Current Best Guesstimate of Folk Ball Schedule:

Friday Evening Events  (Jan.25)

INTERNATIONAL DANCE, commencing with Musicians Jam    7:00 - Midnight
      at  Great Hall of the Union  (800 Langdon St)
  Music by:   Yid Vicious . . . . Klezmer
                 Spatter Dash  . . . Intl Folkdance Band
                 Szaszka . . . . . . Transylvanian String Band
                  & other musical guests.
  Some dances led by Steve Kotansky

FOLK BALL CEILI & CONTRA
      at Grace Church (W. Washington Ave at The Square)
  6:30- 7:00  Irish set dancing instruction
  7:00- 9:00  music by Public House Ceili Band
  9:30-11:30  music by Last Gaspe / calling by Roger Diggle
    [this is a benefit for Grace Church homeless shelter]
  Info: Bob Newton  608-251-1072 .

SINGERS JAM  -  beginning at 7:00
  in the Langdon Room on 4th floor of Memorial Union.
  Info:  Kim  608-256-2186.

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     Saturday -- Folk Arts Workshops  (Jan.26)

10am-noon     Great Hall       Balkan Folkdance        Steve Kotansky
10am-noon     Red Gym        South Indian Dance      Mary Garvin
 1pm-3pm      Great Hall       Hungarian Dance          Steve Kotansky
                                          (music by Szaszka)
noon-3pm      Round Table    Celtic & E.European Song
                                               Navan & Tri Bratovchedki
 1pm-3pm      Beefeaters      Scottish Country          Chuck Snowdon
 3pm-5pm      Great Hall       Balkan Folkdance        Steve Kotansky
 3pm-5pm      Red Gym       West African Dance      Lisa O'Connor
                          (drumming: Shawn Barry & Michael Walls)
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    The Legendary
 FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY
  Saturday  6:30-Midnight
          at  The Great Hall  of Memorial Union  (800 Langdon St)
Music by:
      Boris & Natasha . . . . . . New Band from Twin Cities!
      Izvor Orchestra . . . . . . M'waukee's Veteran Outfit
      Reptile Palace Orchestra  . Eclectic Ethnic Lounge Funk
      Szaszka . . . . . . . . . . Transylvanian String Band
Brief Dance Performances by:
     Ethnic Dance Theatre . . . Romanian & Bulgarian suites
     Narodno! . . . . . . . . . Thracian Suite by Steve Kotansky
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Joan Amsterdam's Folk Shop - all day & eve Saturday in the Union.
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Folkdance Review Workshops with Steve Kotansky
  Sunday, Jan.27, 1:00-4:00 pm
  at Grace Church Guildhall  (W.Washington Ave at The Square)
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Folk Ball is supported almost entirely by YOUR PERSONAL DONATIONS.
To keep this miracle alive, please contribute generously
at each session you attend -- Thank you!

  SUGGESTED DONATIONS:
    $ 5   FRIDAY   CEILI & CONTRA
    $10   FRIDAY   INTL PARTY
    $ 5 / SATURDAY WORKSHOP
    $15   SATURDAY INTL PARTY
    $10   SUNDAY   REVIEW SESSION

Special thanks to UW Department of Slavic Languages & Literature for
academic sponsorship and to the Center for Russia, East Europe, and
Central Asia and Village Dance House for financial support.
 

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