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VDR Weekly Dance Party #304 - Friday, Jan 16 2026
This Week's Friday Dance Party - 7:30pm-11:00pm-ish (Central)
Post Dance Discussion - 11:00pm-ish-until
Reminder
January 2026 After-Party (#67)
Join VDR's After-Party - Sat/Sun - Jan 17/18 - 8:15pm(ish)-3:00am (Central)
Post Dance Discussion - 3:00am-ish-until - see below
Subscribe to the VDR / DCFF / EDC Newsletter!
https://virtualdanceroom.net/subscribe/
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VDR Monthly After-Party #68 - Saturday/Sunday, Jan 17/18
Dance
Party - 8:15pm(ish)-3:00am(ish) (Central)
Post Dance Discussion - 3:00am(ish)-until
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Attend
and Donate to the VDR Fundraiser!
Your contributions help us produce
weekly, monthly and special events.
Click the
GREEN button (below)
to donate. VDR sessions are free. However we request & appreciate donations to offset operating costs including Zoom fees, internet/telecom charges, rent,
equipment replacement/repair, musician/instructor honoraria, insurance, etc. We suggest $10 per participant per event, or best effort as you can afford.
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Fred Bear invites Joyce to Czech out these links to IFD Events and Save
The Dates!
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Upcoming Special Event Reminders
(See Calendar for Details -
https://virtualdanceroom.net/calendar/)
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Jan 16-17 (Fri-Sat) 40th Annual Golden Festival in Astoria, NY
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Jan/17 (Sat) - California Global Dance Party - Theme "Florida Workshop"
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Jan 17/18 (Sat/Sun) - Dance More at VDR's After-Party - Theme TBA
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Jan 23-25 (Fri-Sun) Madison (WI) Folk Ball Festival - workshops w/Lee Otterholt, lots of Live Music for Dance Parties
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Jan 23-24 (Fri-Sat) VDR Zooms Madison (WI) Folk Ball Festival Parties
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Jan 26 (Mon) Fox Valley (Appleton) Dance Workshop w/Lee Otterholt
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Jan 30-Feb 1 (Fri-Sun) - Stockton Winter Weekend - Workhops+Parties
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Jan 30 (Fri) - National Virtual Friday Group Dance Party for Stockton Winter Weekend (Greenbelt, Argonne, L.I.F.E. Balkan) - (5:00pm-1:00am CST)
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Jan 31 (Sat) - VDR Hosts a Virtual "Morning-After" Dance Party for Stockton Winter Weekend on Zoom (10am-1pm CST)
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Feb 1 (Sun) - VDR Hosts a Virtual "Morning-After" Dance Party for Stockton Winter Weekend on Zoom (10am-1pm CST)
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Feb 14 (Sat) - Annual St Sava International Evening (Festival) - Milwaukee
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Feb 20-22 (Fri-Sun) - SNOPA! - Twin Cities-MN International Folkdance Weekend - at Camp Saint Croix in Hudson, WI!
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Feb 21 (Sat) - California Global Dance Party - Theme TBA
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Feb 21/22 (Sat/Sun) - Dance More at VDR's After-Party - Theme TBA
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Mar 21 (Sat) - California Global Dance Party - Theme TBA
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Mar 21/22 (Sat/Sun) - Dance More at VDR's After-Party - Theme TBA
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Mar 20-21 (Sat-Sun) - 68th Annual San Antonio Folklife & Dance Festival
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Apr 11 (Sat) - Fox Valley (Appleton) Dance Workshop & Party with Dan Garvin teaching and live music for evening dance party TBA
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Apr 18 (Sat) - California Global Dance Party - Theme TBA
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Apr 18/19 (Sat/Sun) - Dance More at VDR's After-Party - Theme TBA
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Jun 11-14 (Th-Su) June Camp at Lake Forest Academy (No. Chicago Suburb) with Caspar Bik teaching, live music for parties by June Camp Trio (Tom Pixton, et.al.)
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TENTATIVELY - July 9-12 (Thu-Sun) - 47th Annual Door County Folk Festival in Sturgeon Bay, WI
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Stockton Winter Weekend is coming...
January 30-February 1, 2026
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Comprehensive Lists of many Virtual and In-Person Folk Dance Events
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Fred Bear Suggests You Czech Out The
VDR Event List!
