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We've already received 55 full-time registrations for the fifth annual Lyrids Festival!
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Thank-you to everyone who has already registered! If you have, the playlist voting is now open! If you suggested dances on your registration form, they should be in the list. Any more dances you want added? There is a form at the bottom of the table you can use, or ask me to add them. Please use your existing login credentials. Don't remember your password? Use the "Forgot?" button. Don't remember the email you used? Ask me! Any other problems or suggested additions? Let me know! I'm looking forward to watching the list evolve to reveal our collective favourite dances!
Answers to some questions:
A: No. Cristian and Sonia have their syllabus, music, and movies available on CDs/DVDs that they sell. They have requested that we do not give away the syllabus. Everyone who wants the syllabus must buy it from them. We asked if we could get pre-orders so that people may get the syllabus ahead of time and they agreed. That is why the syllabus is on the registration form. The syllabus will only be emailed to the registrants who have purchased it on the registration form. Having now read this, you can email us to add the syllabus to your registration.
Q: Is there going to be a Quickie DVD this year?
A: No. Cristian and Sonia have all their dances on their DVDs which will be available for purchase at the festival. Fortunately, they have agreed to be video recorded for the festival DVD (available one year after the festival date).
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Cristian and Sonia at Salt Spring Island Folk Dance Festival in 2011
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Miamon, Michael, and Janie at Stockton Folk Dance Camp
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The festival on the weekend of April 20-22, 2018, features Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion. Cristian and Sonia are teaching a program of Romanian and International dances.
Osem i Devet with Miamon with musicians Michael Lawson on accordion, David Bilides on tupan, Miamon Miller on violin, Janie Cowan on bass, and Teodora Dimitrova singing will provide live music for the Saturday evening party.
Miamon and Michael will also be leading music (any instrument) and singing workshops on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
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The location is the Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash Street, Vancouver, BC. To prevent crowding, each workshop is limited to 100 dancers.
The cost is $185 / US$155 before March 1, and $195 / US$165, after that. 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. Priority is given to full-time registrations until March 1, 2018. You may pre-register for part-time, but refrain from sending payment until after March 1 in case we fill up with full time registrations. There is no attendance limit for the Saturday party.
Billeting is available. Apply on the registration form. Be aware, most homes are more than a half hour drive from the hall.
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But wait, there's more!
- On Thursday, April 19, 7-10pm, Cristian and Sonia 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.
- Cristian and Sonia will be at the Sunday evening dinner/dance on April 22 at Dale's house in Surrey. Admission is by donation (suggest $10 each). RSVP. Limited to approximately 40 people.
- On Tuesday, April 24, 7-10pm, Cristian and Sonia will do a workshop at Burnaby International Folk Dancers at Charles Rummel Community Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby. Admission: $10 drop-in, or $5 for BIFD dancers who have prepaid their attendance fees.
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2017 Lyrids Folk Dance Festival group photo
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Happy dancing!
Dale Adamson
Chair of the Lyrids Folk Dance Festival Committee,
Burnaby International Folk Dancers.
Please forward this email to all your folk dance friends!
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
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