2024 Lyrids Folk Dance Festival Registration Opens

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LYRIDS FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL
April 19 to 21, 2024 in Pitt Meadows near Vancouver, BC, Canada

Cristian Florescu
& Sonia Dion

Tom Bozigian
& Sheree King

★Lyrids Folk Dance Festival is moving to★
Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall east of Vancouver
★April 19 to 21, 2024!★

Featuring...
Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion
teaching Romanian dances,
Tom Bozigian & Sheree King
teaching Armenian 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.

Registration is open!

LYRIDS FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL’S HEALTH PROTOCOL

Feeling Unwell? Please stay home. You will get a full refund.
Vaccination: Recommended but not required.
Masks: Recommended but not required.
Right to revise the protocol: This protocol was written in January 2024. The prevalence of COVID and other diseases continues to change and knowledge evolves. This protocol may change.

BONUS EVENTS!
Thursday, April 18, 7:15pm - 9:45pm
Workshop in Surrey with Tom Bozigian & Sheree King
(Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey)

Sunday, April 21, after the festival
Dinner and Dance with Tom, Sheree, Sonia, & Cristian!
(Dale's House)
by Donation (Suggest $15 each)
Limited attendance - RSVP to dale.c.adamson@gmail.com

Thursday, April 25, 7:15pm - 9:45pm
Workshop in Surrey with Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu
(Walnut Road Elementary School, 16152 82 Ave, Surrey)

FULL WEEKEND
Price is $250 / US$195 before March 1,
and $270 / US$215, after March 1.
Part-time options are available.

See Price List here.

Right to Left

Jana Rickel (vocals, Bulgarian and Macedonian tamburas, violin, percussion)

Jan Tominaga (vocals, clarinet, gadulka)

Susan Niemann (vocals, accordion, percussion)

Frederick Graves (vocals, kavals, flute, saxes, percussion)

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!

Cleck here to see Lyrids Folk Dance Festival Article published in Let's Dance!

Western Canada
Jim Gold Folk Dance Tour

Calgary, Banff, Vancouver, and Victoria, including Lyrids Folk Dance Festival!

Thrilling Folk Dancing, Folk Music, Natural Scenery,
Culture, History, Art, and Adventure!

When: April 12-24, 2024
Led by Cathie Dunklee-Donnell
with Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu

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