(Note: Dancing is
held every Sunday from 7:00 to 10:00 at the Masonic Lodge, 11
South Main Street, West Hartford, CT. Requested donation is $8 on
regular dance evenings and $12 when we have a live band or guest
teacher. Special events will be posted as soon as they are
scheduled; bookmark this site and check back often.)
August
- August 6, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- August 13, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- August 20, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- August 27, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
September
- September 3, 2006:
All-request dance evening. Put your requests directly
onto the program!
- September 10, 2006:
Season-opener Dance Party with Shining Moon, a vocal and
instrumental ensemble from Boston. The band will present
a lively and varied program of ethnic dance music with an
emphasis on the Balkan cultures.
- September 17, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
Note:
6-session series on folkdance fundamentals begins today,
7-8 PM. No extra charge. Excellent introduction for
beginners and refresher for more experienced dancers.
- September 24, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
October
- October 1, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- October 8, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- October 15, 2006:
Dance Party with music by two groups from Boston: Rakiya, a hot Balkan band, and the Gogofski
Trio, featuring Dave Golber on clarinet, Henry Goldberg
on drum, and our own Melinda Fields on accordion.
- October 22, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- October 29, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
November
- November 5, 2006:
Regular dance evening. (Note: We dance in West
Hartford this evening as usual, after completion of NOMAD Festival in New Haven.)
- November 12, 2006:
Special Guest Workshop, with Bulgarian dances taught by Yves Moreau from Montreal.
- November 19, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- November 26, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
December
- December 3, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- December 10, 2006:
Regular dance evening.
- December 17, 2006:
Holiday Dance Party with music by XOPO (Becky Ashenden,
Chuck Corman, Joe Blumenthal, Anna Patton, Barbara
Blumenthal). We will also host a Tag Sale this evening to
benefit Always on Sunday. Bring goods to sell and money
to buy!
- December 24, 2006:
Festive all-request dance evening. Put your requests
directly onto the program! Edibles welcome.
- December 31, 2006:
New Year's Eve Party. Festive all-request dance evening.
Put your requests directly onto the program! Edibles
welcome.
January
February
- February 4, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- February 11, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- February 18, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- February 25, 2007:
Dance Party with music by The Balkan
Situations. This
exciting young folk band based in Middletown, CT plays
traditional and popular music from Eastern Europe and
beyond. The ensemble includes accordion, bass, flute,
guitar, percussion, and violins. The music comes from
Albania, Bosnia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania,
Serbia, and Turkey. The band will play dances that we
know (and maybe a few surprises). Don't miss this one!
March
- March 4, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- March 11, 2007:
Special Guest Workshop, with Balkan dances taught by Michael
Ginsburg, from New
York.
- March 18, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- March 25, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
April
- April 1, 2007:
Dance Party with music by the Yale Women's Slavic Chorus. The Yale Slavic Chorus is an a
cappella chorus composed of Yale undergraduate women,
performing a wide range of Eastern European folk songs in
many different languages and styles. The Chorus strives
to maintain the tradition of dissonant harmonies, unusual
rhythms, and distinctive vocal qualities which make
Slavic music unique and exciting for so many listeners.
In this performance, the Chorus will be singing dance
songs for dancing. Our local band, Hijaz, will assist the Chorus and fill out
the program.
- April 8, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- April 15, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- April 22, 2007:
Regular dance evening. (Note: This is NEFFA weekend, in
Mansfield, MA, but we dance as usual on Sunday evening.)
- April 29, 2007:
Dance Party with music by Zdravets, "Boston's Friendly
Neighborhood Bulgarian Band".
May
- May 6, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- May 12, 2007:
(Saturday): Balkan dance party at Vinnie's Jump &Jive, 424 Main St, Middletown, CT from 8-11.
Music by The Balkan Situations.
- May 13, 2007
Regular dance evening.
- May 20, 2007:
Annual meeting from 7:00-7:45, followed by an all-request
dance evening. There will also be a plant sale to benefit
AOS.
- May 27, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
June
- June 3, 2007:
Annual Dance Party in remembrance of Bruce Batts. Music
by Hijaz and Friends, featuring a solo set by
Tom Pixton on accordion.
- June 10, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- June 17, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- June 24, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
July
- July 1, 2007:
Special Guest Workshop, with Balkan dances taught by Paul
Mulders of the Netherlands. Paul will be coming
to us straight from an engagement at Pinewoods Camp, at
the end of a North American teaching tour. He is a
beautiful dancer, specializing in Yugoslav Macedonian
folk dance. Paul studied for many years with Pece
Atanasovski. Paul
has a particular interest in the Roma village dances of
Prilep and Bitola.
- July 8, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- July 15, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- July 22, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- July 29, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
August
- August 5, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- August 12, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- August 19, 2007:
Regular dance evening.
- August 26, 2007:
Regular dance evening.