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Last update: December 7, 2024 at 7:40 PM

The next dance is December 15, 2024

Would love to have you join us.

3 - 5 PM

St. Andrews Episcopal Church

$5 at the door

Due to a memory lapse, notices that Louisville English Country Dance would be on December 8 were WRONG.  The church is using Collins Hall on the 8th and I completely forgot about it. We WILL dance next Sunday, December 15.

 

Watch this space about whether we will dance on Dec 29.

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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.

Once a year we have a special dance with Keltricity playing. Deborah Denenfeld is calling this dance.
Once a year we have a special dance with Keltricity playing. Deborah Denenfeld is calling this dance.
Our Once a Year dance with Keltricity
Our Once a Year dance with Keltricity
At the Jane Austen Festival Grand Ball back when it was held at Spalding University. Don Corson is calling, Keltricity is playing, and Kathy (in blue) is waiting for her turn to get into the thick of a dance.
At the Jane Austen Festival Grand Ball back when it was held at Spalding University. Don Corson is calling, Keltricity is playing, and Kathy (in blue) is waiting for her turn to get into the thick of a dance.

Dance Opportunities Coming up in the "Area"

 

Christmas Country Dance School in Berea, KY

December 26, 2024 - January 1, 2025

https://bereaccds.org

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Potluck lunch and Dance to the music of Keltricity

January 26, 2025

Louisville ECD: St. Andrews Episcopal Church

1:00 - 2:00 set up Collins Hall

2:00 - 3:00 pot luck meal

3:00 - 5:00ish Dance to the music of Keltricity

5:00ish - ?:?? cleanup

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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 

https://cdss.org/events/

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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:

https://cdss.org/events/

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

Anthony Heywood and Colin Hume's dance database of more than 19,000 dances, searchable by dance name, choreographer, source, type, and tune sources is an amazing resource.  Find it at: https://barndances.org.uk/Antony/index.php