A dance event where everyone can join in, featuring live music.

Bal Folk with Trio Loubelya (F) and Zéphyr Combo

A Bal Folk is a casual dance event with live music where everyone can join in. It originated in France but has become hugely popular across Europe among all generations. A Bal Folk is an ideal introduction to the world of dance. Many circle, couple, and line dances—such as the Chapelloise, Cercle Circassien, waltz, mazurka, Scottish dance, bourrée, branles, hanterdro, gavotte, and more—can be danced without any prior experience.
Workshops 4:00–6:00 p.m.
1. Workshops for musicians—please contact gdedapper@gmail.com for sheet music and recordings; well-known session tunes and arranging. All instruments welcome.
Location: Zürcher Oberland Music School next to the Wetzikon Garage. Meet at the garage.
2. Dance workshop for Bal Folk beginners at the garage.

6:00 PM Dinner break, bar, and potluck buffet
7:00 PM Bal Folk with Trio Lubelya
9:00 p.m. Bal Folk with Zéphyr Combo
Trio Loubelya: Trio Loubelya’s bal folk is at once intimate and expressive, virtuosic, rousing, and moving. Just like the bond that has developed among its members from bal to bal on the streets of Europe.The refined sound of the accordion sets the stage for a musical interplay in which the clarinet and saxophones—sometimes subtle, sometimes playful—challenge the rich depth of the double bass.
https://loubelya.fr/

Zéphyr Combo: Zéphyr Combo—Ball of the Winds. Zéphyr Combo’s music colorfully blends Bal Folk with chanson, fiery Gypsy sounds, and jazz. Original arrangements of traditional tunes complement the group’s virtuoso original compositions. Performances are possible as a quartet or trio. Geert also enjoys performing a solo piano set before or after the main set. Dances: Scottish, polka, mazurka, Cercle circassien, Chapelloise, waltz, odd-step waltz, Scottish impaire, An Dro, Hanter Dro, bourrée, Rosenwalzer, Valse écossaise, Cost ar C’hoat, Rond de St Vincent, Rondo enchaîne…
Places where we’ve played, among others: Boombal Gentse Feesten, New Year’s Eve in Herk-de-Stadt, Boombal Antwerp (B), Trad’hivernales, Morimont (F), Folkfest Hohnstein, Tanzfest Leipzig, Sylvester Kassel, Tanzfest Halberstadt, Regensburg, Spreefolk (D), Vertanzt, Tanz im Moos (CH)<http://www.zephyrcombo.ch> www.zephyrcombo.ch Video Bal Folk Winterthur:<https://zephyrcombo.ch/?js_albums=face-a-lorage-bal-folk>https://zephyrcombo.ch/?js_albums=face-a-lorage-bal-folk


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