First and Third Fridays of each month
TIME:: Teaching 7:30 - 8:30, Open dancing 8:30 - 11:00
LOCATION: Cedar Valley Grange, 20526-52nd Ave. West, Lynnwood Yahoo Map
Skandia members, $7; nonmembers, $10; kids, free
Skolkis at First Friday Dance, June 7
At 7:30, Frank Brown and Elaine Murakami will offer a beginners’ workshop—“If you can walk, you can dance”—featuring easy mixers and a simple partner turning dance. Bring your left-footed (two) friends for a fun evening of beginner dancing. Skolkis will play for the for your evening dancing pleasure, and Peter Michaelsen visit from his new hometown to play a few tunes at the break.
—Frank Brown Skandia Music Committee
Nordic Exposure at Third Friday Dance,
June 21
Don and Kathi will teach Mellparing at 7:30. At 8:30, Nordic Exposure, with Jeff and Jane (fiddle and accordion) plus Karen and Laurie (flute and fiddle), will welcome the summer solstice with their lively gammaldans, mixers, and a few bygdedans to start the summer off right! There will be an allspel at the break. Bring your fiddles and other musical noisemakers.
—Frank Brown Skandia Music Committee
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.
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Fifth Friday Dance, May 31
The Fifth Friday Dance resumes on Friday, May 31. Need a review of the Polska fran Finnskoga, which was taught at Springdans? Jerry Walsh and Judy Patterson teach a review of this challenging dance at 7:30, and music for dancing starts at 8:30 p.m., with North and South (Martha Levenson and Leslie Foley) bringing on the polskor and more! The evening continues with Bill Boyd and friends. The Fifth Friday Dance is held at the Episcopal Church located at 1805 38th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122.
—Martha Levenson
Directions to Epiphany Chapel......
From Highway 520, take the Montlake exit, cross 24th St to Lake Washington Blvd, and drive through the Arboretum. Cross Madison at the light and continue to 32nd Ave (marked by a yellow fire light). Turn right on 32nd; go down the hill past Martin Luther King Jr. School, and up the other side. At the “Do Not Enter” sign, take a sharp left turn uphill onto East Denny Way. At the top of the hill (34th Ave), bear left. The church is on the right side of Denny between 37th and 38th Aves; the address is 1805 38th Ave. The dance hall is on the second floor. Take the walkway past the church parking lot, and go to the second building on your left. Yahoo Map