Ethnic Dance Chicago
Dancing as a Second Language
Fridays 8:30pm to Midnite - St Josaphat Church Parish Hall
Belden Ave (2300 N) & Southport Ave (1400 W) in Chicago
info@ethnicdance.net / (773) 463-2288

Ethnic Dance Chicago Home Page  -  Door County Folk Festival Home Page

Chicago Area Folk Dance Scene - http://members.aol.com/fdccpub/fdscene.html
Chicago WinterDance Info - http://www.877chicago.com/winterdance.html - (312)-742-1152
Chicago SummerDance Info - http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance - (312)-742-4007
Chicago World Music Festival Info - http://www.cityofchicago.org/worldmusic - (312)-742-1938

EDC 2001 CALENDAR

2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ethnic Dance Chicago - 2001 CALENDAR

Fridays 8:30pm to Midnite - St Josaphat Church Parish Hall
Belden Ave (2300 N) & Southport Ave (1400 W) in Chicago
info@ethnicdance.net / (773) 463-2288

Ethnic Dancing, Music & Singing in the Midwest and Beyond - subject to change]
 


JANUARY 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
5 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Parish Hall Floor Refinishing
No Dance @ St Jo
7 Macedonian Orthodox Christmas Party St Peter & Paul Church,
9660 Broadway, 
Crown Point, IN
(219)-662-9114
12 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
New Millennuim Party II
Party Night Bring Food & Drink and a desire to dance!
14 Macedonian Orthodox New Year's Party
Music by Chris Bajmakovich et al. 
St Peter & Paul Church,
9660 Broadway, 
Crown Point, IN
(219)-662-9114
19 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
19 Balkan dance workshop  w/Alix Cordray Argonne recreation building 951 in Argonne Park Roo Lester, (630) 985-7192
DancingRoo@aol.com
20 Norwegian dance workshop & party w/Alix Cordray Argonne recreation building 951 in Argonne Park Roo Lester, (630) 985-7192
DancingRoo@aol.com
26 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
26-28 13th annual FOLK BALL,
Folk, Contra, Singing Workshops & Parties
Dance Workshops: 
    Ahmet Luleci (Turkish)
    Roo Lester (Scandinavian)
    Kathy Kerr (Eastern European)
Uinversity of 
Wisconsin-Madison
Memorial Student 
Union, Madison, WI
Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655
mk@mailbag.com
http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/fb2001.htm

FEBRUARY 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
2 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat (setup for St Jo Science Fair)
3 Prairie Hill Contra Dance Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Delafield,WI (west of Milwaukee), Lesson @ 7pm, 
Dance from 8-11pm
Caller: Paul Collins, Music by the Silvertones
Terrie Howe, (262)-560-9724
dancing-moose@juno.com
2-4 41st Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival of Traditional Music, workshops, concerts, dancing, etc. University of Chicago Campus, Various Locations U of C Folklore Society, (773)-702-9793. 
http://www.mcs.net/~uofcfolk/
http://www.chicagobarndance.com/events.html
3 Bulgarian Dance Workshop & Dance
Teaching:  by Nikolay Alichev
Music: by Veselba (Bruce Sagan & Friends)
Webster Community Bldg., on Webster Church Rd, 
Ann Arbor, MI
7:30pm-11:00pm
Bruce Sagan, (734)-327-3636
sagan@math.msu.edu
9 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
10 Hungarian & Gypsy Folk Music Festival - with Okros Folk Music 
Ensemble
Old Town School of Folk Music,
4544 N Lincoln Ave in Chicago
7pm (sold out) & 10pm
Old Town School, (773) 728-6000
http://www.oldtownschool.org
16 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
16-18 SNOPA!  2001: A Folk Oddity - Winter Folk Dance Camp Twin Cities, MN Jim Kiehne, (612)-377-8037
kiehngraph@sihope.com
http://www.computer-u.com/snopa
16-18 Folklore Village Winter Scandinavian Music and Dance Weekend

Music by: Leif Inge Schjølberg (Norway), and
Hanna Tibell (Sweden)

Dance Teaching by:  Harry Khamis, and Roo Lester with Larry Harding.

