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MFS Dance News May 2003
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--ooOOoo-- Monaro Folk Society Dance News -ooOOoo-- Please forward to anyone that you think may be interested - social club secretaries etc. -.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*-.,,.- NEWS -.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*-.,,.- #### SATURDAY 17 MAY - BUSH DANCE: St John's Church Hall, Reid, 8PM. Music by String Fiddle. Bring a plate. Please see Note 1, MFS Dance Details, below [MFS] #### MONDAYS TO 2 JUNE - BUSH DANCE CLASSES: Wesley Centre, National Circuit Forrest, 8pm. Please see Note 2 below [MFS] #### SATURDAY 24 MAY - CONTRA DANCING WORKSHOP & DANCE. Please see Note 15, below [Colin Towns <email-address-deleted>] #### SATURDAY 31 MAY - (1) BUSH DANCE: St John's Church Hall, Reid, 8PM. Music by Woolies Home Band. Bring a plate. Please see Note 1, MFS Dance Details, below [MFS] (2)THE BUSH MUSIC CLUB'S HERITAGE BALL for 2003 - Queen Victoria's Birthday Ball: Parramatta Town Hall, followed by a Post Ball picnic on the Sunday. Music by the Heritage Ensemble. Tickets are $50 for non BMC members.For more info check out www.bushmusic.org.au or phone Barbara 02 9874 7875 [Susan Foster <email-address-deleted>] #### FRIDAY 6 JUNE - SETTLERS NIGHT: Canberra North Bowling Club 6pm Session, 8pm Dance. See Note 3 below [MFS] #### WEDNESDAY 4 TO MONDAY 9 JUNE: Australian Folk Music & Dance Gathering Albion Park Showground. Tickets: Bev Murray 02 4236 0701. http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au #### SATURDAY 14 JUNE - BUSH DANCE: St John's Church Hall, Reid, 8PM. Music by Music by "Daryl and Friends". . Bring a plate. Please see Note 1, MFS Dance Details, below [MFS] #### SATURDAY 21 JUNE - WINTER SOLSTICE DANCE: St John's Church Hall, Reid, 8PM. Music by Earthly Delights. Please bring a plate. [Aylwen Garden <email-address-deleted>] #### SATURDAY 28 JUNE - BUSH DANCE: St John's Church Hall, Reid, 8PM. Music by Paddy's River. Bring a plate. Please see Note 1, MFS Dance Details, below [MFS] -.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*-.,,.- INFORMATION -.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*-.,,.- The complete forward planning calendar (including venue locations) is at http://www.pcug.org.au/~lcourt/links.htm Time to put the Colonial Ball, 20 September, in your diary. Program to follow soon. #### EVERY MONDAY - SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE: Burns Club regular Monday class at St Andrews at 8.00 p.m.[John Clark <email-address-deleted>] #### EVERY TUESDAY - (1) SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE: Belconnen SCD regular Tuesday class at Macquarie Primary School, Bennelong Cr, 8.00 p.m. (2) JUNIOR SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE: Juniors class at the Burns Club from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. (Details from Bruce Clark (email-address-deleted)[John Clark <email-address-deleted>] #### EVERY WEDNESDAY - SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE: Branch class. See Note 16, [John Clark <email-address-deleted>] #### EVERY THURSDAY - SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: SCDCC regular Thursday class at St Johns, 8.00 p.m. #### EVERY FRIDAY - (1) SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: RSCDS "Gentle dancing" class at St Andrews, 2.00 p.m. (2) MERRY MUSE: every Friday and more: contact Billy <email-address-deleted>. (3) RENAISSANCE DANCE Please see Note 17 below[Peter Henderson <email-address-deleted>]. #### EVERY SUNDAY - DANCING ON THE LAKE: YMCA Sailing Club, Yarralumla Bay, 4:00-6:30pm. Music by John Garden and friends. Please see Note 5 below [Aylwen Garden <email-address-deleted>] --ooOOoo----ooOOoo- NOTES -ooOOoo----ooOOoo-- *Note 1: MFS Dance Details* All dances are open to the public and are fun nights for everyone. You don't have to dress up; you don't need to come with a partner, all the dances are taught; and from 8pm till midnight you will be treated to music from top local and interstate bands. There is no need to book, just turn up at the dance in casual dress and comfortable shoes for a great night out. Admission to dances is $12, $10 concession, $8 MFS members, youth 14-18 $6, children under 14 free. Please bring a plate of goodies to add to the supper table at St John's dances. For groups of ten or more - just let us know the name of your group and ask members to quote that name at the door to obtain the concession price. *Note 2: Bush Dance Classes* A series of six Bush Dance classes are being held at the O'Donnell Centre, Braddon on Mondays at 8pm, running through to Monday 2 June. Each class is self contained, with no prerequisites. There is no need to have come to the previous classes. Cost is just $4. Bush dance classes are open to the public and are fun nights for everyone. You don't have to dress up; you don't need to come with a partner, all the dances are taught to live music. There is no need to book, just turn up at the class with casual dress and comfortable shoes. Teachers Di and Daryl Powell. *Note 3: Settler's Night* SETTLERS NIGHT AT THE MERRY MUSE: This is your opportunity to dance the dances of the Australian European settlers to the music of the settlers. The evening operates as a Family Dance night in the bowling club on McCaughy Street. Sets of Australian Dance Music are put together and played by Mulligan's Flat with the help of whomsoever wants to turn up for the evening. 