aifd.cc or AIFD Newsletter August 4, 2017 Texas Camp 2017 - Registration is now open!!! (Registration packets will also be mailed out to all TIFD members) (Registration link. Click on picture for full size flyer.) This Friday at dancing: Sharon DJ's, Kathleen assists. Enjoy a lively evening of folk dancing this Friday, Our DJ will be Sharon Casteel. Sharon will be assisted by Kathleen McDonagh. Teaching: Arrive at 7 for some great teaching by our DJ this week, Sharon Casteel. Sharon will review Ahavat Hadassah and teach Çobankat. Friday, August 4, 7-9:45 pm. The admission fee is $5 for those 18 and older. There is no fee for those under 18, but they must be supervised by a designated person 18 or older. Hancock Rec Center (HRC) AIFD is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including the promotion and teaching of traditional folk dance, music and crafts native to a variety of countries. Not receiving this newsletter directly from AIFD? Let us add you to the distribution. Special announcements: Hot summer ahead!!! Do you have any teaching requests? AIFD upcoming events (See complete list) Friday, August 11: August Birthdays And Anniversaries. Do you have a birthday or anniversary in August, or know a fellow folk dancer who does? Come to folk dancing to celebrate with song, dance, and cake! Picture from last Friday: Madeline Brock and Jeff Kessel enjoy their evening at folk dancing as the Programmer and Assistant Programmer. (Click on picture for full size image.) Link of the week: Çobankat. Other dance links AIFD:(Contact & Board page) AIFD Code of Conduct. AIFD upcoming events. World's words - updated by Misi. Become a member of AIFD. Archive of dance notes - compiled by Franklin Houston. Newsletter archive - since May 19, 2012. AIFD's live music compensation policy. AIFD Youtube channel. AIFD Featured in City of Austin Video about HRC. Other groups: (complete list) Austin Friends of Traditional Music AIFD German Dancers Austin Scandinavian Dance and Music Jam Most Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9:45 pm, Free: Check the Scandi website for schedule details. 3rd Wednesday Balkan Dance We will not be meeting during the summer. We will resume in the fall. Keep an eye out. Contradance Csardas Hungarian Dancers Mondays, 7-9:45, HRC, backroom, free. No partner necessary, we rotate often. English Country Dance 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 7:30-10:15 McPhail Dance Studio, 8018 Mesa Drive. If you are new to ECD or want to review the basics, please arrive before 7:15 to participate in our newcomers’ session. We are also on Facebook Texas Folklife Texas International Folk Dancers Clickety Cloggers - Austin Çobankat - My shepherdesses Phantom Ranch Çobankat moj që shkojnë Zallit moj çobankat ë. Shkojnë e tjerrin për djemteë Malit moj çobankat ë. Chorus: O, liri, liri për djemtë e malit ë. Djemtë moj me yllë të kuq mes ballit ë. O, moj çobankat ë. O, moj të mirat ë. / Tirr motër moj të tjerrim tu bëjmë rroba trimave. / Tirre trashë o mos e tirr. Hollë moj mos e tirr moj. Për trimat që flejnë dë Borë, o moj në dëbor. Oh, my shepherdesses who walk On stony paths, oh, my shepherdesses. Go and spin (wool) for the boys In the mountains (freedom fighers), oh my shepherdesses. Chorus: Oh, freedom, freedom for the boys in the mountains. Boys with a red star on their foreheads. Oh, you shepherdesses. Oh, you good ones. / Spin, my sister, spin now To make clothes for the heroes. / Spin it thick, not thin. Do not spin it thin. For the heroes who sleep In the snow, oh, the snow. If you would like to be removed from our newsletter distribution, please notify us at newsletter_editor@aifd.cc