Folklore Village,
3210 County Highway BB,
Dodgeville, WI
Folklore Village, (608)-924-4000
staff@folklorevillage.org
http://www.folklorevillage.org
23 No Dance @ St Josaphat
St Jo School Dance
Party Night 
(Party Moved to March 2)
EDC Dance cancelled due to St Jo Activity
23-25 David Vinski Teaching Old Folk Dance Favorites Columbus Folk Dancers,
Fourth Ave Christian Church & Clintonville Women's Club,
Columbus OH,
Lee Anne Sonham, (614) 268-8798
ennaael@aol.com
http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse/4864
23-26 Florida Camp with Olga Sandolowich & Dennis Boxell Christian Church Conference Center, Silver Springs, FL John or Barbara Daly (321) 951-9623
jdaly@palmnet.net
http://www.folkdance.org/camp2001/camp2001.html

MARCH 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
2 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Feburary Party Night Re-CALENDARd from March 23rd
7 Lalezar (Turkish) - Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio 7:00 pm Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center (Washington St & Michigan Av) City Info: (312)-644-6650
9 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
9-11 Albanian & Rom (Gypsy) Dance Workshop with Steve Kotansky,
Live Music by Edessa
St Louis, MO John Uhlemann, (314) 726-5838
BUhlemann@aol.com
15 St Patrick's Day Party @ Milwaukee Group (Hart Park), Live Music with Izvor Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI Forrest Johnson (262)-662-2293
forcar@juno.com
16 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
23 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
25 Duquense University Tamburitzans in Milwaukee Alverno College, Milwaukee Leo Sharko, (414)-545-5207
http://www.tamburitzans.duq.edu/CALENDAR.html
25 Taraf de Haidouks
(from the movie Latcho Drom)
Old Town School of Folk Music,
4544 N Lincoln Ave in Chicago
7pm
Old Town School, (773) 728-6000
http://www.oldtownschool.org
30 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
3/30-4/1 Rang Tang Weekend 2001
Teaching: Michael Ginsburg (Balkan)
Music: Zlatne Uste Brass Band
Atlanta, GA Liz Nunan, (404) 292-7176
liznunan@hotmail.com,
or 
Mary Turlington, (404)-292-7176
maryturl@juno.com
31 Fox Valley Folkdancers (Appleton) Workshop,  teaching by Marge & Bill Sklar, live music by Ethnitricity South Greenville (WI) Grange Hall Barbara Westhofen, (920) 734-4029
westhofenb@aol.com

Patty Lewis, (715)-831-0057
pblewis@ecol.net


APRIL 2001 -(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
6 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Parish Bake Sale
No Dance @ St Jo Alternate Activity - See Below
6 EDC Special Event
Meet for Dinner & Dancing At Barba Yianni Restaurant (Greek)
Barba Yianni Restaurant
4761 N Lincoln Ave
(773) 878-6400
(in Linclon Square-intersection of Lawrence, Western & Lincoln)
Meet at 8:00pm for dinner - The restaurant fills up so if we're going to sit together, come early!  Rumor has it that the live music there might be a Greek-Macedonian band.  Come find out!
NOTE: We found out that the live music is provided by both Romanian and Middle Eastern musicians and there is some ethnic dancing.  There is also a belly dancer who puts on a show.
7 Szaszcsavas (Hungarian Gypsy Band from Transylvania) Appearances in Chicago 3:00 pm Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center (Washington St & Michigan Av)

5:00 - 7:30 pm Hot House Bar (31 E Balboa Dr)

8:30 pm Paprikash Restaurant (5210 W Diversey)

City Info: (312)-744-6630
 

Hot House: (312)-362-9707
 

Paprikash: (773) 736-4949

13 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
14 'Edessa' CD Release Party, with UCLA Balkan Band (directed by Tim Rice and Vassil Bebelekov) and Vassil & Maria Bebelekov Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave. (corner of Gilman & San Pablo) in
Berkeley, CA
Ashkenaz, (515)-525-5054
Lise Lippman, 
lisegeorge@mail.earthlink.net
19 Workshop by KITKA, 
San Francisco's women's  Balkan and Slavic vocal ensemble Click here for more info
7:00pm Information  (847)-622-0300
20 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
20 Performance by KITKA, 
San Francisco's women's  Balkan and Slavic vocal ensemble Click here for more info
8:00pm at the Visual and Performing Arts Center of Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL  60123 Box office & information  (847)-622-0300
25 Oak Park Folkdancers
Annual Pot Luck Supper
Bring a dish to feed 8
Euclid Avenue Methodist Church
405 S. Euclid, Oak Park, IL
Edie Spear, (847)-674-6308
EDanceMore@aol.com
27 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
Chicagoland 
"Spring Fling"

Click here for more information

Party Night - Special Event Live Music with Spatterdash Orchestra from South Bend, Indiana
28 Chicagoland 
"Spring Fling"

