Hi, Folks:
 
These dance events are coming up = quickly (i.e.,=20 this next week).  For more information, see longer write-ups=20 below.
 
Today, Sunday and every = Sunday: =20 Israeli Dancing, 6 pm, Dance Charisma, 3650 S. Jones Blvd, Ste. = #16 (north of the NE corner of Twain and Jones) 
Monday = night, October=20 9, English Country Dancing at the Clark County Library, 4103 E. = Flamingo Rd, starting at 6:30 pm - admission is = FREE!
Every Wednesday:  = Ethnic Express=20 international folk dancing at the Charleston Heights Arts = Center, 800=20 S. Brush St,  6:30 pm
 
 
It's FALL in Las Vegas, and = there are=20 plenty of great cultural events throughout the remainder of = the=20 fall.  I've posted a bunch the ethnic events sponsored by the city, = county=20 and other organizations in the last half of this e-mail.  I = hope=20 you'll have a chance to take part is many of these.  In particular, = the Clark County Parks & = Recreation=20 program includes a "World = Vibrations Music=20 Series" and a "World Steps Dance Series",=20 featuring music and dance groups from several=20 different countries throught the fall.  See their website at http://lasvegas.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=3D1/XJ&am= p;sdn=3Dlasvegas&zu=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.co.clark.nv.us%2Fparks%2FEvent= s_Calendar.htm .
 
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"Welcome" to the new folks on this = e-mail=20 list.  The following line-up is for the months of=20 October.  The bold print = indicates new=20 information since the last newsletter. 
 
Thanks to all for = your support=20 in keeping the dancing alive in Las Vegas, and your attendance of = the dance=20 events. This message includes:
 
October 9 and=20 16:  (Monday nights)  = English=20 Country Dancing at the Jewel Box Theatre =
October 28:  = (Saturday=20 night):  Old-time Halloween Barn Dance at the Charleston = Heights=20 Arts Center   
Music jam sessions for traditional = dance musicians=20 and singers
        = Nevada=20 Old-Time Fiddlers' Association 
        Las=20 Vegas Mandolin Orchestra
Other dancing/music opportunties = in Las=20 Vegas  
        Ethnic Express - International folk = dancing=20
        Israeli = Folk=20 Dancing
       &nbs= p;Dances of Univeral = Peace
        = Southern=20 Nevada Square and Round Dance Association
       &nbs= p;Gay=20 Folks & Friends Square Dance Group       =20
Argentine=20 Tango
Cuban=20 Dancing
Belly=20 Dancing
Highland Dancing
Ballroom Dancing
Country Line Dancing
East Coast=20 Swing Dancing
  =20 LV ethnic and cultural events       =20
   Dance events outside of=20 LV
 =20  Arizona dances  &n= bsp;    
   Weekend dance = camps and tours 
   Dancing opportunities = and information from the Web
   October=20 calendar
 
This missive=20 is quite lengthly, and there is a calendar at the end.  It will be = sent=20 only around the beginning of the month.  Event reminders may be = sent=20 throughout the month. Our policy is that WE DO NOT SHARE YOUR = E-MAIL=20 ADDRESS.  If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, = please=20 send your request by return e-mail.  This information is courtesy = of the=20 Southern Nevada Old-Time Contra Dancers = (SNOCD).  
 
 
October 9 and 16 =20 (Monday evenings): English Country Dancing =20 (free; recorded music)
 
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. The emphasis is on=20 dances prior to 1700, but some more modern dances are also taught = and=20 called. Want to read more about ECD?  go to our website, = http://snocd.raincloudpub.com/
Location:   Jewel=20 Box Theatre, Clark County (Flamingo) Library, 1401 E. Flamingo=20 Ave.
Time:  6:30 to 8:45 = pm.
Admission:  = Free
Info:  = return e-mail,=20 or 656-9513
Directions:  The library is between = Maryland Parkway and Eastern Ave., on the south side of the = street.  The=20 library entrance that is close to the Jewel Box theatre is the door = closest to=20 the 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 Dances=20 at the Jewel Box:  November 13 & 20, December 11 &=20 18.
 
