www.berkeleyfolkdancers.org

. November 2018 VOLUME 76, NUMBER 11 BBuulllleettiinn

A publication of BERKELEY FOLK DANCERS – America’s largest folk dance club Dancing seven times a week, fifty weeks a year

Now in our 77th year _______________________________________________________________________________

Forever Young! Mel Mann turns 90

Story and pictures on page 9

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Table of Contents 2 President’s Message Members Meeting Minutes 13 4 Trial Dance Proposals On Being A Beginner 18 5 Advanced Class Fun Night Teaching Schedule 19 6 Coming Events Upcoming Members Meetings 20 9 Mel Mann Turns 90 Staff / Submissions 20

President’s Message

The More Things Change . . . This is the second time that I have served as President of BFD. The first time was in 1969. In those days, the terms of elected officers started on January 1. I was also Vice-president in 1968. This makes the interval between my two presidential terms just 4 months shy of 50 years! Lots of things have changed, but the basic character of BFD has persevered. I thought it would be fun, and hopefully even interesting, to relate some of the things that were happening in the Club during those long-ago times. The only current members who shared that timeframe with me are Naomi Lidicker and Mel Mann. However, before delving into history, I want to add to my list of member volunteers who do jobs for all of us in order to make the Club function efficiently and democratically. In my previous two messages, I listed 21 and then 11 more. Now I want to add a few additional names. It is always a pleasure to recognize those folks who contribute in this way to the Club. Here are five additions bringing the total to 37:

1) Arnie Stoper – in addition to his job as chair of the Membership Committee, he has taken on the job of web master along with the adoption of our new operating system (Wild Apricot); 2) Tom Sha continues as dance music coordinator responsible for maintenance of our music hard drive and our website collection of dance music and descriptions; 3) Lillian Wang, in addition to several other jobs, has agreed to coordinate the creation of posters for various Club events; 4) Susan Schaffer has become the Editor for “Coming Events” in the Bulletin; and 5) David Hillis, in addition to his other duties like teaching at two class levels, produces a Sunday newsletter, This Week’s Dances, that mainly features dance programs for the coming week, but includes lots of timely news and reminders.

This list is still incomplete as it does not include members of some of the larger committees with 3 or more members. An example is the Dance Committee with 19 members. This adds up to 43+ jobs, and I’m sure there are more. Please let me know if you know of some I have missed. We come now to an overview of the first six months of 1969. To set the stage, I have included a wonderful photo that I found in the Club archives. It was taken in March 1967 and shows 8 members of the BFD exhibition group. This explains the attractive costumes, although wearing

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costumes was much more prevalent among dancers in those days than it is now, even in regular classes. Four of the dancers were regular teachers (Pressnalls and Krenzes). Note also that there is no gray hair visible, and that all 8 are members of dancing couples. These folks are all fondly remembered role models, especially the teachers.

Helen Cunha, Bob Darnaby, Pat Pressnall, Hugo Pressnall, Dorothy Kavalness, Olaf Kavalnes,

Arleen Krentz and Henry Krentz

As is still typical, the President’s messages begin the dance year with announcing appointments of committee chairs. In this case there were 11 appointed in February and 1 more in March. This contrasts with the much larger number for the current year. I know there were many members who helped in numerous capacities, and so this lower number probably just reflects that many jobs were not viewed as “committees.” The Club’s Good and Welfare Committee actively supported a Greek girl named Sophia with money and a stream of cards wishing her well on various occasions. Another project of this committee was monthly visits to Herrick Hospital to dance for and with patients. In February this program was suspended. The I-Ball was held at the El Cerrito Community Center, and was attended by “some 200” dancers. In March, Mel and Paula Mann hosted the monthly Members Meeting (then called the Business Meeting), and I attended a meeting of the Dance Committee for the first time.