Click here for more information

Workshops During the Day
Party at Night
Workshops with Dan & Mary Garvin & Ventzi Sotirov, Singing Workshops with Zoya Sotirova, Live Music with Spatter Dash Orchestra,and Izgrev Orchestra.
Paul Collins, (773) 463-2288, (773) 506-8222
info@ethnicdance.net
http://www.ethnicdance.net/springfling
28 Festival of Greek Music and Dance of Macedonia and Thrace 7:00pm Concert @ the Chicago Historical Society, Rubloff Auditorium, Clark St (400 W) & North Avenue (1600 N) Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society, John Economou, (312)-960-8306 or (847)-729-3406
JEconomou@owpp.com
http://www.ohfs.org

MAY 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
4 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
4-6 Detroit Folk Dance Club
Weekend Spring Camp
with Yves Moreau
Camp High Scope,
Clinton, Michigan
detroitfolkdanceclub@hotmail.com
(734)-844-7764
11 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
11-13 Lake Geneva Folk Dance Weekend Aurora University/George Williams College Campus, Williams Bay, WI Chris Malcher (847)-675-3165
or
Jill Carlson (708)-748-5108
18 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
18 Viata Romaneasca Dance Ensemble (Milwaukee) Spring Dance featuring Orchestra Sloboda 7:30 PM to Midnight
Ballroom (2nd Floor) of the   Irish Cultural & Heritage Center (ICHC),  2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI. 
Pat Dretzka, 
pdretzka@mis-usc.com
http://www.balkanmusic.com
21 Workshop with Dennis Boxell Evanston Monday Night Folkdancers, Lake St Church Lake St & Chicago Ave in Evanston
Tyrone Killebrew, (773)-465-9896,
tyko@earthlink.net
22 Workshop with Dennis Boxell, 8-10pm "Sloboda 2000" Serbian Folklore Group, at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (5701 N. Redwood Drive, Chicago, IL, I-90 East of Cumberland Ave and West of Canfield Rd)
Nikola Krcadinac (630)-244-5380,
krcadinac@yahoo.com
24 Workshop with Dennis Boxell Fermilab IFD Group Mady Newfield (630)-584-0825, 
madynewfld@aol.com
25 EDC @ St Josaphat Party Night and Balkan Dance Workshop with Dennis Boxell, 8-10pm Open dancing til midnite after the Workshop
26 "Sloboda 2000" Serbian Folklore Group 1st Anniversary Folk Festival Most Holy Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Monastery Hall  35240 N. Grant, Lake Villa, IL, take I-90 West toI-294 North or I-94 West towards Milwaukee. Exit Grand Avenue West.  Turn left on US-45. Turn Right on Sunshine Avenue.
Nikola Krcadinac (630)-244-5380,
krcadinac@yahoo.com
27 Workshop with Dennis Boxell (2 - 4 pm), Film Presentation (4-5pm), Balkanske Igre Workshop (5 -7 pm) "Sloboda 2000" Serbian Folklore Group & Balkanske Igre at Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection 3062 W. Palmer Square, Chicago, IL, Palmer Square west of Sacramento, East of Kedzie
Nikola Krcadinac (630)-244-5380,
krcadinac@yahoo.com
John Kuo (773)-324-1247,
jkuo0@us.ibm.com
28 Gracanica, Serbian Picnic on Memorial Day Most Holy Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Monastery 35240 N. Grant, Lake Villa, IL, take I-90 West toI-294 North or I-94 West towards Milwaukee. Exit Grand Avenue West.  Turn left on US-45. Turn Right on Sunshine Avenue.
Nikola Krcadinac (630)-244-5380,
krcadinac@yahoo.com
29 Workshop with Dennis Boxell, 8-10pm "Sloboda 2000" Serbian Folklore Group, at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (5701 N. Redwood Drive, Chicago, IL, I-90 East of Cumberland Ave and West of Canfield Rd)
Nikola Krcadinac (630)-244-5380,
krcadinac@yahoo.com

JUNE 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
1 No Dance @ St Josaphat
June Camp Weekend
No Dance @ St Jo Come to June Camp!
1-3 Regional June Camp, Workshops & Parties Workshops with Steve Kotansky (Balkan) and Carol Ormand (Contra), Live music by Izvor (International) and Long Goodies (Contra), @ Beber Camp, Muckwanago, WI Mars Longden, (847) 328-7793
sannamars@aol.com

