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Ethnic Dance Chicago Home Page - Door County Folk Festival Home Page
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Chicago Area Folk Dance Scene - http://members.aol.com/fdccpub/fdscene.html
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 Dancing, Music & Singing
in the Midwest and Beyond - subject to change
Info: Dan Talmo, (608)-233-5322
Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655,
mk@mailbag.com
Patty Lewis, (715)-831-0057
pjlewis@pressenter.com
Chicagoland "Spring Fling"
May 15: NYC, NY: Knitting Factory http://www.knittingfactory.com
May 18: Cedar Rapids, IA: Legion Arts http://www.legionarts.org
May 19: Madison, WI: UW Union South
May 20: Minneapolis, MN: Cedar Cultural Center http://www.thecedar.org
May 21: Chicago, IL: HotHouse,
(312)-362-9707,hothouseoffice@msn.com,
http://www.hothouse.net
May 22: Detroit, MI: Detroit Art Space
May 23: Cleveland, OH: Beachland Ballroom http://www.beachlandballroom.com
May 24: Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Folk Festival http://www.pghfolkfest.org
For Special Rate ($60/nite)
Hotel Rooms at
Lincolnshire Springhill Suites:
Sonja Jachs (847)-634-3642
Elizabeth Sliwa teaches (6:00pm), Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones play (7:30pm-9:30pm)
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JULY 2002-(TOP 2002 CALENDAR) |
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| 5 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | EDC Dance cancelled due to Independence Day Weekend | |
| 7-13 | Baratsag Hungarian Dance & Music Camp | Mendocino, California | Ferenc or Mary
Tobak, (415)-468-6565
info@baratsag.com, http://www.baratsag.com |
| 7-14 | The Balalaika and Domra Association of America - 2002 National Convention, in New Orleans, LA | http://www.bdaa.com/id24.htm | For Information: http://www.bdaa.com |
| 11 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Cancelled for Door County Folk Festival Weekend |
DANCE CANCELLED for Door County Folk Festival - See Below | ":Get
Your Foot In the Door - and Put Your Foot on the Floor"
DANCE CANCELLED for Door County Folk Festival - See Below |
| 11-14 | 23rd
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. | 23rd
Annual Door County Folk Festival
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288 info@dcff.net http://www.dcff.net |
| 11 | Chicago Summer
Dance Series:
Tamburitza Roma (Joe Kirin & Co). Music spans the spectrum of the tamburitza, a family of 5 stringed instruments, found throughout Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Romania. |
Chicago Summerdance
Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr Downtown Chicago Rene Kirin teaches (6:00pm), Tamburitza Roma plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007 |
| 20-21 | Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival | Sunday @ 2pm,
International Stage in Centennial Park Orchestra "Kolorit" (Bulgarian)
Saturday & Sunday @ 1pm, south end of the lagoon, Folk Dancing led by Sanna & Mars Longden & Tyrone Killebrew |
http://www.cityofevanston.org/Departments/Parks-Forest-Rec/EthnicArts/index.html |
| 18-21 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
Festa Italiana |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
Festa Italiana
(414)-223-2808, (414)-223-2193
epiatek@festaitaliana.com http://www.festaitaliana.com |
| 19 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 26 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | Party Night | Bring Food & Drink and a desire to dance! |
| 26-28 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
German Fest |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
German Fest (414)-464-9444,
http://www.germanfest.com |
| 27 | Chicago Summer
Dance Series:
Cajun/Zydeco Dance with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. |
Chicago Summerdance
Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr Downtown Chicago Louis Stallone teaches (6:00pm), Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys play (7:30pm-9:30pm) |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007 |
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AUGUST 2002-(TOP 2002 CALENDAR) |
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| 1 | Chicago Summer
Dance Series:
Klezmer Dance with Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. |
