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Neat Document ! /Vf 1 T^"L3±CLiCL: THE MAGAZINE OF INTGRNATIONAL FOLK DANCING ** March 2006 Oy Memo action at the Sacramento Scholarship Ball (Photo by Lara Tuell Goralski din Stocktonu at the Heritage Festival (Photo by editor) OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THG FOLK DANCG FGDGRATION OF CALIFORNIA INC. Volume 63, No. 3 March, 2006 Edtor.editor@letsdancemag. Gary netAnderson TABLE OF C0NTGNT5 AND CONTRIBUTORS 4is!4088594i897WOOdaCre' ^^™ A Celebration of the Life of Dick Crum> Gary Anderson, page 14 Council clips: Contributions from clubs A Free Study Tour of Japan, Bin Rieger, page 11 Address change and membership: Calendar of Events, page 4 Calendar:Sidney Messer, [email protected] Gary Anderson, Ca|| fof contributions, editor World Congress ° onr Dance, page° 9 Proofreaders: Irene Croft, Denis and Council and Club Clips, Barbara Malakoff, Naomi Lidicker, Rosa Savage page 13 Visit our new website: letsdaiiceinag.net Q |d Ron g 3 Site designer: Mmdy Pines, ' ' r ° [email protected] Dance Description: Polca din batrani, Karen Wilson Bell, Joyce Lissant Uggla, page 19 ""SSST^W vickiand, email: Editor, Heritage Festival, page 3 [email protected] Folk Dance Scholarship Survey, Mel Mann, page16 vice President Marion Earl In Memoriam: John Alfors, by Irene Oxford, page 7 ESSSS^STb^ ^ 0xford. bylrene oxford. p^ 15 Editor: Gary Anderson Wayne Wills, by Clarice Wills, page 7 Membership: Sidney Messer Letters to the editor, pages 14 & 16 Public Relations: Donna Frankel _. ., .,., . ,. ... , , , „ Historian: Vacant President s Message, Vick Vickland, page 3 insurance: EisaBacher Should today's youth be interested in folk dance? Bill Lidicker, Publications: Joel Bruxvoort paae 12 Website: www.folkdance.com ^. .. .... ,, 0 . ,-. _ ,, ._ , _ Event flyers posting: Dick Rawson, Statewide, What exactly is Salsa Rueda? Marion Earl, page 9 [email protected] Tenth Areata Folk Dance Festival, Craig Kurumada, page 16 Federation officers, South Treasures from the Past, Bramhall Dances South, President: Karen Wilson-Bell Frances Bramhall, page 7 vice President: Marsha Fenner Welcome new members, Sidney Messer, page 3 Treas^^RickBing^ ^ mg 6 Wnat makes a 9ood student? Loui Tucker, page 23 Membership: steve Himel Where to dance, pages 24-27 Publicity: Sylvia Stachura Historian: Julith Neff Website: http://us.geocities.com/ FDFedSouthlnc/ The deadline for Let's Dance! is one month prior to publication. Donations: Material for the April/May issue must be received by March 1. Gifts and donations to The Folk Dance Federation Please send to: Gary Anderson, Editor of California, Inc., a 501, c, 7, not-for-profit organi- gox 543 Woodacre, CA 94973 zation, are fully deductible as charitable donations. .. ... ^, , ,' email: [email protected] Send to: Treasurer Berkeley,1108 High CA 94708 Court Opinions expressed in Let's Dance! are not necessarily 510-524-9168 those of the Federation/North nor of the Editor. Join now: Website: Membership rate is $22.50 per year (plus $5.00 for foreign) theYou Federation'scan now post web yoursite: folkdancewww.folkdance.com. event flyers. , .. on (Associate ... member) , „ , If you need assistance, contact Dick Rawson at Mai1 applications, renewals & checks to: [email protected] Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Sidney Messer, Membership ©Let's Dance! (ISSN#0024-1253) is published P.O. Box 561 monthly by the Folk Dance Federation of California, o .-. p. „.„,, Inc., with the exception of the May-June and July- SausalltO, CA ^4960 August issues, which are released each two month Phone/fax: 415-332-1020 California.period. Standard mail postage paid at Sacramento, email: [email protected] CJZfi^/ tPffiG PRESIDENT'SIt is great to see more MESSAGE and more people getting involved in the (In a previous column, President Vick Vickland called for peo- Federation. This is evident not only with the increased mem- ple to suggest "Crazy Ideas" that might have a benefit for the bership> but wjth members. increased activity in promoting Federation or folk dancing. Here is the first that has come in.) fo,k dancjng and m making our programs more inviting. Just Here is a thought for Crazy Ideas' establishing the "Sparkplug Committee" has sparked a flow of It seems to me in reading the Feb. 2006 Let's Dance ideas- A number of suggestions have come forth, not only Magazine, the public is having a problem with the name Folk fr°m the committee, but from others offering suggestions to Dance. Specifically the word Folk. It might be time to update me and to the committee. Several have involved drawing in the name to fit in the 21 st. century. Note the report from Down younger dancers, such as making programs free or at low cost Under. They dropped the name Ballroom because that to those under 25, and putting publicity out to high schools, sounded old and stodgy. We