No international folk dancing in Kalispell Saturday July 10. Too many conflicts:
the Butte folk festival, a wedding, travel plans, visitors in town, work... Hey,
it's summer in Montana! Dancing will resume July 15 at the Kalispell Salvation
Army gym, 110 Bountiful Drive, 8 to 10 p.m. (summer hours). A $3 donation requested.
The National Folk Festival in Butte is this weekend, with international dancing
Saturday morning. Here are some updates:
Max reports that two Butte city parks will be opened for public camping. Here's the
link he sent to the Montana Standard newspaper article:
http://www.mtstandard.com/news/local/article_0426c26c-897d-11df-a3f3-001cc4c03286.html
Butte International Dancing on Saturday, July 10, will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Folk dancers will gather at the
Parish Hall at St. John's Episcopal Church, 15 North Idaho. $5 donation is suggested. Dancers from around
Montana and beyond are expected. Please let Cecelia know if you plan to attend and
if you have requests that aren't listed below.
Directions: From I-90, take Montana St exit. Go north.
After Park St., turn left (west) onto Broadway. Go 1 block.
The Church is across from library. Use the Broadway entrance.
These streets have good parking at 9 a.m. and for the day, but check signs, especially near the library.
At noon we'll head out for the National Folk Festival. Lovers of folk music may want to check out the
Eastern-style Polka, the Hungarian Gypsy and the Arabic. Lovers of intricate footwork may like the
African-American Tap. Those whose favorite group in year one of the festival was Le Vent du Nord may
ike Genticorum, also from Quebec. Square dance instruction and Salsa instruction will be offered at the
dance pavillion. For complete information on the National Folk Festival, check out:
http://www.nationalfolkfestival.com/2010/
Dance list so far:
Chilili
Stiga Mi se Momne Le (pravo)
Pata Pata
Sborinka (Butte version)
Momacka Setnja.
Mairi's wedding (Frank Max Eva, Cecelia, need 4 more without review)
Setnja
Ajde Jano
Takanata
Cepalarsko Horo
Siriul
Vulpuitsa
Valle Nuseve Nga Korca.
Sitno Sborinka (that Russ taught)
Trite Pati (Ann taught in Kalispell)
Populli Jon
Tamzara
Lalica
Neda Voda Nalivala
Ivanice
Dramskoto
Nevesto Carven Trendafil
Sabrali sa se, sabrali
Hambo
Waltz
Bela Rada
Narino
La Vielle Bastringue
Dvoino Horo
Sestorka
Birchot Havdalah
Mori Odayo Sareno
Va Yven Uzyahu
Moja Diri Dika
Future Event for Belly Dancers & Others: Eva reports that Helene Eriksen is returning to Butte to teach
dance workshops on August 28. Norma Pylypuw (our local belly dance teacher) and Ginnie Watts
(dance teacher from Bozeman) are co-ordinating this year's event which will be at the temporary Sacred
Ground center in the MoFab (old YMCA) in Uptown Butte.
Norma is wondering if international folk dancers would be interested in a special session geared toward folk
dance on Sunday.
The belly dance community has expressed an interest in #6 (we did this last year), #4, # 12 & 13, #18
and #22 from Helene's web site.
Folk dancers are most welcome to attend these Saturday sessions.
http://www.helene-eriksen.de/workshopcatalogue.htm
Preliminary costs are $45 for one 3 hour workshop; $80 for two.
Let us know what you think-- would you be interested in a Sunday workshop on one of the "folk dancy"
Eastern European, or Armenian topics? Would you be interested in attending some of the workshops
the belly dancers have expressed interest in?
You can let us know Saturday (looking forward to seeing several of you!) or anytime soon by e-mail:
maxneva AT rfwave DOT net
On the horizon: Sept 25 Day of Dance in the Country at Hallie's beautiful Weather Rock Barn north of
Bozeman in the Shields Valley near Wilsall.
For more information on international dancing and links to events, free music and other information, visit the
Kalispell International Folk Dancers web site, where you can also find playlists from past dances:
http://montanafolkdance.org/flathead/
Happy dancing!
Don