The Bay Area Folk Dance Scene for March 1999

 

March 4 (Thursday): Hot Flying Plates Folk Dance Band to perform at Mandala, San Francisco. Admission is $6.00.

March 5 (Friday): Master Series with Tommy Yeseta and the Yeseta Brothers at Slavonic Cultural Center starting at 8:30.

March 5 (Friday): Arlene Imagawa, Hungarian Workshop: Admission $6.00 at Stanford International Dancers.

March 12 (Friday): Petur Iliev, Bulgarian Workshop: Admission $6.00 at Stanford International Dancers.

March 12 (Friday): The Gypsy Caravan: A Festival of Roma Music and Dance with six featured groups. The location is Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Memorial Auditorium. For more information call: the World Music Institute: (212) 545-7536, send email to: [email protected] or visit their web site: http://www.heartheworld.org/

March 13 (Saturday): The Gypsy Caravan performs at: Cal. Performances: Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, CA. For more information see above.

March 16 (Tuesday): Marjorie Nugent and Tom Roby to teach (8-9 P.M.) and Anoush Ellas to play (9-12 P.M.) at Ashkenaz.

March 19 (Friday): Live music with Vasil Bebelekov and Petur Iliev at Stanford International Dancers.

March 20 (Saturday): International Folk Dance Party at Piner School, Santa Rosa. For information call: (707) 546-8877. Sponsored by the Santa Rosa Folk Dancers.

March 20 (Saturday): International Folk Dance "Fun Night" at Live Oak Park gym. Sponsored by the Berkeley Folk Dancers (510) 234-2069.

March 20 (Saturday): International Folk Dance Party at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Menlo Park. Sponsored by the Peninsula Folk Dance Club call (408) 252-8106.

March 22 (Monday): Polish Folk Dance Workshop with Jacek Marek at Live Oak Park gym in Berkeley. Sponsored by the Berkeley Folk Dancers call (510) 526-2643.

March 26 (Friday): Live Turkish music with Peggy Datz and Friends has been CANCELLED, there will be All-Request dancing instead at Stanford International Dancers.

March 26 (Friday): Balkan Folk Dance Party with Tony Canavarro and Friends at Cabrillo College gym, call (831) 684-9553.

March 26 - 27 (Friday and Saturday): Kitka and Women in Black at Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose. For information call (415) 441-3687.

March 27: (Saturday) Vasil Bebelekov (Bulgarian), Debela Machka (Macedonian), and Voluta Vox (Balkan) to perform at Ashkenaz starting at 8:30 P.M. with Voluta Vox. Admission $10. For more information call: (510) 525-5054.

March 27 (Saturday): BMA Society Dinner Dance with live music.

March 27 (Saturday): International Folk Dance Party at the Mobile Home Park in Napa at 1:00 P.M. For information call (707) 255-0519.

March 27 (Saturday): International Folk Dance Party at Community United Church in San Carlos. For information call (415) 368-7834. Sponsored by the Docey Doe dancers.

March 30 (Saturday): International Folk Dance Party with Marcel Vinocur at the Menlo Park Recreation Center. For information call (650) 856-6969.

Every Sunday: Neal Sandler, Tom Roby, Marjorie Nugent and Ellie Weiner teach Hungarian dances at Ashkenaz 1-4 PM.

Every Third Tuesday: Balkan dancing with live and/or recorded music at Ashkenaz. Teaching 7:30 - 8:45 PM and party on into the night.

Every Thursday: Mandala meets for International Folk Dance with Edith Bourbin 7:30-11 PM.

Every Friday: Albany "Y" International Folk Dancing with Mel Harte 8-11 PM.

First four Fridays: International and partner Folk Dancing at Chang's.

Every first Friday: Family folk dancing by Denise Weiss at Slavonic Cultural Center in San Francisco. Call (510) 841-0934.

Every first Saturday: Family folk dancing by Nancy McGhee at Albany YMCA. Call (510) 528-4410.

MS Music Agency announces the availability of celebrated Strandzha singer Zhivka Papancheva for private lessons, workshops and choir coaching from March 20 until May 5, 1999 in the SF Bay Area.

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