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.
November 15, 2024 Hyfs, a fun couple dance from Föllinge, will be taught by Nancy and Kelly. Besides being fun, learning this dance helps with other dances. Hyfs has two bakmes, which appear in other dances; however in this dance, they are done both clockwise and counterclockwise. Nancy often laughs when doing this dance.See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3RdBPwzYVM
The two bands who will provide music for the evening play a diversity of instruments: bowed, strummed, plucked, blown, squeezed, struck, and more. The evening will start with the Six-feet Back Band, which was formed in 2020 and plays a wide repertoire of energetic tunes from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. As is the case for our larger groups, you will know several of the band’s members from other bands or as dancers. Our second three-member band is LAB162, who maximize the number of strings per tune per musician and the number of instruments per musician relative to other bands in this region. Their music and harmonies are divine for both dancing and listening to, and you won’t want them to stop.
December 6, 2024 Elections and Annual meeting. Note that the music starts at 8 p.m., and there is no dance teaching. There will be a social half-hour before the dance starts. Come early and head downstairs for some snacks and conversation. Nordic Exposure will travel over the river (well, the Sound, actually) and through the woods to play for the First Friday Dance in December. They bring a unique combination of instruments to fill the hall with music and provide bookends for the Annual Meeting.
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.
The two bands who will provide music for the evening play a diversity of instruments: bowed, strummed, plucked, blown, squeezed, struck, and more. The evening will start with the Six-feet Back Band, which was formed in 2020 and plays a wide repertoire of energetic tunes from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. As is the case for our larger groups, you will know several of the band’s members from other bands or as dancers. Our second three-member band is LAB162, who maximize the number of strings per tune per musician and the number of instruments per musician relative to other bands in this region. Their music and harmonies are divine for both dancing and listening to, and you won’t want them to stop.
December 6, 2024 Elections and Annual meeting. Note that the music starts at 8 p.m., and there is no dance teaching. There will be a social half-hour before the dance starts. Come early and head downstairs for some snacks and conversation. Nordic Exposure will travel over the river (well, the Sound, actually) and through the woods to play for the First Friday Dance in December. They bring a unique combination of instruments to fill the hall with music and provide bookends for the Annual Meeting.
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.
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
In Music Jams on Saturdays, 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the Month
First Saturday jams VIA ZOOM: Saturday, December 7, 2024 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, November 16, 2024 from 10 a.m. until Noon. Come to play music at the Saturday live jam at Frank and Elaine's at 8756 21st Ave NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, 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. On December 21, the jam returns to Bill and Gina's home, 7728 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, contact Gina at (206) 817-5792 or email music@skandia-folkdance.org.
First Saturday jams VIA ZOOM: Saturday, December 7, 2024 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, November 16, 2024 from 10 a.m. until Noon. Come to play music at the Saturday live jam at Frank and Elaine's at 8756 21st Ave NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, 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. On December 21, the jam returns to Bill and Gina's home, 7728 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, contact Gina at (206) 817-5792 or email music@skandia-folkdance.org.
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