|
AIFD Newsletter
December 29, 2017
|
This Friday at dancing:
American International Heritage Ball!!! |
Let's ring in the new year with our American International Heritage Ball. We will celebrate America with the music and dance of its many cultures. - 7 - doors open.
- 7:30 - Grand March.
- Formal Waltz.
- Door gifts for all.
- Dancing until 10:45!!!
|  |
Music will be provided by both La Strada and the Texas Camp Band!!! Your best cultural or formal wear is encouraged, but, of course, not required. Flier.
|
Friday, December 29, 7-10:45 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.
|
| Teaching next week: Due to the American International Heritage Ball, there will be no teaching this week. However, be sure to come at 7 PM on January 5 for a great slate of popular dances. Holly Plotner will start the evening with a welcome repeat of two Greek dances introduced in Texas by Joe Graziosi, Bafra Horonu and Hatzisteryios. These popular dances continue to challenge dancers with their distinctive hand movements. Following our trip to Greece, we'll return to the USA for another session of the captivating Cross-Step Waltz, taught by Franklin Houston and Lisa Horn Dielman.
|
|
January 12: January Birthday and Anniversaries!!!
Do you have a birthday or anniversary in January, or know a fellow folk dancer who does? Come to folk dancing to celebrate with song, dance, and cake!
|
Couples Dance 101 Series
Feel comfortable and enjoy dancing with a partner!
Starting Friday, January 19, 2018, 7-8pm, our regular teaching will include a 6-week series on dances for couples. Starting with couple-dance basics and continuing with dances such as the Waltz, Polka and Two-Steps. Special dance tips will be included to help you dance with confidence. Lessons are free. “Singles and couples are welcome. No partner necessary. For more information email Michel Breger at couples_dance_class@aifd.cc. Flyer.
Starts Friday, January 19th!!
|
"What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That's not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of a year."
|
|
Link of the week:
VAS Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2017 Flashmob.
Other dance links
AIFD:(Contact & Board page)
Most Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9:45 pm, Free:
Check the Scandi website for schedule details. |
Mondays, 7-9:45, HRC, backroom, free.
No partner necessary, we rotate often. |
Wednesdays, 7:30-10pm, Hancock Rec Center.
Enjoy this American dance form. All dances taught and called. Music provided by LOCO (Local On-Call Orchestra) - an open band, where anyone is welcome to come and play. Contact Dale Rempert at drempert@ix.net or visit austinbarndancers.org for more information. |
|
Upcoming "Other Dance" features
A list of non-AIFD events you may be interested in:
|
Sunday, December 31:
NEW YEAR’S EVE Potluck & Dance in San Marcos!!
Come celebrate the coming of the New Year with a potluck supper and a contra dance!
Potluck: 6:00-7:00pm
Contra Dance: 7:00-10:00pm
Band: THE CONTRAVERTS (Max Cappleman, Pamela Weems and Stewart Rose)
Callers: Lissa Bengtson and Dale Rempert
United Campus Ministry Wesley Center
510 N Guadalupe St, San Marcos, TX 78666
$10 / $9 TAADA / $6 students
Please visit www.taada.us for more information.
|
 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 see if we can fit it in.
|
|
|