Tyrone Killebrew, (773)-465-9896
tyko@earthlink.net

8 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
15 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
15-17 Asian Moon Festival (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Asian Moon Festival (414)-483-8530,
http://www.asianmoon.org
21 Chicago Summer Dance Series, Lisa “La Boriqua” teaches (6:00pm), Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca (Salsa) plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) Chicago Summerdance Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr
Downtown Chicago
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007
22 No Dance @ St Josaphat
St Josaphat Summer Fest Weekend
Probably 
No Dance @ St Jo
Possibile Alternate Activity to be Announced!
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288
info@ethnicdance.net
http://www.ethnicdance.net
22-24 St Josaphat Summer Fest Weekend St Josaphat Parish Hall
Belden & Southport
Chicago, IL
St Josaphat Parish, (773)-327-8955
mail@stjosaphat.com
http://www.stjosaphat.com
22 Chicago Summer Dance Series, Big City Swing teaches (6:00pm), Mighty Blue Kings (R&B/Blues/Jazz) plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) Chicago Summerdance Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr
Downtown Chicago
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007
22-24 Polish Fest (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Polish Fest (414)-529-2140,
http://www.polishfest.org
29 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night

JULY 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
5 Thursday - Chicago Summer Dance Series, Jozsef Salamon teaches (6:00pm), Muzikas featuring Márta Sebestyén (Hungarian/Transylvanian) plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) Chicago Summerdance Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr
Downtown Chicago
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007
5 Muzikas featuring Márta Sebestyén (Hungarian / Transylvanian) plays (from 10:00pm) At "Paprikash" (Hungarian Restaurant), 5210 W.Diversey Ave,
Chicago
Paprikash
(773)-736-4949
6 HUNGARIAN DANCE PARTY! (Magyar Tanchaz)
With LIVE MUSIC by the Midwest's one and only Transylvanian folk band, "Szaszka"!
St. Stephen's Hungarian Church, 2015 W. Augusta (near Damen),
near Blue line Damen stop
Time: 7 pm -- ???
Admission: FREE! (donations in the form of cash or snacks welcome)
More info: contact Nienke at 773-274-2588 or noomes@ssc.wisc.edu
6 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Door County Folk Festival Weekend
No Dance @ St Jo Get Your Foot In the Door,
and Put Your Foot on the Floor.
22nd Door County Folk Festival
5-8 22nd Annual Door County Folk Festival

In Sister Bay & Ephraim, Wisconsin

Ethnic dance, music & singing, workshops, swing dance 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. Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288
dcff@jordan-webb.net
http://www.dcff.net
13 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
19-22 Festa Italiana (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Festa Italiana (414)-223-2193,
festaitaliana@aol.com
http://www.festaitaliana.com
20 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
21 Saturday - Chicago Summer Dance Series, Traditional Contra/Square Dance, Paul Watkins caller (instruction 6:00pm), Volo Bogtrotters play (7:00pm-9:00pm) Chicago Summerdance Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr
Downtown Chicago
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007
27 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
27-29 St Sava's Serbian Fest (Hobart, Indiana) Music by: Drina Tamburitza Orestra, Rajko Tomich (synthesizer), United Serbs and Sumadija Orchestras, Prijatelji Ensemble, JO JO and the Blues Train, Mingo Street Rockers.
Food: BBQ lamb & pig, palachinke, krofne, noodles, strudles, cakes, tortes, nut rools, etc.  Also cash raffles, bingo, gift shop, coffee house and helicopter rides.
St Sava Hall, one mile East on 49th Ave from Broadway in Hobart. (219)-736-9191.
27-29 German Fest (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
German Fest (414)-464-9444,
http://www.germanfest.com

AUGUST 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
3 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
3-5 African World Festival (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
African World Festival (414)-372-4567
9 Thursday - Chicago Summer Dance Series, Paul Collins teaches (6:00pm), Harmonia (Balkan & East European) plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) Chicago Summerdance Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr
Downtown Chicago
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007
10 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
11 St. Paraskeva-Petka Church, Patron Saint  Celebration Dance (Chicago) St. Paraskeva-Petka Church, 2056 N Kedzie in Chicago, featuring music by Velizar Shumanov and Orchestra "Izgrev".
12  "Farewell to Chicago" Concert (Chicago, IL) Jamie Stech & Friends, performing classical music & folk music from Eastern Europe & the Balkans, 7:30pm 1st Congregational Church of Forest Glen, 5400 N Lawler (5050 W), in Chicago [Lawler is just West of Laramie (5000 W), (773)-743-7274.
12 Waltzing at St. Mark’s (Evanston, IL) Waltz Workshop with Gaye Fifer and Wayne Albright, 6pm-9pm St Marks is at the Southeast corner of the intersection of Grove and Ridge Streets in Evanston.
Info: (773)-279-9928, or (847)-328-8553
16-19 Irish Fest (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Irish Fest (414)-476-3378,
http://www.irishfest.com
17 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
24 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night - Farewell Party for Jamie Stech
24-26 Mexican Fiesta (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Mexican Fiesta (414)-383-7066,
http://www.mexicanfiesta.org
31 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Labor Day Weekend
No Dance @ St Jo

