Hi everyone,


        Dances from July 23, 2005. At the Salvation Army Gym, 7-10 PM.

        (Close to the order we did them in)

        Cecelia and her two daughters were visiting from Bozeman.  They
        were the first to arrive.  We danced many of the dances found on
        Yves Moreau's CD volume 5. We danced:

        1 Brasni Carvul -Dobrudz^a   Then tried to remember:
        2 Krivo Ihtimansko Horo -S^opluk, Bulgaria - Both of us are still
                learning this tricky dance.
        3 Sitno Malisevsko -Pirin, Bulgaria
        4 Zensko Svatbarsko -Pirin, Bulgaria -This is another dance both
                need to practice a little more on.
        5 Stani Sterko -Pirin
        6 Stiga mi sa momne le -Rhodopes
        7 Staro Pomasko Horo -Rhodopes
                Cecelia really likes:
          Lazarska Racenica -Trakia,  but didn't have time to do it.
                I wanted to dance:
          Ljavata -Dobrudz^a  -but it was time to stop and begin teaching.

Three young women showed up to dance with us.  About six years ago their
parents had brought them to our group when we were dancing at the Sons of
Norway in downtown Kalispell.  They didn't remember any dances from then,
"Just a bunch of people dancing in a circle."   They remembered Sally
Cuningham (now Jenkins) was the one their parents knew and it was Sally
who had invited their parents.  We taught and then danced each of the next
five twice:


        8  S^eta (SHAY-tah) -Serbia
        9  Dance from Plav -Albania
        10 Ajde Noga Za Nogama -Croatia
        11 Kendime -Turkey
        12 Trugnala Rumjana -Bulgaria

        Requests (The next four done twice also):
        13 An Dro Retourne -France\Brittany
        14 Moj Dragane  (MOJ drah-GAHN-eh) -My Sweetheart- -Lika, Croatia
        15 Jiana -Transylvania, Romania -Roger taught
        16 Dvas^ti Tris^ti -Rhodopes, Bulgaria -Russ taught
        17 Ma Na'avu -Israel
        18 Alunelul -Romania -two lines. One traditional shoulder hold, the
                other swinging arms like the Bulgarian: C^ukanoto
        19 Nabrala - Medimurje, Croatia
        20 Podrimsko Oro -Albanian line  (separate parts & lines for M & W)
        21 Zemer Atik -Israel
        22 C^obankat -Albania
        23 Kritikos Syrtos -Greek
        24 Heya Heya -Modern Israeli couple dance
           Staro Pomas^ko Horo -Bulgaria, Rhodopes region -Done twice
        25 Tfilati -Israel
        26 Pata Pata -South Africa
        27 Sirba din Cimpoi -Romania
        28 Birchot Havdalah -Modern Israeli
        29 Haroa Haktana -Israel
        30 Tamzara -Armenia (Tineke's)
        31 Legnala Dana -Macedonia
        32 Dobrudjanska Reka -Dobrudza, Bulgaria -Rebecca taught
        33 Tervelska Raka -Bulgaria, Dobrudz^a
        34 Vulpiuta -Romania
        35 Barsgeren Yeghanag "Persian Melody" -Armenia
        36 Polka
        37 Vlas^ko -Vlach, NW Bulgaria (long version)
        38 Dedo Mili Dedo -Macedonia
        39 Rumelaj -Romanian Gypsy
        40 S^estorka -Serbia
        41 U S^est (#4 of 5) -Serbia
        42 Pravo -Bulgaria (Nama's)
        43 Lugovonjka -Russian


        Present:

        1  Alicen       -I didn't ask them how they spelled their names,
        2  Brittany     so please forgive any misspellings.
        3  Kelsy
        4  Cecelia
        5  Laura
        6  Mary
        7  Connie
        8  Cris
        9  Dave <--visiting from Michigan. Looked our group up on the internet
        10 Jackie Z.
        11 Joe
        12 Lauren
        13 Marianne
        14 Marvin
        15 Rebecca
        16 Ronda
        17 Roger
        18 Russ
        19 Ted
        20 Shanon and
        21 Derik -late arrivals

        Rebecca has provided us with a notebook to keep our requests and
        comments in, just like most other groups do.  Thanks Rebecca.

        Alan and Sarah's announcement: "Family and friends, join us for
        our wedding at our home in Kalispell, and dance, feast, play,
        and explore in celebration of our joyful union."  Friday, August
        12th through Sunday, August 14th, 2005  RSVP them.


        Our web site: http://www.montanafolkdance.org

        Any suggestions, clarifications, corrections, you have are welcome.
        I am far from perfect! Expect: errors, omissions, typos, and
        spelling mistakes. Take this offering as a work in progress, and
        with a grain of salt.

        Till next time
        Roger