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New Mexico Folk Music & Dance Society • FolkMADS  

 
The New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society - FolkMADS - is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and teaching traditional music and dance. FolkMADS sponsors Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos contra dances, Megabands, concerts, camps, and other special events.

Ongoing Events in Albuquerque and Beyond
Please note that these are not FolkMADS-sponsored events, and information is updated as word gets to us. Check with the contacts listed to verify the event is happening. If you know an event listed here has changed its details or is no more, let us know!

Mondays

Scottish Country Dance-Los Alamos
Contact: Nancy Ullman 505-662-7573 Meetings: Monday nights 7:30-10:00 p.m. Fuller Lodge. Cost: $2 per session. Note: Beginners welcome.

Tuesdays

Los Alamos: International Folk Dancing
7:15-10 p.m., Las Alamos Little Theater, 1670 Nectar Street. Bob and Claudia Hilko, 662-2144 or Carolyn Mills and Rick Wallace, 662-5844

Santa Fe: International Folk Dancing
7-10 p.m., $3, Susan Block, 983-3650; Fred Bender, 982-8426

Wednesdays

International Folk Dancing - ABQ
Teaching 7:00-8:00; Dancing 8:00-10:30 p.m., Lloyd Shaw, 5506 Coal SE, $2, Children free. Beginners and families especially welcome. Call Bob or Charlene for info: 898-3206. (Wednesdays during summer; Fridays during school year.)

(1st and 3rd) Scandinavian Dancing - ABQ
Lloyd Shaw Dance Center , 5506 Coal SE. Contact Craig Olson 345-0689.

Irish Ceili Dance Classes - ABQ
7:30 p.m. German American Club, 4821 Menaul, $2, Norita Callahan, 298-2708. Easy, fun, mildly aerobic. No experience necessary!

Thursdays

Celtic Music Jam at Wild Oats (now Whole Foods) - ABQ
6:30 – 9:30 PM, 1st Thursday of the month at the Wild Oats/Whole Foods store at San Mateo and Academy. Musicians of all skill levels are invited to participate. For information, call Chuck Butler at 293-1421
(chuckjacobbutler@msn.com).

Fridays

Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS) - ABQ
Enchantment Royal Scottish Country Dancers of Albuquerque, NM
Fridays 7:30 p.m. Friends Meeting House, 1600 Fifth NW (corner of 5th and Bellamah NW) Contact Ken Armstrong at 294-0042 for info.
Cost: $5 per session Note: Beginners welcome. For further information, see their website at http://www.losalamos.com/nmrscds/

Corrales: (1st Friday): Folksong Circle
Bring enthusiasm, songbooks, instruments, beverages/snacks, kids, and friends.
Contact Laurie McPherson: 898-6978
Email:  lauriemcpherson@NOSPAMhotmail.com  or lmcpherson@NOSPAMsalud.unm.edu (remove the "NOSPAM" when emailing)

Durango, CO: International Folk
Bill and Debby Widolf, 970-259-5633; Jon and Eileen Rutkowske, 505-336-4172

Los Alamos:
Scandinavian (1st and 3rd), Rick Wallace, 662-5844

Saturdays

Irish Traditional Step Dancing - ABQ
9:30 a.m.-12 noon, Lloyd Shaw Dance Studio 5506 Coal SE Cost: $30/mo. Contact: Beverly Coleman, 866-5867. Note: Beginners can start any time.

Albuquerque: AIFDF, International Folk Dancing
8 p.m. L loyd Shaw Dance Studio 5506 Coal SE , $2; Contact: Bruce Eckhardt 292-8778, Gary Diggs, 293-5343. Beginner teaching every session from 7:00-8:00 PM.

(1st and 3rd Saturdays) Albuquerque: Dulcimer Club
5-6:30 p.m., Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Academy and Moon. Beginners welcome, hammer or mountain dulcimer. 237-2048

Sundays

Albuquerque: SWT&BMA Bluegrass Jam
2 p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 9315 Candelaria NE, 298-3080

Albuquerque: Bluegrass and Acoustic String Jam
Grant Middle School, 1111 Easterday NE, 255-8522

(2nd and 4th Sundays) Albuquerque: Shape Note Singing
Harwood Art Center (7th and Mountain NW). Contact: Lisa Callirhoe or Harlan VanCamp 867-6539. $3.00. No experience necessary.

(2nd Sunday) Santa Fe: Hungarian Dancing
Odd Fellows Hall, Cerrillos Road, Bob Hilko, 662-2144


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