April 2010

ContentsPrez SezSpring FlingGIFD at the MuseumFlagler Fling in Planning StageNFO ConferenceDancing in OregonSarasota GrapevinersTampa TalkMarie Millett RetiresOrlando Dance NewsLost and FoundSan Antonio Folk Dance FestivalFrom the EditorScottish Highland GamesSpring Fling Group PictureEnglish Lyrics to CiuleandraEvents and Tours

Prez SezTime do fly when you’re having fun – especially if that fun is dancing! Andit appears that many of us are attending numerous things, as participants,teachers or spectators. Of all these, of course Spring Fling was the best.See Spring Fling. Fifty of us dancing was as good as it gets. Many of theIsraeli groups are performing for Israel Independance Day – note how Imisspelled that and made it clever! I see G’ville dancing all over theplace, Orlando is doing some performing, people are meeting at Greekfestivals, etc. etc. I think I have nothing to say – without camp planning,things have calmed down a lot! So – see you next issue – maybe withsomething to say.

Spring Flingby Pat Henderson

The Orlando International Folk Dance Club hosted the Spring Fling onSaturday, April 3. We had 50 attendees, which was a really good numbersince six of the Orlando regulars were unable to come because of illnessof self or family. We had many cities represented: Tallahassee (PatPieratte), Tampa, Sarasota, Melbourne, Deland, Gainesville, DaytonaBeach, and Miami (Jean and Virginia Marszal). Several dancers camefor their first fling.

[See more Spring Fling photos on pages 4 and 9.]

Veronica, Laura, Minnie, Mary Jean Linn, Bill Byars,Mireille, Linda, Jack, Jan, June, Bobby, Pat, John

Photos by Terry AbrahamsAt 4 PM, we stopped dancing for our high tea, whichconsisted of tea and other beverages along withcucumber sandwiches made by Betty Nehemias andme. Laura Nonamaker brought sliced cucumbersand tomatoes for “make your own” sandwiches.Then we danced on until 7:30 PM. We danced over90 dances during the day and comments were heardwas that it was one of the best Spring Flings ever. Itlooks as if we will continue to use the square dancehall for the Spring Fling because everyone loves theirgorgeous wood floor. Next year, it will be the firstSaturday in April again. Mark your calendars for2011 now!

The day started with the food line for lunch at 11:30AM sharp. Thank you to Donna Young for bringingmatzo for people observing Passover. After ourdelicious lunch, we took a few tables down, pushedmost of them to the sides of the room and started thedancing. We reviewed and danced almost all of the2010 Florida Folk Dance "Camp" dances, with amuch larger percentage of dances kept than usual.Then Bobby proceeded to be an excellent DJ as hekept the dances going from the request board. Eventhe camp dances were requested.

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GIFD at the Museumby Jack Seltzer

Like the Marx Brothers, the Gainesville InternationalFolk Dancers had their day at the museum Thursdaynight, April 8th. The dancers were on hand for theHarn Museum in Gainesville’s special every otherweek celebration of Museum Nights, this month aspart of the celebration of art and culture in ProjectEuropa.What an exciting two hours we all spent there! To bein the big front entrance hall with all the art work andcultural enthusiasts was a fun and excitingexperience. To see all our dancers dressedethnically and diversely was breathtaking. We lookedlike we felt – exhilarated. We couldn’t have given itany more enthusiasm and energy.

Lisa, June, Charles, Arlene, Joyce, and Julieta

We settled into our performance with the easyopening dance, Stella Di Maggio. By the time AnDro Retourné began for the second dance, Irealized that our sound system was going to get lostin the high reaches of the huge walls and expanses.Oh well, we’d have to make do. The Greek troupefrom University of Florida that preceded us with fourtraditional dances had a nice simple iPod setupwhich blasted through the room. But Julieta, leadingus in our new Croatian, Moj Dragane, took ourperformance to another level. We were getting intothis place!Valle Pogonishte followed and I worked to not slipand fall on any of the high leg lifts in part three. But Isure do I enjoy dancing in the Hungarian boots I hadmade especially for me at Stockton camp back inthe ‘80s. Joyce, Sharon, Linda, Gary, Toshi and I feltgood in Rustemul. Joyce led us out in the TurkishKonyali. It’s a beginner dance that sounds typicallyTurkish. Gary and Sharon and Linda and I had fundoing Michael’s Czardas for our Hungarian selection.

