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