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My April President’s message was titled “To Dance is to Live.” This was my first venture into what became a long history of writing about the health benefits of folk dance. My message was inspired by my attendance at a 2-day conference on wilderness experiences. From this, I speculated that the discussions of the health benefits from wilderness experiences likely applied also to folk dancing. At that time, there were no known publications on health benefits of dance. My insight was based only on extensive wilderness and other outdoor experiences plus 4 ½ years of folk dancing. Since then, of course, there has been a steady stream of research findings that support the health benefits of dance. I dedicated my essay to the “philosopher” Snoopy and his motto: “To dance is to live and to live is to dance.” This whole episode served to reinforce my enthusiasm for folk dance. Quite recently, there has also been new evidence published on the health benefits of outdoor experiences. In May, the Club had 270 members, 140 of whom bought tickets to the Birthday Ball which was held at Frere Jacque’s in Oakland. Lots of free parking was promised! In my President’s message that mentioned this party, I said that “no BFD party is complete without excellent square dances (there were 5 squares presented by 3 callers).” Other significant Club news was that support for the Greek girl, Sophia, was ending. (It began in 1962) as she had grown into an attractive 14-year-old who was flourishingly healthy, and was learning the trade of hair dresser, and thus was becoming independent. The Good and welfare Committee was promptly charged with finding a new project to replace Sophia. Of general interest, here are the 20 dances taught during this six month period that are still in our repertoire, or were so a year or two ago: Alexsandrovska (Russia), Bela Rada (Serbia), Blue Pacific Waltz (US), Brandiswalzer (Switzerland), Cumberland Reel ((Scotland), Das Fenster (Germany), Dodi Li (Israel), Grand Square (US), Hambo (Sweden), La Encantada Tango (US), Kohanochka (Russia), Mayim (Israel), Milondita Tango (US), Never on Sunday (Greece/US), The St. John River (Scotland), Tarantella di Peppina (Italy), Tino Mori (Macedonia), Vrtielka Cardas (Slovakia), Zillertaler Laendler (Austria).

– Bill Lidicker, President

CCaallll ffoorr TTrriiaall DDaannccee PPrrooppoossaallss!! If you have a new trial dance to propose, please notify the organizers of these events: Trial Dance Selection Night, Oct. 26: Go to https://berkeleyfolkdancers.org/resources/Documents/Halloween%20-Dance%20Selection%20notice%202018.pdf and submit this form https://berkeleyfolkdancers.org/resources/Documents/dance%20selection%20form%20for%20halloween.pdf by Oct. 23 - this year's camp or workshop dances only; Dance Committee meeting, Nov. 11: contact Emily Stoper (emily.stoper@gmail.com) by Nov. 8 - dances from any source; you may demonstrate the dance or bring a video showing it.

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COMING EVENTS – November 2018 Compiled by Susan Schaeffer, lilac52@gmail.com

Please send me your events/comments/suggestions/corrections!

Dancing: Friday, October 19, 8-10:30 pm -- Bulgarian Folk Dance Party with Bulgarika Admission: $15 Strawberry Recreation Center, 118 E, Strawberry Dr., Mill Valley Information: https://kopachkafolkdancers.com/, and http://www.folkdance.com/event/bulgarika-dance-party/ Saturday, October 20, 1:00 -- 10:30 pm - Officers Ball 2018 Admission: $40 (register by October 12 to sign up for the dinner meal) Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St., Pleasanton This year’s theme is “Oktoberfest”. On the program are afternoon dance workshops, dinner with entertainment by Bill Cope, and evening dance and celebration! Workshop teachers are listed at the link below. Information and online registration: http://www.folkdance.com/event/officers-ball-2018/ Friday, October 26, 7:30-10:00 – Member Selection Night/Halloween Request Night Live Oak Come help select up to 5 new Trial Dances for this year, and then have a costumed Request Night Show up by 7:15 so you can see all the proposed dances and vote on them

Member Selection Night 2017, demonstrating Sapphire Sea

Friday, October 26, 7:30-10 pm -- Halloween Dance Party with Bulgarika Admission: $15 Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park Bring snacks for snack table, Halloween costumes encouraged! Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/halloween-dance-party-with-bulgarika/

