Get out of the house on Saturday, bring your house guests and get some of the most fun exercise, at the Montpelier Contra Dance! Join us at the Capital City Grange Hall, just 1 mile south of Montpelier at 6612 Rt. 12, Berlin VT 05602. You'll find friendly people, a great dance caller: Liz Nelson, from Western Mass and an excellent band: Atlantic Crossing, all of whose members live in Addison County. The band features Peter MacFarlane on fiddle, low whistles, mandolin & foot percussion, Viveka Fox on fiddle, bodhran and djembe, and Rick Klein on the guitar providing the driving rhythms.
Liz will teach an introductory/refresher lesson starting about 7:45 PM, and then will teach and call all the dances from 8:00 to 11:00, with a short break about 9:30. Contra dancers usually switch partners after every dance, so there are lots of people to dance with.
Admission: $12 for adults, $5 for kids or low income, or give us some extra to help us pay the band, caller and sound tech really well!
Our usual tips: Please bring some clean "indoor" shoes, or come early to really clean your shoes well--it helps to protect our Vermont maple dance floor. Dress in layers so you can shed some as you heat up with dancing--and bring a water bottle to stay hydrated! If you've got questions, click "Email Author" below and ask Tim, or call me: 802-225-8921
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