Linda, Mireille, Lisa, Joyce, Sharon, Toshi, Arlene,Charles, June, Gary, Julieta, and Jack

Photos by Steve Littler

We brought out our own traditional Greek with Lindaleading us in Miserlou. I’m ready to do that one inGreece someday soon! I gave Takanata a run for itsBulgarian money and I think Yves Moreau wouldn’thave complained. John has done a great job ofkeeping that one in the group for the past year. (Wemissed him that night, as he had to attend a familyaffair).We finished with the unique Goralski and brought inthe crowd for some participation in the German DieHammerschmiedsg'sellen. Everyone joining useither laughed, hollered or was ready to keep goingon and on like the Energizer bunny.We were appreciated! We’ll go back for some moresomeday. Thanks, Toshi, for recommending us to theevent planners. And to Linda for putting togethersuch a great sequence of dances for our ProjectEuropa night at the museum.

Flagler Fling in Planning Stageby Jan Lathi

The Flagler Beach/Palm Coast dancers are planningto host a summer "Flagler Fling", probably onSaturday, July 10. Like last year, we hope many whocome for dancing on Saturday will stay over in localdancers' homes or a motel, if you prefer. On Sundaymorning, we can walk the beach or take a dip in theocean. We can go back to Jan's to swim in the poolthere and afterward go for a mid-day ethnic meal.Saturday lunch will be pot luck and it makes sense toeat first, as we did at Spring Fling in Orlando. Savethat weekend. We'll send more details later. Hopey'all can come.

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National Folk Organization Conferenceby Pat Henderson

The annual conference of the National FolkOrganization (NFO) was held April 8-11 in downtownPortland, Oregon. The conference hotel was on thecampus of Portland State University. The conferencebegan Thursday night with the President's reception.We were treated to a few songs by Svila, a fantasticwomen's Balkan singing group. The meetings and programs on Friday were bothinformative and enjoyable. Bobi Ashley and KarleneWallin presented a program, "Dancing Makes YouSmarter", confirming that dancing does more toprevent Alzheimer's than many other activities,including golf and bicycling. There was aninformation exchange on "Technology and QualitySound at the Best Price", moderated by Greg Lund.I made notes of recommended sound equipment forpurchase. A special speaker was Rose High Bearon "Preserving Indian Culture"; you can get moreinformation at wisdomoftheelders.org. I was verybusy at the board and business meetings, since I amthe secretary and my Netbook is easy to lug around.

Kafana Klub – the woman playing theflute was also in the Balkan women's

vocal ensemble, SvilaPhoto by Bobby Quibodeaux

The Portland international dance group, Kyklos, heldtheir biennial spring folk dance festival, featuring aworkshop with Richard Schmidt, in conjunction withthe NFO Conference. There were dance partiesFriday and Saturday nights, with music by the mostfantastic band that we have seen, Kafana Klub. Theyeven learned some of Richard's music. All the musicwas pre-selected and the Portland group posted alist of the dances by sets. Each night the band hadtwo sets, alternating with recorded music sets.Bobby and I thought it a bit redundant to see a few ofthe same dances in both formats.

Before the Saturday dance party, we saw aperformance of the children's group, Suesse Fuess(Sweet Feet in German) made up of around 30students from a charter school in Portland. Theywere also invited to participate in Richard'sworkshop and many of them did. With the students,the number of dancers approached 80 and we oftenmade two circles. We had a nice wood floor in a1915 school building that is now a communitycenter. It was located close to the conference hotel,up a hill in a quaint neighborhood overlookingPortland. The workshop ended with a two-hourreview on Sunday. Richard taught non-partnerdances, although Roo Lester knew one of thedances as a couple dance. There was one dancewith beautiful music that I think Floridians will like. It was good to see Richard again and enjoy hisenthusiasm for dance. It was tragic that we got thenews of the Polish President's plane crash while wewere learning Polish dances. A bonus for Bobby andme was seeing Gary Lanker Friday night for thedinner and dance party and then Tom and LindaBlack from Washington State for the workshop anddance party on Saturday.

