Sampson Folk Dance (Greece) SCOV Dancers

Most of these folk dancers are residents of Sun City Oro Valley (Arizona) and most are new to folk dancing. Harvey Gardner is instructing. Wikipedia reports that Sampson is a dance from the Pontus region near the Black Sea. "The dances of the Pontic Greeks from the Black Sea, were mostly performed by Pontian soldiers in order to motivate themselves before going into a battle. The dances are accompanied by the Pontian lyra, also called kemenche by Turkish people. See Horon for more information on the history of these dances."