
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Feb 8
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
8-10
Winnipeg Winter/Spring Workshop with Paul Collins (International)

Churchill Park United Church, 525 Beresford Avenue, Winnipeg, MB

Contact:  Jeremy Hull, (204)-477-5981, mifda@shaw.ca

8-10
Omaha, NE Workshop with Daniela Ivanova (Bulgarian)

All events at First Central Congregational Church. Enter through the 36th and Harney (north) Evergreen Thrift Shop doors.Parking is available at East parking lot.

 

Scholarship, crash space information contact: Jennifer Forbes-Bailey, (402)-558-3475 [h], (402)-554-2609 [w]
jforbes-baily@unomaha

8-10
48th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival of Traditional Music, workshops, concerts, dancing, etc.

University of Chicago Campus, Various Locations & Performers

Fr-Sa-Su Concerts at Mandel Hall (5706 South University, 60637)

Sa-Su, 10:30-4:30, various dance/music workshops TBA at Ida Noyes Hall (1212 E 59th St, Chicago, Il 60637)

U of C Folklore Society, (773)-702-9793. 
Reynolds Club Box Office: (773)-702-7300,
info@uofcfolk.org,

http://www.uofcfolk.org

8-10
SNOPA!  2008: Snopa 22, "The Spy Who Came in from the Kolo, at Totino Grace Renewal Center, Winter Folk Dance Camp, Twin Cities 22nd Annual Twin Cities, MN International Folkdance Weekend, at Totino Grace Renewal Center. Register early... beds go quickly!

Robin Murie, rmurie@umn.edu
Craig Roberts, (651)-257-0786, craigr@computer-u.com

Jim Kiehne, (612)-377-8037, jkiehne@epuffin.net

http://www.snopa.org

2008 Teachers: TBA

8-10
Greek Dance Workshop in St Louis IFDA Greek Dance Workshop with Kyriakos Moisidis

Info: Gitry Heydebrand, Gitry@aol.com, http://www.stlouisfolkdance.org

John Uhlemann, buhlemann@aol.com, (314)-726-5838

9
"International Evening" at the St. Sava Cultural Center in Milwaukee St. Sava Cultural Center, 3201 S. 51st Street, Milwaukee, WI

Steve Petrovich: spetrovich@imagesystems.biz

The event features many folk dance groups from the Milwaukee area. The format is very similar to Milwaukee's Folk Fair (beer garden) in where about a half hour of stage performances are followed by about 45 minutes of open dancing. Each dance group performs about 5 minutes. This alternates throughout the evening (open dance / dance groups / open dance / dance groups, etc... ) Orkestar "Sloboda" will be playing once again for open dancing. Kitchen & Bar open all night long!   $10.00 donation at the door.   

Feb 15
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Feb 22
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Feb 29
EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center Leap Year Party Night - Bring Some Food & Drink
Portage Park Center for the Arts
3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Feb 22-24
Dance workshop with Aron Szekely (Dances from Hungary) in Columbus, OH Sponsored by Columbus Folk Dancers, Aron Szekely will be teaching gypsy dances from Orko, Transylvania, and circle dances (no partner) from Gyimes. Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff, Columbus, Ohio  43210

Information: Leslie Scott, (614) 262-7248, cfdworkshop@yahoo.com

http://www.geocities.com/cfd4folkdancing

     

Mar 7
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Mar 9
Bulgarian Night at International Folk Dancing in Madison, WI
 

Bulgarian Night at International Folk Dancing in Madison with live music by     VESELIYKA  (Dave Kantor, Yulian Yordanov, Ed Feeny, and Flora van Wormer)

FREE, But donations for the band are welcome.

Join us for a fun party focusing on Bulgarian dance and culture at our usual dance location,   The Crossing, 1127 University Ave. (corner of University and Charter) in Madison.  We'll teach some Bulgarian dances for the first hour starting at 7:30 and start the live music at 8:30 pm.

Kim: kimcaisse@gmail.com, (608)-244-8434.
Mar 14
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Mar 14-16, 2008
7th Annual English & American Dance (And More!) Weekend at Illini Union in Urbana, IL

The Central Illinois English Country Dancers, Illini Folk Dance Society and the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a weekend of English and American dance and music at the Illini Student Union, 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, on the campus of the University of Illinois.

