Weekend dance camps and=20 tours

Dancing = opportunities=20 and information from the Web

December and=20 January 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).

December 12 and = 19 (Mon.=20 evenings): English Country Dancing (free; recorded=20 music)

Come to these events to practice dances that will be = on the=20 dance list for the Jane Austin Ball and SCA's Yule and January dances = (see=20 descriptions below). English Country Dancing (ECD) is the = "more-refined"=20 cousin of contra dancing. Think elegeance, grace, propriety, and, of = course,=20 eye-contact and just a little bit of flirting... Sponsored by = University Historical Dance Enthusiasts. Want to read more about = ECD? go=20 to our 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.

December 17 =20 (Saturday): Old Time Barn Dance at CHAC - Holiday and = Membership=20 Dance

Each December we celebrate the holidays and the = start of the=20 new year with a holiday and membership dance. For the holiday = part, wear=20 your Season Finery (that still allows you to dance as though no one was=20 watching), and bring holiday treats to share (food, not white = elephants!). =20 For the membership part, if you become a paying member of the Southern = Nevada=20 Old Time Contra Dancers (SNOCD) for 2006, the entry to the December 17th = dance=20 in 1/2 price. The yearly dues are $10 per person, or $15 for a = family=20 package.

Our local band will liven up the evening with snappy = fiddlin'=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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January 9 and = 23 (Mon.=20 evenings): English Country Dancing at the Jewel = Box Theatre (see=20 above description and=20 directions) =

Future Jewel = Box ECD=20 Dances at the Jewel Box: February 6 = and=20 13

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January 28: Old Time Barn Dance at CHAC = (see above=20 description and=20 directions) =

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

= Generally, the 4th=20 Saturday of the month. Future = dances: =20 February 25, March 25, April 22

There is no Tues.=20 evening Contra Dancing at the Jewel Box in Dec. and=20 Jan.

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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.=20
January 22 (Sunday): SPECIAL=20 GUESTS: Arrangements are in progress to = sponsor Goran Alacki (master accordionist) and=20 Ljupco Manevski, (dance master and lead dancer of Tanec, the = national=20 folk ensemble of Macedonia) on January 22, 2006, from = 2:30 to=20 4:30, at the Charleston Heights Art Center (800 S. Brush = Street -=20 see directions above, under the Old Time Barn=20 Dance). Entry: $5.00 per person. Invite some = friends, as=20 the entertainment factor is expected to be very interesting. =

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

December 16th = (Friday), 7-9=20 PM: The Las Vegas Circle of the Dances of Universal = Peace will=20 be offering a dance at St. Jude's Episcopal Church in Cedar = City,=20 Utah. The dance is open to the public, and it will be = the final=20 for a Comparative Religions class at Southern Utah University taught = by Bonnie=20 Mitchell-Green. For more information (in Cedar City), contact = Bonnie at=20 435 865-7220. For those in Las Vegas and Pahrump, if you can = afford the=20 time, Cedar City is a nice place to spend a night's get away (good = hiking and=20 wonderful scenery also). If you're interested, contact = David Buesch=20 (dbuesch@intermind.net) = for others=20 who also express an interest. St. Jude's Episcopal Church = is at 70=20 N 200 W in
Cedar City, Utah. (Phone: 435.586.3623, for = the=20 church)
In Las Vegas, the Dances of Universal = Peace=20 meets on the first Thursday of the month, = and about=20 every other month, on the first Saturday after the first=20 Thursday, in 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

Home page for southern = Nevada Dances of=20 Universal Peace:     http://raincloudpub.com/dupsn/
Home=20 page for North American Network for the Dances of Universal=20 = Peace:
          &nb= sp;       =20 http://www.dancesofuni= versalpeace.org/na/

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

Taste of Cuba, a restaurant slightly east of = Sahara and=20 Decatur: Cuban music and dancing on Fridays, Saturdays, and = Sundays,=20 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. 13 = (Tuesday)

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=20 = Dancesport, &n= bsp; =20 (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:

December 17th (Saturday): Yule Holiday=20 Celebration

The Barony of Starkhafn (SCA Las Vegas) invites you to take a tour = of Italy=20 in celebration of Yule. Enjoy the culinary delights of our Italian = feast, dance=20 a bransle or fight in honorable combat in a torchlight tourney. An = A&S=20 competition is in the works along with archery, a silent auction, = contests and=20 varied entertainment. The talented Artisans of the Barony are hard at = work=20 creating gifts for all in attendance. And of course, there will be = Someone=20 Special offering special somethings to the youngest guests.

This event will be inclusive of feast and dance led by Countess=20 Ealasaid.

The location is: 807 Park Lane, Henderson, NV 89015.
Directions = from US=20 95 South:

passing the Sunset exit going south=20

Take the LAKE MEAD DRIVE exit- EXIT 61- toward HENDERSON / DOWNTOWN=20

Turn SLIGHT LEFT to take the ramp toward HENDERSON / DOWNTOWN=20

Turn LEFT onto NV-146 / W LAKE MEAD PKWY. Continue to follow W LAKE = MEAD=20 PKWY=20

Turn RIGHT onto IVY ST=20

Turn LEFT onto FIR ST=20

Turn RIGHT onto PARK LN.=20

Schedule for the Evening:

5:00pm site opens=20

5:15pm till dinner, Fun=20

6:30pm The Feast! Entertainment! Gifts!=20

8:30ish pm The feast ends, the hall is cleared, and Dancing = Commences! For=20 those who wish it, Fighting under the stars!=20

11:30 pm Site Closes=20

The Menu: The feastocrat is pleased to present a menu starting = with a=20 Wondrous Antipasto and Freshly Baked Breads, followed by courses = including=20 Polenta with Roasted Vegetables, Beef Meatballs in Marinara, Chicken = Raviolis=20 with Garlic Cream Sauce, and Italian Stewed Beef in Red Wine. Dessert = will be=20 freshly baked, or freshly frozen, at the discretion of the Chef and = promises to=20 be lovely. Non-alcholic beverages will also be served. The autocrats are = pleased=20 to inform you that this a wet site. The chef is pleased to recommend a = dry red=20 or a nice pinot grigio.

