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UNITED STATES NATIONAL OF AMERICA ORGANIZATION 15221 N. CR 400E Eaton, IN 47338 FOLK DANCE, MUSIC, CULTURE, CRAFTS: THE www.nfo-usa.org 2019 NFO CONFERENCE WILL HAVE IT ALL! President By Cricket Raybern, Portland, OR and Ed Austin, Provot, UT Greg Lund The 2019 NFO national conference, April 11–13, will be hosted by Brigham Young Vice President University’s Department of Dance. Comprised of World Dance, Ballroom, Contemporary, Cricket Raybern and Ballet, BYU enrolls over 5,000 students in dance classes each semester and sponsors Treasurer five major dance companies who perform worldwide. Taunya Lund The three-day event will offer participants opportunities to interface with professionals Secretary from throughout the nation, hear presentations on cultural dance and dance science, Vickie Austin participate in dance workshops and parties, view dance performances, and enjoy a guided President-Elect tour of the BYU campus, its library and dance archives, the dance department’s collection Jeanette Geslison of cultural costuming, and the Museum of Art. Expect the following: Immediate Past President Dancing and the Brain: The Neurological Effects of Dance. Carrie Ekins is an international educator, presenter, and creator, whose passion for this subject is igniting the Ed Austin world. She is dedicated to educating and creating programs that make a difference and BOARD OF TRUSTEES inspire others to seek a positive and healthy lifestyle. Founder of Drums Alive, Carrie will Elected present a fun, stimulating lecture demonstration for all to participate in and enjoy. Bobi Ashley Dancing, Dancing, Dancing—the President’s Reception, “Plus.” What’s the Plus? It’s Jo Crawford dancing with NFO conference attendees, plus about 200 BYU students, including Jeanette Geslison members of the International Folk Dance Ensemble and Traditionz. Mix in some good Kristine Handy food, meeting new friends and future colleagues, with request dancing and you have all the Amy Jex ingredients for an evening to remember! Be thinking about dances you’d like to request. Karlene Kjerstin This is your chance to dance with some of the best. Roo Lester Do Monkeys Dance? Possibly...but what I do know is that the Balinese Kecak is also Bill Lidicker called the Monkey Dance. This ceremonial dance was developed in the 1930s, and is Sally Martin performed throughout Bali. Jeremy Grimshaw, an ethnomusicologist who visits Bali to Diane Vadnais study their culture, will not only discuss its origins, but will also give each of us the Founders opportunity to show our “monkey side” by participating in this unique ritual. Vyts Beliajus (deceased) Problems Controlling an Uli Uli or Poi Ball? Kaui Tu’ia can help you with that, and George Frandsen may even include some of these items in our Polynesian Dance Workshop. With Mary Bee Jensen (deceased) Hawai’ian ancestry, Kau’i has performed Polynesian dance from a very young age. L. DeWayne Young (deceased) Dancers from BYU’s Living Legends might join us for part of the workshop. Members of this dance company must have Native American, Latin American, or Polynesian ancestry. NFO NEWS The group performs authentic dances from these specific cultures. Editor Kathy Bruni Interested in Attending a Dance Workshop in Ukraine? With the help of her NFO Assistant Editor Discover the Arts grant, Mary Beth Johnson did just that. She will share her experience Sanna Longden and let us know how we can do the same. Perhaps, at some time during the conference, she Production may share a dance with us. Karlene Kjerstin (Continued on page 3) 2 NFO News January 2019

PRESIDENT’S CORNER NFO President Greg Lund, Eaton, IN

Once again, the end of the year is upon us, are providing opportunities for people to travel celebrations are abounding, and a new year is to festivals, camps, workshops, and other just around the corner. At this time of the year, events, which will further their knowledge of I operate on the theory that there is no such the folk arts. They also provide partial funding thing as too many lights , so after for programs and projects in the folk arts that several days of hanging lights on anything that otherwise might go unsupported. The Liability would support them, I am positive that we can Insurance program is making it more affordable be seen from a distance, perhaps even from for teachers, dancers, and organizations to space. Maybe it just helps to overshadow the dance and perform, without the necessity of dreariness of short, cloud-covered, grey days. I insurance coverage becoming a barrier. wish each of you a joyous holiday season and, Another positive created by these programs is if you are feeling down, just look for the glow in the that each of them is also generating new members. We evening sky coming from Eaton, Indiana. survey those joining the NFO, and in the vast majority of As I sat down to write this column, my last one before cases, one or more of these programs are the reason(s) turning the reins of the NFO over to Jeanette, I was totally stated for individuals and groups joining us. And that is clueless as to what I would say. In the past, I have used only happening because you are excited and are talking this space to talk about some of the programs that have about them. So, I thank all of you for all you have done to been instituted in the NFO to help support the organization, make this happen. and the folk arts in general. As I sit here thinking about I can’t close this column out without promoting the those programs and services now, I feel no need to say upcoming conference in Provo, Utah. Ed, Cricket, and the very much, because they seem to be running pretty well. entire committee have been hard at work putting together And that is not because of me, or anything I have done; it an amazing program of workshops, dances, performances, is because some of you have felt strongly about those issues discussions, and other events that you will find interesting and have taken the bull by the horns and directed them. and instructional. (Please see the articles on the conference The Preserving Our Heritage Awards are honoring those in this newsletter.) Notice that I made no mention of who have devoted their time, talents, and means to business meetings. That is because we are consolidating keeping our folk arts alive. Pourparler is providing all of our business meetings into one morning session. If opportunities for people to share dances with others, often you have normally skipped Thursday because it was all helping young teachers to discover new material that they meetings, you may want to make plans to join us instead. can then share with their students. The Grants programs The program begins in earnest shortly after lunch.

IN THIS ISSUE The Best Kind of Dancing (Stockton Dance Camp) .... 16 Folk Dance, Music, Culture, Crafts: The 2019 NFO Conference Will Have It All! ...... 1 Pourparler 2018 ...... 16 President’s Corner ...... 2 Membership in the NFO ...... 18 2019 NFO Conference Heritage Awardees, Bannerman Folk Camp Looks Toward 50th Anniv. .... 18 Presenters, & Performers ...... 4 Arts Grant for Making Bobbin Lace ...... 20 NFO 2019 Conference Hotel and Schedule ...... 8 New SOFDH Website ...... 22 NFO 2019 Conference Schedule at a Glance ...... 8 Elsie Dunin at CCDR ...... 22 NFO Nominations 2019 ...... 10 Hazel Young Workshop ...... 22 Memories ...... 11 Advertising Rates ...... 22 Colors of Persia ...... 12 Folk Dance Events Network ...... 23

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER (Continued from page 2) spans Bharathanatyam, Mohiniattom, Kathakali, the folk dances of India, and the phenomenon of Bollywood. At the close of the conference, Jeanette Geslison will Pow Wows to Cirque du Soleil to NFO. As a member of assume the position of President of NFO. Jeanette is BYU’s Living Legends, Michael Goedel honed the currently the Artistic Director of the BYU International performance of his Native American Hoop Dance to such a Folk Dance Company. I have not had the opportunity to level of skill, precision, and artistic beauty that Cirque du work closely with her, but I have seen the amazing Soleil hired him to perform with them. We are thrilled to program produced at BYU and, in discussions with her, I have him performing his Hoop Dance at our banquet. believe she will be a most capable leader for us. I am Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All Related). Who isn’t looking forward to what the future of NFO will hold, and fascinated by Native American culture, its messages for life, I thank you for all the support you have given me over and its beautiful handwork and crafts? In addition to sharing these past three years. his personal story, Gary Fields and his family will treat us to a hands-on experience with Native American crafts.

