Richard D. "Dick" Crum, the guiding light for many of us in the International Folk Dance movement, died at home in Santa Monica, California on December 12, 2005, at the age of 77. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Thank you for all that you have done for us Dick!

I will be setting up a memorial website at: www.EthnicDance.Net/Dick_Crum

If anyone would like to contribute pictures, stories, sound bites, etc. about Cick Crum, I willpost them to the memorial website.

Sincerely,
Paul Collins

Ethnic Dance Chicago will be hold a Memorial Spring Fling to Dick Crum and to Herman Johnson on Friday, April 14th dance at the Chicago Latvian Center.

pcollins@ethnicdance.net - (773)-463-2288

Dec 28, 2005
to Jan 1, 2006

1:00pm-6:00pm, with potluck meal around 2:30pm

Note New Argonne Location: St. Paul's United Church of Christ 5739 Dunham Rd Downers Grove, IL 60515

New Year Party Night - Bring Some Food & Drink
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)

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12:15 pm - Free, Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

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

Michael Ginsburg, (212)-942-3768
ginbirch@mindspring.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~ginbirch/ZU/au17.htm

8 PM to 12 Midnight, Jodie will teach simple Armenian Line Dances from 8 PM - 8:30 PM

St. Mesrob Apostolic Armenian Church, 4605 Erie St., Racine, Wisconsin (On the north side of Racine, just south of 3 Mile Road & Erie Street)

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

Theme Carribean or Hawaiian Clothing

12:15 pm - Free, Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

University of Chicago Campus, Various Locations & Performers

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

NOTE: You may be interested in the group Pula-lhe o Pe:
Pula-lhe o Pe is committed to restoring the participative culture that was once an integral part of village life and small town communities in Spain and Portugal: lively music and dance gatherings functioned to bring together people of different ages and backgrounds and contributed to a harmonious and joyful atmosphere.

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.

12:15 pm - Free, Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

Jim Kiehne, (612)-377-8037, kiehngraph@sihope.com
Craig Roberts, (651)-257-0786, craigr@computer-u.com
http://www.snopa.org

2006 Teachers are:Judy Baxter, Rolla Breitman, Dennis Fritz, Mary Garvin, Terry McGibbon, Charlie Rusnacko, Leslie Scott, and Paul Wagner.

6:00 PM sharp in St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7416 N. Ridge, Chicago, IL

Tickets are $30.00 in advance and $35.00 at the door. Children 12-18 $25.00

For tickets call Vesna Praljak (847)-520-6386 or (847)-477-4950, vpraljak@yahoo.com or Mare Romanovic (773)-624-0337, or (773)-914-5020, mmromanovic@sbcglobal.net

After the concert, the performers will be in th Croatian Cultural Center 2845 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659 for continued entertainment and dinner. Entrance fee for the Center is incluled in the ticket price, while dinner will be available for purchase separately. Call as soon as possible to secure tickets for this special event.

6:30 PM Pre-Concert Entertainment Music: Ethnicitricity, Dance: Viata Romaneasca (Romanian), Na Lesa (Bulgarian), Czech-Moravian Dancers

Tickets: $36/$26/$16, Students: $13/$8, Group Discounts Available

Tickets/Info: (414)-271-0711, http://www.presentmusic.org

7:00 pm - Free, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

HotHouse, (312)-362-9707, hothouseoffice@msn.com
http://www.hothouse.net
Krunoslav "Kruno" Spisic began his musical training at the age of 10. His first instrument was of Eastern European descent called the Tambura, a four tone mandolin from modern day Croatia. Growing up in a Croatian household, he was exposed to many forms of Tambura music from the Balkans and its Gypsies. In his teens, Kruno took up the guitar and studied rock and blues throughout his high school years, honing his technical prowess and improvisational abilities. It was not until studying Jazz at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh that Kruno was introduced to Django-style guitar and began a passionate study of the Gypsy Jazz genre. After graduation, Kruno started playing the Toronto jazz circuit with the guitar trio Swing 53, where he gained an extensive repertoire and a more mature understanding of the gypsy jazz idiom. He has been exposed to a wide variety of music genres and multicultural experiences. Now a resident of Philadelphia, Kruno wishes to share his love of "Balkan Gypsy Swing" with new listeners, and to captivate them with the seductive sounds of the guitar. http://www.kruno.net

