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contra this Friday
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be on Friday, April 5 at the Phillips Center in Urbana. The band for the evening will be Too Old To Be Controlled with Claudia and Gary Kaufman & Dave Kuntz from Danvers and Bloomington-Normal. I will be the caller for the dance. We'll have some great old time music and some fun dances. As usual there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30 and the dance will start at 8. Bring your friends to join in the fun and snacks to share at the break.
I hope to see everyone there. Jonathan |
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Thu Mar 28 5:30-7:30p Waltz class w/Jeanette Watts @ Allerton Music Barn, Monticello!!!
Urbana Country Dancers, will present a Waltz class this week:
Jeanette's description is below. Hoping you can join us! The waltz has been ¡°The Queen of All Dances¡± for over 200 years. While the dance changed drastically every 15-20 years, orbiting around your partner in 3/4 time never failed to be magical. This class will cover a waltz technique that has endured for a majority of waltz¡¯s history, called Progressive Waltz, Rotary Waltz, Viennese Waltz, and no doubt both The New Waltz and The Old Waltz. To break up the dizzying amount of turning, we will also discuss traveling while NOT turning, and a variety of period handholds to be done while traveling. |
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Fri Mar 15 8¨C11p Kristi Emilsson & Dangerous Contraband @ CMF!!! (masks required)
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Urbana Country Dancers! Let's give a warm welcome to our newest band at this Friday's Contra Dance:
"This week's dance is masks-required! Thanks for joining us at Channing-Murray for some COVID-cautious fun, which allows better access for our pals who are immune-compromised or otherwise concerned about contagions." Bring friends for the dance, your water bottle, and snacks for the break! An incomplete list of this and other upcoming events ...
Recurring events:
Looking forward to the Ides of March! |
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Thu Mar 14¨CApr 18 Dancing in Illinois from Statehood to the 60s @ Allerton Folk School
Thursdays 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in The Allerton Music Barn (Monticello, IL):
$75/person for the series or $25/class. Register by March 13 for the series or one day prior to subsequent classes About the instructor has been teaching historical dances for over 20 years. She is the founder of the Terpsichorean Delights Dance Assembly in Dayton, Ohio, Queen City Vintage Dance in Charlotte, North Carolina, and spent covid writing an 8-volume series of instructional dance manuals for historical museums. P.S. If you can give me (Dan) a ride to any of these, please let me know. |
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contra dance at Channing-Murray on Friday
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be this Friday, March 15 at Channing-Murray, 1209 W. Oregon in Urbana. The band will be the Dangerous Contraband with Sam Atkinson (fiddle), Henry Kraatz (fiddle), Beau Barber (mandolin), Connor Lasalle (guitar) and Mike Atkinson (bass). The caller for the evening will be Kristi Emilsson. As usual there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30 and the dance will start at 8. Bring your friends to join in the fun and snacks to share at the break.
Masks will be required while dancing at this event. I hope everyone will come out and join us for some fun music and dance. Jonathan |
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Fri Mar 1 8¨C11p Miriam Larson w/ ?Brenda? and ?Friends? @ Phillips Center!!!
#Dance
Urbana Country Dancers! Our March First-Friday Contra Dance:
Masks recommended Bring friends for the dance, your water bottle, and snacks for the break! An incomplete list of this and other upcoming events ...
Recurring events:
Hoping to see y'all tomorrow! |
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contra dance on Friday at Phillips Center
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be this Friday, March 1 at the Phillips Center in Urbana. The band will be Brenda and Friends and the caller will be Miriam Larson. As usual there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30 and the dance will start at 8. Bring your friends to join in the fun and snacks to share at the break.
I hope everyone will come out and join us for some fun music and dance. Jonathan |
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Feb 24-25 Meadowhawk, Two Shoes & The Young and the Fretless @ The ?Rose Bowl?? !!!
Urbana Country Dancers! There is a special tripleheader this weekend featuring some of our beloved musicians at
Hoping to see y'all this weekend! |
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summer dance camps
#Dance
There are a number of options for summer dance and music camps. Many include other sorts of activities such as crafts. In addition to the camps and programs run by the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), there are several other programs and camps, including:
- CDSS Camps (East Coast & MI): - Cumberland Dance Week (TN):? - The Swannanoa Gathering Programs (NC):? - Augusta Heritage Center (WV):?? - Ashokan?Music & Dance Camps (NY):?? - Bay Area Camps (CA): Sometimes the CDSS camps fill up. As a CDSS affiliate we are able to provide priority admission for a person or two for CDSS camps. There are many factors that go into deciding who gets in if a camp is over-subscribed. This would be an advantage that might make the difference. Let us know if you are planning on going to a camp this summer. The deadline for submitting the priority admission form is March 25. Jonathan |
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Fri Feb 16 8¨C11p Keith Tuxhorn w/ The Young and the Fretless @ Phillips Center!!!
#Dance
Urbana Country Dancers! Our February Third-Friday Contra Dance:
Masks recommended Bring friends for the dance, your water bottle, and snacks for the break! An incomplete list of this and other upcoming events ...