CONFERENCE (Continued from page 1) Dance: A Reflection of Culture. Ed Austin, BYU Dance Professor Emeritus, and past President of NFO, lived in the Connect With Your Ancestors by Dancing in Their islands of Samoa in 1973–74, and then returned in 2011 as Shoes. For over 50 years, Laraine Miner has been doing part of a sabbatical leave from Brigham Young University. just that. With the assistance of an NFO Discover the Arts His ethnographic fieldwork focusing on a ritual dance, grant, she recently published her book, Mormon Pioneer Taualuga, revealed fascinating information surrounding the Dances, featuring 31 authentic pioneer dances. Jessica princess’s crown. Participants will experience a glimpse Jones and her children’s group will demonstrate some into this unique cultural artifact and its connection to dance. selected dances from Laraine’s research. Kinnecting School Curriculum to Dance? That’s easy Have You Ever Fed a Gamelan? Of course not! A when you join Kinnect, a 12-member outreach dance gamelan isn’t an animal. It’s a musical instrument from company for schools K-6. These student performers, with Bali that goes back to the 8th century in Java. Because Bali their instructor, develop a 30-minute presentation that has no equivalent of Middle C, or a tuning fork, each integrates academic concepts within math, language, gamelan is tuned only to itself. That’s especially tricky science, etc. with dance. They will present this year’s when a single instrument is comprised of several pieces program for us and then talk about their classroom that need to be tuned together. Each piece is symbolically activities. This will be a great opportunity to pick up ideas ornate—usually, adorned with gold leaf. We will peek in for exciting ways to use dance with children in the schools. on a rehearsal of those who play BYU’s 32-piece gamelan, An Afternoon of Dancing. Several folk dance groups from and Jeremy Grimshaw will demonstrate how it is played. the greater Salt Lake area will join us for a festival of Sounds of Silk. Lloyd Miller, ethnomusicologist, will display dancing. Live music will be provided by Zivio, and each many of his Persian instruments and play beautiful Persian group will bring dances to share. There will also be time for music at our banquet. Lloyd, who plays more than 100 request dances. This is our opportunity to meet, dance, instruments, will be assisted by Katherine St. John. You may laugh, and make friends with dance groups from Utah. have seen part of his amazing collection while touring the Festival of Nations. Festival of Nations has become a BYU library. This will be your chance to view these instruments tradition within the BYU World dance program. NFO up close, and possibly even play a few, if you’re so inclined. attendees will be hosted at an international potluck dinner Folk Music and Storytelling. This is how many groups of by members of the folk dance ensembles. Following dinner, people have passed on their culture and traditions from attendees will be escorted to a performance featuring the generation to generation. During the Awards Banquet on International Folk Dance Ensemble, Living Legends, Friday, Clive Romney will delight us with folk music and Traditionz, and three additional ensembles in BYU’s Folk the art of storytelling as he introduces us to the settlers of Utah. Dance Program. After the performance, Zivio will play for a final dancing opportunity with conference attendees and Classical Indian Dance and Bollywood. Divya BYU students—a grand finale to our three-day NFO Narayanan, a multifaceted dance artist, will provide a experience. program of beautiful and intricate classical dances from India, performed by Divya and dancers from the Divya *For our presenters’ full bios, the final schedule, and the School of Dance. Now living in Utah, Divya’s expertise registration form, see the NFO web site. www.nfo-usa.org.

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music and dance tradition. Her of folk music and 2019 NFO CONFERENCE dance was augmented by her participation in the BYU HERITAGE AWARDEES, International Folkdance Ensemble and their first European performance tour in 1964. Since then, she has been avidly PRESENTERS, & PERFORMERS researching, teaching, and presenting the traditional folk/ Ed Austin, Provo, UT social dances of her Mormon pioneer ancestors. Her recently published book, released May 9, 2018, Mormon Gary Fielding—2019 Heritage Awardee & Presenter Pioneer Dances, features 31 authentic dances of the early Mormons, easy-to-understand instructions for the dances, Gary Fields has had a life-long historical context, and a DVD of all the music. love affair with Native American culture. Beginning at an early Craig Miller—2019 Heritage Awardee age, he and his brother spent Specializing in studies of hours playing Cowboys and cultural diversity in the Indians with their friends; they American West, Craig Miller has always insisted on being the worked closely with arts groups Indians. Gary continued to and ethnic communities to cultivate this interest in college, produce festivals, concerts, and as he learned from Native publications that help make American students and attended diverse cultures accessible to the cultural events with them. He general public. Until his spent two years living with the retirement, he worked as the First Nations people of Alberta and Saskatchewan and Folk Arts Coordinator for the learned from the elders about the history, music, dance, Utah Arts Council, researching and stories of the Native American world. Upon returning and documenting traditional to Brigham Young University, he participated in the culture. He administered three grant programs to encourage Intertribal Choir, learned how to make and play the the perpetuation and education of folk art expressions: the traditional Indian flute, and sang with a drum group, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Project, Master Class/Workshop traveling to pow-wows and other cultural events in the Grants, and Folk Arts Project Grants. Other projects at the Western United States. These events paved his path to the Council have included programming the past 33 years of performing, teaching, and directing of Native American the annual Living Traditions Festival—A Celebration of Arts. After leaving college, he founded Morning Star, a Salt Lake’s Folk and Ethnic Art; hosting weekly Utah Native American cultural arts group. His wife, Angela Traditions radio shows on station KRCL; recording a series (Hopi/Chemehuevi), and he co-direct the ensemble, of CDs featuring ethnic music from Utah; and producing a presenting Native American culture throughout the United book and CD on Social Dance in the Mormon West. He States and in northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the has lectured statewide for the Utah Humanities Council Middle East. Locally, they provide educational Speakers Bureau and has served on grant advisory panels demonstrations for children through the schools and in for the National Endowment for the Arts, and state arts scouting programs. Demonstrations include instruction in councils across the West. traditional Native games, bead work, hides and furs, tipi set up, the making of cornhusk dolls, and Native music and As a private consultant, he has researched cultural traditions dance. They have participated and presented artists for a wide range of organizations, in many international festivals including Alliance for California Traditional Artists, the throughout the world and have San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, the National been part of Utah’s Springville Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Miami International Film World Folkfest every year Festival, and the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival. since it began 32 years ago. Craig’s love for recreational folk dance began as a student Laraine Miner—2019 while attending Florida State University. Heritage Awardee & Dr. Lloyd C. Miller—2019 Heritage Awardee; Presenter Performance/Demonstration Laraine Miner was born into a Dr. Lloyd C. Miller, ethnomusicologist, Fulbright scholar, family with extensive Mormon author of 14 books (including The Genesis of Jazz and Its pioneer ancestry, and a strong

