Frances Danis
 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend, Frances Danis, who passed away peacefully on Monday.
“She was a good friend & confidante, a joyful dance partner, a lover of life, and she cared deeply about people.
Frances handled her diagnosis and treatment of cancer over the last two and a half years with true grace, fortitude, and good humor.
She will be so missed and remembered dearly by everyone in her wide circle of friends.”.
(Thanks to John Scales for the picture. Click on picture to get larger size.) |
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
 This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, Austust 14, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by HIFD (Zoom link).
You can also find a Zoom link, as well as a complete lineup of music and teachers, on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, August 13.
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Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/August_14_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
 Meeting ID:
847 8053 8417
Password:
393160 John Bloom of HIFD has posted some good information on how to help better your virtual dance experience.
Also, the dance leaders would like to provide you with some ideas on how to have an easier time following us during our virtual dance sessions. For dances that move around a lot, try taking smaller steps and doing quick little pivots in place to face your screen again. Also, putting up a mirror opposite your monitor screen can assist you in viewing the dance leader while your back is to the screen.
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In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
| This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, July 31, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by HIFD (Zoom link).
You can also find a Zoom link, as well as a complete lineup of music and teachers, on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, July 31.
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Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/July_31_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
Meeting ID:
847 8053 8417
Password:
393160 |
 Zoom Monitor |
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
| This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, July 17, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by HIFD (Zoom link).
You can also find a Zoom link, as well as a complete lineup of music and teachers, on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, July 16.
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Denise Fynmore
Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/July_17_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
Meeting ID:
847 8053 8417
Password:
393160 |
 Madeline Brock |
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
| This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, July 3, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by HIFD (Zoom link).
You can also find a Zoom link, as well as a complete lineup of music and teachers, on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, July 2.
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Franklin Houston
Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/July_3_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
Meeting ID:
847 8053 8417
Password:
393160
 Marcia Toprac |
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
| This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, June 19, 7:30-9:30pm, will be hosted by HIFD (Zoom link).
You can also find a Zoom link, as well as a complete lineup of music and teachers, on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, June 18.
A note about Zoom version:
Zoom now requires people to have version 5 or later of the client, so please consider upgrading in advance of the dance – launch the client, click upper right on your initials or picture and Check for Updates.
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Lisa Horn Dielman
Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/June_19_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, June 12, 7:30-9:30pm, Zoom link.
This week’s event is hosted by AIFD. The complete lineup of dances and teachers will be available at here prior to the event.
 Scott Margo |
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, June 5, 7:30-9:30pm, Zoom link.
This week’s event is hosted by HIFD. The complete lineup of music and teachers will be available on the HIFD website prior to the event. If you have any dance requests, please submit them to jnjbloom@gmail.com prior to noon on Thursday, June 4.
Daisy Lai
Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/June_5_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD newsletter:
This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Virtual Folk Dance, May 29, 7:30-9:30pm, Zoom link. If needed: Meeting ID: 895 2183 9294 Password: 847731.
This week’s event is hosted by AIFD. Kathleen McDonagh will be starting the evening at 7:30 sharp with some kid friendly dances. Here is the complete lineup.
Bill Brock
Blast from the past: picture from 1974.
Online event updates.
City of Austin updates.
newsletter.aifd.cc/May_29_2020.html.
In this week’s AIFD Newsletter:
Note from AIFD’s new president, Craig Roberts;
Update from the City of Austin;
Fun picture from Dena Houston;
Upcoming online events.
newsletter.aifd.cc/May_22_2020.html
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This Friday’s AIFD/HIFD Folk Dance,
May 22, 7:30-9:30pm, Zoom link. |
Farewell note from our outgoing president.
– AIFD Board Elections .. check out the results, pictures of outgoing and incoming board members, and message from Denise;
– City of Austin update;
– Zoom events;
And more fun stuff.
From Denise:
The City of Austin has begun to open up parks and outdoor activities. Please be safe and use masks and social distancing to protect yourself and others.
Our AIFD Board elections will take place this week. Please return your ballot promptly; we will announce the results of the election in next week’s Newsletter.
There continues to be LOTS of online folk dancing and other dancing available on ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube. Check our Facebook page to see new events as they are added. AIFD’s first ZOOM dance last Friday was awesome!! We had great dance leaders, great dances, and LOTS of people.
Jasmine Guha-Castle.
We are sad to announce that on Monday, April 27, Jasmine Guha-Castle lost her long running battle against cancer. Jasmine grew up in Oxford, England, which is also where she met her husband, George. They moved to Austin several years ago. Jasmine and her daughter, Soraya (now 17), attended Texas Camp many times, and Soraya also accompanied Jasmine folk dancing nights at Hancock Center.
In addition to dancing, Jasmine enjoyed swimming at Barton Springs, walking dogs at animal shelters, and volunteering for the Miracle Foundation. She served as the AIFD secretary twice and often was the assistant DJ at AIFD. Jasmine had a warm heart for dogs and other animals, always having at least two at home. If you would like to make a donation in Jasmine’s memory please consider organizations that care for animals. |
For more information, including details of this week’s AIFD Board Elections, check out this week’s AIFD newsletter.
From the AIFD Board President:  We sincerely hope and pray that all our AIFD dancers are faring well during this time of the COVID-19 virus. Travis County has instituted a shelter-in-place order that started Tuesday, March 24, a serious measure that is aimed at stopping transmission of the virus in order to “flatten the curve.” We urge everyone to follow this guidance as much as is possible, because the sooner the virus is stopped, the sooner we can get back to DANCING. We will not do this until we are 100% sure it is safe to do so. I miss folk dancing and my dancing friends, and I look forward to seeing you all on the dance floor as soon as possible. We will keep you updated on any information on resuming folk dancing. Please take care and stay safe! – Denise Fynmore. |
For more information, including links to upcoming events, AIFD Newsletter.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend, Frances Danis, who passed away peacefully on Monday.
