Evening and weekend dance events are = coming up=20 fast:

This Monday (8/15) and next Monday (8/22) is English Country=20 dancing

This Tuesday (8/16) is Contra Dancing

and a week form now: (8/27) - Old Time Barn Dance.

August 15th & = 22nd (Mon.=20 evenings): English Country Dancing (free, recorded=20 music)

English Country Dancing (ECD) is the "more-refined" = cousin of=20 contra dancing. Think elegeance, grace, propriety, and, of course, = eye-contact=20 and just a little bit of flirting... Sponsored by University=20 Historical Dance Enthusiasts. Want to read more about ECD? go to = our=20 website, http://raincloudpub.com/snocd/= =20

Location: Jewel Box = Theatre,=20 Clark County (Flamingo) Library, 1401 E. Flamingo=20 Ave.
Time: 6:30 to 8:45 pm.

Admission: Free

Callers:

Info: return e-mail, or=20 656-9513
Directions: see above

Future Jewel Box ECD Dances: = September 19, October 10 and 31, November 28, December 19.

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August 16th=20 (Tues. evening): Contra Dancing (free, recorded=20 music)

An evening of contra dancing, or its cousins = (triplets, reels,=20 etc. - maybe a square?), depending on the number attending. All = dances are=20 taught, and no partner is needed.

Location: Jewel Box = Theatre,=20 Clark County (Flamingo) Library, 1401 E. Flamingo=20 Ave.
Time: 6:30 to 8:45 pm.

Admission: Free

Info: return e-mail, or=20 656-9513
Directions: =20 The library is between Maryland Parkway and Eastern Ave., on = the south=20 side of the street. The library entrance that is close to the = Jewel Box=20 theatre is the door closest to the intersection of Flamingo and = Escondido. =20 Inside the door, turn left, go down a short flight of stairs, and the = Jewel Box=20 is the room on your right.

Future Jewel Box Contra=20 Dances: (generally, 3rd Tuesdays)

September 13, October 18, and November=20 15

August 27th=20 (Saturday): Old Time Barn Dance at CHAC

Our local band, Serendipitones, = will liven up=20 the evening with snappy dance music. If = you have moved here from another dance community, do come out and = enjoy the=20 lively music, the camaraderie, and the laughter, and get your dancing = fix! =20 We encourage any first-timers to attend the 1/2 hour lesson that starts = at 6:30=20 pm, as it is designed to give newcomers a basic primer on what = constitutes=20 a contra dance, and help the dance flow more smoothly throughout the=20 evening.

Location: Charleston Heights Arts=20 Center, 800 S. Brush Street, Las Vegas

Time: Contra dance = instruction at 6:30=20 pm, dancing from 7 to 10 pm.

Cost: General admission:$6; = members of=20 SNOCD:$5; students and active military: $3.

Music: Live fiddlin' music by = ContraPoint.

Callers: Live

Information: 656-9513, or = return=20 e-mail.
Directions: CHAC is one block west of = Arizona=20 Charlies, and 2 blocks northwest of the intersection of W. Charleston = Blvd. and=20 Decatur Blvd. From Highway 95, take the Decatur exit, go south on = Decatur for 4=20 stoplights, and turn right on Evergreen St. This is the street = between the=20 Arizona Charlie's Casino and their parking lot to the south. Go = west on=20 Evergreen, and at the first stop sign, turn left onto Brush St. = CHAC is=20 the 2nd building on the right.

Future Old-TIme Barn Dances - at=20 CHAC:

Generally, after August, the = 4th Saturday=20 of the month.

Future dances: = September 24,=20 October 22, November 26, December 17, January 28, February=20 25

Other = events:

August 21st, Sunday: THUNDERBEAT - Nominated = for Five=20 Native American Music = Awards!

Sunday,=20 August 21, 2005, 2:00 p.m., join ThunderBeat, nominated for five Native = American=20 Music Awards and Nominee for Best World Music, as she presents a = world-class=20 drum workshop to help you get in touch with the spirit of the = drum.=20 Learn the connection of the rhythms from around the world as you = discover the=20 techniques of traditional American Indian, Middle Eastern and African = drumming.=20 BRING YOUR DRUM or just come and experience the rhythmic union of the = World=20 Heartbeat to the One. The cost to participate in this 2 =BD to 3 = hour,=20 world-class drumming workshop is $20 per Adult, $10 per Youth (under age = 18).
ThunderBeat is a Native American of Choctaw and Shawnee=20 heritage. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, she now resides in = Sedona,=20 Arizona. She has studied at the prestigious Eastman School of Music and = studied=20 with ritualistic-drummer Layne Redmond. For the past year she has been=20 performing with Mayan Shaman Jose Arguelles (the Mayan Factor). = ThunderBeat is=20 best known for her extraordinary drumming, but is also an accomplished = composer,=20 sound healer and teacher. For over two decades she has recorded and = toured with=20 national and international artists on major labels. ThunderBeat works = with and=20 openly embraces Great Spirit. She has traveled to many sacred sites to = receive=20 and bring back the ancient knowledge of healing that has been lost. She = has=20 conducted ceremony at the temples in Egypt and at the Great Pyramids, = Mount=20 Sinai, many Native American Indian sacred lands, the Mayan temples in = Mexico and=20 Guatemala, and the vortexes in Sedona, Arizona. ThunderBeat has = experienced many=20 styles of music, which include World-Beat, Middle Eastern, Rock, Ancient = Egyptian, Fund, Native Indian, Tribal, and Trance Dance. All the music = that she=20 composes is for healing and awakening the spirit inside.
As a = certified=20 Reiki Master, she has been teaching since 1988. Her teachings are = natural=20 healing modalities, which include sound healing, chakra awakening,=20 color-light-sound therapy, herbal treatments, healing concerts, crystal = healing,=20 drum workshops, sacred breath work, and aura cleanings. In 1993, = ThunderBeat=20 used her psychic abilities to assist authorities with solving major = cases. To=20 learn more about ThunderBeat, visit her website at www.thundervisionrecords.com.=20
Location: First Church of Religious Science, = 1420=20 East Harmon Avenue, located one block east of Maryland=20 Parkway