Performance by Suesse FuessPhoto by Bobby Quibodeaux Bobby leading a dance

Photo by Pat Henderson

After the NFO conference ended on Sunday, Bobbyand I enjoyed five days of the entire Oregon coastplus seeing the cities of Eugene and Salem. Thecoast was absolutely spectacular. Next year's NFOConference will be in St. Paul, Minnesota for theFestival of Nations, May 5-8. Make your plans nowto attend – Bobby and I will.

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Dancing in Oregonby Gary Lanker

In March, Caroline and I made atrip to Oregon to enjoy springbreak with my son’s family. Weskied a couple of times anddanced in Portland twice, with theNorske RunddansereScandinavian Folkdancers andwith the Kyklos InternationalDance Group. Then I had to makea decision. Caroline had acommitment over Easterweekend with her church group,so she had to get back to Florida.I could either return with her andgo to Spring Fling, which I reallywould enjoy, or stay in Oregonand go to the National FolkOrganization (NFO) conferencetwo weeks later.With some doubts, I choseOregon. Before the conference, Idrove south to Sacramento andvisited my daughter and her familyover their spring break. I droveback to Oregon worrying aboutnot having chains for going overSiskiyou Pass on I-5. The westcoast was having a late winter,with something like eight feet ofsnow falling at Mt. Hood over theprevious week. But I made itwithout chains and arrived inPortland on Friday afternoon. Isoon found the NFO hotel andBobby and Pat, as well as acouple of old friends who wereattending the conference. I signedup for the conference’s Fridaysactivities, which included the NFOrecognition banquet and theFriday night party.One of the familiar faces was RooLester, who taught at Florida FolkDance Camp 2009. She told meabout an underground workshopshe was holding the next day atthe Portland Scandi Club. Soanother difficult decision had tobe made: either attend the NFOworkshop with Richard Schmidtor Roo’s workshop.

Pat Henderson and BobbyQuibodeaux before the NFO Friday

evening banquetPhoto by Gary Lanker

Roo was to teach Springleik, aNorwegian couple dancesomewhat similar to Rorospolsthat Judith has tried to teach mewithout a lot of success. I choseRoo’s workshop, but first I went tothe Friday banquet with Bobbyand Pat. Bobby was quite happyto keep my wine glass full, since Ihad the GPS to get us to the Partyand back to their hotel.The Friday night party was great,with true international flavor andlive music for about half of theprogram. (See Pat’s account inNational Folk OrganizationConference.) I renewedacquaintances with severalpeople whom Caroline and I hadmet at Stockton Folk DanceCamp last year. Richard Schmidttaught a silly warm up with lots ofshakes and bumps that everyoneseemed to enjoy; but it certainlywasn’t traditional Polish. All in all itwas a very good evening.The next day, the Spingleikworkshop began at 1 PM. PeterMichaelsen, who teaches fiddle atmany national Scandinavianworkshops, came down fromSeattle with a couple of youngwomen violinists and provided livemusic for the whole workshop andthe evening party.

Roo did a great job of not onlyteaching the dance but of keepingeveryone dancing, even thoughthere were a few extra women inthe 30 or so people taking theworkshop. Constant changing ofpartners and slow, sometimespainful introduction of techniquekept everyone challenged andbusy all afternoon. The eveningparty was great fun and Idiscovered that, with the help ofRoo and a couple of Portlanddancers keeping me on beat, Ihad finally learned most of thedance. A few steps, like thecartwheels, are a challenge butmaybe with time…After the trip, Bobby confided tome and the Orlando group thatafter word got out that Pat hadhurt her knee, he was in demandand had partners waiting in linefor the couple dances Saturdaynight. With Caroline not there, Ialso found that young womenwere again smiling at me,particularly when they didn’t havea partner for a dance. And,Bobby, all of the Scandinaviandances are couple dances!

Spring Fling: Juanita Schockey andVirginia Marszal

Photo by Terry Abrahams

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Sarasota Grapevinersby Judy Merkt

As we move away from Florida's "season", things doget a little less busy, so I have just a few notes tooffer from Sarasota . First, I hope some of you areable to attend our World Dance Day celebration atour regular Wednesday night session on April 28th.Another celebratory event in Sarasota that isdefinitely worth talking about is the February 28thTamburitzans' performance – their first one inSarasota. It was sold out, with over 50 on a wait list.I suspect all of their performances are simplyoutstanding, but those of us who had never seenthem perform – well, we were just blown away! Evennon-dancers in the audience – I brought my brotherand two neighbors who do not dance, for example –were simply amazed at the talent and energy that thisgroup emits from start to finish. What a joyfulexperience it was.

