Gainesville Old-Time Dance Society

October 6 - Eric Harris and the Briarpickers

Eric Harris will be calling the dances to the music of "the Briarpickers", 4pm, October 6 at the Thelma Boltin Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave. Introductory workshop for beginning dancers starts at 3:30pm and is highly recommended! Experienced dancers, be there early to partner with those newcomers and help them have the time of their lives!

Susie Rudder calls to music by the Roads Scholars

* June 21:. Join us Saturday, June 21 for an appearance of the Road Scholars, a four
person ensemble of musicians that will be both familiar and new. Composed
of musicians from the Gadabouts, who wowed the June 1 dance, Gumbo Limbo
(Cajun spice, maybe? ), the Fishcamp Cutups and the Yazoo Kickstarts, their
tunes will be sure to please.

Rocking Contra into the 22nd Century and beyond, Contraforce merges music we know and love with psychedelia, surf rock, and metal to expand your mind and stretch your dance mojo. Embrace the future, throw open your perceptions and dare yourself to swim in the constancy of change.

Keeping faith at the mike, Emily Abel, a bicyclist and avid volunteer from Winston-Salem, NC, "is very excited to call a dance for YOU!"

Richard Hopkins of Tallahassee will be calling the dances to the music of "Whistlin' Thieves", 8pm, October 19 at the Thelma Boltin Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave. Introductory workshop for beginning dancers starts at 7:30pm and is highly recommended! Experienced dancers, be there early to partner with those newcomers and help them have the time of their lives!

Jonathan & Ruthie King walk dancers through contra Wonderland.

Can mathematicians count and call contra dances at the same time? Come find out Sunday June 29 when Jonathan King guides us down the rabbit hole through choice contra-ptions of contra Wonderland.

Dances and figures from, or beyond, your wildest imagination may appear on the dance floor before you have a chance to cry 'help'! Come, stretch your dancing skills--and your mind--in the company of other daring dancers!

Playing for our dance will be a local favorite The Yazoo Kickstarts with Bill Paine, Mike Stapleton, Marietta Massey and David Massey.

Closing out the contra year, our ever-popular "old acquaintances", Kumquats at Large will play a dance not likely to be forgotten! Let's join together in dancing out 2014.

Our caller, Sam Rotenberg, is taking a break from calling In Philly and various other frozen locales to warm up a dance for us. Having also called at NEFFA and Pinewoods and being an English Country dancer, an interesting dance is sure to be afoot.

Gainesville's own JoLaine Jones-Pokorney will be calling the dances to the music of "Kumquats at Large", 4pm, November 3 at the Thelma Boltin Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave. Introductory workshop for beginning dancers starts at 3:30pm and is highly recommended! Experienced dancers, be there early to partner with those newcomers and help them have the time of their lives!

GODS Dance Sunday July 6 - Barnstorm Quartet & Alice Milmoe

Declare your independence from another barbeque - come out and DANCE! Rock out this Sunday July 6, when Florida's own Barnstorm raises the rafters and blows down the hall, with an assist from Alice Milmoe calling the tunes.

With Sharon Hartmann, Lee Simpson, and Chris Campbell, Barnstorm has been known to move the floor with their undefinable mix of genres.

Alice Milmoe, a third generation caller will keep you moving with figures to delight your fancy.

November 16 and 17 gets a double-whammy contra dance in Gainesville! Saturday evening, November 16, we have visiting talent from Atlanta - "Whistlin Rufus" and caller Doug Singleton at the Thelma Boltin Center, and Sunday afternoon is the University of Florida contra dance club featuring Jonathan King calling and "Just Twistin' Hay".

The dance delight continues with Atlanta quartet Whistlin Rufus and their "fast, energetic, interesting dance music". Having played for years around the Southeast and Midwest, this is a return engagement for our dance. Do not miss the opportunity to get your Contra on, in air-conditioned comfort on a sprung dance floor.

Calling for Whistlin Rufus is Doug Singleton, a long time caller and active in the Atlanta Contra community.

Whistlin Rufus is: Ann Whitley on fiddle, Doug Olsen, mandolin, Cindy Olsen, bass and Matt Levine, guitar.

Gainesville Old-Time Dance Society

title

October 6 - Eric Harris and the Briarpickers

June 21, 2014 GODS dance:

Sunday Dec 7, 4-7 pm: Contraforce Tour with Emily Abel - Rocking Contra

October 19 - "Whistlin' Thieves" and Richard Hopkins

June 29: Yazoo Kickstarts called by Jonathan King

Saturday Dec 20: Kumquats at Large & Sam Rotenberg

November 3 - "Kumquats at Large" and JoLaine Jones-Pokorney

GODS Dance Sunday July 6 - Barnstorm & Alice Milmoe

November 16 - 17 Contra Dance Double-Whammy

July 19 Whistlin' Rufus and Doug Singleton

Pages

Pages

Search form