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Holiday contras

Indy Contra dancers are invited to help Bloomington keep their record of dancing every single Wednesday night for decades, by attending their contras on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.  12/31 features Bloomington, music by the Coffee Zombies & calling by Lauren Peckman.

The first weekend  of every year is “Jan Jam,” in Urbana, IL.

Electro contra

December 23 we feature an electro contra DJ’d by D.R. Shadow, aka. Ben Smith.  Adam Nichols will call.

We’ll be dimming the lights for techno fun at the Grove Haus, so if you want, dress the part, bring friends and family, and we’ll see you there for this special contra!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S82VshxkpzQ

12/16/14

Tonight’s date, 12/16/14, must be an example of some kind of mathematical fun, right? We probably won’t answer that question, but we will dance to music LEDfoot & calling by Bob Duffy.

12/9/14

We feature Urbana caller Jonathan Sivier & music by Convolution – Dianna Davis and Ben Smith, musicians in the contra world’s most popular bands.

11/25/14

Adam RiviereBurn off calories before Thanksgiving by dancing  on Nov. 25th. Adam Nichols calls (he’s also a regular sound guy and a board member) to music by Convolution with not just one, but two guests: Mario Joven & percussionist Adam Riviere!

AmazonSmile

Indy Contra has joined the AmazonSmile program. If you shop using AmazonSmile, Indy Contra will receive 00.5% of what you spend on eligible purchases. We’re able to participate in this program because we’re a 501(c)3 charity.

You may find AmazonSmile a convenient way to donate small amounts without even noticing it; we also appreciate direct donations, which are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law (and with the end of the tax year coming, many charities will remind you that donations may help you too, come April 15.)

However you chose to help, via AmazonSmile, your own charitable donations, by volunteering, or bringing cookies, are all valuable contributions to building and maintaining a music and dance community!

 

It’s google’s fault!

Our web software knows why our calendar disappeared, “Google took version 2 of the GCal API offline, which breaks all calendar feed displays.”

They’re working on it. For now, our “When” page has details on who’s scheduled to call or play each week.

Upcoming dances

Something is going wrong with  “Upcoming Dances:” in the right hand column of our website. We are scheduled to contra every Tuesday night (including the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s) for the foreseeable future, and are  troubleshooting the problem.

Tuesday, November 25 will feature Adam Nichols calling to music by Convolution with Mario Joven and Adam Riviere.

You can also see our schedule on our “When” page.