PRESIDENT's NOTE by JACK SELTZER 2015 Update It’S Time to Mark Your Calendar Joined Us for the (February 13 – 16, 2015), for the FFDC Weekend
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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2014 Special Points of Interest: ISRAELI DANCING AT KARMIEL USA Inside this issue: MOUNTAIN PLAYSHOP 2014 HELLO, DOLLY! President’s Note 1 Registraon for Camp 2 PRESIDENT'S NOTE BY JACK SELTZER 2015 Update It’s time to mark your calendar joined us for the (February 13 – 16, 2015), for the FFDC weekend. The Ocala Editor’s Note 3 35th “camp”. We will be honored to high school student have two great teachers, Lee Otterholt has accompanied her Israeli Dancing at (Balkan) and Yves Moreau (Bulgarian). mentor Lynda Fagan 4 Karmiel USA They have already booked their flights to every Florida fling and are planning to reward us with since then, and just some spectacular moments for three enmeshes herself in the fun and Mountain Playshop 2014 5 days and nights over Presidents’ excitement of all the dances! She’s Weekend 2015. Online registration has spectacular! So send me names of any Hello, Dolly (1)! 6 already started (see page 2). We’ll worthy recipients you might have in have a new t-shirt, a camp DVD and your group. Hello, Dolly (2)! 7 online syllabi for you when you check Last year, we tried a preplanned dance them off on your registration form. Go program for each of the three nights of Orlando Internaonal to the FFDC website to see the latest 8 dancing, and it worked well. Each night information: www.folkdance.org Folk Dance Club from a list of about 70 dances, we You may want to check out http:// could plan ahead for any of our Radost Dance Club 9 www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/ favorites. For this coming camp, we’re folktchr.htm, Dick Oakes’ master list of planning to do that again. This year we Gainesville Goings‐On 10 folk dance teachers, which includes should be able to insert dances taught both our teachers. They have been from each day. The planning is Tampa Trivia 11 teachers in our worldwide folk dance happening right now, so take the time community for many years, and their and email me any requests. Or you Gainesville Glier 11 folk dance expertise is unending and can insert them in your online always outstanding. They have registration form. The purpose of the Events 12 contributed so many unique dances list is to represent the consensus of and dance styling to our repertoire that requests as well as being more Folk Dance Tours 13 we just can’t wait for some more fun inclusive for greater participation each with them together all weekend. night. At this time your FFDC officers are Our new “camp” location, the Marriott looking for any new inspired dancers Renaissance Airport Hotel is pretty who could enjoy the weekend on an snazzy, that’s for sure. We’re going to Olga Princi Scholarship. Each year we kick back this year and enjoy a little bit honor the memory of Olga, who was a of luxury. Besides dancing on our great youthful, emerging dancer by awarding wooden floor all weekend with each a camp scholarship to one or more other and two fine guest teachers, we eager youthful or new to folk dancing will to sleep in more comfort, eat more people who can spread the folk dance interesting meals, enjoy some luxury spirit afterwards. Last year’s recipient, pools and appreciate a different level Olivia, has oozed the spirit since she (ConƟnued on page 2) Florida Folk Dancer Page 2 PRESIDENT'S NOTE (CONTINUED) of excitement. As they say, enjoy it conference on Thursday and Friday while you can. The opportunity to before our weekend. Before we begin dance there presented itself to us and Friday night, they will be meeting and it was hard to resist. dancing with France Moreau, Yves’ wife. For additional information, check For our great number of out-of-state out their website: http://www.nfo- dancers, book your flights to Orlando usa.org/ConferenceAnnual.htm They International as soon as possible, are handling their conference since the rates probably won’t come registration separately but all nights at down. Remember to check the the hotel will be booked through FFDC. Southwest Airlines fares as they are Pat Henderson, our FFDC Secretary, the largest carrier into Orlando. They is the site coordinator for this event. do not come up with general searches like Travelocity. If you have an account We have completed our summer with Southwest, you do not lose money travels and adventures. Have fun with for any changes. Also, they do not your fall activities and plan well for next charge for luggage. Remember that a February 13 – 16. We will be ready for free shuttle