The Performers - Partial for 2012

 

Mālamalama O Ka Mahina.
Hula is the heartbeat and the heart of the Hawaiian people; in it you will find the history and the legends of an ancient culture. Hula is power and grace and laughter. Hula is spiritual and raucous good fun. Hula is life.

The women who perform all live in the Wenatchee Valley. They are wives, mothers and professionals in their daily lives. They are dedicated to their hula and its sisterhood. They are proud and happy to share with you some of what they have learned and respect. They are beautiful hula dancers.

Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Barvinok

Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Barvinok formed in 2004 under the auspices of the Ukrainian American Club of Washington.

The purpose of Barvinok is to teach authentic Ukrainian regional folk dances to youth for the purpose of maintaining a dynamic performance ensemble, and to preserve and promote this rich artistic legacy.

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Kisbetyárok Family Dancers
A performing group sponsored by the Hungarian American Association of Washington. Dancers of all ages, children and adults, meet each week to learn Hungarian dances. We rehearse on Saturday mornings during the school year from 10 am to noon at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle. Rehearsals get very busy, but much is accomplished and having all ages together is a plus. Older students and parents get to help with the younger dancers and families have the opportunity to dance together!

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Edelweiss Tanz Gruppe
In the fall of 2001 Wolf Noack, a former ballroom dance teacher and native of Germany, began a German/Austrian folk dance group with twenty high school girls. Some of the girls asked if their parents could join the group as they found it necessary to drop out due to involvement in sports and too many other high school activities. The new members were from every age group, eighteen through seventy something and all walks of life including builder, doctor, nurse, engineer, school principal, etc. Practice is once a week with some couples coming from as far away as Seattle.  They are outfitted in traditional clothing direct from Germany.

 

Savoy Swing Club Performance Troupe
The Savoy Swing Club is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Seattle. Their mission is to preserve and promote American vernacular dances from the 1920's, 30's and 40's, with particular focus on authentic jazz dance and Lindy Hop -- the original style of swing dancing. Since 1993, they have made over 300 appearances teaching and performing all along the west coast from British Columbia to southern California.

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Eclectic Cloggers
The Eclectic Cloggers perform a high energy style of Southern Appalachian step dancing to live Old-Time fiddle music. This lively percussive dance form comes from the eastern mountain region of the United States, where it began as a mix of Irish, Scottish and English step dances with African and Native American influences. Since 1982, the Seattle-based Eclectic Cloggers have performed at festivals and community events throughout the Northwest. In 1994, the group toured international folk dance festivals in Belgium, Switzerland and Holland. More information about their clogging performances and dance workshops can be found at eclecticcloggers.org.

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Yakima Valley's Los Bailadores del Sol who perform both traditional Aztec dances and contemporary Mexican folkloric dances

DO YOU LOVE TO DANCE AS WELL?    IF THE ANSWER IS YES...

 THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.
 

A Special Evening of Dance at the Gazebo
Saturday June 25th from 7:00-9:00 PM

Savoy Swing Club of Seattle will give swing lessons at 7:00 followed by
an opportunity to "swing" the night away...

and if that wasn't enough

Members of the Edelweiss Tanz Gruppe of Leavenworth
will give some basic instructions in the polka and German folk dances
 followed by  a change to try your new steps out.

This will be done on our professional dance floor. 

 Dust off  your dancing shoes and we'll see you on Saturday Night