aifd.cc or AIFD Newsletter September 4, 2020 This Friday's AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, September 4, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by AIFD. Zoom link Meeting ID: 847 8053 8417 Password: 393160 Link to dance program and teachers. If you have any comments on our virtual dances or dance requests, we would love to hear from you! Please email us at teaching_director@aifd.cc. Would you like to request a dance but can't remember the name? Check out the list of dances in AIFD's music library. This list is maintained by Franklin Houston. If you run into any issues with the list, you can email Franklin at music_librarian@aifd.cc. To be added to the newsletter distribution, please email newsletter_editor@aifd.cc or click here. 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. San Antonio Folk Dance Festival presents: A Master Dance Class with Mihai David. Saturday, September 12. Zoom class from 7-8, followed by a dance party from 8 until ??? No fee .. donations appreciated. For full details, check out the event flier. List of other online events compiled by Denise Fynmore. 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. Link of the week: "Zoom" flash mob. If you would like to be removed from our newsletter distribution, please notify us at newsletter_editor@aifd.cc or click here.