"Welcome" to the new folks on this e-mail list. =20 The = following line-up is=20 for the month of November.  The = bold=20 print indicates new information since the last newsletter. =20 Thanks=20 to all for your support in keeping the dancing alive in = Las=20 Vegas, and your attendance of the dance=20 events. This message includes:
 
November 26:  (Saturday = night):  Old-time Barn Dance=20 at CHAC   
November 28 and December 19: =  (Monday nights):  English Country = Dancing=20 at the Jewel Box Theatre
    
        Music jam sessions for traditional dance musicians and=20 singers
        Nevada = Old-Time=20 Fiddlers' Association
        Las Vegas Mandolin Orchestra
   Other = dancing/music=20 opportunties in Las Vegas  
        Ethnic Express = - International folk=20 dancing
       =20 Israeli Folk Dancing        &nbs= p;   =20
       &nbs= p;Dances of Univeral=20 Peace
        = Southern=20 Nevada Square and Round Dance Association
   =20     Argentine Tango
   =20     Cuban Dancing
   =20     Belly Dancing
   =20     Highland Dancing
   =20     Ballroom Dancing
   =20     Country Line Dancing
      &n= bsp; East Coast Swing Dancing=20
   Many, many LV ethnic cultural=20 events
  =  Arizona dances
   Weekend dance camps and=20 tours 
        November 11-13:  Dance in the Desert - Tuscon, AZ=20
   = Dancing opportunities and information from the = Web
   November and=20 December calendar
 
This missive is quite = lengthly, and=20 there is a calendar at the end.  It will be sent only around the = beginning=20 of the month.  Event reminders may be sent throughout the month. = Our policy=20 is that WE DO NOT SHARE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.  If you would = like to be=20 removed from this mailing list, please send your request by return = e-mail. =20 This information is courtesy of the Southern = Nevada Old-Time=20 Contra Dancers (SNOCD).  
 
November 26 =20 (Saturday):  Old Time Barn Dance at CHAC
 
Our local band will liven up the evening with snappy = dance=20 music.  If you have moved here from = another=20 dance community, do come out and enjoy the lively music, the = camaraderie, and=20 the laughter, and get your dancing fix!  We encourage any = first-timers to=20 attend the 1/2 hour lesson that starts at 6:30 pm, as it is = designed to=20 give newcomers a basic primer on what constitutes a contra dance, and = help the=20 dance flow more smoothly throughout the 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 = Kay,=20 Elyse, and ???
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=20 right.
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Future Old-TIme Barn Dances - at=20 CHAC:
Generally, the 4th Saturday of the = month.
     Future dances:  = December 17,=20 January 28, February 25
 
November 28 and = December=20 19 (Mon. evenings): English Country Dancing =20 (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:  The library is between = Maryland=20 Parkway and Eastern Ave., on the south side of the street.  The = library=20 entrance that is close to the Jewel Box theatre is the door closest to = the=20 intersection of Flamingo and Escondido.  Inside the door, turn = left, go=20 down a short flight of stairs, and the Jewel Box is the room on your=20 right.Future Jewel Box ECD=20 Dances: December 19
 
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Music jam sessions for traditional dance = musicians
 
Nevada Old-Time Fiddlers'  Association
 
For more infor, contact Mike Farrow at 565-7253 or Darla Sorensen,=20 452-7453, or visit their website at http://communitylink.rev= iewjournal.com/,=20 under Nevada=20 Old Time Fiddlers
  • 1st and 3rd Saturdays, NOFA Fiddle and Old-Time = Music=20 Workshop and Jam at the Prestige at Mira Loma Assisted Living Center, = 2520=20 Wigwam Pkwy. The workshop/slow jam session meets from 10:00 am to = 12:30=20 pm, with a beginners'/slow jam from 11 to 11:45. =20 Take Pecos to Wigwam and turn north. The turnoff into=20 the center is immediately on the west side between the = medical=20 buildings.=20
  • 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, NOFA Fiddle and Old-Time = Music=20 Jam, Henderson Library, 280 S. Water Street, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
Las Vegas Mandolin Orchestra -   = Mandolin, mandola, mandocello, and mandobass players of any = skill level=20 are welcomed to form a orchestra of mandolin family = instruments. The=20 goal is to resurrect for the Southern Nevada community the = wonderful sounds=20 that were so common in the United States at the turn of the 20th = Century. Music=20 will include Italian, ragtime, Celtic, old-time, marches, classical, = World=20 Music, and other genres as the repertoire develops. Practice = sessions will=20 include workshop and instructional with formats to develop skill at = reading=20 music and mandolin technique.  Contact Dave Carroll at (702) = 262-9989 or CarrollD@ix.netcom.com if = you're=20 interested."
 