The Duquesne TamburitzansPhotos courtesy of Duquesne Tamburitzans

And lastly, Spring Fling in Orlando was a fun day.There was a good turnout from Sarasota'sGrapeviners – Andi Kapplin, Ursula Tyson, SusanBarach, Chris Vincent, and me. Everyone had agreat time. We thank the Orlando "crew" for beingsuch wonderful hosts.Just a reminder that we do dance all summer inSarasota. Join us!

Tampa Talkby Terry Abrahams

Andy Pollock got sick and Ernesto watched tennis,but the rest of Tampa went to the Spring Fling andhad a marvelous time! We vote to always have it atthat venue – as long as we can pay for it, and as longas Pat and Bobby and the rest of the Orlando gangare willing to host it. Judith also attended a Scandiworkshop in Colorado. She is the queen ofworkshops! Our Israeli group performed Sunday, April 25 and Ihelped out the Largo group by dancing with them onSunday, April 18 – both for Israel Independence Daycelebrations. I’ve been to a couple of fencingtournaments, but now am out of commission for alittle while. I had my knee worked on – small tornmeniscus, lots of arthritis – but recovery is imminent.Andi is getting ready for her trek to Vancouver,where she will remain for four months – boo. RuthySlann is coming to Tampa for a wedding, willperform for us, teach a Sunday School class for Jen,go contra dancing Saturday night. There’s a busycouple of days! Oh, and we had a new gal come dance(international) with us last week. She’s moved herefrom Colorado, did a lot of dancing in Texas, woreher opancis and knew the dances. She lives inClearwater, so won’t make it all the time, but it surewas fun! We need new people. I think we’re thetiniest group now – but we are the best – so there!And on that note, I take leave.

Marie Millet Retires

new coordinators. You have met them at FloridaFolk Dance "Camp" and Spring Fling. They havedanced with us for several years and have been atremendous help from the first night they danced withus. See you next February.—Marie Millet[Susan Barach and Judy Merkt are pictured at the lower right inthe Spring Fling group photo on page 9. - Ed.]

I have retired as coordinator ofthe Sarasota GrapevineInternational Folk Dancers. Ihave coordinated folk dancegroups since 1975 and I thinkit's time for a change. I'mgetting lazy in my old age.On Wednesday, April 21, Iperformed a serious ceremonyand crowned Susan Barach andJudy Merkt with tiaras as the

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Orlando Dance Newsby Pat Henderson

We have had some busy folkdance nights and some slow onessince the last newsletter. Weeven had to cancel the lastWednesday in February becauseof rain – the ground was flooded!It was the first time ever to cancelin February. That is thedisadvantage of building a dancestudio on your own property.

In case you were wondering whatthe property looks like after a heavy

rain, here it is!Photo by Pat Henderson

We celebrated St. Patrick's Dayon March 17, which was extraspecial this year since it actuallywas St. Patrick’s Day on ourregular Wednesday dance night.

Many from our group attended theDuquesne Tamburitzans' show inDaytona Beach on February 27.Although it was the start of BikeWeek, it was so cold that thebikers were not out and it was amuch more pleasant experiencethan the previous year when itwas at the end of Bike Week. Inow know how to use Rt. 400 tocome around the back way. Theshow was fantastic as usual and itsold out a few days in advance.We were very happy to seeEmilie Brozek there, since shehad not started dancing since herheart surgery last August.

