Laguna Folk Dance Festival 2020
March 6 – 8, 2020
The Laguna Folk Dance Festival
Southern California’s premier folk dance festival! Dance workshops with master teachers, parties with live music, sing-alongs to live music, the famous Sunday Dance Concert, catered food… what’s not to like?
Download an article about the 2019 Laguna Folk Dance Festival below, and know that the next Laguna Folk Dance Festival will be held March 6-8, 2020 in Clubhouse 2 in Laguna Woods.
It will be the 50th ANNIVERSARY of the festival and it will be a very special event!
DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT REGISTRATION FOR PASSPORTS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT OR FOR THE SATURDAY TEACHING. YOU CAN STILL BUY TICKETS FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY, THE SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY AND ALL DAY SUNDAY, AND YOU CAN ORDER MEALS.
Our Teachers
Yves Moreau
Aaron Alpert
Plus cameo teaching appearances by
former Laguna Folk Dance Festival teachers:
Tom Bozigian
Lee Otterholt
LAGUNA FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL – 50 YEARS YOUNG!
The 2020 Laguna Folk Dance Festival will be held March 6-8, 2020 and it will be the 50th anniversary, so this festival will be a doozy! Legendary YVES MOREAU (who taught at our 25th Festival and will be teaching mostly Bulgarian dances, as usual) is already confirmed as one of the main teachers, as is young and energetic AARON ALPERT who will be teaching Israeli dances. There will also be CAMEO appearances by former Laguna Festival teachers TOM BOZIGIAN and LEE OTTERHOLT. And the National Folk Organization (NFO) will be holding its annual conference in conjunction with the festival, so many dance leaders from all over the United States will be there.
The Festival will, as always, include dancing to LIVE MUSIC (three bands: Madison Avenue Folk, Sans Frontieres and Zimzala) Friday night, workshops all day Saturday, a very happy Happy Hour (with dancing to 50’s style pop and rock music!) and a gala dinner that evening followed by dancing to live music with MIAMON MILLER and band, then reviews Sunday morning, a concert after lunch (catered meals are available onsite both Saturday and Sunday so you don’t have to leave the beautiful clubhouse where we dance), and again dancing to live music Sunday afternoon.
If you are coming from out of town, you can book rooms at the nearby Ayres Hotel at a discounted rate. The Ayres Hotel is a short walking distance from the festival venue.
Also, as always, our popular SING-ALONGS will be led by the always-cheerful MICHAEL LAWSON and the Southern California Lifetime Achievement Award will, for the 5th time, be awarded to a worthy recipient who has made an exceptional contribution to the Southern California folk dance scene.
If you play an instrument, bring it along. There will be a room set aside for spontaneous jam sessions and possibly a chance to play along with Michael and Miamon during the singalongs.
There will be a display of historic photos from previous Laguna Festivals. If you have some photos to share, please bring them.
In honor of our 50th anniversary every participant will also receive a charming, complimentary souvenir of the event to remember this certainly very memorable event by.
And, if you can stay an extra day, we will DANCE ON THE BEACH on the Monday after the festival – a very unique experience not many other festivals can offer!
DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WE CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT REGISTRATION FOR PASSPORTS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT OR FOR THE SATURDAY TEACHING. YOU CAN STILL BUY TICKETS FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY, THE SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY AND ALL DAY SUNDAY.
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