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Updated on November 9 at 8:30 PM
The next Louisville ECD class will be November 16
It is a "special edition" of mixed English Country Dance and International dances in honor of Don and Nancy's wedding.
Keltricity will be playing for the ECD dances.
Then 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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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. Finger snacks accepted but not required.
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December 20, 7:30: Frankfort, KY Ae Prideful Ball (without Prejudice)
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
Details at https://cchdm.weebly.com/announcements or cchdm.org@gmail.com
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December 26 - Jan 1: Berea, KY Christmas Country Dance School.
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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