** = for dancers who have finished at least one beginner series.
** July 6 – 27, Continuing beginner series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. Stay tuned for details! No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Register at the front desk or online. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
** August 3, Lughnasa: Dance in the harvest season with live music by Boys of the Hock, 2:30 – 6 pm. More information. Dancers who take a beginner series and a continuing beginner series will know at least half the dances by the time this year’s big social dance rolls around!
August 17 – September 7, Start-at-the-very-beginning series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Registration information coming soon. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
September 28 – October 19, Start-at-the-very-beginning series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Registration information coming soon. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
October 26 – November 16, Start-at-the-very-beginning series, 2 – 3 pm, $20, Athens Community Center, 701 E State St, Athens, OH. No partner or experience necessary! If you can walk briskly, you can dance. Registration information coming soon. (** 3 – 4 pm is a bonus hour for intermediate dancers.)
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Info about our next class:
For the Sunday beginner hour, July 20, we will be reviewing:
- The Old Man of Storr: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/5062/#videos (A Lughnasa dance!)
- The Greenbelt Jig: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/15279/#videos (A Lughnasa dance! No new figures, but pay attention to the timing of the 1s’ solo)
- The Deil Amang the Tailors: https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/1582/#videos A Lughnasa dance! Including the new-to-some-of-you figure allemande: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/allemande.html)
In the second hour, experienced dancers will review:
- The Bon Viveur (A Lughnasa dance!): https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/16838/#videos. Notice that this is a medley — you do it twice in strathspey time then twice in quick time. The figures you may want to brush up on are Men’s/Lark’s Chain (https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/mens-chain.html) and schiehallion reels (https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/schiehallion-reel.html)
- The Falkirk Lass (A Lughnasa dance!): https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/10459/#videos
- A Trip to Bavaria (a Lughanasa dance!): https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/6712/#videos. The tricky part about this is geography of the first half. I recommend picking one dancer and following them all the way through the dance
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From out of town and want to drop in? We’d love to have you! Email anna@kitenet.net for more information.
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