Contra Dance Clemmons – George Paul and Karina Wilson – Caller Nick Boulet

(scroll to the bottom of this page for a complete poster for this dance!)
Violinist, fiddler, songwriter, and composer, Santa Fe native Karina Wilson has been performing with artists and touring acts on the national and international scene since 2005 around the US and Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Poland. She has composed and performed original music for the ARCOS Dance touring show “Warriors”, as well as the NMSA and SFUAD original production of “woman’s voices”, and the Santa Fe Playhouse “Santa Fe fiesta melodrama” and has been featured on numerous recordings throughout the United States and Ireland.

In addition to touring nationally with acclaimed tune writer Larry Unger, she is an active member of numerous local Santa Fe bands as well as leading her own projects: The Katydids, Karina and Pete, and the Karina Wilson Trio- a performance art group, and runs a private violin/viola studio.

Strongly influenced by traditional American music styles (like southern Appalachian old time, Northern New England, French Canadian Québécois, Texas swing, honky tonk, Cajun, American folk and rock n roll.) With elements of world music traditions (Irish, Scottish, English country dance/early music, west African Susu music and dance, and Zimbabwean mbira). She is finding a way of stitching the old traditions together and bringing them back out into the current soundscape.

Caller will be Nick Boulet who always has fun dances for us!

General Info:

No partner necessary! No experience necessary!

– If you can walk, you can contra dance

– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30

– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors

– Bring friends for more fun!- Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes, but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time

Dance 8-10:30pm with short break in middle
Free Lesson 7:30-8pm

General admission $9 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5)

Clemmons Civic Club
Exit 184 from I-40
2870 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons, NC

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Contra Dance Guilford Grange Greensboro – Steamshovel (Roger Gold and David White)/Caller George Segebade

(See a poster of this event at the bottom of  the page!)
We welcome the band, Steamshovel, which includes David White and Roger Gold. They play their instruments with the potential of the early steam shovels of the mid-1800s.

Both musicians have been playing for contra dances and with several other groups for years. They also compose music and sometimes add vocals to their repertoire. Their dance tunes include selections from the old-time repertoire tinged with Celtic influences and beautiful waltzes.

Gold’s proficiency on the guitar is extensive, ranging from Celtic and jazz styles to intricate melodic playing. He accentuates the sounds with the foot drum. He plays with the highly band The Elftones

White plays fiddle and banjo in the Appalachian old-time style. He lends his groovy, driving and “flowy” fiddling to the Redbud Ramblers.

We are always happy to have George Segebade calling the dances!

 

GENERAL INFO

– No partner necessary! No experience necessary

– If you can walk, you can contra dance 

– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30

– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors

– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time

General admission $10 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5). 

Free Lesson 7:30 – 8:00pm

Dance 8 – 11:00 pm

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers
www.feetretreat.com

Fiddle & BowCountry Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Location: Guilford Grange Hall. 4909 Guilford School Rd, Greensboro, NC.

*Note – Despite what internet mapping sites may show, Guilford School Rd is NOT accessible from Guilford College Rd.

Directions: Traveling in either direction on I-40, take Exit 213 (Guilford College Rd). At the end of the ramp, turn right and continue about a mile until you cross railroad tracks at West Market Street. In 100 more feet, turn left onto Lindley Rd. Go 4 tenths mi., then turn right onto Guilford School Rd. The Grange is the last building on the right.

Here is a poster of this event
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Contra Dance Clemmons – Laurie Fisher and Nic Coker, Caller TBA

Multi-talented Laurie Fisher has been wending her musical mercenary way for the past 28 years. A self proclaimed ‘Jill of many instruments, master of none’, she calls dances, plays and instructs multiple instruments and musical styles.
 
