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Last update: August 14 at 9:55 PM
The next Louisville ECD class will be August 31.
NOTICE that August has five Sundays so the last Sunday is NOT the usual two weeks after the last class but rather is three weeks out. (Which probably only matters if you attended the August 10th class).
Please join us!
3 - 5 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
$5 at the door
There is a change in the September schedule. There will NOT be a class on the 2nd Sunday; instead we will meet on the 3rd and 4th Sundays, September 21 and 28.
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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"
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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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August 29-31, 2025, High Tea near St. Louis (Labor Day Weekend)
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson calling to the music of MARBelous
https://childgrove.org/hightea
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September 19-21, Fandango ECD Weekend near Atlanta.
Music of Alchemy (Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, Eric Martin),
calling by Susan Kevra
https://ecdatlanta.org/fandango/2025/talent.htm
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October 3-5, 2025, Chicago, IL - Harvest Moon English Country Dance Weekend
Orly Krasner calling to the music of Mara Shea and Jonathan Jensen
https://chicagolandecd.org/harvest-moon-dance-weekend-2025/
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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. (More details coming.)
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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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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