Bobby and I, along with Manueland Palmira Mora-Vals, went tothe Melbourne Greek Festival thenext day and finally had a perfectday for an outdoor festival. Weneeded our light jackets most ofthe time. Then Bobby and I andEva Gaber performed with ourIsraeli group for the JewishHeritage Festival in DaytonaBeach on March 14. DebbieMeitin did a great job of selectingdances. You can see one of ourdances on YouTube at thefollowing address:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lATbIFXEHcE

St. Patrick's Day Party: Front row: Bobby Quibodeaux, MinnieBerkowitz, Betty Nehemias, Palmira Mora-Vals, Kelly Fagan,Mary Jean Lynn; in back: Lucy Birkemeier, Greg Chapman,

Laura Nonamaker, Sheryl Chapman, Ann Robinson, Jan Lathi,Manuel Mora-Vals, Pat Henderson, Joe Birkemeier, Juanita

Schockey, Nicki WisePhoto by Fred Schockey

Performers at MelbourneGreek Festival

Photo by: Bobby Quibodeaux

Joan and Wally Washington joinedBobby and me for a mystery trip(the men did not know where wewere going) to Jacksonville andAmelia Island. Joan and I gavethem clues and by the time theyknew which direction we weregoing, they both guessed thedestination. We enjoyed seeingthe Jacksonville Riverwalk,complete with the University ofWisconsin band playing a fewsongs. They were there for theNCAA basketball playoffs. Wealso went to Fort Clinch Sate Parkon the north end of Amelia Island.In medical news, Phyllis Dammerreceived a pacemaker in lateMarch. She is still resting andrecovering and can only walk forexercise. She misses the dancinga lot.

Lost and Found fromSpring Fling

If you are missing a medium sizePyrex bowl and lid, a large shawlor a man's leather belt from theSpring Fling, please let PatHenderson know (call 407-275-6247). The bowl contained a pinkpineapple and whipped creamdish that was put out for the tea.

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From the EditorOnce again, a big "Thank you" to our contributors tothis issue. Bernice Roth's article about the SanAntonio Folk Dance Festival brought back a lot ofmemories. I first performed with the HoustonInternational Folk Dancers in the predecessor SanAntonio College (SAC) festival in the late 60's. Inthose days, there was no workshop, just the eveningconcert and an after party. In the late 80's, after Garymoved to Houston, we both participated in the SACfestival, which began including a workshop aboutthen.Pat Henderson was a big contributor to this issue. Afew weeks ago, Pat asked whether it was too late towrite an article about the Scottish Highland Gamesshe attended in January. I suggested that she write aCulture Corner article, including the whole culturalrange of the games, not limited to the dancing. Patresponded with Central Florida Scottish HighlandGames 2010. That article is one of several Culture Corner articleswe have published from time to time and I would liketo run more. If you have a connection with a culturethat includes dancing, please consider writing aCulture Corner article about it. A Culture Cornerarticle should include aspects of the culture such asfood, music, dance, sport, customs, holidays, orcelebrations. It may feature a recent event, like theScottish Highland Games, reminiscences from thepast, or general descriptions. Don’t worry if you arenot an expert on the culture. Write from your ownexperience.– that's always authentic. —CL

San Antonio Folk Dance Festivalby Bernice Roth

I had the good fortune to be in San Antonio duringtheir Folk Dance Festival, March 12–14. When Icontacted the director, Nelda Drury, for information,she invited me to her home for dinner on theThursday night before the Friday opening dance.Nelda hosted all the teachers and out-of-towners thatevening. I had a lovely time and I was able to meetmany other dancers. The Festival took place at Our Lady of the LakeUniversity. The featured instructors were CristianFlorescu, Sonia Dion, Sandy Starkman, and GeorgeFogg. All of them had been to our Florida camp andknew many of our members. Friday night was adance party to meet all the teachers and do somerequest dancing. On Saturday, we had Romaniandance workshops by Cristian and Sonia from 9 to 5.They were just great. They’ve been doing lots ofworkshops and have really perfected theirtechniques.After the workshops, there was a break for dinnerand then the concert at 7:30 PM. The concertconsisted of many dance groups from all over Texasdoing all international dancing. Several children’sgroups from San Antonio performed Mexicandances. The flamenco dance group was especiallygood. All the groups performed in costumes and itwas a most enjoyable event. After the concert, all the groups were invited back tothe hall where we danced and joined us in doingwhatever dances were on the program. The roomwas very crowded, but it was fun dancing with them.On Sunday morning there was a review with Soniaand Cristian, then lunch, and from 2 to 5 GeorgeFogg taught English Country Dance. Sandy onlytaught three dances during the weekend. The entireweekend cost $60 – a bargain. One lunch wasincluded and there was an additional cost to stay inthe dormitory. Unfortunately, Nelda, who has run the San AntonioFolk Dance Festival and the San Antonio CollegeFolk Dance Festival before it for a total of over 50years, will not be able to do it any more. Someothers will try to fill her shoes. I believe that prominentamong them is Brenda (I don’t know her last name)who introduced Pat Henderson to folk dancing,where she met Bobby. Brenda works in Austin, butthey think the festival will be in San Antonio again.

