Saskatoon International FolkDance Club, Inc.
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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.
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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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