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Roots), writer, performer, cultural dances of America abroad at international folk recording artist, teacher, and dance festivals. Often working together, the two of them arts advocate, came to his have created opportunities for hundreds of young people to knowledge and skills learn and perform the traditional cultural dance and music primarily in the non- of the United States. academic way: in the mentor- Clive continues to serve as Executive Director of Utah to-apprentice traditional folk Pioneer Heritage Arts and is on the board of directors of arts pattern. Playing music the Utah Arts Council. for over 50 years, he absorbed the musical systems Carrie Ekins, MA—Keynote Speaker of several Eastern countries during 13 years residence in Carrie Ekins is Chief Europe and the Middle East Executive Officer, Education and plays over 100 instruments from 13 musical traditions. Coordinator, and owner of Drums Alive Inc. and UG. She Dr. Miller earned his PhD in 1995 from the University of also is the founder and creator Utah in Middle East Studies. Beginning with a Fulbright of Drums Alive® and co- Scholarship, Dr. Miller’s seven years’ residency and founder of Academic Beats®. research in and neighboring countries resulted in his dissertation, now a book entitled Music and Song in Carrie has a master's degree in Persia: The Art of Avaz, published by Curzon Press in Physical Education, Dance London. Dr. Miller has published over 20 books and more with emphasis in Sports than 100 articles in newspapers, magazines, and trade Medicine from Brigham journals in Tehran, Beirut, Kabul, London, Utah, Young University and is a Colorado, and California. He was commissioned to score doctoral candidate at the two world premieres of jazz arrangements for the Utah University of Chemnitz, Germany. She is an international Symphony Orchestra, and also for the Colorado Springs presenter, trainer, and educator in the fitness and wellness Symphony. Over the decades, he has presented hundreds field and was awarded 2012 Program Director of the Year of concerts and festivals in Utah and taught Eastern music from the IDEA (International Dance Exercise Association) at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. and Best International Presenter 2010 and Most Innovative and Creative Programming for Drums Alive ® 2010 from Clive and Bonnie Romney—2019 Heritage Awardees; the ECA (East Coast Alliance). Performance Carrie is known for her creative and unique approach to Clive Romney and Bonnie total fitness through incorporating the mind, body, and Hansen met through Bonnie’s spirit into an integrated fitness/wellness program. She folk dancer roommate, and desires that of all of her programs meet the needs of married and honeymooned diverse audiences, including young children, the elderly, or while traveling and individuals with special needs. She believes that the performing with the Brigham experience and joy of movement and rhythm are the same Young University Folk Dance for everyone; however, the expression of it may vary Ensemble; Bonnie danced and according to the population one is teaching. Carrie's Clive was one of the extensive teaching experience and background in dance, musicians. Since that time, competitive athletics, and fitness/wellness program they have used their talents to development give her the opportunity to create and inspire share their passion for instructors and students alike. American dance and music with countless others, both here and abroad. Carrie shares her passion for fitness and education through publishing articles in a variety of trade magazines, Clive is a composer, songwriter, storyteller, recording including IDEA Today, Shape, Fitness Trainer, Aerobic producer, and a performing and recording artist. His Fitness Instructor, Fitness Professionals, Sport and published works and recordings reach into the thousands. Fitness, WellFit, Brigitte, and Augsburg Journal. In Bonnie has taught dance in the private sector since 1986 addition, she writes manuals for established education and, in 1990, co-founded and organized Clog America, an companies in the U.S. and Germany. American Dance Company focused on presenting the (Continued on page 6)

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(Continued from page 5) KINNECT—Presentation, Performance Edwin G. Austin, Jr.—Presenter Edwin G. Austin, Jr., is a Professor Emeritus of Dance of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He served for 26 years as the Artistic Director of the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble (1985–2011). As a producer, director, choreographer, and cultural dance adjudicator, his work has been seen in more than 35 countries. His love for the people of the Samoan Islands has more recently led him on a path of Under the direction of Heather Francis, BYU KINNECT is inquiry surrounding the Taualuga—in Samoa and a dance education outreach company at Brigham Young Diaspora communities, an important dance ritual in University. Each year, a select group of dance majors, Samoan culture and an important element within mentored by a BYU faculty member, create and develop a Fa’asamoa (the Samoan way). He lived among the people program that they present in elementary schools of Samoa on the Islands of Tutuila, Upolu and Savai’i in throughout Utah. The program consists of a 30-minute 1973–1974. He later returned to the islands during a performance that integrates dance with the learning of sabbatical from Brigham Young University in 2011 to science, math, language arts, and other subjects. The continue his research. assembly is creative and engaging. The performers then go He has served two separate terms as president of the NFO. into the classrooms and teach the students at an even more personal level. Jeremy Grimshaw— Presenter Michael Goedel—Performer Jeremy Grimshaw, associate Michael Goedel’s heritage dean in the College of Fine Arts comes from the Yakama, and Communications, received Tulalip, and Lumbee tribes. his PhD in musicology, along He has been performing the with a certificate in world Native American Hoop music from the Eastman School Dance (which he learned of Music. He performs, from his father) for 15 researches, and teaches about years, and has danced in various kinds of music, with many different events and emphases in American venues across the country experimental music and and internationally. Most Balinese gamelan. He directs recently he performed with Gamelan Bintang Wahyu, BYU’s Balinese percussion Cirque Du Soleil’s Totem, orchestra, and coordinates world music activities and and this summer he will events in the School of Music. He is also the Associate perform in China as an ambassador of Brigham Young Director of undergraduate studies in the School of Music. University. He is the author of two books, The Island of Bali is Divya Narayanan—Performer Littered with Prayers (Mormon Artists Group, 2010) and Divya is a multifaceted artist with excellence in the field of Draw a Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and the traditional Indian Classical Dances of Bharathanatyam, Mysticism of La Monte Young (Oxford University Press, Mohiniattom, Kathakali, folk dances of India and 2011), as well as numerous articles in various scholarly Bollywood dances. She has more than 33 years of journals and general-audience media. expertise as a popular and versatile performer, innovative

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and imaginative throughout the world performing traditional dances choreographer, teacher, selected from a wide variety of cultures. The ensemble has trainer, and presenter. She is also become internationally famous at the world’s most credited with nearly 455 prominent folk dance festivals, where they perform with national and international many of the best international dance companies. “A performances and touring production of this size and scope is a rare treasure appearances throughout India among academic institutions,” says Jeanette Geslison, and the United States. She is artistic director of the ensemble. owner of the Divya School of Dance in Salt Lake City and BYU’s international dance program hosts five international South Jordon, Utah, which folk dance companies, IFDE being the first tier. teaches Indian Classical and Performance tours occur annually, which include Bollywood dance for all ages. performances at international folk dance festivals. BYU Living Legends—Performers Kau’i Mailelauli’ili’i Tu’ia—Presenter Living Legends, under the artistic direction of Janielle Aloha! Hawai’ian in ancestry Christensen, captures the essence of ancient and modern but raised in Orem, Utah, culture in a Kau’i has performed celebration of Latin Polynesian dance from a very American, Native young age. Her parents felt it American, and important to carry on their Polynesian song and legacy by making sure their dance. Traditions children would never forget come to life as the importance of their talented descendants heritage and history through from these cultures dance. Polynesian dance has blend authentic taken Kau’i all over the choreography, intricate Western United States and costumes, and heart- Hawai’i. While in Hawai’i, she both performed and taught pounding music into dance at the Polynesian Cultural Center. She has been one captivating show. teaching students of different skill levels a variety of Members of this company also have the opportunity to Polynesian island dance forms at Brigham Young travel in the United States or abroad on tours during the summer months. One of the main goals of Living Legends University since 1999. Her classes are always full. is to encourage all to take pride in their BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble—Performers individual heritage The International Folk Dance Ensemble (IFDE) performs and to continuously an extensive repertoire of dance and music from around better themselves, as the world in stunning traditional folk costumes. illustrated by a Throughout the past 60 years, the ensemble has traveled statement from the Office of Culture in Guatemala: “Your performance was wonderful. Your presence here teaches our people something—to have high ideals and to talk proudly as a people. We hope this community will not be the same after tonight.”

