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of special interest to FAC members, early 2010

(See the Folk Dancing ’Round Boston calendar for listings of recreational folk dance events in the Greater Boston area. See Current FAC month and Upcoming FAC events for the full schedule of FAC-sponsored dance and music programs.)

Friday–Saturday, January 8–9, 2010: FAC sponsors Boston Celtic Music Festival in Cambridge and Medford, MA

Friday and Saturday, January 15 and 16, 2010
Zlatne Uste Golden Festival

Schedule
Good Shepherd School, 620 Isham Street (near 207th and Broadway), upper Manhattan, New York City, NY
Admission: see Tickets page
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band presents GoldenFest, New York’s largest Balkan music event, featuring ecstatic listening, dancing, and partying with more than forty bands from the Balkans and beyond.

Friday–Sunday, January 15–17, 2010
23rd Annual Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend,

Friday 7:30–11 pm, Saturday 9 am–11:30 pm, Sunday 9:15 am–4 pm

University of New Hampshire Memorial Union Building, 83 Main Street, Durham, NH
Full weekend registration $80 • Pre-registered 1st-timers $60

Saturday evening Grand Dance $20 • Friday evening, Saturday morning and afternoon, Sunday morning sessions $13 each • Sunday afternoon session $8

Ages 12-25 half price • Under age 12 free
See the Registration Flyer (PDF) for more information and registration for meals

NEFFA (the New England Folk Festival Association) presents the traditional music and dance of New England – contras, squares, and more – at this weekend of dancing and workshops in music, dance, and calling. Featured callers are Lisa Greenleaf and Tony Parkes, with music by the Latter Day Lizards (Dave Langford, Bill Tomczak, Peter Barnes), Old New England (Jane Orzechowski, Deanna Stiles, Bob McQuillen), and, on Friday night, the White Cockade (Vince O'Donnell, Ralph Jones, Sylvia Miskoe, Cal Howard, RP Hale, Alan Chertok). Special this year – Retrospective Dance Session on Saturday afternoon: Marcie Van Cleave and Sylvia Miskoe will lead a celebration of the inspirational and varied life of Marianne Taylor.

Saturday, January 30, 2010: FAC’s Galician music and dance workshops, followed by an international folk dance party with music by Shining Moon in Arlington, MA

Saturday, February 6, 2010: FAC’s Folk Fusion: Next Generation Music and Dance in Watertown, MA

Friday, February 12, 2010: CD release party for Boston’s Croatian band Pajdashi at FAC’s Friday folk dance in Arlington, MA

Friday, February 12, 2010

Concert with Scottish folk master Archie Fisher, 8 pm

Saint John’s United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 80 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown, MA

Tickets $17 in advance  • $20 at the door

Music for Robin presents a concert by master guitarist, singer and songwriter Archie Fisher, Scotland’s foremost troubadour.

Friday–Sunday, February 12–14, 2010
Dance Flurry Festival,
Friday 7 pm–2 am, Saturday 9 am–2 am, Sunday 9 am–6 pm

Saratoga Hilton and Saratoga City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga, NY
Admission: see Festival Tickets
The 23rd Annual Dance Flurry Festival presents music and dancing from America and around the world, performances, dance and music workshops, open jams, crafts, and much more, in over 250 events for all ages.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Divi Zheni Tenth Anniversary Concert and Dance Party, 7:30 pm

Payson Park Congregational Church parish hall, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont, MA

Admission $15 • Students and seniors $10

Divi Zheni, Boston’s own Balkan Women’s Chorus and Orchestra, celebrates its tenth anniversary with a great evening of dancing, music, song, and food. The evening starts with a short concert by Divi Zheni at 7:30, followed by dancing for all with music by Divi Zheni, Zornitsa, Zdravets, and Pajdashi. Proceeds will help with expenses for Divi Zheni’s trip to Bulgaria next summer.

Saturday, February 20 and Sunday, February 21, 2010

Boston Harmony World Music Choir performances

February 20, 7:30 pm – First Church in Cambridge, Mason and Garden Streets, Cambridge, MA

February 21, 3:30 pm – Grace Episcopal Church on the Green, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA

Boston Harmony World Music Choir presents a concert program of South African songs and dances; traditional sacred and secular music from Caucasus Georgia, Bulgaria, and Corsica; a short mass by Antonio Lotti; and American shape-note and gospel songs.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Mostly Waltz for Rhode Island, 2–5 pm
2–2:45 pm  Basic waltz lesson with Helen Silver of Mostly Waltz for Boston
2:45–3 pm  Advanced dance lesson with Charlie Mandelberg

3–5 pm   Dancing with music by Amy Larkin, Jim Guinness, and Debby Knight

Jewish Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, RI

Mostly Waltz RI presents an afternoon of instruction, waltzes, and occasional other couple dances. It is not necessary to attend with a partner or to have previous dance experience.

Saturday, February 27, 2010: FAC’s annual meeting and international folk dance party with music by The Pinewoods Band in Belmont, MA

Saturday, March 13, 2010: FAC’s Balkan Music Night concert and dance in Concord, MA

Saturday, March 20, 2010: FAC’s Balkan dance workshops with Lee Otterholt, followed by an international folk dance party with music by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra in Arlington, MA

Friday–Saturday, March 26–27, 2010
DownEast Country Dance Festival
Orion Performing Arts Center, Mount Ararat Middle School, 58 Republic Avenue, Topsham, Maine
Admission: see the Schedule page
The 20th Annual DownEast Fest features contra, folk, and swing dancing, performances, dance and music workshops, music sessions, family activities, and more.

Saturday, March 27, 2010: FAC’s Elegant Evening in Belmont, MA