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New VDR Policies with respect to Requests

  • We'd love to see more interaction between hosts and participants
  • So what can we do to entice participants to submit requests?
  • To that end, we invite participants to play a more active role by:
    • Requesting dances to be led, played or taught by our talented hosts
  • How can you do this? - Login to the updated and easier to use VDR Online Request List
    • https://virtualdanceroom.net/requests/
      • Move to the next available open request row (automated soon)
      • Enter your request and comments (request to teach, play, etc.)
      • Enter your name & email (optional)
    • We'll monitor this Online Request List and schedule dances accordingly
  • We'll continue the practice of leaving most of Set 500 open for your requests.
    • Please send your in-session requests via Zoom Chat to the "Music Hall"

 

All About Yves - Add Your Page to th Online Card for Yves

  • We received notice during our Friday September 8th dance that Yves Moreau had passed that evening. Most of our post-dance dance discussion was devoted to Yves.
  • To show our appreciation for all that Yves did for the International Folk dance Community, we produced three Yves Moreau Dance Appreciation Parties (Fridays, 9/15 & 9/22, and Saturday 9/16) as forums where we could express our happiness and appreciation for Yves' contributions to the International Folk Dance Community.
  • Thanks to all leaders, musicians, tech staff, dancers and observers who participated
  • NOTE: If you would like to add your page to an online community card For France Bourque-Moreau and the family visit: http://tinyurl.com/Card4Yves
    • This online card is a google slide deck - accessible to anyone with the link
    • Instruction slides at the front - template slides you can copy towards the end
    • You can add text, photos, videos and sound to your slide/page
    • Take care to preserve other folks' existing posts
  • Yves Moreau Dance Repertoire List (Andrew Carnie's work in progress)
  • VDR Yves Moreau Appreciation Dance Announcement

View/Download Virtual Dance Room "Stuff"

  • October 12/22 Late Night Global Dance After-Party Announcement updated
    • After-Party Playlist updated
    • October Themes:
      • Halloween - International Artist Day - International Music Day
      • National Do Something Nice Day - National Homemade Cookies Day
      • National Hug a Drummer Day - National New Friends Day
      • World Animal Day - World Cities Day - Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
      • National Immigrants Day - World Students’ Day - World Teachers’ Day
      • National Cat Day - Plush Animal Lovers Day

 

Links to MANY Other virtual and in-person Folk Dance Sessions

 

If the VDR provides you with any amount of enjoyment and entertainment, please take a minute to click this link to review our request for your financial support.


To view various online and offline donation options for the VIRTUAL DANCE ROOM, click this Green Button

 

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Upcoming VDR & Other Dance Events - Save These Dates

Advanced Notice - Some Upcoming Events

  • Sep 28 (Thu) - Bulgarika Band plays live music for dancing at Madison, WI Group
  • Sep 29-Oct-1 (Fri-Sun) - 18th Annual PINK PARTY! in Omaha, NE
  • Sep 30 (Sat) - TNR in Boston Area
  • Oct 2 (Mon) - Bulgarika Band plays live music for dancing at Evanston Group (EMNFD)
  • Oct 14 (Sat) - Regional Pot Luck & Dinner Dance at Evanston Group (EMNFD)
  • Oct 21 (3rd Sat) - Monthly Global Dance Party - California Peninsula Dance Council
  • Oct 21/22 (3rd Sat) - Monthly VDR Late Night Global Dance After Party
  • Oct 22 (Sun) - Outdoor TNR (OTNR) in Boston Area
  • Nov 3-5 (Weekend) - Workshop with Lee Otterholt at Tapestry (Twin Cities)
  • Nov 18 (3rd Sat) - Monthly Global Dance Party - California Peninsula Dance Council
  • Nov 18/19 (3rd Sat) - Monthly VDR Late Night Global Dance After Party
  • Nov 24-25 (Fri-Sat) - 72nd Annual Kolo Festival (Thanksgiving Weekend)
  • Nov 23-26 (Thu-Sun) - TIFD Texas Camp (Thanksgiving Weekend)

 

Details of Upcoming VDR & Other Dance Events - (Save these dates!)

