Skandia Dances First and Third Fridays of each month
Skandia dances are now LIVE and on Zoom
COVID policy: Beginning on June 1, 2024, masks are now optional. Please read the details on the home page.
On Fridays, teaching is from 7:30-8:30 pm, and then the dance from 8:30-10:30 pm.
We are also Zooming the dances. Please make a donation to Skandia if the Zoom is valuable to you. Members will receive the Zoom link via email. Not a member? You can still join via Zoom, but you must email info@skandia-folkdance.org by Friday noon to get on the guest list. Please do not share the link as we cannot admit people we cannot identify.
COVID policy: Beginning on June 1, 2024, masks are now optional. Please read the details on the home page.
On Fridays, teaching is from 7:30-8:30 pm, and then the dance from 8:30-10:30 pm.
We are also Zooming the dances. Please make a donation to Skandia if the Zoom is valuable to you. Members will receive the Zoom link via email. Not a member? You can still join via Zoom, but you must email info@skandia-folkdance.org by Friday noon to get on the guest list. Please do not share the link as we cannot admit people we cannot identify.
Friday, December 20, 2024 Judy and Jerry will teach Springleik from Vågå. This is a lovely and mesmerizing dance from the Gudbrandsdalen region of Norway. It is a relaxed and flowing dance with fun partner interaction.See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6EnoYNnJVY Just in time for the holidays, we will be graced with the thrilling music of Hale Bill & the Bopps. Listen for their exquisite harmonies and maybe even some singing. It’s a great way to enjoy dancing in the wintertime weather.
Friday, January 3, 2025. Happy New Year! Start the year out with a FREE dance. Invite your friends and family. Judy Patterson and Jerry Walsh will teach schottis and fun variants. This dance is also known as Reinlender in Norway. It is a basic turning dance that everyone should learn and is always done at Friday dances. This dance evening is free and is a good opportunity for people to bring friends who are less experienced. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtbQyzchs_o. Music will be played by the All-Comers Band! All musicians are invited to come and play for dancing. Musicians, come prepared to suggest tunes; the list will be available in the basement of the Cedar Valley Grange starting at 7:30 p.m., and musicians may add tunes to the list. Please keep in mind that we are best served by tunes that are very common. Contact Leslie Foley at music@skandia-folkdance.org if you have any questions. We’d love a good crowd of jolly musicians at this annual special event!
Friday, January 17, 2025. Harry Khamis and Pat Pi will teach a variety of mixers and family dances. Both experienced and less-experienced dancers can join in. We’ll be dancing to waltz, mazurka, polka, and hambo music. Two of the dances to be taught will be Henrik’s Polka, by Henrik fra Stevn (Denmark), and Västerviks Jubiléumsvals, by the Erickssons (Sweden). The band is TBA.
Friday, January 3, 2025. Happy New Year! Start the year out with a FREE dance. Invite your friends and family. Judy Patterson and Jerry Walsh will teach schottis and fun variants. This dance is also known as Reinlender in Norway. It is a basic turning dance that everyone should learn and is always done at Friday dances. This dance evening is free and is a good opportunity for people to bring friends who are less experienced. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtbQyzchs_o. Music will be played by the All-Comers Band! All musicians are invited to come and play for dancing. Musicians, come prepared to suggest tunes; the list will be available in the basement of the Cedar Valley Grange starting at 7:30 p.m., and musicians may add tunes to the list. Please keep in mind that we are best served by tunes that are very common. Contact Leslie Foley at music@skandia-folkdance.org if you have any questions. We’d love a good crowd of jolly musicians at this annual special event!
Friday, January 17, 2025. Harry Khamis and Pat Pi will teach a variety of mixers and family dances. Both experienced and less-experienced dancers can join in. We’ll be dancing to waltz, mazurka, polka, and hambo music. Two of the dances to be taught will be Henrik’s Polka, by Henrik fra Stevn (Denmark), and Västerviks Jubiléumsvals, by the Erickssons (Sweden). The band is TBA.
LOCATION: Cedar Valley Grange, 20526-52nd Ave. West, Lynnwood Yahoo Map
Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.
Driving directions to Cedar Valley Grange.....
From I-5, take exit 179 (northbound or southbound). Drive east on 220th to the stop sign at 52nd, then a short mile north to the Cedar Valley Grange on your left.
Yahoo Map
Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.
Driving directions to Cedar Valley Grange.....
From I-5, take exit 179 (northbound or southbound). Drive east on 220th to the stop sign at 52nd, then a short mile north to the Cedar Valley Grange on your left.
Yahoo Map
Music Jams on Saturdays, 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the Month
First Saturday jams VIA ZOOM: Saturday, January 4, 2025 10:00 a.m. PDT until noon
All instruments and voices are welcome! Please fill out this Jam Link Request Form to get your Zoom link. When you submit the form, you will get an automatic response that includes the link to the jam. VERY IMPORTANT: You will find the jam Zoom link in the response you receive when you submit the form. That link does not automatically save, so please put it in a folder, or your calendar, or somewhere you can find it again. Note that this is now a permanent jam link, Feel free to browse the Box.com folder, where we keep notes to most of the tunes that we play.
At the jam, we will go round robin. Leslie will call on musicians and offer three options:
· Choose a tune and lead it
· Choose a tune and ask somebody else to lead it
· Pass your turn to the next person
Third Saturday jams LIVE: Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 10 a.m. until Noon. Come to play music at the Saturday live jam, which returns to the home of Bill and Gina Boyd, 7728 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, contact Gina at (206) 817-5792 or email music@skandia-folkdance.org. All instruments and voices are welcome! Bring your favorite tunes. Skandia's masking requirements changed on June 1. See the homepage for details. The January LIVE Jam will be on January 18, again at the Boyd's.
First Saturday jams VIA ZOOM: Saturday, January 4, 2025 10:00 a.m. PDT until noon
All instruments and voices are welcome! Please fill out this Jam Link Request Form to get your Zoom link. When you submit the form, you will get an automatic response that includes the link to the jam. VERY IMPORTANT: You will find the jam Zoom link in the response you receive when you submit the form. That link does not automatically save, so please put it in a folder, or your calendar, or somewhere you can find it again. Note that this is now a permanent jam link, Feel free to browse the Box.com folder, where we keep notes to most of the tunes that we play.
At the jam, we will go round robin. Leslie will call on musicians and offer three options:
· Choose a tune and lead it
· Choose a tune and ask somebody else to lead it
· Pass your turn to the next person
Third Saturday jams LIVE: Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 10 a.m. until Noon. Come to play music at the Saturday live jam, which returns to the home of Bill and Gina Boyd, 7728 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, contact Gina at (206) 817-5792 or email music@skandia-folkdance.org. All instruments and voices are welcome! Bring your favorite tunes. Skandia's masking requirements changed on June 1. See the homepage for details. The January LIVE Jam will be on January 18, again at the Boyd's.
SKANDIA FOLKDANCE SOCIETY
PO Box 17123
Seattle, WA 98127-0823
For telephone information, call (425) 954-5262
email: info@skandia-folkdance.org
PO Box 17123
Seattle, WA 98127-0823
For telephone information, call (425) 954-5262
email: info@skandia-folkdance.org