Events: TBA

Jenifer Cartwright: jencart7@yahoo.com, (217)-352-2803
http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/weekend.html
Mar 14-16, 2008
Ann Arbor Workshops with Tom Roby ( Fri: English, Sat: Balkan, Sun: Transylvanian)

The Barn at Gretchen's House, 2625 Traver Rd,   Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

Workshops with Tom Roby

Nancy Morrison: (419)-536-8086, nmorris@buckeye-express.com
http://www.astro.utoledo.edu/~ndm/FD/
18
St Patrick's day Folk Dance Party, with Live Music by Orkestra Sloboda at Hart Park, in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee)

7:30 to 10:30, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West Milwaukee suburb)

Live Music by Orkestra Sloboda

Forrest Johnson: (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com
Mar 21
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Mar 28
NO EDC Dance @ Portage Park Art Center

Dance Canceled due to Balkanske Igre Spring Festival
Cancellation due to Balkanske Igre Spring Festival - See Below

NO DANCE at Portage Park Center for the Arts,
3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
     
     
Mar 28-30, 2008

Balkanske Igre Spring Festival at International House, Chicago, IL 60637

 

International House on University of Chicago Campus, 1414 E 59th st, Chicago, IL 60637,

Dance Workshops: Sani Rifati (Roma), Atanas Kolarovski (Macedonian), Ahmet Luleci (Turkish), Ventzi Sotirov (Bulgarian), Martin Koenig (Balkan), & Others TBA. Music Workshops: Chris Bajmakovich, Ljupco Milenkovski, James Stoyanoff

Contact: John Kuo, (773)-324-1247, (847)-965-8495, balkanske_igre@yahoo.com

Click Here for Spring Festival Announcement & Schedule (pdf)

Click Here for Spring Festival Schedule (pdf)

28-30

"Oldies but Goodies"
55th Anniversary
Workshop

Miami Valley Folk Dancers present a Folk Dance Workshop with Alix Cordray and Ron Houston - Come learn dances so old they're new!

Michael Solomon Pavilion (Community Golf Course), 2417 Berkley St., Kettering, Ohio 45409

Info: Leslie Hyll, (937)-252-0638, mvfd@daytonfolkdance.com
http://www.daytonfolkdance.com/mvfd/fivefive.html

30

THIS SHOW CANCELED

Duquesne University Tamburitzans in Merrillville, Indiana

 

THIS SHOW CANCELED

3:00pm, Merrillville High School, 276 East 68th Place, Merrillville, Indiana, Possible after-party at Croatian Hall

THIS SHOW CANCELED

Merrillville HS Contact: Betty Morgavan (219)-662-7401
Tammies Website:

http://www.tamburitzans.duq.edu/schedule.html

March 31

Turkish Dance Workshop with Ahmet Luleci - Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers

Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers

7:30-10:30, Lake Street Church of Evanston,
607 Lake Street (at Chicago Ave) - Evanston, IL 60201, enter from courtyard on Chicago Ave.

Turkish Dance Workshop with Ahmet Luleci


Information: Judy/Harry Solomon: (847)-748-8002, jss53@yahoo.com
     

Apr 4
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
4-6
Rang Tang 2006 in Atlanta w/teaching by Yuliyan Yordanov (Bulgarian) Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, 5140 Memorial Dr,  in Stone Mountain, GA (Atlanta Suburb) Liz Nunan, (404) 292-7176, liznunan@hotmail.com,
Mary Turlington, (770)-270-6884, maryturl@juno.com
6
Duquesne University Tamburitzans in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (area) NOTE: New Location & Time: 3:30pm, Greendale HS, 6801 Southway,  Greendale, WI 53129 CFU Contact: Sharon Sharko, teachershark@aol.com, (414)-671-5112, evenings, Click Here for PDF Schedule - Click Here for Map
Tammies Website:

http://www.tamburitzans.duq.edu/schedule.html
10
Folk Dance Party, with Live Music by Nick Bratkovich at Hart Park, in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee)

7:30 to 10:30, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West Milwaukee suburb)

Live Music by Nick Bratkovich

Forrest Johnson: (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com
Apr 11

Free Live Music Dance Party - Dancer Appreciation Night

EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center

Free Dance Party - Dancer Appreciation Night

Featuring two bands: Zlatne Uste Brass Band (New York) and Orkestar "Sloboda" (Milwaukee)

Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)

Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net/springfling

Free Dance Party - Dancer Appreciation Night and Ed Birchfield's Birthday Party

12

Free Live Music Dance in Millennium Park with Zlatne Uste Brass Band (New York)

Rain/Bad Weather Location Chicago Latvian Community Center

2:00pm-3:30pm

Wrigley Square in Millennium Park, 55 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

Rain/Bad Weather Location Chicago Latvian Community Center, 4146 N Elston, Chicago, IL 60618

For information about other Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs events, visit the Department of Cultural Affairs website. http://egov.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs or call 312-744-6630.

Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time invited guest at the famed Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States. From toe-tapping tunes to complex rhythms and melodies, this music moves the body and touches the soul. Discover the full-blown sounds of Slavic and Gypsy brass.

Click Here for Announcement about Zlatne Uste in Millennium Park- Sat Apr 12, 2008

12
Fox Valley (WI) Folkdancers (Appleton), Workshop with Michael Kuharski (Madison) and Catherine Rudin (Wane, NE/Madison)

South Greenville (WI) Grange Hall, 6920 County Hwy BB, Appleton, WI 54915

Live music by Nick Bratkovich (Tulsa, OK)

Barbara Westhofen, (920)-734-4029, westhofenb@aol.com

Patricia Scott, (715)-831-0057, pjscott@pressenter.com

http://www.angelfire.com/music4/walenski/FolkDancers.html

Directions: Greenville Grange Hall in Greenville WI just west of Appleton on the corner of US Hwy 45 and County Hwy BB. From US Hwy 41 take the Prospect Avenue exit (Cty BB), and go approx. 4 miles west. The Grange is on the NE corner of the intersection and Hwy 45

Apr 18
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
24

Café Antarsia Ensemble (Eastern European world folk) at Chicago Cultural Center (downtown)

Free, Music Without Borders,  Fridays at 12:15pm,  Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Café
77 E. Randolph St., Chicago, 60601

Cultural Center Information: (312)-744-6630, http://chicagoculturalcenter.org

Bringing together influences of gypsy jazz, rock rhythms and Delta Slide, the Ensemble took their name Café Antarsia from the Greek word for "rebellious". The ensemble has toured and performed internationally in Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Greece, Czech Republic, Quebec, Hungary, Romania and U.K., as well as all over New York and the U.S.A. Café Antarsia Ensemble is dedicated to coexistence through music and artistic exchange, striving to unite cultures in conflict elsewhere through live performance. They believe in fostering intuition, tradition and rebellion in a new world folk diaspora. The band includes: Nikos Brisco, gypsy guitar, mainland lauto, bouzouki, tzouras, baglama; Rami El-Aasser, dumbek, riq, frame drums; Ron Riley, guitar, tzouras, mainland laouto; and Ruth Margraff, accordion, Cretan lyra. http://www.cafeantarsiaensemble.com/index.html

Apr 25
EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center Party Night - Bring Some Food & Drink
Portage Park Center for the Arts
3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
26
Macedonian films by Milcho Manchevski at International House in Chicago

Doc Films & CEERES present @ International House, 1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Dust (4:30pm), Shadows (8:00pm), Dust (11:30pm)

Director Milcho Manchevski will appear in person at these showings

29
Volunteer Apprecation Night, Folk Dance Party, with Live Music by Izvor at Hart Park, in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee)

7:30 to 10:30, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West Milwaukee suburb)

Live Music by Izvor

Forrest Johnson: (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com
     

1-4
Festival of Nations in St Paul, MN
Performances, Ethnic Foods, Shopping, Crafts, Cultural Exhibits, at RiverCentre, 175 West Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55101 (Downtown) Advance Tickets: At all Byerly's locations and at the International Institute of Minnesota, (651)-647-0191, sheckler@iimn.org
http://www.festivalofnations.com
May 2
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
2-3
Cross-Step Waltz Workshop with Jeannette Watts

The Cross-Step Waltz is a accessible, vernacular, vintage vintage waltz with a swooping step, graceful yet playful feel and with lots of variations; no experience or partner needed.

Fri 7:30pm: Fermilab Barn, Warrenville, IL 60555

Sat 7:30pm: Harvard Congregational Church, 105 S Kenilworth, Oak Park, IL 60304

Mady Newfield, (630)-584-0825, mady.newfield@gmail.com, http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/CrossStep.pdf

2-4

Detroit Folk Dance Camp @ Camp High Scope, Clinton, MI

Guest Teachers: Christian Florescu & Sonia Dion (Romanian Dances) Rick King, (248)-376-6992, detroitfolkdancing@comcast.net, www.detroitfolkdancing.com
2-4
Albanian Dance Workshop in St Louis IFDA Albanian Dance Workshop with Steve Kotansky

