Despite Winter Storm Nika and events cancelled at IPS, we have a band, caller, hall, and dancers. Hope if you can safely travel that you di!

Troika plays & we have Josiah Roberts coming from Louisville to call!

On February 11, 2014, during the break we’ll have our annual meeting and election of the Board. (It takes just a few minutes usually, so won’t intrude on your dancing.)  All members ($15/year if over 25, $7 if under) are invited to attend and vote. We have four positions open, and candidates are:

Jeremy Wuestefeld
Eric Van Straten
Nancy Gibson
Vicky White
Kathryn Millis
Dianna Davis

Ballots & statements will be available at the dance.

Contra cancelled due to cold. Sorry, it’s sub zero & windy, so the church building committee is closing Zion for all evening events.

John Teskey calls, and we’ve re-scheduled Open Band for this night, January 21, because the first Tuesday in January got snowed out.

Jonathan Sivier calls to music by LEDfoot. Please join us.

Our January 7, 2014 contra is cancelled due to the extreme cold in Indianapolis. We’ll dance to Michael Hamilton another time.

Our first contra of 2014 is on Tuesday, January 7th, with Open Band (all welcome!) and visiting caller Michael Hamilton.

Michael Hamilton of Akron, OH is a charismatic and artful caller who chooses the right  dances for the situation. His voice calls you to attention, his instructions compel smiles, and he leads you forward with purpose, direction, and joy. He believes dancers can execute any pattern, and with his guidance they will.

We need 3 people interested in helping run Indy Contra, which is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to traditional music and dance (primarily contra and related dance and music).

Every year 1/2 of the board positions are up for election. This year’s vote will be taken during a break at the dance Tuesday, February 11, 2014.

You don’t need specific expertise, beyond ability to work cooperatively, which is a all contra dancers and musicians practice regularly.

If interested, please talk with any current board member or email IndyContra@gmail.com.

We’ll also want a one or two sentence biography/statement of interest for us to use on the slate of candidates, which must be announced by Tuesday, January 28, 2014.

The next two weeks feature church activities on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, so our last dance for the year is LEDfoot with Ryan Smith on December 17. After that next dance: January 7, 2014.