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FOLKLORE DANCING GROUP SCALDIS FROM
HANSWEERT
The folklore dancing group Scaldis
has been founded in 1972. Our main activity is folk dancing of course. But
our society consists of several groups which all have connections with folk
dancing.
Folklore dancing group Scaldis is
dancing in Kaj Munk in Hansweert. All the dancing groups can practice in
this area and they can assembly here to go to performances. With the
opening of the dancing season and with holidays like St. Nicolas we can
have party's in this area.
Hansweert is situated on the banks
of the river Westerschelde in the municipal Reimerswaal. In Hansweert are
the floodgates for the canal through the island of Zuid-Beveland. In the
old days there was a lot of merchandising in this area, Hansweert was a
very busy village. Nowadays it is a lot more quiet, but the sociability
remained. And this sociability is an important factor of the dancing group.
There are children  groups divided into 2 age groups. The children
dance in the Tuesday afternoons. An international dancing group dances in
the Tuesday night. They dance international dances which they can choose
themselves in deliberation with the dance director. The Friday night is for
the in-line dancing group. This is a group for all ages from the age of 10.
And finally the demonstration group, this group performs in several
different original costumes from the island of Walcheren and Zuid Beveland.
There are costumes from the Catholic and Protestant religion. This group
also practises on the Friday night. They perform about 25 times a year.
During the performance , in original costume, we show several Dutch dances,
a lot in series. They perform on marketplaces, party's and elderly
homes. But we travel a lot too, we performed in Belgium, Germany, France,
Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and Russia. We still have a warm contact with
these groups. In 1998 we had an invitation from Iraq. The Zealander
folklore dancers are known all over the world.
Our society has it's own orchestra,
they also perfor m in original costume. Our orchestra is formed by:
an Accordion, a Clarinet, a German flute, a Drum and a Tambourine.
With each performance there will be an Orchestra playing.
If you are interested in Folklore
dancing or our society, please let us know. We can always use new members, dancers
or orchestra members. If you join our group, you do not need a costume, the
society will loan it to you. Not having a costume does not need to stop you
from dancing with us!
Folklore dancing, not just physical
exercise but also a lot of fun!
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