Chicago Summerdance
Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr Downtown Chicago John Parrish teaches (6:00pm), Maxwell Street Klezmer Band plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007 |
| 2 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 2-4 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
African World Festival |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
http://www.africanworldfestival.com
(414)-372-4567 |
| 4-10 | Montreal Perseids Dance Camp, workshops with Atanas Kolarovski, Ahmet Luleci, Zeljko Jergan, Yves Moreau, etc. | University of Concordia, Loyola Campus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Jocelyne Vaillancourt,
(514)-323-7166
jocelynev@videotron.ca http://www.esi.umontreal.ca/~desjar/perseides/ |
| 8 | Chicago Summer
Dance Series:
Bulgarian Folk & Wedding Music with Orkestar Kolorit |
Chicago Summerdance
Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr Downtown Chicago Galia Milouchevka-Kuo teaches (6:00pm), Orkestar Kolorit plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007 |
| 8 | Orkestar Kolorit and Orkestar Balkanci (Bulgarian) play beginning 9:30pm | HotHouse, 31 E Balbo Dr (between State & Wabash) in downtown Chicago | HotHouse, (312)-362-9707,
hothouseoffice@msn.com
http://www.hothouse.net |
| 9 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 15 | Chicago Summer
Dance Series:
Scottish Ceilidh/Country Dance with Shooglenifty. |
Chicago Summerdance
Stage
Michigan Ave & Balboa Dr Downtown Chicago RSCDS-Chicago teaches (6:00pm), Shooglenifty plays (7:30pm-9:30pm) |
http://www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/SummerDance
(312) 742-4007 |
| 15-18 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
Irish Fest |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
Irish Fest (414)-476-3378,
http://www.irishfest.com |
| 16 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 17-18 | Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church Festival | Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, 2866 W Ardmore in Chicago (New Lincoln, Mozart & Califronia) | |
| 23 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | Party Night | Bring Food & Drink and a desire to dance! |
| 23-25 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
Mexican Fiesta |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
Mexican Fiesta
(414)-383-7066,
http://www.mexicanfiesta.org |
| 23-24 | BALKAN CROSSROADS Concert and dance with
KITKA & ZIYIÁ in Oakland, CA |
Free Folk Dance lesson with Ziyiá's Lise Liepman at 7:00pm, Concerts at 8:00, followed by dancing, Lake Merritt Church, 1330 Lakeshore Av, Oakland, CA | Information: (510)-444-0323, shira@kitka.org
http://www.kitka.org |
| 30 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Cancelled for Labor Day Weekend |
DANCE CANCELLED for Labor Day Weekend | DANCE CANCELLED for Labor Day Weekend |
| 8/30
thru 9/2 |
Buffalo on the Danube Labor Day Dance Weekend with Steve & Susan Kotansky, Roo Lester & Larry Harding, Monique Legare & Larry Weiner | Buffalo Gap Community Camp in Capon Bridge, WV (Washington, DC area) | Jamie or Betsy
Platt, (301)-320-7099
dancingplanet@erols.com http://w4c.com/dancingplanet/danube.htm |
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SEPTEMBER 2002-(TOP 2002 CALENDAR) |
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| 8/30
thru 9/2 |
Buffalo on the Danube Labor Day Dance Weekend with Steve & Susan Kotansky, Roo Lester & Larry Harding, Monique Legare & Larry Weiner | Buffalo Gap Community Camp in Capon Bridge, WV (Washington, DC area) | Jamie or Betsy
Platt, (301)-320-7099
dancingplanet@erols.com Web link not working yet |
| 1-2 | 25th Annual Fox Valley Folk Music, Dance & Storytelling Festival at Island Park in Geneva, IL | 8 Concert & Workshop Stages from 11am to 6pm, folk dancing (Sunday), contra/square dance (6-7:30, Monday) | Fox Valley Folklore Sociery,
(630)-897-3655, (630)-844-3655 (message line),
juelu@aol.com, http://www.foxvalleyfolk.com |
| 2 | Labor Day Street Dance | 7:00-10:00 pm, at Mars and Sanna's corner:, Wesley Avenue and Elinor Place, in beautiful central Evanston, hosted by Sanna & Mars Longden & Tyrone Killebrew. | (847)-328-7793 (Sanna &Mars),
SannaMars@aol.com
(773)-465-9896 (Tyrone), tyko@earthlink.net |
| 6 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Cancelled for June Camp Weekend |
