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AIFD Newsletter
April 22, 2016
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  Enjoy a lively and fun evening of folk dancing with DJ Mike Revesz. Mike will be assisted by Dee McCandless. |
Teaching: Come at 7 p.m. for one last SAFDF-themed newcomers' session by Misi Tsurikov. Next week we'll have something different! For the featured teaching, Holly Plotner will teach Čestata, a dance from northeast Bulgaria presented by Yves Moreau at SAFDF 2016. Then, look for David Liang's review of Sardana Curta, the dance from Spain that he taught us last week. |
Friday, April 22nd, 7-9:45 pm
$5 at the door 17 & older (16 & under free).
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Hancock Rec Center (HRC)
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Friday, May 6th: Children's Hour.
 Join us for a special event in which we try to herd the kids into folk dancing! During an extended newcomers’ session from 7 to 8, we’ll teach a number of fun and exciting dances fit for children. So bring your kids—little kids and big kids—they get to dance for free every Friday evening!
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Friday, May 13th: Elections and May Birthday.
  It’s that time of year to elect the AIFD Board. We’ll host the elections after announcements at Friday night dancing. Also, if you or a fellow folk dancer has a birthday or anniversary in May, come to folk dancing to celebrate with song, dance, and cake!
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Friday, May 20th: No dancing - floor refinishing.
 Hancock Recreation Center will be closed for floor maintenance, so we will not be meeting at our usual location this week. Keep your eyes and ears open at dancing for a possible alternative meeting location.
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Friday, June 3rd: Live Music with Homegrown!
Enjoy a fun evening of dancing featuring live international folk and contra music by Homegrown! This band originated at the 2004  Texas Camp to provide live music for contras. Eventually, the Austin members of that band formed a group to play contra (and later international) music for contra and folk dance events. Homegrown musicians include Anne Alexander (saz, hurdy gurdy, whistle, fiddle, and percussion), Norris Foster Harrell (keyboard and vocals), Holly Plotner (fiddle and vocals), Joane Rylander (mandolin, percussion, and vocals), Franklin Houston (trumpet, accordion, and Moldvai flute), and Dena Houston (guitar and percussion).
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Link of the week:
"Leah's Waltz" to Ashokan Farewell.
Other dance links
AIFD:(Contact & Board page)
4/13 Jam led by Mark Gilston
4/20 Slow jam led by Holly Plotner
4/27 Dance party |
Mondays, 7-8, Newcomers' hour. HRC, backroom, free.
No partner necessary, we rotate often. |
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Saturday April 23rd, 11am-10pm: SWAMP THING!!
Get ready for another day full of Cajun, Zydeco and Funk bands and dancing and lots of great food at this year's SWAMP THING at the Austin American Statesman lot on Congress Ave. Tickets start at $20. |
AIFD Featured in City of Austin Video about Hancock.
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Many of you may recall when a person from the City of Austin's television channel, ATXN, came to AIFD dancing on  February 19 to do a story about Hancock. The video he produced is terrific and is now available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/dnSG7galgo4. The segment about AIFD starts at minute 8, or use this link (it's queued to the start of the segment). The video features great shots of AIFD in action as well as a touching and insightful interview with Franklin and Dena Houston. Enjoy.
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