Dance Weekend Planner

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Wisconsin Weekend, July 2008
If you're a dance gypsy, you know that traveling to a dance weekend is one of the best ways to hear the country’s top bands, meet dancers from a dozen states, enjoy some of the best callers, learn some new moves, and have fun with your St. Louis dance friends. (If you’re not sure what a Dance Gypsy is, click here for our test: " You Might be a Dance Gypsy if…"


Upcoming Dance Weekends

Jul 27-Aug 2
2008

Cumberland, KY — Dance Week
with The Avant Gardeners, Chicory, Al & Alice White, and others. Great inter-generational dance week.

400 miles
(~7 hours)
Aug 22-24
2008		 Bloomington, IN — Sugar Hill
open band, open calling, camping available
 240 miles
(~4.5 hours)
Sep 12-14
2008		 Ames, IA — Iowa Music Festival, with Phantom Power, calling by Ron Buchanan and Brooke Friendly 400 miles (~7 hours)
Sep 19-21
2008

Dodgeville, WI — Squirrel Moon with New Bad Habits, calling by Beth Molaro  

 395 miles
(~7.5 hours)
Oct 3-5
2008

Mentone, AL — Dance Vortex, contra, cajun, zydeco, waltz and swing. Contra music by Notorious, calling by Cis Hinkle.

 470 miles
(~7.5 hours)
Oct 25-26
2008

Oct 24 in Bloomington

Indianapolis, IN — Gypsy Moon Ball, with Chicory and Hot Club of DerbyTown, calling by Seth Tepfer and David Ernst

Special pre-Gypsy Moon Ball dance in Bloomington with Chicory

250 miles
(~4 hours)

235 miles
(~4 hours)

Oct 24-26
2008		 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Fall Dance Festival, with Crowfoot, calling by Nils Fredland. (Fly into DC, then catch the Sun night Glen Echo Dance)

760 miles
(~12 hours)

Oct 31-Nov 2
2008

Springfield, MO — SoleFest, with Red Mountain, calling by Frederick Park

200 mi
(~3.5 hours)
Oct 31-Nov 2
2008		 Nashville, TN — Music City Masquerade,
with Raz-de-marée (Tidal Wave) , calling by Sue Rosen and Susan Kevra 		320 miles
(~6 hours)
Nov 14-16
2008

Pittsburgh, PA — Fall Dance Weekend, with Notorious, calling by Gaye Fifer, and Band du Jour, calling by Steve Bennett.

 615 miles
(~11.5 hours)
Nov 14-16
2008

Lawrence, KS — Pilgrim's Progression, with Lit Splickety, calling by Tom Hinds
Callers' Workshop on Friday, November 14 from 1:00 to 4:30 PM with Tom Hinds. Contact Lisa Harris at LHarris@ku.edu if you want to attend.

280 miles
(~5 hours)
Dec 5-7
2008

Columbus, OH — Winter Warm Up
with The Great Bear Trio and The Timbre Wolves, calling by Joseph Pimentel and Gaye Fifer

 440 miles
(~7-8 hours)
Feb 13-15
2009
 Knoxville, TN — Knoxville Dance Weekend, with TBA, calling by TBA 495 miles
(~8-9 hours)

Feb 28
2009
1-9pm

 Cape Girardeau, MO - Chance Dance with Martha and the Troublemakers, and the Old Cornlickers. Open calling. Potluck dinner. Good weather or your money back! 120 miles
(~2 hours)
Apr 24-26
2009		 Berea, KY — Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend with Groovemongers, calling by Diane Silver and Chris Bischoff
 380 miles
(~6 hours)
May 15-17
2009		 St. Louis, MO — Kimmswick Dance Weekend. Many bands, open calling 50 miles
(~1 hour)
Past Weekends
Oct 6
2007		 McLean, IL — Illinois All-Night Dance with Kim & Jim Lansford and the ElderBullies, calling by Kathy Anderson and Gail Hintze.
160 miles
(~2.5 hours)
Nov 23-25
2007		 Chicago, IL — Breaking Up Thanksgiving This classic jam weekend is held in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. 350 miles
(~6 hours)
Dec 26-30
2007
 Morgantown, WV — 'Contradancers Delight' Holiday, with the Elftones and Crowfoot, calling by Beth Molaro and Nils Fredland. 630 miles
(~10 hours)
Jan 4-5
2008 		Champaign-Urbana, IL — Chambana Jan Jam with U4, Changeling, and Little Egypt Pep-Steppers, calling by Jerome Grisanti and Darlene Underwood 190 miles
(~3.5 hours)
Jan 25-26
2008

