Folklife NW

Sun, 25 May 2008 23:59:59 -800

The Scottish Country Dance demo team was invited to perform at this year's
Folklife NW festival,
so I carpooled up to Seattle with the Gertzes to wear my kilt and dance
around a bit! Folklife is a 4-day festival in Seattle that features many
many different kinds of folk dancing, dance lessons, music from all over the
world, ethnic food, etc. It was awesome--I practiced Scottish and Irish
dancing, learned that Contra dancing is very similar to Scottish and Irish
and that I therefore could participate in them without too much confusion,
and towards the end I took some lessons in Lindy Hop and Western Swing.
Perhaps I'll try picking them up later this year back in Portland, though
the Irish stuff has given me plenty to learn about.