April 21 to 23, 2017 in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada
Registration for the fourth annual Lyrids Folk Dance Festival has surpassed expectations! Over 100 full-time registrations!
Full-time registration is now closed.
Saturday part-time registrations are closed (not including dinner/party) Registrations still being accepted for the
Friday party, Saturday dinner/party, and Sunday workshops
Yves and France at Salt Spring Island Folk Dance Festival in 2006
The festival on the weekend of April 21-23, 2017, features Yves Moreau and France Bourque-Moreau. Yves and France are teaching a program of Bulgarian and International dances. Orkestar RTW from Seattle is returning to provide live music for the Saturday evening party.
The location is the Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash Street, Vancouver, BC.
Registrations still being accepted for the Fri and Sat dinner/party, and Sunday. Price List
Reduced fees for work exchange, youth (up to 30 yrs) and elders (80+).
To register, use online form or print and mail this form. Because of the overwhelming response, Saturday workshops are full. No more full-time or part-time Saturday registrations for day-time workshops are being accepted. There is no limit for the Saturday evening party.
Saturday afternoon workshops are particularly popular. To counter that, Laura and Erika have been invited back to teach singing/drumming workshops during the first afternoon workshop, then France is scheduled to lead a workshop on teaching folk dancing to children during the second afternoon workshop. Yves workshop on teaching folk dancing to adults is scheduled for Sunday morning.
Make your preferences known: Take the poll, then view the results!
But wait, there's more!
On Thursday, April 20, 7-10pm, Yves and France will do a workshop at Surrey International Folk Dancing at Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey. Admission: $10 drop-in, or $5 for SIFD members.
Yves and France will be at the Sunday evening dinner/dance on April 23 at Dale's house in Surrey. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested), which goes to Yves and France. RSVP. Limited to approximately 40 people.
Recorded Dances Playlists
Your dance requests have swelled the dance choices to well over 400 dances.
Registrants, please log in and contribute your dance preferences.
Click on the header "Votes" to see our collective favourites in order.
Below is a list of the dances added in the last couple of days.
Do you want to see some of these on our playlist? Then vote!
Questions? Want to add more? Contact us!
