The UF
International FolkDance Club started as a
student club. Now called GAINESVILLE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS, it offers
cultural awareness, good exercise, and international fellowship
through instruction, practice, and performance of authentic traditional
folk dances from all around the world. We can look as silly as the stick
figures above or as skillful as our performance
group. Come see with your eyes why 'folkdance is a turn for better'!
(and in top10).
Or check our CALENDAR,part
of the Gainesville
Dance Calendar.
When: Fridays
(regular,
all dance levels, includes Bhangra when Josan is there:)
8 -11 pm 308 W University Ave.
Sundays
performance rehearsals - no meeting over summer (unless YOU get
active) Student
Rec. Center Aerobics Rm#1
Where: from
June 3rd 2005 we'll be in GDMA
building - 308 W Univ Avenue (don't
park in Seagle lot, park in the covered parking under the GDMA building
or on 3rd street). If in doubt, please
call the officers.
By bus take bus
5 or Later Gator A or C and get out at the corner of 3rd Str
and Univ Ave; cross the street and there you are! The bus stop toward
University is in front of Seagle bldg--all in a 3 min walking radius from
GDMA!
Who:beginners,
singles and couples of all ages, shapes and colors welcome! We teach
the first hour, so don't be shy. (We also have a room where children
can play and enough chairs for all the non-dancing friends you bring in)
Fri May 20, 2005
- 'Dancing with the accordionist: from Scotland to the Balkans'-
w Ron Tomocik and Gainesville
Scottish
Saturday, June
4, 2- 5 pm 'The Celtic dance invasion: Breton and Irish Set
dances' - w.
Doriane Rencker and Yutaka Usui
e-mail us with suggestions
for future workshops folkstep*AT*grove.ufl.edu
What's
a typical meeting like?
Fun! Excitement!
A typical meeting is anything but typical! All-in-all it is a lot
of fun with wonderful people. Meetings are broken up into three periods:
Teaching: For
the first hour of our Friday meeting, dances are taught (and we really
mean taught).
Break time-circle time:
THEN
a group meeting is held: we introduce the members present in the circle
and make (mostly) dance related announcements;
Requests: The
remaining time is spent dancing all time favorites or newly taught
dances.
