We have sprung forward and it’s both warm and light enough to garden in the evenings. But dance nourishes your soul in ways different from mud & last fall’s dried stuff. Please come join Barry Dupen, Fletcher Tones, and us on Tuesday, March 12th. You can rake & wheelbarrow stuff six other nights of the week.

Jacqueline Schwab, member of Bare Necessities and longtime musician for Ken Burns documentaries, is playing and leading English Country dance in Cincinnati and Louisville this week. Each event will be well worth the drive (approximately 2 hour each way). Please tell her Kathryn sent you!

Thursday, March 7th, 8 – 10:30 p.m. in Cincinnati, at Ascension & Holy Trinity  Episcopal Church, 334 Burns Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45215-4320. She’ll be leading intermediate and advanced dances, so some familiarity with ECD is requested. If you’re not acquainted with instructions like “first corners set and turn single,” it’s a fine opportunity to listen and watch.

Sunday, March 10th, 3 – 5 p.m. in Louisville, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2233 Woodbourne Avenue, Louisville, KY 40205.

After a flurry of texting and emails it’s for sure: we ARE dancing tonight. Vickie Stohl will call, with music by Dianna Davis, John Paolillo, Twy Bethard, and whoever else shows up. We hope that lots of dancers and musicians will agree: music and dance are more powerful than snow. (that said, don’t do anything unsafe).

March 5th we have John Teskey calling to the open band. All amateur and professional musicians (also in-between and other) welcome to play.

We are fortunate to have the Indianapolis Ceili Band coming to play for us on February 26th! Ryan Smith will call. Be here, clean shoes on, water bottle full, before 7:45 (7:30 if you’re new or new-ish) so you can get every possible second’s enjoyment of this band!

February 19th we feature music by Entwyned with Bob Duffy calling.

Please carry in a pair of clean shoes for dancing. The church has had the floor cleaned and refinished, and we need to take care of it. Just a small pebble or sand caught in tread will scrape the finish and start to wear it down. Arrive by 7:30 so you can change before the dance starts. See you there!

Tuesday 2/12 we have the Hoosier Hill Boys playing and Urbana’s Jonathan Sivier calling.

February 2nd we have Emily Ann Thompson playing, with Open calling.

If you’re reading this on Tuesday, January 29, please don’t come to the dance! The newly refinished floor isn’t totally set, so we have to postpone to next week. Our apologies, especially for the last minute notice.