Oldies But Goodies Ethnic Dance Workshop (back to top)
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"Mr G" Does "Mr J" - Dances of Anatol Joukowsky - Ethnic Dance Workshop (back to top)
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Couple Dance Workshop (back to top)
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Contra/Square Dance Program (back to top)
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Middle Eastern Movement (back to top)
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Bhangra Dance (back to top)
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Singing Workshops (back to top)
Singing Workshop participants will have additional opportunities to sing:
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Musicians & Singers Informal Jam Session (back to top)
Musicians, singers & observers are welcome to meet @ the Gazebo in Sister Bay Waterfront Park for an informal jam session |
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Concert in Baileys Harbor (back to top)
As a public service, DCFF is delighted to sponsor this Concert for the Baileys Harbor Senior Citizens Group. This event is open to the public. Admission is free for holders of DCFF Weekend and Daily Passes. Bring your lunch to Baileys Harbor Town Hall and enjoy the music of of:
Mini-Concert in Sister Bay (back to top)
As a public service, DCFF is delighted to sponsor this Mini-Concert for the Scandia Retirement Community in Sister Bay This event may be open to the public. Bring your breakfast to Scandia and enjoy the music of of:
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Northern Door YMCA Program (back to top)
NORTHERN DOOR YMCA YOUTH PROGRAM (Wed-Sat) (back to top) YMCA Program Schedule
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Pot Luck Picnic Dinner - BYO (back to top)
In 2010 we tried different approach to a Friday Group Dinner. The Voyager Inn Motel invited us to host a pot-luck picnic dinner in their garden/lawn area. DCFF participants who’ve stayed at the Voyager Inn Motel had long enjoyed the ambiance of picnicking on the garden/lawn area, swimming in the outdoor pool and relaxing in the hot tub. Last year this became a reality for the entire DCFF Community. 2010’s Pot Luck Picnic Dinner at the Voyager Inn Motel was a TREMENDOUS success. Let's do it again! There will be no extra charge for this event. However, Advance Reservations and Food/Beverage Contributions are required. The event will begin on Friday at 5:45pm and will end at 8:00pm WHAT TO BRING:
Again, Advance Reservations and Food/Beverage Contributions are required. PARKING:
Click Here for the Warren-Nancy Remembrance Page |
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Fish Boil Dinner & Music/Dancing/Singing In Sister Bay Waterfront Park (back to top)
FISH BOIL DINNER (Sat Only 5:45pm to 7:45pm - in Sister Bay Waterfront Park) (back to top) Fish Boil Background: 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. Specify your seating time on the Registration Form. Following dinner, there will be the usual live music, singing and dancing in the park and on the Sister Bay Pier before sunset. To celebrate and honor the lives of Warren Kubitschek and Nancy Yugo, Saturday July 9, 2011, approximately 7:00pm during the Fish Boil Dinner with Music, Dancing & Singing in Sister Bay Waterfront Park Click Here for the Warren-Nancy Remembrance Page |
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Possible Culture Session or Group Leader Discussion (back to top)
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Deepa Devasena |
Deepa Devasena (Milwaukee,
WI) (back to top) Bhangra is a lively form of folk music and dance that originates from Punjab, India. Many people believe that Bhangra originated in the 1400s, however, it may be even older. Primarily men performed Bhangra, while the ladies performed their own fierce, yet elegent, dance called Giddha. The men wore the turbin, lungi (long cloth wrapped around the waist), and kurta (traditional Indian shirt), while the women, when performing Giddha, wore the salvar kameez (a long colorful shirt accompanied with a baggy style bottom piece) accompanied by their bright colored duppattas (cloth wrapped around the neck).The main instrument played during bhangra is a barrel size drum called the Dhol. Its strong bass beats are so contagious & can lure even the most dedicated of wallflowers onto the dance floor. Bhangra was created among farmers while they worked in fields. Since its grounded in earth, its basic movements relate to farming activities like plowing, sowing, and, harvesting. Bhangra was traditionally performed to celebrate the harvest. Nowadays, because of Punjabi influence worldwide, people perform Bhangra in all parts of the world at occasions such as weddings, receptions, and parties. Bhangra has evolved from a dance and music only performed in the Punjab region, to a popular style of music and dance that people perform throughout South Asia and many parts of the world. |
Doc Hartnett |
Doc Hartnett
(Sound, Valparaiso, IN) (back to top) Doc called his first square dance at the age of 17 at the Clearance Flitter farm in a small Hoosier town. Two years later, this type of dancing was no longer cool. So in the interim Doc practiced medicine in the town in which he grew up. This was a rare and wonderful experience. Doc didn’t realize that traditions have a way of renewing themselves and when contra and square dancing became popular again in the 1980s, he started up again with a vengeance at the age of 66, not only calling for dances but also hosting dances in his “Barn” in Valparaiso. |
Leslie Hyll |
Leslie Hyll (Dayton, OH) (back
to top) Leslie has been a member of the Miami Valley Folk Dancers recreational folk dance club for over 30 years, sharing teaching responsibilities (beginning and advanced levels) and serving in various administrative offices. She spear-headed a project to digitize 50 years of the club's dance workshop syllabi. She has been a member of several performing groups including: Zivio! (South Slavic), Beseda (American Czechoslovakian Club) and Bagatelle (Le Club Francais), at various times serving as a researcher, choreographer, instructor, and director for those groups. She choreographed an American suite for Zivio!'s 1987 tour of Yugoslavia, and Slovenian, Croatian, Macedonian and Pan-Slavic dance suites for the Dayton International Festival.. www.daytonfolkdance.com |
