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Schedule

Many thanks to all the dancers who have asked me, "when are you calling next?"
Please scroll down for my current schedule, with links to the dances, when available, so you can get driving directions.

And here are links to my calling history -- past local dances, tours, dance weekends, workshops, and other events where I've called and taught:

Overview of Dance Weekends and Festivals,
workshops and other supporting events


Full Schedules:
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

If you're just dying to know the details for dances from 1999, when I started calling, to Fall 2003, when this website was launched, feel free to e-mail your inquiry.

Current Schedule

Special Events are in GREEN.
Date 2012
Event
Band
Location
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Year's Eve Dance
Hot Sonata
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Contra Dance
Historic Jonesborough Dance Society
Hot Sonata
Jonesborough, TN
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Family Dance, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Contra Dance 8:00 - 11:00
Old Farmer's Ball
Laura Lengnick and Friends
Asheville YMCA (downtown)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Contra Dance
Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers
Donna Hébert and Max Cohen
Winston-Salem, NC
Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2012
Swing Shift Dance Weekend
Euphor
Lexington and Berea, KY
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Contra Dance
Footloose or Contrazz
Triangle Country Dancers
Carrboro, NC
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Contra Dance
Old Farmer's Ball
Eye of the Monkey
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Monday, February 20, 2012
Contra Dance
The Dancing Bears
Grey Eagle Tavern
Asheville, NC
Friday, March 2, 2012
Contra Dance
Traditional Austin Area Dance Assoc.
LNO - the Lost and Nameless Orchestra
Austin, TX
Monday, March 26, 2012
Contra Dance
Atlantic Crossing
Grey Eagle Tavern
Asheville, NC
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Contra Dance
Old Farmer's Ball
Atlantic Crossing
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Contra Dance
Harvest Moon Folk Society
Atlantic Crossing
River Falls Lodge, SC
Friday, May 4, 2012
Contra Dance
Chattahoochee Country Dancers
Confluence
Atlanta, GA
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Contra Dance
Harvest Moon Folk Society
Confluence
River Falls Lodge, SC
Friday-Sunday, May 18-20, 2012
Blue Moon Dance Weekend
Perpetual e-Motion
Huntsville, Alabama
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Contra Dance
TBA
Pasadena, CA
Sunday, May 27, 2012
SBCDS Memorial Day Weekend Double Dance and Potluck
2:00-5:00, Les Amis;
6:30-9:30, Bonfire
Santa Barbara, CA
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Barn Dance
TBA
Private Event
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Contra Dance
TBA
Boca Raton, Fla.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Contra Dance
Old Farmer's Ball
Perpetual e-Motion
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Friday-Saturday, June 29-30, 2012
Jonesborough Days
Contra Dance & Workshops
Historic Jonesborough Dance Society
Changleing and Boom Chuck, with Noah Grunzweig also calling
Jonesborough, TN
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Contra Dance
Country Dancers of Rochester
The Mean Lids
Rochester, NY
Friday, August 10, 2012
Contra Dance
Queen City Contras
The Mean Lids
Burlington, VT
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Brattleboro Contra Dance
The Mean Lids
Brattleboro, VT
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Amherst Downtown Contra Dance Series
The Mean Lids
Amherst, MA
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Thursday Contras
The Mean Lids
Scout House,
Concord, MA
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Greenfield Contra Dance
The Mean Lids
Guiding Star Grange,
Greenfield, MA
August 24-26, 2012
Splash Dance
Old Farmer's Ball Dance Weekend
(I'll be organizing open calling & calling some myself)
Open Bands anchored by great Asheville musicians
Camp Merrimac,
Black Mountain, NC
August 31-September 2, 2012
Privte Wedding
TBA
Charlottesville, VA
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Monster Mash Contra Dance
TBA
River Falls Lodge, SC
Harvest Moon Folk Society
Monday, December 31, 2012 - Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013
Bogue Banks Boogie
New Year's Eve Dance
The Avant Gardeners
Trinity Camp and Conference Center, "nestled into the maritime forest between the sound and the sea on one of North Carolina’s gorgeous barrier islands."
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