Vallja e Dados, Albanian, July 23, 2021. A Dance from Our Hit Parade

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Hi dancers, On July 23, 2021, we're taking another look at Our Hit Parade, a collection of our 34 most popular dances - based on the number of times they were played during a year of dancing.  Today's dance is number 10, the Dance of the Nanny. Vallja e Dados  Albania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwsuL19zOds Korce, Albania (Jim Gold International & Traditat Kulturore Shqiptare) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ZU5jf6aEQ Korce  (Barde Pojani teaching; presented byJim Gold.) This is a Pogonishte-type dance from the area around Kolonje and Permet in southern Albania in the Tosk region.  The dance is also spelled Valle e Dados.  Korce is next to Kolonje.    Music only, the version we use, by Aleks Xhelili: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6EMnFHLVI Steve Kotansky leading: https://www.facebook.com/Clemson-International-Folk-Dance-108544302550861/videos/steve-kotansky-leading-the-dance-valle-e-dados-albanian-at-mountain-playshop-201/1661211857284090/ This is not Valle e Dados but worth watching:  Osman Taka  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26HVUHRuuk Osman Taka was a 19th century guerrilla fighter who escaped execution by dancing, unfortunately not for long.  It is also a traditional dance of the Cham people of Albania that requires strength and agility to form a bridge.   Almost sixteen minutes of  Aleks Zhelili at a festival in Albania.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKaFaQyr-8 The modern Albanian alphabet is based on an extended Latin alphabet which was introduced in 1908. It consists of 36 letters some of which were adapted to represent Albanian sounds. Before that, Albanian was written using the Greek alphabet, the Cyrillic alphabet, and the Turkish version of the Arabic alphabet.    Permet, Kolonje, and Korce are in the southeast. From ephotopix.com Please contact us, but use only these addresses:  katiamu...@yahoo.com To contact Tom:  tsw...@aol.com To contact Rick:  rick...@gmail.com A reminder from your dance club: Replying to this email address will not  work because it's only for outgoing messages.            However, IFDCD members can communicate  with the membership group by using this address: international-folk-dance...@googlegroups.com   (You have to be on the list to receive messages.) Please note that the video content of our  online dances does not originate with our  group, is always credited to its sources, and  is for educational purposes only.  We also credit explanatory information from outside sources. Please support our sources. From the New York Times  On Thursday, July 22, 2021, we had 82 new cases  with a weekly average of 302. Compared to two weeks ago: New cases: +215% 317 hospitalizations: +8% 5 deaths: +29% The risk level for sixteen counties including Oakland  and Wayne is high. One county is at extremely high risk.  All the other counties are moderate, low or unknown.  Macomb and Washtenaw are moderate. Michigan's fully vaccinated rate is 48%. For people over age 65, it is 81%. As of July 20, 2021, the Delta variant is in 21 counties. (MI Covid  Response Data and Modeling Update,  July 21, 2021)

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