AIFD newsletter for January 12, 2024: John "Janos" Scales DJs, Pearl assists.

This Friday, Jan 12, at AIFD:

Enjoy a lively evening of dancing DJ'd by John "Janos" Scales. John will be assisted by Pearl Ohlsson.

Teaching throughout January:

Join us throughout January for Bakmes and Balkan! Stephanie Anderson and John Scales will guide us over the peaks of Scandinavian dance to help us elevate our partnering skills as we learn Odina Jonsson’s Bakmes. Franklin Houston will lead a magical mystery tour through the enchanted forest of Bulgarian dance rhythms found in Pravo Trakiysko Horo, Kopanica, Krivo Slivniško, Eleno Mome, and Jove Male Mome. Be there and B squared in January!

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Link of the week:
Italian folk dance.

Membership:January is the time to renew your AIFD membership for 2024. The annual membership fee is $10. Please consider supporting AIFD by joining or renewing this month. Talk to Marcia Toprac, AIFD Treasurer, at dancing or email her at Treasurer@aifd.org.

Kaye Roth memorial: Saturday, Jan 13:

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kaye Roth. A memorial service for Kaye will be held on Saturday, January 13th, 2pm, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757. The service will be followed by an informal reception on church grounds. Here is the link to a beautiful obituary to Kaye

SAFDF 2024:
Registration is open!!!

March 22-24: San Antonio Folklife and Dance Festival! Registration is now open! This year's teachers: Andy Taylor-Blenis (international), Miroslav "Bata" Marcetic (Serbian), Zeljko Jergan (Croatian). Live music from Shirley Johnson and Slavadillo. Complete details at safdf.org.

Friday, 7-9:45