She is founding fiddler of ‘The String Beings’ whose popularity and cds had them playing around the country at contra events in the nineties. She has also played fiddle, piano, bass and percussion in contrabands Windmill, Boom Chuck, Hot Flash, Holy Coyote, Reckless Abandon (the Asheville one), Haphazard Ensemble, Ants In The Pantry, Evil Twins, Chicken Tractor and Bare Knuckle Quartet.
For more info visit her website
https://lauriefisher.weebly.com/about.html
 
Nic loves playing Contra Dances, barn dances, swing dances, dance dances, bluegrass, country-blues, jazz, ragtime, oldtime, newtime, reallyreallyoldtime, hasn’t-even-happened-yet-futuretime, any Fusions, and whatever else ranging from strictly traditional to highly strange to entirely inaudible. Nic currently plays in the contra dance bands “Boom Chuck”, “Spinning Wheel”, “Kudzoo”, “Spin Cycle”, “The Stuff!”, and the country-swing band “Screech Owl Serenade”, amongst other projects and street performances.
Caller TBA

 

General Info:

No partner necessary, No experience necessary

– If you can walk, you can contra dance

– If new, join in the fun lesson at 5:30

– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors

– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time

General admission $10  (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6  (Members $5)
FREE Lesson 5:30 – 6pm

Dance 6 – 9 pm with short break in middle

Clemmons Civic Club

Exit 184 from I-40

2870 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons, NC

 

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Website:   www.FeetRetreat.com

 

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Contra Dance Greensboro – David Digiuseppe & George Paul wit Caller Bree Kalb

On Saturday, May 18th, we are privileged to have two musicians extraordinaire – David DiGiuseppe and George Paul! When these two guys get together there is real magic in the air as the music weaves together in an intricate tapestry of rhythms, textures and tones. Their original tunes, their swing and jazz improvisations and traditional tunes will energize and thrill you throughout the evening!
 
Our Caller will be Bree Kalb.
 
 
GENERAL INFO
 
– No partner necessary, No experience necessary
– If you can walk, you can contra dance
– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30
– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors
– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time
 
General admission $10 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5).
Free Lesson 7:30 – 8
Dance 8 – 11:00 pm
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers
www.feetretreat.com
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
 
Location: Guilford Grange Hall. 4909 Guilford School Rd, Greensboro, NC.
*Note – Despite what internet mapping sites may show, Guilford School Rd is NOT accessible from Guilford College Rd.
 
Directions: Traveling in either direction on I-40, take Exit 213 (Guilford College Rd). At the end of the ramp, turn right and continue about a mile until you cross railroad tracks at West Market Street. In 100 more feet, turn left onto Lindley Rd. Go 4 tenths mi., then turn right onto Guilford School Rd. The Grange is the last building on the right.

Contra Dance Clemmons – Kingfisher with Caller Warren Doyle

We welcome Kingfisher, a band from the Boston, Ma area.
 
Veteran caller from over and on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Warren Doyle, teaches and calls the dances for us while we become immersed in the music and enjoy the warmth of the friendly people around us. Warren enjoys dancing freely as much as calling so we too can all relax and be free, doing this thing called contra together!
 
General Info
 
No partner necessary! No experience necessary!
– If you can walk, you can contra dance
– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30
– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors
– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes, but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time
 
Dance 8-10:30pm with short break in middle
Free Lesson 7:30-8pm
 
General admission $9 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5)
 
Clemmons Civic Club
Exit 184 from I-40
2870 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons, NC
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Website: www.FeetRetreat.com
 
Follow us on our Facebook Page: Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers
Join our Facebook Group: Fiddle and Bow Contra Dancers
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Contra Dance Salem College – Larry Unger and Audrey Knuth with Caller Jacqui Grennan

Larry and Audrey are a Boston based traditional duo playing for contra dances and concerts.

Guitar and banjo player Larry Unger and fiddler Audrey Knuth are a Boston based traditional duo who play exhilarating tunes with driving rhythms. Their concerts feature American and Celtic tunes with elements of other traditions including swing and blues. They also draw from Larry’s catalog of original fiddle tunes, which have been featured in several of Ken Burns’ documentaries. Declared a “guitar genius” by Sing Out Magazine, Larry Unger joins fiddler Audrey Knuth for an unforgettable evening full of stirring musical experiences.

www.audreyknuth.com

Jacqui Grennan is a contra dance caller, choreographer, and dance organizer in the Los Angeles contra dance scene.

A fixture in the Los Angeles contra dance community since 2010, Jacqui currently calls at contra dances around the nation and in her home community of Los Angeles, CA. Jacqui produced and organized the 3rd Saturday contra dance series held at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena, CA, from 2014 to 2016.

