Kalispell International Folk Dancers











Hi Everyone,

We sang the Happy Birthday song to Russ. Next week we will have treats to celibrate all December bithdays, and we will sing Happy Birthday to Lilli Anne. :-)

Jackie brought a list of dances we were doing back in 2003. See: Compilation of all the dances we did in 2003. We danced a few of those tonight, but sadly we'll need to relearn quite a few. :-( We were 20 years younger, and danced from 7 to 10.

Russ taught us a new dance from Macedonia, Mečkin Kamen

Another dance that Don brought to us a few months back: Draganinata (Drah-GAH-neeh-nah-tah)

Dragana was sitting in the garden
in the garden under a white rose.
She embroidered on her frame, sang a song, from above a nightingale spoke:
Let’ s have a singing competition.
If you‘ll outsing me,
you will cut my wings.
If I‘ll outsing you,
I will cut your hair.

Dragana outsang the nightingale,
the nightingale, sadly, pleaded with her: Cut my legs,
but do not cut my wings,
for I have hatched little birds.
Little nightingale, dear little bird,
I will not cut anything at all.
For me the reputation is enough
to have outsung a nightingale.

Presented by Yves Moreau at the Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2017, Draganinata

Karsi Bar by the Tucson Folkdance group

Dances 12-02-23

  1. Trugnala Rumjana
  2. Sabrali sa se, sabrali
  3. Draganinata
  4. Moj Maro, Moj Marine
  5. Oi na hori stoit khata
  6. Karsi Bar
  7. Guhneega
  8. Aino Kchume
  9. Mascatii
  10. Belasičko Oro
  11. Belcova Tropanka
  12. Mečkin Kamen
  13. Ordu
  14. Vrni Se Vrni (Come Back, Come Back)
  15. Hora din Campie
  16. Arnautsko Horo
  17. Glava Li Ta Boli
  18. Athela mou
  19. Tino Mori
  20. Tricot
  21. Gori More
  22. Lo Ahavti Dai
  23. Staro Pomaško
  24. Kujawiak Niebieski (Blue Kujawiak)
  25. Nyandolo
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Albania
Ukraine
Armenia
Armenia
Assyria
Romania, Moldova
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Turkey
Macedonia
Romania
Bulgaria, Pirin
Bulgaria
Greece
Macedonia
France, Brittany
Macedonia
Israel
Bulgaria
Poland
Kenya, Africa
  1. Russ
  2. Jackie
  3. Cecelia
  4. Lauren
  5. Diane
  6. Max
  7. Eva
  8. Jon
  9. Lilli Anne
  10. Don
  11. Rose
  12. Roger

Until next time,

Roger