Hi everyone, happy below zero weather! Rosalind, Linda, Allison, Dianne, Laurie, Cris, Ardyce, Larissa, Margaret, Marilyn, Missy, Barbara, Cissy, Connie, Russ, Don & Rose, Jackie Z., John & Diana, Jon, Max & Eva, Hank & Mardia, Sally & Alan, Sam & Ruth, Sarah, Sue, Jackie V., Christie, Susan & Richard, Cecelia, Ruth S., Roger, Tim, Brenda, Joe. Dances from January 3, 2004 at the Salvation Army gym, 7-10 PM. 1 Hora & Sarba Ruginoasa (roo-dgee-NOAH-suh) 2 Ravno Oro -Macedonia -Roger taught 3 Vlashko III -N W Bulgaria -Severnjashko region 4 C^etvorka -Macedonia -still needs more practice on this one! 5 Tolc^evo Kolo -Serbia -Russ demoed, more research 6 Silistrenska Tropanka -Bulgaria, Dobrudz^a -Roger demo/taught Ravno Oro -Macedonia -Roger reviewed/taught 7 Rumunjsko Kolo -Serbia -compared this one to: 8 Milanovo Kolo -Serbia -Russ taught both 9 Nebesko Kolo -Croatia 10 Itele -Romania 11 Zemer Atik -Israel 12 Sharma Sheikh -Israel -Russ taught 13 Teen -Armenian-Kurdish 14 Ve David -Israel 15 Doudlebska Polka -Czechoslovakia 16 Sandansko Horo -Pirin, Bulgaria 17 At Ve'ani -Israel 18 C^eres^na -Macedonia 19 Hora din Campie (HOHrah deen kem-PEEA) -Romania 20 Mairi's Wedding -Scotland 21 Harmonica -Israel 22 Kolo Z^ita -Croatia 23 Pidhichtos Banas (PEE-deek-tos BAH-nas) -North Trace 24 Joc Batranesc din Niculetel -Dobrogea, Romania 25 Music Makers -Scotland -Russ taught/reviewed 26 Jiana -Transylvania, Romania Ravno Oro -Macedonia -reviewed 27 Sestorka -Serbia Silistrenska Tropanka -Bulgaria, Dobrudz^a -more practice 28 Cimpoi -Romania 29 Novo Zagorsko -Bulgaria -(16 count intro) 30 Pentozali -Greek, Island of Crete -done twice 31 Danec -Dobrudza, Bulgaria 32 Makazice/Bela Rada -Serbia 33 Melissa's Waltz (music is Amelia's Waltz) 34 Meitschi Putz Di -Swiss -Russ taught -couple dance Present: 1 Dianne 2 Don 3 Joe 4 Jon 5 Kathy N. 6 Larissa 7 Marvin 8 Missy 9 Rose 10 Roger 11 Russ 12 Ruth 13 Sam Announcements: International Folk Dance, next Saturday, January 10, 2004 at the Salvation Army Gym, 7 to 10pm. Every other Friday, at the Sons of Norway, starting at 6:45, till about 9, will be Scandinavian dancing. FREE! Check in the Entertainer for the current date. Learn to Clog: No partner needed, meet every Tuesday, upstairs Eagles Club. Beginning lessons start at 5:30. Contact Carla for more information 752-7919. Learn to do Western Line dance, meet every Thursday at the Sons of Norway, 6:30pm, $3.00. Tim asked to put in: "Do you think your readers would be interested to know of the free dance lessons every Wednesday, 7:30pm at the Blue Moon on HWY 2 West of Columbia Falls? They are taught by Melanie and Alex of Dance Montana. Each week a different step is taught. Varies between two step, west coast swing, east coast swing, waltz, nightclub, even cha cha..." The 4th Contra Dance of the season is at the Sons of Norway. This coming Friday, January 9, 2004. The 2nd Friday of each month. The Sons of Norway's address is 347 1st Ave E. (corner of 1st Ave. E and 4th St. E.) Kalispell, the NE corner, across the street from the fire department. The dance is from 8:00 to 11pm, with the beginners' workshop starting at 7:30pm. The cost is $6 each for adults, $3 each for teenagers (13-18), and kids 12 and under are free. The dance is put on by Contra Dance Flathead, and two numbers to call for more information are: 862-7098 and 857-2026. Wintergreen Contra Dance 2004 @ Bozeman, MT. Jan. 30-Feb. 1. See: www.geocities.com/bfsdancing There is a "Snow Dance" -the 11th annual contra dance & cross-country ski weekend, this year (2004) on Valentines Day. Saturday, Feburary 14 to Monday, Feburary 16. Featuring Mitchell S. Frey, calling dances to the tunes of Phil and Vivian Williams. For prices and questions, call Mitchell Steam and Stomp 2004, will be Saturday noon to Sunday afternoon. Boulder, Montana. February 28 & 29. Boulder Hot Springs. Ph # 406-225-4339. Our SIXTH anniversary will be March 20th. Our first dance was Friday, March 20, 1998. At the Sons of Norway Hall. Prices were: $2 for adults, $1 for kids under 12, $5 for families. Contacts were Sara Hok and Chris Brewer. For other dance information from Bozeman and Butte check out our web site: http://www.montanafolkdance.org Corrections: The "complete" list, of all the dances we did last year -2003- that was sent out separatly, was missing a few dances, they just weren't writen down at the time. The 7 are: 1 Sukac^ica -Croatia not to be confused with Sukac^ko Kolo -Croatia 2 Sonderhoning -Denmark 3 New Castle -English -This was a work in progress. 4 Evev Ba -Israel -the ususal version was noted BUT, Russ showed us how it was originaly taught by Rivka Sturman, at the Sep. 13, dance. She was born in Europe, arrived in Palestine in 1929, and lived at Kfar Yehezkel. She moved to Ein Charod where she began to teach dance. Later, she joined the newly formed organization sponsored by the Histadrut, which concerned itself with creating folk dances. Rivka's background in modern dance helped her in her approach to folk dance choreography and, very soon, she was considered one of the most prolific and successful folk dance choreographers of Israeli dances. (From Dick Oakes web site) 5 Marioara -Romania -a fast but easy couple dance 6 Kohanotchka -Russia -a couple dance 7 Karapyet -Russia -Russ orgiginaly taught it Jan. 19, 2002. it's a Russian 2 step. Rumunjsko Kolo -Serbia -this is the one we do, remove Rumanosko Kolo. Johnny Groats House country of origin was incorrectly labeled as from the USA, it's from Scotland. (Russ you'll have to teach this one again, have not a clue as to how it's done!) Lastly, we didn't do Gathering Peascods. We just listened to the music. We dance Melissa's Waltz to Amelia'a Waltz, but don't know the dance Amelia's Waltz, so scratch off: Waltz, Amelia's If you want the entire corrected list, let me know. Any suggestions, comments, corrections, you have are welcome! Happy warm dancing! (It was minus 31 degrees this Sunday morning!) Roger