Dec 28, 2006
to Jan 1, 2007

New Year's Eve Party @ Fran's House in Skokie

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Jan 1, 2007

Jan 1, 2007

Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers

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

Hamlin Park Fieldhouse, 3035 N Hoyne, Chicago, IL 60618,

2pm-5pm.

Saints Peter & Paul Macedonian Banquet Hall, 9700 Broadway, Crown Point, IN 46307 (Church @ 9660 Broadway)

7pm-Until ?

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

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Student Union, Madison, WI; Instructors: Iliana Bozhanova (Bulgarian), Sani Rifati (Balkan Romany), East Indian (Madison ensemble leader),Mezosegi Csardas (Dan Talmo & Paula White), Argentine Tango (Madison instructors), Israeli (members of "Yonim" ensemble); Lots of Live Music & Parties.

University of Chicago Campus, Various Locations & Performers

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

Sa-Su, 10:30-4:30, Many types of dance workshops 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

NOTE: You may be interested in the group Veretski Pass:

In exotic Eastern Europe, the roots of World Music go back centuries. Jews, Christians, and Moslems, Rumanians, Ukrainians, and Roma played music together in an atmosphere of sharing, in a multicultural area where professional musicians had to know as many musical styles as the diverse languages of the people with whom they lived and worked. Confidently crossing the border between mature mastery and village madness, Veretski Pass, an ensemble of veteran klezmer artists Cookie Segelstein, Stuart Brotman and Joshua Horowitz, plays Old Country Music; melodies from Medieval Poland, dances from Bessarabia, Ruthenia, and Bukovina, music with origins in the Ottoman Empire, lands once fabled as the borderlands of the East and the West.This virtuosic group of musical eccentrics synthesizes raw energy and polished musicianship to produce music of unusual depth and power, with fire and finesse, warmth and wonder, in a variety of traditional sonorities. A full palette of complementary tone colours pours from expertly played violin, viola, bass viol, button accordion, bass drum, and tsimbl.

Chicago Winter Delights AbonDANZA! @ Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

Various Activities Including:

Saturday Feb 19, 12Noon-2pm and 2pm-4pm, Eastern European Dance Sessions taught by Paul Collins of Ethnic Dance Chicago

Chicago Winter Delights AbonDANZA! @ Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

12Noon-2pm and 2pm-4pm, Eastern European Dance Sessions taught by Paul Collins of Ethnic Dance Chicago

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

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

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 7 PM, Edman Memorial Chapel, Washington at Franklin, on the northwest corner of the Wehaton College campus, Wheaton, IL 60187

Map & Driving Directions

The Center for Performing Arts, Ticket Office: (630)-752-5010, ArtistSeries@wheaton.edu

http://www.wheaton.edu/TicketOffice/bios/hungarian.html

http://www.ticket.info.hu/folklor/hungarian%20_state_folk/hungarian_state.htm

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - This colorful, high-energy, impressive display of athleticism and musicality is a feast for the senses!  Explore the rich cultural heritage of Hungary with this marvelous ensemble.  Brilliantly dressed in traditional Hungarian costumes, more than 30 dancers, a Gipsy Orchestra, and a Folk Orchestra will transport you to a world of dance and music.  The earlier 7 PM start time will make this event even more fun for the whole family!

Sunday, February 11, 2007, 4 PM, The Center for Performing Arts, Governors State University, University Park, IL, 60466

Map & Driving Directions

Governors State Box Office: (708)-235-2222, tickets@govst.edu

http://www.centertickets.net/tickets_events.aspx?id=3897

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21840&schedule=list

http://www.ticket.info.hu/folklor/hungarian%20_state_folk/hungarian_state.htm

The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, regarded as one of the best in Hungary, was established in 1951. Its aims were to collect and play authentic folk music and to preserve the folk dances and traditional costumes of Hungary and Hungarian-inhabited areas by putting them on stage before the public. During the more than four-and-a-half decades of its existence, the Ensemble has achieved its aim by revitalizing the culture of the Hungarian people. Their rich and colourful repertoire entitles the Ensemble to be regarded as one of the top touring groups in the world. The Ensemble has performed in 44 countries across four continents and won the admiration of an audience of more than seven-and-a-half-million people. 

