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July 25-31, 2010
 August 1-7
, 2010
University of the Pacific Campus
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This is the page for expressing your thoughts about
Stockton Folk Dance Camp or Folk Dancing in General.

The ideas and opinions expressed here are that of the post's author
and not that of Folkdance Camp or the camp committee.

Send any comments to
Ideas@folkdancecamp.org

I will post any reasonable post, article, or comment as space and time allows. Unreasonable post may be put up for the fun of it. Do not send it, if you don't want your name attached.

Roy


Video for International folk Dance


I have started to put together with Loui Tucker’s editorial help the “commercial” for International Folk Dancing. I put together the first cut on May 14, 2008 and emailed it to Loui for her commit. As of writing of this blog, we are on cut 7, by the time of the articles publication who knows.

The commercial is available for use in a number of different formats:

• The lower resolution email version that is suitable to email to your friends. Right click here to download video.

• The Brightcove and You Tube versions which are available for use on your web sites.

The latest commercial can be seen on http://internationalfolkdance.blogspot.com/ . This site is also the current clearing house site for folk dance links.

Some of the earlier videos can be seen on my YouTube Site. http://www.youtube.com/user/royisdancing  .

The commercial has some fun clips of folk dancing and a web site contact at the end. Eventual as this comes together we hope to have a very simple web address. Currently, I am using the http://internationalfolkdance.blogspot.com/ page.

The commercial is there for anyone to use to promote folk dancing. If you need help on how to post it to you web page contact me, Roy Butler at click for email.

If you have video that you have the rights to and would like me to post to the video list contact me. If you want to post you on video to Brightcove or You Tube, you can also contact me.


International Folk Dance Video List.
The video list page is the collection of my folk dance videos in a visual folk dance video list at http://my.starstream.net/patroy/videodancelist.htm .
This web site represents my ongoing project of video recording folk dances and posting the dances to the web.

The videos are listed on the site in two formats.

  • On the top of the page are two picture strips that are alphabetical lists of the international folk dances available on the SDOW Video Channel and SIFDAC Video Channel. Mousing over a picture in the strip will bring up the dance name. Clicking on it will load the video player page and start the video. Use the arrows at the bottom of each strip to advance the strip to see more videos. Currently, the SDOW strip has twelve pages of videos and the SIFDAC Strip has 34, as I collect more dances the strips will expand.
  • Below the video strips is an alphabetical list of the dances I have collected. Clicking on the dance name will bring up a video of the dance. If I have found a dance note source on the internet for the dance then link to the dance description is also listed. Each dance is listed only once even though I may have multiple videos of a dance in the collection. Check the picture strips to see all of the videos.

The videos on the list are there for all folk dancers to use. If you need more than a simple link that you can steal from the video players address, then email me Roy.

 


Milen has posted the a down loadable for a small fee MP3 file of him and Sara playing Vals60  and the score to Vals 60 to his web site.

 


The videos that we have posted to the web site are to give a window of what it is like to go to Folk Dance Camp.  If you would like videos for reviewing the dance, remember that besides the camp DVD which I hope you bought,  a number of the teachers have produced good quality DVDs for dance review.

Cristian & Sonia have produced a great DVD of dances from their first two CDs. Te aven Baxtale, Joc de doi & Dana along with other favorites can be found on it. Contact Cristian & Sonia for details on their DVD and other offerings.  This is a great DVD and a must for any Romanian fanatic.

Yves Moreau has also produced a series of exultant Bulgarian DVDs. Contact Yves for videos

Other teachers have also produced DVDs contact them by email for more information.


Well FDC 2007 is over; I hope a good time was had by all.  I  know I had a great time, even though I don't want to roll another table for a while.  Thanks to all the Scholarship people who helped with that especially those who showed up for most moves.  We could not do it without you.  Thank you to food service for letting us use their space and working with us. Thank you to the teachers for understanding just how critical it was to meet the schedule so food services could feed everyone.

I've been getting many commits on how much everyone loves the video on the web site.  The majority of the video was shot by Steve Turner the Camp  videographer.  I shot a little that I will put up soon, but it was to much work on top of everything I do, and besides there is supposed to be only one videographer at camp and that is Steve.  Steve and I will be working to get up more video trough the year so keep checking the web page.

If you need a Folk Dance Video fix check out my video page at International Folk Dance Video Exchange or my dance video list at  Social Dances of The World.

As you can see from the front page we already have a great line up for next year, and with the excitement generated this year camp is already half full, so what are you waiting for?


Tony (the guy with the big truck) married Lynn (his favorite rigger) on  June 2, 2007.  Being hard core folk dancers, they had a folk dance themed wedding. Pictures and video of it can be seen here
 http://my.starstream.net:80/patroy/Lynn_Tonys_Wedding.html.