Info: Gitry Heydebrand, Gitry@aol.com, http://www.stlouisfolkdance.org

John Uhlemann, buhlemann@aol.com, (314)-726-5838

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38th Annual Argonne International Folk Dancers Annual Stone Soup Party! (Potluck) 1pm-6pm, Note Location: St. Paul's United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 5739 Dunham Rd Downers Grove, IL 60515

Information: Linda Schub & Jay Wightman, (630)-393-6565, lindaandjay@comcast.net

This year, we decided to spend more time dancing and less time cooking during the party, so the soups  will be made ahead. 
May 9
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
May 16
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Fri 16th

RESCHEDULED FROM FRI-SAT JAN 18-19

Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
(The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) in Milwaukee, WI

Bulgarian women's choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares

RESCHEDULED FROM FRI-SAT JAN 18-19

8:00 PM

Pabst Theater
144 E. Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Tickets: (800) 511-1552 or (414) 286-3663 http://pabsttheater.org/bulgares.html

The ancient, mysterious, transcendent voices of the Bulgarian women's choir "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" mesmerize the senses. This Grammy award-winning ensemble is of a rare artistic gift and enormous popular appeal. Created fifty years ago, its goal was to enrich the heritage of the Bulgarian solo folk song with harmonies and arrangement that highlighted its beautiful timbres and irregular rhythms. These mystic voices have managed countless times to dissolve the separation between East and West, of young and old, of pop music and classical tunes.

16-18
52nd Annual Pittsburgh Folk Festival David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh Folk Festival Office, (412)-278-1267,  or
Julie Rhyner, 
(412)-571-0541, jcrhyner@attbi.com
http://www.pghfolkfest.org
16-19
50th Annual Ontario Folk Dance Camp Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Info - Sandy Starkman: sandydancing@juno.com
17
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
(The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) in Minneapolis

Time TBA

Basilica of St. Mary's, 88 N 17th St - on Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, MN 55403

Other details TBA

Ticket Reservations: TBA

The ancient, mysterious, transcendent voices of the Bulgarian women's choir "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" mesmerize the senses. This Grammy award-winning ensemble is of a rare artistic gift and enormous popular appeal. Created fifty years ago, its goal was to enrich the heritage of the Bulgarian solo folk song with harmonies and arrangement that highlighted its beautiful timbres and irregular rhythms. These mystic voices have managed countless times to dissolve the separation between East and West, of young and old, of pop music and classical tunes.

18
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
(The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) in Chicago

4pm

St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place Chicago, IL 60614

Other details TBA

Discount Ticket Reservations: Martin Martinoff: martin@martinoff.net, (773)-501-3091

Ticket Reservations: Click Here

The ancient, mysterious, transcendent voices of the Bulgarian women's choir "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" mesmerize the senses. This Grammy award-winning ensemble is of a rare artistic gift and enormous popular appeal. Created fifty years ago, its goal was to enrich the heritage of the Bulgarian solo folk song with harmonies and arrangement that highlighted its beautiful timbres and irregular rhythms. These mystic voices have managed countless times to dissolve the separation between East and West, of young and old, of pop music and classical tunes.

22

SEVDAH MUSIC concert in celebration of Bosnian culture with Mary Sherhart

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Free, but you must pick up tickets in advance (by 05/20), Central Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), 3125 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri  63139

Sponsored by Saint Louis Public Schools, ESOL Bilingual/Migrant/Program,

CONTACT SAMIR OR JASMIN AT (314)-776-1686 EXT. 105 OR 109

Mary Sherhart, a superb singer, with dark colors in her mezzo-soprano voice, has long experience in Balkan music, both in the United States and the Balkans. Her commitment to this cause is profound. Sherhart is one of the most enterprising figures in Seattle's music scene: singer, teacher, producer, presenter, connoisseur.…conductor.

 

 

May 23
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
23-26
Midwest Morris Ale in Omaha, NE Area Omaha's Prairie Morris Dancers host the Midwest Morris Ale over the Memorial Day Weekend, in Camp Catron in Nebraska City, NE Info - Lorraine Duggin: LDuggin@mccneb.edu, http://s196623464.onlinehome.us
29
Jaap Leegwater workshop (Bulgarian) at Fermilab Group 7:30pm, Fermilab Village Barn, $5 donation suggested
Mady Newfield, (630)-584-0825, folkdance@fnal.gov,
www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance
May 30
NO EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center Cancellation due to Regional June Camp

3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
May 28-31

Chicago Turkish Festival - see website for detailed schedule

‘All Things Turkish' Festival, various times at Daley Plaza, Daley Plaza & Lobby, 50 W. Washigton St, Chicago 60601.