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

2007 Teachers: TBA

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

http://www.geocities.com/cfd4folkdancing

Orkestar Balkanci (Traditional Bulgarian) @ Daley Plaza Lobby

12:00noon, Lunchtime entertainmant - Orkestar Balkanci plays taditional Bulgarian music @ Daley Plaza, Daley Plaza & Lobby, 50 W. Washigton St, Chicago 60601.

Mayors Office of Special Activities (312)-744-3315

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

Dance Workshops: Sani Rifati (Rom), Atanas Kolarovski (Macedonian), Ahmet Luleci (Turkish), Daniela Ivanova (Bulgarian & Serbian), Daniel Sandu (Romanian). Music Workshops: Chris Bajmakovich (accordion), Georgi Petrov (kavel, tupan), Rumen Shopov (tambura), James Stoyanoff (Clarinet), Petar Vodenov (Clarinet)

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

The Chicago Children's Choir's Women's Festival presents KITKA (with special guest soloist TZVETANKA VARIMEZOVA) in a shared concert with the Chicago Children's Choir's Women's Concert Choir (whom we'll be coaching in workshops prior to the concert) and members of visiting high school choirs ADMISSION IS FREE!!!! http://www.ccchoir.org/news.html

The Chicago Children's Choir's Women's Festival is sponsored by the Boeing Company.

Cedar ticket line: (612)-338-2674 ext 2, $12 advance, $15 day of show, http://www.thecedar.org/

Orkestar Bez Ime www.rogaria.com

CELEBRATE ROGARIAN LEAP DAY - Join the International folk dance band Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI) at Cedar Cultural Center with Daddy Squeeze's (Dan Newton) Gypsy Cafe as they celebrate the Rogarian mystical tradition of Leap Day and other nonsense. OBI features songs from Macedonia, Slovakia, Albania, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romany (Gypsy) and of course, Rogaria.

Box Office: (612)-436-112, http://www.ticketworks.com/

Join the Ethnic Dance Theatre (EDT) on a journey through the Carpathian Mountains, legendary home of vampires, werewolves and other old world tales of darkness that have haunted movie audiences for decades. Through spellbinding music and dance traditions, discover the fascinating cultures that gave birth to these famous stories and expand your knowledge of this unique region shaped by ethnic rather than geographic boundaries.

Winnetka Community Center, 620 Lincoln Ave in Winnetka, IL 60093,

(847)-446-3154

1:00pm to 4:00pm, Party, with Folk Dancing

Service: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Peggy Eisen, a long-time participant in various Chicago folk dance groups, passed away this past January.

All are welcome to celebrate her 76 years of life.

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

POT LUCK - 12:30 TO 2:00

DANCE - 2:00 TO 5:30

CLEAN UP - 5:30 TO 6:00

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

Last Dance at St Paul's

The Copper Country Ethnic Dancers are sponsoring a Ukrainian Dance Workshop with Cathy Paroschy Harris

Friday:  Community Arts Center Ballroom in Hancock

Saturday & Sunday:  Laurium Ballroom

Info: Janet Marr - jkmarr2@hotmail.com, (906)-337-5529

Cathy Paroschy Harris was the Artistic Director of the Chaban Dance Company of Thunder Bay, Ontario for 20 years (www.chabandance.com).  Cathy has taught Ukrainian dance workshops in Canada and United States and has trained in Ukraine, Canada, and New York.

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

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

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8:30 pm at Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago, 60625

Information: Old Town School: (773)-728-6000
http://www.oldtownschool.org

Get a taste of Chicago’s rich Bosnian culture with the Midwest’s premiere Bosnian dance troupe KUD Bosna under the direction of Mirzet Dzubur. This folkloric dance troupe was founded in 1995 and has traveled extensively promoting Bosnian culture. Bosna Ritam is Adis Sirbubalo and Aner Suta, a fantastic duo that performs traditional accordion based Bosnian music. Bosna Ritam will also feature vocalists Sefik Sirbubalo, Adzamija Senad and 14-year old Enela Palavra singing a traditional Bosnian song “Sevdalinka”.

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

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. 