 
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Other dancing opportunties in Las Vegas Area
 
International Folk Dancing with the Ethnic=20 Express: 
  • Wednesday nights, 6:30 to 9 pm, at Charleston Heights Arts Center = (see=20 directions above).  $4 general, $3 members of Ethnic=20 Express.   Information:  732-4871.
Israeli Folk Dancing with Amnon Eilat
  • Instructor:  Amnon Eilat, a certified = Israeli dance=20 instructor and choreographer=20
  • Information:  254-5895=20
  • Sunday evenings, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. =20
    • 6 - 7 pm: Beginners' dances=20
    • 7-10 pm, intermediate and advanced dances
  • Location:  the Israeli Cultural Center at=20 Or-Bamidbar, 2991 Emerson Avenue. From Desert Inn and = Eastern, go=20 south one block to Emerson.  Go east on Emerson to the = very=20 end.  There is another Jewish synagogue in the 2700 = block, but=20 that is not the end of the street!  Keep going! 
  • Cost:  $10 
Dances of Univeral=20 Peace 
Meets=20 on the first Thursday of the month, and = about every=20 other month, on the first Saturday after the first = Thursday, in=20 Pahrump.
The next dance = is January=20 6th in Las Vegas.

Time:          = ;          6:45=20 to 9:30 PM 
LV=20 Location:         Christ = Our King=20 Community, 4925 S. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV  = (southwest=20 corner of            =20             =    =20             Tropicana and = Torrey=20 Pines)
Cost:          &nb= sp;        =20 $10 donation or whatever you wish
Who can=20 dance:    Everyone, even children (of reasonable = age) can=20 enjoy the=20 = dances.
Information:        &n= bsp;  Call=20 Jeanne   (702) 631-4160, or e-mail:  zoorevue1@prodigy.com 
=             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;   Cell=20 number if you get lost (702) 236-9411
 
Southern Nevada Square and Round Dance=20 Association
  • See their website at http://www= .communitylink.koz.com/lvrj/sqrddancerssonv,=20 or contact Anne Wells, 565-7096.  This website serves to = coordinate=20 dance programs for twenty-three clubs in Clark and Nye = Counties,
    Nevada and=20 Mohave County, Arizona.
Argentine Tango
  • Thursday nights, at Dance Charisma, 3650 S. Jones, south of Spring = Mountain. Call 364-8700 for info. Both lessons and open=20 dancing. 
Cuban Dancing
 
This is a word of mouth:  Taste of = Cuba, a=20 restaurant slightly east of Sahara and Decatur:  Cuban music and = dancing on=20 Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 8 pm.
 
Shifting Sands Belly Dance Guild  =
 
Several folks have told me = that they have=20 enjoyed this Belly Dance class at the Clark County Library, and given = that it is=20 a form of ethnic dancing, I've included it here.....
Dec. 6 and Dec. 13=20  (Tuesdays)
Information:  = 702-451-7483.
Location:  Clark = County Library,=20 Jewel Box Theatre, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd.
Cost:  Free
Future classes:  1/10, = 1/24, 2/7,=20 2/21
 
Scottish and=20 Highland Dancing
  • January 28, = Saturday: =20 Las Vegas Highlands Dance Association
  • Dance workshop, 10:30 = am. =20 $25 per dancer, payable at class. For more information, = please call=20 896-4609.  Las Vegas Clark County Library, Jewel Box = Theatre
  • Dance show = presented by Las=20 Vegas Highlands Dance Association in the Theatre at the Clark County = Library=20 Free. For more information, please call = 248-2418.

Ballroom = Dancing

The US Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association Southern NV Chapter, = and the=20 UNLV - USABDA Dancesport, 
(702) 895-3225.  Website: www= .commnitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/ballroomdance.
 
