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ContentsPrez SezFall Fling Group PictureFall Fling 2006Andi's Birthday SongDancing with Ruthy and DanyMore Fall Fling PicturesA Note from CatieFrom the EditorTraveling with TerryGainesville NewsGrapeviner International Folkdancers of SarasotaTampa TalkOrlando International Folk Dance ClubEvents and Tours |
So! Following trips to Atlanta for fencing Nationals, China and Tibet for fun, Dahlonega for dance camp, Bath for the fencing World Championships and Ireland and Scotland for fun again and the amazing Fall Fling, I’m back, ready to start camp business! Since I have articles all over this newsletter, I’ll stick to camp and Fall Fling in this one. As of now, we have two teachers and an accordionist. Daniela Ivanova, from For our second teacher, I’m taking a bit of a chance on a new Hungarian teacher who presently lives in As mentioned at the Fall Fling – I need someone to research recipes for me, and think I got a yes from I want to thank John and his Bevy of Beauties for the wonderful Fall Fling. We had fun celebrating Andi’s birthday, did not recognize the fact that Julius had his 77th birthday on September 4, Ellie’s 80th coming in November, Bernice did the same in May, Bobby next week. As someone said – a lot of celebration going on around New Year’s Eve to bear so many of us Sept/Oct babies. My 70th (Sept. 23), party is to be next Friday, conflicting with the English Country Weekend. Good luck with that ENGLISH DANCED HERE! Bye! |
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After lunch, we gathered for a group picture. Those pictured are, kneeling, left to right: Bobby Quibodeaux, Minerva Berkowitz, Terry Abrahams, Caroline Lanker; standing, left to right in order of heads: Jean Murray, John Daly, Judith Baizan, Pat Henderson, Donna Young, Ruth Ann Fay, Virginia Marszal, Joy Herndon, Bill Schwarz, Bernice Roth, Cal Buck, Andi Kapplin, Julius Horvath (behind Andi), Ellie Hall, Jan Lathi, Emilie Brozek, Gary Lanker, Catie Geist, Willa Davidsohn, Fannie Salerno, Sylvia Gruber, Bonnie Olson, and Arleen Kaufmann. A few people who came later are not shown . |
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And a good time was had by all... Thirty-five enthusiastic dancers gathered on the beautiful wooden floor at the historic Community House in John and Jean presented a well-balanced program with many familiar old favorites, some recent camp dances, and a new Israeli dance taught by Bobby. Because it was Andi Kapplin's birthday, we all wore "Happy Birthday Andi" buttons and sang one of Terry's famous songs in Andi's honor. It was wonderful to have the hall filled with dancers, and the sense of community when we all get together. By the end of the day we had set a record of 100 dances, did a few more just to be sure, and by that point most everybody was ready to call it an evening. The dance program was compiled from lists of dances requested over the last 7-10 years, with a few new favorites. We are looking forward to adding more favorites from camp 2007! Sunday was, as usual, a bit more relaxed with only a handful of dancers. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and danced until 11 AM. We were trying to remember how long Most of the The |
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(to the tune of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls") Thank Heaven for Andi K, For she’s the one rememb'ring every dance. Thank Heaven for Andi K, She only has to give her card a glance. It is not just her mem’ry that’s beguiling - We love her, too, because she’s always smiling. Thank Heaven for Andi K. We’re wishing her a happy day and happy dancing too! Without her what would all of us do? |
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Andi Kapplin, Terry Abrahams and Bill Schwarz |
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Pat, Bobby and I all converged at David Digby and Dorothy Archer’s (what great hosts) on Thursday (Aug 24) and, following a dinner with them and other friends, attended the Atlanta Thursday night International group. Next day, we three went on to Karmiel USA Camp sans Dave and Dorothy. This was the 11th annual dance camp with Dany Benshalom and Ruthy Slann, a camp that has done a good job of making us miss Blue Star a little less, has always been in The dances ran the gamut – Dany chose a very appropriate theme this year of “peace”, so many old dances on that subject were done and new ones added. Pat and Bobby taught a neat very simple dance we learned at the Fall Fling, and there are many more to follow (not simple – just neat.) Dany taught many dances, Ruthy taught one, and then they had some of the Gainesville group, who went through the teaching week with them in Israel, teach a couple, and Meliss was there to present a goodie as well. For those of you who know Meliss, she is now a college graduate, married and pregnant! (Yes, we’re getting old). So all in all, a great weekend, highly recommended by me – the Rick Steves of dance camps! |
