Seattle Folk Dancing   Contra

Map Sherry Nevins

Lake City Contra/Old Time Country Dance

Every Thursday at
Lake City Community Center
12531 - 28th Ave NE
8:00pm till 11:00pm,
Free introductory "dance skills" workshop - NOW EVERY WEEK! - at 7:30pm
Admission $8 (students & seniors $5, kids & first-time contradancers free).

Please respect the health needs of many dancers and come fragrance-free.
For more information call 206-525-0932.

Schedule of callers and bands:

• May 15-Music as tasty as real New England maple syrup from David Kaynor (Montague MA), David & Andrew Foster (Olympia), & Eric Schlorff (Olympia) on 2 fiddles, piano, guitar, harmonica, & bass. Carol Piening (Olympia) calls equally smooth & sweet contras.
• May 22-Jump-start your Folklife weekend with this power pack of talent & energy: Jamie Laval & Ashley Broder (Asheville NC) , Jeff Kerssen-Griep & Dave Cory (Portland), plus Seattle's David Cahn (fiddles, mandolin, banjo, guitar, & bass). Jovial caller David Kaynor (Montague, MA) lights the spark.
• May 29-"Mac's Quackers" features National Heritage Fellow Bob McQuillen from Peterboro NH on accordion & piano, trusty pals Frank Blade & Warren Argo on fiddle, guitar, banjo, & mandolin, and the illustrious Luther Black calling.
• June 5-Portland's "Wild Hair" is Betsy Branch on swinging fiddle, Todd Silverstein whistling, bouzouki-, and sax-ing, Mark Douglass's syncopacious piano, and Jeff Kersson-Griep's flywheel guitar and occasional percussion. Sherry Nevins contributes high-spirited calling and appropriately wild hair.
• June 12-The "Kingston Quartet" (Claude Ginsburg, Dave Bartley, Betsy Cooper, Anita Anderson) some of your favorites from "KGB" and "Tricky Brits/BAG O' Tricks" team up on melodious and pulsating fiddle, flute, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, & piano. Dynamic young caller Adina Gordon (Swannanoa, NC) orchestrates the fun!
• June 19-From the hot contra scene in Philadelphia comes "The Contraptions" (Nora Smith on fiddle, Chloe Maher on piano, and Bill Quern on mandolin, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, & concertina ). Adept caller & dance composer Rick Mohr flies in from Watertown, MA.
• June 26-The "Toad Mountain Ramblers" (Mike Schway fiddle, Dave Nerad banjo & Clyde Curley guitar - Bellingham) play high-altitude music that will make you jump and holler! Caller David Kaynor (Montague, MA) guides the way.
• July 3-Sparkling Irish fiddle & guitar from Northwest treasures Dale Russ & Mike Saunders; endearing caller Jennifer Youngman selects contradance gems to fit.
• July 10-"Shout Lulu" (Pete Howard, Skye & Paul McGowen - Fayetteville, Arkansas) fiddle, banjo, guitar, uke, clogging ; Tony Mates caller
• July 17-Open Band with hosts Greg & Jere Canote (fiddle & guitar); Warren Argo caller
• July 24-"Retro Spectacles" (Josie Toney, Andrew Foster, Scott Leach - Olympia & Centralia) fiddles, mandolin, piano; LauraMe' Smith caller
• July 31-NO DANCE - prep for LCCC Salmon Bake (on Aug 1 & 2)
• Aug 7-"MAD Dames" (Deb Kirkland, Marni Rachmiel, Anita Anderson) fiddle, sax, flute, piano; Joe Micheals & Morna Leonard callers

Please read footprints for a brief history of this dance series.