Country Line Dancing
 
People commonly ask about where country line dancing is available = in the=20 Valley.  The following are "word of mouth" - I haven't personallly = checked=20 them out, so call in advance to verify. 
  • Gilley's at the Frontier Hotel and Casino on the Strip:  Lynn = Martinez will be teaching line dancing from 4 to 5pm on=20 Sundays, followed by West Coast Swing Dancing (see below). =20

  • Roadhouse Casino, 2100 N Boulder Hwy (near Sunset) Henderson.  = My=20 erstwile scout says "I have it on good authority that there are = Country Line=20 Dancing lessons on Wednesdays beginning at 6pm.  There is also = swing=20 dance music from 7:30 til 10pm". 

East Coast Swing Dancing
  • Sunday nights, 7 to 9 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church, 1515 = W.=20 Charleston - it's just west of US 95, near Martin Luther King = Blvd (see=20 map and group description at their website, http://www.turnar= oundtech.com/dance/index.html.). Free. = Donations are=20 accepted and appreciated to pay for the room and expenses (like name = tags and=20 supplies).  All extra = donations=20 are given to Las = Vegas area = shelters for=20 battered women.  Beginners = and veteran=20 dancers are welcome and do not need a partner. Each week the patterns = are=20 different. More than = 100=20 students attend this class every Sunday. Most (80%+) are single = adults.=20 Call Mark or Cheryl at (702) 648-6616, or e-mail: = mark@turnaroundtech.com=20 Website: DanceGig.com    =
 
Other Ethnic and Dance Events in Las=20 Vegas: 
 
Wednesday, November=20 9:
The=20 Las Vegas String Band is performing at Fado's = Irish=20 Pub inside the Green Valley Ranch Casino.  Stop by for a=20 brew/Irish coffee and catch some=20 tunes.

November 12, Saturday,=20 World Vibrations, Tango music with Oscar Carrescia and=20 friends
Winchester=20 Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 455-7340
2 p.m. General = Admission,=20 $10; seniors and children under 12, $7
3D"TangoConductor Oscar Carrescia showcases the music of the = tango from his=20 native Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring famed tango composers Carlos = Gardel=20 and Astor Piazzola. Special guest artists will perform on the bandoleon, = the=20 instrument long associated with the tango.

 

November 14th - = 16th:  Native=20 American Dance and Music  = (Monday)

Four time World Champion Hoop and& Champion Fancy = Dancer,=20 Derrick Suwaima Davis (Hopi/Choctaw), and drummer, Eldred Matt (Apache), = will=20 present a 30-minute family program of dance and music. Dances featured = will=20 include the Horse Tail, Friendship and Hoop Dance where Davis will = highlight the=20 animals created by the formations of the hoops. In addition to a = storytelling=20 piece called Rez Dawgs, the duo will discuss the importance of the drum = and the=20 playing of shakers, rattles and flutes in Native American music. This = project=20 has been funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a = state=20 agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal = agency.

  • November 14th, 4 pm, Sahara West Library, = Multipurpose=20 Room=20
  • November 15th, 10 am, Clark County Library, = Theatre=20
  • November 15th, 1 pm, West Las Vegas Library, = Theatre=20
  • November 15th, 7 pm, West Charleston Library, = Theatre=20
  • November 16th, 10 am, Whitney Library, = Theatre=20
  • November 16th, 1 pm, Sunrise Library,=20 Auditorium
November 19,  United Association of Michoacan of = Nevada,=20 Saturday
Winchester=20 Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 455-7340
7:00 =96 10:00 = p.m. =95 General=20 admission $8, seniors and children $6
Performers from Mexico=20 will present folkdance and song in celebration of the Mexican=20 Revolution.
 
December=20 3, World Vibrations, Duchicela and the music of Ecuador,=20 Saturday
Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. = McLeod=20 =95 455-7340
2 p.m. General Admission, $10; seniors and = children under=20 12, $7 
Duchicela performs the ancient music of pre-Incan = civilization from=20 the central area of Ecuador--the hauntingly beautiful music of the = Andes. The=20 group was invited by the Smithsonian to a festival in 1990 and has = toured the=20 U.S. annually ever since.