Site Fees: $12 for adult members, $6 for children 6-12 , and children = age 5=20 and under are guests of the Barony. The $3 non-member surcharge will = apply.=20 Checks may be made payable to "SCA, Inc/ Barony of Starkhafn".

January 14 (Saturday) Starkhafn=92s = Arthurian=20 Ball, in Henderson

A Night of Midwinter=92s Revelry in=20 Camelot

Pray attend, ye dancers = of Caid! The=20 Barony of Starkhafn announces a night of high revelry in the northern = desert=20 with their annual Arthurian Ball, January 14, 2005. Once again, Countess Ealasaid NiChlurain will ride her = trusty camel=20 to Starkhafn for a full day of dance instruction followed by a full = evening of a=20 glorious ball. Dancers of all levels of experience are welcomed and = encouraged.=20 Join us we cast away the mid-winter doldrums with this day and night of = High=20 Revelry in Camelot by dancing the day and evening away to those classic = dances=20 of the British Isles.

Schedule for the Day:

9:00 AM =96 Site opens

9:30 AM =96 Dance instruction begins

12:00 =96 1:00 =96 Participants are excused for lunch

1:00 =96 Dance instruction resumes

5:00 =96 A light supper will be served

6:00 =96 8:30 =96 Dancing and Reveling!

8:30 PM =96 Site closes

Site: Henderson Convention Center, 200 Water Street, Henderson = NV, 89015.=20

Directions: From California: Take I-15 to St. Rose Parkway (Exit = # 27)=20 and go east until the parkway intersects with the I-215. Take the !-215 = east to=20 Lake Mead Parkway (NV 146) at the end of the freeway. Follow Lake Mead = Parkway=20 to Water Street. Turn Right. The Convention Center is a half-mile on the = right.

From the Nevada/Arizona: Take your favorite route to US 95. Take Exit = #61 to=20 Lake Mead Drive. Follow directions above.

Site Fees

For Members: Adult (16 & over): $12 (Non-members, add $3)

Junior (9-15): $6

Under 9 - $1

Event Steward: Lady Mairghread inghean Toirdhealbhaigh (Margaret=20 Douglass) 175 Spinnaker Drive, Henderson NV 89015. 702-596-1855 = avantcourier@starkhafn.org

Please note that participants are on their own for lunch, but the = evening=20 meal and snacks and drinks during the instruction are provided. = Participants are=20 encouraged to wear comfortable garb and shoes. All dances will be = instructed=20 before music commences. All dances will be called once music = begins.=20 Prizes will be given to the dancers who most emulate a spirit of high = revelry to=20 help us to dispel the bleak midwinter!

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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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ACOUSTIC = ROUTES

Check out up-coming concerts = at: http://www.acoustic= routes.com/vegashome.html

January 12: Cosy = Sheridan
February 16: James Lee=20 Stanley
March 23: The = Buccaneers =20 ?? not listed on website

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Dance Events=20 outside of Las Vegas: =20

Saturday, = January 21st=20 2006: the Jane Austin Evening (in Pasadena)

Join the southern California English Country Dancers for = a=20 civilized afternoon and evening of tea, discussion, gaming, supper = and=20 dance in the spirit of the works of the estimable Miss = Austen. Music=20 by the Philadelphia Academy of Music.

The program will be called by a selection of Southern = California's=20 dance teachers.

More = information: =20 http://www.lahacal.org/austen/

Dance Classes
LAHA will be hosting = two dance=20 classes prior to the ball on Sunday, Jan 8th and Sunday, Jan 15th = from=20 3:30 to 6 PM, at Throop Church in Pasadena. $10 payable at the=20 = door.

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

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.

DECEMBER /=20 JANUARY

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THUR	FRI	SAT=20
11 Israeli Dancing,=20 2991 = Emerson, 6 to 10=20 = pm	12 English Country Dancing, Jewel Box Theatre = 6:30=20 - 8:45 pm	13	14 Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 -=20 9	15	16	17 Old Time Barn Dance, CHAC, 6:30 - 10 pm - Holiday = &=20 Membership Dance
18 =20 Israeli Dancing,=20 2991 = Emerson, 6 to 10=20 = pm	19	20	21 Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 - = 9	22	23	24
25 &n= bsp; =20 =20	26	27	28 Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 - = 9	29	30	31
JAN 1	2	3	4 Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 - 9=20 pm	5	6	7
8 =20 Israeli Dancing,=20 2991 = Emerson, 6 to 10=20 = pm	9 English Country Dancing, = Jewel Box=20 Theatre 6:30 = - 8:45=20 pm	10	11 Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 - 9=20 pm	12	13	14

JANUARY 28:
Old Time Barn Dance, CHAC, 6:30 - 10=20 pm

JANUARY 9 AND 23RD:

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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