To all performers or wanna-be performers: The next practice (on Oct 19) is at Jane's place. See details below.
Halloween Party on October 29! We need your dance requests. Send requests to the contact form on the website or write them on the request sheet that will be available at dancing. The evening will start with Basics and Warm-up. Request dancing starts at 7:30pm, with the evening ending at 10pm. Dress silly/scary, if you like, and bring finger food to share!
Dance Program Tuesday Oct 15
Basics (teaching of a few of the warm-up dances) 6:40 – 7:10 PM
Warm-up Program 7:10 – 7:30 PM
Teaching Program 7:30 – 8:15 PM
Break 8:15 – 8:30 PM
Reviews & Requests 8:30 – 9:20 PM
Plus your white-board requests!
Make sure to scan this newsletter for activities and events you might be interested in, and send in any announcements you would like to share with the other dancers to newsletter@burnabyfolkdance.org
Please direct suggestions and feedback to the contact form on the website, or directly to the club email.
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BIFD Community Performances/Teaching
- Our performance practice space on 19 October will Jane’s place, 620 Seventh Ave. New Westminster Buzzer #2. Regular time of 10:00.
- Performance rehearsals are usually every Saturday, 10am, in Burnaby Arts Council basement, 6584 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby. Everyone welcome.
- Next performance is on Wednesday, November 20, from 2:00 - 3:00 at the Willingdon Care Centre, 4435 Grange in Burnaby.. We will meet there at 1:00.
- Contact Jane at jbkupfer@shaw.ca or 604-522-2031 for details.
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Pat on the Back for a Great Party!
Wow, I'm still aglow from the fantastic party last night. It was a very special evening and I agree, pretty much 100%. The hall came together so perfectly, transforming it from a relatively bare room to one that was so colorful and beautifully decorated with many, many meaningful and great memories. I loved the silent slide show. Thank you so much Dale for bringing your new screen and setting everything up for the slide show. You had a ton of stuff to bring so a huge thank you for taking the time to put it all together, making the evening run so smoothly. I also want to acknowledge Melanie for planning and sketching out the room layout beforehand (tables, chairs, main course, dessert and drink tables, and display areas, etc.), making set up relatively seamless. And most of you probably didn't notice Melanie (with Rick and my help) preparing and presenting the big BIFD banner so aesthetically. I'm not sure who displayed the costumes, I believe Jane and several others, which added another whole dimension, especially with the French Canadian costume on the mannequin. So many things that brought back such happy memories from our years together. I know Chrisanne and many, many others were behind the scenes making sure all the little details were taken care. Also a big thank you to Connie for the gorgeous flower arrangement she made and donated for the raffle. Lucky Valerie who won the raffle! Also, a big thank you to Val and Anne for greeting people as they arrived, checking them in and handing out name tags and the club music CDs. Everyone seemed to show up at once, so I know it got a little frenetic. It should also be noted that Dale printed the names for all the name tags and also organized and put the club CDs together, including designing and printing the labels. And Sophie made all the lovely paper flower arrangements for the tables. The Pirates also added another component with the live music. It was really lovely to see so many people in costume, adding to the ambience and spirit of the party. There were so many other highlights, including seeing former BIFD members we haven't seen in years. And it was really nice that people from the Surrey, Aberthau and Kitka dance groups came to celebrate with us! As well as Ariel coming in all the way from Chilliwack. It's pretty amazing that we were able to dance all 40 club dances on time, especially ending with many dancers still there to join in with the candle dance. A really lovely way to end, what was an amazing and perfect evening. - Lori Larsen
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News from Scandi Dancing
Vancouver dancing is in full swing, and our website is up-to-date with the fall happenings. I have removed the events that have already happened.
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/scandi/upcom.html
Note the mention at the top that our weekly page has a
detailed schedule of the teaching planned for the Fall 2019 term.
If you want to print the fall schedule, a formatted pdf version is at http://www.vcn.bc.ca/scandi/scancal-Fall2019.pdf.
Here are upcoming events of note:
Friday, October 25, a concert with Swedish musicians Per-Thomas Eriksson (fiddle) and Pasi Pasanen (accordion). Flyer here.
Saturday, October 26, workshop led by Judy Patterson and Jerry Walsh, accompanied by Per-Thomas and Pasi. The flyer has the registration form.
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Please pay your membership fees in the next two weeks.
And submit your workshop registration by then as well. 
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Vancouver International Folk Dancers
Invite you to their Annual
Christmas Party
Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019
Place: Moberly Arts Community Centre
7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Dancing: 7:30 – 11:00 PM
Live Music: Osem i Devet with Dragi Spasovski from Seattle
Michael Lawson, accordion, vocals; David Bilides, percussion; Dragi Spasovski, Macedonian legend, vocals
Cost: $15, and snacks to share
Food bank donations welcome
Look forward to a Wonderful evening!
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Bellingham First Saturday Dances
(sponsored by Fourth Corner Folkdancers)
Future dates:
Nov 2nd - Orkestar RTW
Dec 7th - Balkanarama
non-messy snacks welcome
Location: Squalicum Yacht club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225
Party starts at 7:30pm and runs to 10pm. There is a $15 donation requested.
The Squalicum Yacht club is the smaller of the two Yacht Clubs side by side on S. Harbor Loop Drive. (South Harbor Loop Drive is connected in a circle with North Harbor Loop Drive.)
How to get there:
From the North, go South on I-5, take the Meridian Street Exit and turn right. From Meridian, take the 3rd right (2nd traffic light) onto Squalicum Way. Follow Squalicum Way and it will merge onto Roeder Street. Shortly thereafter, there will be signs for Squalicum Harbor and Coho Way. Take a right onto Coho Way. The very first possible right turn which is identified with a street sign "N. Harbor Loop Drive", take that right and at the end of that very short road you are in a parking lot. If you would turn left you will see the Squalicum Yacht Club in front of you.
From the South, you can take Holly Street through town to "F" Street. Turn left onto F street toward the water and across the train tracks to Roeder. Turn right onto Roeder Ave Continue on Roeder to Coho Way (City Mac Store) Turn Left onto Coho Way. The first possible right is "N. Harbor Loop Drive". Take that right and drive that short "road" to the end, and turn left into the parking Lot. The small building in front of you is the Squalicum Yacht Club.
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Schedule for Dance Evening
6:30pm - Set-up - please arrive on-time to help
6:40-7:10 - Basic Steps Program
7:10-7:30 - Warm-up Dances
7:30-8:15 - Teaching/Review
8:15-8:30 - Break
8:30-9:20 - Programmed dances and live requests using the whiteboard, including some reviews as needed
9:20 - 9:30pm - Take-down - please stay to help
Some weeks extended to 10pm
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Burnaby International Folk Dancers
Dancing in Burnaby every Tuesday evening, 6:30-9:30pm
Charles Rummel Community Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby.
Info: burnabyfolkdance.org
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Surrey International Folk Dancing
Dancing in Surrey every Thursday, 7-10pm
Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey. Info: surreyfolkdance.org
Scandinavian Dancers of Vancouver
Scandinavian Dancing every Wednesday evening
Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby.
Info: Scandi Website
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