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HENDERSON PAVILION

Their concerts are = listed at=20 their website: http://www.cityofhenderson.com/parks/events/php/CulturalArts.php

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Dance=20 schedule and contacts for Arizona Dances:

don't hesitate to call = ahead to confirm=20 dates and location if in doubt... regular dates do occasionally change = due to=20 extenuating circumstances
 
PRESCOTT: Folk Happens!  = Contra=20 Dance - First Friday of each month
Grace Sparks (Prescott) = Activity Center=20 (AKA "The Armory"), 824 E Gurley Street.  Go to www.sharlot.org/madness = or call=20 Leslie Loomis at 928-776-8699.  Dance is from 7:30 - 10:30, new = dancers are=20 encouraged to arrive at 7:30 for the teaching session. =20
 
FLAGSTAFF:  Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional Music=20 Contra Dance - First Saturday of each month
Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional Music=20 Contra Dance is in NAU's Ashurst Hall.  Pre dance lesson from 7:30 = - 8:00=20 with dancing from 8:00 - 11:00. Suggested donation of $6, $5 = for=20 members. For more info visit  www.ffotm.net or call Laura at 928-526-6757 or Deb at=20 928-774-5936
 
PHOENIX:  Phoenix Friends of Old Time Music Contra = Dance -=20 Second Saturday of each month
Phoenix dances = are held at=20 the Kenilworth School, 1210 N. 5th Ave. (near I-10 and 7th Ave.)  = The=20 pre-dance lesson is at 7:00 with the dance from 7:30 - 10:30.  $8, = $6 for=20 members.  $3 for under 18 (includes childcare).  Need more = info? =20 Call Carl at 602-268-7181, Ron or Linda at 480-893-3328, go to=20 members.cox.net/contradance  or email 
phoenixcontradancer@cox.net
 
COTTONWOOD: = AZ We Dance Contra Dance - Third Saturday of each month, = September=20 through April
Cottonwood dances are held at the Cottonwood = Civic=20 Center (also known as the Clubhouse) 805 N. Main Street in Old Town=20 Cottonwood.  From I-17, Exit #287 to Cottonwood on Hwy 260, left on = Hwy 89A=20 to the Civic Center.   Dances are preceded by a potluck dinner = from=20 5:30 to 6:30 at the hall, with a pre-dance lesson from 6:30 - 7:00 and = dance=20 from 7:00 - 10:00. $5 per dancer. Call Deb at 928 -774-5936 or = email=20 debmike@npgcable.com to = learn=20 more
 
TUCSON: Tucson Friends of Traditional Music Contra Dances- First, = Third and many Fifth=20 Saturdays!!!
First Church United = Methodist, 915=20 E 4th St (between Park and Tyndall, just west of UA campus, parking on = West=20 side) $7, $6 members, $5 students with ID.  Refresher/introductory = session=20 at 7:45, dance from 8:00 - 11:00.  To learn more=20 email   contradance@tftm.org  or check out = www.tftm.org
 
WE MAKE HISTORY: =
Sponsors historic dances and balls throughout = the year,=20 throughout the state.  Interested?  Visit  www.wemakehistory.com for=20 details and photos of = balls!!!
 
 
Dance Camps and Tours
 
Dance in the Desert - Tuscon, AZ - November=20 11-13 - 10th Anniversary! - Tuscon's Contra Dance = Camp on=20 the slopes of Mt. Lemon.  Enjoy the pleasures of a rustinc YMCA = camp, with=20 on-site housing and meals.  Music by Flapjack, from Toronto, and = calling by=20 Joseph Pimentel and Susan Michaels.  Several Las Vegas dancers go = to this=20 dance weekend.  Barb G has heard the band at a dance weekend in = upstate NY,=20 and says that they are fabulous.  Joseph Pimentel has a very unique = and=20 clear calling style, and Susan Michaels, from the LA area, has called in = LV,=20 back in 2001 (?).  Website:  www.tftm.org; or e-mail dancecamp@tftm.org.  Or = voice mail at=20 (520) 408-6181.

A "master listing" of contra dance events = is:

  • Country Dance and Song Society is a central clearing house for = events: http://www.cdss.org/n= ewsletter/events.html  =20
  • Dancing = opportunities and=20 information from the Web
    If you're traveling and would like to find=20 a contra dance at your destination, our web site, http://raincloudpub.com/snocd/, has=20 links to other sites that can be of help.  = It also=20 has links to other sites with more information about contra=20 dancing.
     
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    • DECEMBER 19th:
    English Country Dancing, Jewel Box, 6:30-8:45=20 pm
  • SEE YOU=20 ON THE DANCE FLOOR!  AND BRING A = FRIEND!

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