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Updated on December 29 at 11:30 AM

The next Louisville ECD class will be January 18.

Note that this is a change from our regular schedule!

Please join us!

3 - 5 PM

St. Andrews Episcopal Church

$5 at the door

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It is clear 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.

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.

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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NOTE A CHANGE IN THE JANUARY SCHEDULE

The first January dance is NOT on the 2nd Sunday (the 11th) as normally scheduled. St. Andrews will be using Collins Hall for a church event that day. SOOOOO the first January dance will be the 3rd Sunday (the 18th). Please make a note of it (and DON'T come to dance on the 11th).

January 25, 2026: Louisville, Louisville English Country dancers (that's US)

Potluck and dance to the music of Keltricity

Schedule and program will be posted "any day now."

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March 14 & 15, 2026; Durham, NC, Sun Assembly Spring Dancefest

Margaret Bary teaching with a slew of great local musicians

https://sunassembly.org/spring-dancefest/

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March 27-29, 2026; Nashville Country Dancers 43rd Playford Ball

Jenna Simpson teaching with the music of Jonathan Jensen, Elke Baker, & Paul Oorts

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

Louisville English Country Dancers