Join us this Saturday, October 20th for a Samhain (modern Halloween) themed dress up and dance party at your favorite Swing-era dance hall, the Thelma Boltin Center of Gainesville.
Oct 7: Dana Parkinson and Category Five
Dana Parkinson will be calling to the music of Category Five. So get ready for some rip-snorting good music and dance!
Sept 30: Advanced contra with Roni Wiener & The Stepping Stones
After several years as a traveling dancer, Roni Wiener has finally decided she can skip a few dances and share the joy of contra from the stage. Roni loves using what she learned on the dance floor to craft engaging programs that
Sept 15: Dance Like A Pirate with Cis Hinkle and The Red Mountain Yellowhammers
SeptembARRRRR 15th be the day n’ th’ hour to come to th’ dance dressed like a scurvy pirate! We gunna kick up our heels ’n make merry like the swashbucklers we be! ’Tis a tradition! International Talk Like A Pirate
Sept 2: John Rogers & Wind That Shakes the Barley
SeptembARRRRR 15th be the day n’ th’ hour to come to th’ dance dressed like a scurvy pirate! We gunna kick up our heels ’n make merry like the swashbucklers we be! ’Tis a tradition!
Aug 18: Tom Greene & Comes When Called
Tallahassee’s own Tom Greene will be calling the dances to the music of ‘Comes When Called’ to delight dance floor denizens with their Celtic, modern and old-time tunes.
Aug 5: Jonathan L. King and Category Five
Jonathan L. King from Gainesville will be calling contra dances to the live music of Category Five
July 29, 2018: JoLaine & The Gadabouts
The Gadabouts are coming to town! Get your fix of old time music gone amok interspersed with zesty and beautiful cajun waltzes. Our caller, JoLaine Jones-Pokorney will test your mettle as a contra dancer with surprising moves and patterns.
July 21, 2018 – Vicki Morrison & Comes When Called
‘Comes When Called’ promises to “delight dance floor denizens” with their Celtic, modern and old-time tunes. Calling for ‘Comes When Called’ is Vicki Morrison in her continued work for World Peace through contra dance. So get ready to kick up your heels Saturday July 21st 2018 from 7-10 pm.
July 1, 2018: Jonathan L King & Wind That Shakes The Barley
Jonathan L. King will be calling the contra dances to the live music of “Wind That Shakes the Barley” on Sunday. Wind That Shakes the Barley are:
• Bill Dudley – guitar
• Kathie Aagaard – fiddle
• Sarah Mitchell – flute, hammered dulcimer, penny whistle, percussion
June 16, 2018: Yazoo Kickstarts & Joey Norton
Joey Norton from Tampa will be calling the contra dances this Saturday, June 16th to live music of the Yazoo Kickstarts. The Yazoo Kickstarts are:
• Mike Stapleton on fiddle;
• Bill Paine – mandolin & guitar;
• Marietta Massey – banjo; and
• Marion Lasley – guitar
June 3: Palma Sola & JoLaine Jones-Pokorney
CALLER: JoLaine Jones-Pokorney
BAND: Palma Sola