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The administrative side of DCFF is run well because of an efficiently managed, highly competent team of Work Scholars. The Festival requires the equivalent of twelve (12) full-time Work Scholars. Scholarships are awarded on a first come-first serve basis.
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DANCE
WORKSHOPS (All Weekend) (back to top)
The Festival offers a variety of learning opportunities for
both new & experienced dancers. There are 18 ethnic dance workshops (6 geared to beginning level dancers), 3 review
dance sessions, 2 Argentine Tango workshops, and 3 American contra/square dance workshops. Most dances won't
require partners. The material presented on Fri will be
repeated at the Sat sessions. Order your Dance Syllabus (paper or CD ) and Dance Music CD set in advance since limited copies
are produced. The costs for these items will be higher at the Festival.
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BEGINNING-LEVEL ETHNIC DANCE WORKSHOPS (10:00am, 1:15pm, 3:15pm Fri/Sat @
SBVH) (back to top)
Various Teachers with beginning level dances
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED-LEVEL ETHNIC DANCE WORKSHOPS (10:00am, 1:15pm, 3:15pm FRI @
EVH - SAT @ BHTH) (back to top)
Various Teachers with intermediate and advanced level dances
CONTRA/SQUARE
DANCE WORKSHOPS (Fri/Sat @ 8:00am - Sun @ 9:00am @ SBVH) (back to top)
Calling by Roger Diggle, Steve Pike & Paul Collins, with Live Music by the Last Gaspé.
Teaching by Grace Bernhard
Teaching by Nick Aguilar and Mary Garvin
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CULTURE SESSIONS / LEADER DISCUSSION FORUMS (12:15pm FRI/SAT @
SBP/SBVH)(back
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Details TBA
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SINGING WORKSHOPS (Fri/Sat - 1:15pm - FBC ) (back
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Tri Bratovchedki (Nancy Yugo, Dan Garvin, Debbie Kmetz) will lead singing
workshops on Fri and Sat afternoons. The trio’s singing is
characterized by dissonant harmonies and complex rhythms. Themes of love,
grief, national pride, folk tales, legends, and deep religious faith give
this music an energetic and intense quality.
SINGING WORKSHOPS (Fri/Sat - 3:15pm - FBC) (back
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John Morovich will lead singing
workshops on Fri and Sat late afternoons with the musical accompaniment of the Balkan Cabaret Orchestra.
Each night of the Festival features fun-filled parties with live & recorded music:
- Wed Night, Sister Bay Village Hall: NEW for 2007, a 4th of July Ethnic Folk Dance Party with live music by Nick Bratkovich (8:30pm-until).
- Thu Night, Sister Bay Village Hall: Opening Night Ethnic Folk Dance Party & Mini-Workshop with live music by Nick Bratkovich and Balkan Cabaret (8:00pm-until).
- Fri Night, Sister Bay Village Hall: Ethnic Folk Dance Party (8:00pm-until) with live music by with live music by Nick Bratkovich and Balkan Cabaret and others. Special Feature - Stuffed Animal Night - Bring your favorite stuffed animal pals to the Friday Night Party! They'll get to meet & dance with some of the classiest and best-dancing party animals around. Mini-Workshop (9:30pm-10:30pm)
- Fri Night Only, Ephraim Village Hall: Contra/Square Dance Party (8:00pm-11:00pm) with calling by Roger Diggle & Steve Pike with live music by The Last Gaspé.
- Sat Night, Sister Bay Village Hall: Ethnic Folk Dance Parties (8:30pm-until) with live music by Nick Bratkovich and Balkan Cabaret and others. Stay tuned for the Larry Hoey Memorial Olympics sometime around 1:00am.
- Sun Night, Sister Bay Village Hall: Survivors' Ethnic Folk Dance Party (8:30pm-until) with live music by Balkan Cabaret and others, is a spontaneous, unstructured event that tends toward the anarchistic and chaotic, where participants have a lot of fun while also sharing in the responsibility of running the program without the “traditional” forms of group leadership.
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Larry Hoey's spirit as a “hot shot” dancer of Balkan, Hungarian, Scandinavian and Swing lives on in the DCFF Olympic Challenge. This is an opportunity for you to be highly creative and innovative and to strut your stuff late Sat nite at the “Folk Dance Olympics”. This is a friendly and fun “competition” where everyone tries in vain to defeat the perennial winners.
Sign up for the Dance Olympics and help cap off the Sat Night Party. The "competition” begins at approximately 1:00am.
If you have not had the opportunity to review the memorial website to Larry Hoey, please visit: www.ethnicdance.net/larry_hoey
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Musicians, remember to bring your instruments to Sister Bay Park during and after the Fish Boil Dinner - Sat between 7pm and 8:30pm or so. Come and join in the on the fun.
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Relax and unwind during lunch at the First Baptist Church of Sister Bay, BYO lunch & blanket. Sessions for individuals & partners. A portion of the fee supports the DCFF Scholarship Fund. Arrange private sessions for Swedish, Myofascia, Energy and Lymphatic work. Contact Mercedes: mercedes@dcff.net, (262)-632-2986.
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When fatigue sets in, take a nap. These folks do it all the time.