DANCE CANCELLED for "June Camp" Weekend | DANCE CANCELLED for "June Camp" Weekend |
| 6-8 | Regional "June Camp" is being held in September this Year, w/teaching by Ahmet Luleci | Beber Camp, Muckwanago, WI | Mady Newfield,
(630)-584-0825
madynewfld@aol.com |
| 6-8 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
Indian Summer |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
Indian Summer
(414)-604-1000,
http://www.indiansummer.org |
| 7 | Bulgarian Music Concert and Dance Party in Dayton, OH | 8:00 to 11:30pm, Czech Hall, 922 Valley Street, Dayton, Ohio; with Donka, Penka, and Maria Koleva (Vocals), Nikolay Kolev (Gadulka), Rumen Shopov (Tambura, Dumbek, Tupan) | Information: Ann Mosconi (937)-299-0522,
AnnaLaLoca@aol.com,
Kolev family web site: http://www.KolevEraFolk.com |
| 13 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 13-15 | Milwaukee Summer
Ethnic Festvals:
Arabian Fest |
Milwaukee Summerfest,
Henry W Maier Festival Park,
Downtown Milwaukee |
Arabian Fest (414)-384-4441,
http://www.arabianfest.com |
| 14-15 | Taste of Romania - Music, Dance & Food Festival | Sponsored by Little Bucarest Restaurant, 11am to 10pm, Tent in Church Parking Lot at 3100 N Ashland, Ashland (1600W) at Barry (3100 N) | Little Bucarest Restaurant,
(773) 929-8640 |
| 14 | Pat & Ken Dretzka 20th Wedding Anniversary Dance in Milwaukee | 8:00 PM to midnight, live music by IZVOR ORCHESTRA, (who also played for their wedding), Sponsored by Via?a Româneasca Dance Ensemble, During the first hour, the band will play music for general dancing for everyone. Afterwards, the band will play music for folk dancing, Elk Lodge #46 – 5555 W. Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee. (N. 55th and Good Hope Rd), plenty of parking in Lodge lot, cash bar. | Information: pdretzka@surfbest.net |
| 20 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 21 | Annual Fico Folk Picnic in Zion, IL, Outside Games, Dancing, Singing, Pot Luck | 5:00pm, bring a dish to feed five to seven people, 42251 N Delaney Rd in Zion, IL | Information: Ficos, (847)-872-9750,
Kathron@Surfree.Com |
| 25 | Bisserov Sisters (Bulgarian singers) in Downtown Chicago | HotHouse, 31 E Balbo Dr (between State & Wabash) in downtown Chicago | HotHouse, (312)-362-9707,
hothouseoffice@msn.com
http://www.hothouse.net |
| 26 | Concert & Dance Party at Polish Highlander Hall with The Biserov Sisters (Bulgarian) and Szasczavas (Hungarian) | 7:30pm, Polish Highlander Hall, 4808 S Archer Ave in Chicago, sponsored by the City of Chicago, Deptartment of Cultural Affairs and The Polish Highlanders of North America | Andrew Tokarz, (773)-284-0978, carpathia@att.net |
| 26 | Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbian, Roma) at Martyrs in Chicago | 9pm, Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbian, Roma), This amazing brass band is one and the same as the band seen throughout the delightfully surreal Serbian indie film, "Underground". Those familiar with the style know that Boban is one of the best in the world. Those unfamiliar will be blown away by this unbargained for connection between New Orleans and Eastern Europe. The warmup group is Les Yeux Noirs (France) playing tunes from Romania, Hungary, Russia and a good dose of Yiddish folklore that is tipical of Ashkenazi Jews. | Martyrs, (773)-404-9494, rayquinn@martyrslive.com
http://www.martyrslive.com |
| 27 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | Party Night | Bring Food & Drink and a desire to dance! |
| 27 | Orkestar "Boban Markovic" in Downtown Chicago | Orkestar "Boban Markovic", Daley Center Plaza, 50 E Washington St, Chicago, 12 noon, free | |
| 27 | Orkestar "Boban Markovic" & Frank London's Klezmer Brass Band All-Stars.in Downtown Chicago | HotHouse, 31 E Balbo Dr (between State & Wabash) in downtown Chicago | HotHouse, (312)-362-9707,
hothouseoffice@msn.com
http://www.hothouse.net |
| 27 | Harmonia in Chicago | Harmonia (Walter Mahovlish) plays at Little Bucharest Restaurant, 3001 N Ashland in Chicago, 9pm | Tel: (773)-929-8640 |
| 28 | Concert with Szasczavas (Hungarian) in Chicago, featured with Gogol Bordello of NYC (whatever they do) | Saturday, 9-28-02, Abbey Pub
[Irish], 3420 W. Grace St. Intersection of Grace & Elston, west of
Kimball (Grace is 3800 N, Kimball is 3400 W, Elston is NW diagonal).
