SIFD

As all users of Surrey schools, we are being hampered by the teachers’ strike. This is majority causing problems regarding an Open House we advertised and scheduled at Walnut Road Elementary School 16152 – 82^nd Avenue, for September 25th.   This is where we meet Thursdays 7:00-9:00 p.m., to dance a wide variety of dances from around the world. We have an instructor. No partners or costumes are required.

Funding for the support materials distributed regarding this open house came from the City of Surrey’s Cultural Grants Programme for Capacity Building. We were kindly linked by the Arts Council of Surrey to this […]

Surrey International Folk Dancers meet every Thursday Evening, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Walnut Road Elementary School, a school in the Fleetwood area. New dancers are always welcome and there is teaching every week. We dance a wide variety of dances from all over the world. It has been shown that dancing is good exercise for your mind and body.

Our activities for December, 2013 included our Christmas Party which was held on December 12th. Approximately 26 people attended, some wore international costumes and we danced to requests from the dancers. We also had light refreshments.

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We held a free open house on Thursday January 19. A singleton, a couple, and a young family all came to experience folk dance. That evening was bitterly cold and it was extremely cold in the gym as well! That is the first time in the years that we have been dancing there, that we have been cold; on the contrary, we usually get quite hot because of all the exercise. Despite the cold, and to our delight, almost all the new participants returned the following week. So it was, after all, a successful open house.

Last week, on Tuesday, February 7, […]