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Jessica Jones NFO NOMINATIONS 2019 Jessica Jones danced with the BYU Folk Dancers from 2013 Karlene Kjerstin, Layton, UT to 2016 while completing a minor in World Dance and a double major in German and Environmental Science. She There are three open at-large positions for the NFO Board. danced with Volk Tanz Kreis Wien and completed an 80-hour The nominating committee presents the following candidates. internship in the Austrian Folk Music Archives while in Dale Adamson Vienna, Austria, in 2015. During the past three years, she has Dale is interested in serving on the board of the NFO in order studied the folk arts by attending, teaching, and interning at to promote folk dancing everywhere and to represent southwest folk dance camps like Stockton and Pourparler. She is the British Columbia, Canada. Dale Adamson was instrumental director of Folk Dance Utah, a youth folk dance troupe that in founding the annual Lyrids Folk Dance Festival, which she organized in January 2017. Her dance troupe specializes has been held in Burnaby every April since 2014. Dale is in traditional pioneer music and dancing and in Germanic currently the primary teacher at Surrey IFD, a regular teacher dancing. They regularly collaborate with various folk groups at Burnaby IFD, and teaches in schools and the community across Utah and have performed at folk festivals, historical when requested. She also leads a group of dancers who conferences, senior centers, schools, and other community events. demonstrate folk dancing. Dale also organized folk dance retreat In addition, Jessica regularly teaches at community dances. weekends in September 2016 and October 2017, primarily There are three positions that will be open as of our 2018 to welcome newcomers early in the season and get everyone meeting and elections. The committee seeks additional off to a good start. The retreats rely on volunteers, including candidates for Board at-large positions. Amy Jex and teaching the dances, and have been very successful. Another Karlene Kjerstin may be nominated again at the conference, retreat is being planned for September 2019. Making sure but the nominating committee encourages you to consider new dancers are comfortable participating in the weekly making nominations of NFO members who have not dancing and feel included is one of her primary goals. served previously.

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The three standing committees are: Nominations, Rules Folkmoot just celebrated its 35th year. My husband and I and Regulations, and Finance. There are also additional were invited by Rolf several years ago to attend Folkmoot, positions for board members at-large. Share your knowledge and it was a memorable international festival—well- and support, and run for a position. Please let us know if attended and well organized, as one would expect with you are interested in running. Rolf in charge! —The Nominations Committee: Rolf and I were two of the initial NFO members. We Roo Lester, Jo Crawford, Karlene Kjerstin helped create the constitution and bylaws, and were delighted to be in the company of Mary Bee, Vyts, MEMORIES DeWayne, Al, Ed, Nick, and others. What a topnotch crew we had! Great memories from my NFO years. “Betz” Hanley, a past NFO President, State College, PA

In September, an equestrian friend and former Penn State colleague traveled with me to WEG (World Equestrian Games) in the Asheville, Tryon area of North Carolina. When one day looked as though it might not be great weather, I talked a long-time Asheville friend, whom I had not seen in years, into driving me to Waynesville to visit Rolf Kaufman, a dear NFO buddy from the original group that formed the NFO. What a great afternoon and early evening we three had together! Rolf is still involved with the annual Folkmoot Festival and is sharp as a tack.

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Health/Prosperity. Our Qashqai dance performance with COLORS OF PERSIA live music featured these colorful traditional dresses and scarves. Farima Berenji and Kevin Greek, San Jose, CA Caspian Sea—Gilaki Dance Photos by Varol Ozkaner The Gilan province is in Northern Iran along the Caspian Sea. The dance and music of the Gilaki depicts the life of a The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the nation’s largest people who live in the rice fields, love nature, and lead a and most diverse communities of ethnic dance, yet Persian simple life. Our Gilaki performance included a traditional and Central Asian folk dances in traditional costume are basket dance, which featured the dancers playfully seldom performed for any audience. With the help of the swishing skirts and holding baskets. NFO, we sought to improve awareness and enjoyment of the cultures of Iran and the Silk Road. Moreover, we Greater Khorasan—Torbat-e Jam wanted a large concert to celebrate the diverse cultural Greater Khorasan is the vast province situated in northeastern traditions of Persia with live music, dance, and poetry. Iran. The name Khorasan is Persian and means “where the sun arrives from.” It is one of the richest regions of Iran in Over 25 musicians and dancers gathered to perform Colors terms of its beautiful, mystical music, as well as ritual dances of Persia for a single evening on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, and folk dances. We performed one of the most popular some driving or flying great distances, to bring audiences traditional dances of the Khorasan region, a martial training a performance of the cultures, music, and dance traditions and arts dance named Torbat-e Jam. Just as performed on stage, of Persia. A folk arts grant by the NFO, as well as the dance often includes dancing with sticks and resembles generous contributions by donors and volunteers, helped dances done with swords, typifying warrior dances of the area. make this concert possible. Mystical Persia—Sema (Sufi Whirling Dance) Founded by Farima Berenji, the Simorgh Dance Collective Whirling in the practice of healing and meditation is a world community of dancers and musicians that seeks originated over 10,000 years ago, with the ancient to interpret, educate, and perform traditional dances of using it as way of connecting the body and soul. Known Persia and the Silk Road. Both student and professional today as Sema, Sufis today use it as a powerful meditation artists are invited to join. Ethnic dances were performed in ritual with music, poetry, and movement. The mystical costume by the Simorgh Dance Collective, Farima Berenji, dancer stands between the material and cosmic world. The and Saleh Hassanzadeh (Aylan Azeri Dance Group), and dancer represents Earth revolving on its axis while orbiting included live music and vocals by Homeyra Banejad (daf), the sun. The purpose of the whirler is to empty herself of Vahid Zomorrodi (setar, tambour), Soroush Foroudi (setar), all distracting thoughts, placing the mind in a trance, Mona Garfari (tombak), Pooya Monajemi (daf), and Farin releasing it from the body to become one with the universe. Foroudi (percussion). Two of the performing student Farima Berenji performed Sema to live music beside two members flew in from Anchorage, Alaska, where they had student performers whirling with illuminated drums. been joining us online for study and practice. Two juvenile students studied and performed with the adults. Tehran—Qajar Royal Garden Dance The Tehran province in central Iran is one of its most The program introduced folk, classical, and sacred music populous and culturally rich. Dance flourished in the courts and dances in traditional costume, as well as a reading of of the Qajar Dynasty (785 to 1925). Graceful hand their culture and poetry, by each of the following regions movements, flowing upper torso, delicate hip movements, or cultures of Iran. expressive eyes, and facial expressions characterize these —Qashqai Dance courtly dances. Dancers characteristically display a variety Traditionally nomadic, the Qashqai people live in Fars, as of feelings and also tease their audiences with coquettish well as in other provinces in . Cheerful, looks. Our performance with live music presented a vibrant, and festive, the traditional Qashqai dance beautiful garden party of ladies. At first, each lady took represents the coming of spring, joy, and giving thanks to turns dancing while the others were seated, but eventually the ancient gods and . Dancers hold vibrantly all rose to dance together. colored scarves, usually the seven main colors of spring, Sistan and Baluchistan each color representing the seven gods and goddesses of Sistan and Balochistan in the southeast of Iran, borders creation: Earth, Fire, Water, Light, Love, Happiness, and Pakistan and . Balouchi dance and music is

