FEBRUARY 1998-$1.50 Official Publication of the Folk Dance
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FEBRUARY 1998-$1.50 THE MAGAZINE OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING Official Publication of the Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Volume 55, No 2 February 1998 EDITOR & TABLE OF CONTENTS BUSINESS MGR, , Genevieve Pereira President's Message 3 FEBRUARY CONTRIBUTORS Festival of the Oaks 4 Barbara Bruxvoort EdKremers Sweetheart Festival 7 Max Horn Nadine Mitchell Statewide '98 8 Elsa Bacher Ruth Ruling Joyce Lissant Uggla George D. Marks International Cuisine 9 Larry Getchell Dancing on the Internet 10 FEDERATION OFFICERS - NORTH Council Clips . 11 Dance Descriptions: PRESIDENT Barbara Bruxvoort VICE PRESIDENT Mel vin Mann La Danse des Mouchoirs (Canada)... 13 TREASURER Page Masson Calendar of Events 15 REC. SECRETARY Laila Messer Events South 16 MEMBERSHIP Greg Mitchell PUBLIC RELATIONS Michael Norris Over 50 Years of Dancing 17 HISTORIAN , Craig Blackstone Dancers to Remember 18 PUBLICATIONS Nadine Mitchell Dance List by Council (Cont) 20 FEDERATION OFFICERS -SOUTH Classified Ads .........................23 PRESIDENT Marilyn Pixler VICEPRESIDENT Beverly Weiss On Our Cover TREASURER Forrest Gilmore REC. SECRETARY Carl Pilsecker Welcome to the Festival of the Oaks MEMBERSHIP CarolWall PUBLICITY Lois Rabb HISTORIAN Gerri Alexander NEWINFORMATTON: SUBSCRIPTIONRATE: $15 per year SUBMISSIONDEADLINE: $20 foreign & Canada Submission deadline for each issue BUSINESS OFFICE is the 25th of 2 months previous P.O.Box 1282 (i.e., March deadline would be Alameda, CA 94501 the 25th of January). Phone&FAX510-814-9282 Let's Dance (ISSN #0024-1253) is published monthly by the Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc., with the exception of the May/June and July/August issues, which are released each two-month period. Second class postage paid at Alameda and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc., P.O. Box 1282, Alameda, CA 94501. resident's Dear Folk Dancers: As I sit down to write this message, we're just launching a new year of folk dancing. We're looking forward to the Statewide festival and the many other opportunities we'll have to polka, waltz, line dance and pass the time with friends on the dance floor. I'm excited about the prospect of renewing acquaintances and continuing to prepare myself for the next century! Share your love of dancing with your non-dancing friends too, by inviting them to the Statewide dance concert. Hope to see you all many times this year. Best Regards, I Any copying or printing service.l ; a Preseni this coupon to Copy Pacific and act! 5?r • •'-. off any purcha^. One coupon per customer. Can • 1noi be used \viih anv other offer. Offer ends I : » November 30.19%. S5 min. order required. «, get tt cshx «tto*'& Mife sans |15%"6ffl sffijstM! copying a«Ji»iti*tj!»fYics» Drive a Power Mac (or ontylOt a minute • IReg. 20c a minute | :-^ Get Canon Color copies 81/2 "x 11" _ ^'\ ' ' M for 89 c! Reg. l,25ea., unlimied c^tes f! FOLK ((ppy Pacific; :„ Presenl ihn coupon IP Copy Pjcific lo uvc. One ^ • 1 coupon per customer. Offer ends November 3Q.1996.B. DANCE ;'B Cxi not be used i*iih my ofha offer. |:j 22583 foothill Blud.'Hayiuard Ph; 886-4443 » F«K: 086-3844 SCENE for current