SEPTEMBER 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
7 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
7-9 Indian Summer (Milwaukee) Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Indian Summer (414)-774-7119,
http://www.indiansummer.org
13 Milwaukee Fall Party
Live Music with Prazna Flasa and Announcements by the "Tuesday Nite Announcer" and it's also Carol Johnson's Birthday
Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI Forrest Johnson (262)-662-2293
forcar@juno.com
14 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
14-16 Arabian Fest (Milwaukee)
CANCELLED
Milwaukee Summerfest, Henry W Maier Festival Park, 
Downtown Milwaukee
Arabian Fest (414)-384-4441,
http://www.arabianfest.com
15-16
MOVED TO SEPT 21-23
Taste of Romania - Music, Dance & Food Festival
MOVEDTO SEPT 21-23
Sponsored by Little Bucarest Restaurant, 11am to 10pm
Tent in Church Parking Lot at
3100 N Ashland 
Ashland (1600W) at Barry (3100 N)
(773) 929-8640
21 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
21-23 Tapestry Fall Workshop with Theodor and Lia Vasilescu Tapestry Dance Center
Minneapolis, MN
Dan Garvin, (651)-646-0746
djgarvin@mmm.com
Tapestry, (612) 722-2914
tapestry@mtn.org, http://www.mtn.org/tapestry
28 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
28-30 Detroit Folk Dance Club
Weekend Fall Camp with Steve Kotansky
Camp High Scope,
Clinton, Michigan
detroitfolkdanceclub@hotmail.com
(734)-844-7764

OCTOBER 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
1-6 Sandy Starkman Workshops in the Chicago Area At various Groups around Chicagoland - Click Here to See CALENDAR Roo Lester, (630) 985-7192
DancingRoo@aol.com
5 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
5-7 Lake Geneva Folk Dance Weekend Aurora University/George Williams College Campus, Williams Bay, WI Chris Malcher (847)-675-3165
or
Jill Carlson (708)-748-5108
12 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Rededication Mass
No Dance @ St Jo
12 EDC Special Event
Meet for Dinner & Dancing At La Pena Restaruant (Ecuadorian)
La Pena Restaurant(Ecuadorian), 
4212 N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago, W Side of Milwaukee (NW Diagonal), just South of Montrose Ave (4400 N) and just North of Irving Park (4000 N), (773)-736-9498, (773)-545-7022, with Live music by Tribas Futuras playing modern & Traditional Andean Music
Meet at 8:00pm for dinner - The restaurant fills up so if we're going to sit together, come early! 
19 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
19-22 Chagigah Israeli Dance Camp Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Phil Moss (847)-251-2676, Philip_B_Moss@hotmail.com
http://www.israelidance.com/hagigah/
26 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night - 8:30pm
26 Door County Fish Boil in Chicago by Daryl Larson Carmichael's Chicago Steak House
1052 W Monroe - 6pm-9pm
Info: Carmichael's, (312)-433-0025

