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2024
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THE TANGO ROOM
PONTIC DANCER
CLUBHOUSE 2 PATIO
DANCING UNDER THE STARS
Sunday to Saturday, July 28 to August 3, 2024
UOP CAMPUS
AARON ALPERT
ŽELKO JERGAN
AHMET LÜLECI
ROBERT McOWEN
LIINA TEOSE
KAUʻI TUIA
TOM PIXTON
RALPH IVERSON
BRIAN WILSON
Ojai Art Center
Ojai Day of Dance Dancers
CROATIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
KOLO FESTIVAL DANCERS
2025
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Kypseli Pontian Night
The Tango Room Dance Center, 4346 Woodman Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 - 818-981-6500
INFORMATION: A parakath and glendi of Pontian music for your listening and dancing enjoyment by Adem Ekiz Beşköylü (lyra player & singer) and Ioannis Apazidis (drummer & singer).
COST: $25.00 (includes admission and appetizers).
CONTACT: Josef Bilman – 323-797-0662 OR Anne Sirota – Email.
SPONSORED BY: Kypseli Greek Dance Center
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Dance Under the Stars
Outdoors at Clubhouse 2, 24112 Moulton Pkwy., Laguna Woods, CA 92637 - 949-597-4286
TIME: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
COST: Suggested donation $10.00
INFORMATION: Live dance music by Sans Frontières (Without Borders). Plus an ice cream social with all the fixin's. Snacks to share are welcomed, but not required. Water and wine will be provided.
CONTACT AND HOST: Laguna International Dancers
NOTES: Questions or first-time non-residents for gate entrance please email lagunadancers@gmail.com or call Marilyn at 949-939-0604.
All Laguna Woods Village residents and their guests are welcome.
Sunday to Saturday, July 21 to 27, 2024
Stockton Folk Dance Camp, Week 1
University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211 – 209-946-2285
TEACHERS: Aaron Alpert, Želko Jergen, Ahmet Lüleci, Robert McOwen, Liina Teose, and Kauʻi Tuia.
MUSIC: By the house band (The June Camp Trio): Tom Pixton, Ralph Iverson, and Brian Wilson.
INFORMATION:
The artists teach the same dances both weeks, but the Assemblies, Parties, and Evening Dancing are different each week.
CONTACT: stocktonfolkdancecamp@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://www.folkdancecamp.org/
SPONSORED BY: Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc.
Stockton Folk Dance Camp, Week 2
University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211 – 209-946-2285
TEACHERS: Aaron Alpert, Želko Jergen, Ahmet Lüleci, Robert McOwen, Liina Teose, and Kauʻi Tuia.
MUSIC: By the house band (The June Camp Trio): Tom Pixton, Ralph Iverson, and Brian Wilson.
INFORMATION:
The artists teach the same dances both weeks, but the Assemblies, Parties, and Evening Dancing are different each week.
CONTACT: stocktonfolkdancecamp@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://www.folkdancecamp.org/
SPONSORED BY: Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Ojai Day of Dance
The Ojai Art Center,113 Montgomery St., Ojai, CA 93023 – 805-646-0117
TIME: 10:00 a.m. til 5:00 p.m.
COST: $20.00 full day
INFORMATION: 10:00 t 11.30 a.m. – Teaching and review of dances taught at summer camps.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (on your own picnic lunches recommended) with dance requests.
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Dance program.
Please send requests for your favorite dances to Marshall Cates, marshallcates@gmail.com
Phone: 626-792-9118.
CONTACT: Carol Smith – 805-794-5512 – csmit2u@yahoo.com
SPONSORED BY: Folk Dance Federation of California, South, Inc.
Friday to Saturday, November 29 to 30, 2024
73nd Kolo Festival 2024
Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112 – 510-649-0941
INFORMATION: Dancing, vocal and instrumental classes, sing-alongs, culture corners,
instrumental jam sessions, kafanas, and parties.
CONTACT: Bill Cope – Email
WEBSITE: Kolo Festival
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Friday to Saturday, May 2 to 4, 2025
California Statewide Dance Festival 2025
Portuguese Hall, 707 Huasna Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 – 805-489-6729
TEACHERS: Željko Jergan (Croatian) and Billy Burke (Northern Macedonian).
INFORMATION: Portuguese hall has lots of parking.
The facility is less than a mile directly off of the 101 freeway.
There are restaurants in the village and hotels nearby.
The hall is about 5 miles from the ocean on the California Central Coast.
Live music by "Chubritza."
WEBSITE: Statewide 2025
SPONSORED BY: Folk Dance Federation of California, South, Inc.
PORTUGUESE HALL |
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ŽELJKO JERGAN |
BILLY BURKE
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CHUBRITZA
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Plan Ahead
| January | Winter Festival, Pasadena |
| February | Cerritos East Meets West Chinese New Year |
| March | Laguna Folk Dance Festival |
| April | Spring Festival, Somis |
| May | Statewide Folk Dance Festival |
| June | Cerritos Anniversary Festival |
| June | West Coast Balkan Music & Dance Workshop, Mendocino |
| July, August | Stockton Folk Dance Camp |
| September, October | Ojai Day of Dance |
| September, October | North-South Folk Dance Teachers Seminar, Aptos |
| November | Fall Camp, Simi Valley |
| November | Kolo Festival, San Francisco |
| December | New Years Party, Pasadena |
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