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Last update: September 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
The next dance is October 13, 2024Note that September is a 5 Sunday month so there is an extra Sunday before we return to dancing!
The next 5 Sunday month is December and holidays always make a mess of the schedule, so check here for the latests information.
In the meantime, October and November are our regular 2nd and last Sundays (recognizing that the last Sunday of November is at the end of the long Thanksgiving holiday).
Would love to have you 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"
Louisville Sunday Night ECD group Ball
Saturday, October 12, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Nunnlea House, 1940 South Hurstbourne Parkway. $15 per person
Period dress is encouraged but not required.
Dancing is to recorded music. There is a food break so bring a dish to share.
Pay in advance via Venmo @scottroberts83 or pay cash at the door.
Questions answered at Vicki_strange@msm.com
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Cleveland Bare Necessities English Country Dance Weekend
October 18 - 20, 2024
Dan Blim, caller with music of Bare Necessities
https://englishcountryorg.wordpress.com/bare-necessities-in-cleveland/
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Fairfield, Iowa Bare Necessities Annual English Country Dance Weekend
November 1 - 3, 2024
Jenny Beer, caller with music of Bare Necessities
https://ffadc.blogspot.com/2021/05/nov-5-7-2021-bare-necessities-graham.html
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Christmas Country Dance School in Berea, KY
December 26, 2024 - January 1, 2025
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Nashville Playford Ball Weekend
March 21-23, 2025
Joanna Reiner calling
music by Constellation: Rachel Bell (accordion), Susan Kevra (clarinet) & Dave Wiesler (piano)
https://www.nashvillecountrydancers.org/playford-ball
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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