Links to other dance sources
Dance Descriptions
Descriptions from Recreational Folk Dancing
Descriptions from Folk Dance Federation
Dick Oakes' folk dance website
The Dunav Folk Dance Database
(Balkan)
Bohemian National Polka (Richard Powers)
Miss deJersey's Memorial & other English dances
Places to Dance
Irish Ceili Dancing at the Starry Plough
The Mandala
Allegro Ballroom
Bay Area Country Dance Society
The Santa Cruz Monterey Country Dancers
The Ashkenaz
Canyon (CA) contra dances monthly.
Vintage Dance: Friday Night Waltz, Alameda & Palo Alto
Dance Camps and Festivals
Balkan Music & Dance Workshop
(June, Mendocino, CA)
Mendocino Folklore Camp
(June, Mendocino, CA)
Razzmatazz Folk Dance Camp
(June, Mendocino, CA)
Scandia Camp
(June, Mendocino, CA)
Barátság Hungarian Music and Dance Camp
(July, Mendocino, CA)
Bay Area Country Dance Society's American Dance and Music Week
(July, Mendocino, CA)
Bay Area Country Dance Society's English Dance Week
(July, Mendocino, CA)
Lark Camp
(July/August, Mendocino, CA)
Camp Swing
(October, Mendocino, CA)
Stockton Folk Dance Camp
(July/August, Stockton, CA)
Ti Ti Tabor Hungarian Music and Dance Camp
(August, WA)
Arcata International Folk Dance Festival
(bi-annual, Arcata, CA)
California Statewide Folk Dance Festival
(CA)
Camellia International Folk Dance Festival (Sacramento, CA)
Kolo Festival
(Thanksgiving weekend, San Francisco, CA)
Performance Groups/Bands
Brave Old World
Jubilee American Dance Theatre
Dance Ensemble Budapest
Nordahl Grieg Leikarring & Spelemannslag
Tamburitzans
Westwind International Folk Ensemble
Dance and Music Performance Venues
The Ashkenaz
The Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
Organizations and Other Random Resources
Folk Dance Federation of California
Dance links Galore
More Dance links
Folkthings
Folk Alliance
Bay Area Country Dance Society
East European Folklife Center
The Santa Cruz Monterey Country Dancers
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
The American Nyckelharpa Association
Folk Dance in San Diego
North Bay Country Dance Society
folkmusic.org
Richard's Web Tunesearch
American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
The Patrin Web Journal.
A very interesting site about Roma (Gypsies)
Voice of Roma
A California-based organization dedicated to Romani issues.
Country Dance and Song Society
slavonicweb.org
The Slavonic Cultural Center of San Francisco
Steve Allen's Dance Index Page
Scandinavius; Music and Dance
Patty's Norske Bunader
Norwegian folk costumes
Dirty Linen, the Magazine of Folk and World Music
Southern California folk dance events (and more)
Como Bailar Dance Directory
Contains links to various dance-related sites.
Music and Videos
International Folk Dance Video List
The Dunav Folk Dance Database
(Balkan music+video)
Balkan Folk Dances
(Balkan music)
www.folkdans.se
(mostly Scandinavian videos)
Congress of Vienna Waltz music
TV and Radio
Folk Music & Beyond (on KALW, 91.7 FM)
Books on Folk Dancing
International Folk Dancing, USA
by Betty Casey
Polish Folk Dances and Songs: A Step-by-Step Guide
by
Ada Dziewanowska
The Complete Book of Square Dancing
by Betty Casey
Newsgroups
rec.music.folk
rec.folk-dancing