October 28  (Saturday):  Old Time Barn = Dance at the=20 Charleston Heights Arts=20 Center
 
Join us for a lively evening of contra = dancing,=20 with mixers, waltzes, and other dances thrown in for variety.  The = local=20 band, "112, and Then Some", will provide snappy fiddlin' music (at=20 a tempo of at least 112).  If you have moved here = from=20 another dance community, do come out and enjoy the lively music, the=20 camaraderie, and the laughter, and to get your dancing fix!  We = encourage=20 any first-timers to attend the 1/2 hour lesson that starts at 6:30 pm, = as=20 it is designed to give newcomers a basic primer on what constitutes = a=20 contra dance, and help the dance flow more smoothly throughout the=20 evening. 
 
Location:  Charleston=20 Heights Arts Center, 800 South Brush Street, Las = Vegas, near=20 Arizona Charlie's.   Phone: 229.6211.
Time:  = Contra dance=20 instruction at 6:30 pm, dancing from 7 to 10 pm.  =
Cost:  = General=20 admission:$6; members of SNOCD:$5; students and active military:=20 $3.  
Music:  = Live fiddlin'=20 music by 112, and Then Some (Kay, Dave, = Curt, David, Barb,=20 Vera, Ed, and .....??)
Information:  656-9513,=20 or return e-mail.
Directions:  CHAC is one = block west=20 of Arizona Charlies, and 2 blocks northwest of the intersection of W. = Charleston=20 Blvd. and Decatur Blvd. From Highway 95, take the Decatur exit, go south = on=20 Decatur for 4 stoplights, and turn right on Evergreen St.  This is = the=20 street between the Arizona Charlie's Casino and their parking lot to the = south.  Go west on Evergreen, and at the first stop sign, turn left = onto=20 Brush St.  CHAC is the 2nd building on the = right.
 
Future Old-TIme Barn = Dances - at=20 CHAC:
        The=20 last Saturday of the month.  (NOTE change from 4th Saturday to the = last=20 Saturday, from September 2006 to August 2007).  Future = dances: =20 November 25 (Thanksgiving Potluck, with guest caller Greg McKenzie), no = December=20 dance.
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Music jam sessions for = traditional=20 dance=20 musicians
=
 
Nevada Old-Time Fiddlers' =  Association (NOFA)
 
The monthly newsletter from NOFA = contains a wealth=20 on information about fun-sounding fiddle festivals and contests, = bluegrass=20 gatherings, cowboy poetry events, etc. in the West, and even some back=20 East.  For more information, contact Paul Aguirre at mohavebrown@cox.net ,=  or=20 visit their website at http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/, under Nevada Old Time Fiddlers in Arts and Culture. 
  • 1st and 3rd = Saturdays, NOFA=20 Fiddle and Old-Time Music Workshop and Jam at the Prestige at Mira = Loma=20 Assisted Living Center, 2520 Wigwam Pkwy. The workshop/slow jam = session meets=20 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, with a beginners'/slow jam from 10 = to 11=20 in the Reading Room on the 2nd floor. Take Pecos to = Wigwam and=20 turn east. Go past the shopping center on the left, and turn left into = the medical office complex. The center is straight back behind = these=20 buildings.
  • 2nd and 4th=20 Wednesdays, NOFA Fiddle and Old-Time Music Jam, Henderson = (James=20 Gibson) Library, 280 S. Water Street, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. =
  • Every Tuesday:=20
    • Open bluegrass and = old-time music=20 jam 7 =96 9pm, Lorna J. Kesterson Recreation Center
      500 Harris = Ave.,=20 Henderson Info: 558-2263
    • Cora Coleman Senior = Center, 2100=20 Bonnie Lane, near Lake Mead Blvd. and Bonnie Lane
      North Las = Vegas, 12 pm=20 =96 3pm

