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, Guests $10
First Friday dance, February 3
Please join us at the Cedar Valley Grange for Vinterdansen, 8–11 p.m. No teaching before the dance. Admission: Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $13.
This special celebration of music and dancing begins at 8 p.m., when the Metro Gnomes take the stage. Frank Brown, Trella Hastings, Deb Kosche, Donna Luce, Dave Mullens, Greta Steed, and Laurel Stone will present a lively and
varied program, including mixer dances for socializing and a fine blend of gammaldans and bygdedans tunes.
Mid evening, Weatherproof (Bill Boyd, Bob Hamilton, Mary Nelson, Leslie Foley, and Gina Boyd) will take you to where no dancer has ever gone before. Practice your moves to an array of joyous tunes for dancers of all skill levels, and expect an infusion of good feelings from great music.
Talented cooks and bakers, we will welcome your contributions of tasty snacks or a favorite dessert.
For a list of Vinterdansen weekend events click here.
Third Friday dance, January 20
The Third Friday dance on January 20 begins with a Family Dance (see separate write-up). Open dancing begins at 8:30 p.m.; no dance teaching. Mad Fiddlu plays first, and the Seattle Skandia Spelmanslag rounds out the evening.
—Martha Levenson
January Family Dance
Flyer
Come join the merriment as children’s laughter, smiles, and dancing feet fill the Cedar Valley Grange Hall on Friday, January 20, for the Skandia Family Dance! The party will begin at 6 p.m. with pizza, salad, and drinks (as long as supplies last) for those coming directly from work or school. Young and old alike will learn a traditional craft, and in other corners of the room, traditional Scandinavian instruments will be available so little ones can experience the magical sounds up close. Kids also will have the
opportunity to color Scandinavian-themed pages of
costumes, trolls, and Vikings.
At 7 p.m., musicians will lead the party-goers upstairs, where experienced and welcoming instructors will lead the group in enthusiastic participatory dancing. Dances will be geared for everyone ages 4 and up—no dance experience is necessary! So bring your children, grandchildren, nieces/nephews, or neighborhood kids and experience an evening that will surely bring a smile to your face. See you at
the Cedar Valley Grange! Contact Silje Sodal at
SiljeS@skandia-folkdance.org if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.
—Silje Sodal
Third Friday dance, February 17
Shake off the winter chill by dancing to the fine music of the Nordleik duo (Ken Embrey and Jane Landstra) on
February 17. They are coming over from Poulsbo to play a wide variety of tunes for your dancing pleasure.
Teaching is from 7:30, with the dancing to begin at 8:30, at the Cedar Valley Grange in Lynnwood. Enjoy a lovely gammaldans lesson from a teacher to-be-named; Check back on this Skandia Web site for updated information.
—Trella Hastings
Advance notice:
No Third Friday dance in April (4/20/2012) due to conflict with Springdans 2012.
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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No Fifth Friday Dance currently scheduled
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