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Sunday, October 28, 1pm-7pm -- Bulgarian Workshop and Party w/Michael Ginsburg and Bulgarika Admission: $25 First Baptist Event Hall, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/workshop-bulgarika-party/ Sunday, October 28, Noon-8pm -- Croatian Heritage Festival Admission: $15 Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onandaga Ave., San Francisco Live music, food, dance (including kolo workshop) and singing (klapa and Croatian singing workshops), and various performances. Formerly known as the Marko Polo Festival. Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/croatian-heritage-festival/ Note: This festival date was listed incorrectly in the October Bulletin Wednesday, October 31, 7:45-10pm -- Halloween Dance Party Admission: $9 Holbrook Palmer Park, Carriage House, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton Costumes encouraged; bring a snack to share. Sponsored by Carriage House Dancers. Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/halloween-dance-party/ Loui Tucker

Ilene Goldman (left) dances regularly at Changs and BFD

Saturday, November 10, 7:30-10:30pm -- November Peninsula Dance Party Admission: $9 St. Bede’s Church Hall, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/nov-pfdc-folk-dance-party/

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Saturday, November 17, 6:45-11pm -- Pre-Kolo Festival Workshop and Party Admission: $16 All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto Sue Willard teaching Berance and Maleshevsko; dancing to music by Zabava. Information: http://www.folkdance.com/event/pre-kolo-workshop-and-party/ Friday and Saturday, November 23-24, 9 am-midnight -- Kolo Festival Admission: varies from “Free” to $100, see website. Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onandaga Ave., San Francisco Pre- and Post-parties will be held Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon, respectively, in San Jose. Information: http://balkantunes.org/kolofestival/ Camps and Workshops: December 24, 2018-January 2, 2019 -- Winter Seminar of Macedonian Folklore Price: 795 euros (735 euros for registration before September 1) Location: Mavrovo and Skopje, Macedonia Only 30 spots available. Information: https://www.facebook.com/Winter-seminar-of-Macedonian-folklore-622917668088707/ or orovodec55@gmail.com Other Events: Wednesday, October 31, 7:30 pm -- “Spirit of Hungary - 1848” (Revolution and Roots in Dance

and Music) performed by the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble (Magyar Nemzeti Táncegyüttes). Admission: $35-$45 Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive, Vacaville Information and tickets: http://vpat.net/event/spirit-of-hungary-1848/ November 3, 4, and 10 -- Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco “For just $10 a day (kids 12 and under are free), you can watch dozens of Bay Area performance troupes making their best effort to get into next year's Festival. There's a new group dancing every 15 minutes, and you can spend a few hours there, or all day!” Information: http://www.sfethnicdancefestival.org/

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As usual, a list of Other Places to Dance on a regular basis as well as other Dance Camps and Festivals can be found on the Berkeley Folk Dancers website.

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Mel Mann Celebrates His First Ninety Years!

Mel Mann, a member of BFD since 1964 and one of its most enthusiastic supporters, celebrated his 90th birthday at a party at Live Oak attended by lifelong friends, family and many dancers – all in all, over 115 were there to cheer him on. Mel’s wife Esther organized the gala, with a lengthy food table and an illustrated timeline of Mel’s life (or as Mel would be the first to point out, “so far!”) Dancers from Moveable Feet and Changs came to pay homage as well as a great many BFD dancers. David Hillis

Taking time for the timeline

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Mel was born in 1928 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to a Yugoslavian father and an American mother. The family was hard hit by the Depression and moved a lot, but Mel had his first folk dancing class in third grade. He subsequently moved to California and got his degree in psychology at Cal, where he again had a chance to folk dance and even met his first wife Paula at a folk dance. They were married in 1954 and had a daughter, Beth. After earning his Masters in Social Work, Mel spent most of his professional career as a school psychologist in Oakland. After his move to Berkeley, he and Paula joined Berkeley Folk Dancers. In 1985, Paula was diagnosed with breast cancer and Mel took an early retirement to spend more time with her. Soon after, he began the Dance On The Water folk dance cruises which combined two of their favorite activities, folk dance and travel. Throughout the years, Mel has never been idle. Pastimes and hobbies include bicycling, hiking, photography, ceramics, collecting caps, and computers. He started one of the first PC user clubs in town, and was the perennial host. He also worked as a host coordinator for Bay Area Elderhostel and through them met his second wife, Esther Mosse – just how much good luck is one man entitled to? David Hillis

Mel and Esther

Mel has been a ceaseless promoter of BFD and folk dancing, coming up to total strangers to extol the benefits of dancing. Just ask Marian Snyder, who found herself one day in a bank line next to Mel – a week later she started dancing with BFD! For years and years he spearheaded Festival of the Oaks, BFD’s collaboration with the Folk Dance Federation. He also recently donated $10,000 to a BFD scholarship to encourage students and young people to join our group. This is the largest single donation BFD has ever received.

