.

Bozeman Dance Schedule

Home || Dancing ||  Music ||  Dance Weekend || Ceilidhs || Favorite Links || Contact Us

BFS CONTRA DANCE SERIES

Held September through May with guest bands and callers providing hot tunes and great dances! All ages are welcome and partners are not required. Please wear grit free shoes without black soles to protect the dance floor. The 2008-09 season is taking place at an all new venue, the SUB ballrooms on the MSU campus. Helena dances are held just down the road, generally on the 2nd Saturday of the month. International and Scottish dancing is once a week. See below for schedules.

In addition to the regular contra dance series, BFS will again offer several family dances especially for beginning dancers and families with chidren. These dances will be held 5:30 pm - 7:15 pm, directly preceeding the regular dance. The emphasis will be on fun and success for everyone. Admission is $5 adults, $3 children ages 2-16, Kids under 2 free. $1 off for BFS members. (Does not include admission to the dance later in the evening.) All children MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

dancingNEW TO CONTRA DANCING?

Check out the new 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. 

Bozeman Contra Dance Schedule
Beginner's workshop is 7:30-8:00 pm, regular dances from 8:00-11:00 pm. *Family dances are 5:30-7:15 pm.
Admission is $7 members, $9 non-members.

Date Band Caller Location

Sept 27, 2008

 Weatherwood Janet Grove

MSU SUB Ballroom B
Oct 25, 2008 Broken String Band Rab Cummings MSU SUB Ballroom B
Nov 22, 2008
(*Family Dance)

*Dancing Bears
AM String Band

 *Rab Cummings
Bev Young		 MSU SUB Ballroom B
Dec 13, 2008
(*Family Dance)		 *Dancing Bears
Steve & Sally O'Neil		 Rab Cummings MSU SUB Ballroom B
Jan 23-25, 2009 Wintergreen Dance Weekend Bands! Callers! Workshops! The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture
Feb 28, 2009
Family Dance CANCELLED		 Weatherwood Dave Mogk MSU SUB Ballroom B

March 28, 2009

 AM String Band Bev Young MSU SUB Ballroom D
April 18, 2009
(*Family Dance)		 *Dancing Bears
Strawberry Ridge		 *Rab Cummings
Morna Leonard		 MSU SUB Ballroom D
May 9, 2009 WMD's Mark Matthews

Irving School gym, 611 South 8th

For more information regarding contra dances contact Rab at 406-586-2844.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING & SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING
 (Tuesdays during the school year, starting September 30, 2008)

  • Folk dancing from 7 pm to around 7:45 pm
  • Scottish dancing - done for the season, check back for next fall's schedule
  • Last Folk dance will be May 5th if we can get the SOB Barn on MSU campus (Garfield Street, behind the high rise dorms).
  • Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes. No experience needed. No partners needed. (Bring water bottles as the only drinking fountain is downstairs.)
  • Questions? Call 585-2287 or 586-6773.
  • Occasional Saturday afternoon dance parties - call about time and location.
  • International Folk Dancers will meet in Butte on Sunday, May 3rd, 6pm to 9pm at the new Sacred Ground location, 601 W. Park. Protect the new floor....bring clean shoes. Contact Cecelia Notess (585-2287) for more information or if you want a ride from Bozeman.

HELENA CONTRA DANCES:

For directions or more information contact Amie at 4224greenacres@mt.net or 495-0935. Schedule:

  • May 9: Skippin a Groove (Missoula) with Morna Leonard (Hamilton) calling

    Where:  Allegro School of Dance, 3750 No. Montana, Helena 
    When:   8:00 - 8:30 pm workshop; 8:30-11 pm dance.
    No partner or experience necessary. 
    $7/adults, $4/kids, family rates. 

 

Home || Dancing ||  Music ||  Dance Weekend || Favorite Links || Contact Us