An energetic quintet performing Eastern European gypsy music, Tamburitza Rroma takes the audience on a jubilant journey with their strings and Slavic voices. Born out of the 2001 World Music Festival, Tamburitza Rroma made their debut at HotHouse in May 2002 and have delighted audiences with their fresh approach to traditional folk music ever since. Although Tamburitza Rroma, is based in Chicago, its musical roots and its fan base spread far beyond that city's boundaries. Its repertoire, which includes original as well as folk and modern compositions, is as rich and diverse as the culture of the Gypsy (or the preferred "Rom"), from which it takes its name. At every performance, therefore, Tamburitza Rroma takes its audience on a compelling worldwide journey that stretches from the Balkans to South America, punctuated from start to finish by everything from hushed and haunting ballads to powerful, pulsating Latin rhythms.

12:15 pm - Free, Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Student Union, Madison, WI; Featuring Dance Instructors: Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu (Romanian), Nijole Etzwiler & Zaibas (Lithuanian), Michael Malich (Serbian), Tri Bratovchedki (Balkan Singing), Marek Szotkowski (Argentine Tango), Other Workshops TAB, Performers TBA, Lots of Live Music & Parties.

Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655, mk@mailbag.com
http://plantpath.wisc.edu/%7Etdd/folkball.htm

12:15 pm - Free, Randolph Cafe, Chicago Cultural Arts Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

7:30pm, Dorothy Menker Theater, Morraine Valley Community College, 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL 60465. Tickets are available for $20 and $15.

FRULA celebrates 40 years of Balkan folk dance and music at Overture Center. FRULA performs folk dances from all regions of the former Yugoslavia, as well as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. FRULA'S core repertoire has customs and folk tales gathered from these cultures, bound together by the colorful traditions of music and dance.

Fine & Performing Arts Ticket Center: (708)-974-5500, http://www.morainevalley.edu/FPAC/press.htm

Frula Website: www.ArtFegan.com/Frula/Frula_Home.htm

FRULA Midwest Schedule:
Monroe, MI - Mar 9
East Peoria, IL - Mar 10
Palos Hills, IL - Mar 11
Madison, WI - Mar 14
Cedar Rapids, IA - Mar 15
Lamoni, IA - Mar 16
Morehead, MN - Mar 28
Alexandria, MN - Mar 30
Montevideo, MN - Mar 31
Marshall, MN - Mar 31
Forest City, IA - Apr 1
La Porte, IN - Apr 3
Milwaukee, WI - Apr 4
Brainerd, MN - Apr 6
Fairmont, MN - Apr 8
Fremont, NE - Apr 9
North Platte, NE - Apr 10

7:30pm, Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison, WI 53703. Tickets are available for $22, $16, and $15. Get a discount of $5.00 by asking for the "FOLK" discount when ordering by phone (258-4141) or at the ticket office window.

FRULA celebrates 40 years of Balkan folk dance and music at Overture Center. FRULA performs folk dances from all regions of the former Yugoslavia, as well as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. FRULA'S core repertoire has customs and folk tales gathered from these cultures, bound together by the colorful traditions of music and dance.

Overture Ticket Center: (608)-258-4141, www.overturecenter.com

Info: Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655, mk@mailbag.com

Frula Website: www.ArtFegan.com/Frula/Frula_Home.htm

FRULA Midwest Schedule:
Monroe, MI - Mar 9
East Peoria, IL - Mar 10
Palos Hills, IL - Mar 11
Madison, WI - Mar 14
Cedar Rapids, IA - Mar 15
Lamoni, IA - Mar 16
Morehead, MN - Mar 28
Alexandria, MN - Mar 30
Montevideo, MN - Mar 31
Marshall, MN - Mar 31
Forest City, IA - Apr 1
La Porte, IN - Apr 3
Milwaukee, WI - Apr 4
Brainerd, MN - Apr 6
Fairmont, MN - Apr 8
Fremont, NE - Apr 9
North Platte, NE - Apr 10

Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave South, Minneapolis, MN

Tickets: $12 advance, $15 day of show (also available at Global Village) Online sales at Ticketweb, www.ticketweb.com

Orkestar Bez Ime www.rogaria.com, folkclarinet@yahoo.com

Orkestar Bez Ime will release Nice Driveway Vol. 2: Lake Aquaynet Days with a grand Balkan induced dance party at the Cedar Cultural Center on March 18th. They toast this second album of the Nice Driveway trilogy with the help of friends, Machinery Hill warming up the stage at 8pm with OBI at 9PM. In true Old World form, those who are old enough to walk and young enough at heart can regularly be seen dancing at an OBI dance party alongside hipsters, hippies and folk dance enthusiasts. Nice Driveway Vol. 2: Lake Aquaynet Days features music from Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Israel, and of course, Rogaria!

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5-9 pm at the Cowles Conservatory/Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden, located just west of downtown at the intersection of Vineland Place and Hennepin/Lyndale Avenues, Minneapolis, MN

Natalie Nowytski, natalie@milavocalensemble.com, http://www.milavocalensemble.com

Wednesday, March 29, 9 p.m. Radio interview on KBEM (88.5 FM) with host Kevin O'Connor www.jazz88fm.com.

Thursday, March 30, between 6:30 and 8:30 am, radio interview on MPR's Morning Show (89.3 FM) Start your day with Mila's Bulgarian favorites on "The Current" www.minnesota.publicradio.org.

12 Noon- 6pm, eat at 12:45, dancing from 1:45 til 6:00

St Paul's Community Church, 2215 W North Ave Chicago

7:30pm, 8815 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

FRULA celebrates 40 years of Balkan folk dance and music at Overture Center. FRULA performs folk dances from all regions of the former Yugoslavia, as well as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. FRULA'S core repertoire has customs and folk tales gathered from these cultures, bound together by the colorful traditions of music and dance.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Box Office: (414)-443-8802, www.wlc.edu/arts

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

Frula Website: www.ArtFegan.com/Frula/Frula_Home.htm

FRULA Midwest Schedule:
Monroe, MI - Mar 9
East Peoria, IL - Mar 10
Palos Hills, IL - Mar 11
Madison, WI - Mar 14
Cedar Rapids, IA - Mar 15
Lamoni, IA - Mar 16
Morehead, MN - Mar 28
Alexandria, MN - Mar 30
Montevideo, MN - Mar 31
Marshall, MN - Mar 31
Forest City, IA - Apr 1
La Porte, IN - Apr 3
Milwaukee, WI - Apr 4
Brainerd, MN - Apr 6
Fairmont, MN - Apr 8
Fremont, NE - Apr 9
North Platte, NE - Apr 10

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

Hosted by Dick's sister, Lois Crum Evanoff, and her family at St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2499 Helen Street, North St Paul MN, in Reese Hall.

Driving directions: Take Hwy 36 - accessible from interstates 35W, 35E, 494/694 (the Twin Cities bypass from interstate 94 on the east side of St Paul and Hwy 312 on the west side of Mpls) to Margaret Street. Turn north onto Margaret and go about one block to 11th Ave. Turn left onto 11th and go about one block to Helen Street. Proceed on Helen St to St Mark's.

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

Marge & Bill Sklar, (906)-225-5702, msklar@nmu.edu

Michael Kuharski, (608)-241-3655, mk@mailbag.com

Only Chicago Area appearance at the Fermilab Barn in Warrenville, IL

Chicagoland Spring Fling Birthday Memorial for Dick Crum Herman Johnson

Catered Persian Dinner (by Noon O Kabab): Dinner Reservations Needed by April 7, 2006 Kash-ke-Bademjan, Hummus, Persian Salad, Various Kababs: (chicken, rib eye, ground beef), Vegetarian Mix Stew, Dill Rice, White Rice, Shrin Polo (rice w/orange peel, carrots & raisins), Persian flatbread -- see website for more details -- BYOB

Dan Garvin, (651)-646-0746, djgarvin@mmm.com

Tapestry: (612)-722-2914, http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org

