Four Dances in Three Days - July 13, 14, 15, 2007

Clear your schedules, polish up your dance shoes, go to the gym a couple of extra times to get ready to enjoy our regular dances on Sunday nights AND get the extra prizes at the bottom of the cereal box smack in the middle of July.

Gaye Fifer & Wayne Albright will be in town to call some contras, teach an Intermediate Waltz lesson, and teach an Intermediate Contra Workshop.  Join us for as much of the weekend as you can.

If you've never met Gaye & Wayne, they teach Waltz Lessons at about twenty dance weekends a year.  They are very much in demand for their clear teaching style, their love for dance, and their ability to break down complex moves into manageable bits.  Click here http://www.wa64.com/Waltz.html for their website and you can watch video clips of some of their lessons and/or print out descriptions of some of the moves they teach.  You can use the site to learn new waltz moves or brush up on some you may  already know.

Friday July 13

5:30 Picnic in Forest Park at the MUNY Outdoor Theater

6:30 "Flash Dance" Waltz at the MUNY Outdoor Theater*, with Martha & the Troublemakers

8:15 See Hello Dolly! at the MUNY.  (Reserve your free tickets ASAP -- Greg: grjmj@swbell.net)

*What’s a Flash Dance?  See http://childgrove.org/flashdances/flashdance_howto.htm

Saturday July 14

7:30 Intermediate Contra Workshop led by Gaye Fifer

8:00 Contra Dance with the Simpletones, calling by Gaye Fifer

Sunday July 15

2:30 BONUS Contra Dance with Reel Women and the Jigelos , calling by Gaye Fifer

4:30 Potluck (CDs for Waltzing)

Please note that there is almost no space in the refrigerator at the Monday Club, so any food which should be kept cold should be brought in a cooler! If you have questions, email our potluck coordinator Kay Tomlinson, or call her at 314-544-0932. Thanks...

6:00 Intermediate Waltz Workshop led by Wayne Albright and Gaye Fifer

7:00 Waltz Party with the Halcyon Light Orchestra -   See http://childgrove.org/waltz/waltz.htm

Other things to do while in St. Louis July 13-15, 2007

For ideas on other things to do while in St. Louis, see

Explore St Louis - http://www.explorestlouis.com/

St. Louis City - http://stlouis.missouri.org/tourism/

City Museum - http://www.citymuseum.org

Arch - http://www.gatewayarch.com/Arch/index.aspx

Botanical Gardens - http://www.mobot.org/

Forest Park Boathouse - http://www.boathouseforestpark.com/

Zoo - http://www.stlzoo.org/

Science Center - http://www.slsc.org

Art Museum - http://www.stlouis.art.museum/

Forest Park Bike Tours - http://citycyclingtours.com/

Forest Park - http://www.forestparkforever.org

Segway Tours - http://www.slsc.org/content.aspx?id=401

Butterfly House - http://www.butterflyhouse.org/

U City Loop - http://www.ucityloop.com/

Soulard Market - http://www.soulardmarket.com/

St. Louis Tours - http://www.stlouistours.net/

Busch Stadium Tours - http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/ballpark/ballpark_tours.jsp

Cajun Weekend - http://www.stonehillwinery.com/locations/hermann/events/Cajun.aspx

Folkfire Dancing - http://www.folkfire.org/

Dancin’ Donna Page - http://www.dancindonna.com/calendar.html

Meramec State Park - http://www.mostateparks.com/meramec.htm

Elephant Rocks SP - http://www.mostateparks.com/elephantrock.htm

Float Trip - http://www.mostateparks.com/meramec/canoe.htm

Fisher Cave - http://www.mostateparks.com/meramec/cave.htm

Onondaga Cave - http://www.mostateparks.com/onondaga.htm

Shaw Nature Reserve - http://www.shawnature.org

Litzinger Rd Ecology - http://www.litzsinger.org/

Explore St. Louis listing of other events that weekend

21st Annual Soulard Bastille Days Festival  7/13/ - 7/15

Historic Soulard Neighborhood  (314) 621-6226

Celebrate St. Louis’ French heritage with a series of fun and quirky special events which include food and wine tasting, a street fair and a bicycle race. Festivities kick off with the ceremonial beheading of King Louis and Marie Antoinette and conclude with the bike race.

Cajun Concert on the Hill @ Stone Hill Winery 7/13/ - 7/15

6-10 p.m on Fri; 1-6pm Sat & Sun
Cost: $10 for Pavilion, $4 for Grounds

(800) 909-9463  www.stonehillwinery.com

Three days of toe-tappin' Bayou music featuring Ed Gary and the Louisiana Cajun Aces and a Cajun band from the bayous of Louisiana.

Everydaycircus  at CityMuseum Fri, Sat and Sun 7/13/ - 7/15

Free with admission to City Museum.

(314) 645-4445  www.everydaycircus.net

A ringside circus performance with clowns, stilt walkers, jugglers, magicians, mimes, dancing dogs and more.

Helpful INFO

If you have questions, contact Greg Rohde at grjmj@swbell.net or 618.444.4975

For Home Housing or advice on hotels, contact Mary Gross at marygva@charter.net or 314.623.4404

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