AIFD newsletter for May 8, 2026: HRC closed for mainetenance. No dancing this week.

This Friday, May 8, 7-9:45, at AIFD: Under construction

No dancing this week. HRC closed for maintenance.

AIFD returns May 15 for AIFD Elections and Appreciation Night - where we will celebrate all the people who help keep us dancing. . Misi and Rebecca will teach Marbridge Mixer, Maple Leaf Rag.

Happy Mothers Day
- From AIFD

Link of the week:
Tulip Time Flash Mob

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Upcoming Fridays at AIFDCheck out upcoming Live Music and Birthdays and Anniversary Nights on Fridays. This lists who is playing and who is providing snacks.

For questions/updates/changes, contact Anthony at vice_president@aifd.cc

AIFD Board Elections for 2026-7 Board of Directors - May 15.

Elections were originally scheduled for May 8. However, Hancock Recreation Center will be closed for maintenance that day. So elections will be rescheduled May 15.

Interested in running? Please contact any current board member.
Who is running?

President--Anthony Toprac
Vice President--Julia Foree
Treasurer--Marcia Toprac
Teaching Director--Rebecca Hample
Program Director--Donna Baker
Secretary--Misi Tsurikov

For full details about board positions responsibilities as well as eligibility to run and vote, check out AIFD Elections for 2026-7.

A fond farewell to John Scales.We bid a fond farewell to fellow dancer, John Scales this week. John is one of those individuals who could always be counted on to step forward for the good of AIFD. He has always been helpful when something needed doing, always friendly to newcomers and long-time members alike, and never expecting (nor even wanting) acknowledgement for the countless hours he has devoted to AIFD as a Board member, as part of the music library team responsible for our music every Friday night, working on the technical team to maintain our equipment, and as a programmer and assistant to play the tunes we love to dance to. John was also very active with the Csardas Hungarian Dancers and with the Austin Scandi group. We wish him all the best as he takes the Austin dancing spirit to Salem, Oregon.

TAADA - Traditional Austin Area Dance Association - Contra dancing, English Country dancing, and others: Check out the schedules and details of traditional dancing in Austin.