Las Vegas Mandolin=20 Orchestra
 
Mandolin, mandola, mandocello, and = mandobass=20 players of any skill level are welcomed to form a orchestra of mandolin = family=20 instruments. The goal is to resurrect for the Southern Nevada=20 community the wonderful sounds that were so common in the United States = at the=20 turn of the 20th Century. Music will include Italian, ragtime, Celtic, = old-time,=20 marches, classical, World Music, and other genres as the repertoire = develops. Practice sessions will include workshop and instructional with = formats=20 to develop skill at reading music and mandolin technique.  Contact = Dave=20 Carroll at (702) 262-9989 or CarrollD@cox.net or visit=20 the Mandoliers' website at http://www.mandoliers.com=20 if you're interested.  Also call for locations of the = following=20 performances:
  • The Mandoliers will be performing: =
    •  October 20:  = at Pignanelli's Pizza=20 Parlor (Pecos and Russell, SW = corner), 6 to 8 pm 
    • October 28:  = Boulder City=20 Band Festival, 10 am - 12 noon. =20
      (Library Outdoor Amphitheatre 701 Adams Boulevard Boulder City, = NV=20 89005
      http://www.bclibrary.org/
      • Celtic Cove, 10 am = - 10:45 am=20 (An Irish Trio including some Mandoliers members)
      • Las Vegas = Mandoliers, 11 am -=20 11:45 am. 
Other dancing opportunties in Las Vegas=20 Area
 
International Folk = Dancing with=20 the Ethnic Express: 
  • Wednesday nights, 6:30 to 9 pm, at = Charleston=20 Heights Arts Center (see directions above).  $4 general, $3 = members=20 of Ethnic Express.   Information:  732-4871. =
 
Israeli Folk = Dancing
  • Every Sunday, 6 to 10 = pm,=20 at Dance Charisma, 3650 S. Jones Blvd, Ste.=20 #16 (north of the NE corner of Twain and Jones)  =
  • Instructor:  Amnon=20 Eilat, a certified Israeli dance instructor and choreographer =
  • Admission:  $10=20
  • Information:  254-5895=20
 
Dances of Univeral = Peace 
  • In Las = Vegas, the=20 Dances of Universal Peace meets = on the first=20 Thursday of the month, and about every other month, on the=20 first Saturday after the first Thursday, in Pahrump.

    Participants perform chant and dance = from a variety=20 of cultures. You do not need to know how to dance and no partner is = required.=20 You will be dancing the path to peace by honoring the sacred = traditions of the=20 world through song and dance. Everyone participates.

    Songs are taught and then sung in the = native=20 language of the cultures they are honoring. The phrases are short and = easy to=20 learn. The dances are done in a circle, using simple folk dance = movements.=20 Wear comfortable clothes.

The=20 next Las Vegas dance is NOVEMBER 2nd. =20

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:          = ;         =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;      Cell=20 number if you get lost (702) 236-9411
Home page for=20 southern Nevada Dances of Universal Peace:     = http://raincloudpub.com/dupsn/
Home page for North American Network for the = Dances of=20 Universal=20 = Peace:
          &nb= sp;       =20 http://www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org/na/
Southern Nevada = Square and Round=20 Dance Association
  • See their website at http://www.communitylink.koz.com/lvrj/sqrddancerssonv= , or contact Anne Wells, 565-7096.  = This website=20 serves to coordinate dance programs for twenty-three clubs in Clark = and Nye=20 Counties,
    Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona.
NEW:   Gay = Folks &=20 Friends Square Dance Group=85 forming this = fall
  • great exercise=85physical & mental =
  • socialize=85new friends, build = community
  • no dress code=85always casual
  • lots of fun
  • single dancers welcome
  • No discrimination on the basis of = anything (age,=20 race, gender, religion, ethnic background or sexual orientation). =
  • free=85introductory dance = parties=85come to one or=20 both:
  • Wednesday, October 25th, = 7:30 pm,=20 Nevada SPCA (lobby), 4800 W. Dewey Dr., LV
  • Friday, November 3rd, 7:30 = pm, Christ=20 Episcopal Church (Parish Hall), 2000 S. Maryland (at St. Louis), LV =
  • For more information:  e-mail: = GaySquareDanceLV@yahoo.com (Dale),=20 phone: 444-5462 (Ed)
Argentine = Tango
  • Thursday nights, at Dance Charisma, = 3650 S. Jones,=20 south of Spring Mountain. Call 364-8700 for info. Both = lessons and=20 open dancing. 
Cuban = Dancing
  • Taste of Cuba, = a=20 restaurant slightly east of Sahara and Decatur:  Cuban music and = dancing=20 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 8=20 pm.
Belly=20 Dancing           =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp; 
  • Several folks have told me that they = have enjoyed=20 the Shifting Sands Belly Dance class at the Clark = County=20 Library, and given that it is a form of ethnic dancing, I've included = it=20 here.....
Information:  702-451-7483.
Location: =20 Clark County Library, Jewel Box Theatre, 1401 E. Flamingo = Rd.
Cost: =20 Free
Future=20 classes:  October 17
  • Belly Dancing=20 Class for Seniors: =20

