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First and Third Sundays
Dance Managers: Tom Spittler, Kathy
Woeltjen and Homer Malaby
"I love English
dancing, love the music, love the
variety of moods, from elegant
to playful to rowdy, that it encompasses." —Alan
Winston
"A variety of spirited and graceful
community dances from the 1600's
to today are taught and led by
experienced teachers from the Bay
Area and beyond. In addition to
our local teacher, Kalia Kliban,
we sometimes feature Bruce Hamilton
or David Newitt, among others."
The delectable live music is provided
by a variety of local and visiting
musicians, including, among many
others, Jon Berger, Rebecca King,
Janette Duncan and local legend
Chuck Ward.
Greatly popular in the sixteenth
century, English country dancing
was a pleasing, informal alternative
to the formal dances requiring
great skill. Using little more
than walking and skipping, country
dance emphasizes movement and interaction
rather than steps.
In the U.S., English country dance
evolved into contra
dance and square dance. American
folk dancers will recognize many
of the figures.
The dance is held on the first
and third Sundays of each month
from 2 till 4:30 p.m. Admission
is $7 for members of NBCDS and
its affiliates, $9 for non-members,
and $3 for children. Call 707-829-3478
for more information or contact kalia@nbcds.org.
We dance at Wischemann Hall,
two doors away from the Sebastopol
Community Center, at 460 Eddie
Lane at the end of Morris St.,
off Hwy. 12, one light east of
Hwy. 116. Here's
a map. Note:
This map is for 499 Morris St.,
which is not, technically speaking,
the address of Wischemann Hall.
Wischemann Hall is a small older
building to the left of the Sebastopol
Teen Center, which is to the left
of the Sebastopol Community Center
at the end of Morris St. where
it turns away from Clahan Park.
If
you try to map 460 Eddie
Ln. in any of the online
map programs, it shows it at
the wrong end of Eddie Ln. So
please don't do that; just use
this link, which really does
show you where the hall is.
You may download and print an
Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF) flier for
this dance.
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