6pm: Informalities begin with a session. The session is your chance to learn and play the sets. Those sets will then form the basis for a night of dance. 8pm Dance Musicians Free MFS members $4 Non-members $5 Children Free The Bistro may open in the future if the numbers make it worthwhile but in the interim it is suggested that you come early and bring a picnic tea. Session sets are based on a play list of collected Australian dance music, copies of which will be available at the club. Any other tunes or songs are of course welcome. [Ray Mulligan <email-address-deleted>] *Note 5: Dancing On The Lake* Live music, social dances in styles from the 1580s to the 1880s. $10 a session, $60 for a 9 week term or $135 for three 9 week terms (i.e. through to end of year - just $5 a session!). Tea & coffee provided. Details: http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/Lake03A4.pdf . *Note 15: American Contra* Sat 24th May 2003. Dance Calling and Teaching by Colin Towns. Music by Rob Mahony and Contratemps. Folk Dance Canberra Hall, 114 Maitland St, Hackett. Program for each day: Sat 24th May 1pm – 4pm Workshop and Sun 2nd Nov 8pm start Evening Dance. Note: Please no street shoes. Cost: Workshop $10, Saturday Dance $15, Whole day $20. Recommend purchase in advance – this event will sell out Colin Towns, 6 Outlook Place, The Ridgeway, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620 Tel: (02) 6297 2253 email-address-deleted *Note 16: Scottish Country Dance* Wednesdays - RSCDS Branch class at St Andrews, 8.00 p.m. (once every 5 weeks the class meets at 6 p.m. so that we can adjourn for a meal together at 8 p.m. Information from email-address-deleted Wednesdays The Branch class for beginners (and less experienced dancers) meets at St Andrews from 7-8 p.m before the regular class. Details from Bruce Clark (email-address-deleted) or Joan Cranston (email-address-deleted). . *Note 17: Renaissance Dance* Estelle Canning's Renaissance Dance Group (part of the Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society) is starting up a new term. There are two separate streams on alternate Friday nights. Join anytime, dances are taught as we go along. 1. Renaissance Dance - court dances of the 15th and 16th century form France, Italy and England (May 2, 16, 30 June 13, 27) 2. High Renaissance Italian Court Dance from the Treatises of Caroso and Negri (May 9, 23 June 6, 20 July 4) Venue: Black Mountain Guide Hall, Clianthus Street O'Connor Time: 7.45 pm for 8 pm start Cost (per stream) $27.50 adult ($15 concession) Enquiries : Estelle Canning 02 4845 0228 Libby Case 6296 4769 (home) 6215 3688 (work) --ooOOoo---ooOOoo- THE BUSH DANCERS DISPLAY GROUP -ooOOoo---ooOOoo- The Bush Dancers display group aims to deliver colour and movement to attract the interest of audiences that are not familiar with bush dancing, to project our enjoyment from the stage, and to encourage audiences to join in either at the event or more importantly at future bush dances. Photos and information: http://www.pcug.org.au/~lcourt/tbdmenu.htm --ooOOoo---ooOOoo- LINKS -ooOOoo---oo00oo- Visit the Monaro Folk Music Society Web site on: http://www.travellertv.com.au/MFMS MFS & Merry Muse events: http://www.travellertv.com.au/MFMS/monthly.html Earthly Delights Music & Dance - John & Aylwen Garden, 87 Schlich St, Yarralumla 2600. Ph 6281 1098(dance studio) 6161 1098(house). Upcoming gigs & dances: http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/upcoming.htm or join their email updates: email-address-deleted. The website http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/ now contains dance instructions, dance history, dance tips and terms, calling a dance, dance costumes and Christmas dances! Regency Dance & Costume Display Group with an interest in the dances and dress during the life of Jane Austen - contact Aylwen Garden <email-address-deleted> MSDG Social Dance contact: email-address-deleted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Clark publishes a free email newsletter about Scottish country dance activities. Please email John Clark <email-address-deleted> if you would like to receive copies. You can also check the RSCDS web-site at http://www.rscds-canberra.org/ for information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wongawilli internet address: http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Folk Dance Canberra: Folk Dances from around the World. Mondays to Thursdays, daytime and evenings. Introductory and continuing classes for adults and children. Folk Dance Canberra Hall, 114 Maitland Street, Hackett. Contact Christine 6241 3563. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --ooOOoo----ooOOoo----ooOOoo----ooOOoo----ooOOoo----ooOOoo-- Events marked [MFS] are run by the MFS dance committee and you can obtain further information by replying to this email. For other items the source of the news is shown and you can obtain further information as indicated in the item, or if that fails, from the source shown. Enquiries about MFS dances can be made to Lance Court email-address-deleted (H) 6242 0264 or Bruce Edwardes (H) 6287 2994. Monaro Folk Society, PO Box 482, Civic Square, ACT 2608. To join the MFS Dance News free mailing list, just send a message saying "Subscribe Dance News" to email-address-deleted. You can of course unsubscribe at any time. ^^ooOOoo^^^^ooOOoo^^^^ooOOoo^^^^ooOOoo^^^^ooOOoo^^^^ooOOoo^^ -- -- Lance Court (02) 6242 0264, Mobile 0419 802 688 -- Home page http://www.pcug.org.au/~lcourt -- EMail email-address-deleted/ -- (a dial-up connection, normally checked once per day, -- please phone if you send an urgent message) --