– No partner necessary, No experience necessary
– If you can walk, you can contra dance
– If new, join in the fun lesson at 5:30
– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors
– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time
 
Salem students and faculty $3
General admission $10 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5)

Salem College Dance Location:
Bryant Hall

790 E. Salem Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 

Your GPS might not be updated!
I40 Business through Winston -Salem is closed.

Here are directions from the 4 points of the compass:

From the East on I40 after passing Greensboro

Keep left to take I-40 W (regular I40)toward Statesville/Winston-Salem.
Then 12.82 miles and follow the directions below.

From the East or West on I40 (regular, not business)
Merge onto John Gold Memorial Expy/US-52 N/US-311 N/NC-8 N via EXIT 193B toward Mount Airy.
Then 1.36 miles and follow the directions below.

From the South or North on Hwy 52:
Take the Research Pkwy exit, EXIT 108B
Then 0.23 miles
(If coming from the South,   stay left to merge onto Research Pkwy)
(If coming from the North, stay right to merge onto Research Pkwy) 
Then 0.47 miles
Turn left at the second light onto City Yard Dr.
(If you reach Rams Dr., you’ve gone about 0.1 miles too far)
Then 0.19 miles
Enter next roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto E Salem Ave.
Then 0.42 miles

790 E Salem Ave, Winston Salem, NC 27101-5364 (there is no number sign but turn right through the gate)
Go through the gate and proceed straight past the athletic fields/tennis courts.
Park in the gravel lot on the right.
Walk straight towards the buildings and up the sidewalk.
Turn right at the end and go in the door, turn left down the hall.
At the end of the hall turn right into the gym
Pay your admission and enjoy the dance!

 

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Website: www.FeetRetreat.com (or .org)

Follow us on our Facebook Page: Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers

Join our Facebook Group: Fiddle and Bow Contra Dancers

 

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

 

Contra Dance Greensboro -Gene Hubert Dance – Band TBA – Regional Callers

On April 13th, at the Guilford Grange in Greensboro dancers from all around will come together for the annual Gene Hubert Memorial Dance. Help us celebrate this icon of contra dance who wrote so many of the amazing and fun dances that are done at contra venues everywhere!
The Ones Improper return to flood the dance floor with an interweaving of sound, textures and rhythms that will immerse you and your friends in dancing pleasure.
 
Caller Robert Cromartie will lead regional callers for this fun dance.
 
GENERAL INFO
 
– No partner necessary, No experience necessary
– If you can walk, you can contra dance
– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30
– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors
– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time
 
General admission $10 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5).
Free Lesson 7:30 – 8
Dance 8 – 11:00 pm
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers
www.feetretreat.com
 
Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
 
Location: Guilford Grange Hall. 4909 Guilford School Rd, Greensboro, NC.
*Note – Despite what internet mapping sites may show, Guilford School Rd is NOT accessible from Guilford College Rd.
 
Directions: Traveling in either direction on I-40, take Exit 213 (Guilford College Rd). At the end of the ramp, turn right and continue about a mile until you cross railroad tracks at West Market Street. In 100 more feet, turn left onto Lindley Rd. Go 4 tenths mi., then turn right onto Guilford School Rd. The Grange is the last building on the right.

Contra Dance Salem College -Gretchen Caverly and George Paul with Caller Valerie Helbert

On Sunday, April 7th, we have an energetic band composed of two expert musicians – George Paul on keys and Gretchen Caverly on fiddle – whom you’ve enjoyed in other well known bands. George Paul’s fingers fly over the keys making jazzy and improvised chords and rhythms. You get double the fun with new synergy thrown in!

Our Caller will be Valerie Helbert, who’s smooth style makes it fun for newcomers and experienced dancers alike.

No partner necessary! No experience necessary!
– If you can walk, you can contra dance
– If new, join in the fun lesson at 5:30
– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors
– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time
 
Salem students and faculty $3
General admission $10 (Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6 (Members $5)
FREE Lesson 5:30
Dance 6-9pm with short break in middle
 

Salem College Dance Location:
Bryant Hall

790 E. Salem Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 

Your GPS might not be updated!
I40 Business through Winston -Salem is closed.

Here are directions from the 4 points of the compass:

From the East on I40 after passing Greensboro

Keep left to take I-40 W (regular I40)toward Statesville/Winston-Salem.
Then 12.82 miles and follow the directions below.

