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Festivals, Camps, Workshops - Resource Links
 
Event
Areas
Website
Contact Info
Door County Folk Festival 
(Sister Bay, Ephraim & Baileys Harbor, WI)

Wed-Sun, Begins the Wednesday after Independence Day (Jul 4th)

Jul 6-10, 2011

www.dcff.net Paul Collins, 
(847)-846-8139 
Chicago, IL

    or
Gerhard Bernhard, 
(920)-421-2986
Sister Bay, WI
Chicagoland Spring Fling
2012 TBA
www.ethnicdance.net/springfling Paul Collins, 
(847)-846-8139 
Chicago, IL
Chicagoland Fall Ball
Fri Sep 18, 2011

TBA
www.ethnicdance.net/fallball Paul Collins, 
(847)-846-8139 
Chicago, IL
Tamburitza Extravaganza 2009
(Chicago, IL)
Oct 1-4, 2009
22+ Bands, Parties, Performances, Workshops with Nikola Krcadinac, John Kuo and Paul Collins
http://www.tamburitza.org/ChicagoGanza09 Tomi Vucinic
tomvucinic@yahoo.com
(773)-230-9045
Folk Ball Festival
(Madison, WI)
Usually Begins Friday of the last weekend in January

Jan 20-22, 2012?

http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/folkball.html Michael Kuharski, 
(608)-241-3655
Madison, WI
mk@mailbag.com
    or
Thomas Dettinger, 
(608)-274-3132
tdd@plantpath.wisc.edu
13th Annual Pourparler
Dodgeville, WI)
Oct 9-11, 2009
http://www.nfo-usa.org Sanna Longden
sannamars@aol.com
(800)-894-4378
Balkanske Igre Spring Festival
(Chicago, IL)
Mar 19-21 or 26-28, 2010
n/a John Kuo, 
(773)-324-1247
Morton Grove, IL
balkanske_igre@yahoo.com
Regional June Camp
(Beloit, WI)
June 3-6, 2010
http://junecampifd.googlepages.com Mady Newfield, 
(630)-584-0825
St Charles, IL
JuneCampIFD@gmail.com
October Folk Dance Camp (Oconomowoc, WI)
Oct 9-11, 2009
n/a Chris Malcher, 
(847)-675-3165
malchfun@yahoo.com
    or
Jill Carlson, 
(708)-748-5108
angelajillcarlson@hotmail.com
SNOPA! Winter Folk Dance Workshop
(Twin Cities, MN)

President's Day Weekend - Feb 12-14, 2010

Totino-Grace Renewal Center

http://www.snopa.org Nairy Digris or Terry Mc Gibbon, 
(651)-639-9346
St Paul, MN
hyebar@qwest.net
    or
Jim Kiehne, 
(612)-377-8037
Minneapolis, MN
kiehngraph@sihope.com
Tapestry Folk Dance Center - Fall Workshop
(Minneapolis, MN)
Oct 23-25, 2009
with Michael Ginsburg (Balkan)
http://www.tapestryfolkdance.org Tapestry Folk Dance Center, 
Minneapolis, MN,
(612)-722-2914
staff@TapestryFolkdance.org
Fox Valley Folk Dancers Workshop
(Appleton, WI)
Sat Apr ??, 2010

Teachers, Musicians TBA
http://www.angelfire.com/music4/walenski/FolkDancers.html Barbara Westhofen, 
(920)-734-4029
Appleton, WI
westhofenb@aol.com
    or
Patty Scott, 
(715)-831-0057
Eau Claire, WI
pblewis@ecol.net
San Antonio Folk Dance Festival
(San Antonio, TX)
Mid Mar 2010

Workshops with various teachers, performances, parties
http://safdf.org Jimmy Drury , Nelda Drury
(210)-342-2905
San Antonio, TX
james.drury@att.net
RangTang
(Atlanta, GA)
Apr 2010

TBA
n/a Liz Nunan, 
(404)-292-7176
Decatur, GA
liznunan@hotmail.com
Annual Golden Festival
(A Celebration of Balkan Music and Dance)

Weekend prior to Martin Luther King Holiday

Jan 15-17, 2010
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band & Friends - Two nights of Balkan music, dance and border-crossing celebration.

http://www.zlatneuste.org Emerson Hawley: (718) 859-4759, zufestival@zlatneuste.org
Columbus Folk Dancers - Annual Workshop

Feb 2010

Dance workshop TBA

http://www.geocities.com/cfd4folkdancing

Leslie Scott, (614) 262-7248, cfdworkshop@yahoo.com

Lea Anne Sonham, 
(614)-261-7181,
ennaael@aol.com

International Folk Dance Association of University City (IFDA) 
(St Louis, MO)
TBA
http://www.stlouisfolkdance.org John or Barbara Uhlemann, 
(314)-726-5838, 
buhlemann@aol.com
Nancy or Rex Couture (314)-275-8228,
Couture@primary.net
Diana or Bill Blanchard, (314)-726-5737,
bill.blanchard@att.net
Detroit Folk Dance Camp
(Dowling [Battle Creek], MI)

