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English Country Dancing
2nd Fridays - Elks Lodge (2nd floor)
112 N. Pattee St
Details:
Day: 2nd Fridays, Oct - May
Next Dance: April 11,, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Elks Lodge
Suggested Donation: $5 - $10
This fall, on second Fridays at the Elks Lodge, Bev Young, Mark Matthews, and Christa Torrens will teach fun, easy-to-learn, English country dances to live music.
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Everyone welcome. No experience necessary. No partner required. All dances taught and "called." Come join us!
Beautiful music. One of the many joys of English country dance is the beauty and variety of the music. Each dance has its own tune. Here's the dance and tune, "Juice of Barley."
English country dancing, as the name implies, was the social dance of country folk in England and the Colonies. Dances run the gamut from elegant to rowdy, stately to silly, simple to complex, and have fun, varied tunes to accompany them. But country dancing wasn’t only for farmers and milkmaids. Henry VIII enjoyed country dances, as did George Washington more than 200 years later.
The movie adaptations of Jane Austen's popular novels, Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility, showcase the intrigue, romance, liveliness and sheer fun of English Country Dancing as well as the majestic sound of Baroque orchestras.
Did you know that the figures in contra dancing stem from English country dancing?
Last updated February 15, 2025
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