NFO News January 2019 11 very rich and played with a variety of traditional people. As soon as refreshments were set out or replenished, instruments. Due to their demographics and strong cultural they were quickly consumed. Afterward, there was no end values, the Balouchi people have been able to keep the of praise for the concert among excited audience members. their rich traditional heritage alive. We performed one of Overall, almost all audience members exclaimed how the most surprised they famous Baluchi were to enjoy a dances, known professional as the bracelet dance and music dance, where concert with woman gather refreshments for in a circle and only $25 make rhythms admission. with bracelets. The Simorgh This dance is Qashqai Folk Dance Gilaki Folk Dance Dance Collective known as a gratefully sacred ritual acknowledges among the the support of the Balouchi tribe National Folk of Iran. Organization, the Azerbaijan Good Samaritan The people of United Methodist Azerbaijan Church, and are proud, Torbat-e Jam, a folk dance from Greater Khorasan Incelik: Dance of Azerbaijan other generous rich in individuals. tradition, and Many of the extremely traditional melodious. costumes worn Azeri dances during the are often concert were performed at designed and formal constructed by Qajar Royal Garden Dance Azeri Harvest Dance celebrations, Nancy Rose such as weddings and birthdays, and illustrate the nation’s Aktas, who has researched dances and costumes of the pride and strength. They are distinguished by their quick Near East for many years. Other traditional costumes tempo, optimism, and portrayal of bravery. The Simorgh presented in this concert were acquired from Iran and Turkey. Dance Collective presented Incelik, a traditional Azeri The Simorgh Dance Collective takes pride in presenting choreography originating from the State Ensemble of dances and music of the Silk Road and currently has member Azerbaijan. A powerful Azeri men’s solo was performed companies and artist affiliations in Alaska, Canada, Turkey, by Saleh Hassanzadeh. Naz Eleme, a traditional couple the UK, Iran, and the U.S. For more information on the dance, a harvest dance featuring the entire ensemble, and Simorgh Dance Collective ,visit simorghdance.com. finally Yalli, a folk dance, were also performed. Artistic Director and Choreographer Farima Berenji is an Other regions or cultures presented included Loristan, the award-winning, internationally acclaimed performing , and Kurdistan. artist, instructor, dance ethnologist, and archaeologist. We had hoped for an audience of as many as 200; Farima is the founder of the Simorgh Dance Collective, a however, the concert quickly sold out at the door the day member of the International Dance Council (CID-UNESCO), of the performance. People were turned away disappointed, an NFO member, and a 2018 TEDx lecturer. For more although some people who came late were satisfied to stand details, or to contact Farima, visit farimadance.com. in back and watch for free. Total admission was over 250

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Thursday evening festivities begin with the President’s NFO 2019 CONFERENCE HOTEL Reception, which will include dinner and recreational AND SCHEDULE dancing with the members of the BYU Folk Dance Ensemble. Cricket Raybern, Portland, OR And that’s just day one! Read further to find out about all The NFO’s 2019 Annual Conference is scheduled for of the amazing presentations, workshops, activities, and April 11–13 in Provo, Utah. performances over the following two days of this 2019 NFO Conference. You don’t want to miss this one! The official conference hotel Get your conference registration form at www.nfo-usa.org. will be the Sheraton Courtyard 2019 NFO CONFERENCE Provo, 1600 N Freedom Blvd, SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Provo, Utah. For reservations, call Thursday, April 11 the hotel directly at Morning: General membership meeting (866) 913-3773. Register before March 20th, 2019, to receive the NFO discounted room rate of $102/night. Afternoon: Tour of BYU campus, library, dance Rooms can sleep up to 4 people, so line up your facilities, and Museum of Art roommates! The room rate includes a full breakfast in our Evening: President’s Reception and dancing, dancing, own separate room, free parking, Wi-Fi, an indoor pool, dancing whirlpool, and fitness center. Friday, April 12 If you are flying into the Salt Lake City airport, we will be Morning: Keynote address—Carrie Ekins: scheduling BYU vans and/or private transportation for the approximately one-hour drive to Provo. If you’ll need Dancing and the Brain: The Neurological Effects of Dance transportation from the airport, please note that on your Jeremy Grimshaw: Balinese kecak registration form, so we can create a schedule to Afternoon: Kaui Tu’ia: Polynesian dance workshop accommodate the trip with minimal delays at the airport. Mary Beth Johnson: Report on dancing in the Ukraine All events will be held on the BYU campus. The hotel will provide van service to and from the campus for our events. Laraine Miner: Connect with Your Ancestors by In the evenings, after our programs on campus, our room at Dancing in their Shoes the hotel will be available for additional dancing for those Jeremy Grimshaw: Gamelan rehearsal and who aren’t ready to call it a night. demonstration/discussion Thursday Evening: Awards banquet: Dinner, performances, morning is our recognitions General Saturday, April 13 Membership Meeting and all Morning: Gary Fields: Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All members and Related) discussion & hands-on guests are Ed Austin: Dance: A Reflection of Culture invited. Kinnect performance and discussion Thursday afternoon, we will divide into three groups and Afternoon: Dancing with Utah dance groups. Live each group will get: 1) a guided tour of the BYU campus music by Zivio on golf carts; 2) a guided tour of the library, which Evening: Festival of Nations: Dinner, BYU includes seeing our NFO archives and finding out how to performances & recreational dancing access them (the library and its new below-ground section are seen on the BYU Library, above); and 3) a van trip For descriptions of each of these events, see the article on over to the dance facility and to the dance ensemble’s page 1. The full schedule and registration form is available costume storage facility. at www.nfo-usa.org

