2025 Arrangementer (Events)

Dances

*Friday, September 5, 7:30–10:30 p.m. 

Skandia First Friday Dance, 7:30–10:30 p.m., Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA. $15; $10 for Skandia members. Info: www.skandia-folkdance.org. Harry Khamis and Lisa Brooks will teach the “national dance of Sweden,” the hambo. This beautiful dance has a special svikt (gentle down-up motion) and wonderful music that supports the movement of the dance. Tinnfelen will play for this dance. Their instruments feature hardingfeles, along with several other instruments. They will fill the hall with sound, as this is one of our larger groups.

*Friday, September 19, 7:30–10:30 p.m. 

Skandia Third Friday Dance, 7:30–10:30 p.m., Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave W, Lynnwood, WA. $15; $10 for Skandia members. Info: www.skandia-folkdance.org. Kelly and Nancy will teach Hyfs, a dance from Föllinge, Sweden. This fun and energetic dance is done to polka music. It starts off with a stigvals-type step in both directions, then moves to a bakmes similar to Kall, also in both directions! The musicians will be our visitors from Finland, who are here for Stämma: Marianne Maans and Pekka Pentikäinen. You will not want to miss this opportunity to dance to these superb multi-talented and fun musicians.

Classes

*New monthly dance Sundays at the Swedish Club 

This fall, Skandia and the Swedish Club will co-sponsor Nordic dances after the Sunday pancake breakfasts at the Swedish Club. The dances will be 1–3 p.m. on September 7, October 5, (not in November), December 7, and January 4. The dances will be fun and easy, including waltz, schottis, mixers, hambo, and telegangar. Some short teaching sessions (mixers, Rørospols) will be interspersed through the afternoon. Local musicians will play beautiful live music.

The focus is on beginners; advanced dancers are also welcome. Singles and couples are welcome. We will change partners frequently, and anybody can do either role. Bring clean shoes to change into, with smooth soles and low, flat heels for easy turning. If you don’t have dance shoes, we have dance socks to help you turn easily.  The cost will be $10. Come and eat, then dance! Swedish Club, Svea room (main floor), 1920 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA.

Stay tuned for more information in the September newsletter, or check Skandia’s website (www.skandia-folkdance.org) for updates. Send any questions to lisa@hambo.us
or (206) 258-2580.

*Free Monday beginner Scandinavian class

The free Monday beginner Scandinavian dance class continues at Phinney, then returns to University Heights. The class goes from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays. It will be at the Phinney Neighborhood Center September (not 1), 8, and 15, and then will be at the University Heights Center on September 22 and 29, continuing until December 8 (not Nov 24). It’s free!  The focus is on beginners; advanced dancers are welcome, as well. Singles and couples are welcome.

We change partners frequently, and anybody can do either role. We will cover basic turning skills and variants of waltz, pivot, schottis, hambo, and other lovely couple turning dances, as well as fun mixers. You are welcome to ask to work on specific dances.  Bring clean shoes to change into, with smooth soles and low, flat heels for easy turning. If you don’t have dance shoes, we have dance socks to help you turn easily. Show up any time; there’s no need to pre-register. Vaccines and masks are encouraged.

Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle (the upper, blue building, room 2). Take the #5 bus or park in a PNA lot.  

University Heights Center, (near the UW), 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, room 209 (top floor, north side). There is plenty of parking by the building. Text (206) 258-2580 if you need the code to get in. Send any questions to lisa@hambo.us or (206) 258-2580.

*Wednesday Nordic dance classes in September

Nancy and Kelly will teach on September 3, 10, 17, and 24. They will teach dances done at the Friday parties, with review of dances taught recently or to be taught. You may request dances to be taught, as well. Singles and couples are welcome. We change partners frequently, and anybody can do either role. The class is 7–9 p.m. at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle (the upper, blue building, room 1). Take the #5 bus or park in a PNA lot.

The cost is $30 for Skandia members and $35 for nonmembers for the four-week series ($12/$10 for one-class drop-in).  Bring clean shoes to change into, with smooth soles and low, flat heels for easy turning. Show up any day; there’s no need to pre-register. Vaccines and masks are encouraged. Send questions to lisa@hambo.us or (206) 258-2580.

Music Events

*Skandia First Saturday Zoom Jam, September 6, 10 a.m. to noon PDT. 

To join the jam, please fill out this September Jam Registration Form. Your Zoom link will appear in the response you get when you submit the form. Please make sure to save the response, as it will not automatically save. All instruments and voices are welcome! Feel free to browse the Box.com folder, where we keep notes to most of the tunes that we play. Info: www.skandia-folkdance.org.

*Skandia Third Saturday live jam, September 20, 10 a.m.–noon. 

Practice up in preparation for Skandia’s Spelmansstämma! Join everyone for Skandia’s Third Saturday live jam with Bill and Gina Boyd, 10 a.m.–12 noon at 7728 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117. For more information, contact Gina at (206) 817-5792 or email music@skandia-folkdance.org. All instruments and voices are welcome! Bring your favorite tunes. Masks are no longer required at Skandia indoor events. However, please take care.

If you are feeling sick, don’t come. If you’ve been exposed to COVID, don’t come. Thank you for keeping everyone healthy. Info: www.skandia-folkdance.org.

*Concert by Marianne Maans and Pekka Pentikäinen, September 20

Fun, fabulous, Finnish folk musicians! 7:30 p.m., Phinney Center Concert Hall, brick building. Doors open at 7 p.m.; concert begins at 7:30. Advance tickets: $26; $24 for SFS/PNA/Skandia members, seniors, and students; $10 for youth to age 17. Adult tickets are $2 more at the door, cash, check or credit card. Ticket link:  
www.konnectclub.com/#!event!eventId=289172095089. Co-sponsored by Seattle Folklore and Skandia Folkdance Societies.

*Skandia Spelmansstämma 

With Finnish musicians Marianne Maans and Pekka Pentikäinen, September 21, 1–9:30 p.m. at the home of the Noyes family, 6618 196th St SE, Snohomish, WA. Music and dance workshops, 1–5:15 p.m. Potluck dinner,, 5:30 p.m. Evening dance party, 7–9:30 p.m. Pricing and more info: www.skandia-folkdance.org/stemma--dance-workshops.html.