may have the same problem with Junlor colleges, colleges and universities. Someone suggested the word Folk. We are International Dancers. Looking at the a sPecial issue of Let's Dance! focused on ideas and programs front cover page of the Feb. 2006 Let's Dance Magazine, leave that have been successful at various clubs, with members be- Let's Dance The Magazine Of (drop Folk) International Dane- in§ asked t0 offer Just a few sentences, rather than a whole ing. At the bottom of the page use. Official Publication Of The article> on something that has been successful in their club. I International Dance Federation Of California Inc. I send this hoPe this wil1 be developed, as I am aware of some ideas that to you with the hope this will start ideas and other thoughts. have been successful, such as a different approach to Sacra- __Ron Bueno mento's Scholarship Ball, which is reported elsewhere in this issue. At Sacramento's last beginners' festival, admission was _____________________________ free to any new folk dancer AND to the person who brought them. I'm sure your club has tried some innovative ideas, some Editor that have worked and some that have not. How about writing rj-,,l ne Heritage yj b estiva! j-, was a. lot j ot run! gether j int0 oner r speCjai i them up iSSUe with a fewof sentencesLet's Dance!and see if these can be put to- I went to the Heritage Festival on Saturday, January 14. Another suggestion has come forth that we find with (Usually we go down to San Carlos for the Friday night party whom we are dancing. Do we really know those other people, with Marcel and stay the night but as Irene wasn't coming I 0r are they just someone we dance with? Are they doctors, just went down on Saturday—sorry Marcel, I missed your engineers, retired rocket scientists? Sacramento's Kolo Koali- party.) Went to the board meeting. It was very nice to hear the tion occasionally has a tea party, a pizza party, or other event compliments that the articles in the magazine received. We are before dancing, giving an opportunity for members to get to fortunate indeed to have such excellent and willing volunteer know each other better. Some groups go out for coffee or din- writers, ner, depending on the time of their program, after the dance. The institute teachings with Bill and Louise Lidicker and How do your members get to know each other? Marion Earl were great! I really enjoyed the Romanian couple Another suggestion surprised me, that my e-mail address dances Dansuri din Firiza and Polca din Batrani that Marion and phone number be listed in Let's Dance! My surprise was taught and absolutely loved the Mazur Royale from Poland not the suggestion, but that they hadn't been listed. As secre- taught by Bill and Louise. The Goralski din Stocktonu, a non- tary, I always listed my e-mail address at the end of the partner dance, is a fun dance also. Having Elsa Bacher for a "What's Happening" article, but I wasn't aware that it hadn't partner probably had a lot to do with it. been included. It will now be included on page two, plus at the All the events had a good turnout and the evening party end of this article, had Vercernica playing choreographed dances for the first joyful Dancing!, and let me hear from you. hour. I want to thank Naomi Lidicker and Ann Brown for __ e. C. "Vick" Vickland, President dancing with me. (I received some sharp questioning about ([email protected], 916-921-0955) where Irene was! Not to worry, she doesn't care for meetings and was safe at home.) _____________________________ An exhibition group from the Chinese Folk Dance Asso¬ ciation performed with grace and agility. Very enjoyable. An important part of a party with the Peninsula Council J^g Welcome OUf tiew members theis the palate quality and of thethe refreshments waistline. Many Well tasty done treats Peninsula! to tempt Membershi members- chairman, sidney Messer, reports the following Bonnie Le Mat, San Jose, CA 95102 _____________________________ Ellen M. Templar, Scottsburg OR 97473 David J. Watkins, Carmel, CA 93921 Note:T, . Ad . erate increase , .. ...l* alT haaaj?faP:ycDa"cer?' cn Ehana de Sordi, ^Sao talTa'CAPaulo, Brazil 94952 toThe $35.00ad rate forand member will clubs go upwill $*00 go up for$ 10.00 a halffor a pagefull page to D$20.00. { j ^ The lTsIX^£S£Alameda CA 94502 clS vprevious rate did not meet the cost of producing a page inF the t-u- &u • F 5 This brings . *Zi our total icirculation ^ ,„„,to 408! ,,, We are growing magazine.° very. , nicely. & & J£*>£'a. Hmcc.' — March, 2006 page 3 March, 2006 Calendar of Events We reserve the right to edit all submissions and assume no responsibility for accuracy Send future events information to Gary Anderson, Editor, Let's Dance!, Box 548, Woodacre, CA 94973 e-mail: [email protected] The deadline for listings is one month prior to the magazine date.
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