ethnic events and folk dance activities, current research on ethnic culture and dance, and other important folk dance topics. TO SUBSCRIBE.... Mail your check for $10, with your mailing address to: FOLK DANCE SCENE Subscription Office 469 N. Kings Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 February 1998 Page 3 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1998 11:00 - Committee meetings 11:30 - Assembly meeting 12:30 - Luncheon, meeting nlembors 1:30 - Festival Program 3:00 - Exhibitions 5:30 - See you next year REDWOOD HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER 3883 Aliso Ave., Oakland EXHIBITIONS Redwood Road at Warren Fwy. $4.00 Donation at the door To CO-SPONSORS: • U' Piedmonters Folk Dance Club g¥ Greater East Bay Folk Dance Council Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. Office of Parks & Recreation - City of Oakland -—~~~tf mni n «*«ii**<i »tu»tt »iwttwuutt«« *i en ti.<ni« t-J.t.i *~t tt.r ** *-.u^j r>t«i««i**« *«<u*t| t*^r\ wt»r*i M^-^*^ «ll.f 1.1..11.* •- <fc- *•.!• .1 «... t.L.«. M<|_.t *'l|l-. •*• •« U^l«.r. Cf ^.r^. •*« t.ll."** |d *< •*- W. «-.., **^r^- For additional information call - Max Horn (510) 228-8598 Page 4 , February 1998 WELCOME to the FESTIVAL OF THE OAKS, This is our 50th anniversary. International Folk Dancing as we know it started in the East Bay Area informaly in the 1930s. When the Federation was formed in 1942 there were some 20 or 30 classes, groups and clubs in the East Bay. After WWII Folk Dancing blossomed into a viable and entertaining pastime. People like Millie vonKonsky, who is still teaching, were leading groups throughout the area. These are the people that made it work. According to our history notes there were a number of major festivals in 1946 with some40 or more organized clubs and groups. On June 10, 1948 the first formal By Laws for the Oakland Folk Dance Council were ratified by 9 of these groups. That same year they sponsored a festival on July 5th at the Oakland Auditorium. That was the beginning of the 4th of July festivals which were the major festival of the year. In mid 1957 our notes begin to call the organization the Greater East Bay Folk Dance Council. That is when the Oakland council absorbed what was left of the other East Bay councils throughout the rest of Alameda County and Contra Costa County. From this huge beginning Folk Dancing in the area has now been reduced to some 20 classes, clubs or groups with people like Millie vonKonsky and Hal Rolfing teaching several groups, the Berkeley Folk Dancers having five classes a week and a number of individual classes or groups taught by hard workers like Lucia and Duke Edwards, Gertrude Khuner and Bert and Marianne Work. We hope you enjoy our afternoon of dancing. We are not sure of the continuation of the Greater East Bay Folk Dance Council but hope we can find people to at least continue our programs. '& T>4*tce, February 1998 ; Page 5 Festival of the Oaks Dance Program 1. Kostursko - 1956 27. Karamfil - 1984 2. Ve David - 1960 28. Numero Cinco 3. Vrapcheto - 1982 29. Shifting Bobbins - 1981 4. Trip To Bavaria - 1973 30. Blue Pacific Waltz - 1952 5. Caballito Blanco - 1950 31 . Maple Leaf Rag - 1982 6. Lemonia - 1993 32. Tino Mori - 1966 7. Tango Poquito - 1966 33. La Cachucha - 1953 8. Tfilah - 1990 34. Hora