NOTE: This is the second (late) show only. Doors open at 10:30pm, starts at 11:00pm |
Info: (773)-478-4408,
http://www.abbeypub.com, |
| 28 | Harmonia in Crown Point, Indiana | Harmonia plays at Bronko's Restaurant & Lounge, 1244 N Main St, Crown Point, Indiana | Tel: (219)-662-0145 |
| 27-29 | Tapestry Fall Workshop with Yves Moreau | Tapestry Dance
Center
Minneapolis, MN For Details: http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/balkan.htm |
Dan Garvin, (651)-646-0746
djgarvin@mmm.com Tapestry, (612) 722-2914 tapestry@mtn.org, http://www.mtn.org/tapestry |
| 27-29 | Last Ever Detroit Folk Dance Club Weekend Camp w/teaching by Tineke van Geel (Armenian) and Zelko Jergen (Croatian) | Camp High Scope,
Clinton, Michigan |
Susan Smith, (248)-335-4747
esmiths@comcast.net http://www.recfd.com/locations/detroitcamp.htm |
| 30 | Armenian Dance Workshop with Tineke van Geel | 7:00-9:30, pm, South Greenville (WI) Grange Hall, (US Hwy 45 and Cty. BB), hosted by Fox Valley Folk Dancers, Appleton, WI | Barbara Westhofen,
(920) 734-4029
westhofenb@aol.com |
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| 1 | Armenian Dance Workshop with Tineke van Geel in Milwaukee, WI | 8:00-10:00pm, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI (West Milwaukee suburb) | Forrest Johnson. (262)-662-2293
forcar@juno.com |
| 2 | Armenian Dance Workshop with Tineke van Geel in Madison, WI | 7:30-11:00pm,
University United Methodist Church,
(Methodist Center), 1127 University Avenue, Madison, WI |
Michael Kuharski,
(608)-241-3655
mk@mailbag.com |
| 3 | Armenian Dance Workshop with Tineke van Geel in Geneva, IL | Fermi Lab Group; 7:30-10:30, American Legion Post #75, 22 S. 2nd Street in Geneva, IL, NW corner of 2nd Street and James Street; one block to the west of Route 31; and one block to the south of Route 38, Hall:(630)-232-2171 | Mady Newfield,
(630)-584-0825
madynewfld@aol.com |
| 4 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Dance cancelled due to several conflicting events (see below) |
DANCE CANCELLED for Eastern European Music Concert and Dance Party at International House and other events (see below) | DANCE CANCELLED for Eastern European Music Concert and Dance Party at International House and other events (see below) |
| 4-6 | Lake Geneva Folk Dance Weekend | Aurora University/George Williams College Campus, Williams Bay, WI | Chris Malcher
(847)-675-3165
malchfun@yahoo.com or Jill Carlson (708)-748-5108 |
| 4-7 | Chagigah Israeli Dance Camp | Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin | Phil Moss (847)-251-2676,
Philip_B_Moss@hotmail.com, IFDancing@aol.com, http://www.osrui.org or http://www.israelidance.com/hagigah/ |
| 4-11 | International House 70th Anniversary Celebrations, featuring evenings of eastern European, Brazilian, central African, East Indian, and other music and dance | International House, 1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637 (University of Chicago Campus in Hyde Park) | International
House: (773)-753-2270,
i-house-programs@uchicago.edu, http://ihouse.uchicago.edu |
| 4 | International House 70th Anniversary Festival | 10/4 Friday Night Eastern European Music Concert and Dance Party with Ivo Papazov (clarinet), Ork. Balkanci, Ork. Izgrev, Ork. Kolorit & Orpheus Hellenic Dance Troupe | John Kuo, (773)-324-1247
balkanske_igre@yahoo.com |
| 10-13 | 6th Annual Pourparler - A get-together convened by dance educator Sanna Longden for people who teach folk dance in K-12 Schools ana at Family & Community Events. | Folklore Village Farm in Dodgeville, WI | For Information:
