Monday’s Labor Day. Summer’s over (even if equinox isn’t for a few weeks). Tuesday, 9/6/11 is a dancing day. Join us for Open Band with John Teskey calling
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Sugar Hill
Contra dance from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday night, & again on Saturday. Or hang out and jam, listen to jamming, swim, eat pizza & ice cream, & spend time with hundreds of other people who love dance & music. Sugar Hill is August 26- 28, just south of Bloomington. Registration fee of $45 includes meals, camping, and modern plumbing. (Air conditioned bunkrooms may still be available.)
contra to a Texas caller!
Join us August 30th to special guest caller Keith Tuxhorn, visiting from Austin, with music by Ennis Clare.
5th Wednesday = Game night!
August has a 5th Wednesday. So you know what that means…a game night! Lisa & James will be hosting it at Irvington Friends Meeting at 831 N. Edmondson St. (google map here) Indianapolis, IN 46219 from 7-9 pm on Wednesday, August 31st. Bring a new or favorite game to play and/or a refreshment that you would enjoy sharing and/or your wonderful self to add to the energy or bring all three, but mostly #3. Questions or to RSVP-contact Lisa at lisamboyles@yahoo.com or (317) 372-6983.
Root Beer Floats
Ken & Carole Gall invite all dancers to their place after the dance on August 23rd. Ken & Carole will provide Root Beer float ingredients. People are welcome to bring snacks or drinks, especially non-alcoholic ones! We are trying to keep it user friendly for the college age dancers, some of whom may be under 21. This is in part a goodbye for a dancer who will be leaving in September for a year of overseas humanitarian work, and for anybody else who wants to celebrate anything. We’ll have flyers with the map and address at Tuesday’s dance.
61st Pl. Project & Ryan Smith
August 23rd, stretch those dancing muscles, get ready for Sugar Hill (where people dance to 4 a.m.) contra dance in Indianapolis, music 61st Pl. Project, with Ryan Smith calling.
Contra at the Indiana State Fair!
On August 16, 2011, everyone’s invited to join us on the Clarian Dance for Health Stage at the Indiana State Fair. Music by Emily Ann Thompson with Frank Buschelmann calling. We have some passes for admission, available to Indy Contra and Bloomington contra group members and volunteers who are SURE they’ll come. If we run out of tickets, or you’re not really sure you’re coming, you can still get in for just $2 using this voucher.
Join us early for rides, dinner, and extra perspiration. (8 – 10 p.m. as usual.)
Also, it’s $2 Taste of the Fair Day, so corn dogs, fries, and other foods will be on sale. Meet at 6 at the stage, which is in the southeast corner, near Gate 6 & the east end of Main Street on this map.
time to register for Sugar Hill
If you’re attending Sugar Hill (and who isn’t?), Bloomington’s dance weekend on August 26 – 28, mail in your registration now to save $10. Admission of $35 gets dancing, meals, and tent camping (with showers, toilets, etc.). Add about $55 for 2 nights in an air conditioned bunkroom.
Contra to a Maine/Cincinnati caller!
On August 9th we have a guest, Maine native, now living and dancing in Cincinnati, Dugan Murphy, making his debut on our calling stage. Music by Iron Curtain Meltdown.
As always, everybody’s invited to the board meeting, 6:15 in the Cafe. We generally meet 2nd Tuesdays (& it should be listed in our calendar).