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The article discusses the author's reacquaintance with the dancer Paromita Kar at the East Indian dance cafe on April 5, 2014 at the Ralph Thorton Centre in Toronto, Canada. Topics mentioned include Paromita's accomplishments, the dance Karma from the state of Odisha, India and the dance Khalbeliya from Rajasthan, India. Calendar of upcoming Ontario Folk Dance Association (OFDA) dance events from June-November 2014 and February 2015 is also presented.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience about French dancing in Ontario during summer and fall.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience attending the 2011 Stockton Folk Dance Camp in California.

An excerpt from a 6,700-word essay on Albanian culture and folk dances posted in January 2010 on karenbennett.ca homepage is presented.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of performing Kurdish dances at the 2009 Newroz celebration of the International Folk Dance Club, University of Toronto, Ontario held at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Christie.

The article presents the author's insights on Assyrian dancer Nadia Younan and Assyrian dance café at the Ralph Thornton Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The author says that Nadia brought her friend Noora Hidow to help teach Assyrian dance. She states that the discussion of Nadia included simple phrases in modern Assyrian, which is a Neo-Aramaic language. She adds that most Assyrians know at least seven or eight dances including Khiggam, Sheikhani Yaqoora, and Goobareh.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience in her quest to acquire the Russian urban costume pieces as part of her collection.

The article focuses on the passages from the book "Persia As It Is: Being Sketches of Modern Persian Life and Character," by Charles James Wills. These passages account the wedding ceremony, costume and dance in Tehran, Iran. Wills says that women guests of a wedding look like opera dancers because of their costume. He adds that Persian women are shrouded in a large sheet of dark blue silk and the frou-frou of silk is heard.

The article offers information on the International Dance Café held by the Ontario Folk Dance Association (OFDA) with folk dance teacher Dale Hyde on November 26, 2016. Topics discused include the workshops in Great Britain, Canadian partner non-mixer dance "Garde la Tienne," and various dance names.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of attending the Stockton Folk Dance Camp in Stockton, California on July 17 to 24, 2016 wherein she got the chance of attending the exceptional French dance classes, a talent show and the class of Greek dancer Joe Graziosi.

The article reviews the dance festival Stockton Folk Dance Camp that held in California from July 27-August 2, 2014 which featured 48 partnered and non-partnered dances.

The article offers the authors insights on English dance on the 30th anniversary events for Hamilton club by Dale Hyde on March 21, 2014. Topics discussed includes the theme of the war 1812-14, the several dances from the year of 1780-1810 including "Country Dances by British Officers in their Wintering-Over Quarters" and the "Frobisher music" from Montreal and the suppressing smuggling in the colony of Rhode Island in 1770.

The article offers information on Ontario Folk Dance Association's (OFDA) Finnish and Scandinavian café held at the Ralph Thornton Centre in Toronto, Ontario on March 31, 2012. The event reportedly featured a teaching and performance by the Toronto Nordic Dancers. The presentations include a Danish song adapted from a German political protest song, a minuet adopted from France, and a Swedish play dance.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of attending an Albanian folk dance workshop in Lachine, Quebec taught by Steve Kotansky.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including a Norwegian dance workshop, folk dancing, and folk dancing workshops.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various articles published in the journal including one by Ruth Ostrower on her association with the journal for over 20 years, a review of the book "Hungarian Csango Café," and a travel piece by Murray Forbes.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of acting as a traditional-costume provider and women's dresser for the world premiere of a Kurdish dance-drama called "Mem and Zin."

An excerpt from the article "A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago," is presented.

An obituary for Margaret Whelan, a great folk dancer in Canada, is presented.

The article focuses on the author's stepping down as editor of the newsletter publication Folk Dancer. Topics discussed include the acknowledgement to all the contributors such as Riki Adivi, Dorothy Archer and Rhoda Bodnoff, the contribution from Jan Letowski, a museum consultant and the photograph of a Breton boy with the body language conveying that stepping down as editor does not mean farewell.

The article announces that choreographer Atanas Kolarovski has received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Fourth United Macedonian Diaspora Global Conference held in Skopje, Macedonia from July 24-27, 2013.

The article offers the author's insights on the Mexican dance café of the Ontario Folk Dance Association (OFDA) at the Ralph Thornton Centre on February 1, 2014. The author mentions the performance of choreographer Hilda Panasiuk and her Mexican Folkloric Dance Co., the costume collection of Panasiuk, and Mexican dance.

The article reports on the upcoming visit of folk dancer Marty Koenig in Toronto, Ontario. Topics include the participation of Koenig in a photograph and film exhibit to be held at the Papermill Gallery starting April 25, the presentation of his work at the exhibit, and his trip to Bulgaria from 1966 to 1979.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including dance classes in Ontario, the June Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Folk Dance Association, and a travel in India.