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Retiring from Dance On The Water hardly slowed Mel down. He now organizes annual trips to the Shakespeare festival in Ashland, and just bought a new red Toyota hybrid on the way to Oregon! Esther read this Bob Dylan poem to Mel at the party:

May God bless and keep you always

May your wishes all come true

May you always do for others

And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung

May you stay

Forever young

May you grow up to be righteous

May you grow up to be true

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you

May you always be courageous

Stand upright and be strong

And may you stay

Forever young

May your hands always be busy

May your feet always be swift

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift

May your heart always be joyful

May your song always be sung

And may you stay

Forever young Andy Partos

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For all of Andy’s pictures from Mel’s 90th birthday party, go to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l9ziown0hwb9q57/AACjplUC0LoVNBR2KoKXOwgJa?dl=0

Young man Mel with first wife Paula

Paul, Georgia, Bobbie and Lillian join the line

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Minutes of the Berkeley Folk Dancers Members Meeting [The minutes are not final until approved at a subsequent meeting]

October 7, 2018 At home of Emily and Arnie Stoper

In attendance (including board members*): Arnie and Emily Stoper, Bill* and Louise Lidicker, Pete and Lynne D’Angelo, Art Woodworth*, Burt Levy*, Maggie Lazar*, Susan Schaeffer. Meeting commenced at 7:32 p.m. Minutes of the September 2, 2018, meeting as published in the October Bulletin were approved with several modifications: 1. Page 19 – Publicity: change “Mel agreed to be on the committee” to “Mel agreed to chair the committee” 2. Page 20 – Scholarship, line 2: change “Committee shall have at least four members” to “Committee policies to be amended to specify that it have at least four members” 3. Page 20 – Insurance: change this paragraph to: “It has been reported that the teachers of the Tuesday evening and afternoon classes have not been submitting the required attendance lists. The president will find out if this is in fact the case.” [President’s note: Subsequent discussions revealed that this report does not apply to the Tuesday evening class and that the situation with the afternoon class has been resolved.] Motion to approve these changes was made by Art Woodworth, seconded by Lynne D’Angelo, passed unanimously.

Loui Tucker

Rosemarie Klems’ sister Douce Massenkoff with her poster for Changs

President’s report: New and modified committee appointments: David Hillis – Sunday newsletter, This Week’s Dances; Lillian Wang – Promotion Committee (poster coordinator); Susan Schaeffer – Coming Events column; Tom Sha -- Dance music coordinator (music on hard drive and dance lists on the web); Arnie Stoper: webmaster.

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Vice-president’s report: Live Oak reconstruction. Art reports that construction should begin around June 2019. Hopefully Parks and Recreation will help us find a new venue. We need more suggestions for places to dance during construction. The floor is getting in poor shape and consideration should be given to renovation or replacement. Art will talk with Bill Close, who was originally in on the Live Oak floor design. Northbrae Church’s floor is not ideal for dancing and this venue is not available as a substitute location. Attendance report for August (Art Woodworth) - M 25, Tu aft 33, Tu eve 22, Wed 31, Th aft 28, Th eve 22, Fr 17, Inaugural Ball 56.

Partygoers applaud Mel

Membership (Arnie Stoper) – Paid 106, Hon. 11, on leave 5. Total members 122, Paid last year by November - 101 Update on Wild Apricot management system (Arnie). Louise has not been able to access the Members Only section. Arnie reported that there is an icon representing a person in the upper right corner of the main page that will bring members to the sign in page. Lynne suggested Arnie ask David to clarify this on his weekly blog, and thus encourage members to familiarize themselves with our web site. Treasurer’s report (Maggie Lazar) - Maggie presented the financial report and indicated that we are currently in good financial shape as most of the member dues and contributions have come in.