    A belly dancing class for ages 50 and up meets at the Las Vegas = Senior=20 Center every Friday from 11 a.m. to noon.  The class is taught by = Jasmine=20 Gamal, who has taught dance in the Las Vegas area for 31 years. She = instructs=20 the Golden Tappers dance group and teaches at the A to Z Dance Studio. = She=20 says belly dancing is great exercise, and allows a lot of individual=20 expression.  The cost is $3 per session. Call 229-6454 to = register in=20 advance. The Las Vegas Senior Center is located at 451 East Bonanza = Road.=20 Sponsored by the City of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services = Senior=20 Citizen Programs Division.

Scottish=20 and Highland Dancing

Ballroom=20 Dancing

  • The US Amateur Ballroom Dancers = Association=20 Southern NV Chapter, and the 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=20 dancing is available in the Valley.  The following are "word of = mouth" - I=20 haven't personallly checked them out, so call in advance to=20 verify. 
  • Gilley's at the Frontier Hotel and = Casino on the=20 Strip:  Lynn Martinez will be teaching line dancing from 4 = to 5pm on=20 Sundays, followed by West Coast Swing Dancing (see below).  =

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

East Coast=20 Swing Dancing
  • Sunday nights, 7 to 9 pm, at the First = Presbyterian Church, 1515 W. Charleston - it's just west of US = 95, near=20 Martin Luther King Blvd (see map and group description at their=20 website, http://www.turnaroundtech.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   =20
Dance Classes at the Community College of Southern=20 Nevada
 
Dance classes at the Cheyenne campus include both Beginning = and=20 Intermediate Middle Eastern Dance, as well as East Indian Dance. =20 Admissions:  651-4060, Dance Program: 651-4201
 
Other Old-Time Music, = Ethnic and=20 Dance Events in Las Vegas - and outside of Las Vegas: =20
 
  • Tuesday, October 10:  Ancient Flutes of the New=20 World, lecture/performance by Michael Graham Allen of "Coyote = Oldman", Barrick Museum Auditorium, UNLV 

In pursuit of the ancient flutes of the New World, Michael Graham = Allen has=20 researched artifacts, fashioned replicas, composed music and enjoyed a = 20-year=20 career as a professional recording artist. In this = lecture/performance, art=20 and science will merge with the reintroduction of the extinct Anasazi = flute, a=20 truly significant musical instrument of ancient America.  Part of = the=20 free University Forum lecture series. Phone number is 895-3401.=20

  • October 13-15: 17th Annual=20 Bluegrass Festival at Logandale, NV=20

          =  Featuring=20 many great local bluegrass bands, including one of the last times = we=92ll see the=20 Lampkins Family Band.
   =20        www.snvbluegrass.com=20

  • Friday - Sunday, October = 13-15: =20 Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival, Sunset Park, 2911 E. = Sunset=20 Road, Sunset and Eastern.  Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 = p.m., and=20 Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Adults $10 per day/$25 for 3 days =95 Seniors/Children = $5 per=20 day.  Tickets: Sunset Park Administration, hours: Monday - = Friday, 8 a.m.=20 =96 5 p.m. closed weekends or Ticketmaster.
    No carry-in food or = beverages and=20 no pets. One plastic sealed water bottle permitted. No re-entry.=20
More than 100 guilds re-enacting life in the 1200=92s =96 = 1600=92s=20 playing out the intrigue and mystique of court life, daily life and = the=20 military, 80+ craft vendors, jousting tournaments, stage and strolling = performers, medieval pageantry, hand-made craft demonstrations and = sales, and=20 food and beverage vendors. Concerts on Friday and Saturday evening = will=20 feature nationally known Celtic bands. Other entertainment includes: = military=20 presentations, camel rides for the whole family, Shakespearean plays, = dance=20 troupes and dance lessons, black powder cannon and musket demos, all = kinds of=20 renaissance variety acts, magicians, jugglers, historical blacksmith = arts and=20 much, much more=85
  • Sunday, October = 22: =20 World Vibration Music Series: Native American Music by Tom=20 McCormack
    Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 = 455-7340. =20 2 p.m. =95 Tickets: $10 general, $7 = seniors/students
Tom McCormack = plays cedar=20 flute music with clapper-stick, rattle, and elk antlers in this = performance=20 expressing depths of Native-American cosmology. The stories will = highlight the=20 origin of traditional songs, cedar-flute music, ancestral dance, = drumming, and=20 indigenous stories.
  • Tuesday, October 31:  Halloween Milonga Dance = Workshop

    Free Milonga style tango dance workshop. Couples = &=20 singles are welcome to attend. For more information, please call = 806-6927. 6=20 pm.

