Austin International Folk Dancers

Jan 23 – Scottish Dancing

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This Friday, January 23, 7-9:45, at AIFD:

Holly Plotner will be our DJ this week. She will be assisted by Cat Thompson.

New, Do, Review
gras

This week Dee McCandless will review Gras Kalo Kolo and teach Tino Mori. Also, Jay Spoehel, will introduce some Scottish Dancing!!

Jan 16: Mike DJs, Pat assists, NDR explained

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Mike Revesz will be our DJ this week. He will be assisted by Pat Potts.

New, Do, Review

For the new year we are going to focus on the review part of New, Do and Review. We will go revisit dances that have been taught this year, as well as some of our most frequent favorites. If there are any dances you would like to review, please email AIFD’s Teaching Director Rebecca Hample at teaching@aifd.cc There may be a few new dances sprinkled in, so come to NDR at 7 to review favorites and maybe find a new surprise.

Jan 9: New Years Party!!!

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Jan 2: New Years Party!!!

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This Friday, January 2, 7-9:45, at AIFD:

Misi Tsurikov will be our DJ this week. He will be assisted by Julia Foree.

New, Do, Review

Join us as we go over some of the dances the Camp Band will be playing live, including Divcibarsko with Holly Plotner and Teen with Misi.

New Year Party!!

Join us as we celebrate the new year with live music by the Texas Camp Band. Snacks will be provided by Anthony and Marcia Toprac

Dec 19: live music!!!

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This Friday, December 19, 7-9:45, at AIFD: John Scales

John (“Janos”) will be our DJ this week. He will be assisted by Kym Oltrogge.

New, Do, Review

Holly Plotner will teach some great dances this week.

Live Music

This week we’ll be treat/ed to the lively and danceable tunes of Amanda Kitchens and the Carnival of Sounds

Dec 12: Franklin DJs and teaches.

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This Friday, December 12, 7-9:45, at AIFD:

Franklin Houston will be our DJ this week. He will be assisted by Kathleen McDonagh.

New, Do, Review
Franklin Houston will again present a great hour of Bulgarian dances. This week, he’ll review Thracian Râčenica (taught by Michael Ginsburg at Texas Camp 2025), then review Yves Moreau’s Floricica and Batuta with some additional variations