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People can pay dues, event costs, etc., on line from the web site and can use credit cards, checks, or cash. They should be made aware that there is a charge to BFD for payments through the web and credit cards. It was suggested that some members might like to add a few dollars to make up that cost. She encouraged event coordinators to get receipts for expenses to her promptly. Dance Committee (Emily Stoper). The next meeting will be held on November 11 to choose up to 6 new trial dances. Non-dance committee members are invited to show dances, but cannot vote. She is setting up on-line voting by committee members for alternative venues teachers and others might like to attend and get partial scholarships.

Mel’s sister Roz . . .

. . . and daughter Beth

Trial dance selection meeting (Ruth Gasser and Yvonne Provaznik). Advertising of the meeting in conjunction with the October 26th Halloween party has been on-going. Afternoon Classes: Andy Partos, Marija Hillis, Wayne Phillips (no report) - Correspondence suggests that these classes have a challenging mix of dancers’ abilities and the teachers are doing their best to be inclusive for as many as possible. Publicity (Mel Mann) – Beth Weinberger and David Hillis made Daily Cal advertisements. David will be asked if the ads prompted more beginners to come. Insurance (Louise Lidicker) – attendance records for all classes are available at Live Oak. Monte Toyon Planning Committee - Sondra Reinman reported (read by Louise) on meeting of Committee on Sept. 22; at home of Judy Stonefield. The cost this year will be $245 per person to allow funds for one or two musicians. The teacher will be Bruce Herbold who will teach Scottish dances. The honorarium of $300 may be increased to pay for musician(s).

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OLD BUSINESS Solano Stroll - Sept. 9 (Marian Snyder, Ahmad Moghaddas). No report was available as to new members resulting from our participation. BFD was paid $250 for participating. [Ed. note: one new dancer came this year from the Stroll.]

NEW BUSINESS Art Woodworth recommended that the date for 2019 Birthday Ball be set for January 12. His tentative theme is: Dancing on the Orient Express. Date and theme were approved after motion by Lynne, seconded by Pete. Andy Partos

Sixth from left, Marija Hillis leads the dancing at Mel’s bash

Susan Schaeffer led a brief discussion about what kinds of future events should be listed in the Bulletin. Lynne D’Angelo questioned having the first hour of the first monthly Friday request night reserved for beginners. There are usually none coming. Suggestion was made to limit teaching of beginner dances to the first half hour. After discussion, Lynne moved and Pete seconded that change and it passed. As the M.C.’s they are aware of needs if beginners show up.

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Next meeting, 7:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 4 - at home of Marian Snyder, 2812 Regent St., Berkeley; potluck 6:30 (RSVP: 549-1703). Emily and Arnie were thanked for hosting the meeting and potluck. Adjournment – 9:15 p.m. Board of Directors meeting - All motions were approved unanimously.

Louise Lidicker, Secretary pro tem

Photos by Loui Tucker

Dancers encircle the musicians at Changs

Luoping Zhang (center) dances Talgoxen at Changs

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The following article was written for the now-defunct Northern California Spelmanslag, the “Bulletin”

for the Scandinavian dance community. Even though it was written for the Scandinavian dancers, it is

equally applicable to international folk dancers. – Peter D’Angelo

On Being a Beginner First, you must understand that my wife and I have been doing international folk dancing with Berkeley Folk Dancers (BFD) for years. At BFD we do a little Scottish set dancing, English country dancing, Balkan dancing, Israeli dancing, and of course Scandinavian dancing. We had no problems doing Sonderhoning, Aatabaks, and Rorospols. The hambo was a different story. While it seems simple, the hambo is deceptively hard. What’s hard about the hambo? After your preparatory step it’s left-right-together for the leader and together-right-left for the follower. One step, one beat. No matter how much we tried, and no matter how often the hambo was taught, we always spiraled in. We knew that the problem was that we weren’t turning enough; we just couldn’t figure out how to turn enough. After years of suffering, we decided to try to solve the problem – we joined the Scandinavian dance class taught by Jane and Frank Trippi. What a shock! First, there were many more Scandinavian dances than we knew existed. Second, most of the dances were a lot more challenging than anything taught at BFD. Third, it seemed like everyone else in the class had been Scandinavian dancing for years and already knew all the dances. From people who were at the top of our game, we became rank beginners. It was tough. Not only did we have to learn lots of new (to us) dances, we had to learn all the fine details. When things worked right, I found Scandinavian dancing wonderful; when things didn’t work right I was stuck chest to chest with someone for four minutes. The word “embarrassing” comes to mind. When my partner started counting the beat and I was doing the best I could, it did squash my ego. It took four years before I began to feel comfortable. Now, eight years later, I have concluded that I will never be a great Scandinavian dancer. However, I do feel competent. I encourage my partner to tell me what I am doing wrong. If they don’t tell me, how will I ever learn to do it right? Oh yes, we no longer spiral in when we do the hambo.