San Antonio is a great city to visit. If the Festivalgoes on again in March 2011, you might want toconsider attending it, especially if they bring in goodinstructors. Those of you who have met Nelda knowwhat a great job she has done over the years. Shewas honored at the performance on Saturday nightand received a big ovation. She is not in goodhealth, walks with a cane and seems very fragile.That is why she is turning over the reins to someoneelse. I hope they can make it work and have thefestival again.Note from Pat Henderson:I lost contact with Brenda so I do not know her lastname now. Her family name is McTrusty. Sheworked for the Valencia Library and was folk dancingin 1973. I started folk dancing with her some time in1974.

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CULTURE CORNERCentral Florida Scottish Highland

Games 2010by Pat Henderson

Because of my Scottish heritage on my father's side,attendance at the Scottish Highland Games isalmost mandatory. I do not attend every year, but Idid go this year since my daughter, JulieQuibodeaux, decided to play in the games. Theweekend started with a Scottish dance at the Hiltonon Friday night. Then the games ran on Saturdayand Sunday with the women's competition only onSunday. The date was January 17 and thetemperature was in the 30s in the morning, like mostof January this year! So I put on my Henderson kiltthat I made from material I purchased from a store inDunedin and off we went.

The Henderson tartan (in green with blue,black, yellow and white)

Julie was involved with the games all day, since eachcontestant plays all of the seven events. She hadnever played the games before but she did quitewell, as the more experienced women gave her tips.The events were:1) open stone put – like shot put except you moveand then throw from behind a line2) Braeman stone put – a heavier stone than theopen stone is thrown from a stationary position3) weight for distance – a block attached to a chainis thrown for distance4) hammer throw – a ball and chain with a wind upbefore the throw, for distance5) caber toss – a tree trunk with one end wider thanthe other is lifted up and tossed to try to turn the endover as close to ending directly lined in front ofcompetitor as possible6) sheaf toss – a stuffed bag is tossed with apitchfork over a crossbar7) weight for height – a weight on a chain is tossedover a crossbar. In between seeing her in these events, I explored therest of the festival and found the Henderson Clantent. I walked in the Parade of the Clans and held theshield with our Coat of Arms.

Julie Quibodeaux competing in theScottish Highland Games

They fed me lunch and Julie stopped by to meet theother Hendersons on her lunch break. It turned outthat there were two other Henderson women in thecompetition – a mother and daughter! There were over ten booths set up for selling food,mostly Scottish. They even had haggis, which is atype of sausage, a Scottish delicacy. Also availablewere forfar bridies and Scottish pies. Both are meatfilled, but the forfar bridies have the dough all around,where the Scottish pies has the dough on top only.There were around 20 vendors selling everythingScottish from clothing (kilts, hats, scarves, shirts andties) to tablecloths and other home decor. I bought amouse pad with my Henderson tartan and name on it.

There were four areas of non-stop entertainment. Onthe first stage, they had continuous musicalentertainment while on another they had the highlanddance competition. The photo above is from thatcompetition. In the grandstand area, they hadbagpipe band competitions and the Parade of theClans, along with the official ceremonies. On the laststage, there was Scottish dancing organized by thelocal Scottish dance group. I did not find them untillate in the afternoon and I promptly joined them for afew dances. It was a very enjoyable day.