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Benefit for DCFF Work Scholars Fund: Since 1995, DCFF has held a Silent Auction in the basement of Sister Bay Village hall. Participants and "Friends of the Festival" donate all sorts of items to this activity that directly supports the twelve (12) Work Scholars required for the Administrative Staff. Auction proceeds have subsidized up to four Work Scholars and we'd like your help in increasing that contribution level this year. In 2004 and 2005 over 100 items were contributed to the auction. You can find some great items at bargain prices. Check your closets, cabinets, attics, bookshelves, etc. for ethnic and folk related things that you no longer use. Do some "Spring Cleaning" and donate items that are still serviceable, wearable, usable, etc. The silent auction is a way to help these items find a new life in a new home. Articles for the auction can include ethnic clothing, shoes and accessories, items related to ethnic dance, music or singing, international travel, ethnic cultures, foreign languages, music collections, dance notes/descriptions, etc.
All proceeds from the DCFF Silent Auction contribute to the support of the 12 administrative staff Work Scholars that make the festival run smoothly. The silent auction opens at the Thu night party and closes on Sat night at 11:30pm, giving participants ample opportunity to place a final bid.
To donate items to the DCFF Work Scholars Fund, contact Mercedes: mercedes@dcff.net, (262)-632-2986.
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GROUP DINNER (Fri Only
- The Sandpiper Restaurant in Baileys Harbor) (back to top)
We
are excited about the opportunity to have the DCFF Group
Dinner at a new location - The Sandpiper Restaurant in Baileys Harbor. Please
join us Friday evening in this delightful for an enjoyable
dining experience. There
will be one seating at 6:30pm for this fixed-price meal - $19.00, Kids Under 13: $12 – Under 5: $6.00, special kids menu available – info@dcff.net - tax & tip included. The meal
includes choice of entrée, soup, apple sauce, garlic bread, mixed fresh vegetables, apple crisp for dessert, choice of beverage. Alcoholic beverages are available at extra cost.
Reservations required, limit 100. Specify
your entrée on the Registration
Form. Entrées include:
- Vegetarian Lasagna
- Lemon Pepper Broiled Whitefish w/rice pilaf
- Baked Chicken w/rice pilaf
- Roast Pork Loin in Burgundy Wine Sauce w/ rice pilaf
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A visit to Door County isn't complete without experiencing a traditional fish boil dinner - even if only to watch. Dinner features freshly caught Lake Michigan Whitefish, boiled to perfection with new potatoes, sweet onions and spices and served with or without melted Wisconsin butter. While fish boils are thought to have originated with Scandinavian settlers and lumberjacks who discovered a tasty way to enjoy the fruits of Lake Michigan, there is also a tradition of fish boil dinners in Scotland using salmon. Fish boils feature both great food and great showmanship. The ingredients are boiled in a kettle with about 30 gallons of water over an open fire. After cooking a while, spices are added and as the fish oils rise to the surface of the boiling cauldron, the cooking crew tosses a small can of kerosene on the fire. A great burst of flame shoots up and the intense heat causes the pot to boil over, spilling the unappetizing fish oils over the side, extinguishing the fire and leaving the ingredients perfectly done, steaming hot and ready to serve. The fish, potatoes and onions are served with coleslaw and topped off with Door County Cherry pie for dessert. Coffee, iced tea, lemonade are included. BYO Beer & Wine. There will be three seatings at 6:00pm, 6:30pm and 7:00pm for this fixed-price meal - $18.00, Kids Under 13: $12 - tax & tip included. Reservations required, limit 35 per seating. Following dinner, there will be the usual live music, singing and dancing in the park and on the Sister Bay Pier before sunset. Specify your seating time on the Registration Form.
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Fri/Sat at 10:00am & 1:15pm: features crafts, story telling, sing-alongs, creative games and dancing provided free in Sister Bay Park. Your children will enjoy interacting with new acquaintances and our good-natured, dynamic activity leaders. Please take note that the Children's activities in Sister Bay Park are not a baby sitting service. Your children can be involved in these activities with your permission and consent and their willingness and ability to participate and interact with others. The activities are geared to participants between the ages of 5 and 15, although there have been exceptions at both ends of the scale. Please also note that the activities may be modified or truncated due to adverse weather conditions. Please further note that there is no charge for these activities. If you are considering having your kids participate, we would appreciate if if you would notify Dick or Miriam Miller by telephone: (608)-836-5114 or by email: miriam@dcff.net.
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SITTERS
If you are in need of a sitter,
with advance notice, we will try to match you with a one. There
is limited availability so act sooner than later - Telephone: (773)-463-2288
or by email: info@dcff.net.
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SUNSET CONCERT CRUISES (back
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Gerhard has "un-retired" from the Concert Criuse Business. There will be a new series of Concert Cruises this season sailing from Sturgeon Bay, WI.
For reservations and information,
contact Gerhard Bernhard at, www.concertcruises.com, mail@concertcruises.com,
(920)-854-2986.
Please note that Sunset Concert Cruises is a separate activity and is not included in any DCFF pass.
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Joan’s bazaar at Sister Bay will feature folk-related merchandise including CDs, books, cassettes and ethnic apparel.
Joan will bring specific videos and items such as records only if requested in advance!
To request or order stuff in advance Tel: (847)-564-2880, Fax: (847)-564-2868, E-mailto:joan@folkrhythms.com, website:www.folkrhythms.com
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DOOR
COUNTY (back
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The Door Peninsula, mid-America's
favorite vacation area, is located in north east Wisconsin between Green
Bay and Lake Michigan. Door County, often alluded to as "the Cape
Cod" of the Midwest, has something for everyone: sandy beaches, rocky
shores, scenic trails & vistas, state parks, art galleries, music
& theater, water sports, golf, unique shopping opportunities and a
large selection of restaurants, including one with "goats on the roof".
Click here for links to other Door County resources and activities.
