Home
Site index
About
Dance calendar
Dance courses
Noticeboard
Dance reports
Techiques
Improvisation
Schottishe
Hambo
Waltz
Snoa & Polka
Mazurka
Polskor
Modern Dance
Other
Links
..Courses
..Festivals
..Other
History

Blog

Outdoors
..Reports
..Walk Guide
..Mountain walks

Dogs
..Lava

Preferences

Login
Contact

Svenska

Bjuråkerstämman 2007

July 15, 2007

During our holidays in July 2007 we passed Bjuråker, and got the opportunity to visit the folk musician´s rally 2007 at Bjuråker.

Bjuråker's Forngård is beautifully situated, with several buildings scattered in a hilly landscape, and with good opportunities both for musicians and dancers.

The weather was, as mostly this month, varied. But despite some thunderstorms and rain showers earlier in the evening, the evening improved, with no more rain and - as bonus to the dancers - with a dry open-air dance-floor.

The dance lasted from 7 till 12 p.m., at two dance floors.

At the open-air floor the Delsbo Spelmän played, mainly gammaldans but also a few polskor. During the breaks other musicians played, mainly polskor.

A nice element of this evening was the parallel dance at the dance barn, with modern music played by Strike. The barn is not that big, but when we were there the space was sufficient for both swing dance and slow foxtrot.

After the dance we walked back along the road, at times with views over Dellen, lying there glassy and smooth as a millpond. We agreed on that it had been a nice experience to visit the folk music event at Bjuråker.

Musicians playing at Bjuråker Forngård 2007 Musicians playing at Bjuråker Forngård 2007 Bjuråkerstämman 2007 Dance at the barn. Bjuråkerstämman 2007 Swedish dance (gammaldans) in the summer evening. Bjuråkerstämman 2007 Bjuråkerstämman 2007 (video)