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to be danced. Young people have to learn them, or else folk THE BEST KIND OF DANCING dance can only reach so many people. Not only can we (STOCKTON DANCE CAMP) keep folk dance alive in new ways, but also young people deserve to learn so that they can enjoy the experience of Rose Holbert, Portland, OR dancing in different styles with such a lovely and diverse community. I know folk dancing can be met with I was lucky enough to be given skepticism by younger generations, but it is something that the opportunity to dance at is amazingly fun. People just have to learn to embrace and Stockton Folk Dance Camp for enjoy all that dancing has to offer. Folk dance brings me so the second year in a row, with much, and I am truly glad and certainly grateful that I have the help of a Northwest Folk been able to learn so much and that I can continue to do so. Dancers Incorporated (NFDI) Youth Fund Scholarship. In addition, I got scholarship help POURPARLER 2018 from the National Folk Sally Jenkins, Creswell, OR Organization (NFO) and the Stockton Folk Dance Camp Pourparler 2018 was the best PP ever! Wait, didn’t I say that itself. Last year, I really loved about 2017? Oh wait, I think I said that about 2016 too...every attending camp, so I was thrilled year, it’s “the best ever!” It’s just part of the magic, or maybe to be able to go again. I have been folk dancing since first it’s the secret sauce. That must be it. What goes in the sauce? I grade, and it is something that brings me a lot of joy. can tell you some of the ingredients, but that one secret Naturally, I greatly value both the folk dance community ingredient is that you have to go there yourself. at Stockton and the gift of being able to learn new dances. While it may sound clichéd to say this, Stockton, like all This year, the event was held in San Antonio, Texas, on the the best communities, is like a family, and it was campus of Our Lady of the Lake University. Some attendees wonderful to learn alongside such lovely and welcoming stayed in motels nearby, but a good many opted to stay in the people who shared my love of folk dancing. At the dorms, only a block from the dance hall. Food came from the beginning of the week, while I recognized familiar faces, school cafeteria, but we ate in our own Pourparler community people were still just starting to settle in to being at camp, in small rooms overlooking the dance hall. but by the end I felt at home, and I had so much fun Local host Lissa Bengtson greeted and checked in each dancing with and spending time with everyone. person upon arrival Thursday afternoon. Pre-dinner welcome Another thing I immensely appreciate about this dance activities included some getting-to-know-you icebreakers led camp is how well it complements the dancing I do with by Pourparler’s founder Sanna Longden. After dinner, we Sűssefűsse in Portland. Sűssefűsse is a performing troupe, started with a Welcome Party. People who have attended but it works with all ages and talent levels, which makes Pourparler for five years or more took turns leading dances for Stockton Folk Dance Camp a nice way to branch out and the 40 or so people in attendance. A few of the dances were learn dances at a higher level than I might otherwise get Niguno Shel Yossi, Weaver’s Galopede, and a line dance the chance to do. Along with the contrasting experiences, called Bring Me Sunshine. The session slowed down with a Stockton also provides a far bigger pool of dances to learn, song from Uganda (Tunula Eno) to which a sacred circle some of which fit my dance troupe’s style perfectly. I can dance was done; and ended with a peace round. then bring those dances back and teach them to the kids in Friday after breakfast, Jan Baker of Dallas, Texas, warmed us the troupe. It’s fun to go through classes at Stockton and up with some MELT Method exercises designed to loosen us find dances to teach and new favorites to dance. I knew the up and get us ready for a full day of dances and sharing. The dance I wanted to bring back and teach as soon as I did it. first morning session, Dances for Community, included a fun It is an Israeli dance called Normali that we did on the very activity, not exactly a dance, but lots of fun, called Snakes in first day of classes. It’s challenging, but it has an energy to the Woodpile. Jeremy Korr divided the participants into two it that makes it very enjoyable, and I couldn’t wait to teach groups. The groups then subdivided into “snakes” (lines of it to the dance troupe. about 5 people, hands on the shoulders of the person in front) While I was at Stockton, I realized how much I loved and “woodpiles.” The job of the “woodpiles” is to use their being with a big group of people who shared enough bodies to create obstacles for the snakes to move over, under, knowledge to be able dance dances together that they had around, or through. Both sides had a lot of fun. learned separately. That kind of experience is only Bob Dalsemer hosted the second morning session, Building possible because dances are shared, spread, and continue and Nourishing Community Dances. Much of this session

NFO News January 2019 17 was discussion (the parler of Pourparler does mean to speak Saturday afternoon’s first session was about dancing with or to talk, after all). Other sessions hit this topic from different people affected by physical and/or mental challenges. Dances angles. Pourparler is not just about learning and teaching lots presented included a seated Hawai’ian dance called Hukilau, of dances, it’s also about helping all of us to be better teachers a hand jive done to the song Good Old Days, and The Brain and better members of our dance communities. Dance. The first afternoon session on Friday was called Cavalcade of The second session involved the use of modern technology. Cultures. Dances from Korea, Hungary, Japan, Prince Edward Jeremy Korr had collected questions about Management and Island, Macedonia, and living in Jerusalem were Teaching Strategies, most having to do with getting the taught. The second afternoon session was a complete change dancers quiet enough to listen to instruction. He had emailed of pace: Working with Young Children. We sat on the floor the questions to the Pourparler online forum, inviting (some of us!), copied a stuffed toy monkey, pretended to be responses from our PP family not present in San Antonio. He spacemen, and learned an ever-faster Basque clapping game, worked their answers in along with the live discussion by Baztango Esku Dantza. those in attendance. This was a fun and rewarding way of staying connected. Dinner was in a reserved room at the Liberty Bar, our token experience “out on the town.” Because we all ate so much, That evening we hosted a community dance. Around a dozen the session afterward was the beloved PourChanter, with to 20 people from the area came, and we did some great old songs both silly and serious, sung as rounds or in parts, or not. dances and a few new ones—Rural Felicity, Western Trio With dinner settled, we launched into the International Dance Mixer, a variation of Un-Deux-Trois Poussez, Sue Party, which I hosted. From the old chestnut Raca to the Hulsether’s wonderfully fun Fly Turkey, two versions of a exuberant Wassouma, we danced our way around the world, pan-European dance with many names (start with the name ending with the peaceful Kenyan lullaby Nyandolo, led by All-American Promenade and go from there!), a Swedish Sanna Longden. dance whose tune we had sung the previous day at PourChanter, and the English-style Dance for Mars, created Saturday, we hit it again, starting with a Zumba warm-up led by Mady Newfield in honor of the late Mars Longden, co- by Lissa Bengtson. The first session was on making dances founder of Pourparler. fun. Mady Newfield offered familiar dances done to alternative music, like Raca from the previous night, now Sunday we always done to In the Hall of the Mountain King, and I Love a Rainy have a session Night done to The Monster Mash. Besides more dances, there called “Every Last was discussion about our choice of words, not just our choice Thing,” a merry of dances and music. We finished the session with a favorite hodgepodge of singing game, Chocolate, Chocolate, in which we pass whatever didn’t wrapped candies from hand to hand around the circle, while get done yet, and singing. We got a new take on it this year when someone often includes a lot suggested we pass the candies clockwise around the circle of input from the instead of the usual counterclockwise. It was suddenly new year’s first-timers. and challenging! We did Silly Threesome, Upon The second morning session included some dancing, but was a Summer’s Day, largely a discussion session about dancing with aging people. Mady Newfield Jo ‘n’ Jo Tango Sylverre Polhemus introduced an English-style dance, line dance, and more. Missing our preschool-teacher-friend Pascal’s Gem, containing no backwards walking and no Eric Maring, half a dozen of us took turns as his poor turning, to accommodate people who can only safely walk substitute surrogates presenting his inimitable version of Two straight forward. Little Blackbirds. Really, Eric, we did our best! But there’s no Before lunch on Saturday, we gathered into a somber circle one like you! And we finished the 2018 Pourparler with a for a time of remembrance in honor of the victims of the sacred circle dance, Dancing on the Water, taught by Sam recent hate crime in Pittsburgh. Deborah Denenfeld hosted Baumgarten, followed by a peace song, What a Grand and the discussion. Henry Chapin read aloud a moving poem Glorious Feeling, led by Sanna Longden. written by one of his friends. We all grieve for our Jewish With that, all that remained was the good-byes and promises friends who have suffered hate crimes. The session ended with Sanna Longden leading the peaceful and beautiful Erev to meet again next year in Minneapolis! Many thanks to the Shel Shoshanim. NFO for its support of Pourparler!

