Last update: August 7, 2022
Louisville ECD is back on schedule dancing on the 2nd and last Sundays of each month, 3 - 5 PM at St. Andrews. $3
For now, we are insisting that participants be vaccinated. We have received complaints about that but until the majority of our regular dancers feel comfortable removing the rule we will hold to it. Masks are recommended but not required.
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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St. Louis Childgrove Country Dancers will resume
High Tea: A Weekend of English Country Dancing
Sep 2-4 (Labor Day Weekend)
Caller: Orly Krasner
Band: Earl Gaddis, violin, Martha Edwards, violin, and Dave Wiesler, piano
https://childgrove.org/index.php/stl-dance-weekends/high-tea
Then on September 10 is a Regency Ball near Indianapolis. The event which opens at 5:30 and runs to 9:30 is through the Washington Township Parks and Recreation Department, 435 Whipple Lane Avon, Indiana, the Indianoplis English Country Dance group, and the Indianapolis Jane Austen Society.
They are asking for pre-registrations to determine if there is enough interest.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2788863241408635
Register here: https://wtp.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=1669
More information: https://www.louisvilleecd.org/other-dance-flyers/
JUST IN:
Harvest Moon Dance Weekend in St. Charles, Illinois
October 7 - 9
Music by *Karen Axelrod and Shira Kammen*, and calling by *Beverly
Francis.
https://chicagolandecd.org/special-events/harvest-moon-dance-weekend-2022/
Christmas Country Dance School in Berea is also returning in 2022!
Other evernts, virtual and in person are listed on the CDSS calendar
https://www.cdss.org/community/events-calendar
Virtual dancing is not nearly as fun as in person dancing, of course, BUT it does allow you to learn from teachers that would not otherwise be available to you. PLUS you can "attend" dance events that you probably would not go to otherwise.
BY THE WAY: ONE of those teachers is local. It is, of course, Deborah Denenfield who holds online dance and music events for her Dancing Well, The Soldier Project. Join her on Wednesday afternoons at: www.dancingwell.org/dance-with-us
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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
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