Don't Just Tell Your Friends, Relatives, Neighbors, Colleagues-- BRING THEM!

DANCE CALENDAR:

We dance at the Memorial Building in Menasha, 640 Keyes Street. Teaching, 7:00-8:00; Requests, 8:00-9:30 pm.

This month we will review dances taught at our April 18 workshop by Patty and Leslie Scott.

Monday, May 4:

Linda will review the Greek dance, Bafra Horonu. Emily will review Kost ar Choad from Brittany, and Margaret and Victoria will review Geamparalele de la Vadul Oii from Romania.

Monday, May 11:

Barb and Victoria will review the Greek dance, Syrtos Tsirighotikos, and dances from May 4 will be reviewed again.

Monday, May 18:
Margaret, Linda and other participants will review the Bulgarian dance Elenska Racenica and dances from May 11 will again be reviewed.

Monday, May 25:
Folk Dance Party-- requests will include familiar Serbian and Greek dances for the June 6 festival.

Thanks to Betty White for putting our dance calendar together. If you would like to teach a dance or would like to see a particular dance taught or retaught, make a note in the space provided in the request book or talk with Betty, 920-465-0148.

Coming Events:

June 4-7:

Regional June Camp featuring Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion, at Beloit College. We have registration forms available or go to http://junecampifd.googlepages.com

June 6:

Greek/Serbian Festival at Pierce Park in Appleton--music, dancing, wonderful Serbian and Greek food. Those dancers not going to June Camp are warmly invited to come to this festival, dressed in folk costumes, to help lead a few dances and get the audience engaged. Each particpating dancer will receive a meal ticket.

July 8-12:

Door County Folk Festival, Sister Bay, Ephraim, & Bailey’s Harbor, www.dcff.net

August 7-9: Shawano Folk Music Festival, www.shawanofestival.com

Sept. 25-27:

Eau Claire Workshop with Lee Otterholt and Orkestar Bez Ime. http://wsww.cs.uwec.edu/~wagnerpj/ecifd/workshop.htm

October 23-25:

Tapestry Fall International workshop with Michael Ginsburg teaching.

Call Barb, 920-734-4029, for more information about these and other coming events.

A Letter from Margaret.

Here is the picture of my latest stitchery. It won a blue ribbon and a best in show in needle arts at the Wisconsin state fair and will be on display there. The technique is called "padded english goldwork" and hasn't changed appreciably since at least as far back as the time of Henry the VIII. It is done with real gold over 3-dimensional felt padding. I also have a lace piece on display that also won a blue ribbon and a best in show in the needle lace division, a beaded necklace that won a blue ribbon and a nantucket basket that took 2nd place.

Thank you, Margaret