Hi, Rosalind, Linda, Allison, Laurie, Cris, Ardyce, Larissa, Lita 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, Lauren, Richard & Susan, Cecelia, Tim, Brenda, Joe, Ed & Deanna, Michael & Susan, Sally D., Debbie F., Julie T. Dances from September 18, 2004 at the Salvation Army Gym, 7-10 PM. (close to the order we did them in) 1 Mitro Mitro -Bulgaria -Roger taught. Learned from Sally at Steam and Stomp 2004. Brief review: Line dance, W hold (arms up), moves to the right. R hop L hop, walk- R L Rhop -turn to face center on that hop- then step in with L hop, (bring R to back of calf), step back out with R -hop. Grapevine: L hop, (R cross behind left), R hop, L hop Repeat above till end of music. 2 Zalna Majka ("Grieving Mother") -Macedonia -Thanks Sally! 3 Biserka -Serbia 4 Hora pe Gheata -Romania 5 Rondeau de Garein -France 6 Robin Ddiog (Idle Robin or Lazy Robin) -Wales 7 Trind Polska -Finland 8 Trite Puti (AMAN 3) -Bulgaria 9 Devojko Mari Hubava -Rhodopes, Bulgaria 10 Bar -Armenian community in USA 11 Dansul Fetelor De La Crihalma -Romania 12 Pe Batute (PAY BAH-too-teha) -Romania Mitro Mitro 13 Polka -("Are You Mine Polka") 14 Harmonica -Israel 15 Tino Mori -Macedonia 16 Sadi Moma -Pirin, Bulgaria 17 Sandansko Horo -Pirin, Bulgaria 18 Skudrinka -Macedonia (to the music of "Od Granka V Granka") OK, I asked those in the group what meter/count it was in. Missy said it's in 4/4. We danced Skudrinka again to Pembe Oro and again it's in 4/4. Here is what Sally had to say: ..."here's what I found on a record jacket I have under Skudrinka. Notes by Pece Atanasovski. 'Skudrinka--the name of the dance comes from the beautiful village named Skudrinje in the location of Dolna Reka - in the Radika's valley. It's danced during the holidays or gathering days. Ritham [sic] 4/4.' I found that I have 4 different tunes for Skudrinka--Od Granka V Granka,...Pembe Oro, and two that are different from those two." Furthermore Skudrinka is related to Dzangurica (Thanks again Sally for the help!): Re: Dzangurica From the EEFC mailing list From: "Richard Crum" Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:22:08 -0700 Hi John, Fred, Larry et al. : I learned Dzhangurica, along with Skudrinka and Zetovsko oro, in 1952 from Mihajlo ("Mishko") Mihajlovski from Lazaropole (a "Mijak" village generally included in the Debar area of western Macedonia; it had a fine folkdance performing group that had toured outside Macedonia in the 1930s). He did not use "Dzangurica" as a synonym for "Skudrinka". To his knowledge (as I, a callow American folk dancer at the time, interpreted it), they were two distinct dances, in terms of meter AND kinetics. Mishko had approached me and offered to show me some of his village's dances. (Our session, BTW, took place in the backyard of Atanas and Ljupka Kolarovski's house in Skopje). I have always suspected that Dzhangurica's inclusion in the Bulgarian repertoire ("Pirin" being used as a vaguely defined catch-all equivalent of "Macedonia", for which there are numerous examples), can be traced to the works of Sofia-born choreographer Bozhidar Janev (or Yaneff, etc., etc.), who may (I don't know) have been a member of the West Macedonian Mijak emigrant community, known to be numerous in Sofia after the Balkan Wars. In any case, Janev introduced a number of his Macedonian choreographic works, including Dzhangurica, to the Bulgarian amateur theatrical ethnic dance scene in the late 1960s, whence into the Blagoevgrad dance factory and thence into the repertoires of our U.S. guest teachers from Bulgaria. I would ask, with all due respect, whether dances such as Janev's Dzhangurica, Rusalijski igri, etc., are indeed attested in Pirin in the "traditional" village repertoires, and, if so, what are the historical details. Cheers ! Dick -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:47 PM Cc: eefc@eefc.org Subject: Re: [eefc] Dzangurica Hi Fred, Larry, Thanks very much for the reminders! You are both absolutely right - there is indeed the 9/8 Dz^anguriza taught by Dick Crum using magnificent music by the Trio Majovci. I actually learned that version from Ron Wixman who had had learned it from Dick. So, we have three varieties of dances called Dz^angurica: 1) Versions in 2/4 and 9/8 from the western region of the Republic of Macedonia (the 2/4 versions is also called "Skudrinka"; the 9/8 version called only Dz^angurica). Dick