Saskatoon International FolkDance Club, Inc.

Presented By:

Tineke van Geel
from the Netherlands

This workshop was held in the dance studios of Dance Saskatchewan located at 205A Pacific Avenue in Saskatoon.

on October 9th, 10th and 11th 2009

A great time was had by all!

Watch the Photos Page for pictures from this event, coming soon!

Broadway Street Fair 2009

We danced at the Broadway Street Fair again this year on Saturday September 12 at 2:30pm till 3:15pm in front of Nino's.

Day In The Park At Greystone School Park

We performed at the honorarium & free lunch at 1pm in Greystone School Park on September 12th 2009.

Mosaic 2009 in Regina

Some of our members travelled to Regina to participate in the Mosiac Festival. The Festival took place from June 4th to June 6th 2009.

Click here to see photos from this event

Friday November 28th, 2008 8pm

We danced at Saskatoon City Hospital's Festival Of Trees again this year. The Festival was held in the Western Development Museum from November 23rd to November 29th.

See the Photos from this event in our Photo Gallery!

Sunday, October 26th, 2008 2pm

We performed at Caleb Manor on Sunday, October 26th at 2pm. Caleb Manor is located at 1622 Acadia Drive (the entry is behind Emmanuel Baptist Church).

Workshop with Donna and Dorothy

Donna and Dorothy gave an International Folkdance Workshop on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the At Ecole Canadiene – Francaise de Saskatoon on Albert Avenue in Saskatoon.

Saturday's Schedule:
8:30 am Registration and warm up
9 a.m. to 11:30 - teaching session
11:30 to 1p.m. - lunch break
1 p.m. to 4:00 - teaching session
5:30 p.m. - supper at local restaurant
8 p.m to 10 p.m. - review for video and party

Valentine's Day 2008 at Market Mall

This Valentine's Day we performed at the Market Mall on Preston Avenue from 6pm to 6:30pm.

View our photo gallery of the event here.

2007 Saskatoon City Hospital Festival Of Trees

Saturday December 1st, 2007 at 12:30pm

We performed at the Festival Of Trees again this year. The Festival ran from Sunday November 25th through Saturday December 1st at Prairieland Park.

Romanian FolkDance Workshop

The Edmonton International Folk Dancers hosted a Romanian Workshop with Cristian Florescu & Sonia Dion, October 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2007.

Click here to see further details and the Registration Form.

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Click here to visit the website for the Edmonton International Folk Dancers.

Broadway Street Fair 2007

We performed at the Broadway Street Fair again this year (on saturday September 8th), and though we saw a bit of rain, we had a good performance in front of Nino's Restaurant and nothing could dampen our spirits!

Scandinavian Folkdance Workshop

The Norwegian Language School put on a folkdance workshop in May.

Date:	Friday evening, May 25, 2007 and all day Saturday, May 26th, 2007TD>
Location:	The Lower Hall of the Grosvenor Park United Church in Saskatoon
Instructors:	Ms. Arden Neustaedter from Calgary, AB has extensive experience in teaching Scandinavian folkdancing to children, teens and adults. She is a regular instructor at Trollhaugen camp each summer. She has been teaching songs, dance and stories to youth in Calgary and is involved in weekly folkdancing there. Ms. Heidi Anderson originally from Red Deer, AB has grown up folkdancing in the Scandinavian way! Along with her brother Josh, they have been involved in teaching at various levels in Alberta as well as Trollhaugen camp.

The workshop was open to all ages.

For more information, contact Lori Morris at 244-0533 or email: norwegianculturalsociety [at] hotmail.com

Camrose Recreational Folk Dance Club’s 2007 SPRING FLING

The Camrose Folk Dance Club held their Spring Fling this year on May 5th (in addition to their regular dance night on May 4th). Folkdancers from serveral clubs including the Saskatoon International Folkdance Club attended.

International Folkdance Workshop with Edwidge Munn

March 9th - 11th, 2007

Edwidge Munn has been folk dancing for more than 25 years. She has been trained in a variety of dance styles, including classical ballet and character dancing. She has performed with several folk dance groups, and her repertoire of dances cover such areas as Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Israël, Armenia and Scandinavia. She has been sharing her passion for dance with people of all ages at folk dance seminars and workshops that she has been invited to give in Montréal, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax and Tulsa (Oklahoma). She is one of the leaders of the International Folk Dancers of Ottawa, where she has been teaching for many years.

We were proud to invite Edwidge Munn to share her dances and enthusiasm with us!

The Dances she planned to teach us were:
Narodno Horo from Bulgaria
Šira from Bulgaria
Narino from Turkey
Lično Stojne from Macedonia
Tropoţica De La Bălţi from Romania
Gjuševska Râčenica from Bulgaria
Papouri from Armenia
Čekurjankino Horo from Bulgaria
Ca La Breaza from Romania
Çepikli from Turkey
Mindrele from Romania
Kamenopolsko from Bulgaria
Criss Cross Contra from New England
Divlevo from Macedonia
Gulli from Turkey
Tineke's Reel from Netherlands

On Saturday Evening we gathered for a dinner and dance party. The supper was held at E.E. Burritos, which is located at the intersection of 22nd Street and Avenue P south.

We have photos from our workshop included in our Photo Gallery!

If you have photos you would like to contribute to this site you can email them to jannettemcqueen [at] hotmail.com

Tuesday February 20, 2007 5pm

We performed at Market Mall supporting the Save The Children Fund.

2006 Saskatoon City Hospital Festival Of Trees

Friday December 1st, 2006 at 7:30pm

We performed at the Festival Of Trees again this year. The Festival was held from Saturday November 25th through Saturday December 2nd at Prairieland Park.

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