Bozeman Dance Schedule

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Contra Season is September through May with guest bands and callers providing great dances! Location is usually at the Eagles Lodge with its beautiful wooden dance floor. 2011-12 Schedule now posted!

International and Scottish dancing

Helena dances are held just down the road, generally on the 3rd Friday of the month (except Sept.)

NEW TO CONTRA DANCING?

Check out the online video series created by the Chattahoochee Country Dancers (CCD) in Atlanta -- Contra Dance Training for Beginning Dancers. They have great basic information guaranteed to make your first dances more enjoyable and they are FREE! Here's how to access them:

• Go to the CCD website www.ContraDance.org
• Click on What's Contra Dancing? 
• Scroll down to one of their 9 videos. 
  

There are also a variety of contra dance videos on YouTube; here's one or try this web mistress pick:

Mr. Plow - The Great Bear Trio The Great Bear Trio Andrew VanNorstrand: electric guitar Noah VanNorstrand: fiddle Kim Yerton: piano...

Bozeman Contra Dance Schedule - September 2011 through May 2012 Generally dances are the 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday of each month except January when the annual Wintergreen dance weekend is scheduled (end of the month). Beginner's workshop 7:30-8:00 pm. Dancing from 8:00-11:00 pm. Admission: $7 members, $9 non-members. Live music - all dances are taught - all ages are welcome and partners are not required. Please wear grit free, non-marking shoes to protect the dance floor.
Date	Band	Caller	Location
December 2 (Fri) December 31 (Sat)	Sassafras Stomp Weatherwood	Rosanna Finley Marty Albini/Jenny Monfore	Eagles - 316 East Main Street Eagles - 316 East Main Street
January 27-29	Wintergreen Contra Dance Weekend	all "wintergreeen" charging your batteries...	The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture
Feb 3 (Fri.) Feb 18 (Sat.)	Fiddle Dundee Fiddle Dundee	Rosanna Finley Rab Cummings	Eagles - 316 East Main Street Eagles - 316 East Main Street
March 2 (Fri.) March 24 (Sat.)	Weatherwood Tomfoolery	Rosanna Finley TBA	Eagles - 316 East Main Street Eagles - 316 East Main Street
April 6 (Fri.) April 21 (Sat.)	WMDs Weatherwood	Jenny Monfore Bev Young	Eagles - 316 East Main Street Eagles - 316 East Main Street
May 4 (Fri.) May 19 (Sat.)	Out of the Wood Skippin' a Groove	TBA Morna Leonard	Eagles - 316 East Main Street Eagles - 316 East Main Street

For more information regarding contra dances contact Ellen at 406-581-3444.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING NEWS

International Folk Dancing and Scottish Country Dancing every Tuesday.

*At the SOB Barn Loft on the MSU Campus (pink balloon on the map at right, near the North Hedges Suites). Garfield is accessible from South 19th.

International Folk Dance: 7 p.m.  Includes basic and intermediate dances that are taught as needed. All are welcome and no partner is needed. There's no cost. 

Scottish Country Dance lessons continue! 8-9:30 p.m. For those who have some SCD experience. Susan Hinkins will be teaching. There's no cost and you do not need a partner. 8 p.m.

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

*January 24 IFD/SCD, Tuesday - Mitchell Frey plans to join us for Bozeman IFD

*STEAM AND STOMP - February 18-19, 2012
The annual international folkdance gathering at Boulder Hot Springs, for all level of dancers. Save the dates and I hope to see you there! -Bill 406-442-7591

More International Folk Dancing around the state....
Butte IFD - Sundays 7-9 pm
Billings IFD - First Friday each month
Kalispell IFD - Saturdays 7-10 pm, Salvation Army gym. http://montanafolkdance.org/flathead/

Here's a sample of what the Bozeman group did last fall and spring, with some cues:

Just for fun, check out Latvian flash mob folk dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcvmSBCJwKE (Riga, 8/20/2009)

HELENA CONTRA DANCES:

Questions? -- Amie Butler - 406-495-0935. Please consider purchasing a dance card for $50. The dance card will get you into our 9 scheduled dances during the season and the money up front allows us to pay for talented bands and callers.  

Helena Contra Dance 2011-12 Schedule

Where: Plymouth Congregational Church (corner of Winnie and Oakes) in the Fellowship Room, park in the lot on the North side of the building for easiest access.
When: 7:30 pm on designated date
Who: you all......yeah!!!!
What: GREAT contra dancing!

Next dance: Friday, January 20, 2012 with Helena Handbasket playing and Rosanne Finley calling

“Hey for Four” Series:
In addition to our monthly dances with live music, Helena Contra Dancers presents a new series. The dances are free, but donations happily accepted to help cover the cost of the room. These dances are all taught and called to recorded music, with the following goals in mind:

• to give dancers an opportunity to dance more frequently than once a month
• to give our local callers more practice calling dances
• to help beginning dancers master the basic steps
• to introduce all dancers to more complicated figures
• to work on dance aesthetics, like flow and embellishments 
  

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