The 2008 Festival will once again feature demonstrations of art and dance, gourmet food, Turkish merchandise and much, much more! Don't miss out on the opportunity to savor Turkish culture and cuisine.


Information: info@chicagoturkishfestival.com
http://www.chicagoturkishfestival.com

May 30-June 1
Regional "June" Camp at Beloit College, Beloit, WI Guest Teachers: Jaap Leegwater (Bulgarian) & Lee Otterholt (Balkan/Norwegian)

Mady Newfield, (630)-584-0825, junecamp2008@gmail.com,
http://junecamp2008.googlepages.com/junecamp2008

     

May 30-June 1
Regional "June" Camp at Beloit College, Beloit, WI Guest Teachers: Jaap Leegwater (Bulgarian) & Lee Otterholt (Balkan/Norwegian)

Mady Newfield, (630)-584-0825, junecamp2008@gmail.com,
http://junecamp2008.googlepages.com/junecamp2008

Jun 6
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Jun 13
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Thu Jun 19
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Steve Weintraub (Authentic Klezmer Dances: Sher, Patsh Tanz, Freylekhs, Bulgar, Zhok)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Maxwell St. Dance Klezmer Orchestra (Klezmer)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Maxwell St. Dance Klezmer Orchestra (Klezmer)

 

Jun 20
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
20-22
Milwaukee Summer Ethnic Festvals:
Polish Fest
Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park,  Downtown Milwaukee Polish Fest (414)-529-2140, info@polishfest.org
http://www.polishfest.org
Thu Jun 26
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Calin Orza and Erika Demeter (Orkoi Gypsy dance from Transylvania)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Gázsa Hungarian Folk Band (Authentic Hungarian and Transylvanian Village music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Gázsa Hungarian Folk Band (Authentic Hungarian and Transylvanian Village music)

 

Jun 27
EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center Party Night - Bring Some Food & Drink
Portage Park Center for the Arts
3914 N Menard - Chicago 60634
SW corner of Menard (5800W) and Dakin (3950N)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Fri Jun 27
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Louie Stallone & Monica Vachlon (Cajun 2-Step & Waltz)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Jesse Legé & Joel Savoy (Traditional Cajun Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Jesse Legé & Joel Savoy (Traditional Cajun Music)

 

Sat Jun 28
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Paul Collins (Polka Variations, Oberek, Mazur, Waltz)

Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones (Polka and Polish Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones .

 

     


 
Jul 4
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Jul 9-13, 2008

28th Annual Door County Folk Festival
In Sister Bay & Ephraim, Wisconsin


Starts with Wednesday Night Party!

Ethnic dance, music & singing, workshops, square/contra dance workshops, leadership forums, networking opportunities, activities for adults, families and kids, late nite parties, more... Lots of fun and learning opportunities.

28th Annual Door County Folk Festival
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@dcff.net
http://www.dcff.net


Live Music by Last Gasppe (contra), Nick Bratkovich and Balkan Cabaret, Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal) playing at the Door County Folk Festival.

Balkan Cabaret Ensemble from Seattle, Washington will be performing beautiful melodies and kolos from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the surrounding Balkan-contigious countries.

info@dcff.net, http://www.dcff.net

Thu Jul 10
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Galia Miloucheva-Kuo & John Kuo (Balkan)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Slavic Soul Party (Balkan Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Slavic Soul Party (Balkan Music)

Jul 11
NO EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center

Cancellation due to Door County Folk Festival

Cancellation due to Door County Folk Festival


Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net
Fri Jul 11
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Stacey & Robert Huval Morrow
(Cajun)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Lafayette Rhythm Devils (Cajun Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Lafayette Rhythm Devils (Cajun Music)

Fri Jul 11
Martin Koenig photographic exhibit opens in Chicago Martin Koenig (ethnographer) photographic exhibit of Bulgarian village life during the 1960s and 70s opens in downtown Chicago at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago 60602

Cultural Center Hotline: (312)-742-1938

Sat Jul 12
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
The Galaxie (Zydeco)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys (Zydeco Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys (Zydeco Music)

Sat Jul 12
Slavic Soul Party! plays @ the Old Town School Folk/Roots Festival in Chicago 6:30pm-7:45pm, Welles Park, 4400 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

www.chicagofolkandroots.org, Old Town School, (773)-728-6000, www.oldtownschool.org

Sat Jul 12
Slavic Soul Party! plays @ Martyrs' in Chicago around 9:00pm, 3855 N Lincoln, Chicago 60613, age 21 and over only

Martyrs': (773)-404-9869, www.martyrslive.com

15
Live Music Party with Balkan Cabaret at Hart Park, in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee)

7:30 to 10:30, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West Milwaukee suburb)

Live Music by Balkan Cabaret

Forrest Johnson: (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com

Balkan Cabaret , Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal) playing at Milwaukee's recreational folk dance group at Hart Park in Wauwautosa, WI.

