The Folk Dance Scene for November 2006
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November 5 (Sunday): Afternoon of Israeli Golden Oldies “A Dance Down Memory Lane”, at Sunnyvale Recreation Center, Sunnyvale from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. For more information send email to loui@louitucker.com .
November 5 (Sunday): Balkan Folkdancing at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, at Gilman, Berkeley from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. Admission is $7.00. For more information call (510) 525-5054
November 11 (Saturday): The North Bay Country Dance Society present a dance party, “A Village Dance Afternoon”, at the Marin Masonic Hall, Lootens Street, between Fourth and Fifth, San Rafael from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Live music for dancing provided by The Beat Queens Band from Seattle; Cathie Whiesides (Violin), Anita Anderson (Piano), Joanne Lauterjung (accordion, flute and percussion) and all provide vocals. Admission is $5.00 for members and $6.00 for non-members. For more information call Reta Lockert at (707) 996-0065, send email to reta@nbcds.org or visit http://www.nbcds.org .
November 11 (Saturday): Folk dance party presented by the Kopachka Dancers with live music for dancing provided by Turlu and Friends at Scout Hall, 177 East Blythdale, Mill Valley at 8:00 P.M. Admission is $5.00. For more information send email to settele@vision.ucsf.edu or call (415) 453-6334.
November 11 (Saturday): Dancers Without Borders at the Marin Masonic Hall, Lootens between Fourth and Fifth, San Rafael, present village and couple dances to music by Seattle’s Bear Queens (Greek, Balkan, hambos and polkas) rom 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Admission is $5.00 for County Dance and Song Society members and $6.00 for general admission. For more information send email to reta@nbcds.org .
November 17 (Friday): “Gypsy Caravan”, Berkeley Folk Dancers Fun Night at Live Oak Park Recreation Center, Shattuck at Berryman, Berkeley for 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. Admission is $5.00 for members and $7.00 for others. For more information send email to YAQIZHANG@comcast.net .
November 17 (Friday): Verna Druzhina to play music for dancing at Cabrillo College, Gym Building, Aptos, quick teaching at 7:30 and the music goes from 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. Admisison is $5.00 plus tips.
November 18 (Saturday): Greekmix with live Bouzoukia featuring live and recorded music at Macarthur Park, 607 Front Street, Jackson Square, San Francisco from 10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. Admission is $10.00 (limited presale through groovetickets) and $20.00 at the door. For more information contact Mary Ann karonis at macaronis@earthlink.net .
November 19 Stockton-In-Exile folk dance at the Saratoga Dance Studio, Quito Center, 18779 Cox Avenue, Saratoga from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Admission is $5.00. for more information send email to MarionKEarl@yahoo.com or susan.Gregory@comcast.net .
November 22 (Wednesday): Zoyres eastern European Wild Ferment plays at the Makeout Room, 3225 – 22nd Street, San Francisco at 9:00 P.M. Admission is $6.00. For more information visit http://zoyres.monopod.net or send email to zoyres@gmail.com .
November 24 & 24 (Friday & Saturday): San Francisco Kolo Festival at their new location: Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Avenue, at Alemany, San Francisco. For more information visit Kolo’s website http://www.balkantunes.org/lolofestival/ or visit the Croatian American Cultural Center’s site http://www/slavonicweb.org/contact.html .
November 29 (Wednesday): Women meet at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic Avenue, jat Solano Avenue, Albany from 10:15 to 11:30 P.M. to dance the dances of the Balkan Grandmothers (Traditional Ritual Women’s Dance as Mantra). Admission is $5.00. For more information contact Catherine Sutton at Catherine@sonic.net .
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Regularly Scheduled
International/Mostly Balkan Events
First and third Sundays:
Ashkenaz, 7:00 - 9:30 PM., 1317 San Pablo
Blvd. near Gilman, Berkeley. First and third Sundays: Tom Roby, Marjorie Nugent
and Ellie Weiner teach Hungarian
dance. Admission is 8.00. For more
information call (510) 632-3713 or (408) 452-1890.
Every Second and Fourth Sundays:
Dancers
for Art’s Sake sponsor Sebastopol Sundays International Folk Dancing at
Wischemann Hall (turn North onto Morris Street past the Community Center),
Sebastopol from 1:00 to 4:30 P.M. Easy
dances, with instruction followed by other dances by request. Admission is $4.00 for members and $5.00 for
non-members; children under 14 are free.
For more information call (707) 542-2132.
Every Fourth Sunday:
The Pomander Club
presents a Tea Dance from 4:00 to 6:30 P.M. with live music provided by the
Paul Price Society Orchestra at Palo Alto Masonic Center, 461 Florence (just
north of University, Palo Alto.
