1993 Door County Folk Festival -- Doudlebska Polka - (Czech Republic, Bohemia)

1993 Door County Folk Festival -- Doudlebska Polka - (Czech Republic, Bohemia)

This video is an excerpt from the July 10, 1993 Door County Folk Festival Saturday Night Ethnic Dance Party in the Sister Bay Village Hall, with live music provided by the Spatter Dash Orchestra of South Bend, Indiana.

Doudlebska Polka or Polka from Doudleby is a dance from the town of Doudleby in the ethnographical region of Doudlebsko, in South Bohemia. This polka mixer has been popular in International Folk Dance groups around the world since the 1940s. It was also seen on early dance films from Europe. For the town name of Doudleby, the "ou" sound in Czech is NOT like the English "ou" sound as in the word "through", but more like the English "ou" sound as in the word "dough".

Jeannette Novak learned this dance in Czechoslovakia in 1947 and subsequently taught it to folk dancers at Michael and Mary Ann Herman's Folk Dance House in New York City in 1955. From there the dance was taught at Maine Camp, Idyllwild Folk Dance Workshop (California), and to students at U.C.L.A. Michael and Mary Ann Herman introduced it to San Francisco area folk dancers in the spring of 1956. Walter Grothe then presented it at the 1956 Folk Dance Camp in Stockton California. Elsie Dunin taught it at the 1960 Santa Barbara Folk Dance Conference.

SPECIAL NOTES:
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You can catch glimpses of the late Larry Hoey (Milwaukee) for brief moments at about 00:50, again at 01:28 and again at about 1:50.

You can also see a 13-year old Jason Ottman (Racine) being partnered by Denise Madland (Eau Claire) between 00:24 and 00:48.

Thanks to Alice Alice Janotová for corrections to the dance's origin and to its pronunciation.

More info at: www.dcff.net

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