November 22nd we have John Teskey calling to Pinenuts!  That’s Dianna Davis, Mario Joven, Dmitri Alano, and Steve Johnson (from Bloomington). They’ll be doing Irish and swing music with clarinet and trumpet!

Photos, for those who were at Gypsy Moon Ball and want to see themselves, or for those who want to see how much fun they missed, are popping up on the web, as people post them.  You can see some of Jamie’s, and Dennis’s. (We appreciate receiving links to your albums too – please say if it’s OK for us to post images to our site & make other use of them.)

Please note: at any public event, people can & do take photos. If you have any privacy concerns about images on our site, or our facebook group, etc., email IndyContra@gmail.com. We would be glad to remove or edit our photos so you’re comfortable. (Can’t make promises for others, but we’ll do what we can, & contra dancers are usually cooperative and considerate of others.)

Movies are coming soon!

We’ve got a busy night: board meeting at 6:30, to discuss Gypsy Moon Ball & Spirit & Place, then contra dancing to Bob Duffy & Edge of Erin! Sorry, no chair massage this month.

Wednesday, November 9th, join us at 7:30 p.m., at Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ for an evening of community dancing for folks who don’t already dance (mostly), sponsored by us, and the international folk and Israeli dance groups. More info is at http://www.spiritandplace.org/Festival.aspx?access=Details&Year=2011&EventScheduleID=352

November 8th we dance to Trevor DeWitt & Vickie Stohl, and music by Emily Ann Thompson.

Unless your friendly p.r. gal messed up, this is the weekend schedule. (Please note that rows don’t accurately reflect the amount of time; 15 minute breaks look as big as 2 1/2 hours dinner time. Sorry.)

We have open calling/band, then advanced contras & squares all Saturday afternoon, and dancing for everybody on Friday & Saturday evenings, plus Sunday afternoon. Waltz, Lindy Hop, Folk, & musician sessions too!

And contra dancing!

We have an excellent forecast for Gypsy Moon Ball weekend, with highs around 60 each day (and lows in the 30’s – 40’s – perfect complement to a hot dance floor), 0% precipitation, and 100% fun contra dancing Friday night through Sunday afternoon.

Please come, for any or all, no pre-registration needed. Just show up with clean shoes, desire to contra to Kathy Anderson & Susan Moffett, Changeling & Coffee Zombies, an optional costume for Saturday evening (get ideas from past GMB here and here), and a little $$ for admission.

You can hear how much the audience would like to be dancing:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6oAY0HneBM

Contrathon X dancers movin’ to the Coffee Zombies:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WavRhPgAME

We’re going to have an hour or two of open calling open band next Saturday afternoon, at Gypsy Moon Ball. Bring your cards & instruments. Other Saturday activities: Lindy Hop with Doug & Fiona, International with Barry & Vickie, beginner & intermediate waltz with (a different) Vickie, advanced squares & contra with Kathy, advanced contra with Susan, & spice it up music session with John & Twy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFx5HWdHQ40

Earth House has community potlucks on the first Sunday of each month. They ask that contributions be made from scratch, and with (some) local ingredients. If you’re attending Gypsy Moon Ball and can stay to help us clean up, head on over and join in the community meal at 5 p.m.