BIFD News
Registration is now open for the Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2020 which is April 24-26 in Vancouver. Read all about it, and register soon!
Want a good deal? We need some people to help out (~ 5 hrs during the weekend) at the festival - register for a work-exchange scholarship (check that option on the registration form) and get in for half price! See fees here.
Another option is to help exclusively. Experience the vibe of the festival, help at the registration desk, help serving snacks, and/or help at the festival market as needed. This would cost you nothing, you would get meals, and you might be able to do some of the dancing during quiet moments. Ask us!
Do you like the Lyrids Festival Shop? Jane has informed us that 2020 will be her last year in charge of the shop. Anyone interested in taking over responsibility for the shop? The new person can work with Jane this year and take over in 2021.
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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Dance Program Tuesday Feb 18
Basics (teaching of a few of the warm-up dances) 6:40 – 7:10 PM
Warm-up Program 7:10 – 7:30 PM
Teaching 7:30 – 8:15 PM
Break 8:15 – 8:30 PM
Reviews/Requests 8:30 – 9:20 PM
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Pronunciation |
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Instructions |
Demo Video |
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Warm-up |
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Horón: Alta es la Luna |
Greece, Nth, Kastoría (Sephardic Jewish com) |
(hoh-ROHN) (AHL-ta ehz lah LOO-nah) |
Horon="dance" Gk; Alta..., "High is the moon" Ladino |
Andrew Carnie |
YouTube |
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Busuiocul |
Romania |
(BOO-soo-ee-OH-koo) |
"The Basil (plant, herb)" |
Andrew Carnie |
Vimeo |
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Eten Bamidbar |
Israel |
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YouTube |
4 |
Cveto More |
Macedonia |
(SVEH-toh MOH-reh) |
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Djurdjevica |
Serbia, now Nth Montenegro |
(JOOR-jay-vee-tsah) |
Name of a village |
Andrew Carnie |
YouTube |
6 |
Yolanda |
USA/Venezuela |
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Andrew Carnie |
YouTube |
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Passu Torrau |
Italy,Sardinia (Nuoro) |
(PAH-soo toh-RAU) |
passu="step"; torrau="to come back" |
Andrew Carnie |
BIFD |
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Teaching |
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Denjovo Horo |
Bulgaria |
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Andrew Carnie |
Holz |
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Pale Amende |
Romania |
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YouTube |
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Neka vreme prolazi |
Serbia |
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Reviews |
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Postie's Jig |
Scotland |
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Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary |
YouTube |
Dance until 9:20pm to your white-board requests!
(Limit of 2 requests per person, please)
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BIFD Community Performances/Teaching
- Performance practices Saturdays at 10:00 at the Burnaby Arts Council.
- A couple weeks ago Jane asked who could come to a performance on a Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 near Canada Way and Boundary in Burnaby. It would be some performance and some teaching at a seniors recreation program. Jane asked if some Wednesdays were not possible. She received two positive replies from dancers who would be available any Wednesday. “In the new year” was the only mention of a date.
- No other performances are booked.
- Contact Jane at jbkupfer@shaw.ca or 604-522-2031 for details.
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Hi from Victoria . . It would be special if you could share my following request via a folk dance recipient list, etc.
BULGARIA and the Grand Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival
August 2-16, 2020 Led by Jim Gold and Lee Otterholt
Sofia, Plovdiv, Bansko, Veliko Turnovo, Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival!
https://www.jimgold.com/bulgaria-koprivshtitsa-folk-festival-tour-august-2020/
Do you, or does anyone you know plan to join Jim and Lee? I promised to assist a folkdance friend lacking an email account. The amazing tour is on her bucket list! She would appreciate having a female with her during check-in at Newark, New Jersey departure August 3 (Austria Airline) and NWR return flight tba. Vancouver (YVR-NWR) or Seattle (SEA-NWR) return, as per forthcoming tour itinerary.
Jim Gold will offer a ‘special travel fee break’ to the airport travel ‘assistant’!
Would love to make her wish come true!
Thanks! Eleanor
gjelsten@telus.net
See more in PDF document here
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Bellingham First Saturday Dances
(sponsored by Fourth Corner Folkdancers)
Future dates:
Sat Mar 14th - Zakuska
Sat Apr 4th - Balkanarama
Sat May 9th - Orkestar RTW
non-messy snacks welcome
Location: Squalicum Yacht club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225
Party starts at 7:30pm and runs to 10:00pm. 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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