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Upper row: Jean Murray, Catie Geist, Emilie Brozek, Donna Young, Ellie Hall, Julius Horvath, Bobby Quibodeaux. Lower row: Terry Abrahams, Sylvia Gruber, Felissa Gaber, Lila Gaber, Virginia Marszal, Apryl Cornell, Julieta Brambila |
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Dear Dancers, I had a busy summer filled with English Country Dance trips. I drove up to Minneapolis, MN, for an English Country Dance (ECD) weekend taught and called by Michael Barraclough from Swindon, England. He taught ECD workshops, called the Saturday night contra dance, and called the Sunday evening English Country Dance. He is a marvelous teacher who does historical research. I attended the Colin Hume workshop and dance in Saint Cloud, FL, on June 10th and I really enjoyed learning dances from him again. Colin Hume is from Hertfordshire, England. In July, Bernice Roth and I attended an electric contra dance in Gainesville. The next morning we went to the ECD tea dance and had a delightful time. In August, Colette Moore (from New Port Richey) and I drove to Greenville, SC, for an ECD weekend taught and called by Frederick Park. We had a great time! And in September, Colette Moore and I drove to the ECD weekend in Atlanta which started with a contra dance on Friday night and we danced ECD the rest of the weekend. The ECD was taught and called by Robin Hayden from Amherst, MA. So, that's what I did on my summer vacations! We dance ECD in Melbourne Village at the Community House on Tuesday evenings (6:30-9:00 PM) all year round. Come dance with us anytime! All the best, Catie Condran Geist |
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From the EditorThis summer has certainly been eventful for many of our dancers. This issue features a bunch of travel tales as well as our own Fall Fling. Catie Geist is a new newsletter contributor since I’ve been editing. I’d love to hear from some more of you who haven’t told your tale in the newsletter in a while (or ever). Gary and I made a second trip to the |
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Two days later, we were at a contra dance, again with Kevin and Suzanne. We also took my niece and her eight-year-old daughter, who live in Now, our clubs are swinging into high gear for fall and the return of snowbird dancers. Terry’s birthday party and the English Country Dance in Sebring will happen before this newsletter is available and we’ll hear all about those events in the next newsletter. |
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Dancing goes on here in Frostproof at odd intervals, whenever Gary and I can schedule it. As ever, keep dancing! - Caroline Lanker |
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Well, if I were paid to travel, I’d be rich by now! I have returned again…from first, Ruthy and Dany’s Israeli dance camp. Directly from Atlanta I went to the World Championships in Bath England, and fenced as well as I expected. My goal was not to come in last, and I was 18th out of 26, so I wasn’t last. But actually I was only 3 points away from being in the top 8, so that was a little disappointing. Great socializing though – hung with some Bulgarians, re-met a friend I made last year from After London, I did a day trip to Hampstead; and on to Ireland via train and ferry for a six-day tour with backpackers in a group called Paddy’s Wagon – cute eh? I did the must dos, drank Guinness, kissed the Blarney Stone, heard a couple of good bands, and saw Riverdance. On to Scotland for a 3 day tour, and a 4th day on my own in Edinburgh. In After Scotland, back to London for a full day tour on and off the big red bus and home the 20th. The weather was phenomenal at all times, much to the surprise of my tour guide/bus drivers, who were particularly nice to me and had wonderful wee tales to tell about everything we were seeing, including the faeries, the leprechauns, and the brownies (pronounced broonies). I would rather never stay in a hostel again (3 weeks) – that was a lot of crowded rooms, with the john down the hall. And yet - it’s a cheap way to travel!!! Good luck to all the gang going to |
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News from the northern folk dance frontiers of Gainesville... Dancing in September has gone well, with our incredible core of great teachers; Joyce Dewsberry, John Ward, Margaret Tolbert, Stefan Craciuns, Arlene Abargad, Julieta Brambila, and Jack & Linda Seltzer giving their constant attention to the finer details of all the dances. The spirit has been incredible with all the varieties of the dances we do every Friday night keeping us going every which way all night long. We’re working on the Polonaise, Circle Polka, Kujawiak from last winter’s camp. Joyce and John bring back the oldies with Makezice Bela Rada and Silvenska Racenica. Linda & I have been bringing back some dances from Pece Atanasovski’s great camps in Oteshovo, Macedonia back in the ‘80s, like Maskoto Oro and Buvcansko. I’d like to finally do his great Topansko Oro which is like floating through your feet when you get the correct feel of the dance. Also I’d like to bring