Scandinavian Folk Music and Folk Dance
Events in Northern California
Regular Events
Mondays Weekly
Scandinavian Dance Class in Sacramento
CA. Six week session. 7-9:30 pm at Hamilton Street
Park Community Center, 4855 Hamilton Street, Sacramento CA 95841.
Contact Marida Martin: (916)358-2807 or see http://www.folkdance.com/scandi/class.htm for more info.
1st, 3rd & 5th Mondays
Scandinavian Folk Dance Class,
Santa Cruz, 7:30 pm, Market Street Theater/SCO Clubhouse, 222
Market Street, Santa Cruz CA. Instruction in Norwegian,
Swedish, Danish and Finnish folk dance by Ellen Moilanen. $5/session.
Everyone welcome. For information see http://sites.google.com/site/scandsantacruz/
or
call
Ellen
M.
at
831-336-9972
or
moilanen@pacbell.net .
Tuesdays Weekly
Scandinavian Dance Class, Petaluma CA.
7:15
to
9:15pm
at
Hermann
Sons
Hall
in
Petaluma.
We
encourage
anyone
interested
in Scandinavian dancing
to come,
beginners especially. No partner needed. Teaching by
Vince Taylor, Emma and Dave
Charlebois. Info: Vince Taylor vtglass@vom.com
or
(707)
996-8300
Tuesdays (mostly)
Open Sessions for Fiddlers and Nyckelharpers (aka fiddling with
Fred) 8:00-10:30
pm at the home of Fred Bialy and Toby Blomé, 1925 Hudson
Street, El
Cerrito. Contact ahead of time for updated schedule of gatherings or to
be put on Fred's list . Contact: Fred or Toby, (510)215- 5974,
<bialy10@comcast.net>.
Wednesdays Weekly
Nordahl Grieg Leikarring dance class and performance group. Everyone
welcome.
Masonic
Hall,
980
Church
St.,
Mountain
View,
7:00
-
9:30
p.m.
Info:
http://www.ngls.net
Contact: Anne Huberman or Greg Goodhue: (408)259-9959,408-259-9959,
<http://www.ngls.net>, <goodhue@hotmail.com>.
Thursdays Weekly
Scandiadans 7:00-10:00pm, at Oakland Nature Friends, 3115
Butters Dr., Oakland CA. Hwy 13 to Joaquin Miller Rd, east (up the
hill)~ 1/2 mile, second right onto Butters Dr., go another 1/2 mile. On
the right,
look for post with 3115 on it (also “Scandiadans” sign). Take steep
driveway down to a large parking area. Call Jane or Frank Tripi at
(510) 654-3636 or fjtripi@juno.com
for
information.
Dancing starts at 7:30
P.M. No teaching. We will dance until about 10P.M.
Fridays weekly
Scandinavian Fiddle Class,
7:30-10:00 pm. at the
home of Anita Seigel, location may vary. See http://sites.google.com/site/nordicfootnotes/scandinavian-music-sessions
or call Jeanne
Sawyer (408) 929-5602
jsawyer@SawyerPartnership.com for
information and location/time changes. You may ask to be placed on our
class email list.
1st Fridays Monthly
Scandinavian Cultural Evening 7:30 p.m., usually at Scandinavian
Cultural Center, 240 Plymouth, Santa Cruz. See special events
calendar section for more info. Contact: Michael Block at
(831)336-9972,or: <sigdalkid@pcumail.com>.
1st Saturdays Monthly NOTE: July 3 party replaced by events with Ålesund Spelemanslag.
See July 2-3 special events information below.
Nordic Footnotes 1st Saturday Scandinavian Dance Party ,
7:30
p.m. - midnight,
usually at St.
Bede’s Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California
94025. Entrance to parking lot is on Monte Rosa, just off Sand Hill
Road. Teaching session 7:30-8:30 pm before party.
Cost $8. For information and directions see http://sites.google.com/site/nordicfootnotes/home
or contact Jeanne and Henry (408) 929-5602
jsawyer@SawyerPartnership.com , Sarah Kirton (650)968-3126 sarah.kirton@sbcglobal.net
,or
Jim Little and Linda Persson (650) 323-2256 jglittle@aol.com.
Second Saturdays before the Second Saturday
Dance
Open
Sessions for Fiddlers, 2 - 5 pm afternoon before 2nd Saturday
dance at
the home of Fred Bialy, 1925 Hudson Street, El Cerrito, (510) 215-5974
or bialy10@comcast.net . This is a practice session for the
Monthly
Second Saturday Scandinavian Dance. Call ahead as meetings occasionally
canceled or moved, and times may vary.
Second Saturdays May 8, October 9 and December 18, 2010
Scandia 2nd Saturday Dance (note dates above) usually at
Oakland
Nature
Friends,
3115
Butters
Dr.,
Oakland
CA.
Highway
13
to Joaquin Miller Rd east to
Butters Dr. or at Park
School, 360 East
Blythedale, Mill Valley .
