This week's C'ville-area dance events

[Pat & John O'Neil]

1. Weds. - Open Waltz in C'ville
2. Sat. - Contra in Richmond
3. Sat. Harrisonburg-area Contra in Dayton
4. Sat. - Contra in Floyd
5. Next Weds. - Renaissance Dance at MAC in C'ville
6. Next Weds. - Irish Set Dance Workshop in C'ville
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1. Weds., Oct. 11 - Open Waltz in C'ville

The next open waltz next Wed., Oct. 11, 7-9PM at Burnley-Moran gym.
Donation of $4-5 appreciated.  Larry Unger and Eden MacAdam-Somer
will be providing the music.  Gathering at our house afterwards.
For more info, contact Gaye at  434-244-7858.
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2. Saturday, Oct. 14 - Contra in Richmond

TADAMS presents it's Richmond Contra Dance each 2nd and 4th Saturday.

Beginner's Workshop:    7:00 PM
Dance:                            8:00 - 11:00 PM

Admission: $5 members/students; $8 non-members

    The band:    Catharsis - Jennifer Myer (fiddle), Mary Prendergast
(piano)
                        Paul Rosen (mandolin/fiddle) & Will Morrison (drums)
    The caller:   Herschel Nelson

For directions and more info, check the TADAMS web site at:
            http://home.comcast.net/~richmondva/TADAMS/home.htm
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3. Saturday, Oct. 14 - Harrisonburg-area Contra in Dayton

At the Dayton Learning Center, Dayton, VA
http://www.contracorners.com/harrison.html
8pm-11pm
Free beginner's workshop at 7:15
Admission: $5

The Band:    The Mudcats
The Caller:    Brad Sayler

Call 540-269-2035 or 540-234-8379 for info

Directions for Valley Country Dances at the Dayton Learning Center:

  a.. Take Exit #240 Bridgewater/Mt. Crawford from I-81 and go West

  b.. Continue on this road to the intersection with Rt. 42 in Bridgewater

  c.. Turn right on Rt. 42 (MAIN STREET) and travel North to the town of
Dayton

  d.. Turn Left on MASON ST

  e.. Turn Right on SUMMIT ST

  f.. Turn Right on MILL ST, Dayton Learning Center is an old school on your
left.
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4. Saturday, Oct. 14 - Contra in Floyd

Floyd Contra Dance with the Bubbatones & Rob Harper.
Winter Sun Theater, 302 South Locust St. Floyd, Virginia.

7.30pm lesson, 8pm dance  $7

Come as you are, wear soft flexible shoes for dancing; the caller will teach
each dance.

Contra Dances are held in Floyd on the second Saturday of each month.

Visit us on the Crooked Road or at our Web site: www.floydcontradance.org
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5. Next Weds., Oct. 18 - Renaissance Dance at MAC in C'ville

Renaissance Dance, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7PM, Charlottesville
Municipal Arts Center.  No admission, but donations to cover the cost of the
hall appreciated.  Primarily English Country Dance of the early seventeenth
century and Italian dance of the late 16th.  No experience required,
no partner required. For more info, contact David Oxford at dmo at pqa.com
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6. Next Weds., Oct. 18 - Irish Set Dance Workshop in C'ville

The Blue Ridge Irish Music School will hold an Irish Set Dance workshop with
live music
Wed. Oct. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Westminster
Presbyterian
Church on Rugby Road in Charlottesville.  Special instruction for beginners
will start
at 6:45 p.m.  Park in the lot behind the church in the area closest to
Gordon Avenue,
near the former Prism Coffeehouse building.  Enter the door to the
Fellowship Hall
of the church complex from this lot.  Subsequent workshops will be held the
third
Wednesday of the month in the former Prism space.

$7 at the door or $18 for Oct., Nov., and Dec.  Spectators are admitted for
$3.

 See www.setdancingnews.net for details about Irish set dancing worldwide.