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 2007 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

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 2007 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

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

Click here for an announcement & registration form

This year, the camp features Erik Bendix, an amazingly varied and talented teacher, presenting dances from Romania, Macedonia, Armenia and Asia, and Gayle Armstong, a student of Nelda Drury, showing us some dances from different parts of Mexico.

We're excited to have Orkestar Bez Ime from Minneapolis offer their finest tunes for our Saturday night live music party.

We'll have a Friday afternoon early bird "dance exchange" workshop that will focus on dances from past June Camps. And the usual June Camp traditions -- like "Happy Hour and a Half", the Saturday night Ice Cream Social, and night-owl dancing as late as anyone is cares to dance--- will all be in place. There's even a special commemorative 50th Anniversary T-shirt design you can see on the website.

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

Starts with Wednesday Night 4th of July Party!

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

Live Music by Nick Bratkovich and Balkan Cabaret, Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal) playing at EDC at the Chicago Latvian Center.

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

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

Live Music by Uszturu Ensemble.

USZTURU was founded in 1992 by young Hungarian musicians born in Transylvania and rooted in the communities where Hungarian folk music was still a living tradition. They had witnessed first hand how the region's traditional folk music was disappearing from village life; electronic instruments and Western pop music displacing acoustic instruments and the traditional tunes and dances. The members of the ensemble were able to learn and play with the last of the great masters of Transylvanian music. Through their many years of playing and studying with these folk artists and collecting their music, USZTURU's musicians and dancers have continued to carry on the tradition of Transylvania Hungarian music. The ensemble is also at home in performing other regional Hungarian from the Austrian border to the Eastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. Performing with the group are Moldovan Horvath Istvan on violin, Major Levente on violin, Szasz Jozsef, on viola and cimbalom, Nagy Zsolt on viola, Szasz Lörinc on bass, singer Nyitrai Marianna and dancers Kis Istvan and Redő Júlia.

Cancellation due to Door County Folk Festival

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

Live Music by Balkan Cabaret, Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal).

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.

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

Balkan Cabaret , Joe Finn (violin, clarinet), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), Steve Ramsey (guitar), John Morovich (vocal) playing at EDC at the Chicago Latvian Center.

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@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net/special_event/

Sanna & Mars Longden, sannamars@aol.com, (800)-894-4378

http://www.jimgold.com

EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center

Chicagoland Fall Ball: In Association with The Chicago World Music Festival - An Evening of Live Music and Balkan Dancing with Two Bands: Chris Bajmakovich & Muzika 4 U with Ljupco Milenkovski and T-Roma

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

Chicagoland Fall Ball: In Association with The Chicago World Music Festival - An Evening of Live Music and Balkan Dancing with Two Bands: Chris Bajmakovich & Muzika 4 U with Ljupco Milenkovski and T-Roma

info@ethnicdance.net,
http://www.ethnicdance.net/special_event/

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

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

Phil Moss (847)-251-2676,
Philip_B_Moss@hotmail.com, IFDancing@aol.com, 
http://www.osrui.org or 
http://www.israelidance.com/hagigah/

9:30pm - EDC Ethnic Excursion - Dinner/Dance @ Restaurant Bulgaria

7:00 pm at Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago, 60625

9:30pm - at Restaurant Bulgaria, 4724 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, 60630

Concert – Trakia Ensemble featuring Yuri Yunakov

Concert Tickets from EDC: $17.00/person

Information: Old Town School: (773)-728-6000
http://www.oldtownschool.org

Dinner – Restaurant Bulgaria
Salad: (Shopska Salata)
Appetizers: (Loukanka, Pastirma – sliced dried meats)
Hot Appetizers: (Feta, Keshkaval [cheese], Chicken)
Entrées: Hunter’s Filet with rice & vegetables
(Choice of: Beef, Chicken or Pork)
Fish or Vegetarian Options Available
Beverage/Drink Cost NOT Included

Dinner Tickets: $26.00/person (Tax, Tip Included)

Beverage/Drink Cost NOT Included

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

Cedar ticket line: (612)-338-2674 ext 2, $12 advance, $15 day of show, http://www.thecedar.org/

The creativity and dizzying energy of Bulgaria's and Macedonia's so-called "wedding music" is simultaneously shocking and delightful. It is one of the most exciting world music sounds today and this ensemble is the only group performing it in America.