DanceFlurry Organization

connecting/inspiring through traditional music and dance

Newsletters

2011 DanceFlurry Newsletter - includes President's Message, What's Coming Up at the 2012 Flurry, An Uplifting Feat: The Great DanceFlurry Floor Project, The Flurry Roots Band: A History of the Festival Finale, The Flurry Festival: Growing Better Year by Year, and Festival Memories.

2010 DanceFlurry Newsletter - DFO News and Notes - about the Flurry Festival, the Adirondack Dance Weekend, the DFO Web Site Upgrade, Youth Initiatives, DFO Outreach Activities and DFO Finances. How I Got Started - the theme of this newsletter - how we got started dancing, playing music, calling. Looking Back With Bill Matthiesen - a capsule summary of Bill's fascinating career as a musician, dancer, organizer and president of the DFO. Flurry Festival 2011 Performer Highlights. Making Connections Behind-the-Scenes - a summary of some of Don Bell's contributions to the DFO. Keepers of the Dance - a tribute to dance series organizers, all the work they do and why they do it. DFO’s New President: Jen Brown. Meet the New DFO Board Members. Who’s Who with the DFO Dance Series - an appreciation and listing of current DFO dance series organizers.

2009 DanceFlurry Newsletter - Read about the rich history of talented performer and Flurry Festival program director Peter Davis in the third annual issue of the DanceFlurry newsletter. Also: DFO Web Site Upgrade, DFO Committee Reaches Out, Starting a New Contra Dance (almost) from Scratch by Bill Schwarz, Tennis Ball Massage by by Elizabeth Gibbons, Board News, Upcoming DFO Events.

2008 DanceFlurry Newsletter - President’s Message by Bill Matthiesen, Service Award Presentations, Patti Melita —Shooting Star, Local Hero by Don Bell, Images of the Flurry by Lawrence White, The Realm of the Possible by Peter Davis, Rueda de Casino: The Cuban Salsa Wheel by Kerri Vaughn, The Value of Volunteering by Bill Matthiesen, A Treasure Trove of Dance by Judith Fiore.

2007 DanceFlurry Newsletter - President’s Message by Bill Matthiesen, Interview with Paul Rosenberg by Don Bell, Keep On Swingin’ by Joshua Fialkoff, Can’t We All Just Dance Together? by Audrey Seidman, Book Review by Don Bell: Dancing In the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich, A Brief History of the Adirondack Dance Weekend by Peter Stix, New Contra Dance in Glens Falls by Bill Schwarz, 2008 Flurry Festival – What’s Up? by Peter Davis, Contra Dancing in Costa Rica by Emil Jarczynski.


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