  • Sunday, November 5th:  World Steps Dance Series:=20 Mexican = Dance by=20 = Xyachimal
    • Winchester Cultural = Center, 3130=20 S. McLeod =95 455-7340.  2 p.m. =95 General admission $10; seniors and = children=20 $7
    • Saturday, November 18th:  Steve Smith and = Hard=20 Road
    This bluegrass/old-time band from New Mexico is coming to = Boulder=20 City in November, sponsored by the Boulder City Arts = Council. Details=20 TBA.  Members of the band will also conduct workshops that = evening, at=20 a location in Boulder City yet to be determined.=20

    • Sunday,=20 November 19:  World = Vibration Music=20 Series - Senegalese Music by King=20 Ibu

    Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95=20 455-7340. 2 p.m. =95 General admission $10; seniors and children=20 $7

    • Sunday,=20 December 3:  World Steps, = Ethnic Dance=20 Series - Moroccan dance by Rossah=20 Bandahman
    Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 = 455-7340. =20 2 p.m. ● General admission $10; seniors = and children=20 $7
    • Tuesday, December 5:  Thailand = Food &=20 Dance Festival

    Winchester=20 Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 455-7340.  9=20 a.m. - 9 p.m. ● Free admission.  = This is a celebration of the = 60th year=20 of the throne for the King of Thailand also celebrated on = his 79th=20 birthday. The festival includes performing artists, art and craft=20 demonstration and sales, Buddhist chanting, Thai food for sale, = culinary arts=20 demonstration, Thai massage and=20 = more.

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    OTHER LAS = VEGAS MUSICAL=20 EVENTS:
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    HENDERSON PAVILION

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

    ACOUSTIC=20 ROUTES

    Check out = up-coming=20 concerts at:  http://www.acousticroutes.com/.  None listed right now.

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    Dance and=20 Music Events outside of Las Vegas: =20

    November 10 - 12:  Dance in the Desert: =20 Oracle, AZ - The fall Arizona contra weekend, at a rustic = YMCA=20 camp on the north slopes of Mt. Lemmon, north of Tuscon.  Music by = Lift=20 Ticket, calling by Nils Friedman and Laura Brown (Washington DC).  = Nils=20 called here in LV when Mock Turtle Soup came through town a year = ago. =20 Register now to reserve a spot:  http://www.tftm.org/DITD_2006/DITD2006A.html

    December 26 -=20 Januarty 1, 2007:  Christmas Country Dance School 2006:  Berea = College, Berea, Kentucky

    Country dancing and other folk arts such as folk = drama,=20 storytelling, singing, and crafts are wonderful activities for teachers, = youth=20 leaders, recreation personnel and everyone else!  Christmas Country = Dance=20 School, devoted to the practice and enjoyment of authentic folk = material, helps=20 everyone find usable materials for recreation prgrams, teaching = situations, or=20 personal benefit.  Daily classes offer a variey of English and = American=20 dance, music, and singing traditions.  For more info, see www.berea.edu/ccds.

    January 30 -=20 February 6, 2007:  English Country Dance week on St. Croix in the = US Virgin=20 Islands

    with Bare Necessities, Brad Foster and Bruce = Hamilton will be=20 leading the dances.  see http://www.tropicaldancevacation.com

    February 8 - 15, 2007:  Contra and Square = Dance=20 week on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands=20

    with Wild Asparagus, calling by Kathy = Anderson and=20 George Marshall.  see http://www.tropicaldancevac= ation.com

    May 18 -=20 20:  May Madness, Prescott,=20 Arizona

    with a great combo of:  Latter Day Lizards, and calling by = Joe=20 Pimental and Peggy Hesley.  The Lizards have a wonderful sound that = includes a Klezmer clarinet, and my hero, Peter Barns on piano.  = Joe=20 Pimental is just a hoot as a caller, and Peggy, from Phoenix, has = called=20 here in LV, and will be returning here to call in April 2007.  see = http://www.s= harlot.org/folkhappens/details/mad.html for=20 more info and for registration.