NOVEMBER 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
2 EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend Party Night - Special Event EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend
3 EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend Workshops During the Day
Party at Night
EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend
4 EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend Review Workshops During the Afternoon EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend
9 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Church Event
No Dance @ St Jo Possible Group Dinner
9 EDC Special Event
Dinner at Uzbekistan Restaruant at 8:00
Dancing at Rhodopa Restaurant (Bulgarian) at 10:30
Uzbekistan Restaurant, 3930 W Touhy in Lincolnwood, just east of Crawford Ave (4000 W, Pulaski), (847)-673-0777.
Rhodopa Restaurant, 7150 W Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, just east of Harlem Ave (7200 W), (773)-889-6088
Dinner at 8:00pm at Uzbeistan Restaurant
Dancing at 10:30pm at Rhodopa Restaurant (Bulgarian)
16 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
16-18 Milwaukee Holiday Folk Fair Weekend State Fairgrounds
West Allis, WI (West Milwaukee Suburb)
International Institute, 
Tel: (414)-225-6225, Fax: (414)-225-6235
iiw@execpc.com
http://www.folkfair.org
16 Folk Fair After Party with music by PRAZNA FLASA The Colony, 5801 West Beloit Road in West Allis To get to THE COLONY from State Fair Park:
(1)  go east on Greenfield Avenue to 60th Street
(2)  turn south (right) on 60th Street
(3)  go south on 60th Street to W. Beloit Road
(4)  turn sharp left (northeast) on W. Beloit Road
(5)  go a couple of blocks on W. Beloit Road -- The Colony is on the right, near intersection with 58th Street (M. Kuharski)
17 Folk Fair After Party with  music by IZVOR ORCHESTRA The Colony, 5801 West Beloit Road in West Allis To get to THE COLONY from State Fair Park:
(1)  go east on Greenfield Avenue to 60th Street
(2)  turn south (right) on 60th Street
(3)  go south on 60th Street to W. Beloit Road
(4)  turn sharp left (northeast) on W. Beloit Road
(5)  go a couple of blocks on W. Beloit Road -- The Colony is on the right, near intersection with 58th Street (M. Kuharski)
23 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
23-25 Klezmer Dance Weekend in Winnipeg, Manitoba with Steve Weintraub, Saturday Nite Dance Party with live music Exact Location & Other Details TBA Jeremy Hull. (204)-477-5981,
jhull@mts.net
22-25 Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp (A weekend of family folk dancing, recreation, and fellowship) Blue Ridge YMCA Assembly in Black Mountain, NC Glenn & Evelyn Bannerman
(828)-669-7323
glenn.evelyn@worldnet.att.net
http://www.bannermanfamily.com/Thanksgiving.htm
30 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night

DECEMBER 2001-(TOP 2001 CALENDAR)
7 No Dance @ St Josaphat
Choir Party Setup
No Dance @ St Jo See Below
7 EDC Special Event
Dinner at Renga-Tei Restaruant (Japanese) at 8:00
Dancing at Rhodopa (Bulgarian) Restaurant at 10:30
Renga-Tei Restaurant (Japanese), 3956 W Touhy in Lincolnwood, NE Corner of Touhy Ave & Crawford Ave (4000 W, Pulaski), (847)-675-5177.
Rhodopa Restaurant (Bulgarian), 7150 W Grand Ave in Elmwood Park, just east of Harlem Ave (7200 W), (773)-889-6088
Dinner at 8:00pm at Renga-Tei Restaurant (Japanese)
Dancing at 10:30pm at Rhodopa Restaurant (Bulgarian)
14 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat
20 Tamburitza Roma (Joe Kirin & Co) The tamburitza, a family of 5 stringed instruments, found throughout Croatia, Hungary and Romania spans the musical spectrum.  Hothouse, 31 E Balbo Dr in downtown Chicago Hothouse, (312)-362-9707,
http://www.hothouse.net
21 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
27 Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque in Concert - Folk Melodies of Macedonian Blues Hothouse, 31 E Balbo Dr in downtown Chicago Hothouse, (312)-362-9707,
http://www.hothouse.net
27 Thursday Nite Holiday Party @ Milwaukee Group (Hart Park), Live Music with Izvor Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI Forrest Johnson, (262)-662-2293,
forcar@juno.com
28 EDC Dance @ St Josaphat Party Night
31 New Year's Eve Party @ Racine Group (Dekoven Center) De Koven Center, 600 21st Street, Racine, WI Kathy/Ron Fico (847) 872-9750
Kathron@Surfree.Com
or
Amy/Mike Champeau (262)-637-5246
ASChampeau@aol.com

EDC 2001 CALENDAR

2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec


Chicago Area Folk Dance Scene - http://members.aol.com/fdccpub/fdscene.html

Chicago WinterDance Info - http://www.877chicago.com/winterdance.html - (312)-742-1152
Chicago SummerDance Info - http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance - (312)-742-4007
Chicago World Music Festival Info - http://www.cityofchicago.org/worldmusic - (312)-742-1938

Ethnic Dance Chicago

Dance to the Beat of a Different Drummer!
Fridays 8:30pm to Midnite - St Josaphat Church Parish Hall
Belden Ave (2300 N) & Southport Ave (1400 W) in Chicago
info@ethnicdance.net / (773) 463-2288

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