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MEMBERSHIP IN THE NFO Diane Vadnais, Clinton, WA

As of December, 2018, the National Folk Organization is 451 members strong. Forty have joined since the last conference in April of 2018. At least 26 of the new members joined because NFO members, including NFO members attending Pourparler and Stockton, spoke to them and encouraged them to join. In a big change from previous years, only seven of the new members claimed they joined because of insurance. New members are critical, because they bring funds that allow the NFO to achieve our objectives, including our Founders, Evelynn and Glenn Bannerman grant programs. Those who join because they are interested in participating in the work of the NFO and/or with experience running a folk dance group in Richmond, just enjoying our conferences make us a stronger Glenn and Evelyn jumped in feet first. The first year, there organization. were not enough registrations to support the camp, and it The NFO offers several membership categories, including had to be canceled. The second year, however, the couple student, individual, family, etc. In addition, the NFO persevered with a little help from their folk dancing offers two special memberships, a Lifetime Membership friends, especially Ralph Page, and the rest is history! Folk as a gift to the NFO, and Honorary Memberships given by Camp began in Virginia at Massanetta Springs Conference the NFO organization to members of the community who Center and is now held in Western North Carolina. Past have made exceptional contributions to their dance community. To nominate someone for Honorary dance leadership has included May Fraley, Ralph Page, membership, please see the NFO website for details: Mihai David, Jerry Helt, Janet Sponheim, and many others. www.nfo-usa.org. This past year, word of mouth was the strongest motivator for increased membership. Your enthusiasm creates the energy we need to reach our goals. Good job!

BANNERMAN FOLK CAMP LOOKS TOWARD 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. CAROLINA Lee Ann Bannerman, Black Mountain, NC

Founded by Glenn and Evelyn Bannerman in 1969, Bannerman Folk Camp has become a Thanksgiving tradition. The intergenerational weekend was born out of Glenn and Evelyn’s desire to include the rich combination Dance hall of education and recreation that dance camps often In 2018, the Bannerman family, now much larger than provided, with their children. In their experience, dance Glenn, Evelyn, and their four children, celebrated camps catered to adults with some activities for children Thanksgiving with other folk-loving families at the Blue here and there. Glenn and Evelyn’s vision was to create a Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The camp that catered to both adults and children and even 49th Bannerman Folk Camp included contra, American offered activities and dancing for all ages together. With and international folk dancing, Dutch oven cooking, shape no real experience running a camp, but being avid dancers note singing, live music with the Crooked Pine Band (for

NFO News January 2019 19 listening and dancing!), a book-themed party and, as Next Thanksgiving, Bannerman Folk Camp will offer always, a Thanksgiving feast! Camp was excited to participants a chance to connect through dance, recreation, welcome back dance leaders Marcie Van Cleave and Jeff and live music for the 50th time! The annual Thanksgiving O’Connor, as well as other staff assisting with children’s tradition is a weekend spent together in the mountains classes, workshops, group activities, and outdoor recreation. where participants dance, play, create, and spend time in intergenerational community. Focusing on traditional styles of recreation and music, Bannerman Folk Camp takes what’s old and makes it new again. Activities will once again include dance workshops, evening dance parties, live music, music jam sessions, cooking, folk arts and crafts, shape note singing, hiking, storytelling, intergenerational games, and much more.

For locals or newcomers who aren’t ready to dance the entire Thanksgiving break away, Bannerman Folk Camp offers day passes, as well as commuter rates. Whether you’re a singer, dancer, crafter, or you just love to play, Bannerman Folk Camp has something in store for you. The camp welcome families and individuals, young and young- at-heart, locals, and travelers to spend Thanksgiving weekend together. Learn more at

Crooked Pine Band www.bannermanfolkcamp.com.

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it is also known as pillow lace. This art has also been ARTS GRANT FOR MAKING called bone lace, because early bobbins were made of BOBBIN LACE bones or ivory.

Bobi Ashley, Redmond, OR The earliest historical mention of bobbins used to make lace The recipient of the 2019 was in the late 1400s. This art NFO Arts Grant is Sally evolved from braid making in Jenkins of Creswell, 16th century Italy. European Oregon. Sally is well women discovered they could known by Pourparler make more money from lace participants as a folk dance making than from spinning, teacher and organizer. She sewing, or weaving. It became headed the local committee a huge government-regulated when Pourparler was last in industry, and was done in Oregon, and she is the charity schools, alms houses, and convents until the archivist for that group. industry declined in the early 1800s. Today, lacemaking is Sally is also known for the considered a folk art around the world. Handmade bobbin beautiful bobbin lace that Sally in early 2018, modeling a bobbin lace is a little-known hobby, and an art that is important to lace Swedish wedding crown she made she creates. As a member of (using cotton thread purchased during keep alive. To quote Sally: “Designing and making lace is Oregon Trail Lacemakers, a a 2015 trip to Bulgaria). It took her highly satisfying. Friends love receiving gifts of our about 2-1/2 months, working 1–2 hours handmade lace! People chapter of the International a day, to make this. Organization of Lace, Inc., watching us demonstrate are she has been teaching beginning bobbin lace classes, always amazed, and tell us donating her time and talents for the past 18 months. The they are grateful someone is classes were begun as a way to increase their guild keeping alive this old hand membership, and their numbers have increased from 15 to art.” 25 in the past two years. The Arts Grant is being used to Sally’s class and the Oregon create beginner lace-making kits. The goal of the class is Trail Lacemakers guild are for students to learn basic bobbin-lace skills so they can making plans to display choose and make lace projects without help. The kits are their work, both completed loaned to the students for six months. After that, they are and in progress, during the expected to purchase spring or summer of 2019. their own The display may be coupled equipment. with demonstrations. There will be signage indicating Bobbin lace is one NFO’s support in preserving this unique art form. of the two major categories of handmade laces. The DO YOU PREFER PDF? other is needle lace. The NFO-News is available in PDF. If you prefer to Bobbin lace is made receive your copy as an attachment to an email, please by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are contact NFO News Editor Kathy Bruni at wound on bobbins to manage them. As the work [email protected] and you will receive the NEXT progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a issue as a PDF file instead of hard copy. The photos that appear in black-and-white in the hard copy will appear lace pillow. The placement of pins is determined by a in color in the PDF, and the hyperlinks will work! pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow. Because of that,

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To register, and for more information, please go to NEW SFDH WEBSITE www.circledancing.com. Registration is $110 (US) for the Loui Tucker, San Jose, CA three-day workshop. Lodging and meals are not included.