Lautereasca - 1992 9. Contra 35. Contra 10. Bavno Oro - 1962 36. Jove Malo flome - 1966 11. Corn'do - 1947 37. Double Sixsome - 1975 12. Postie's Jig - 1976 38. Gerakina - 1955 13. Bella Franca - 1967 39. Western Trio Mixer - 1960 14. Das Fenster - 1962 40. Prekid Kolo - 1961 15. Lech Lamidbar - 1965 41 . Dodi Li - 1952 16. Hambo - 1946 42. Ali Pasa - 1972 17. Grand Square - 1970 43. Square 18. Novoselsko Horo - 1991 44. Godecki Cacak - 1968 19. Korobushka - 1946 45. Alexandrovska - 1946 20. Balmoral Strathspey - 1983 46. La Salamandre - 1993 21. Joe Batranesc - "1995 47. Midrele - 1980 22. Mr. Lucky - 1965 48. Prince William - 1731 (1973) 23. Alunelul - 1965 49. Belasicko - 1968 24. Margaret's Waltz - 1965 50. El Gaucho Tango - 1963 25. Imate Li Vino - 1982 51. Jovano Jovanke - 1959 26. Square 52. Oslo Waltz - 1956 NOTE: We have put a date behind each dance indicating the approximate year that dance began to appear on programs in the Bay Area. The Hambo, Korobushka and Alexandrovsk were already popular enough to be on most regular programs by 1946. Prince William ws already noted as a popular dance in 1731, not in the Bay Area however. We thought this would be interesting information for your afternoon of dancing on this historical occasion. Page 6 February 1998 SWEETHEART FESTIVAL '98 - 27TH YEAR AND COUNTING WELCOME TO OUR SUNDAY FEB. 15,1998 1:30 TO 5:30 pm 2TTH AWN UAL- PROGRAM S1-TN.1A (I.) 21. LIGHTS OF VIENNA 2. MISS FRENCHY BROWN 22. BELAS1CKO ORO (L) 3. GARRY STRATHSPEY 23. WINDMILL QUAD. 4. ALEXANDROVSKA 24. EL GAUCHO TANGO 5. SOMEWHERE MY LOVE 25. OKLA. MIXER - 3 (P) Sweetheart Festival 26. COUPLE HASAPIKO SUNDAY FEB. 15,1998 6. TANGO MANN'.TA 27. DREISTEYRER CONVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1226 SALVADOR AVE. NAPA, CA. 7. MAIRl'S WEDDING 28. MARGARET'S WALTZ fP) here 8. TOTUR FRA YEJLECP) 29. DIVCBARSKO KOLO 9. T1NO MORI (L) 30. LA BASTRINGUE (P) 10. MR. LUCKY 31. MILONDITA TANGO 32. FIGURENTANZ (P) ll.HORA FETALOR (L) 33 ADA'SKUJAW1AK % 1 12. DOUBLE SIXSOME 34 TRIP TO BAVARIA 13. BOHEMIAN NAT'L POLKA 35' BAPARDESS (L) 14. KARAMFIL (L) 15. SWEDISH-FINN. MIXER (P). 36. CHANCIER QUAD. 37. RANCHERA 16. LEV I JACKSON RAG 38. SPINNRADL (P) 17. JAPANESE SOFT SHOE 39. SALTY DOG RAG TZADIK KATAMAR (L) 18. BLUE BELL WALTZ (P) 40. 19. HAMBO 20. NEVER ON SUNDAY (L) 41. CORR1DO 42. POSTIES JIG 43. WESTERN TRIO MIXER (P) AS A VALENTINF TREAT 44. ALI PASA (L) WE'LL ALSO HAVE CALLERS 45. MAPLE LEAF RAG WHO WILL LEAD US IN EASY CONTRAS AND SQUARES 46. LA CACHUCHA ALSO ON DISPLAY WILL BE 47. VRAPCHETO (L) OVER 40 YEARS OF 48. ELIZABETH QUAD. "LET'S DANCE" MAGAZINE " 49.SHIRI LI KINERET (L) AND MANY PAST FESTIVAL PROGRAMS 50. BLUE PACIFIC WALTZ Vallejo February 1998 Page? 1 bJ ine£ -El Statewide International Folk Dance Festival 1998 B May 22, 23, 24, 25 It's only a few months away. M ak& Vou-- Miyako Inn - San Francisco (415)921-4000 (800)528-1234 FAX(4 15)923- 1064 San Francisco Lcuwel' Motor Inn (415)567-8467 (800)552-8735 FAX(4 15)928- 1866 Be sure to mention that you are a Folk Dancer Page g _ _ £et'& £?«*««, February 1998 INTERNATIONAL CUISINE '%ft M E N I A Armenians like to think they originated all of the favorite foods, such as shish kebab, kufta, pilaf and pakhlava, but there is a natural overlapping with Turkish, Greek and Arabic foods.