Lexington, KY and Berea, KY — Swing Shift, with the Contrarians

350 miles
(~6 hours)
380 miles
(~6 hours)
Feb 15-17
2008
 Houston, TX - Bayou Bedlam, with KGB, calling by Carol Ormand 870 miles
(~13-14 hours)
Feb 21-24
2008

Buena Vista, CO - Stellar Days & Nights, with Notorious (Larry Unger & Eden MacAdam-Somer) and by Hands Five, calling by Merri Rudd.

 930 miles
(~16 hrs)
Feb 29-Mar 2
2008
Ann Arbor, MI — Dawn Dance Weekend, with The Great Bear Trio and Foxfire, calling by Paul Oorts, Joseph Pimentel and Susan Kevra

525 miles
(~8-9 hours)
Mar 14-16 2008 Memphis, TN — Memfest with the Groovemongers, calling by Darlene Underwood 280 miles
(~5 hours)
Mar 28-30
2008
Columbia, MO — Spring Breakdown, with Footloose, calling by Robert Cromartie 120 miles
(~2¼ hours)
Mar 28-30
2008		 Cincinnati, OH — Pig Town Fling, with Goosebone Prophets and Brittany Bay, calling by Gaye Fifer and Nils Fredland. 370 miles
(~6.5 hours)
Apr 11-12
2008		 Chicago, IL - U. Chicago Dance Weekend, with Nightingale, calling by George Marshall. 300 miles
(~5 hours)
Apr 18-20
2008		 Bloomington, IN — Swing Into Spring
at Camp Ransburg. Call Tom Morrison 812-333-1550 for info 		240 miles
(~4.5 hours)
Apr 18-20
2008		 Oberlin, OH — Dandelion Romp, with Crowfoot and Elixir and Oberlin College's Black River Ironworks, calling by Rick Mohr and Seth Tepfer 550 miles
(~9 hours)
May 2-4
2008		 Beckwith, WV — Whitewater Whirl with The Great Bear Trio, and the Contrarians, calling by Shawn Brenneman and Gaye Fifer.

580 mi (~10 hours)
May 16-18
2008

Louisville, KY —Potato Run with Footloose, calling by Adina Gordon. (In south Indiana)

 240 mi
(~4 hours)
Jun 13-15
2008
 Lexington, KY — Dance Trance, with Wild Asparagus, calling by George Marshall 350 miles
(~6 hours)
Jun 20-22
2008		 Oklahoma City, OK — Flamingo Fling 490 miles
(~8 hours)
Jul 4-6
2008		 Delafield, WI - Wisconsin Weekend, with the Groovemongers, and the Cosmic Otters, calling by Gaye Fifer and Danika Murray. 380 mi
( ~6.5 hrs)
Jul 11-13
2008

St Louis, MO — Four Dances in Three Days.

0 miles
(~0 hours)
Jul 18-20
2008		 Coshocton, OH — River Rendezvous, with Lift Ticket and Hotpoint String Band, calling by Diane Silver, Becky Hill, and Carol Kopp. 500 miles
(~10 hours)

Dance Gypsy Resources

A good list of dance weekends can be found on Charlie Seelig's Contradance Links for Festivals, Camps, and Weekends.

The Dance Gypsy keeps a list of dance weekends all over the country.