    Dance schedule and contacts for Utah and Idaho=20 dances:

    For info on dances throughout Utah go to www.utahcontra.org.  Contra=20 dances are held in Salt Lake City, Provo, Logan, Ogden, Price, and=20 Moab, Utah; and in Pocatello, Idaho.  The schedules are given = at the=20 above website.

    Dance schedule and contacts for Arizona=20 Dances:

    Please 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 = Dance -=20 First Friday of each month
    Grace Sparks (Prescott) = Activity=20 Center (AKA "The Armory"), 824 E Gurley Street.  Go to www.sharlot.org/madness=20 or call Leslie Loomis at 928-776-8699.  Dance is from 7:30 - 10:30, = new=20 dancers are encouraged to arrive at 7:30 for the teaching session.  =
     
    FLAGSTAFF:  Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional Music Contra Dance - First Saturday of each=20 month
    Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional=20 Music Contra Dance is in NAU's Ashurst Hall.  Pre dance lesson from = 7:30 -=20 8:00 with dancing from 8:00 - 11:00. Suggested donation of $6, = $5 for=20 members. For more info visit  www.ffotm.net or=20 call Laura at 928-526-6757 or Deb at 928-774-5936
     
    PHOENIX:  Phoenix Friends of Old = Time=20 Music Contra Dance - Second Saturday of each=20 month
    Phoenix dances are held = at the=20 Kenilworth School, 1210 N. 5th Ave. (near I-10 and 7th Ave.)  The = pre-dance=20 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 = -=20 Third Saturday of each month, September through=20 April
    Cottonwood dances are = held at the=20 Cottonwood Civic Center (also known as the Clubhouse) 805 N. Main Street = in Old=20 Town Cottonwood.  From I-17, Exit #287 to Cottonwood on Hwy 260, = left on=20 Hwy 89A to the Civic Center.   Dances are preceded by a = potluck dinner=20 from 5:30 to 6:30 at the hall, with a pre-dance lesson from 6:30 - 7:00 = and=20 dance from 7:00 - 10:00. $5 per dancer. Call Deb at 928 -774-5936 = or email=20 debmike@npgcable.com to=20 learn more
     
    TUCSON: Tucson Friends of Traditional = Music=20 Contra Dances- First, Third and many Fifth=20 Saturdays!!!
    First = Church United=20 Methodist, 915 E 4th St (between Park and Tyndall, just west of UA = campus,=20 parking on West side) $7, $6 members, $5 students with ID. =20 Refresher/introductory session at 7:45, dance from 8:00 - 11:00.  = To learn=20 more email   contradance@tftm.org  or check out=20 www.tftm.org
     
    WE MAKE HISTORY:=20
    Sponsors historic = dances and balls=20 throughout the year, throughout the state.  = Interested?  Visit=20  www.wemakehistory.com for details and photos of = balls!!!
     
     
    Dancing opportunities and=20 information from the Web
     
  • Country Dance and Song Society is a = central=20 clearing house for dance camps and other events, as well as a source = of music=20 and lots of other good stuff: http://www.cdss.org/newsletter/events.html
  • 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 has links to = other=20 sites with more information about contra dancing.
     
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      English Country Dancing, Jewel = Box Theatre=20 6:30 - 8:45 pm

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      Israeli Folk = Dancing
      Dance Charisma, 6 - 10=20 pm 
       

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      English Country Dancing, Jewel = Box Theatre=20 6:30 - 8:45 pm
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      Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 = - 9=20 pm

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      Israeli Folk = Dancing
      Dance Charisma, 6 - 10=20 pm 
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      Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 = - 9=20 pm

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      Old Time     = Halloween Barn=20 Dance, Charleston Heights Arts Center,
      6:30 - 10 pm =
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      Israeli Folk = Dancing
      Dance Charisma, 6 - 10 pm  =

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      Int'nl Folk Dancing, CHAC, 6:30 = - 9=20 pm
       
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      Dances of Universal = Peace,  6:45-9:30=20 pm
       

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    SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!  AND BRING A=20 FRIEND!