to and from the hotel is our long distance travelers here in available, a real convenience and a big Florida and can’t wait to welcome all of savings over renting a car for the our Florida and Georgia folk dance weekend. family as well. See you soon and remember to register for the upcoming This year, we are honored that the and spectacular 35th staging of FFDC National Folk Organization (NFO) Presidents’ Weekend camp! chose Orlando for their annual REGISTRATION FOR CAMP 2015 UPDATE BY JACK SELTZER Yahoo!!! Here are the most requested or top Registration started October 1 and who requests so far from were the first three dance fanatics this 20 registered peo- year? 1) Julieta Brambila from Gaines- ple: An Dro Retourne, Ca La Mahala ville (Go Gators!), 2) Diane Baker from (Mihai rules), Drjanovska Racenica 1 California (Go Southern California!) and 2 (they must be different), Gori and 3) a dancer we haven’t seen in a More, Ini Vitui, Jove Male Mome, Kali long time, Sandy Cowan from the Em- Tihi, Korobushka, Mairi’s Wedding, Oj pire State of New York (Go NYC!.. I’m Dimitro Le, Paraliakos, Serbez Donka from Brooklyn). (2014 camp, Steve), Staro Bansko Ho- Thanks to all the folks who have enthu- ro (an Yves favorite it seems, like so siastically joined in with us already for many), Syrtos Kritinou (a Lee favorite), next year’s camp (less than 4 months and Vlashko. to go). We can’t wait until we get to Please keep sending in your requests. dance together again and this year The more the merrier. Keep checking with two greats: Lee Otterholt and the website www.folkdance.org for all Yves Moreau! And don’t forget we get updates (a tentative camp schedule is to have some fine folks from NFO who there already). will be joining us in our special 35th celebration. SEP‐OCT 2014 Florida Folk Dancer Page 3 EDITOR’S NOTE BY PAT PIERATTE It has been a sad last few months in Hang in there Caroline. the folk dance community, with a We'll be there for you.” dancer and two dancer spouses The third tragedy was passing on. They say bad things my own, as my hus- happen in threes, so let’s hope that’s band of 31 years, Ed, all for awhile. passed on September 25, following a First Ed Wise, husband of Orlando’s three-week stay in the hospital. He was Nicki Wise passed on July 18th, in a good, gentle man who enjoyed Minneapolis, while they were on their gardening, animals and holidays. He way back from a cruise in Alaska. After was known for his dry sense of humor being married for 25 years, visiting and his elaborate Halloween and Alaska was one of his life-long dreams, Christmas yard decorations. I am so that is a memory for Nicki to hold on staying busy and doing well. Thanks to to. everyone for their support, and I’ll see many of you at the Fall Fling in Mel- Next our fellow dancer Gary Lanker bourne. passed on September 22, after a brief battle with lymphoma. We are all sad I was originally planning to talk about to lose him. Gary was so quiet that my great trip to Ireland with one of my many may not realize what an accom- sisters in July and August, but that will plished engineer he was, working in have to wait until the next issue. To get many positions around the world. In a taste of the trip, you can watch the the next issue, Caroline will write more short video clips Jim Gold posted, of about Gary’s dance history and life. some of the sights and activities we Gary and Caroline were married for 25 participated in during the trip, at Jim years also. Jack Seltzer wrote: Gold's Ireland trip video clips. There are a number of videos, but this is a “The Florida folk dance community is fun place to start: Dancing at Ball- saddened. A fine man won't be joining invrena crossroads. This video shows in our line dances or couple mixers. us dancing outside with the locals, to We all appreciated his incredible live music. You can see me, my sister easiness interacting on the dance floor. and many of the trip participants. My His natural smile or consistently sister is the one in the white sweater, thoughtful comments will be missed. who looks like me! SEP‐OCT 2014 Florida Folk Dancer Page 4 ISRAELI DANCING AT KARMIEL USA BY TERRY ABRAHAMS Every year Dany Benshalom and been coming to the Ruthy Slann present “Karmiel USA” States twice a year for which is a take-off on the big festival in almost 20 years as a Karmiel, Israel, but just a teensy bit “visitor”, and suddenly smaller! The last four years we have they started harassing him….he told met at “The Mountain” which is a UU them he only receives honorariums, retreat on top of a mountain in High- small as they are, and that he comes lands, NC just over the border from to help us love Israel with his feet.