Zi Măi Văsăli from Maramureș, Romania Presented by Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu

Zi măi Văsăli From Maramureș, Romania Presented by Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu

Formation: close mixed circle Position: free hands, facing center Pronunciation: zee muh(ee) vuh-SUH-lee Music: Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu Romanian Realm Vol. 6, band 16

------Meter: 2/4 Description of Zi măi Văsăli ------Meas. Introduction

1-2 no action 3-28 Clapping (optional):

Clap hands together (S-S), 2 times on each measure or Clap hands together (Q-Q-S), 3 times on each measure

Figure 1 (singing) (hands joined up in W pos.)

1 1 Step on R to the right 2 Step on L close to R

2 1 Step on R to the right 2 Step on L close to R (no wt)

3 1 Step on L to the left 2 Step on R close to L

4 1 Step on L to the left 2 Step on R close to L (no wt)

5-8 Repeat measure 1-4

9 1 Step on R in place & Step on L in place 2 Step on R in place & Stamp on L in place (no wt)

10 Repeat measure 9 with opposite ftwk (starting L ft)

Style: The footwork of measures 9-10 should be done flat foot.

60th Anniversary Workshop – Romanian with Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu 45 Miami Valley Folk Dancers, March 24-25, 2012, Dayton, Ohio ------Meter: 2/4 Description of Zi măi Văsăli (continued) ------Meas. Figure 1 (continued)

11-14 Repeat measures 1-4

15-16 Repeat measures 9-10

17-20 Repeat measures 1-4

Figure 2 (Instrumental)

1 1 Step on R in place 2 Step on L heel (no wt), L leg extend in front

2 1 Step on L near R 2 Step on R heel (no wt), R leg extend in front

3 1 Step on R in place & Step on L in place 2 Step on R in place & Stamp on L in place (no wt)

4 Repeat measure 3 with opposite ftwk (starting L ft)

Style: The footwork of measures 3-4 should be done flat foot.

5-24 Repeat measures 1-4, five more times (6 in total)

25-26 Repeat measures 1-2

Figure 1’(Ending)

1-20 Do Figure 1 as described 21-24 Repeat measures 1-4 25-26 Repeat measures 9-10 27-30 Repeat measures 1-4

Final pattern:

(F1 + F2) x 3 + F1’.

46 60th Anniversary Workshop – Romanian with Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu Miami Valley Folk Dancers, March 24-25, 2012, Dayton, Ohio Song for Zi măi Vasăli (Maramureș)

Zi măi Vasăli pă strunele cetiri Play those chords on your violin, my friend Vasali Și alege strunele după cum mi-s vorbele And choose the ones that go well with my lyrics Zini tu n-o vremea iară să fac lumea foc și pară Play again to set me on fire Foc și pară la jucat cu zongorașul meu drag. The fire burns when I dance with my dear fiddler.

Trage cu arcu să răsune Sighetu Aim your bow so the sound carries throughout Sighetu* Sighetu, Mara și Iza din Ieud până-n Botiza Sighetu, Mara and Iza, from Ieud to Botiza Pân-a treia după strune eu la lucru nu moi pune For three days I won’t work Că nu m-am stricat de cap să dau jocu pă lucrat. I’m not crazy, I won’t drop dancing for work!

Cetera i-a me când lângă mine-a șede The violin possesses me when I’m near it Cine mi-o dat mie glasu blestămatu ceterașu The fiddler curses the one who gave me my voice Cât în dreapta me a sta n-ar cunoaște hodina As long as he’s beside me, he can’t rest Numa în postu cel mic și-atuncea numa un pic Only during Lent and even then, just a little!

Când mi horea dragă scade horinca-nuiagă As I’m carried away by my Hora, the bottle of horinca** is emptied Și pălina-n coșu morii cântr-o bote-s tăţi ficiorii And the palina* runs out, and all the young men are as drunk as lords //Eu cant lumii ca și cucu să uiti di griji și lucru I sing ot the world like cuckoo to forget my worries and toil Să uite că și eu uit cetera când o ascult// To forget everything, just as I do when listening to the violin.

______*Region of Maramureș **Brandy

Presented by Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu

60th Anniversary Workshop – Romanian with Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu 47 Miami Valley Folk Dancers, March 24-25, 2012, Dayton, Ohio