Recurring events:
Hoping to see y'all tomorrow! |
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contra dance at Phillips Center on Friday
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be this Friday, February 16. This dance will be held at the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana. The band will be The Young and the Fretless with Tom Bassett, Lyle Konigsberg, Rolf Pendal & Rebecca Grosser. The caller for the evening will be Keith Tuxhorn from Springfield. As usual there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30 and the dance will start at 8. Bring your friends to join in the fun and snacks to share at the break. Masks are optional at this dance.
We've been having a good turnout for our dances, so I hope to see everyone there. Jonathan |
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Fri Feb 2 8¨C11p Scott Meyer & Acoustic Mayhem @ Phillips Rec Center!!!
#Dance
Urbana Country Dancers! Welcome to all the new dancers who joined us at our Jan 19 dance! Our February First-Friday Contra Dance:
Masks recommended Bring friends for the dance, your water bottle, and snacks for the break! An incomplete list of this and other upcoming events ...
Recurring events:
Hoping to see y'all tomorrow! |
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contra for Groundhog Day at Phillips Center
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be this coming Friday, February 2. This dance will be held at the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana. The band will be Acoustic Mayhem with Laura Sleade, Ed Hawkes, Lyle Konigsburg & Sue Frankenburg. The caller will be Scott Meyer. We'll have some great music and fun dances. As usual, there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30pm and the dance will start at 8. Bring your friends to join in the fun and a snack to share at the break!
Masks will be optional at this dance. I hope to see everyone there on Friday. Jonathan |
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Fri Jan 19 8¨C11p ?Miriam? & ?Matt? w/ Karen Jackson @ Channing-Murray!!!
#Dance
Urbana Country Dancers! I hope everyone enjoyed Jan Jam, and is recovered and ready for ...
Masks recommended Norwegian proverb: "Det finnes ikke d?rlig v?r, bare d?rlig kl?r!" Bring friends for the dance, your water bottle, and snacks for the break! An incomplete list of this and other upcoming events ...
Recurring events:
See y'all this Friday! |
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possible verification of email lists by groups.io
The Groups.io system is going through the process of verifying some of the email addresses on lists. It isn't clear if this will be all members on all lists, or just people with addresses that aren't one of the common ones such as gmail or outlook. At any rate you may get a message with the following subject line, "Action Required: Confirm Your Groups.io Membership to Continue Receiving Group Emails." If it has another subject line, it's likely a scam. If you get this message follow the instructions to verify your email. I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who does get this message, unless we all do, then I don't need everyone to let me know. I think you should only get the message once, even if you are on multiple lists.
I'll let you know if I hear more about the process. Jonathan |
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contra dance Friday
#Dance
Our next contra dance will be this Friday, January 19 at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon in Urbana. Miriam Larson and Matt Turino will be providing the music and the caller will be Karen Jackson from St. Louis. There will be some great music and fun dances, so I hope everyone will come out and join us. As usual there will be a short introduction to contra dance at 7:30 and then the dance will begin at 8:00. Bring your friends to join in the fun and snacks to share at the break.
There has been a change to the COVID policy for our dances. Unless otherwise specified all dances will be masks optional. There is only one dance this spring, on March 15, where masks will be required. If the COVID situation changes at some point this policy may also be changed, but for the time being masks will be optional at our dances. If you are looking for more dancing next weekend there will be an English country dance next Sunday, January 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Mansfield United Methodist Church at 200 East Illinois St. in Mansfield. We will be doing some easy dances and covering the basics of ECD so this would be a good time to give it a try. I hope to see everyone at one, or both, of the dances next weekend. Jonathan |
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Re: a sad announcement about Anne Martel
I overlooked the link to the obituary. Here it is.
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Jonathan On 1/13/2024 4:00 PM, Jonathan Sivier wrote:
Jan Kalmar has just informed me that Anne Martel, a long time dancer, has passed away. Here is the note Jan sent. |
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a sad announcement about Anne Martel
Jan Kalmar has just informed me that Anne Martel, a long time dancer, has passed away. Here is the note Jan sent.
----- One of our beloved dancers, bright, funny, full of spunk, and engagement has died, just shy of 98 years old. For those of us lucky enough to have known Anne Martel, our lives and the planet has been enriched by her gifts and sparkle. Here is her obituary. Should you want family contact information email Jan at jankalmarjoy@... |
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Re: COVID alert
Dr. Ellen J. tested positive for COVID this morning. I noticed a couple of people coughing during the weekend including Tom who stayed with us. It was nice to dance without masks but maybe they would have been a good idea with the larger group. Ellen tested negative yesterday. A problem with covid is that latency period where you can spread it without knowing? you have it. Really a fun weekend. Great job of organizing.? Max
On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 12:16:19 pm GMT-6, Jonathan Sivier <jsivier@...> wrote:
We wanted let everyone know that a couple of people have reported testing positive for COVID following the Jan Jam this past weekend.? I hope everyone is well, but you may want to be extra vigilant and possibly test yourself at some point this week. Take care. Jonathan |
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