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AIFD Newsletter
January 31st, 2015
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This week at dancing
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Holly DJs, assisted by RosieLee.
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  Enjoy a fun night of folk dancing with DJ Holly Plotner. Holly will be assisted by RosieLee Salinas. Holly welcomes Women Singing** for a short live set starting at 8:30. |
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**Women Singing was formed in March 2014 and sings a variety of harmony-based music from around the world. Members are Joane Rylander, Anne Alexander, Dee McCandless, Kathleen McDonagh, Yoshimi Masuo, and Holly Plotner. Dena and Franklin Houston will be accompanying.
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Teaching: Franklin Houston will start the evening with the next class of our spring 2015 newcomers' semester. The semester presents dance fundamentals and etiquette, introduced through some of our favorite folk dances and is a great way for newcomers to learn what is so fun about dancing in general and folk dancing in particular.
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Saturday, January 31st
7:30-10:45 pm
$5 at the door 17 & older. 16 & under free.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Hancock Rec Center (HRC)
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Please remember to sign in when you come to dancing. The city uses the sign in sheet to track the usage of HRC.
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February 7 - February Birthday Celebration!
 Honor and celebrate our dancers with February birthdays.
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February 14 - What We Love Valentine's Party!
 Join us in celebration of the many things we love: earth, sun, friends, family, dancing, music,and the diversity of world culture. Live music will be provided by Slavadillo .
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February 28 - Live Music with VaNa MaZi
 Get ready for another fun night of live music with VaNa MaZi, a group of talented local musicians who have embraced some of our most favorite Balkan dance tunes.
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| Special thanks from Genevieve Kent and PARD.
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 Thank you so much for participating in the Planet Music Dance Around the World event last Friday, January 23rd. It was a wonderfully successful event, largely thanks to your participation and energy! And it was a true joy to see how you engaged with the local community and left a big impression on the families who attended. Here are pictures of the event, by Misi, and a couple of sets by others who attended: https://www.facebook.com/artsinparks.
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Other dance links
See our complete list
AIFD upcoming events.
World's words - updated by Misi.
Pictures from various AIFD events.
Become a member of AIFD.
Archive of dance notes - compiled by Franklin Houston.
Newsletter archive - since May 19, 2012.
Texas International Folk Dancers
Austin Scandinavian Dancing Each Wed, HRC
Csardas Hungarian Dancers
AIFD German Dancers
Contradance and English Country Dancing (TAADA)
Austin Friends of Traditional Music
Texas Folklife
Want to play music at folk dancing? Check out AIFD's live music compensation policy.
 Have something you'd like to see in the AIFD newsletter? Do you have an upcoming event you'd like to announce, a poem you'd like to share, a dance experience you think other dancers would enjoy? Feel free to submit it to the AIFD newsletter and we'll see if we can fit it in.
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Saturday, Feb 7, 12:30-9pm, AFTM Mid-Winter Festival.
Mark your 2015 calendar for a full day of performances, workshops, jamming, silent auction and more at the Austin Friends of Traditional Music's annual Mid-Winter Festival, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd.. $25 general admission, $20 AFTM members, $15 students, free 12 and under. Special note: the opening act at this year’s festival is the Lost Klezmer Ramblers, including Lisa Schneider and Eric Vormelker (1pm) and Women Singing (2:25-2:45).
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March 13-15: SAFDF - Registration is open |
 Registration for the San Antonio Folk Dance Festival is open! SAFDF 2015 features Lee Otterholt teaching international dances, Jacqueline
Schwab teaching English country dances, and Mihai David teaching
Romanian dances. Go to safdf.org to learn
more and to register.
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March 26-29: Spring Festival (Chicago). | |
Looking for an excuse to go to Chicago? Register for Ensemble Balkanske Igre’s 50th Anniversary Spring Festival. Full details and registration here.
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Link of the week: Greek folk dances.
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