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Last update: October 7 at 4:55 PM
The next Louisville ECD class will be October 12.
We are back on our 2nd and last Sunday schedule.
Please join us!
3 - 5 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
$5 at the door
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Dance Opportunities Coming up in the "Area"
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Third Saturdays, Louisville Queer English Country Dance, 4 - 6 PM
Live Music, varying callers.
1228 E. Breckinridge St, Louisville, KY
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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.
https://www.columbusenglishcountrydance.org/CCDW/
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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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November 1, 2025 Cincinnati ECD Fall Potluck and Dance
This year's Fall potluck will be held on November 1. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served from 6:00 to 7:15. Dancing will run from approximately 7:30 until 10:00, featuring a sampler of our much-expanded caller roster. Admission will be $10 per person. Please bring a dish to share!
The event will be held at:
Ascension & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Community Room — enter through the red doors)
334 Burns Ave
Wyoming, OH 45215
I hope you'll be able to join us!
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November 16, 2025, Louisville Reception dance for Don & Nancy
ECD and International dances; music by Keltricity and recordings
3 - 5 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 2233 Woodbourne Ave.
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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