FESTIVALS, PARTIES AND WORKSHOPS

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***** CAMPS (ATTENDED BY DANCERS FROM THE D.C. AREA) *****

INTERNATIONAL, SCOTTISH, ISRAELI - MAINEWOODS DANCE CAMP, Aug. 15 – Sept. 4, 2010 (no weekends), Camp Indian Acres, on the Saco River in Fryeburg, Maine (11 miles southeast of North Conway, NH). Session 1, Aug. 15 – 21: Tom Bozigian (Armenian), Ann Smith (Scottish), Loui Tucker (Israeli), Barbara Pixton (Intl. Folk Musician). Aug. 22 – 28: France Bourque-Moreau (French Candian), Ahmet Lüleci (Turkish), Yves Moreau (Bulgarian), Susan Anderson / Carol & Bill Wadlinger (Intl. Folk Musicians). Aug 29 - Sept. 4: Mihai David (Romanian), Lee Otterholt (Balkan and Beyond), Richard Schmidt (Polish), John Matulis (Intl. Folk Musician). www.mainewoodsdancecamp.org

INTERNATIONAL AND SCANDINAVIAN - BUFFALO ON THE DANUBE - Fri. Sept. 3 - Mon. Sept. 6, 2010 - INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE CAMP ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND at Timber Ridge Camp, Highview, West Virginia (2 hours from DC). Sponsored by World Music and Dance Institute (Jamie/Betsy Platt). Dance workshops by Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion (Romanian), Larry Weiner (Bulgarian and Slovenian from Italy’s Resia Valley), and Roo Lester and Larry Harding (expert instructors of Scandinavian dances). Live music by KABILÉ (Bulgarian music), Stejar Monte Banda (Romanian music), Resia Valley Ensemble, and Paul Morrissett and Becky Ashenden (Swedish and Norwegian fiddles). Many instrumental workshops!  COMPLETE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM:  http://www.dancingplanetproductions.com/danube.htm (301-717-4641, dancingplanet [at] erols.com)

SHORASHIM - ROOTS OF ISRAELI FOLK DANCE, Fri. Sept. 3 – Mon. Sept. 6, 2010, New York City. “A weekend of nostalgia on Broadway!” Dani Dassa, Ayalah Goren-Kadman, and Danny Pollack. http://www.rikud.net/camp/shorashim.html (917-207-0093, rikudayam@gmail.com )

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