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VDR's monthly After-Party (3rd Saturdays) features hordes of globally-based
dance leaders and musicians
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Next VDR After-Party
Saturday/Sunday, January 17/18, 2026
8:15pm-3:00am-ish Central
New Theme: TBA
The VDR's 3rd Saturday After-Party (follows California's Global Dance
Party, at around 8:15pm-ish Central), and ends around 3:00am Sunday morning.
The
After-Party features dance sets hosted by about 20 selected dance leaders and musicians from around the world.
Our stable of live musicians includes: Tom Pixton, Shirley Johnson, Don Weeda,
Bill Cope & Company (Music Without Borders), Vlade Rokvic (Serbian), The All Girl Band, Angel Dobrev (Grupa Verea, Bulgarian), Melissa Miller & Lew Smith (Sviraci), John Parrish, Clara Byom, Jason Ottman, Jo Ann Gentry & Company (Balkan Allspice), Jim Little,
Chris Barnes, Jay Mc Crensky (Machaya Klezmer), Slavadillo, Balkanski Bus (Sydney, Australia), Victor Robin and Bruce Sagan.
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What's happening in the VDR?
Click Image Below to View what goes on in VDR events and who's on the VDR
Team, Including Dance Hosts, Musicians, Announcers, MCs, Spotlighters, etc.
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May we have this dance please?
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We'd love to see more interaction between our hosts, musicians and participants
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To that end, we invite participants to play a more active role by:
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Requesting dances to be taught, led or played by our various hosts
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So what can we do to entice participants to submit requests?
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How about this?
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Visit the newly updated and easier to use VDR Online Request List
https://virtualdanceroom.net/requests
Move to the next available open request row
Enter your request and comments (request to teach, play, etc.)
Enter your name & email (optional)
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We'll monitor this Online Request List and schedule accordingly
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We'll continue to leave places in Set 500 open for your requests
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In Zoom, please send your requests via Chat to the "Music Hall"
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New Subscribers, please register online for security reasons (minimal contact info)
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Name & Email (required) - City-State/Province/Country (optional)
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New subscribers will be added to the VDR email list:
We ask you at login to: (optional):
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If you prefer anonymity please use a consistent Nickname so that we recognize you as a 'legitimate' Participant/Subscriber.
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46th Annual Door County Folk Festival
We had a FANTASTIC 2025 Door County Folk Festival (July 11-13, 2025) at
MUSE Sturgeon Bay in Sturgeon Bay, WI (a fabulous new location)
More Later
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We had a GREAT 2024 Door County Folk Festival at Egg Harbor, WI (July
12-14, 2024)
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Download free materials from DCFF-2024
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We've opened registration for the 46th Annual Door County Folk Festival, Friday-Sunday, July 11-13, 2025 in at MUSE Sturgeon Bay, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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The Door County Folk Festival (DCFF) is one of the most fun-filled and enjoyable recreational and educational dance weekends in the Midwest.
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Each year, the DCFF attracts hundreds of participants to Door County, Wisconsin, from all around North America and beyond.
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DCFF 2025 runs from Friday, July 11th through Sunday, July 13th and continues a tradition of enjoyable, July weekends where one can dance, sing, play, learn, share experiences, eat, party and make new friends in a congenial, relaxed, community atmosphere. Workshops,
parties and seminars feature some of the best leaders, teachers, callers, singers, musicians and orchestras from the Midwest and beyond.
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If you're unable to join us in person, consider attending virtually (via Zoom). The Virtual Dance Room (VDR) plans to broadcast events from MUSE's Main Hall and Green Room.
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MUSE's Main Hall features early morning square/contra/round dance sessions, ethnic dance workshops, BYO social hours and dance parties and an early Saturday afternoon culture session about Southern Door County's Belgian community led by Marc Kotz.
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MUSE's Green Room features singing workshops (Bruce Sagan), early Saturday afternoon virtual (Zoom) culture sessions led by Daniela Nyberg and Marvin Moehle and Ethnic Dance-101 sessions where various instructors will present and lead dances that are easily
accessible to those with little or no experience in ethnic dance.
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Each evening kicks off at 7pm with a BYO (bring your own) social hour hosted by various leaders. The evening continues at 8pm with dancing to live and recorded music. Live music provided
by Orkestar Izvor of Milwaukee (Friday & Saturday), Bruce Sagan and possibly other musicians TBA.
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