Last year's festival was lots of fun.  Here are some videos taken at the festival:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TanXU59LwESR7tiWbz0jGLCEkiYbN20

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

This is a preliminary schedule--we're working on it!

September 16:  

Saturday Afternoon

12:00 p.m. Warm-up Dancing

1:00 p.m. Teaching of Israeli dances by Michael-Leonard Creditor

2 p.m. Performance by the Oriental Gems Belly Dancers

2:30 p.m. Teaching of Couple Dances David Odenwalder

3:30 p.m.  Requests and fun dancing

4 p.m.  Last dance

Saturday evening:

4:00 - 6:30 p.m. Big Band Party (1940’s Big Bands Vs 1980’s Little Bands)

6:30 - 9:30 p.m.  Contra Dance Party  ($10/person)

With Callier:  Frannie Marr

Music:  Audrey Jaber (fiddle)

&  Chip Prince (Piano)

September 17 - Sunday

12:00 p.m. Warm-up Dancing with Kin Ho

1:00 p.m. Teaching of couple dances and mixers by Georgina Sham

2 p.m. Teaching of Balkan line dances by Michael-Leonard Creditor

3:00 p.m. Open dancing -requests and reviews

4:00 p.m. End of festival!  Everybody--please help pack up and return the ballroom to its original order!  THANK YOU!

Performers and participants:

Oriental Gems Belly Dancers 

A group of professional authentic Middle Eastern dancers that dance for the joy of dance while sharing their art with the audience