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NW Spelmanstämma

NW Spelmanstämma is coming! Mark your calendar for a fine weekend of music and dance on Friday, 21 August and Saturday, 22 August. The weekend kicks off with the regular Third Friday Dance, with a southern Swedish twist! Join us at the Cedar Valley Grange at 7:30 p.m. for both dance and music workshops featuring slängpolskor. Dance class will be upstairs, featuring the fabulous pair of Milt and Bev Anderson. Musicians will gather at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the Grange for a slängpolskor music workshop led by Peter Michaelsen. Music for open dancing will start at 8:30 p.m., as usual, and bands will be a mix from around the area featured in short sets, with an Allspel in the middle of the evening to practice those slängpolskor.

Want to learn Bøda Polska? Whether musician or dancer, your opportunity has arrived! Bøda Polska workshops are featured on Saturday for both musicians and dancers. In addition, there will be music workshops on Orsa Polska, Springleik, a kids'/slower fiddles workshop, and workshops for recorder and nyckelharpa. If that's not enough, there is a potluck supper and open dancing with live music in the evening. Remember: there is no registration fee, but contributions to help defray expenses are welcomed.

Saturday's events are all happening at the fabulous home of Jim and Margaret Noyes—there's a new dance floor that's easy on the knees and absolutely gorgeous—located at 6618 – 196th St. SE in Clearview (Woodinville/Snohomish/Maltby area). Directions will appear in the August newsletter and will be posted on the Skandia Web site. Are you willing to volunteer? Help is needed in the kitchen before the potluck, before workshops start for set up, and we need a clean-up crew. If you'd like to volunteer, or if you have questions about the Spelmanstämma, please contact Martha Levenson at scanfiddles@gmail.com.

The complete schedule for Saturday follows.

1–2:15 p.m. Block 1:

• Springleik, taught by Peter Michaelsen. All musicians welcome

• Recorder, instructor to be announced
   

2:15–2:30 p.m. Coffee pause

2:30–3:45 p.m. Block 2:

• Singing, taught by Bart Brashers.

• Orsa Polska, all musicians welcome, taught by Carol Olson.

• Fiddling for Kids of All Ages, all musicians welcome, taught by Martha Levenson
   

3:45–4 p.m.  Coffee Pause

4–5:15 p.m. Block 3:

• Bøda Polska for all musicians, taught by Irene Myers

• Bøda Polska (dance), taught by Jerry Walsh and Judy Patterson

• Nyckelharpa, taught by Anna Abraham
   

5:45p.m. Potluck supper; open dancing to follow

—Martha Levenson