English Country Dance

Webster Groves English Country Dancers

The Webster Groves English Country Dancers group has been a member of the Childgrove family of dances since January of 2010. It was started in 2009 as an attempt to broaden the appeal of English Country Dancing by creating a dance that would be "contra friendly," one that would provide basic instruction for people who are already skilled at contra dancing as well as for new dancers - think "English as a Second Language" or "English Country Dancing with Contra Subtitles."

The Webster Groves English Country Dancers hope to make our fellow contra dancers comfortable with this lovely, elegant historical dance form that was the precursor to the modern, "zesty" contra style.


WGECD at the Monday Club with the
Tu'Penny Uprights, Kimberly Hall calling.

In addition, WGECD seeks out the more-recently-written dances that also suit a contemporary sensibility. There seems to be a movement in many parts of the U.S. to combine the elegance and sophistication of the "Jane Austen" period with the casual good humor and energy of the twenty-first century American contra community. The WGECD is squarely in that camp.

Third Fridays at the Monday Club

High Tea and Whiskey dance weekend on Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, 2010.

More information (much more!) on the Webster Groves English Country Dancers website.