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Surrey International Folk Dancing Society Newsletter
Attention Surrey International Folk Dancers:
We will be suspending our Thursday night dancing until further notice.  We will be monitoring the situation both in the community and the school system, and will send out a notification when it is safe for us to start meeting again.  On behalf of Dale, myself and the rest of the Directors; please take care of yourselves and your loved ones, follow the advice of the health professionals, and we hope to see you soon.
Hal Collier
President SIFD

See below for Marj's birthday photo and movie. Also upcoming is an opportunity for a Virtual Folk Dance Party! See below for details.

The Lyrids Folk Dance Festival is postponed to April 23-25, 2021. Same teachers, same band, same place, on almost the same weekend.

Stay home and stay healthy,
Dale
surreyfolkdance.org
March 12, 2020 - Marj's Birthday Party & last dance before COVID-19 cancellations.
See original happy birthday movie here.
Majisto generated Happy Birthday Video - Enjoy!
Birthday Cake picture is here
Extra events are optional and are listed here for your information. If a couple of hours of dancing once a week on Thursdays is as much as you want or can manage, that is fine!
  • CANCELLED but will be rescheduled eventually: Folk Dance Teaching for Elim Village Fleetwood residents Tuesdays, from March 31 to April 28, 2020, 10:30-11:30am.
  • Pre-festival workshop with Maurits & Tineke van Geel, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 7-10pm, Charles Rummel Community Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby.
  • Pre-festival workshop with Maurits & Tineke van Geel, Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7-10pm, Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey.
  • Lyrids Folk Dance Festival, April 23-25, 2021 featuring Maurits & Tineke van Geel teaching Armenian and Roma dances from different countries mixed with some international top hits. Registration opens January 2021.
  • Dance Teaching at Sikh Academy in Newton, 12895 85th Ave, April 29, 30, May 4, 5, 6, 9am-12:15pm, and at Sikh Academy in Fleetwood, 9115 160th St, May 7, 8, 11, 12, 13. Teaching grades K to 7 at these elementary schools. Are you interested in helping?
2020-03-12 Dances Done
 
Name Country SIFD Years Taught Instructions Demo Video
Above the Rainbow USA/Ireland 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 Andrew Carnie YouTube
Ayalet Chen Israel 2019   SIFD
Cazino Romania 2017, 2018 Lyrids  
Chilili Peru/Bolivia 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 Andrew Carnie SIFD
De Strigat Romania 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 Andrew Carnie YouTube
Erev Ba Israel 2019 Andrew Carnie YouTube
King of the Fairies Ireland 2018, 2019   YouTube
Made în Romania Romania STH, Muntenia (Rom "Gypsy") 2016, 2017 Andrew Carnie Kolo Dragan
Mom bar (Bozigian) Armenia 2019 Lyrids BIFD
Polka Dot Scotland 2018 Scottish Country YouTube
Suavemente Besame Line Dance 2017   You Tube
Summer Celebration USA 2013, 2015 Copperknob YouTube
Teen (Khumkhuma) Armenia 2004, 2008 SoCal Dunav
Tokyo Polka (Ieva's Polka) USA 2018 Andrew Carnie YouTube
Tres Deseos Latin 2017, 2018 Lyrids  
Zembekikos Greece 2015    

From California's Peninsula Folk Dance Team is an awesome idea:
As almost all classes and parties have been cancelled, we’re going to host a VIRTUAL FOLK DANCE PARTY!  We’ll send out instructions on how to connect and you can dance with your friends!

When – Saturday, March 28, 3pm to 6pm, Pacific Time

Where – Wherever you are; no need to get together to dance, we’ll dance in our own homes, apartments, vans, yurts, cabins,….

What’s that again? – We’ll be setting up a video and audio bridge for everybody to web or call into. A few of us will be playing music so we can all dance without being together.

What else? - With luck, you'll be able to show yourself with your webcam and we'll see and hear each other! Hey, wear a costume!

Over the next week and a half, the Peninsula Folk Dance Team will be testing options for this; we’ll make sure we have multiple MCs in place in case of internet failure, have at least several hundred logins, and play your requests!

Email your dance requests to virtualfolkdance@gmail.com. We’re also working on a way for you to request during the event.

More to come, we’re going to figure this out. Another posting will be made with how you will connect via web and/or phone.

Looking forward to dancing with all of you. Flyer here.
 
Adony and Becky, on behalf of the entire Peninsula Folk Dance Team!

We will be designing a new dance demonstration program for the 2019/20 dancing season. Have ideas? Contact me. As usual, the dances should span the globe, be varied, and not be too difficult.

Bellingham First Saturday Dances

(sponsored by Fourth Corner Folkdancers)
 

Future dates:
Sat Mar 14th - CANCELLED
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 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.
Dromeno, Melez & Zougla
Friday, June 12, 2020
Wise Hall, 
1882 Adanac Street,
Vancouver
Info:
balkandanceparty@gmail.com
Tickets:
eventbrite
Poster:
See & download here

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Costume Collection

Need a costume for dance demonstrations? Have a look at the collection here. (https://goo.gl/photos/7aBSYcRGxXHzGqq96)
 

Burnaby International Folk Dancers

Dancing in Burnaby every Tuesday evening
Charles Rummel Community Centre, 3630 Lozells Ave, Burnaby.
See burnabyfolkdance.org
 

Scandinavian Dancers of Vancouver

Scandinavian Dancing every Wednesday evening
Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby.
See Scandi Website
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