Our next dance will be this Friday, May 26 at the Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana. This should be a great evening of music and dance. The band will be Meadowhawk with Amanda Ramey, Claire Johnson & Matt Turino. The caller for the evening will be Miriam Larson.
There will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30pm and the dance will start at 8. Bring your water bottle and a snack to share at the break!
We still require that everyone wears a mask while dancing and presents proof of up to date vaccination.
There are a couple of other special dance events early next month that you may want to take note of. On Friday, June 2 I will be calling a dance for the Steampunk festival in Bloomington, Illinois. The band will be the Cosmic Otters from Chicago. The dance will be held a the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and starts at 7 p.m. Watch for more info later.
Then on Sunday, June 4 there will be a special contra dance at Channing-Murray in Urbana. This will be part of the Center For the Arts (C4A) Fiddle Weekend in Urbana. The dance will be from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. Kristi Emilsson will be calling and the band will be Patt and Possum plus members of the weekend faculty and fiddle orchestra. Masks will be required while dancing, but proof of vaccination is not.
I hope everyone will come out and join us for some fun music and dance.
Jonathan