back another great one, Sborinka, which Steve Kotansky gave us a few years back. It has lots of stamps, chugs, squats and great styling techniques which are all so much fun to attempt each week. Arlene has given us Hora Habika, Tzadik Katamar, Gvanim, and some other Israeli oldies which I enjoy for all their grapevines and Yemenites. Margaret and Stefan have been doing their Romanian Gypsy stuff, which is slowly but steadily seeping in our brains, spirit and eventually our feet. Tough body action. Dumbala Dumba has been the latest one of Daniel’s that we’re doing. Hora de la Ursari is another one she and Stefan do so well. Our group numbers fluctuate each week. One week we had over 50 with the numbers being swelled by 25 freshman high school students and a small contingent of 5-6 UF troupers. Our regulars have been Charles, June, Annette & Randy, Toshi, Jenna & Talia, Every week brings in 4 or 5 newcomers. It‘s made every week’s dancing pretty unique for all of us. Hope you all had fun at Fall Fling. Wish we could have all just packed up and come down for the event. Take care. Jack Seltzer |
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Grapeviner International Folkdancers of Sarasota Andi is back! We welcomed her back last Wednesday, September 13th, in spite of the downpour of rain at dance time. Fifteen dedicated dancers floated in to dance and enjoy Edith Iwens' "Welcome back Andi" cake. We have bid farewell to Olga Guzy who has been a long time Sarasota dancer. She has moved to Tampa's Brighton Gardens. |
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We’re gaining a little! Kevin and Nilufer – dancers from years ago, have “growed” their kids and are back dancing with us again. We are very excited. They are also attending Judith’s Scandi group. Andi’s back from Vancouver, Ken’s back from camp and all is well with the world. Ursula had a successful hip replacement surgery, but is in a lot of pain. She’s home now and I’m sure would love your cards. [Her address is in the membership list which was mailed to all members - Ed] Bill, Judith, Andi and I had a wonderful time at the Fall Fling – good seeing all of you as per usual, and with the wonderful, exciting, gorgeous, dances like we did, the likelihood of ever stopping seems impossible. What a high! We’re looking forward to seeing a lot of you again in November at Miroslav’s performance in St. Pete (see Events and Tours, below). We may also run into you at various Greek events. See ya! Terry |
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We resumed dancing on September 6 after our summer hiatus of two months. Much to our surprise, we danced every Wednesday in September and did not have to cancel because of the ground being flooded on our property where we dance. It has been a very unusual year for hurricanes but after the past two years, it was very nice to have a break. Kelly Fagan had the honor of singing the National Anthem at the opening of the national conference of the American Physical Therapy Association which was held in Ann Robinson reported that the Whirl & Twirl Square Dance Club, (where we held the OIFDC 35th anniversary party) dedicated its building to Danny Robinson. Bobby and I traveled to Others who traveled recently were Ann Robinson to north OIFDC Dates: Oct. 4: Oktoberfest along with Bobby's birthday celebration - look for pictures in the next newsletter. October 18th and 25th: no dancing November 1: Halloween Party 7:30 pm. |
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FLORIDA FOLK DANCER Florida Folk Dancer is a monthly publication of the Florida Folk Dance Council, Inc., a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to further knowledge, performance, and recreational enjoyment of International Folk Dance. 2006 FFDC OFFICERS: President: Terry Abrahams VP: John Daly
Treasurer: Pat Henderson Secretary: Jean Murray Historian: Dan Lampert |
Newsletter Editor: Caroline Lanker Submissions: Send all newsletter submissions to the Editor during the last week of the month, to be published the first week of the next month. Electronic submissions are preferred. Copyright: Articles in the Florida Folk Dancer are copyright by the Florida Folk Dance Council, Inc., or by their individual authors. Subscriptions are $15 per year and include membership in the Florida Folk Dance Council. The membership year runs from one Annual Camp (usually February) to the next. The newsletter is posted on the FFDC website and members with e-mail addresses are notified of its availability. Subscribers/members can also request printed copies to be mailed to them. FFDC Website: www.folkdance.org |
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Friday, November 3rd: Bata Marcetic Folk Dance Ensemble presents a Florida Gala Concert
Place: the Palladium Theatre at 253 5th North Avenue,
Time: 7:30 pm
Price: $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Call the Palladium at 727-822-3590.
In case any of you don't already know - Miroslav "Bata" Marcetic taught Serbian dances at the FFDC Camp, February 2006. Find out more about him at www.marcetic.com.