This week's C'ville-area dance events

[Pat & John O'Neil]

1. Tuesday - Free Old-Time Music & Dance in Lexington
2. Weds. - Open Waltz in C'ville
3. Friday - English Country Dance in Ivy
4. Saturday - Contra in Richmond
5. Saturday - Harrisonburg-area Contra in Dayton
6. Saturday - Contra in Floyd
7. Sunday - Contra Corners in Greenwood
8. Next Weds. - Renaissance Dance at UV New Cabell Hall room 123 ?
9. Next Weds. - Irish Set Dance Class in C'ville
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1. Tuesday, Jan. 9 - Free Old-Time Music & Dance in Lexington

Work Horse Cafe
Anderson Coliseum
Virginia Horse Center, Lexington
Second Tuesday of each month

6:00 - 9:00 PM - Inside, rain or shine

Beginners Welcome, dancing encouraged, come play, come listen
Free admission.

For directions & more info: www.horsecenter.org
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2. Weds., Jan. 10 - Open Waltz in C'ville

Our next open waltz:  Wed., Jan 10, 7-9PM at Burnley-Moran gym.
$5 donation appreciated.  Music provided by Mary Prendergast
and Jennifer Myer.

Also, next waltz class begins Jan. 11 and goes for 8 Thursdays.
Call Gaye 244-7858 for more info.
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3. Friday, Jan. 12 - English Country Dance in Ivy

Charlottesville's English Country dance group holds its
next dance on Friday, Jan. 12 at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Ivy beginning at 8:00. Live music and called dances.
The church is located on Owensville Road in Ivy, 200 yards up
the hill from Duner's restaurant in Ivy on US 250 west of
Charlottesville. Call Brad at 823-7334 for more information.
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4. Saturday, Jan. 13 - 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:    Rumblestrip - Nat Hewitt (fiddle)
                        & Liza Constable (guitar & banjo)
    The caller:   Gaye Fifer

For directions and more info, check the TADAMS web site at:
            http://home.comcast.net/~richmondva/TADAMS/home.htm
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5. Saturday, Jan. 13 - 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:     Avant Gardeners - Laura Light (fiddle) & George Paul (piano)
The Caller:    Paul Rosen

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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6. Saturday, Jan. 13 - Contra in Floyd

The multi-talented McKenzies, Woody and Marcia, arrive in Floyd for the next
contra dance on Saturday, January 13 at the Sun Theater.  Depending on the
tempo and tune, Marcia travels with guitar, banjo, pennywhistle, bodhran,
mandolin, or piano - Woody with his famous fiddle, guitar, or octave
mandolin.  Note that caller extraordinaire Tom Hinds is sure to have some
hot dances for this January winter dance.  Come early; stay late.


"The McKenzies,"  a familiar flatfooting, musical duo and
accomplished,old-time musicians, are from Lynchburg, Virginia.  Their
variety of musical styles and instrumentation, strong individual and duet
vocals, and their repertoire of lively tunes, familiar ballads, inspiring
sing-alongs, and humorous novelty songs all come together to create a unique
and energetic brand of entertainment.  As former members of two clogging
groups, they occasionally incorporate some "flat-footing" into their
performances.


The dance starts at 8 p.m., with a beginner lesson at 7:30.  Dress is
casual; wear soft flexible shoes for dancing; the caller will teach each
dance.  Come to dance or come to listen -- no partner needed and all ages
welcome.  Winter Sun Theater, 302 South Locust St., downtown Floyd.  Contra
dances are held in Floyd the second Saturday of every month through June
2007.  Admission is $7.00.  See us on the Crooked Road, the Sun Theater
http://www.wintersuninc.net/thesun , or Blue Ridge Country Dancers web site:
www.floydcontradance.org .
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7. Sunday, Jan. 14 - Contra Corners in Greenwood

Beginner's workshop at 6:00 PM
Dance 6:30 - 9:30 PM

    The band:    The Cowboy Monkeys - Rick Friend (guitar), Pete Marshall
(mandolin),
                        Joey Damiano (bass & TJ Johnson (fiddle)
    The caller:   Adina Gordon from Asheville

Directions to the Greenwood Community Center: Take I-64 to Route 250 (Crozet
exit). Go west to 690 (right turn) to 691 (right again) in Greenwood. The
Greenwood Community Center is on the right.
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8. Next Weds., Jan. 17 - Renaissance Dance at UV New Cabell Hall room 123 ?

Renaissance Dance, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7PM.

  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 and to verify location,
contact David Oxford at: dmo at pqa.com
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9. Next Weds., Jan. 17 - Irish Set Dance Class in C'ville

The Blue Ridge Irish Music School (BRIMS) will hold an Irish Set Dance class
with live music Wed. Jan. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Westminster House,
214 Rugby Road in Charlottesville (the former Prism site at the corner of
Gordon and Rugby.)
Dances will be taught and called.  Please bring sneaker-type shoes in
addition to your
regular dance shoes; parts of the new wooden floor are sometimes slippery.
Special instruction for beginners will start at 6:45 p.m.
Cost is $7 for dancers and $3 for spectators.

BRIMS will offer these "third-Wednesday" set dance classes through April.
Dancers may choose to pay $20 for the 4-month series on Jan. 17 rather than
$7
at the door each time.
Dances taught at these classes will be danced at BRIMS "first-Sunday" Irish
ceilis
(dance parties) at Westminster House starting the evening of Feb. 4, 2007.