Zloty Hits Record Highs

 

The National Bank of Poland hiked up interest rates at the end of June, sending the zloty flying against the euro to a record high. The country's central bank raised its key interest by a quarter of a percentage point, in a move designed to battle rising inflation. Since April 2007, the rate has been increased eight times, to its current rate of six percent. The central bank is expected to keep raising the rates through the end of the year, as a response to a booming economy with rising wages and inflation.

While this news is good for Polish pockets, it may put a damper on Poland’s tourist industry, as tourists may be deterred when they find prices not as low as they expected against the euro or pound. A study has found that already up to the month of June, 10 percent fewer tourists had visited Poland than in 2007. The zloty has already risen seven percent against the euro since the start of the year.

Source: Warsaw Life

Jul.01.2008

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Ready at last! We have finished transferring our researches about European Social Ballroom Dances onto a set of DVD discs. We offer it to you for free (just pay for handling, stamps) although copyrighted by the author, Mr. R. Cwieka, (me), hereby gives you permission to make copies and distribute them to your dance friends and to the general public. DO YOU WANT IT? SHALL I SENT IT TO YOU? Here are the contents:

POLONAISE: STORY OF A DANCE

MAZUR-MAZURKA: THE BRILLIANT GLORIOUS DANCE

The title, MAZUR-MAZURKA: THE BRILLIANT DANCE, is a compendium or a catch-all title for the following works, contained herein, dealing with the Mazur-Mazurka Dance:

MAZUR: THE ELEGANT POLISH RUNNING-SLIDING DANCE

POLISH MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE MANUALS
SUPPLEMENTAL POLISH MAZUR-MAZURKA
SOURCES

RUSSIAN MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE MANUALS
SUPPLEMENTAL RUSSIAN MAZUR-MAZURKA SOURCES

GERMAN MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE MANUALS
SUPPLEMENTAL GERMAN MAZUR-MAZURKA SOURCES

ITALIAN MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE MANUALS

SWEDISH MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE MANUALS

SUPPLEMENTAL ENGLISH MAZUR-MAZURKA SOURCES
SUPPLEMENTAL FRENCH MAZUR-MAZURKA SOURCES
SUPPLEMENTAL AUSTRIAN MAZUR-MAZURKA SOURCES

THE ELEMENTS OF AND THEIR COMBINATION IN FIGURES FOR POLISH FIGURE DANCING

THE MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE FIGURES WORKBOOK
THE MAZUR-MAZURKA DANCE FIGURES AUDIO INSTRUCTIONS*

SUPPLEMENTAL HOŁUBIEC COUPLE-TURN SOURCES

SOME MORE MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, FRAGMENTS, ETC. ABOUT THE SLIDING-GLIDING MAZUR STEP: FINALLY DONE 2007

A SUPPLEMENTAL SIMPLE ANALYSIS OF SOME PICTURES OF THE PZDP

THE KRAKOWIAK DANCE WORKBOOK
THE KUJAWIAK DANCE WORKBOOK
THE OBEREK DANCE WORKBOOK
THE GORALSKI DANCE WORKBOOK



*As of this writing, The Mazur-Mazurka Dance Figures Audio Instructions, do not exist in book form. They are a series of 5 DVD-discs, which describe in the English language each figure-sequence, that is, the complete choreographies for almost 300 hundred Contemporary Social Ballroom and Stage choreographies. This is about forty hours of verbal instructions—a real treat for Dance Lovers. (To obtain these contact the present author. R. Cwieka, 5 Manor Dr., 15M, Newark, N.J. 07106)


reviewed by R CWIEKA from United States on Jul.18.2008

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