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Chicago Winter Dance Festival

  • COLOR CLUB 4146 North Elston Avenue Chicago, IL, 60618 United States (map)

Let's celebrate the New Year by meeting up for our Chicago Winter Dance Festival on Friday, January 5, 2024 - 7pm-11pm

(sorry for the short notice) - see attached pdf announcement for the interesting details)

Clara Byom (an amazing Accordionist/Vocalist from Albuquerque, NM) told me she would be in Chicago in early January

She and I discussed the possibility of her playing for the VDR for some in person dancing

So, I conjured up the idea of a Winter Dance Festival, once we got to the OK to use the Color Club's big ballroom for the event

So, we're inviting all of you ethnic dance and music enthusiasts to attend this fabulous in-person event

(we also invite our usual Friday Night Zoomers to attend online)

I've expanded the concept of Clara playing live for the Friday dance into a "Winter Dance Festival" reaching out to many folks

see attached announcement - this will be updated on the VDR website as the program gets more developed

https://virtualdanceroom.net/winterdance/

This event was planned very quickly and on short notice after I got the OK to use the Color Club's 2nd floor ballroom

our guest musicians will play live music sets throughout the evening

Clara Byom (Accordion), Danny Wallenberg (Accordion), Vlade Rokvic (Accordion)

our guest dance leaders will teach 1 dance each during the evening

Stanislav Ivanov (Bulgarian), Milan Andrijanic (Serbian), Ruben Pachas (Peruvian), Nina Lusterman (Evanston Group), Paul Collins (VDR/EDC)

we'll play recorded music in between live music sets

Please Spread the word and forward this email and attachment to your ethnic dance and music loving friends and get together some car pools to come to Chicago's Color Club

when: Friday January 5, 2024 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm

what to bring: please bring food/snacks, beverages and your enthusiasm to share

where in-person: Color Club (former Latvian Center), 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Elston is NW Diag - Hamlin is 3800 W - plenty of street parking

where online: https:virtualdanceroom.net/letsdance/

Directions to the Color Club: 

Exit at Irving Park Rd (4000 N, Illinois Route 19) & Pulaski Rd (4000 N) exit on I-90/94 (Kennedy Expressway) 

continue from exit to Irving Park Rd (IL Route 19)

turn East on Irving Park Rd and continue East to Hamlin (3800 W) - 2nd light

turn Left on Hamlin (3800 W) and proceed N to Elston Ave (NW diagonal)

look for street parking on Hamlin or on Elston - some spots are free and some are metered, but meters stop at 9pm

also some free street parking on Avers (1 block W of Hamlin)

NOTE: Most metered spots come with a two-hour maximum parking time limit. Please check the signs to confirm as times do vary. At 10 pm (sometimes earlier), residential zone parking meters are suspended till 8 am.

if there is interest we'll plan for an after-party somewhere - but you gotta let me know (yes or no) now if you're interested in this

MyCell/Voice/Text: 847-846-8139 - Email: pcollins@ethnicdance.net

Hope you're able to attend.

Thanks...

Sincerely,

Your Virtual Dance Room Host,

Paul Collins

Earlier Event: November 4
UCHICAGO DIA DE MUERTOS - MECHA
Later Event: January 6
HERMANOS PERUANO EN CHICAGO