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Scottish
Country Dancing
Starting beginner level, Information at 262-363-8489, Sister Dorcas
Israeli Dancing,
JCC
6255 N Santa Monica Blvd, Whitefish Bay, 8:00 to 9:30 PM, Call Micki at
414-964-4444
Good Samaritan Scandia Villas in Sister Bay, 7-8 PM, $3
Tuesday Night Folkdancers AKA International Dance-Milwaukee
Hart Park $4.00 or monthly pass at reduced rate ,
7300 W Chestnut Street, Wauwatosa
Doesn’t meet
second Tuesday of each month!
Use the 72nd
Street Exit off of State Street! Extra parking behind stadium as you enter the
park, on the right.
Early Folk
Dancers: 6:30 to 7:30 PM upstairs in the dance hall!
6:30 PM Advanced International Folkdancing Class teaching Garden Room: 262-574-1982
June 16th & 23rd July 21st & 28th
June 2nd, 16th, 23rd, 30th July 7th, 21st & 28th
June 9th July 14th
Call Forest for information at 262-662-2293
Irish Set Dance Class for beginners, Irish Fest Center, 1532 Wauwatosa Avenue, Wauwatosa, Call Jim or Kathie for information at 262-258-3370. Enter via 70th & State Streets due to construction!
Irish Set Dancing
7:00 PM lessons, 8:15 PM Set Dancing, Irish Set Dancing, O’Donoghue’s, 13225 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove, 7:00 PM Lessons and dancing at 7:00 PM.Contact Jim or Kathie at 414-258-3370 for more information as schedule might change.
THURSDAY NIGHTS:
Bay View Lutheran Church, 340 Maple St in Sturgeon Bay, 7:00 to 8:30 PM, $3
Racine International Folkdancers
Racine Arts Council, 505 6th Street in Racine, 7:15 PM to 10:00
PM. Call 262-637-5246 for more information.
ETHNIC DANCE CHICAGO, Fridays, 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM, up to date schedules at www.ethnicdance.net/calendar
First Friday Irish Ceili, ICHC, 22ND + Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, live music, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Family Folk Dancing, Hickory Grove, Call 414-345-8800 for more information.
First Saturday: Prairie Hill Contra Dance!.Next dance Next dance June 6th, Lessons begin at 7:00 PM, $7, Dancing with caller and band 8:00 to 11:00 PM, No Street Shoes, BRING SHOES TO CHANGE INTO! Teaching before each dance. Located at Prairie Hill Wardorf School, Silvernail Road, Delafield, Wisconsin, call 262-560-1438, or EMAIL dancing-moose@Juno.com also www.delafield.com
English Country Dance, Lutheran Home, 76TH & North, call Karen or Bill at 262-780-1488, 2nd & 4th Saturday, Schedule subject to change.
Ceilis on third Saturday, ICHC. Call 414-345-8800 for information.
Israeli Dancing at JCC, 6255 N Santa Monica Blvd, Whitefish Bay, 6 to 7:30 PM, call 414-967-8235 for information.
Scottish Country Dancing Beginners Class, Call Sister Dorcas at 262-363-8489
Folklore Village has events every month. Check out their site at http://www.folklorevillage.org
Dancing in Door County, call for schedule, Grace at 920-421-2985.
June 5th & June 20th , Family Irish Dancing, 2133 West Wisconsin Avene, Milwaukee, 7:30 PM, $8, call 414-630-1110.
June 6th: Highland Games at Bavarian Inn area in Glendale.
June 27th, Irish Set Dancing, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, 7:30 PM, $8, call 414-489-1110 for more information.
June 28th: Pomeranian Festival, Mequon City Park, 11333 N Cedarburg Rd.
July 2-5th: Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at Folklore Village near Dodgeville, contact 608-924-4000 or www.folklorevillage.com
July 3-5th: Independence Day Dance Weekend at Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Delafield. Call Pam Paulson at 608-697-4021 or ppaulson@wi.rr.com for more details.
July 8-12th: Door County Festival at Sister Bay and nearby communities. Features workshops, dance parties, group dinners, children’s activities and more. Contact Paul 773-463-2288 or go to www.dcff.net
July 9-12: Bastile Days at Cathedral Square, downtown Milwaukee, call 414-271-1416.
July 19th and 26th: Family Dances, Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park, 1500 East Park Place in Milwaukee, 1::00 to 3:00 PM, call 414-964-8505 for more information.
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SUMMER ETHNIC PICNIC AND DANCE!
ARMENIAN
June 28th at Johnson
Park near Racine
July 26th at St John’s,
7820 West Layton in Greenfield
August 3rd at St Mesrob’s,
Festival Park in Racine
CROATIAN
July 11 at Field Park in Mukwonago
July 18th at Croation
Park, S 76th Street
August 2 at Sacred Park, 49th
& wells in Milwaukee
GERMAN
June 21st, August
29,30 & 31st, September 5-7 at Schwabenhof on Silver Spring, Menonomie
Falls
GREEK
June 12-14 at St Constantine’s
& Helen’s, Wauwatosa
June 26 to 28th: Annunciation’s,
State Fair Park
MEXICAN
June 19 to 21st at
Frame Park in Waukesha
August 7-8th at Festival
Park on Racine Lakefront
SERBIAN
August 28-30th: St
sava’s, 51st & Oklahoma in Milwaukee
SLOVENIAN
June 21st, July 19th,
August 16th & September 13 at Triglav Park
SUMMER FESTIVALS AT MAIER FESTIVAL
PARK AT THE MILWAUKEE LAKEFRONT
June 19-21st: Polish
Festival 414-529-2140
July 16-19: Festa Italiana 414-223-2808
July 23-26: German Fest 414-464-9444
August 1-2: African World Festival
4140372-4567
August 7-9: Arab World Fest:
414-727-5517
August 13-16: Irish Fest: 414-476-3376
August
21-23: Mexicana Fiesta 414-383-7066
Septewmber 11-23: Indian Summer
414-604-1000
The Society of Folk Dance Historians publishes man items of interest to folk dancers including directories, etc. Contact them at 2100 Rio Grande St, Austin TX, 78705 or SOFDH@juno.com
Dancing in Door County, call Grace for schedule, 920-421-2985.
Click here for more dance links at http://www.gainesnet.com/link.htm
Other Milwaukee area Dance Links
Milwaukee Scottish Country Dancers at http://milwaukeescd.org/
Lafayette, IN site at http://ourworld.cs.com/jahrrt/Laf_Indancing.html
Tapestry Site in The Twin Cities