Every Monday:
Greek Folk Dance
Workshops at the Presidio Dance Academy, 1158 Gorgas Road at Marshall
(adjacent to Crissy Field), San Francisco
from 8:00 - 10:00 P.M. For more
information call Mary Ann Karonis (510) 530-5140 or send email to: makronis@earthlink.net
Razzmatazz,
Black Bean BBQ (formerly Clo’s Parkside Grill
and BBQ), 557 Summerfield Rd., (next to the Rialto Cinema), Santa Rosa
from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Admission is
$3.00. For more information call (510)
965-9688 or (707) 527-5224.
Argentine Tango
intermediate to advanced classes by Nora Dinzlebacher at The Beat, 2560 – 9th
Street, Berkeley from 8:15 P.M. to Midnight. $10 for class (includes practice
and $5. for practice only. For more information visit http://www.organictangosf.info/index_sf.shtml
.
Every Fourth Monday:
John Daley and friends will
teach the basic kolos we do at our festivals. 7:30 P.M. at the Croatian Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga
Ave., San Francisco. For more information call (415) 255-3442. A donation is
requested. Merim Mesic will play music.
Every Tuesday:
Palomanians International FD (primarily
intermediate) Class meets
Tuesdays 8:00 - 10:15 pm. $6 drop-in fee Menlo Park Recreation Center 700 Alma St, Menlo Park (in the civic
center). Call Al Lisin 408-252-8106
International Folk Dance
Classes with Marcel Vinokur at Menlo
Park Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street,
Menlo Park, 7:00-10:15 P.M
Santa Clara Valley Folk
Dancers American
Legion Hall, Post 99, 1344 Dell Avenue, Campbell from 7:30 – 9:30 P.M. Call
Maxine Burnham (408) 739-0500.
Almost every First Tuesday:
Balkan dancing with live
and/or recorded music at Ashkenaz.
Teaching 7:30 - 8:45 PM and party on into the night. For more information, call
the Ashkenaz recording at (510) 525-5450.
Every Wednesday:
Carriage House in Holbrook Palmer Park,
150 Watkins Avenue in Atherton from 7:45 - 10:00 P.M. For more information
contact the instructor, Suzanne Rocca-Butler (650) 854-3184.
Novato Folk Dancers, Lynwood School, 1320
Lynwood Drive, Novato 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.
Call (415) 982-9405.
Santa Rosa Folk Dancers, Willowside Hall, 5299 Hall
Road, Santa Rosa 1:45 – 3:45 P.M. Call
Frank and Elsa (707) 546-8877
San Francisco International
Dance Circle, Harvey
Milk Recreation Center, 50 Scott St. at Duboce, San Francisco 10:00 – 11:30
A.M. Call Mabel Doss (415) 467-9208.
Albany
Senior Center women’s simple Balkan dances taught at the Albany Senior
Center, 846 Masonic Avenue, at Solano, Albany fro 10:15 to 11:30 A.M. Admission is $5.00. For more information call Catherine Sutton (510) 528-2261.
Every Thursday:
Mandala meets for
International Folk Dance with Edith Bourbin at Bowcock Hall, St. Paul’s
Presbyterian Church, 43rd Avenue, at Judah, San Francisco from 7:30 to10:30 P.M.
Marin Balkan Dancers, held 8:30 P.M. - 10:30
P.M. at Dance with Sherry Studio, 4140 Redwood Highway, San Rafael. For more
information contact Irene Croft (415) 456-0786 or send email to IreneCroft@cs.com.
Mostly Balkan, at Burgess Recreation
Center, Menlo Park. Teaching from 7:45 P.M. to 8:45 P.M. and request dancing
from 8:45 P.M. to 10:15 P.M. For more information contact Sue (408) 247-2420 or
Berek (650) 851-8498 or visit their Website.
Scandinavian Dancing, 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. at 3115
Butters, Monclair District, Oakland. Take Highway 13, exit to Joachin Miller,
go East to Butters. For more information, contact Frank Tripi (510) 654-3636.
Saratoga International Folk
Dancers,
founded April, 1980 -- 25 years at the same location: Saratoga Community
Center, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue (across the street from the P.O), Saratoga,
California. Time: 8:00-10:00 PM (parties 5 times a year go to 10:30). Admission
is $6.00 ($5.00 seniors). Instructor: Loui Tucker 408-287-9999 loui@netcom.com. Usually 1
"beginner" level dance and one "intermediate/advanced". A group of anywhere from 5-15 goes out to a
nearby eatery afterwards until 11:00 PM.
