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LYRIDS FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL
May 9-11, 2025 in Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, BC, Canada

Registration is now open!

LYRIDS FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL’S HEALTH PROTOCOL

  1. No Fragrances: Please be sure you and your guests arrive fragrance free.
  2. Feeling Unwell? Please stay home. You will get a full refund.
  3. Vaccination: Recommended but not required.
  4. Masks: Recommended but not required.
  5. Right to revise the protocol: This protocol was written in January 2025. The prevalence of COVID and other diseases continues to change and knowledge evolves. This protocol may change.
NOTE: Dancing is on the second floor, eating is on the first floor. There is no elevator, but there is a wheelchair lift.

BONUS EVENTS!
Thursday, May 8, 7:15pm - 9:45pm
Workshop in Surrey with Željko Jergan & Joe Graziosi
(Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey)

Sunday, May 11, after the festival
Dinner and Dance with Željko & Joe!
(Dale's House)
by Donation (Suggest $15 each)
Limited attendance - RSVP to dale.c.adamson@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

FULL WEEKEND
Price is $275 / US$200 before April 1,
and $300 / US$220, after April 1.
Part-time options are available.

See Price List here.

Željko Jergan
Joe Graziosi

Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 
Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall east of Vancouver
May 9-11 2025!


Featuring...
Željko Jergan
teaching Croatian dances,
Joe Graziosi

teaching Greek dances, and
Zakuska
as the Saturday party band!

Includes three catered meals and
plenty of snacks.
We do our best to accommodate allergies.
Please come fragrance-free.

Register now

If you haven't filled the survey out yet,
we truly need your input. 
 Your responses will help us create a fun-filled downstairs environment.
Survey: Extra Activities Downstairs
Beaded choker or headband based on the traditional style pictured here on the left.
The Licitarsko Srce (Licitar Heart) cookies will be red and you will decorate them.
We will offer drumming class and some Greek cultural activities too.

Zakuska - our Saturday night band
Left to right

Frederick Graves (vocals, kavals, flute, saxes, percussion)
Susan Niemann (vocals, accordion, percussion)
Jana Rickel (vocals, Bulgarian and Macedonian tamburas, violin, percussion)
Lizzy Pederson (fiddle, vocals)

Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall is a 50 minute drive (traffic dependent) east of the Vancouver Airport with a convenient Best Western Plus Inn & Suites nearby. We have reserved a block of rooms.

Check website for updates 

lyridsfolkdancefestival.org
 

Pitt Meadows
Heritage Hall
12460 Harris Road,
Pitt Meadows, BC

Wonderful hardwood dance floor in the upper hall  (3400 sq ft)

Separate dining hall
in the lower level with a large kitchen.

Lots of Parking!

Click to see Lyrids article in NFO News!
Tip: View this and past newsletters on the web in Newsletter Archives.

Please forward this email to all your folk dance friends!
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Contact us at lyridsfolkdancefestival@gmail.com or reply to this message.
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