The Society for Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) has a Also upcoming: Monday, June 24th to Saturday, June newly designed website: sfdh.us. Dick Oakes, long 29th, the 2019 California Circle Dance Camp at Monte associated with the Folk Dance Federation of S. California, Toyon, near Santa Cruz, California. Come to dance and spent months coding hundreds of pages to rebuild the hike and explore the redwoods, nearby beaches, kayaking, Society’s website. He has added a huge number of new and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. October 18–20, enjoy a pages, beyond what was contained in the original site. dance workshop with Stefan and Bethan, teachers and choreographers from England. To access its wealth of information about folk dance, start by clicking on the Encyclopedia link. Locate a commonly Circle Dance is based on simple folk dance steps and was known dance, like Belasičko Oro, and scroll down. You developed as a community building and grounding will be amazed at what you did NOT know about this dance. practice. Each dance is taught, and no partners are needed. Beginners are always welcome. The dances are moving In addition to the information about dances, there are meditations that integrate mind, body, and spirit, leading to listings for dance teachers and choreographers, countries harmony and balance. We dance to honor the planet, for and ethnic regions, dance styles, organizations, clothing, world peace, for shared connection, for grounding, and books, magazines, recordings, miscellaneous articles because it makes us happy and whole. We hope you’ll join us! written about folk dancing, and so much more. You can get lost for hours just browsing the index and clicking random items. Stop by and take a look! ELSIE DUNIN AT CCDR Excerpted from www.ccdr.org/news-and-events The Society of Folk Dance Historians is a 501(c)(3) non- profit educational corporation dedicated to preserving Elsie Ivancich Dunin presented Dancing Continuities of information about the history and practice of international the Roms (Gypsies) in Skopje, Macedonia: Documentary folk dancing for the use of individuals worldwide: Film and Discussion on November 25, 2018 at the Cross Transforming information into movement since 1987. Cultural Dance Resources Soup Seminar.

HAZEL YOUNG WORKSHOP This event was part of the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR) Soup Seminar Series, which began in 1983 at the Friedel Cohen, Pacifica, CA non-profit CCDR facility, established in 1981 near the Northern Arizona University campus. The Soup Seminar Hazel Young, a popular dance teacher and choreographer focused on a particular topic of interest and involved from England, is leading a dance workshop in El Cerrito, mutual discussion, lectures, performances, film screenings, California (close to San Francisco), February 22–24, 2019. and other activities. The ritual of eating soup together was The workshop will feature a mix of favorite traditional central to the idea of building community, a core value of dances from around the world along with contemporary CCDR. This presentation by Professor Dunin continues that and meditative circle dances, including some of her own tradition. choreography. Hazel has a particular passion for the music and dances of Greece where, for the past 20 years, she has Elsie was the keynote speaker at the NFO conference in traveled extensively to dance with the Greeks at village Santa Clara, CA, in 2016. She is a UCLA Professor festivals and to study Greek dance with Greek teachers. Emerita and author of the multimedia exhibit, 50 Years of Research 1967-2017. Teaching with clarity and precision combined with fun and humor, Hazel offers both depth and lightness to facilitate a complete, joyful, and healing dance experience.

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FOLK DANCE EVENTS NETWORK February 8–11: FLORIDA FOLK DANCE COUNCIL June 10–24: FOLK TOUR TO POLAND, led by WEEKEND WORKSHOP. Clarion Orlando Richard Schmidt. Info: jimgold.com. (201) 836-0362. Airport Hotel. Turkish dances with Ahmet Luleci and Evren June 24–29: CALIFORNIA CIRCLE DANCE CAMP Soytopcu Kiyak; Macedonian dances with Vlasto Petrovski. Info: at Monte Toyon, near Santa Cruz, California. Dance, hike, Terry at [email protected] or folkdance.org. and explore the redwoods, nearby beaches, kayaking, and February 16: THE 9TH ANNUAL CERRITOS FOLK the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Info: circledancing.com. DANCERS LUNAR CHINESE NEW YEAR June 30: SKANDIA MIDSOMMARFEST, (Sunday) FESTIVAL, 1–5:40 p.m. at Cerritos Senior Center, 12340 11 a.m.–6 p.m., St. Edward State Park, 14445 Juanita Dr. NE, South Street, Cerritos, CA 90701. Theme: “East Meets Kenmore, WA. This traditional Scandinavian celebration West.” The master teachers are Ahmet Luleci and Evren features music and dance performances, a traditional pole Soytopcu Kiyak. Info: [email protected]. raising ceremony, and much more. Free; donations accepted. February 22–24: CIRCLE DANCE WORKSHOP Info: skandia-folkdance.org, or (425) 954-5262. TAUGHT BY HAZEL YOUNG, a popular dance July 29–August 3: WORLD FOLKFEST, Springville, teacher and choreographer from England, in El Cerrito, Utah, features traditional folk dance groups from around the California (close to San Francisco). Info/registration: world, and international crafts and food. Info: worldfolkfest.com. circledancing.com. Cost: $110 for the 3-day workshop. August 15–24: CZECH FOLK DANCE WEEK, Prague March 15-17: SPRING SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL and Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. Teachers: Jitka at Folklore Village. Come and work on Finnskogspols and Šafaříková, Eva Velínská, Jitka Bonušová, and Jan Pumpr. Info: other great Norwegian dances. Two fabulous fiddlers, and dvorana.cz/dance/2019/folk/index.php?page=folk&sub=fw. amazing dance teachers! Connect with Folklore Village now. folklorevillage.org/spring-scandinavian-weekend. October 17–20: POURPARLER, St. Paul, MN. Info: nfo-usa.org. April 5–15/17: FOLK TOUR TO ARGENTINA & CHILE. Led by Jim Gold. Info: jimgold.com. (201) 836-0362. November 28–December 1: BANNERMAN FOLK CAMP. Create a new Thanksgiving tradition in the Blue April 11–13: NFO CONFERENCE, Provo, Utah. Come Ridge Mountains. Whether you’re a singer, dancer, and dance with 200 members of BYU’s dance program, crafter, or you just love to play, Bannerman Folk Camp plus much more! Info: nfo-usa.org. has something in store for you. The camp welcomes May 16–19: JUNE CAMP, an international folk dance families and individuals, young and young-at-heart, locals camp in the Midwest, Northern Illinois University, and travelers to spend Thanksgiving weekend together. DeKalb, IL, featuring Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu Info: bannermanfolkcamp.com. teaching Romanian dance, as well as Tom Pixton and friends in the Pinewoods Band for live music each evening. Email [email protected] for information and to get ADVERTISING RATES on a contact list, or go sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/. May 31–June 2: STATEWIDE FOLK DANCE Full page 7.5” wide x 10” $150 FESTIVAL, Claremont, CA. Edmunds Ballroom at 1/2 page 7.5” wide x 5” $100 (1 time) Pomona College, 170 East 6th St., Claremont. Teachers: $90 each (2+ issues) Petur Iliev, Mihai David, Sevi Bayraktar, Israel Yakovee 1/4 page 3.5” wide x 5” $75 (1 time) and Cesar Garfiaz. Info: socalfolkdance.org/statewide.htm. $65 each (2+ issues) Business card 3.5” wide x 2” $40 (1 time) June 8: CERRITOS FOLK DANCERS’ CERRITOS FESTIVAL, featuring international folk dances with the $35 each (2+ issues) theme of “East Meets West.” Cerritos Senior Center, Payment is due when the ad is placed; payment must be 12340 South Street, Cerritos, CA 90703. Info: included with each ad. [email protected]. Make checks payable to the NFO and send to: June 8–15: SCANDIA CAMP MENDOCINO. Dance Taunya Lund, NFO Treasurer and music of Telemark, Norway, and Jämtland and 15221 N. CR 400 E., Härjedalen, Sweden. Info: scandiacampmendocino.org. Eaton, IN 47338

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