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Poster for 2010 Bulgarian festival

  Poster for 2010 Bulgarian Festival

Poster

Advertising for the 2010 Bulgarian Americans Festival - Sqbor held in a redwood grove in Moraga, California.

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Photos

Some photos taken at local folk dance events, that appeared in various magazines and newspapers.

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Folk Dance Links & Resources

Petaluma Snap-y Dancers makes available mp3 teaching recordings to accompany the dances being learned during each session. There are also a series of links to further informatin on the steps, styling, and cultural aspects of each dance. The information changes from session to session.

Special Notes & Topics - Petaluma area dance groups.     see current list

Current session folk dance list: links, information & videos.      open blog

 

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Reviews of Some Good Books

Bulgarian music & musicians, as told by UCLA's Timothy Rice:  May It Fill Your Soul (1994),   & Music in Bulgaria (2004)

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University of Illinois' Donna Buchanan learns to play the kaval:   Performing Democracy; Bulgarian Music and Musicians in Transition (2006)

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Digitized Folk Dance Music

Petaluma Snap-y Dancers' 25-year collection of nearly 750 audiotape music recordings has now been converted to digital .mp3 format. Copying defects were repaired, clicks and scratches removed, monaural changed to stereo presentation, and the sound levels normalized.

The newly digitized collection is available to all current and former Sonoma County folk dancers and teachers. The associated .pdf files can be downloaded here.

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