More pictures by Gypsy Flores can be found here.
http://tonylynnswedding.shutterfly.com/action/

The wedding ceremony was heartfelt and moving. The party afterwards was great fun. Best of luck to two wonderful people and dancers.  Your love is important to us all.

Roy


I have started a video channel for Folk Dance Camp.  It can be found here Stockton Folk Dance Camp Channel. I have started the channel with some video I took in 1988,  the last year that private video cameras were allowed at camp. In the future I will be adding more video from Steve the official camp videographer.

This is a continuation of my project to bring folk dance videos to the web. Check my master video channels page for more video  International Folk Dance Video Exchange. If you have some video you would like to share you can do it there.  Roy


Camp is full!  If you haven't already registered get on the waiting list.  Those who have registered but find they can't go, please inform Jan Wright as soon as you can. That way someone on the waiting list can go to camp.


Well as can be seen from the front page camp is filling up fast. Make sure you reserve a place now.  If you don't see your favorite teacher on the main teachers list stay tuned.  A number of other great teachers will be making appearances as guest of camp.

What can I say about the 2006 camp. Even with all the extra work it was a great camp,  Great teachers, a lot of useable dances and great fun.

The 2007 camp should be even better see you there.

Roy


Camp is developing a newsletter about camp to be distributed by email. Articles from the news letter can be seen on the site at this page Camp Newsletter .

Some of these articles have gotten me to think about what camp means to me.

I am at my happiest at camp.  Those two weeks a summer are Prozac for my soul.

Camp is a village or a tribe, that comes together for two weeks a year.

Some of my best friends in life, I mainly only see at camp.  Sure, I may seen them in passing at Statewide or some other festival, but only at camp does the true intensity of the relationship  show it self. Even with people I see weekly at folk dance events, camp brings us closer.


We have a new section on the web site (letters from camp) where we reprint Jan's letters to the campers for those who don't always get their mail.


For those who missed the Camellia Festival, you missed a great party.  Richard and Yves both delivered great workshops. Chubritza, with their great danceable high leave of musicianship played for two wonderful parties.


Sorry about the long time between updates but I have been busy. If you have commits or suggestions please email them. This blog is not just a place for my opinions, but a place for your views about camp.

Roy  


Folk Dancing has Lost One of its Greats.
Dick Crum has passed away

Good Morning, friends.  It is just before 8.00 am in Minneapolis & St Paul, Minnesota, in the USA.  I just got word from a local folk dancer who is close to his family that Dick Crum has died.  We don't yet know what caused his death, but according to the folk dancer, who heard from Dick's sister in St Paul this morning, Dick had been quite ill the past week or so but had not been to a doctor.  Friends and family became worried when they hadn't heard from him and couldn't reach him by phone.

I'm sure more news will become available.  His body will be cremated and ashes brought back home to St Paul.  There will be a memorial service here in the Twin Cities (his birthplace and home) at some point.  I or someone here will keep you posted as we get information to share.

There are so many wonderful, personable, creative, and talented dance teachers, researchers, and dancers in the world, but Dick Crum was THE most precious treasure of them all.  May his soul rest in peace, knowing how much he was loved and appreciated all over the world.


Ceil
Wirth, Mpls


We have met the challenge. Thanks to some generous donations we have exceeded the $50,000 donation mark to receive the matching funds.  These moneys will go into the Jack McKay Endowment, which will be controlled by camp directly and not the university. Thank you for you generosity. A donors list will be posted on the site, when it becomes evadible.    We do not need to stop here, any donations to the Jack McKay Endowment or the Scholarship fund will be greatly appreciated.


So let's start this off.

I am guilty of heresy. How may of you are tired of the round dance mentality? How may of you have poked fun at the choreographed waltz, polka or tangos, while doing your third or fourth choreographed pravo for the night?

I think its time that the teachers, who teach dances from counties that have a living folk dance tradition, start to teach the dances as they are done in a social situation. In other words, teach the basic step used by the average dancer, then the rules for improvisation on top of that step.  Do we need to learn yet another stage choreography.  Roy Butler


Send any comments to Ideas@folkdancecamp.org


First week 2005 was a blast. Photo Diary 
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Larry Weiner

Dance Notes

Notes to many of the dances can be found at the following web sites.

Andrew Carnie's Folkdance notes:

Has a wide list of dances. Some dance descriptions of his own, others with links to other sites, Like the ones below.

Dick Oakes' Folk Dance Descriptions

A good source of dance notes and other things of interest.

RECREATIONAL FOLK DANCING

Bob Shapiro's site another good source of dance notes.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. (North)

If they ever published the notes they can get them for you.

Dance Music

Balkan Folkdances

Good site for Folk Dance Music also has links to dance descriptions.

Dance videos

www.dancilla.com

Good site for dance videos. Things to remember when viewing the videos. Most of the videos are not of native dancers, but of folk dance groups.  The style and steps are reflection of that groups cultural variations and therefore, may be different than how the dance is danced in your area.