This Friday, March 8, 7-9:45, at AIFD:
This week's program:
  Enjoy a fun evening of your favorite classics and recently-taught dances (and maybe a surprise or two) DJ'd by Franklin Houston. Franklin will be assisted by Pearl Ohlsson. |
Live Music:
 This week we'll be treated to the dance tunes of Prosciutto Bandits!!! |
Teaching:
| This week New, Do and Review will focus on Review. Rebecca Hample, Kathleen McDonagh, and Holly Plotner will review dances taught in the past few weeks. This will include De Secerat, an easy Romanian dance set to upbeat music from Sonia & Cristian, which Holly will review. Everyone is welcome! |
AIFD Mini Workshop
March 15, 7-8 pm On Friday, March 15, during the teaching hour, AIFD will host a mini workshop with Anu Niampally of Austin Dance India. Anu will introduce some traditional dances from India.
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Link of the week:
A Song For Artsakh (Armenian).Thanks to Don Weeda for providing this week's link. From Don: "(This) is a really nice version of a song for a dance we know called Bingeol. I’ve taken lessons from the kanun player Anastassia. She’s great."
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Nowruz Festival 2024
 Come celebrate the Persion New Year at the 17th Annual Nowruz Festival at Central Market North, 4001 North Lamar, Sunday, March 17, 4:30-8pm. Performers include Atash, 1001 Nights Orchestra, and many others.
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SAFDF 2024:
Registration is open!!!
 March 22-24: San Antonio Folklife and Dance Festival! This year's teachers: Andy Taylor-Blenis (international), Miroslav "Bata" Marcetic (Serbian), Zeljko Jergan (Croatian). Live music from Shirley Johnson and Slavadillo.
Important dates:
Single, full time registration:
$150 prior to March 8. $200 thereafter.
Complete details at safdf.org.
In support of SAFDF 2024, AIFD will not meet at Hancock on Friday, March 22. We hope to see you in San Antonio.
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Teaching Library Tips
Enjoying our teaching library? Wishing you could slow down a video or speed it up? You can! Click or tap the Settings icon, then select "Playback speed", and adjust the speed that way. You can go as slow as 25% or as fast as 200%. - Misi Tsurikov - program director.
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