From the East or West on I40 (regular, not business)
Merge onto John Gold Memorial Expy/US-52 N/US-311 N/NC-8 N via EXIT 193B toward Mount Airy.
Then 1.36 miles and follow the directions below.

From the South or North on Hwy 52:
Take the Research Pkwy exit, EXIT 108B
Then 0.23 miles
Merge onto Research Pkwy via the ramp on the left.
Then 0.47 miles
Turn left at the second light onto City Yard Dr.
(If you reach Rams Dr., you’ve gone about 0.1 miles too far)
Then 0.19 miles
Enter next roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto E Salem Ave.
Then 0.42 miles

790 E Salem Ave, Winston Salem, NC 27101-5364 (there is no number sign but turn right through the gate)
Go through the gate and proceed straight past the athletic fields/tennis courts.
Park in the gravel lot on the right.
Walk straight towards the buildings and up the sidewalk.
Turn right at the end and go in the door, turn left down the hall.
At the end of the hall turn right into the gym
Pay your admission and enjoy the dance!

 

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Website: www.FeetRetreat.com (or .org)

Follow us on our Facebook Page: Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers

Join our Facebook Group: Fiddle and Bow Contra Dancers

 

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Contra Dance Clemmons -The Deb Shebish Band with Caller Jack Mitchell

Deb Shebish is a versatile classical violinist, traditional fiddler, and licensed educator originally from Whiting, Indiana.  She has performed at venues including: the The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, Ric Blair and Tim O’Brien, the United States Air Force Academy, at the Kelly House in Philadelphia for the Prince of Monaco, the Indianapolis Irish Festival, the Waterford Tall Ships Festival in Ireland, Bangor Celtic Crossroads Festival, Saline Celtic Festival, and the Leith Folk Club in Scotland.  In 2018, she won Grand Champion Fiddle at the Lyon’s Fiddle Festival and first in old-time fiddle at the 2017 Hoppin’ John Festival in North Carolina.  Deb has performed as a contract violinist with the Terre Haute, IN, Danville, IL, Muncie, IN, and Richmond, IN Symphony Orchestras.  In addition to concerts and festivals, Deb is in demand as a contra and square dance fiddler and has performed at dances throughout the United States and has accompanied the Green Grass Cloggers from Asheville, NC.

Along with her will be Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small.

And welcome experienced and well known caller from the Triangle, Jack Mitchell, who will call his great blend of dancer pleasing dances!

Contra Dance Clemmons – Atlantic Crossing, Caller Brian Hamshar

About the band….

For over two decades Atlantic Crossing have been rocking the contra dance halls of New England and beyond and entrancing concert audiences with paintings in song of local history and more. Their music, drawn from the Celtic traditions of the British Isles as well as from Maritime and French Canada, lifts audiences from their seats, transports dancers to ever greater delight and strikes joyous notes at celebrations.

Band Members
Viveka Fox – Fiddle, Bodhran, Djembe
Peter Macfarlane – Fiddle, Low whistle, Vocals
Tristan Henderson – Mandolin, Bouzouki, Tenor Banjo, Harmonica, Foot Percusion, Bodhran, Djembe, Vocals
Rick Klein – Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Genre: New England Roots
Caller will be Brian Hamshar,  a contra dance caller from central Virginia, noted for varied dance programs with efficient teaching and an easygoing style – for both traditional and alternative (techno) contras. 

General Info

No partner necessary, No experience necessary

– If you can walk, you can contra dance

– If new, join in the fun lesson at 7:30

– Bring clean, soft soled shoes with you to change into to protect floors

– Bring friends for more fun!
– Community dancing for all ages
– High energy, live music
– Everyone makes mistakes but nobody cares
– The more you do it, the easier and more fun it becomes
– Treat one another with care and respect, smile and have a good time

General admission $9(Members $8)
Full time students 23 and under $6(Members $5)

FREE Lesson 7:30-8pm

Dance 8-10:30pm with short break in middle

Clemmons Civic Club

Exit 184 from I-40

2870 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons, NC

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Website: www.FeetRetreat.com

Follow us on our Facebook Page: Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers
Join our Facebook Group: Fiddle and Bow Contra Dancers

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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