Sanna Longden, (847) 328-7793,
sannamars@aol.com Folklore Village Farm: Vicki Mecozzi, (608) 924-4000, staff@folklorevillage.org http://www.folklorevillage.org |
| 11 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 18 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 25 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | Party Night | Bring Food & Drink and a desire to dance! |
| 25-27 | Autimn Leaves
XIX
Camp with Yves Moreau |
Joe C Davis YMCA Camp (Camp Widjiwagan) on Percy Priest Lake, just outside of Nashville | Butch Durst, (615)-298-2483
or Janet Epstein, depst98336@aol.com or Mary Lou Durham, mldurham1@juno.com or see New Website: http://www.nifddance.com/NIFD_AL%20page/NIFD_ALpage.htm |
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NOVEMBER 2002-(TOP 2002 CALENDAR) |
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| 1 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | Party Night - Special Event | EDC
Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, (773)-506-8222 info@ethnicdance.net http://www.ethnicdance.net/fallball |
| 2 | EDC Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend | Workshops
During the Day
Dinner & Performance Late Afternoon Party at Night |
EDC
Chicagoland "Fall Ball" Weekend
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, (773)-506-8222 info@ethnicdance.net http://www.ethnicdance.net/fallball |
| 8 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 9-10 | 20th Annual Polish Highlander Festival | Polish Highlanders Hall, Chicago, IL, 4808 S Archer Ave in Chicago | Contact: Andrew Tokarz, (773)-581-9655
carpathia@att.net |
| 15 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphaat | ||
| 22 | EDC Dance @ St Josaphat | ||
| 22-24 | Milwaukee Holiday Folk Fair Weekend | State
Fairgrounds
Milwaukee, WI |
Folk
Fair Hotline at (414)-225-6225, or (800)-FAIR-INTL, (800)-324-7468
iiw@execpc.com http://www.folkfair.org |
| 22-24 | Hungarian Workshop in St Louis with Cathy Lamont & Rudy Petke | Workshop in Dances from Somogyi County with live music by Szaszka | Nancy or Rex Couture (314)-275-8228,
Couture@primary.net Diana or Bill Blanchard, (314)-726-5737, bill.blanchard@att.net |
| 29 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Thanksgiving Weekend |
Canceled due to Thanksgiving Weekend | Canceled due to Thanksgiving Weekend |
| 28-30 | Kolo Festival, teaching staff TBA | Russian Center, 2450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA | Asha Goldberg,
(510)-652-7859, (800)-730-5615
asha@KoloFestival.org http://www.kolofestival.org |
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DECEMBER 2002-(TOP 2002 CALENDAR) |
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| 6 | No
Dance @ St Josaphat
Christmas Concert Setup |
Canceled
due to Christmas Concert Setup
See EDC Special Event Below |
Canceled
due to Christmas Concert Setup
See EDC Special Event Below |
| 6 | EDC
Special Event
Ethnic Dinner @ Turkish Cuisine & Bakery (Restaurant) |
EDC
Special Event - Ethnic Dinner @ Turkish Cuisine & Bakery (Restaurant)
8:00pm for dinner, reservations required. Turkish
Cuisine & Bakery (Restaurant), 5605 N Clark Street. Live Music &
Belly Dancers on Friday & Saturday.
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EDC
Special Event - Ethnic Dinner @ Turkish Cuisine & Bakery (Restaurant)
Paul Collins, (773)-463-2288, (773)-506-8222 |