Austin International Folk Dancers

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/May_10_2024_flex.html

This Friday, May 10, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program:Enjoy a fun evening of dancing DJ’d by Anthony Toprac. Anthony will be assisted by John (Janos) Scales. New, Do, ReviewThis week for New, Do, and Review Holly Plotner will review the dances she taught last week – Draganinata from Bulgaria, Vallja e Pllanës from Albania, and Fado Portugues, a Sacred Circle dance. Then she will teach two dances from SAFDF – Kazi Suto from Serbia and Aj Je Ljepo from Croatia. Come join the fun!”

Elections of Directors for AIFD for 2024 will be held during dancing on Friday, May 10, 2024, at Hancock Recreation Center. Current members of AIFD are eligible to vote.

Officer nominees for 2024 are:

President–Madeline Brock
Vice President–Jeff Kessell
Treasurer–Marcia Toprac
Teaching Director–Rebecca Hample
Program Director–Donna Baker
Secretary–John Scales

We thank our outgoing Directors for their service–Peggy Wingate, who served as Secretary, and Misi Tsurikov, who served as Program Director.

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/May_3_2024_flex.html

This Friday, May 3, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program:Enjoy a fun evening of dancing DJ’d by Kathleen Yoder. TeachingCome to New, Do and Review at 7 for some easy new dances taught by Holly Plotner and Anne Alexander. Their main teaching will be Vallja e Pllanës, a fun Albanian dance – with scarves!

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/April_19_2024_flex.html:

This Friday, April 19, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program:Enjoy a fun evening dancing DJ’d by John (Janos) Scales. John will be assisted by Anthony Toprac. Teaching This week Rebecca Hample will review the dances Lisa taught last week: Alenelul and Gras Kolo. She may throw in an addional dance time permitting. Live Music:This week we’ll be treated to the live Music of Slavadillo.

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/April_12_2024_flex.html:

This Friday, April 12, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program:Enjoy a fun evening dancing DJ’d by Madeline Brock. . Arrive at 7 for another one hour mini workshop with Austin Dance India. Anu Niampallywill introduce some more traditional dances from India

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/April_5_2024_flex.html:

This Friday, April 5, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program:Enjoy a fun evening dancing DJ’d by Kathleen. Kathleen will be assisted by Lisa Horn Dielman. Teaching:Lisa will also be this week’s teacher. She will present dances that have been requested: Gras Kolo and Alunelul (and possibly more).

This week’s newsletter: newsletter.aifd.cc/March_29_2024_flex.html:

This Friday, March 29, 7-9:45, at AIFD: This week’s program: Enjoy a fun evening dancing DJ’d by John (Janos) Scales. John will be assisted by Jeff Kessel. Celebration!!!This week we’ll celebrate March Birthdays and Anniversaries!!! Teaching: Rebecca Hample will review the Dandiya, taught two weeks ago by Anu Niampally of Austin Dance India. Rebecca will then teach some dances from last week’s SAFDF.