May 14-16, 2010

Teacher TBA

New Location!

www.detroitfolkdancing.com Rick King, (248)-376-6992,detroitfolkdancing@comcast.net
Mainewoods Camp

(Camp Indian Acres in Fryeburg, Maine)

2010 Dates:

Session 1: TBA
Session 2: TBA

Labor Day Wknd: TBA

http://www.mainewoodsdancecamp.org

Kay Demos
kay@mainewoodsdancecamp.org

Until 08/16/08: (973)-787-4614
After 08/16/08: (207)-935-3901

Chagigah Israeli Folk Dance Camp
(Oconomowoc, WI)
Oct 16-18, 2009
http://www.osrui.org Phil Moss, 
(847)-251-2676
Wilmette, IL
Philip_B_Moss@hotmail.com or
IFDancing@aol.com
Scandia Camp
(Mendocino,CA)
Jun Mid 2010
http://www.scandiacampmendocino.org Roo Lester, 
(630)-985-7192
Woodridge, IL
dancingroo@aol.com
Balkan Music and Dance Workshop

Late Jun-Early Jul 2010
Balkan Music and Dance Workshop in Mendocino Woodlands, CA.

Mid August 2010
Balkan Music and Dance Workshop in Iroquois Springs, Rock Hill, NY

http://www.eefc.org office@eefc.org
Texas International Folk Dancers Thanksgiving Weekend Camp
Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov 26-29, 2009
Bruceville, TX
http://www.tifd.org

Donna Ellis (281)-277-8418;
Shirley Johnson (512)-257-8853;
Holly Plotner (512)-441-8165 OR:, campchairs@tifd.org, webmaster@tifd.org

Baratsag
(Hungarian Dance & Music Camp)

Camp Discontinued

See website for special event schedule

http://www.baratsag.com Ferenc or Mary Tobak, 
(415)-468-6565
info@baratsag.com
Diamond Dance Circle
(Cherry Hill Park)
Washington, DC Area

Camp Discontinued

See website for weekly dance and special event schedule

http://www.diamonddancecircle.com Brandon & Phylllis Diamond, 
(301)-871-8788
Silver Spring, MD
diamonddancecircle@comcast.net
Stockton Folk Dance Camp
Two 1-week sessions,
Late Jul 2010
Late Jul Early Aug 2010

University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
http://www.folkdancecamp.org Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 
Tel: (650)-359-9609,
Fax: (916)-488-3897
stocktoncamp@folkdance.com
Idaho International Folk Dance Festival (Rexburg)

End July - Early Aug 2010

http://www.rexcc.com Idaho Iinternational Folk Festival,
Tel: (888)-463-6880,
Tel: (208)-356-5700,
Fax: (208)-356-5799
info@rexcc.com
Chicago SummerDance Festival
(In Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden, 601 S Michigan Ave, between Harrison St & Balbo Dr)
Jul 7 - Sep 18, 2011 (Starts late due to Spirit of Music Garden rennovation)
http://www.chicagosummerdance.org Chicago Deptartment of Cultural Affairs,
(312)-742-4007
Chicago World Music Festival
(At various locations)
Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2011 (Overlaps with Chicago SummerDance)
http://www.worldmusicfestivalchicago.org World Music Festival,
(312)-742-1938
WorldMusic@cityofchicago.org
Chicago Winter Delights Festival
(At various locations)
TBA
http://www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents Chicago Winter Delights
(312)-744-3370
Milwaukee Holiday Folk Fair (Milwaukee, WI)
Weekend Before Thanksgiving
Nov 20-22, 2010
http://www.folkfair.org or http://www.iiwisconsin.org International Institute
Tel: (414)-225-6225
Fax: (414)-225-6235
iiw@execpc.com
Milwaukee Summerfest
Jun-Jul, 2010
http://www.summerfest.com Milwaukee Summerfest Information:
(414)-273-3378, (800)-273-3378
Milwaukee Cultural (ethnic) Festivals
Jun TBA - Sep TBA, 2009
http://www.milwaukee.org/multicultural/index.cfm?action=festivals

Milwaukee Visitor Information:
(800)-554-1448, (414)-273-7222,
visitor@milwaukee.org

Madison World Music Festival
(at UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon S, 53706)
No Information
http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest

Madison World Music Festival,
Information Desk: (608) 265-3000
union@union.wisc.edu

