Summer
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Notorious!
The "sparkling" and lyrical band, Notorious! Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger (above) will be joined by Sam Bartlett on banjpo and mandolin and percussionist Taki Masuki. |
Perpetual eMotion!
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| ContraYoga
~ Eirann Dunbar Saturday 8:30am to 9:45am & Sunday 8am to 9am: Pavilion Just as we return to our most playful selves in dance, you will reunite with your sense of wonder in Eirann's ContraYoga! Lengthen your muscles, relax your entire body and get ready to play all day at Summer Soirée. “YOGA: to yoke, join; to unite. CONTRA: in opposition or contrast to. CONTRAYOGA: to reunite within and without!!! Explore and unite your very self within, and join us in YOGACONTRA. Through the vehicle of breath, we’ll Practice Qi Gong's Six Healing Sounds. “Play with presence with creative movement that evokes the beautiful inner child. Visit partner-yoga play for restorative relaxation and fun in surrendering to celebrate what it is to be here for even a moment. Enjoy eventual exaltation into the willful yang of sun salutation, and other joyful, freeing and refreshing asanas. Restore, Recharge, Rejuvenate! Everyone / All Levels Welcome.” |
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Snappy
Squares ~ Cis Hinkle / Contraversial In the 1950’s just before rock 'n' roll, square dancing swept the country. Creativity and innovation were all the rage, and new moves were invented every day. That inventive spirit is still alive and well among square dance composers today – and among callers such as Cis Hinkle. Come explore some fresh ideas from ‘back in the day’ and a few contemporary takes on the tradition. |
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Waltz Workshops – Gaye Fifer and Wayne Albright “Can’t get enough
of those two!” Back by popular demand are dance teachers Gaye
Fifer and Wayne Albright. Saturday morning’s workshop will
be an Advanced waltz lesson. Those with less waltz experience will
get the moves they need from the Sunday morning workshop: Beginners
and Beyond. More on Gaye
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Open Waltzes Summer Soirée dancers love to waltz! It's a perfect way to start the day, we hear over and over again. We continue the tradition of a morning waltz on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, from 10:30 to noon. This year, the Saturday waltzes will be played by the incomparable Notorious and the Sunday waltz by two amazing local musicians - Cailen Campbell and David Brown - known as Contraversial. We've added another waltz session to this year's program. Contraversial will play waltzes on Saturday evening from 6:30 to 7:45pm in Bryson. Saturday, 10:30 am - noon, Notorious, Bryson; Saturday, 6:30pm-7:45pm; Contraversial; Bryson;Sunday, 10:30 - Noon; Contraversial; Pavilion |
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English Country Workshop and Dance ~ AnneMarie Walter Last
year's English workshop was such a success that we have expanded
our program this year. For those who love ECD and wouldn't miss
one, or for those who are curious about contra dancing's roots and
may be familiar with ECD from watching the cinematic adaptations
of Jane Austen novels, AnneMarie Walter will present a workshop
on Saturday with easy dances that teach basic English choreography.
Karen Gaughan on keyboards. At Sunday morning's dance, Notorious
will play and AnneMarie will call English Country Dances that range
from zesty to stately, but always quite flirty! Saturday,
10am-11:30am ECD Workshop, Pavilion |
 English Country Dance Workshop Summer Soirée 2010 |
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Doubly
Dipilicious Dips ~ Jordy Williams
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Zweifacher
Workshop ~ Diane Silver
More
on Zweifacher More on Diane
Silver. |
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| Salty Dog
Rag ~ Charley Harvey A
video
of Terry and Warren Doyle doing the Salty Dog Rag got a lot of dancers
talking. Caller/teacher Charley Harvey graciously offered to share
this dance with us in a short workshop in the Pavilion on Saturday
at 4:15pm.
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Creative
Contra: Flourishes ~ Charley Harvey and Harriette Bugel
You’re not new to contra dancing, you've got the Petronella figured out: spin to the right, clap clap. You know how to twirl her … or be twirled. You get to the right place at the right time. Ho, hum. Now,
it’s time to have fun getting your partner, your neighbor
and or yourself from A to B in a creative way. And you know when
Charley Harvey and Harriette Bugel get together to teach contra
flourishes you're going to have a blast adding some creativity to
your style. |
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Advanced Contra Dance ~ MaggieJo Saylor
Saturday, 3pm-5pm, Perpetual eMotion, Bryson |
Hot as HELL Techno Contra! If you thought last year's techno contra was fun and hot, prepare to go to the next level. Jordy Williams (and a special surprise) will wow you at midnight in Bryson, Saturday. The lights will be low - (but not as low as last year) and we suggest you wear something in keeping with the theme to add more flavor to the dance. Maggie Jo is calling. Saturday,
Midnight - 2am, Bryson |
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| Stuntology You had better be ready to be amused. Sam Bartlett's Stuntology will tickle your funny bone all the way. "Absurd pranks and pointless techniques to amuse yourself, amaze your friends, and annoy everyone else."
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Clothing
Exchange ~ Room 16 of Kittredge Music Classrooms
Please bring any gently used, but loved dancewear you no longer use. Please bring any clothing exchange items to Room 16 in Kittredge after 11:30am on Saturday. If possible, please bring your own hangars … there will be some hanging racks provided. Come back at 1 pm (or later) to choose something in exchange. It’s an honor system: bring one thing, take one thing. At the end of the weekend, any clothes leftover will be collected and taken to the local Goodwill – or my closet.
Gather in the "Red Room Lounge" on the ground floor of Vining and bring your instrument. Guitar and Banjo player Nic Coker will lead the jam from midnight until?? The lounge will be
available all weekend for jams and socializing.
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Midnight Swing
Dance ~ One Leg Up
One Leg Up, Asheville’s popular Gypsy jazz band plays a Parisian style of jazz with an upbeat acoustic swing. Kick up your heels in the Pavilion until 2 am. Get the Skinny on One Leg Up. Midnight to 2am, One Leg Up; Pavilion |
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Ed
Howe on electric fiddle and John Cote
on guitar and foot percussion and didgeredoo - will knock your socks
off! 
Eirann
Dunbar 
Ready
for a roller coaster ride? Zwiefacher is a German folk/couples dance
that uses a combination of turning-waltz and pivot steps, resulting
in a very twirly, spinning ride! Each zwiefacher tune has a different
pattern of waltz and pivot steps. The fun comes not only in the
merry-go-round ride, but also in matching the steps to the music.
In this workshop, we’ll nail down the mechanics that make
it fast and fun, and introduce a few simple patterns and the tunes
that go with them. Complexity will be based on those present, and
harder is not necessarily better. So come on out, whether new or
experienced.
Dance
weekends are always more advanced than your usual weekly dance,
but Caller Maggie Joe Saylor will keep you on your toes in the Advanced
Contras session on Saturday afternoon. Expect to be delighted by
this lovely caller! 
