Summer Dancing

Dancing on The Greenway

7pm • July 9 • Boston, MA

English Ceilidh with Alex Cumming, Donal Sheets, and Laurel Swift

Tomorrow, July 9, is the opening night of our free outdoor summer dance series, Dancing on the Greenway! Join Alex Cumming, Laurel Swift, and Donal Sheets for an evening of high-energy and delightfully fun English Ceilidh dancing in Dewey Square from 7 - 9pm. Don’t forget to bring a water bottle (which you can refill in South Station), some comfy shoes, and all of your friends!

And while you’re filling your calendar with upcoming dances, why not jot down next Tuesday’s Dancing on the Greenway too? Get ready for a rockin’ night of New England Contras and Squares on July 16 with calling by Sue Rosen and music by Casey Murray, Molly Tucker, and Sam Zakon-Anderson. We’ll see you there!

--Anna Alter

Thursday Night Folk Dancing

8pm • July 11 • Arlington, MA

Come dance with us at our first post-Pinewoods Thursday Night Folk Dancing, featuring Jeanne Clifford as programmer. See our full schedule for July and August below.

With deep appreciation for the wonderful experience we had at Pinewoods, we will be reviewing two dances, Ozrensko Kolo and Hrasničanka, that we learned from Efie Derksen. Jeanne will also review Tokyo Polka, which was taught by Richard Powers. And if you heard Julia Poirier sing it at Pinewoods…you know that you want to hear that again!

SUMMER 2024 Calendar

Put these dates in your calendar and join us!

July 11 & 25
August 1 & 22

(And stay tuned for Fall dates!)

--Sue Rose

New in the Little Shop of Horas

Soundtrack from the film "My Borrowed Heritage"

After a fabulous North American premiere last month, we are so pleased to offer the music that Hans Derksen composed to enhance this wonderful film.

In Hans' own words:

This is the CD in which we put the music tracks of the Film My Borrowed Heritage. There are even some tunes I composed but did not made it into the documentary. Besides that, we have some field recordings from singing and playing of people who appear in the movie.

When I was in charge to do the recordings when we were shooting the film in Bosnia and Serbia, I just was waiting some time and suddenly I got inspired by the whole environment, hearing some kind of the music already in my head. So I asked Efie, might it be a good idea when I would compose and make the music for the film?

And then when I viewed the footage, all the melodies just came to me and ended in a beautiful result.

I made it with all my heart and I hope you will enjoy listening to it.

--Hans Derksen

Calendar

Dance & Music Series

Tuesday, July 9: Dancing on the Greenway: English Ceilidh with Alex Cumming & Friends (Boston, MA)

Thursday, July 11: Thursday Night Folk Dancing (Arlington, MA)

Tuesday, July 16: Dancing on the Greenway: New England Contra and Squares with Sue Rosen (Boston, MA)

Tuesday, July 23: Dancing on the Greenway: International with Taylor Yeracaris and Janet Yeracaris (Boston, MA)

Thursday, July 25: Thursday Night Folk Dancing (Arlington, MA)

Tuesday, July 30: Dancing on the Greenway: Cajun/Zydeco with Mark Scherfling (Boston, MA)

Camps and Tours

August 30 - September 3: Labor Day Weekend at Pinewoods (Plymouth, MA)

Camp is full and a waiting list is being maintained. Contact the office to add your name to the list.

October 12 - 14: Oktoberfest Weekend at Potash Hill (Marlboro, VT)

October 17 - 31: Autumn in Bulgaria Cultural Tour with Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yankov (this tour is full)

This week's contributors:

Anna Alter: FAC Program Manager

Nick Bishop: Tech troubleshooter, Updates proofreader

Hans Derksen: Musician

Lynne Janbergs: GASP Committee member, Updates proofreader

Sue Rose: Thursday Night Coordinator

Marcie Van Cleave: FAC Executive Director

The Folk Arts Center of New England is a nonprofit organization promoting participation in the traditional dance and music of many cultures. FAC sponsors community dances, annual camps, workshops, and other programs in the greater Boston area, elsewhere in New England, and online.

The Folk Arts Center thanks

the Massachusetts Cultural Council

for its generous support.