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NW Folk Dance Calendar

Please check the [Regular] section for ongoing events outside of Eugene (example: dancing in Corvallis or Portland).

December 2023

December 5 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Bafra Horonu (Greek/Turkish) UPDATE: Here's a link to the 1993 Stockton review video (just released) showing Joe reviewing this dance! The dance appears starting at 3:10 after the beginning of the video. Joe's Stockton Review on YouTube , also taught tonight: Ba La (Israel), De Secerat (Romanian).

December 12 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Pajdusko (Bulgarian), "Bob's Jig" (Scottish) - a faster version of "Bob's Strathspey" recently taught here.

December 19 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Troika (Russia).

December 26 (Tuesday)
Kef Holiday Party, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St, Eugene, OR. Kef (Balkan Brass Band) makes merry from 7:30pm to 10pm. Music, Dance, and Refreshments. $10 at the door. Co-sponsored by Eugene Folk Dancers and Veselo Community Folk Dancers. This flyer has all the details.

January 2024

January 2 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Tripotis (Greek), Debka Oud (Yemenite Israeli), Passu Torrau (Sardinian).

January 9 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Lemonia (Greek) UPDATE: Here's a link to the 1993 Stockton review video (just released) showing Joe reviewing this dance! The dance appears starting at 10 seconds after the very beginning of the video. Joe's Stockton Review on YouTube , Also taught tonight: Le'or chiyuchech (Israeli).

January 16 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting CANCELLED due to snow and ice!

January 20, 21 (Saturday - Sunday) 2024
Veselo Folk Dance Festival, Vet's Club, Eugene, OR. Kyriakos Moisidis teaches Greek dances on the Club's springy wood floors. Osem i Devet and Gin & Pontic provide live music on Saturday night. More info: Veselo's website

January 23 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Nabrala (Croatia), Brezovska Racenica (Bulgaria).

January 23 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Nabrala (Croatia), Brezovska Racenica (Bulgaria).

January 30 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Mairi's Wedding (Scotland).

February 6 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Reviewed tonight: Mairi's Wedding (Scotland), taught tonight: Draganinata (Bulgaria).

New ending dance for the month of February: Elm Dance (Ulmentanz) (using music from Latvia).

February 13 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Draganinata (Bulgaria).

February 20 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Tis Exomologhiseos (Greek), Sa from Bujanovac (Serbia). The first video on this link shows Steve Kotansky leading Sa (but without sound). The second video on the link shows the dance with sound.

February 27 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Ravno Oro (Bulgaria), also taught tonight: Del Boka del Dyo (Bosnia).

March 5 (Tuesday)
Eugene Folk Dancers regular dancing at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $3-5 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Ajde Jano (Serbia), also taught tonight: Tessera Matia from our recent Veselo Festival with teacher Kyriakos Moisidis (Greek).

March 26 (Tuesday)
One Year Anniversary of EFD's return: All Request Dancing and Party (FOOD!)


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