CDSS NYC Centennial
Join us November 6th and 7th for a contra and English country dance extravaganza celebrating 100 years of Contra and English Dancing in NYC!!! NYC is hosting this year’s Country Song and Dance Society executive committee meetings! Come out and dance with dance leaders from all over the country in TWO boroughs, with amazing local talent and an awesome British contra dance band! Join the Facebook event here! https://www.facebook.
Expanded Schedule:
FRIDAY:
Friday 7:30-10:30 CDNY English Country Dance with callers Brooke Friendly, Jill Allen, Jenny Beer! Manhattan.
Friday 7:30-11 Brooklyn Contra and Village Contra Present: The Brooklyn Swing Ensemble. Wonderful local talent, gender free calling, and a vibrant dance community! Brooklyn.
SATURDAY in Manhattan:
Saturday 3-6 Advanced Contra dance with music and calling by KING KONTRA all the way from ENGLAND! http://www.cbdb.co.
Saturday 6-7:30 Community meeting and potluck with CDSS Executive Committee members.
Saturday 7:30-10:45 More KING KONTRA! Callers include CDSS Board Members: Jill Allen, Brooke Friendly and local talent! New dancer workshop from 7:30-8:00.
All Manhattan dances will take place at:
The Church of the Village
201 West 13th street at 7th ave.
NY, NY
The Brooklyn dance takes place at:
Camp Friendship
339 8th st, Brooklyn NY
First-timers to the Manhattan dances get a come back free pass!
Village Contra first-timers get a $5 off coupon!
Please bring a pair of soft-soled shoes to dance in.
If you are an out of town dancer who needs housing, please contact Loren Shlaes at lorenshlaes@yahoo.com
More about the presenting organizations:Country Song and Dance Society:
CDSS is a national leader in promoting participatory dance, music and song that have roots in English and North American culture. We believe in the joy that participatory dance, music, and song bring to individuals and communities. Within the U.S. and Canada, we educate, support, and connect participants in these living traditions. We advocate for the vitality and sustainability of these art forms into the future.
http://www.cdss.org/home.html Country Dance * New York, a vibrant and long-standing intergenerational NYC dance community, involves New Yorkers in fun, lively dancing, supports local musicians, callers, and dancers, and hosts weekly English Country Dances and Contra dances.
http://cdny.org/
Brooklyn Contra is dedicated to preserving folk traditions through innovative and exciting programming and out of the box partnerships that grow Contra’s audience. http://www.
Village Contra broadens Contra’s audience with monthly dances open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender expression, dance experience, and number of left feet. http://www.