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Dance in the Stone Age, Renaissance, Regency, Roaring Twenties, Swinging Sixties, Futurama, and Beyond...

Contra Fantasia!
Schedule

FRIDAY:

6:00 pmRegistration opens
7:00 – 9:00MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with HOT COFFEE BREAKDOWN & ALEX DEIS-LAUBY (Role Terms: Gents/Ladies)
9:15 – 11:00MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with THE DAM BEAVERS & CIS HINKLE (Role Terms: Larks/Robins)
11:30Building locked for the Night

 

SATURDAY MORNING:

8:00 amBuilding opens
9:00 – 9:30

SIDE ROOM
Tai Chi Warmups: with CIS HINKLE
No experience required. Get stretched and ready to start the day!

MAIN HALL
Waltz Dance: with THE DAM BEAVERS

9:30 – 12:15MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with THE DAM BEAVERS & ALEX DEIS-LAUBY (Role Terms: Larks/Robins)
10:45 – 12:15DANCE STUDIO
Cajun/Zydeco Workshop: with DON BAGGET & MARLA PUZISS
No experience required. Laissez les bons temps roule y’all!

 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON:

12:15 – 2:00LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Don’t want to eat lunch alone? Meet up at the “Dine With a Dancer” gathering spot in front of the registration table at 12:30pm and introduce yourself to others who are also looking for lunch companions. There are tons of restaurants within walking distance!
12:30 – 1:30

LOBBY ANNEX
Positional Calling Self-led Discussion:
This workshop is for Callers who want to meet and brainstorm how to call specific dances and dance moves using positional cues.  Bring your cards and your ideas!

OUTDOORS / SIDE ROOM
Music Jam:
Bring your instrument and meet outdoors (if sunny) or in the Side Room off the main hallway (if rainy)

2:00 – 4:30

MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with HOT COFFEE BREAKDOWN & CIS HINKLE (Role Terms: Gents/Ladies)

DANCE STUDIO
English Country Dance: with SHAPESHIFTER & SETH TEPFER

2:00 – 3:00SIDE ROOM
Waltz Flourishes Workshop: with ED & TAMI HOWE
This session is great BOTH for beginners who are new to “contra style” waltz and for experienced dancers who want to pick up some tips and fun moves. We will explore the structure of fiddle tunes and how we can connect waltz moves with waltz music. There will be no rules or fancy footwork, just momentum! 
3:30 – 4:30SIDE ROOM
Glorious Chorus: with ELISE WITT
Low Pressure, High Pleasure Community Sing.
Internationally renowned musical arts educator Elise Witt teaches in a style so easy that, before you know it, the room is in perfect harmony. All pieces are broken down into easily learnable parts and become thrilling to sing in a group. Singers of all abilities, styles, and experience are welcome. No music reading required.

 

SATURDAY NIGHT: CONTRA FANTASIA

4:30 –
7:00
SUPPER ON YOUR OWN
Don’t want to eat supper alone? Meet up at the “Dine With a Dancer” gathering spot in front of the registration table in the lobby at 4:45pm and introduce yourself to others who are also looking for dinner companions.
6:15 – 7:00LOBBY
Ukulele Jam
7:00 – 9:00MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with DAM BEAVERS & CIS HINKLE (Role Terms: Larks/Robins)
9:15 – 11:00MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with HOT COFFEE BREAKDOWN & ALEX DEIS-LAUBY (Role Terms: Gents/Ladies)
11:30Building locked for the Night

 

SUNDAY:

8:00amBuilding Opens
9:00 – 11:30SIDE ROOM
Pot Luck Community Brunch
9:00 – 10:00MAIN HALL
Waltz Dance: with THE ATLANTA FOLK ORCHESTRA
 
9:15 – 10:00LOBBY
Sunday Sing
: with JANET SHEPHERD
9:30 – 10:00BACK HALLWAY
Morning Stretches
: with TBA
10:15 – 11:15MAIN HALL
Dutch Crossing: with HOT COFFEE BREAKDOWN & SETH TEPFER
“Am I an X or am I an O? Right hand in, here we go!” Advance sign up at front desk required.
11:30 – 1:15MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with THE DAM BEAVERS & ALEX DEIS-LAUBY (Role Terms: Larks/Robins)
1:30 – 3:00MAIN HALL
Contra Dance: with HOT COFFEE BREAKDOWN & CIS HINKLE (Role Terms: Gents/Ladies)
3:00 – 4:00Clean Up & Travel Home