Highland Dance CompetitionPhotos by Pat Henderson

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Spring Fling Group Picture

Thirty-eight people are pictured, including some not identifiable; sitting or kneeling in front:Bobbie Ward, Bernice Roth (behind Bobbie), Betty Nehemias, Laura Nonamaker, MinnieBerkowitz, Terry Abrahams, Susan Barach, Judy Merkt; standing: Virginia Marszal, June

Littler, Linda Seltzer, Judith Baizan, Julius Horvath, Jack Seltzer, Bill Schwarz, AndiKapplin, Lou Davia, John Daly, Fannie Salerno, Jean Murray, unknown (back of head only),Willa Davidsohn, Veronica Human, Arleen Kaufmann, Larry Wartell, John Ward, unknown

(black hair and black blouse), Jan Lathi, Pat Pieratte, unknown (back of head and blueblouse), Juanita Schockey, Joan Washington, Pat Henderson, Ann Robinson, Wally

Washington, Ursula Tison, Mireille, Donna Young

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English Lyrics to CiuleandraYou all know the lyrics to Ciuleandra include theEnglish words, “She forgot to lay the eggs.” Well,several people have determined that all of the wordsto Ciuleandra are actually in English, but hard tounderstand because they are sung with a heavyRomanian accent. A few people have attempted todecipher them. Here is a version I picked up atStockton Folk Dance Camp in 2009. Maybe the factthat the lyrics don’t make much sense can beattributed to the fact that they were written by peoplewho don’t actually speak English? If you have themusic for Ciuleandra, try reading this while listeningto the music. Enjoy!1. While there be sheep enough, soon as Ciuleandrapays off.Chorus: She forgot to lay the eggs. Oh, sha sho shosha.2. Soon as off the curb I shot, ruined a match andJeffrey’s car. Repeat chorus.

3. Underneath Zaristra’s nose, smashed a chair andsmooched a goose. Repeat chorus.4. My daddy’s soldier’s boss. Ah, shoot! She boughta bus. Repeat chorus.5. Dough feet and dough pie. Ah, Ciuleandra, I’m aguy. Repeat chorus.6. Soon they shot and duped, buy gosh! Cut thesoup, we got to fuss. Repeat chorus.7. Dough feet and dough pie; lost Ciuleandra’s love,but aye. Repeat chorus.—CL

Spring Fling:Chris Vincent,Joy Herndon

and LindaHayes

Photo by TerryAbrahams

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June 12–19 Scandia Camp MendocinoMusic and dances of Valdres, Norway and Dalarna,

SwedenPlace: Mendocino Woodlands Camp in the

Mendocino Woodlands State ParkContact: Roo Lester 630-985-7192 (central time

zone), Roo@ScandiaCamp.orgInformation: www.scandiacampmendocino.org

July 25-31 Stockton Folk Dance Camp, week 1August 1-7 Stockton Folk Dance Camp, week 2With Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion (Romanian),

Steve Kotansky (Balkan), Ahmet Lüleci (Turkish),Fang-Chich Chen (Taiwanese), Denes Dreisziger

(Hungarian), Radboud Koop (Russian),Jerry Helt (American Squares and Contras),

Hilde Otterholt (Hawaiian)Place: University of the Pacific Campus,

Stockton, CaliforniaContact: Jan Wright, 36676 Viola Meadows Court,

Shingletown, CA 96088, 530- 474-3231,jmwright32@frontiernet.net

Information: www.folkdancecamp.org

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May 28–31 World CampTeachers: Michael Ginsburg – Balkan, Joe Graziosi

– Greek, Steve Kotansky – Macedonian, AhmetLüleci – Turkish, Iliana Bozhanova – Bulgaria

Place: Iroquois Springs, Rock Hill, NYTimes: 4:30 PM Friday to “by breakfast” Monday

Price: adult, full camp – $390 before May 21.Contact: World Camp c/o Ahmet Lüleci, 16 BraelandAve., Newton Centre, MA 02459 – 2211, 617-795-

2468, ahmet@rcn.comInformation: www.worldcamp.us

July 22 – August 1 Folkmoot USAEvents include a Grand Opening, performances,

workshops, a 5K Run/Walk, an International FestivalDay, the Parade of Nations and a Candlelight Closing

Place: several towns in western North CarolinaContact: Folkmoot USA, PO Box 658, Waynesville,

NC 28786, 1-877-FOLK-USA;Information: www.folkmootusa.org;

email through the web site

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August 15–21 Mainewoods Dance Camp Week 1Teachers: Tom Bozigian – Armenian, Ann Smith –

Scottish; Loui Tucker - IsraeliAugust 22–28 Mainewoods Dance Camp Week 2

Teachers: France Bourque-Moreau – FrenchCanadian, Ahmet Lüleci – Turkish, Yves Moreau –

