This week's C'ville-area dance events

[Pat & John O'Neil]

1. Weds. - Open waltz in C'ville
2. Thurs. - Free Celtibillies concert in Bridgewater
3. Friday - Contra at MAC in C'ville
4. Saturday - Mary Baldwin Contra in Staunton
5. Next Weds. - Renaissance Dance at UV New Cabell Hall room 123 ?
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1. Weds., March 14 - Open waltz in C'ville

>From 7-9 PM in the Burnley Moran School Gym

Musical guests are Allodola
(Connie Muscenti, Colin Ramirez, & Thomas Gunn)
$5 donation requested

Instruction for beginners: 7-7:30
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2. Thurs., March 15 - Free Celtibillies concert in Bridgewater


>From the Bridgewater College website, www.bridgewater.edu

Celtibillies, a band from the Roanoke, Va. area, that blends traditional
Celtic and Appalachian old-time music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 15, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

The group, formed in 1994 as a contra dance band, has expanded beyond dance
tunes to an energetic mixture of duet vocal arrangements and spirited jigs,
reels, waltzes and breakdowns.

The band features Becky Barlow on hammered dulcimer, keyboard and bodhran,
Jack Hinshelwood on fiddle and guitar, Tim Sauls on banjo, bouzouki and
guitar and Jeff Hofmann on bass.

In 2003, Celtibillies was selected to represent the best of music from
Appalachia at the 37th Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the largest annual
cultural event in Washington, D.C. Over the years, the festival has featured
performers from all over the world that embody the creative vitality of
community-based traditions.

Their music was featured in the soundtrack of "In the Company of Strangers,"
an independent, full-length motion picture that won Best Dramatic Feature
Film in the 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
The group's music also appeared in "Down in the Old Belt _ Voices From the
Tobacco South," a full-length documentary on the history of the tobacco
economy and culture in Virginia and North Carolina.

When not performing as a group, Barlow is a historical interpreter, Sauls is
a teacher and Hofmann works for a co-op. Hinshelwood tours with best-selling
author Sharyn McCrumb, performing a program of her writings and ballads to
promote her Ballad Series novels.

The concert, co-sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, is open
to the public at no charge.

Bridgewater College, a private, four-year liberal arts college, enrolls more
than 1,500 students. Founded in 1880 and located in the Central Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia, it was the state's first private, coeducational senior
college.

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1. Friday, March 16 - Contra at MAC in C'ville

    The band:    Zisettes - Laura Zisette (piano), Jane Zisette (flute/Irish
whistle),

                        Chas Zisette (bass) & Rob Zisette (fiddle)
    The caller:   Shawn Brenneman

    Dance is every 1st, & 3rd Fri, 8-11 PM.
    Beginners' workshop at 7:30. $7 admission ($4 after 9:30, youths 12 -18
    $4 & under 12 free).

Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes.

Check the website for current news and directions:
  http://www.contracorners.com
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2. Saturday, March. 17 - Contra at Mary Baldwin in Staunton

    Special Reunion performance by The Jig Is Up!

    Bring your favorite non-alcoholic Irish refreshments

    Wear your favorite Irish costume

    Drawing for Irish door prizes!

Beginners Workshop: 7:30 PM
Dance: 8:00 PM

Mary Baldwin College Physical Activities Building
Admission $6.00 (adult), $3.00 (youth),  (Mary Baldwin students - free)

    The band:     The Jig Is Up
    The caller:    Brad Sayler

Directions:

    From Exit 222 on I-81 (just North of I-64) turn right onto Rt. 250
(west) towards Staunton.
    Turn right onto Statler Blvd. (at Auto Zone). Cross Commerce Road (Rt.
11) and continue on
    Statler Blvd. At Coalter St. stoplight (next to 7-Eleven), go straight
on Edgewood Rd.
    At next stoplight go left on Augusta St. Go 3 blocks and turn left on
Tams St. (next to
    Shifflets Cleaners).  Go 1-1/2 blocks and MBC Physical Activities
Building is on right.

    Call: 540-280-2330 (cell),  540-280-2335 (cell), or 540-350-4344 (home)
with questions.
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3. Next Weds., March 21 - 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