Rick King |
Rick King
(Southfield, MI) (back to top) Rick first danced at the Detroit Folkdance Club in 1973 for about 2 months but didn't dance regularly until 1978 at Alex Cushnier's group at Wayne State University. In 1979 joined the Detroit Folk Dance Club. In 1984, he took a hiatus from dancing and became active again in 1989, dancing 2-3 nights per week. In 1990, he began teaching folk dance classes in Huntington Woods and Southfield, MI and promoting folk dancing in the area, organizing dance workshops featuring local Chaldean and Lebanese ethnic groups. In 1995 he started a monthly dance group on Suns that later moved to alternate Sats in Ferndale. That year he also took a "folk dance" trip to Europe, Bulgaria and the Koprivshtitsa festival. In 1996, Rick became leader of what had formerly been the Wayne State group and moved it to the Ferndale location, dancing two Fris a month, while continuing the monthly Sat group. Eventually the two groups merged into Fris, meeting weekly. At the same time, Rick became the leader for the weekly Monday teaching nights. Rick's music collection goes beyond the basic folk dance "repertoire" recordings and contains more current versions, especially from the Balkans and the Middle East. His loves doing simpler dances to alternative music that has an "ethnic" feel. Rick is also an avid bird watcher. |
Michael Kuharski (Madison, WI) (back
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Dit Olshan (Skokie,
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Paul Wagner (Eau Claire, WI) (back
to top) PAUL W HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FOR A THREE MONTH TEACHING ASSINGMENT IN NEW ZEALAND AND HAS HAD TO CANCEL HIS PARTICIPATION IN DCFF THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT, PAUL! |
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 Click for An Enlarged Photo Jeanette Watts (Dayton, OH) (Middle Eastern Movemnt Dance Instructor) (back to top) |
Jeanette Watts (Dayton, OH) (back to top) Middle Eastern Dancing, i.e. belly dancing, has been around for a really, really long time. Older-than-the-pyramids long time. It's THAT good. It's a dance form that exercises just about every muscle in your body, develops balance and control, and still manages to be fun. It is a group experience, while at the same time it is an intensely personal exploration of discovery. "I never knew I could move like that..." To top it all, it gives everyone something to do when you're stuck with those dances at weddings when you kind of stand there and wiggle! |
 Click for An Enlarged Photo Shelley Orbach (Skokie, IL) (Singing Instructor, Musician, Concertmaster) (back to top) |
Shelley Orbach (Skokie, IL) (back to top) |
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Nick Bratkovich |
Nick Bratkovich (Tulsa, OK) (back to top) Nick was born in Milwaukee WI in 1951. He is a son of Serbian parents who immigrated
to the United States after World War II. He began playing the accordion
at age 6 and started his first band at age 13, the popular Šumadija Orchestra
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He performed with this group throughout the 60's
at Serbian churches and ethnic folk festivals in Wisconsin, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. During the 70's he was a member of
the famous Beograd Orchestra of Milwaukee, performing at the Saratoga
Lounge on South 16th Street. It was during this time that he expanded
his repertoire to include not only Serbian music, but Balkan and International
folk music as well. While living in Texas during the 80's, he performed
solo for both Serbian and International folk dancers in Dallas, Austin
and Houston. He currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife Nancy.
They have three grown children living in Texas and Utah. He still performs
with the original members of the Šumadija Orchestra, now known as the
Kumovi Orchestra of Los Angeles, California, and he also enjoys performing
solo for international folk dancers in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Texas. http://www.bratkovichmusic.com |
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Orkestar Sloboda |
Orkestar Sloboda (Milwaukee, WI) (back to top) Members are: Milan Kontich (Accordion), Harley Schoville (Percussion), Stevo Petrovich (Tambura), and Savo Radjenovich (Bass Guitar). Website: www.balkanmusic.com/sloboda. |
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Al Day |
Al Day (Evanston, IL) (back to top) |
Jim Kiehne |
Jim Kiehne
(Minneapolis, MN) (back to top) Jim is a long-time dancer and a veteran of the early years of DCFF. He loves Kolos and a few other folk dances; but also likes birds (mostly midwestern); music (esp. accordion); and drawing (with a peculiar twist). Jim was active as an accordionist with the Twin Cities-based folk dance band "Rakija", that played at DCFF several times and he also played percussion with Maritza Orchestra's gig at DCFF in 2006. Jim has been active in the affairs of Tapestry Folk Dance Center in Minneapolis. |
Mara Kins |
Mara Kins
(Chicago, IL) (back to top) Mara was born in Riga, Latvia and moved to the U.S. with her extended family. She attended Washington High School in Milwaukee and studied Pharmacy at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been involved in Latvian music and dance activities for many years and is on the Board of the Chicago Latvian Association. She has also been involved with Israeli Dancing and International Folk Dancing. Mara was a member of the committee that produced the tremendously successful Pot Luck Picnic in 2010 and will lead the Picnic Committee this year. |
Work Scholars |
Work Scholars (back to top) This didn't happen by accident, and it didn't happen easily. It took the festival planners several years of trial and error to recognize how to plan for, organize and manage the work efficiently. DCFF wishes to thank the Work Scholar Team Leaders and the Work Scholar Team for outstanding performance.
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