  • Sep 28 (Thu) - 6:00pm - to 10:00pm CDT
  • Sep 29 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
    • Weekly VDR Dance Party + Post-Dance Discussion
    • Hybrid Dance - Online and In Person
    • Guest Hosts: [Tentatively] Judy Silver, Barbara Bleisch, Clara Byom
    • Join the VDR Friday Dance Party
  • Sep 29-Oct-1 (Fri-Sun) - Weekend - in Person - Parties may be zoomed
    • 18th Annual PINK PARTY! in Omaha, NE - Featuring Leslie Scott (Columbus, OH)
    • (International folkdance workshop and cancer survivorship celebration)
    • Wear your pink! Or the color of your own survivorship, for the rainbow of other survivors among us.
    • All participants must be vaccinated.
    • RSVP/Contact: Jennifer Forbes-Baily: 402-513-6062 - jforbes-baily@unomaha.edu
  • Sep 30 (Sat) - 8:00-11:00pm EDT - Hybrid Event
  • Oct 6 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Oct 13 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Oct 14 (Sat) - 6:00pm - to 10:30pm CDT
  • Oct 20 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Oct 21/22 (Sat/Sun) - 8:15pm-3:00am CDT
    • Dance More at VDR's Late Night Global Dance After-Party + Post Dance Discussion
    • Hybrid Dance - Online and In Person
    • October Themes:
      • Halloween - International Artist Day - International Music Day
      • National Do Something Nice Day - National Homemade Cookies Day
      • National Hug a Drummer Day - National New Friends Day
      • World Animal Day - World Cities Day - Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
      • National Immigrants Day - World Students’ Day - World Teachers’ Day
      • National Cat Day - Plush Animal Lovers Day
    • Late Night Global Dance After-Party Announcement
    • Click for After-Party Playlist
    • NOTE: THE AFTER-PARTY IS A 1-DAY EVENT THAT STARTS SATURDAY EVENING AND ENDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
    • WE SHOW SAT/SUN DAYS FOR OUR OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE FOR THEM, THE EVENT STARTS ON SUNDAY
  • Oct 26-29 (Thu-Sun) - Weekend
    • 24th Annual Pourparler at Folklore Village in Dodgeville, WI
  • Oct 27 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Nov 3 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Nov 4 (Sat) - 8:00-11:00pm EDT - Hybrid Event
  • Nov 10 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CST - Hybrid Event
  • Nov 10-12 (Fri-Sun) In Person Event
    • Fall Folk Dance Camp - NW Los Angeles, CA
    • Faculty: Steve Kotanky (Balkan), Gergana Panova-Tekrath (Bulgarian)
    • Website: https://fallcamp.org/
  • Nov 17 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CST - Hybrid Event
  • Nov 18/19 (Sat/Sun) - 8:15pm-3:00am CST
    • Dance More at VDR's Late Night Global Dance After-Party + Post Dance Discussion
  • Nov 24 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CST - Hybrid Event
    • Weekly VDR Dance Party + Post-Dance Discussion
    • Thanksgiving Weekend - Status TBD
    • Hybrid Dance - Online and In Person
    • Guest Hosts: TBD
    • Join the VDR Friday Dance Party
  • Nov 24-25 (Fri-Sat) In-Person Event
    • 72nd Annual Kolo Festival (Thanksgiving Weekend)
    • Faculty: Cristian Florecsu/Sonia Dion (Romanian), Anna Angelova (Bulgarian)
    • Musicians from Around the World for Parties
    • Website: https://kolofestival.org/
  • Nov 23-26 (Thu-Sun) In-Person Event
    • TIFD's Texas Camp (Thanksgiving Weekend)
    • Faculty: Roberto Bagnoli (Balkans & Beyond, Joan Bennet/JOhn Scott (Internationa), Shirley Johnson (Singing), Don Weeda (Camp Band)
    • Website: https://tifd.org/
  • Dec 1 (Fri) - 7:30pm - to 11:30pm-ish CDT - Hybrid Event
  • Dec 2 (Sat) - 8:00-11:00pm EDT - Hybrid Event

 

 

If the VDR provides you with any amount of enjoyment and entertainment, please take a minute to click this link to review our request for your financial support.

To view various online and offline donation options for the VIRTUAL DANCE ROOM, click this Green Button

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Virtual Dance Room (VDR) Followups

Special VDR Life Celebration Dance Party of July 28, 2023

    • This event was a great success
    • Thanks to all of the 40+ International Folk Dancers and Bulgarian Folk Dancers and Musicians who attended in person and to the 75+ participants who attended virtually

    • We used this occasion to celebrate the lives of several dancers who've had an impact on Chicago International Folk Dancing and who've recently passed away

      • Jeri Lynn Banina Sherby (regular dancer at EDC & the VDR for many years)
      • John Kuo (leader of Balkanske Igre and organizer of the Spring Festival)
      • Mary Garvin (Twin Cities dance leader who taught regularly at DCFF)

 

If the VDR provides you with any amount of enjoyment and entertainment, please take a minute to click this link to review our request for your financial support.

To view various online and offline donation options for the VIRTUAL DANCE ROOM, click this Green Button

VDR Donation
Door County Folk Festival (DCFF) Information
Door County Folk Festival (DCFF) Followups

Aug 20, 2023 (Sun) - Richard "Dick" Miller Celebration of Life in Middleton, WI

  • Aug 20 (Sun) - 1:30pm-5:00pm CDT
    • Celebrate the Life of Richard (Dick) Miller
    • We invite you to celebrate the life of Richard "Dick" Miller (Middleton, Wisconsin) who passed away on January 7, 2023 while on vacation visiting relatives and friends in Nevada.
    • Dick and Miriam Miller played VERY IMPORTANT ROLES by leading extremely fun and creative Youth/Children's Activities for the Festival.
    • Please visit the "Celebrating the Life of Dick Miller" Page on the DCFF website, where you'll find
    • Click to View Dick Miller Page: https://www.dcff.net/dickmiller/
  • Celebration Day Details
    • Lakeview Park Shelter in Middleton, WI - https://visitmiddleton.com/location/lakeview-park/
    • We have the shelter reserved (indoor/outdoor space)
    • We'll begin gathering at 1:30 pm. with a program starting around 2 pm.
    • The afternoon will include time for tributes, music, games, and a late lunch/early dinner concluding around 5 pm
    • We'd love for you to think of a story or memory to share - Click Link Below!

Jul 7-9, 2023 (Fri-Sun) - In-Person and Online Event - afternoon & evening proceedings were Zoomed

 

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Miscellaneous Stuff

Miscellaneous Stuff

 

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