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Bunny hop? or jenka?

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A while ago I came across this video of Swedish students doing a line dance version of the "jenka" ("jenkka" in Finnish) and noticed how similar the dance is to the American novelty dance, the bunny hop.

So I started looking around for more information. The bunny hop Wikepedia entry links to an article in TIME [...]

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EVENT: Finnskogpols Workshops, April 16-19, 2010

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Skandia Folkdance Society has announed that this year's Springdans Northwest dance and music workshops (April 16-19, 2010) will feature the Finnskogpols (Polsdans from Finnskoga) taught by Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen and Veslemøy Nordset from Norway. Originating in the border area between Sweden and Norway, this dance is embraced by Swedes and Norwegians alike — as [...]

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A 10-minute chronology of ABBA

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Sometimes folks produce some really impressive work on YouTube. One user spent eight months putting together a chronology of sound clips from more than 100 songs released by ABBA during their career.
If you think you "know" ABBA, you may want to think again — and give this video a listen. I was really surprised at [...]

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Finnskogpols: Dancing from the past to the future

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The Norwegian national folk music/dance competition, NM i Folkemusikk 2009, had some unexpected and pleasant surprises, particularly in the Senior Dance competition for regular fiddle.
This year, by the way, there was no Klasse B (Open / Adult class) or Klasse A (Master Class) categories. Most categories were simply split into Junior and Senior.
One of the [...]

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A ball in Sønderho

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There is an island off the southwest coast of Denmark called Fanø.
The town of Sønderho on Fanø has its own dance, Sønderhoning. It is a dance tradition that is hundreds of years old. Originally a dance for sailors and their women, the movement of the dance seems to mimic the roll of a ship upon the waves.
Musically, [...]

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