Information:  Dan Talmo, (608)-233-5322
dan@lrca.com,

Lotus World Music & Arts Festival
(Bloomington, IN - in, various locations)
Oct 2009
http://www.lotusfest.org Information: (812)-336-6599, lotus@lotusfest.org
Festivals.com
(Website listing all kinds of Festivals)
n/a
http://festivals.com Festivals.com, (206)-623-9495
Seattle, WA
information@festivals.com
Thanksgiving Folk Dance Camp 
(A weekend of family folk dancing, recreation, and fellowship)
Nov 26-29, 2009
http://www.bannermanfamily.com/Thanksgiving.htm Blue Ridge YMCA Assembly in, Black Mountaiin, NC
Glenn Bannerman
(828)-669-7323
glenn.evelyn@worldnet.att.net
Slovene Benefit Society (SNPJ)
(Spring & Fall Workshops)
Spring & September Festivals
n/a David Hornig
Oakmont, PA
(412)-820-8319
davehornig@worldnet.att.net, or
folkdance@hornig.net
Montreal Perseides Dance Camp
(Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Camp Discontinued
http://www.perseides.org Jocelyne Vaillancourt
Montréal, Québec, Canada
(514)-323-7166
jocelynev@videotron.ca
info@perseides.org
Kolo Festival
(San Francisco, Thanksgiving Weekend)
Nov 27-29, 2009
http://balkantunes.org/kolofestival Asha Goldberg
San Francisco, CA
(510)-652-7859, (800)-730-5615
asha@KoloFestival.org
Manitoba International Folk Daance Association (MIFDA, Winnnipeg)

Spring/Winter Workshop Feb 2010
TBA

Fall Workshop TBA

http://members.shaw.ca/mifda Contact:  Jeremy Hull.
(204)-477-5981,
mifda@shaw.ca
Festival of Nations
(St Paul, MN)
(Performances, ethnic Foods, Shopping, Crafts, Cultural Exhibits)
Early May 2010
at RiverCentre in Downtown St. Paul
http://www.festivalofnations.com Advance Tickets: At all Byerly's locations and at the International Institute of Minnesota
(651)-647-0191
Buffalo on the Danube
(New Location - Timber Ridge Camp)
Washington DC Area
Labor Day Weekend
Sep 406, 2009
http://www.dancingplanetproductions.com/danube.htm Jamie or Betsy Platt, 
(301)-320-7099
dancingplanet@erols.com
Pittsburgh Folk Festival
(Pittsburgh, PA)
May 2010 ?
TBA
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
http://www.pghfolkfest.org Folk Festival Office 
(412)-278-1267, 
or
Julie Rhyner, 
(412)-571-0541, 
jcrhyner@attbi.com
New Mexico August Folk Dance Camp (New Mexico Tech campus, Socorro, NM)
Jul 30 - Aug 2, 2009

Shmulik Gov Ari (Israeli) & Sonia Dion & Christian FLorescu (Romanian)
http://www.swifdi.org

Dorothy Stermer, (505)-379-6821
stermer@comcast.net,
or
Lisa Bertelli, (505)-983-1310
lisa.bertelli@earthlink.com

Autumn Leaves #24
(Nashville, TN)
Oct.2009
(TBA)
http://www.nifddance.com/NIFD_AL%20page/NIFD_ALpage2.htm Butch Durst, (615)-298-2483
or
Janet Epstein,
depst98336@aol.com

or
Mary Lou Durham, mldurham1@juno.com
Festival of Greek Music and Dance
Sponsored by the Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society 
(Chicago Area)
Information TBA
http://www.ohfs.org John Economou, (847)-729-3406
JEconomou@owpp.com or  orpheus@ohfs.org
Aranykapu Tabor Hungarian Dance and Music Camp
(Camp Cazadero near Guerneville, CA)

Camp Discontinued

See website for event listings

http://www.aranykapu-tabor.org Marjorie Nugent: (510)-553-1597
mnugent@seki.mcs.csuhayward.edu

Laurie: (510)-526-7757
Ti Ti Tabor Hungarian Music and Dance Camp
( Raft Island, WA)

Aug 2009
Teaching/Music Staff Zoltán and Tímea Balla, Erika Juhász, Dűvő Együttes

http://www.tititabor.org info@tititabor.org
Hellenic Winter Dance Conference (WDC)
(Boca Raton, FL)
TBA
http://www.syrtaki.org Litsa Ikonomou, (727)-944-2000
Litsa@carlsontravelgroup.com
World Camp
(Le Center 7400, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
TBA
http://www.worldcamp.us

Ahmet Luleci, (617)-795-2468,
ahmet@rcn.com, director@collagedance.com

Jocelyne Vaillanourt (14)-323-7166
jocelyne@videotron.ca

Seminar for Macedonian Folklore
(Struga, Macedonia)
Dates TBA
http://www.folkmacedonia.com - Camp Discontinued London, Ontario, Canada
(519)-681-1674

boris.ilievski@sympatico.ca
Miami Valley Folk Dancers Workshops
(Dayton, OH)
Dates TBA
http://www.daytonfolkdance.com/mvfd/workshop.html Eddie Cordray, (937)-252-0638, MVFD@DaytonFolkDance.com
Ann Mosconi, (937)-299-0522, AnnaLaLoca@aol.com