[Bg-dance] Fwd: AIFD Newsletter for July 2, 2005

Tue Jun 28 19:56:02 PDT 2005

FYI.. we made it into the AIFD newsletter :-)

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>Subject: AIFD Newsletter for July 2, 2005
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>Austin International Folk Dancers (AIFD) Newsletter for Saturday, July 2, 
>2005
>
>Come join us this Saturday to celebrate July 4th with an American Picnic 
>Potluck. Bring picnic food or sundae toppings -- ice cream will be 
>provided! Wear your red, white, and blue. Let's have a good old American 
>party with our friends and plenty of dancing, including some American 
>favorites with live music! Genevieve is looking for a few folks to help 
>with set up at 7:00 pm or to stay until 11:00 pm to help with clean up. 
>Thanks!
>
>Contents: This week's dancing, AIFD News, Contra Dance – a Living American 
>Folk Danc, Upcoming Special Events, More Folk Dancing-Extended Listing, 
>Board Contact Info
>
>This week's dancing: American Potluck Picnic, July 2, 7:30 - 11:00 pm, 
>Hancock Recreation Center, 41st and Red River, $5 per person
>*  7:30 – 8:15    Easy introductory dances and walk-throughs for anyone 
>new to folk dancing.
>*  9:00 – 9:30    Live music for American dances, including swing, 
>two-step, waltz, and contra
>*  10:30 – 10:45 Live music for international dances
>*  Programmers will be Madeline Brock and Sharon Casteel
>
>AIFD News: Please send lots of good wishes to these fellow dancers!
>*  After his 2nd triple bypass surgery in April, Lai-Hung’s husband 
>Richard Wang was transferred to Methodist Hospital in Houston, where last 
>week he received heart transplant surgery. He is still in ICU and very 
>weak and has some complications. Lai Hung and their sons are still in 
>Houston. Send your good wishes to them at rainbowlee at yahoo.com
>*  While spending the summer in Colorado, Ingrid and Stan Huskey were 
>rear-ended in their car at a red light. Besides considerable damage to the 
>car, Ingrid reinjured (but didn’t break) her left shoulder, can’t do much 
>with her left arm or drive a car, and will need extensive therapy. You can 
>send her your good wishes at ingridhuskey at yahoo.com
>
>Contra Dance – a Living American Folk Dance by Chuck Roth
>Contra dancing had its origins in the English country dances that settlers 
>brought to New England in the 1700’s. Over the years, it has continued to 
>evolve into a uniquely American folk dance form with influences from 
>English, Scottish, Irish, and French Canadian immigrants. For many years, 
>contra dancing was confined mainly to New England where it was danced in 
>homes and community halls to fiddle and piano. In recent years, it has 
>spread throughout the United States, and now contra dancing can be found 
>in almost every large city. Originally, the contra dances were less 
>vigorous with the active couples doing much of the work, but modern contra 
>dances keep every one moving most of the time.  Contra dancing continues 
>to spread by the “folk process” where new dances and patterns are passed 
>from one caller to another by word of mouth. In most communities, contra 
>dancing is done to live music. The annual Folklife Festival in Seattle is 
>a mecca for contra dancers with up to 600 dancers in the hall dancing to a 
>different caller and different band every hour.
>
>Upcoming Special Events
>* Afterparty at Sharon Casteel’s House: next week, July 9, 11:00 pm - ??; 
>Afterparties are a long-standing tradition in our group, open to all 
>dancers, and a wonderful way to get to know each other better. More info 
>next week! We hope to see you there.
>*  Lonie’s Graduation and Going Away Party, Sunday, July 17, 3:00 pm, Come 
>send fellow dancer Lonie McMichael off to her PhD program with tubing and 
>swimming on the San Marcos River followed by a potluck dinner at 5:30 pm. 
>Location TBA soon. 
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>*  58th Annual Texas Camp, Thursday, November 24 - Sunday, November 27, 
>2005, Bruceville, TX. This year's camp will feature Roo Lester teaching 
>Scandinavian couple dances and Ya'akov Eden teaching classic Israeli 
>dances. Stay tuned for more information or visit 
><http://www.tifd.org/>http://www.tifd.org/
>
>More Folk Dancing (Extended Listing first Newsletter of Every Month)
>*  Austin Scandinavian Dancers: We will not be meeting on July 7th. 
>Normally meets Thursday evenings 7:30 - 9:45 pm, First Universalist 
>Unitarian Church's Howson Hall, 4700 Grover. Teaching in July will be 
>Scandinavian Waltzes followed by request dancing, For more information, 
>call Lane Foster Harrell at 453-9633 or Stephanie Files at 454-0598. $3 
>per person donation requested.
>*  First UU Folk Dancing - Jo Soto and Bruce Bostwick lead mostly beginner 
>folk dances Monday, July 11 from 7-9, at First Unitarian Universalist 
>Church of Austin at 4700 Grover Ave. in Howson Hall (enter from the back 
>parking lot next to the kitchen). All dances taught. $2. Contact Jo Soto 
>at jo.soto at mail.utexas.edu or Bruce Bostwick at lihan161051 at sbcglobal.net 
>for more information.
>*  First Friday Contra Dancing - July 1, 2005, 7:30- 11:00 at Carpenter's 
>Hall, 400 Josephine, one block North and one block West of the corner of 
>Barton Springs and South Lamar. Beginner’s session from 7:30 - 8, with 
>dancing until 11. $8 (with a discount for AFTM members). Contact Nana 
>Lopez at sealantsby5 at aol.com or 970-4919 for more information. The band is 
>Runaway Brides and the caller is Ann Sarmiento.
>*  English Country Dancing - July 8, 8:00 – 11:00, Howson Hall at the 
>First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover Ave. $6, free for first time English 
>Dancers. All dances are called and you do not need to bring a partner. 
>Calling by Dave Macemon and/or Cynthia Stenger and live music by the 
>English Country Band. For more information contact Barbara Coeyman, 
>453-2026 or barbrevbarb at aol.com or Cynthia Stenger at 
>stengermacemon at earthlink.net or 512-341-8023. Note: This dance is 
>fragrance free.
>*  Austin Barn Dancers: Contra every Wednesday evening 7:30-9:45 pm. 
>http://www.austincontradance.org/ and link to Austin Barn Dancers.
>*  Scottish Country Dancing: 
><http://www.AustinSCD.org/>http://www.AustinSCD.org/ for more information 
>on classes and events offered by this group.
>*  Clickety Cloggers: 
><http://www.clicketycloggers.com/>http://www.clicketycloggers.com/ to find 
>out more about this high energy and fun form of dancing.
>*  Renaissance Dancing: We usually meet 2nd & 4th Sundays at Wells Branch 
>Rec. Center. Dances include English Country from Playford 1st Edition. 
>Webpage with directions: 
><http://ianthe.org/sca/dance/>http://ianthe.org/sca/dance/
>*  For dance events around Texas, check out Texas International Folk 
>Dancers' web site at <http://www.tifd.org/>http://www.tifd.org/.
>
>Austin International Folk Dancers 2005-2006 Board of Directors
>President: Bill Ogilvie - yastreb at austin.rr.com
>Vice President: Genevieve Kent - fethr at hotmail.com
>Treasurer: Robert Baden - rnbaden at juno.com
>Program Director: Wally Washington - wallywashington at hotmail.com
>Teaching Director: Lane Foster Harrell -lane at hpmm.com
>Secretary: Stephanie Files - jfiles at ix.netcom.com
>AIFD’s website is at 
><http://www.yastreb.com/tifd/aifd.html>http://www.yastreb.com/tifd/aifd.html.
>
>See you at dancing.
>
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