TTeeaacchhiinngg SScchheedduullee –– NNoovveemmbbeerr 22001188 BEGINNERS Teachers: Marija Hillis 549-0337

Tuesdays, 7:45 pm and David Hillis 549-0337

Class Representative: Paul Sugarman 465-9746

De Secerat (Romania) Korobushka (Russia) Milondita Tango (USA) Passu Tarrou (Italy - Sardinia)

Syrtos (Greece) 't Smidge (Belgium)

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INTERMEDIATE Teachers: David Hillis 549-0337

Thursdays, 7:45 pm and Marian Snyder 549-1703

Assistant Teacher: Helen Brown 526-4881

Class Representative: Tabéa Mastel 620-0641

Joc de Leagane (Romania) Jovano Jovanke (Macedonia) Lucky (USA)

Our Brief Encounters (England) Teton Mt. Stomp (USA)

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ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE Teachers: Judy Stonefield 655-3074

Wednesdays, 7:45 pm and Yvonne Provaznik 222-4490

Assistant Teacher: Marija Hillis 549-0337

Class Representatives: Sally Howlett 542-1203

and Carol Sheehy 528-5184

Stockholm Schottish (Sweden) Mindrele (Romania) Bizourka (Belgium)

Pravo (Bulgaria) Trial dances

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ADVANCED Teacher: Yaqi Zhang 525-1865

Mondays, 7:45 pm Class Representative: Suzanna Yeh 845-3835

Bratach Bana (Scotland) Cacak (Serbia)

Hambopolska (Sweden) Trial dance

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ALL REQUEST NIGHT Representatives: Peter and Lynne D’Angelo 654-3136

Fridays, 7:45 pm Requests from all levels Emcees: Peter & Lynne D’Angelo, Judy Stonefield,

John Rusk, Clem & John Underhill, Emily Stoper & Louise Lidicker

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And our Afternoon Classes, every Tuesday and Thursday

at Northbrae Community Church, 1:30-3:00

Tuesday Beginner level teacher: Andy Partos 848-9262

Class Rep: Yvonne Lasack 861-4160

Thursday Intermediate level teacher: Marija Hillis 549-0337

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Upcoming Members Meetings:

Sunday, November 4: At the home of Marian Snyder

2812 Regent Street, Berkeley

6:30 Potluck (please RSVP 549-1703)

7:30 Meeting

Sunday, December 2: Maybe your house?

Please let VP Art Woodworth at arthur.j.woodworth@gmail.com know if you can host a Members Meeting (typically 12-16 in attendance, and we can provide chairs). It’s a shared responsibility, and not without hefty compensation ($20). Don’t be the last on your block!

STAFF AND SUBMISSIONS

BERKELEY FOLK DANCERS BULLETIN: Published monthly by Berkeley Folk Dancers.

Subscription to mailed printed version of the Bulletin is $12 per year.

COPY EDITOR: Burt Levy, 525-7706. LAYOUT AND EDITORIAL: David Hillis, 549-0337 or

(better) davidhillis1@comcast.net PRINT VERSION PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: Arnold

Stoper, 655-9332. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Andy Partos, 848-9262.

BFD’s web address is www.berkeleyfolkdancers.org

The next deadline for Bulletin articles is Saturday, November 9, noon. Please submit articles in

either Microsoft Word document format (.DOC) or in text document format (.TXT) as an attachment

to an e-mail sent to bfdbulletin@gmail.com . [Do not send your article to David unless you’re way

past the deadline.] For material that is not in electronic format, please contact Burt for

instructions.