Cost $7. Musicians are encouraged to come and play. Dance teaching
7:30-8:30 pm, dance 8:30- 11:00 pm. For information call Jane
and Frank Tripi at (510) 654-3636 or
fjtripi@juno.com or Brooke Babcock (415)-334-3455
forbrooke@juno.com. Location may vary. Does not meet
in January, February, June, July, August, September or
November. Note: Dates may
change.
1st Sundays
Monthly
Nordahl Grieg Spelemannslag, 3
to 5pm, at the community center for the Mary Manor mobile home park at
125 N. Mary Avenue in Sunnyvale. Interested attendees
should call Bill Likens at 408-739-1848 to confirm meeting dates and
location.
Second Sundays monthly
Bameleikkaring (Children's Norwegian Dance) classes, 1:30
- 3:30 pm, at Nordahl Hall, 580
W. Parr Ave., Los Gatos. Contact Ginny Hansen (925) 634-0266 uffda7@pacbell.net (both
location and day may change,
so call ahead).
Second Sundays Monthly except July
and August
Traveling Dance Class, Norwegian dance class meets 2 - 5 pm.
Usually at Bjornson
Hall, 2258 Mac Arthur Blvd. in Oakland, CA. Everyone welcome to attend.
Contact Gerd Syrstad at (650) 363–2743, or Gudrun
Tollefson at (510) 638–6454.
Fourth Sundays Monthly no
dance
November
or
December
El Dorado Scandinavian Dancers,
@
YLI
in
Sacramento
at
27th
&
N.
2:00-6:30pm.
Monthly
Social
Dances
of
the World. The Scandinavian dancing occurs between 3:30 - 5:30pm.
The All-Request Party is from 5:30-6:30pm. Contact: Yvonne or Andre
(916)632-8807, yacouvillion@sbcglobal.net or
http://www.folkdance.com/scandi
Special
Events
June 12-19, 2010
Scandia Camp Mendocino
presenting dance and music of Valdres, Norway: Brit Totland and Knut Arne Jacobsen with fiddler Tore Bolstad and presenting dance and
music of Dalarna, Sweden: Britt-Mari
Dahlgren Westholm and Bengt
Mård with fiddlers Björn
Ståbi and Johan Nylander.
Also
singing
&
nyckelharpa:
Cajsa Ekstav
hardanger fiddle: Loretta Kelley and allspel: Peter
Michaelsen. info and
registration at scandiacampmendocino.org
June 16 to August 10
Summer tours in Sweden.
Four consecutive 2-week tours, each covering a different part of
Sweden, and taking in different activities. Many major festivals
of that period will be visited: the Nyckelharpastämma in
Österbybruk, Midsommar, the Delsbostämma, Bingsjöstämman, Korrö,
and the 100 year anniversary festival for the Zorn medal. We
also are hoping to be with musicians playing at the Royal wedding of
Princess Victoria in June. Anyone who has been on one of my
previous tours knows how much of the folk culture, including music and
dance, are packed into the two weeks. Each tour is limited to a
maximum of 5 participants. Tim Rued,
<timrued@aol.com >, <www.folksweden.com>.
June 23-28, 2010
Väsen will be the featured
teachers at the Golden Toad Music camp in Occidental, California, June
23-28, 2010. This is your rare opportunity to have 4 days of lessons
from some of the best! Olov Johansson will teach Nyckelharpa, Mikael
Marin-Viola, Roger Tallroth-12 string guitar and the group will teach
Swedish Folk Music ensemble playing. There will also be Swedish folk
dancing lessons and many other kinds of folk music and dancing in a
beautiful camp setting.
more info...http://www.goldentoadcamp.com
July 2-3, 2010
Events with Ålesund
Spelemanslag.
The Ålesund Spelemannslag from the Trondheim area of Norway
will be visiting the Bay Area over the 4th of July weekend.
There will be 3 events which all are invited to attend:
Friday Dance Party
Friday the 2nd of July at 7:30 pm
This Special Event is Held in conjunction with
the July Nordic Footnotes Dance Party. It replaces the usual Nordic
Footnotes 1st Saturday Party.
Dance Party
Masonic Hall
890 Church St.,
Mountain View,
CA, 94035
Suggested Donation: $8
Fiddle or Hardingfele, Dance and Song Workshops
Saturday the 3rd of July 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is aimed at all dancers, musicians and singers who want
to learn regional tunes-techniques dances and songs.
Musicians: call to let us know your instrument in advance: Bill Likens
408-739-1848
Open to all, Free!
Nordahl Grieg Lodge
580 West Parr Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Ålesund Spelemannslag Concert and Performance
Saturday the 3rd of July at 8:00 pm
This event is the Big One of the Weekend! A dance and music
performance by the Ålesund Spelemannslag – tickets $10.
Nordahl Grieg Lodge
580 West Parr Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
For information call: 831-336-9972
For tickets mail a check for $10 ea. to :
NGL&S c/o Michael Block
110 Flintlock Ln.
Ben Lomond, Ca. 95005
Last update 6/6/2010
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