This week's C'ville-area dance events

[Pat & John O'Neil]

1. Tuesday - Weekly Tuesday Dance Practice at Greenwood
2. Weds. - International Folk Dance in C'ville
3. Weds. - Swing dance in C'ville
4. Friday - Contra at MAC in C'ville
5. Request for baked goods for new Dayton sound system
6. Friday - Swing Dance in C'ville
7. Saturday - Contra at Mary Baldwin in Staunton
8. Sunday Afternoon - Open Waltz in Greenwood
9. Sunday Afternoon - Soup and Bake Sale in Greenwood
    for new sound system for Dayton Contra
10. Sunday - Contra Corners in Greenwood
11. Next Tuesday - Weekly Tuesday Dance Practice at Greenwood
12. Next Weds. - International Folk Dance in C'ville
13. Next Weds. - Open Waltz in C'ville
14. Next Thursday - New Waltz Class begins in C'ville
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1. Tuesday, March 17 - Weekly Tuesday Dance Practice at Greenwood

 7:30-8:50      Waltz  Practice--a chance to work on the moves taught
                       in Gaye's class
8:50- 9:45      Zydeco or Swing etc. some instruction/help provided
                      partner recommended, but not required
Cost: $5

On weeks when there is an open waltz at Burnley Moran or Greenwood,
we will offer only Zydeco and/or swing from 7:30 to 9:45

For info. call Rick Martin at 434-823-6999
or Carol Bradford at 540-942-3914.
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2. Weds., March 18 - 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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3. Tuesday, March 18 - Swing dance in C'ville

ACME Swing Mfg. Co. plays swing-danceable music in their own special way!

Join us at the Fellini's from 7:30 until 10.
200 W Market St
Charlottesville 434-979-4279
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4. Friday, March 20 - Contra at MAC in C'ville

    The band:      The Elftones - Mara Shea (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar)
    The Caller:    Gaye Fifer

    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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5. Request for baked goods for new Dayton sound system

Between Sunday afternoon's Waltz in Greenwood and Sunday night's
Contra Corners dance, a light dinner of soup followed by a bake sale
will be offered. The bake sale will continue until the end of the Contra
Corners dance.  Both will benefit the fund for a new sound system for
the Dayton contradance.  If you would like to help
by donating baked goods, please contact Michelle at 540-560-9841 
or perrymchelle at yahoo.com
Thanks!
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6. Friday, March 20 - Swing Dance in C'ville

ACME Swing Mfg. Co. plays swing-danceable music in their own special way!

Join us at the Siips from 9:00 PM until Midnight.
212 E. Main Street
Charlottesville     434-872-0056
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7. Saturday, March 21 - Contra at Mary Baldwin in Staunton

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

Mary Baldwin College Physical Activities Building
Admission $7.00 (adult), $4.00 (teens),Kids under 12 - free
Mary Baldwin students free with ID.

    The band:      The  Elftones - Mara Shea (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar)
    The Caller:    Tom Hinds

Directions from Exit 222 on I-81 (just north of I-64):
    Turn right onto Rt. 250 (west) towards Staunton
    Turn right onto Statler Boulevard (at the Auto Zone)
    Cross Commerce Rd. (Rt. 11) and continue on Statler Blvd.
    At the Coalter St. stoplight (next to Seven Eleven) go straight
    ahead onto Edgewood Rd.
   At the next stoplight go left onto Augusta St.
   Go 3 blocks and turn left on Tams St. (next to Shiplett's Cleaners)
   Go 1-1/2  blocks to Mary Baldwin Physical Activities Building on right.

For more info, contact: stn_contra at ntelos.net or call 540 887-7017
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8. Sunday Afternoon, March 22 - Open Waltz in Greenwood

Beginner's Workshop:    3:00 PM
Open Waltz:                   3:30 - 5:30 PM

Admission: $5

Music by The Elftones - Mara Shea (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar)

For more info contact Robert Bowman 434-293-7308)

This is just before the Greenwood contradance,
so stick around afterwards and dance some more!
See next entry for a light dinner!
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9. Sunday Afternoon, March 22 - Soup and Bake Sale in Greenwood
    for new sound system for Dayton Contra

Friends of the Dayton contra dance are going to sell soup as a light dinner
in the break from 5:30-6:30 between the waltz and the contra dance.
They are also going to have a bake sale staring then and continuing 
until the end of the contra dance. Funds will be used towards a new sound
system for the Dayton dance group.
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10. Sunday, March 22 - Contra Corners in Greenwood

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

      Admission:     $8.00.

      The band:      The Elftones - Mara Shea (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar)
      The caller:     Gaye Fifer

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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11. Next Tuesday, March 24 - Weekly Tuesday Dance Practice at Greenwood

    See #1 above.
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12. Next Weds., March 25 - International Folk Dance in C'ville

See #2 above.
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13. Next Weds., March 25 - Open Waltz in C'ville

Waltzes at Burnley-Moran gym, 7-9 PM,
$5 donation, refreshments following at Gaye, Michelle, & Erin's

     Music by:    Notorious(Larry Unger and Eden MacAdam-Somer) 
Call Gaye 244-7858 for more info.
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14. Next Thursday, March 26 - New Waltz Class begins in C'ville

Next waltz class series begins Thurs. Mar. 26.
Contact Gaye 434-244-7858 for more info.