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.
‘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.
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
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
CALLER: JoLaine Jones-Pokorney
BAND: Palma Sola
Susie Rudder will be calling the contra dances this Saturday, May 19th to live music of the Yazoo Kickstarts.
Notorious is:
Larry Unger on banjo and guitar;
Eden MacAdam-Somer on fiddle and vocals; and
Sam Bartlett on mandolin and jaw harp.
John Rogers will be calling advanced contra dances to the music of Possum Trot this Sunday April 29th 2018.
Wild Asparagus Weekend at the Dancing Fish of Lake Santa Fe–April 20th-22nd 2018
Contra dance to one of New England’s finest bands, Wild Asparagus, in the new covered dance barn at The Dancing Fish, on Lake Santa Fe in Melrose, Florida (18 miles east of Gainesville).
No fooling–The Kumquats are back for another engagement! And Vicki Morrison calls for us in her continued work for World Peace through contra dance. So get ready to kick up your heels Sunday April 1st 2018 from 7-10 pm.
The Kumquats are:
* Bill Dudley on guitar;
* Rich Crew on fiddle and recorder; and
* Sarah Mitchell on penny whistle, flute, drum, foot percussion and hammered dulcimer.
This Sunday, May 4, 2014 come dance to tunes played by Just Twistin’ Hay from central Florida, and dances called by Richard Hopkins who’s driving in from Tallahassee!
