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 Ceceliaknow 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