OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

Organizations

Country Dance and Song Society www.cdss.org

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources www.ccdr.org

Folk Arts Center of New England www.facone.org

International Organization of Folk Art www.iovworld.org

Northwest Folk Dancers Incorporated (NFDI) is a non-profit "umbrella" organization that promotes folk dancing and ethnic events in the Northwestern United States and around the world. http://www.scn.org/arts/nfdi

The Society for Folk Dance Historians www.freewebs.com/folk/index.htm

Folklore Villlage www.folklorevillage.org/calendar.html

Dance Camps and Workshops

Stockton Folk Dance Camp www.folkdance.com/stockton

Jim Gold International www.jimgold.com -- International folk tours. Jim Gold organizes Folk Tours to countries such as Bulgaria, Greece, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Croatia several times a year.

Kentucky Dance Foundation--Kentucky Dance Institute, International Folk Dance Camp and Music www.folkdancer.org

Scandia Camp Mendocio--/www.ScandiaCampMendocino.org Scandia Camp Mendocino is a week-long camp for those interested in the folk dance, music, and culture of Scandinavia, especially Norway and Sweden.  Each summer since 1980, some of Scandinavia’s most distinguished teachers have come to share with us their cultural expertise and infectious love of their dance and music traditions.

Pinewoods Camp http://pinewoods.org/ is a dance camp in Massachusetts held June through Labor Day.

Costuming and Accessories

Traditional Czech Costuming and Accessories www.dvorana.cz

Romanian Folk Costumes and Accessories www.costumes.ro

Other Resources

Sanna Longden, Videos, music, books, teaching tips, and resources for those who teach folk dance in schools and communities. http://www.FolkStyle.com

Bob Shapiro's site www.recfd.com/ (he's based in Kansas) has an interesting collection of articles, a list of where to dance, dance notations, lots of dance-related materials.

Dick Oakes site http://phantomranch.net/folkdanc/folkdanc.htm also has a collectionof dance-related materials - including costumes, articles, biographies of dance teachers/leaders, pronunciation guides, and sheet music.

Contemporary Balkan and Western Asian music found Elderly Instruments http://www.elderly.com/ or call Chris Rietz at 517-372-7880.

Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. (North) http://www.folkdance.com Beside the list of places to dance in Northern California, it has an ever-increasing number of dance notations available for free.

Folk Things is now online!You'll be amazed at the wealth of folk dance information gathered in one place.  The site is quite easy to navigate through, and is divided into 4 major sections.  The Bazaar lets your order folk items (music, books, videos, costumes, etc.) from Folk Things as well as Amazon.com.  The Calendar lists upcoming dance events, including cruises, camps, and tours.  The Directory will be an on-line version of the popular printed Folk Things directory (the data is not yet on the Web).  And finally, The Guide is an area for classified ads from teachers, vendors, performing groups, camps, periodicals, and anyone else who wants advertise an event or service.  You can access the Folk Things website on-line at http://www.folkthings.com/

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