This week's C'ville-area dance Events

Tue Apr 1 10:39:06 EDT 2008

1. Weds. - International Folk Dance in C'ville
2. Friday - Contra at MAC in C'ville
3. Saturday - Swing Dance at 214 Community Arts Center in C'ville
4. Saturday - Contra in Timberville
5. Sunday - Irish Social Dance at 214 Community Arts Center in C'ville
6. Sunday - Jacqueline Schwab House Concert in C'ville
7. Next Weds. - International Folk Dance in C'ville
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1. Weds., April 2 - International Folk Dance in C'ville

Charlottesville International Folk Dancers meets Wednesday evenings
at the Senior Center, 1180 Pepsi Place, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

 Join people of all ages to learn and do lively, haunting, or gentle
folk-dances from many different countries.

Teaching is from 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.,
and recreational dancing is from 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.

For questions, please call Sue Chase (540-456-8176)
or Elias Plaza-Meyer (434-974-6250 or 434-806-6770).
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2. Friday, April 4 - Contra at MAC in C'ville

    The band:    Skylark - Paul Facker (fiddle), Marilyn Hartman (piano)
                        & Colin Cannell (percussion)
    The caller:   Brad Sayler

    Dance is every 1st, & 3rd Fri, 8-11 PM.
    Beginners' workshop at 7:30.

$8 admission, $5 students
($5 after 9:30, youths 12 -18 $5 & 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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3. Saturday, April 5 - Swing Dance at 214 Community Arts Center in C'ville

It's time to shake a leg at 214 Community Arts Center!
ACME Swing Mfg. Co. and UVA Swing Club present Swing-O-Matic,
an evening of lindy hopping, hot swing, and jump blues dancing.

Lesson at 7:30 and dancing 8-10:30.
Students $6 with i.d., $9 regular admission.

Come dance or listen, and support 214 Community Center.
www.swingco.net
www.214arts.org
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4. Saturday, April 5 - Contra in Timberville

The Band:    Driver Parks Knicely - Steve Driver (mandolin), Bob Parks
(guitar)
                    & Neil Knicely (bass)
The Caller:   Tom Hinds

Time: Workshop 7:30 Dance 8:00-11:00
Admission: $5.00
Place: Plains District Community Center, Timberville, VA

Directions:

Travel North on I-81 past the exits to Harrisonburg, to exit 257 at Mauzy.
Take this exit onto Rt 11.
Turn south or left a short distance on Rt 11 to Rt 259.
there is a traffic light here.
You will travel approx 4 miles on 259 which intersects with Rt 42.
This will be at the second traffic light on 259.
Go straight at the second traffic light. You are now on RT 42.
Travel 2 more miles, turn left at the second traffic light.
This is McCauley street.
There will be a BB&T bank on your right and a Rite Aid on your left.
After turning left on McCauley St, the Plains District Community Center
will be about the 8th building on your right.
The address is 233 McCauley St

For info: 540-860-1385
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5. Sunday, April 6 - Irish Social Dance in C'ville

 Sunday, April 6 - Irish Social Dance at Community Arts Center

 The Irish Social Dances (ceilis) are on  April 6th and May 4th.
They start at 4:00 p.m. (NOTE NEW EARLIER START TIME) and run until 6:00.

The Blue Ridge Irish Music School presents a monthly Irish Social Dance
(Ceili)
on first Sundays at the 214 Community Arts Center
(214 Rugby Rd. in Charlottesville, former Prism).

All dances taught, live music by BRIMS Ceili Band.
No experience necessary, kids welcome.

$7 for adults, kids $4 (BRIMS members pay $5/$2).

For more information, 434-409-9631
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6. Sunday, April 6 - Jacqueline Schwab House Concert in C'ville

House Concert
with pianist Jacqueline Schwab

3pm on Sunday April 6th

at the home of Brooke Desio on Key West Dr, Charlottesville, VA
(e-mail Shawn Brenneman for directions, sbrenneman at gmail.com)

Suggested donation: $10 or $25 for families of 3 or more

There will be two sets with a break and refreshments.

Many of you will be familiar with Jacqueline's playing for English country
dancing.
She has also played for many of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries including
The Civil War, Baseball, Mark Twain, and The War.  She has also played
at the White House and the Smithsonian. She records and performs with many
traditional musicians, including the English dance music quartet Bare
Necessities,
as well as with Scottish fiddlers Alasdair Fraser and Laura Risk, as part of
the
Scottish duo New Rigged Ship, and with singer Jean Redpath
(including an appearance on A Prairie Home Companion).
Jacqueline has three solo recordings: Mad Robin, Down Came an Angel,
and Mark Twain's America. For more information on Jacqueline's work, see:
http://www.jacquelineschwab.com.

Come enjoy Jacqueline's music in an intimate, "parlor" atmosphere.
You may hear her signature arrangements of American music of
Mark Twain's era: well-known Stephen Foster and Civil War parlor songs,
Scotch and Irish tunes brought over from the Old Country, Victorian ballroom
dance tunes, hymns and spirituals, ragtime and more.
Jacqueline speaks informally (but knowledgeably) to the audience about each
of the pieces, highlighting the history, origins, folklore, and popular
culture.
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7. Next Weds., April 9 - International Folk Dance in C'ville

Charlottesville International Folk Dancers meets Wednesday evenings
at the Senior Center, 1180 Pepsi Place, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

 Join people of all ages to learn and do lively, haunting, or gentle
folk-dances from many different countries.

Teaching is from 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.,
and recreational dancing is from 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.

For questions, please call Sue Chase (540-456-8176)
or Elias Plaza-Meyer (434-974-6250 or 434-806-6770).