Coming up this month in Petaluma: three dances from Rumania:

• Gary Anderson will teaching Arcanul Batrinesc, an "old men's" dance from Moldova to a wistful song recalling the days when these men could still dance the fast Arcanul, that was presented by Eric Bendix at the 2006 Stockton Folk Dance Camp
• I'll be teaching Joc Batrinesc, another "old men's" dance from the village of Nicultiel near the Black Sea, as well Moldovian Hora which is a simple classic 3-part hora.

We'll continue to review and dance these three from Albania:

• Gorarce, a fun and athletic men's dance in 3/4 rhythm that was introduced by Eric Bendix
• Populli Jon, a lovely lyrical 3-part women's dance from southern Albania
• Valle Jardana, a popular 2-part Albanian wedding dance in 2/4 rhythm

And three more from Macedonia:

• Changulovo, one of my favorites that I learned from Michael Ginsberg at Balkan Camp
• Dolgoto Oro, in QQSQS (16/18) rhythm originally taught by Pece Atanovski
• Skudrinka, my latest favorite, a lively wild variation of Skudrinka that gets faster and faster

Good things come in threes! Hope to see you all on Monday nights in October (7-9:15 p.m. at Herman Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma; drop-in fee $7 - beginners, newcomers, experienced dancers all welcome).