Dance Classes Wednesdays, Now Through March 11, Then April 1–June 3 SKANDIA BASICS DANCE CLASS
March 2020: Skandia Dance and Music Events Dances Friday, March 6 SKANDIA FIRST FRIDAY DANCE, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526-52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA 98036-7610. At 7:30 p.m., Frank and Elaine will be teaching fun Danish dances that will be played by the band this evening. Requirements: Bring a smile and enthusiasm. At 8:30, we welcome Gammel Dansk from Vancouver, B.C. When not dancing or enjoying dessert and coffee, the seven musicians in Gammel Dansk love nothing better than to play Nordic tunes on their fiddles, chromatic button accordion, guitar, uke, keyboard, and bass, with an occasional clarinet or trombone tossed in for good measure. Their program is sure to include plenty of bygdedans and gammaldans, as well as a sociable sprinkling of mixers and sets, quickly taught on-the-fly. Class, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8:30–11 p.m. $15 (Skandia members, $10); kids, free. Info: www.skandia- folkdance.org or (425) 954-5262. Friday, March 20 SKANDIA THIRD FRIDAY DANCE, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526-52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA 98036-7610. Harry Khamis and Pat Pi will teach Gothenburg Mazurka and E-18 Polka in the hour prior to the evening dance. At 8:30, Seattle's Hale Bill & the Bopps will take the stage. Making liberal use of fiddles, piano, voice, hardingfele, and nyckelharpa, the Bopps will play a wide variety of dances, from fun mixers and gammaldans to polskas and springars. Class, 7:30; dance, 8:30–11 p.m. $15 (Skandia members, $10); kids, free. Info: www.skandia-folkdance.org or (425) 954-5262.
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