BulgarianAugust 29–September 4 Mainewoods Dance

Camp Week 3Teachers: Mihai David – Romanian, Lee Otterholt –

Balkan and Beyond, Richard Schmidt – PolishPlace: Camp Indian Acres, Fryeburg, Maine

Price: Regular adult – $450 to $660 per person; alsovarious discounted fees

Contact: Helen Blum, Mainewoods Dance Camp, 926Bloomfield Ave., Apt. 3F, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-

787-4614, info@mainewoodsdancecamp.orgInformation: www.mainewoodsdancecamp.org

May 8 Mayfair Ball English Country Dancewith Florida dance leaders and music by Long Odds

and Full CircleSt. Cloud Senior Citizen Center,3101 17th Street, St. Cloud, FL

Times: Noon–10 PMPrice: $25 after April 10

Contact: Pam Russo Phone: 386-490-4946,stcloudecd@yahoo.com; Catie Condran Geist

Phone: 321-427-3587, catiegeist@att.net

Events

June 27 – July 4 Nordic Fiddles and FeetDances from Gästrikland, Sweden; Rørospols fromNorway; and Scandinavian dance basics with Roo

Lester.Place: Camp Ogontz, near Littleton New HampshireContact: NFF, 4401 Alta Vista Way, Knoxville, TN

37919, 865-522-0515; fiddlesandfeet@bellsouth.netInformation: www.nordicfiddlesandfeet.org

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Please note: The Florida Folk Dancer prints information on folkdance tours, camps and other events that may be of interest to ourreaders. This does not imply an endorsement or recommendationof any tour or camp (except our own FFDC events!).

International Folk Dance ToursSelected tours are listed in each newsletter. A more extensivelist of tours can be found in the calendar on the FFDCwebsite.

October 10–22 Greece and Crete TourOptional Santorini extension, October 21-24

A Jim Gold Tour, led by Jim Gold and Lee OtterholtIncludes a five-day tour of classical Greek sites such

as Delphi and Olympia, a four-day Greek Islandcruise, and plenty of dancing.

Please note: the dates and itinerary for this tourwere changed just after the last (February)

Florida Folk Dancer was published. Information on all Jim Gold tours: www.jimgold.comContact: Jim Gold International, 497 Cumberland

Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666; 201-836-0362,jimgold@jimgold.com

September 10 –12 Mountain Playshopwith Jim Gold

Place: YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly conferencecenter, 84 Blue Ridge Circle, Black Mountain, NC

28711-9722Normal registration June 21 – August 27

Contact: info@mountainplayshop.org or email viathe website

Information: www.mountainplayshop.org

November 28 – December 04 Rock Lake ResortDance Camp

with Richard SchmidtPlace: Rock Lake Resort, 2937 Palm Beach

Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33916-1504Contact: Richard Schmidt, 514-524-6368,

richard@folkdance.caInformation: www.folkdance.ca/

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October 2 Fall FlingA fun day of all request dancing, plus potluck lunchand supper, on the hardwood floor of the Historic

Community House

Sponsored by the South Brevard InternationalDancers

Place: 6300 Hall Road, Melbourne Village, FloridaTime 11 AM – 10 PM

Contact: John Daly, 321-482-6818,john@dalypreservation.com

October 15 – 17 Sharpes AssemblyEnglish Country Dance weekend

with guest caller Michael Barracloughand music by Full Circle band

Place: Kenilworth Lodge, 1610 SE Lakeview Dr.,Sebring, Florida

Contact: Catie Geist, 321-427-3587,catiegeist@att.net

Information: www.dancefl.us/ecd/index.shtml

September 3 – 6 Karmiel USA Israeli Folk DanceWeekend with Dany Benshalom and Ruthy Slann

Place: 3872 Dillard Rd., Highlands, NCContact: Ruthy Slann, 864-650-2009,

kibbutz@slann.com

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August 3 - 15, 2010 Bulgarian TourLed by Jim Gold

Includes the weekend Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival,held once every five years.

Information: www.jimgold.com/Bulgaria2010.htmContact: Jim Gold International, 201-836-0362,

jimgold@jimgold.comSeveral FFDC dancers, including Pat Henderson

and Bobby Quibodeaux, and Jack and Linda Seltzer,are taking this Bulgarian tour.

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