Bannerman Thanksgiving Camp 2014

The first installment of the Bannerman Thanksgiving Camp 2014 is being featured on the Charlottesville Public Access TV Station Channel 13. It is aired at the following times the whole month of February.  Tuesdays at 2:30, Wednesdays at 5:00, and Saturdays at 1:00  You can stream it live at those times by clicking the silver TV in the upper right corner.

As I've mentioned before, Share the Joy, dance with a child! The Bannerman Thanksgiving Camp is a place where you can experience the joy of dancing with all ages!  Check it out for next year, You won't regret it!
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The Holly Mead Elementary after school program invited me to teach some Icelandic dances last month.  We danced Vikivaki as taught  by Michael Hamblin at the 2012 Pourparler, and at the 2013 Mainewoods Camp by Sanna Longden. We also danced Vorvindar Glaoir as danced in the folowing youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us9ASpkOaLo

Happy Dancing!
Another Day, Another Dance!

January Dances

Lindy has been teaching two Romanian dances.  Dansul Fetelor din Bilca is the easier one.  It was taught at Mountain Playshop by Christian and Sonia,

Hora Lautereasca is the other Romanian dance that Lindy was teaching this month. The link below is Dunav performing the dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJemrBsdb8s 

Or you could follow the link below to find out more information about the music and some groups that have performed the song.
http://katleyplanetbg.blogspot.com/2014/02/variations-on-romanian-folk-tune-hora.html

Bill taught Lissavo which he learned from Kyriakos Moisidis.  Below are the notes for the dance.
http://archives.mvfolkdancers.com/0_Other%20Items%20of%20Interest/0_Dance%20Instructions/lissavo.pdf

It is a fun dance that reminds one of "Sofka".

Share the Joy! Dance with a child!
Another Day, Another Dance,
Happy Dancing!

Incalcita, Hora din Campie

 I may be blogging on both sites for a while as we transition. Please keep checking the new site. As we update and you will be able to view some of our interviews and shows.

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We had an afternoon of intermediate dancing this past Sunday.

Bill taught Incalcita, which means confusing or unclear, a dance from Bessarabia, The Republic of Moldova. Below is a link to the dance notes and a video.  We do it the same way they do it on the video.

http://www.folkdancecamp.org/08syllabus/I--Incalcita%20%282008SFDC%29.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-JoH0xBnb4

Lindy taught Hora din Campie from Romania.  Below are notes from the Evansville group.

http://evansvillefolkdancers.com/resources/Notes/H/Hora%20din%20Campie%20DN.pdf

We do the dance the same as the following video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrh6Onq-ggo

Definitely, if you want a workout Incalcita is the dance for you. Follow it with Hora din Campie for a nice cool down!

Share the Joy, dance with a child!

Another Day, Another Dance,

Happy Dancing!

A New Year and A New Home!

The New Year finds this blog moving to a new site.  To find future posts, new material, and give your input, please visit us at birdresearch.wordpress.com

I hope to hear from you soon.
Share the Joy, dance with a child!
Another Day, Another Dance!
Happy Dancing!

5 Years and Going Strong!

It is hard to believe that we are going into our sixth year of the blog! It is even longer that I have been recording the weekly teaching of dances in our group!  Many have come and gone but the core group continues to spread the Joy!  Thank you!

I want to thank all of you that have shared your stories, music, dancing, and encouragement!

We are producing our third season of the program "Another Day, Another Dance!" for Charlottesville Public Access Television  http://cpatv.org/  and I can't wait to hear more stories of the impact of Folk Dancing on your life.

There are more groups publishing the dances that they do which is very informative.  It is always fun to see if other groups are doing the dances that we do and if they do them the same way that we do.

Thank you, All!
Keep dancing!
Share the Joy! Dance with as many children as you can!

Another Day, Another Dance!
Happy Dancing!

Bulgarika and TV Show

Just got home from dancing with the Bulgarian group named Bulgarika. The Bulgarian community of Richmond, VA sponsored the event.  It was a great event!

A few of you are interested in the TV program that we produce.  Another Day, Another Dance can be viewed on line at
http://cpatv.org/   1:00 PM Saturdays, 2:30 PM Tuesdays, 5:00 PM Wednesdays.

Click the little TV in the upper Right Corner of the computer screen at the above times and you can view the program.  The same program runs all month.

It was great seeing and dancing with everyone!

Another Day, Another Dance,
Happy Dancing!

Mary Baldwin College Students

Last week it was great to have Irene Sarnelle and her students from Mary Baldwin College visit.  We always look forward to them dancing with us.  The young ladies brought their enthusiasm, energy, and knowledge of dance to brighten the evening.  They easily picked up the dances we taught. Every student danced almost every dance.

Also a credit to Irene's teaching,  she was taking her students to visit a local second grade class to teach them some dances.  Just as I say, "Share the joy, dance with a child!!"

Tom Masterson from Boulder, CO visited and taught a few dances.
Levan Polkka - performed here by a Finish Group which reintroduced it
http://www.wimp.com/ievanpolkka/
but made a hit by Japanese Anime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mkfFdvRE
Some one demonstrating the whole dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-gfYKksOGw
For the "Rest of the Story" see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ievan_Poalkka

Tom also taught Ana Visa, for which I couldn't find information. I did video Tom teaching the dance.

He also introduced Goralski from Poland.  Below are some notes on the dance.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/dance/goralski.html

Just Remember, "Another Day, Another Dance!"
Share the Joy, dance with a child!
Happy Dancing!