Balkan Cabaret Ensemble from Seattle, Washington will be performing beautiful melodies and kolos from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the surrounding Balkan-contigious countries.

16
Concert with Balkan Cabaret @ Old Town Restaurant in Milwaukee

Old Town Serbian Gourmet House (Restaurant) in Milwaukee, 522 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207, 7:00-11:00pm, $10 cover

Live Music by Balkan Cabaret

Reservations: (414)-672-0206, info: Jon Waite: (414)-758-5406, saxguy73@hotmail.com

Balkan Cabaret , Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal) playing at a location TBA in the Milwaukee Area.

Balkan Cabaret Ensemble from Seattle, Washington will be performing beautiful melodies and kolos from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the surrounding Balkan-contigious countries.

July 16-24
(Tentative)

Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra US Tour (Tentative) Locations ===>

Markovic Orchestra Websites

Schedule Details

  • Wed 07/16 New York City – MidSummerNight Swing, 6:30 Dance Lesson (Michael Ginsburg), Music @ 7:30pm, Damrosch Park, SW corner Lincoln Center Plaza, 62nd Street near Amsterdam Ave in Manhattan, www.lincolncenter.org
  • Wed 07/16 New York City – Drom 11:00pm - http://dromnyc.com
  • Thu 07/17 Chicago Pitchfork Festival Preview in Millennium Park in Chicago
  • Fri 07/18 Chicago SummerDance, 6:00pm-7:00pm Dance Lesson (Paul
    Collins), Music @ 7:30pm-9:30pm, Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave), Downtown Chicago 60605, Free, www.chicagosummerdance.org
  • Fri 07/18 – Live Music SummerDance After-Party 10:30pm until, Ethnic Dance Chicago, Chicago Lavtian Center, 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, (NW Side), 8pm-midnite+, $10.00 donation, (773)-463-2288, info@ethnicdance.net, www.ethnicdance.net
  • Sat 07/19 Chicago Pitchfork Music Festival – circa 12:30pm, www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com
  • Sat 07/19 Evanston (IL) Ethnic Arts Festival, Church St & Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60201– circa 5:30pm, www.cityofevanston.org/departments/parks/ethnic.shtml
  • Sun 07/20 Music Without Borders Event in Springfield, IL, 4:00pm. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St, Springfield, IL 62701, (217)-523-2787, www.sj-r.com/features/x2050099593/OnStage
  • Mon 07/21, Martyrs' in Chicago, 8:00pm, 3855 N Lincoln, Chicago 60613, (773)-404-9869, age 21 and over only, $12 cover, www.martyrslive.com
  • Tue 07/22 Montreal, QC, La Tulipe, 8:30pm, 4530 Avenue Papineau, Montréal, QC, $25.00, Tickets: (514)-790-1245, www.last.fm/event/682168
  • Wed 07/23 New York City – Drom 9:30pm - http://dromnyc.com
  • Thu 07/24 Philadelphia, PA, Kimmel Center-Perelman Theater, 7:30pm, $20, Tickets: (215)-893-1999, 260 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, www.kimmelcenter.org/events/summer-dance08.php
Thu Jul 17
Chicago SummerDance Ethinc Dance Series:

Teaching - 6:00pm-7:00pm:
Khazna Khalil (Belly Dance & Turkish Roma)

Live Music: 7:30pm-9:30pm:
Lamajamal with special guest musician Jim Stoynoff (Middle Eastern Music)
Chicago SummerDance Spirit of Music Garden, Michigan Ave & Balbo Dr, (601 S Michigan Ave)
Downtown Chicago 60605

www.chicagosummerdance.org
(312)-742-4007


Live Music by Lamajamal with special guest musician Jim Stoynoff (Middle Eastern Music)

Thu Jul 17

EDC Ethinc Music Club Outing at Restaurant Bulgaria


Live Music by Balkan Cabaret Orchestra

EDC Ethinc Music Club Outing at Restaurant Bulgaria, 8:00pm-midnight, $10.00 cover

4724 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Lawrence (4800N) just East of I-94 (Edens Expressway) and Cicero Ave