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December 8, 2012 |
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A special note about last week's celebration: Heartfelt Thanks to the AIFD Community 
"Heartfelt thanks go to the AIFD board and the many talented members of our folk dance village for hosting such a fabulous 80th birthday party for Chuck. We also thank the over 100 folk and contra dance friends who came to twirl and step together in a high energy evening filled with joy. Sparkling lights and shiny balloons upped the atmosphere at Hancock. Charismatic teaching, great preplanning, programming, masterful crowd control and fabulous live music made Saturday night a memory to last a lifetime. So many of you joined together to make this celebration possible that we won’t attempt to list everyone here, but know you have truly blessed us and we love you all!"
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During this FREE event take a stroll along the candle lined trails of Hancock Recreation Center, then come inside for some drinks and snacks. At 7 Santa will arrive. When he wraps up around 7:45
the Austin International Folk Dancers will lead some dances to Christmas 
and Hanukkah music. Then we'll start a program catered to the crowd: If there are a bunch of kids, we'll focus on kids dances; if there is an equal number of men and women, we'll focus on simple couples dances. Regardless of who is there, Bill Ogilvie, assisted by Iola Hallock, will ensure a fun evening of dancing.
Saturday, December 15th: Come dance to an evening of live music by 
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See our complete list "I can't dance" - tips to get you dancing archive of dance notes - compiled by Franklin Houston. Newsletter archive - since May 19, 2012 Texas International Folk Dancers Village International Dancing1st & 3rd Friday, HRC Austin Scandinavian Dancing Each Wed and 2nd Fri, HRC 5th Friday Multicultural Dance Next event, March 29, 2013 Csardas Hungarian Dancers Contradance and English Country Dancing (TAADA) Austin Friends of Traditional Music
If you play folk dance music and are not on our list of Musicians/Musical groups, please send your information to newsletter_editor@aifd.cc 
Lost and found: A couple of items left at last week's party are in the lost and found pile at Hancock, including a duffel bag with clothes, mouthwash, and other items; a small sound recording device. - John Scales.
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- Misi Tsurikov
Link of the week: In 2009 Nefesh B'Nefesh brought over 150 participants together on Ben Yehuda Street for the first ever Jerusalem flash mob in honor of Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah!!! |
Chuck well on this special occasion. In my 15 years with AIFD, I've seen Hancock that full only once before -- and that was at AIFD's 50th anniversary. There was sometimes not enough room for dancers -- and there's a good-to-have problem! The energy was through the roof, fueled by enthusiastic teaching by Kathleen, the fabulous music of the Homegrown Contra Band, the great contras called by the illustrious Marc Airhart, and the always-beautiful sound of the very large international live-music ensemble. I was also thrilled to see a veritable army of volunteers show up to set up and decorate, and the pit-crew-like speed and efficiency of this army. There was lots of warmth, cheer, and wholesomeness in the air that night. I believe we accomplished the goal of making this a special and heartwarming day for Chuck and all our friends. And I personally thank the board for the obviously-excellent planning, publicity, and execution of this event. Masterfully done!"