Crum was the first one to introduce the 9/8 version beginning in 1968. Atanas Kolarovski first introduced the 2/4 version in the early 1960's; similar version taught also by Pece Atanasovski beginning in the early 1970's. 2) Versions in 9/8 from the Pirin region. Yves Moreau introduced a version of Dz^angurica in the early 1970's, and other versions introduced later by various native Bulgarian dance teachers. Regards, John Kuo ------------------ John, You might be interested to learn that there are still a few of us around (and possibly even some older alumni of Balkanske Igre) who may remember a Folk Dance Associates Instutute workshop at the U. of Chicago back in April 1968 at which Dick Crum taught a Dzhangurica in 9/8 meter that was enthusiastically received by those who attended. Dick presented the dance as a popular dance done by the Mijaci in western Macedonia, and I still have a copy of the wonderful recording he used by the "Trio Majovci" (Isaku Amit, Isakovski Islam, Isaku Isak, RTB EP 14706). Dick's version of the dance was not the same as the ones taught by Nina Kavardjikova or Ventzi Sotirov but , then again, he did not present it as a Bulgarian dance. Fred Aalto ------------------- As a side note to all this, the dance called "Dz^angurica" in 9/8 is the one I learned from Eves Moreau. I have a CD of Macedonian Folk Dances with Pece Atanasovski and the Skudrinka on it is different than the other two that we've danced to, and by the way, on the Video he dances Skudrinka with basicly the same elements but different. Does some or all of this answer your questions Jackie?? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Back to the request: 19 Ta'am Haman -Israel 20 Heya Heya -Israel 21 Pidhichtos Banas (PEE-deek-tos BAH-nas) -North Thrace 22 Zillertaler Laendler -Austria 23 Zemer Atik -Israel 24 Polka ("Stand beside Me") 25 Music Makers -Scotland (simular to Mairi's Wedding but with "Waves") 26 Mana'a vu -Israel 27 Shibboleth Basadeh -Israel 28 Two Hand Reel -Ireland 29 Pomas^ko Sirto -Bulgaria 30 Melissa's Waltz (music is Amelia's Waltz) 31 Dayagim -Israel 32 Mi Go Zatvorille -(Russ's version -"Actually, I wrote that one in the chicken house...I like to refer to it as Bela 'Russ', or maybe Bela Rooster. Can't think of anything for Macedonia...." Present: 1 Connie 2 Cris 3 Don 4 Larissa 5 Lauren 6 Linda 7 Lita 8 Marvin 9 Missy 10 Philip <1st time folk dancing, friend of Cris's from Hamelton. 11 Roger 12 Rose 13 Russ 14 Ruth 15 Sam Announcements: Saturday* International Folk Dance, September 25, 2004 at the Salvation Army Gym, 7 to 10pm. ---------- "Swing Dancing will be the 1st Friday and the 3rd Saturday of the month. Lessons-7:30-8 or so. Dance, 8ish to 11:00. $5.00 Cover The first dance will be on Saturday, Sept. 25th." I just got an email from Julene.( Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004)There has been a change in dates regarding the Swing Dances. The first one will be on **Oct. 1st.** Joe ---------- The 2nd Contra Dance of the season will be at the Sons of Norway. October 8, 2004. The Sons of Norway's address is 347 1st Ave E. The dance is from 8:00 to 11pm, with the beginners' workshop starting at 7:30pm. ---------- Hello Fellow dancers, Just want to let you all know that we are resuming folk dancing here in Butte on Sunday evenings 7-9 p.m. at the Sacred Ground Center 126 S. Main. If you can get over for dancing and don't want to drive home the same night, we have a couple of extra beds at our house-- give us a call We always feel in need of style tips and information about the dances we do-- and have learned quite a bit from our out-of-town guests. Hope to see you sometime soon, Eva & Max --------- Armenian workshop with Tineke (sounds like Teen-eh-keh) van Geel, Calgary, November 13 & 14 2004. We will leave Friday afternoon November 12 to be in Calgary by 7:30pm. The cost of the work shop is 50 dollars Canadian funds, 39 dollars US. Go to Folkdance Fridays' web site for registration form. http://hometown.aol.com/kcharkow/myhomepage/cff.html ---------- Wintergreen Contra Dance 2005 @ Bozeman, MT. Jan. 28-30. Brought to you by the Bozeman Folklore Society www.bozemanfolklore.org ---------- For other dance information from Bozeman and Butte check out our web site: http://www.montanafolkdance.org --------- Any suggestions, comments, corrections, you have are welcome! Till next time Roger