TEACHER DONATIONS, INFORMATION, AND RESOURCES
74th Year
July 23 - August 1, 2021
There was a Zoom crash on July 24, and many people didn't get to save their chat. Thank you to Sandy Mazor for sharing her zoom chats, and thank you for coming back after the crash .
Billl Cope and Orkestar Unbound
Ahmet Lüleci and Evren Soytopçu
To purchase Ahmet and Evren's material featured at the Stockton Folkdance Online summer camp, 2021, please click on this link;
Feel free to contact Ahmet for future workshops or joining one of his international tours to Turkey or Japan at ahmet.luleci@gmail.com, or check out his Danstur site.
WorldCamp is coming up, September 30 - October 3, check it out here.
For everything else, check out Ahmet's full site here.
Ahmet's recipe for Yogurtlu havuc (Turkish carrot dip) is here.
Ahmet's recipe for Acuka (red pepper and walnut spread) is here.
Alix Cordray
To enjoy Alix' Stockton 2021 Spotify playlist, click this link
Lyrics to Alix's Dance with Teachers (Tuesday) are here.
Dances for Alix's Thursday workshop (with Roo Lester)
Kalle P's Vals (a vals) [Alix]
Reinlender (basic reinlender/schottische) [Roo]
Røros Ringlender (reinlender) [Roo]
Norsk galopp (basic form of polka) [Alix]
Nord-norsk masurka (simple Norwegian masurka) [Alix]
Mazurkavariant från Sandviken (simple Swedish mazurka) [Roo]
Dances for Alix's Friday workshop
Lystig og kåt - an arrangment of steps from Vestlansspringar
Finnleken - a line dance to Rørospols music with the basic step
You can find background and supplementary information on Alix's web site, including a list of recommended music for her dances here.
More information about basic gammeldans (old-time) waltz, polka, and reinlender, and how to teach them, can be found here.
There is a general survey of the types of Norwegian dances here
Here is a list of bands that play gammeldans music (mostly Norwegian, but some Swedish). All of these bands have music available on Spotify. Many are also on YouTube and/or sell their recordings on iTunes or Amazon.
Here is a list of videos of various types of Norwegian dance. Most of the list contains YouTube links. Some are links to NRK (Norwegian broadcasting), which has made old television programs available.
Bianca de Jong
For purchase of material for the dances that are planned to be taught at Bianca's session, click on this link.
Dances that were taught
-- Çekirgä (Gagauz)
-- Chmiel (Poland)
-- Ya’abud (Israel)
-- Gaty ëd gòj
-- Nie bouditie
-- Tu Romnie
-- Ušti baba
-- Ya ein moulayeten
For dances previously taught at Stockton or other camps, you can email Bianca at bedejong@xs4all.nl
Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion
To purchase (paypal) Sonia and Cristian’s dance material featured during the Stockton virtual dance camp 2021, click on this link.
You’re welcome to visit the website of Sonia and Cristian for more information about them (contact information) as well as various aspects of Romanian Folklore, workshops schedule, donation and the trips in Romania they organize.
Fusae Carroll
If you wish to purchase any music from Fusae, you can contact her at fusaec@gmail.com
Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yankov
Material for the dances planned to be taught at Iliana and Todor's session can be purchased from Folk Arts Center of New England
Dances are
-- Vangelia
-- Pal Andreevata
-- Ya Doidi Libe
-- Sobrali mi se Nabrali
-- Yolvino
-- Choban Georgi
Pricing
6 videos - $ 27
6 MP3 songs - $ 18
6 dance syllabi - $ 12
Music and syllabi $ 28
Bundle price - Everything for $ 45
Melanie Lawson Kareem
To review Melanie's recommendation for purchasing a ukulele, visit this page
Class Resources can be found here
You will find:
• Class days and times
• Ukulele purchase recommendations
• How to request colored ukulele dots
• How to apply the dots
• How to tune your ukulele
• Song sheets (more coming)
MIROSLAV “BATA” MARĆETIĆ
Bata's music is vailable at the Folk Arts Center of New England Music Shop.
In the meantime, please check out his site, ACADEMY OF SERBIAN FOLK DANCING ASSOCIATION
Richard Powers
Music for all of Richard's dances is given (free) as YouTube links in the Stockton syllabus.
Dances that were taught
-- 1950s Teen Chalypso
-- The Chalypso Line Dance
-- 1922 Royal Emperess Tango
-- 1920s Blues Dancing
Richard's Presentations
-- The History of Argentine Tango
-- Social Dances of the 1920s and '30s
Richard's Home Page, with contact information, is here
More than 50 of Richard's dances are described here
Roo Lester
Dances for Roo's Thursday workshop (with Alix Cordray)
Kalle P's Vals (a vals) [Alix]
Reinlender (basic reinlender/schottische) [Roo]
Røros Ringlender (reinlender) [Roo]
Norsk galopp (basic form of polka) [Alix]
Nord-norsk masurka (simple Norwegian masurka) [Alix]
Polkett från Grängesberg [Roo]
Dances for Roo's Saturday workshop
Menuett till slängpolska musik - minuet steps danced to 16th note tune(s)
Haderianschottis - a welcoming schottische dance with 2 patterns
Roo's music is available at the Folk Arts Center of New England.
Roo's tools for Scandinavian dancing are here
Roo's key dance themes are here
Steve Kotansky
Music from Steve for his classes, plus his notes on Beratis can be found here.
There are also some additional tracks of music, enjoy!
Tony Parkes
To purchase Tony's books and recordings (or hire him for a dance event!), people can visit www.hands4.com
Steve's Dancing in the Seats website