Argentine Tango
beginning to intermediate classes by Nora Dinzlebacher at The Beat, 2560 – 9th
Street, Berkeley from 8:15 P.M. to Midnight. $10 for class (includes practice
and $5. for practice only. For more information visit http://www.organictangosf.info/index_sf.shtml
.
Every Friday:
Albany "Y"
International Folk Dancing with Kay James 8-11 P.M.
The Kopachka Dancers meet at Scout Hall, 177 E. Blithedale Ave.,
Mill Valley at 8:00 P.M. For more
information send email to jcduke@sfsu.edu
. .
First four Fridays:
Changs International Folk
Dancers: Meets the first four Fridays of each month at 8 P.M. at Lincoln
Park Presbyterian Church, 31st Avenue at Clement Street, San Francisco.
Teaching on the first two Fridays, party night on the third Friday, and family
folk dancing on the fourth Friday; call ahead as the schedule varies at times.
Admission is $2.00; $3.00 on party nights; first time is free. *All* are
welcome, no partner necessary. For more information, call (415) 332-1020 or
e-mail: paperwings@earthlink.net.
Every first Friday:
Family folk dancing by
Denise Weiss at Croatian Cultural Center
at 60 Onondaga St., in San Francisco. Call Croatian Center at (415) 255-3442 or
call Denise at (510) 841-0934.
Every Friday (except for occasional three-day
weekends):
Stanford International
Dancers at Flex-It Aerobics Studio, Mountain View. Live music party
monthly.
Every first Saturday:
Family folk dancing by Nancy
McGhee at Albany YMCA. Call (510) 528-4410.
Every third Saturday:
International Folk Dance
party at Hermann Sons Hall, Petaluma at 2-6 P.M. For more information,
call (707) 546-8877.
Daily:
3:00 to 5:30 P.M. Mideast/Gypsy/Near
eastern/Indian/Rom/Sephardic Jewish etc. song/.melody Sharing Circle in a
Magick temple-like space. Free to those who have at least three songs/melodies
to share, otherwise $30 in advance for 6 month membership. Local perfumers
teaching (Mimi Spencer, Members of Kitka etc). Will also include occssional
dance party with live acoustic music the DJ’ing later in Albany within walking
distance from El Cerrito BART station.
For more information: http://server3001freeyellow.com/whimsyum/mideast.html
Regularly Scheduled Israeli
Folk Dance Events (Thanks to Asha Goldberg)
Every Monday:
Cafe Kineret, Sunnyvale Recreation
Center, 550 Remington, $4. 7:30-8:30 teaching for beginners, 8:30-9
Intermediate/Advanced level teaching. Requests till 11:30. For more information
contact Loui Tucker, (408) 287-9999, loui@netcom.com
Monday morning Israeli folk
dancing with Ayelet for wormen only at Temple Emanu-El, 1010 University Avenue, San Jose
from 10:00 A.M. till Noon. Admission is
$5.00. For more information call Ayelet at (408) 739-2233 send her email ayeledance@gmail.com or visit http://www.ayeledance.com .
Every Tuesday:
Dancing at the Friedman
Center of Congregation Beth Ami, Santa Rosa by Lee Newland from 6:30 to
10:00 P.M. For more information call (707) 923-8859.
Sababa! Peninsula Temple Sholom, 1655 Sebastian Drive, Burlingame .7:30
P.M. beginners, 8:30 intermediate and 9:00 - Midnight requests. Admission is
$5.00. For more information call Shirley Burr (925) 274-1264.
Every Wednesday:
Cafe Simcha, Israeli Folk Dancing at
the Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Avenue, Kensington from 8:00 to
11:30 P.M. All levels, come earlier for the older and easier dances. Party - no
teaching - every fifth week. You get more of the older dances during party
nights. For more information contact Loui Tucker, (408) 287-9999, loui@netcom.com; or Yonit Levy, (510)
231-0959, yonitlevy@hotmail.com.
Ayelet Bukai teaches beginning and
intermediate dances at Cupertino Middle School, Multi-purpose Room, 1650 S.
Bernardo Avenue, Sunnyvale from 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. For more information contact Ayelet
Bukai
Every Thursday:
The Dancing Chevra,
at the San Rafael Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Road, free, 10:15AM-12:30 P.M.
Beginning and intermediate level. No partners necessary. For more information
contact Rachel Kay and Ruth Browns (415) 492-1605, or the JCC at (415)
479-2000.
Dance with Mark, 625 Hamilton (off
Webster), Palo Alto, $5. 7:45 PM -8:15 teaching for beginners, 8:15-8:45
intermediate/advanced level teaching. Requests till 11:30. Bring earplugs. For
more information contact Mark Tischler, (408) 749-9285.
