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Last update: July 29 at 12:240 AM
The next Louisville ECD class will be August 10.
Please join us!
3 - 5 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
$5 at the door
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If you are confident (to the extent that you can be confident) that you will not be spreading (covid, flu, a cold) then you are welcome to join us. Some of us take the added protection of wearing a mask while dancing and that is encouraged.
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I am told that not everybody checks their e-mail these days. If you wish to be notified about Louisville ECD activities using another medium, let me know ... well, this is awkward ... let me know via e-mail what alternative vehicle to use to contact you.
Dance Opportunities Coming up in the "Area"
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August 29-31, 2025, High Tea near St. Louis (Labor Day Weekend)
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson calling to the music of MARBelous
https://childgrove.org/hightea
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September 19-21, Fandango ECD Weekend near Atlanta.
Music of Alchemy (Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, Eric Martin),
calling by Susan Kevra
https://ecdatlanta.org/fandango/2025/talent.htm
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October 3-5, 2025, Chicago, IL - Harvest Moon English Country Dance Weekend
Orly Krasner calling to the music of Mara Shea and Jonathan Jensen
https://chicagolandecd.org/harvest-moon-dance-weekend-2025/
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October 17-19, 2025 Columbus, Ohio - English Country Dance Weekend
Music by Jacqueline Schwab, Mary Lea, Earl Gaddis, and Dan Beerbohm
calling by Beverly Francis and Dan Blim. (More details coming.)
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October 31 - November 2, 2025 - Fairfield, Iowa Bare Necessities weekend. Calling by Susan Kevra to the music of, well, Bare Necessities! Several of us have attended this weekend and found it worth the drive.
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A list of English (and contra) dance events in North America is at
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- Want to know more about English Country Dance?
HERE IS A VIDEO explaining ECD to new dancers:
http://www.henryandjacqui.com/ECD/
Wikipedia’s description is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_country_dance
Traveling? A list of ECD groups across the USA can be found at:
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd/hotbeds.htmlx
Want to travel to an ECD Event? Here is a list of special events and weekends :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y6q3Ff6bp3iUYG8ZQM1kv1rK7EvIf-TykX4795N7Xsw/edit?usp=sharing
Or, go to the CDSS calendar for events and weekends that include more than English Country Dance:
A general source of dance information with links to ECD, ceilidh, and other dance information.
Be warned, once you go here you are at risk of losing a couple of hours.
https://www.webfeet.org/efolk/
Animations of lots of dances.
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/Dance.html
A set of videos showing how to do 22 formations:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98115A77C0A52C39
Alan Winston’s ECD Mailing List (Discussion group) and links to more than you thought you wanted to know:
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/%7Ewinston/ecd.htmlx
English dance is slow and stately? Uhmmm, check out this video of the London Folk Dance display team:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIOMCz0jFc