HotHouse, (312)-362-9707, hothouseoffice@msn.com
http://www.hothouse.net
Slavic Soul Party! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul – and "developed a reputation for delivering a great time." (NY Times) - http://www.slavicsoulparty.com

7pm-11pm

Fairwater Civic Center, Hwy 44 in Fairwater, WI

Info: (773)-472-1105, kalapriya.foundation@gmail.com, http://www.kalapriya.org

I-House: (773)-753-2274, i-house-programs@uchicago.edu, http://www.ihouse.uchicago.edu

Click Here for Announcement

Lisa Van Deventer, (773)-841-3504, lizike73@aol.com, http://hungaria.org/han/index.php?topicid=1124

Dancers of all abilities are welcome. There will be teaching and plenty of dancing, so dust off your shoes and get ready to have fun! Snacks and drinks will be available. Adult admission $15 Children under 12 $5, Dance cycles include: Szeki, Kalotaszegi, Moldvai, Mezosegi, Vajdaszentivanyi, etc.

Szaszka performs village dance music from Transylvania and Hungary for events and workshops in the United States. The group has studied with musicians in Hungary and Transylvania, as well as with visiting Hungarian and Transylvanian bands at folk music camps in North America and the Netherlands. Nienke Shinkevich (fiddle), Doug Code (kontra), Sara Bruins (bass, gardon) formed the band in Madison, Wisconsin in 1996. Nienke now lives in Washington D.C., where she continues to practice Hungarian and Transylvanian folk music. This year we are also happy to welcome Craig Forster, guest bass player from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Information: Helen or Carolyn Spelich, (773)-375-1203

This famous ensemble from Seattle, Washington will be performing beautiful melodies and kolos from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the surrounding Balkan-contigious countries. Great food and spirits will be available for this grand event as usual.

EDC Dance @ Portage Park Arts Center

BALKAN CABARET, Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), Mary Sherhart (vocal) plays for dancing at EDC tonite.

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

BALKAN CABARET, Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), Mary Sherhart (vocal) plays for dancing at EDC tonite.

??Diamond Dance Circle 35th Anniversary! Memorial Day Weekend International Folkdance Festival??

847-647-0660 (Probably SOLD OUT)
http://www.balkancabaret.com

Mady Newfield, (630)-584-0825, folkdance@fnal.gov, http://home.fnal.gov/~djensen/jc.htm,
http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/mfdu.htm

Click Here for Announcemet & Registration Form

Ethnic dance & song, 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.

Monday, July 10 6:30pm FREE Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park

Information: (312) 742-1168, http://www.millenniumpark.org

With roots in the Balkans and a head in the 21st Century, Goran Bregovic creates music that marries different sounds - a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent - all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir. He creates music that our soul recognizes instinctively and the body greets with an irresistible urge to dance. This concert marks the orchestra's U.S. debut. Bregovic was born in Sarajevo of a Serbian mother and a Croatian father. At 16 years old, Bregovic started his first group "The White Button," which lasted fifteen years together. He has composed music for Emir Kusturica's Times of the Gypsies, Underground (Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival), and White Cat Black Cat. Bregovic also composed the original soundtrack for Arizona Dream along with rocker Iggy Pop. More information about Goran Bregovic is available at http://www.goranbregovic.co.yu.

Tuesday, July 11 8:30pm (doors at 7pm) Park West, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL 60614, $35 in advance and $45 at the door

Information: (773) 929-1322, http://www.parkwestchicago.com

With roots in the Balkans and a head in the 21st Century, Goran Bregovic creates music that marries different sounds - a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent - all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir. He creates music that our soul recognizes instinctively and the body greets with an irresistible urge to dance. This concert marks the orchestra's U.S. debut. Bregovic was born in Sarajevo of a Serbian mother and a Croatian father. At 16 years old, Bregovic started his first group "The White Button," which lasted fifteen years together. He has composed music for Emir Kusturica's Times of the Gypsies, Underground (Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival), and White Cat Black Cat. Bregovic also composed the original soundtrack for Arizona Dream along with rocker Iggy Pop. More information about Goran Bregovic is available at http://www.goranbregovic.co.yu.

??Croatian Park, 76th street, just north of Ryan Rd, in Franklin, WI. 12n-8pm, $3 per person??

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