Current Best Guesstimate of Folk Ball Schedule:  as of mid-February

FRIDAY February 28, 2003
  Friday Evening -- Two big dance events!

Saturday March 1, 2003
Featured Dance Workshops
10am-12am   Balkan Dance Workshop  with Yves Moreau    Great Hall (Union 4th Floor - ballroom)
10am-12am   Irish Set Dance Workshop    Tripp Commons (Union 2nd Floor - east end)    taught by Jamie Ahlman Ng (music by Public House Ceili Band?)
12am-3pm   Singing with  Tri Bratovchedki (E. European) & Goongoo Peas (Carribean/African Diaspora)     Round Table Room  (Union 3rd Floor - east end)
     Noon-1pm Performances  /  1pm-3pm  Singing Workshops    Teaching - Joc de Leagane (Romania)
12am-1pm   Armenian Dance Workshop with Shawn Donaldson    Great Hall (Union 4th Floor - ballroom)
1-2pm   Waltz Basics with Jeanette Watts     Pres House Lounge (731 State St - just across the Mall from the Union)
1-3pm   Balkan Dance Workshop with Shawn Donaldson    Great Hall (Union 4th Floor - ballroom)
2-3pm   Advanced Waltz with Jeanette Watts     Pres House Lounge (731 State St - just across the Mall from the Union)
3-5pm   Breton Dance Workshop with Yves Moreau (music by Keltori!)    Great Hall (Union 4th Floor - ballroom)
3-5pm   West African Dance with Lisa O'Connor     (drumming by Shawn Barry & friends)     Pres House Lounge (731 State St - just across the Mall from the Union)

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The legendary   FOLK BALL  itself!   7pm-1:00am  (Great Hall)

  Dance music (in expected play order) by:
Keltori...............................Celtic - Madison
Dave Kantor .................... Bulgarian Bagpipe
Reptile Palace  Orchestra...Eclectic Ethnic for 21st Century
Izvor Orchestra..................Milwaukee's Multi-ethnic Veterans
Balkanci.............................Traditional Bulgarian - Chicago
 

  Brief Dance Performances in the early evening by:
Narodno!....................Moldavian
Dadawah Drum & Dance ............West African  (Mali & Guinea)
Madame Gigi's Outrageous French Cancan Dancers
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Sunday March 2, 2003
1-5pm   Dance workshops & review sessions
    with Yves Moreau (Balkan & Breton) & Shawn Donaldson (Armenian & Balkan)
   Grace Church Guildhall ( corner of W. Washington Ave. & Capitol Square)
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Survivors Dance Party  -  Sunday evening -  7:30-11:00pm (MFDU party)
    at Blakeman Hall of the Methodist Center (1127 University Avenue)
           "Dancing -- it's not just for Folk Ball anymore!"
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MISC
Joan Amsterdam (Int'l Folk Rhythms Ltd. - folk stuff shop) will be at the
Great Hall all day Saturday.

Stop by the Information Table in Great Hall for the latest on folk doings!

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