Every Second Saturday of every month:
Cafe Shalom at Bowcock Hall, St. Paul’s
Presbyterian Church, 43rd Avenue, at Judah, San Francisco. Call Darron Feldstein for more details:
(415) 566-0896.
The last Saturday of each month:
Congregation Kol Emeth, 4175 Manuela Ave, Palo
Alto, $3 ($1 students) 8 PM - 11 teaching and requests, all levels. For more
information contact Yale Rosenblatt, (650) 697-1049.
The third Saturday of every month:
Sababanights,
625 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto from 8:00 P.M. till late. Admission is $7.00. For more information call (408) 828-0520 or
email sababadance@yahoo.com .
Every Sunday:
Congregation B'nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Lane, Walnut
Creek, $5. 5:30-6:30 teaching for beginners. 6:30-8:30 dancing, review,
teaching, and refreshments. For more information contact Yardena Brooks, (510)
934-9446.
Regularly Scheduled Sacred
Circle Dance Events
First and third Sundays:
Marin Sacred Circle Dancers at Almonte Clubhouse, Mill
Valley 5:45 to 8:00 P.M. Call Kelli (415) 507-0376.
First Sundays:
Pacifica Sacred Circle
Dancers at
the Library, Pacifica 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Call Howard (650) 359-0207 or Aleka
(650) 355-6752.
Last Sunday afternoon:
Mendocino Sacred Circle
Dancers at
the Community Center, School and Pine Streets, Mendocino. Call Maggie (707)
937-4800 or Devora (707) 937-1077.
First and Third Tuesday evenings:
Sebastopol/Santa Rosa Sacred
Circle Dancers.
Call Catherine Sutton (707) 792-1331.
Most Fridays:
Berkeley/El Cerrito Sacred
Circle Dancers
at Finnish Brotherhood Hall, 1970 Chestnut St., Berkeley 7:45 - 10:00 P.M. Call
Howard (650) 359-0207 or Aleka (650) 355-6752.
Second Fridays:
Mendocino Sacred Circle
Dancers at
the Community Center, School and Pine Streets, Mendocino. Call Maggie (707)
937-4800 or Devora (707) 937-1077.
Fourth Fridays:
Berkeley/El Cerrito Sacred
Circle Dancers
at Hillside Church, 1422 Navellier St., El Cerrito; potluck at 7:00 P.M.,
dancing 8:00 - 10:00 P.M. Call Howard (650) 359-0207 or Aleka (650) 355-6752.
Second Saturdays:
Hayward Sacred Circle
Dancers at
Starr King Church, 22577 Bayview St., Hayward 8:00 - 10:00 P.M. Call Stephanie
(510) 537-8003.
Third Saturdays:
Pacifica Sacred Circle
Dancers at
the Library, Pacifica 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Call Howard (650) 359-0207 or Aleka
(650) 355-6752.
One Saturday a month:
San Leandro Sacred Circle
Dancers.
Call (510) 351-4312.
Regularly Scheduled West Coast
Swing Dance Events
Every Second Sunday:
Michelle’s West Coast Swing
Dance Class
at the Imperial Dance Club, Carpenter’s Hall, 2nd Floor, 822 Cassia St (at
Broadway), Redwood City from 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. Admission is $8.00 and refreshments are included. For more information call (415) 585-6282,
send email to wcdancer@ix.netcom.com,
or visit their website http://www.netcom.com/~wcdancer.
First two Mondays:
Michelle’s West Coast Swing
Dance Class
at the Monte Cristo Dance Club, 136 Missouri St. (between 17th and
Mariposa Sts.), San Francisco (Basic class 7:30 P.M. and intermediate class
8:30 P.M.) In this two week series, a
specific dance is taught. For more
information call (415) 585-6282, send email to wcdancer@ix.netcom.com, or visit their
website http://www.netcom.com/~wcdancer.
Every Tuesday:
Michelle’s West Coast Swing
Dance Class
at the Monte Cristo Dance Club, 136 Missouri St. (between 17th and
Mariposa Sts.), San Francisco (Intermediate West Coast Swing class 7:30 P.M.
and Advanced class 8:30 P.M.). This is a four week series. For more information call (415) 585-6282,
send email to wcdancer@ix.netcom.com,
or visit their website http://www.netcom.com/~wcdancer.
Every Thursday:
Michelle’s West Coast Swing
Dance Class
at Flex-it Aerobic Studio, 425 W. Evelyn Ave., Mountain View (just 3 blocks
south of Castro St. (7:45P.M. Basics Plus West Coast Swing, 7:45 P.M.
Intermediate West Coast Swing, and 8:45 P.M. Advanced West Coast Swing). For more information call (415) 585-6282,
send email to wcdancer@ix.netcom.com,
or visit their website http://www.netcom.com/~wcdancer.
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