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Updated on April 1 at 10:30 PM
The next Louisville ECD class will be April 12 starting at 3:00 PM.
Please join us!
3 - 5 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
$5 at the door
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.
Dance Opportunities Coming up in the "Area"
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Third Saturdays, Louisville
Birds of a Feather English Country Dance, 4 - 6 PM
Live Music, varying callers.
Highlands Community Ministry, 1228 E. Breckinridge St, Louisville, KY
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ECD on Zoom, Sunday & Tuesday at 2 pm Eastern and 1st Thursday, 7 pm Eastern
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April 18, Liberty Ball, Cincinnati, OH. To celebrate the United States' 250 Anniversary.
Calling by Tom Tumbusch to the music of Joyous Occasions.
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Wyoming Fine Arts Center, 322 Wyoming Ave, Cincinnati, OH
$25 ($20 for members and students).
Info at: https://vintagedance.net/2026-liberty-ball-registration
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April 17 - 19, 2026, Pitt's Maggot ECD Weekend, Pittsburg, PA
https://cdssp.org/?page_id=634
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May 1 - 3, 2026 Spring Dance Weekend (ECD), John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
https://www.folkschool.org/calendar/
July 26 - August 1, 2026, CDSS English Dance Week, Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA
https://camp.cdss.org/camp-sessions/english-dance-week/
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October 2 - 4, 2026, Harvest Moon ECD Weekend, St. Charles, IL
https://chicagolandecd.org/harvest-moon-dance-weekend-2026/
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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