aifd.cc or AIFD Newsletter August 7, 2020 This Friday's AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, August 7, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by AIFD. Zoom link Meeting ID: 847 8053 8417 Password: 393160 Here is the link to the complete lineup of music and teachers. We would love to hear from you! Should you have any comments on our virtual dances or dance requests, please email them to teaching_director@aifd.cc. List of online events compiled by Denise Fynmore. Would you like to be Zoom Monitor for AIFD? A message from Scott Margo, Program Director: Zoom monitors help make Zoom dance events run smoother as well as take the load off of dance instructors. Austin is looking for monitors for Friday dance events on 9/4, 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, and 10/30. The total time commitment is just over two hours. For a complete list of duties, sign up link, contact information, and loads of other good stuff, check out the Google doc that Scott has prepared. Want to sign up now? Here's the link. To be added to the newsletter distribution, please email newsletter_editor@aifd.cc or click here. ZOOM TIPS John Bloom of HIFD has posted some good information on how to help better your virtual dance experience. Also, the dance leaders would like to provide you with some ideas on how to have an easier time following us during our virtual dance sessions. For dances that move around a lot, try taking smaller steps and doing quick little pivots in place to face your screen again. Also, putting up a mirror opposite your monitor screen can assist you in viewing the dance leader while your back is to the screen. Have something you'd like to see in the AIFD newsletter? Do you have an upcoming event you'd like to announce, a poem you'd like to share, a dance experience you think other dancers would enjoy? Feel free to submit it to the AIFD newsletter and we'll make it fit. Link of the week: Zoom solo dance exercises. If you would like to be removed from our newsletter distribution, please notify us at newsletter_editor@aifd.cc or click here.