Music by The Mean Lids, calling by Darlene Underwood, join us Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
We’ll be at our regular location, Grove Haus, 1001 Hosbrook Street, Indianapolis, IN 46203, United States, Earth.
httpv://youtu.be/Fk_uEyEIgFs
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February 2015
Here’s a summary of our February dance plans. It’s also time for us to hold elections for board members, so if you’re interested in helping with contra, please volunteer!
February 3, Deb Shebish and Johnandrew Bellner are back in Indiana! These married musicians bring energetic old time and Irish dance music. Between the two of them, they have played with pretty much all the folk musicians in town – come out and dance to them and you’ll see why! Rhonda K. Minnich, who’s also responsible for many of the great recent photographs on our website & facebook, will call.
February 10, caller Michael Fuerst visits from Urbana, IL, and we’ll have fiddle and guitar by Emily Ann and Kelly Thompson, one of our favorite Indy bands.
February 17, Indy’s all-girl contra dance band The Spinels is back! Dianna Davis on clarinet and accordion, Katie Burk (fiddle) and Allie Burbrink (banjo) from the Whipstitch Sallies, Jill Moore on guitar, and Juliet Port on bass. They’ll be rockin’ it out at the Grove Haus for your Mardi Gras festivities! Adam Nichols will call the dances – come dance the night away! Here’s a video of The Spinels playing for our dance several years ago:
httpv://youtu.be/lkVPQ1OO_z0
February 24 brings Dugan Murphy visiting from Maine! Dugan was a favorite Cincinnati caller, during his too brief time in the midwest and will doubtless bring excitement (and a carload of friends). If for no other reason, you should come to see what Dugan wears! Music is by Convolution – Ben Smith and Dianna Davis from Indianapolis plus guest musician Kristen Planeaux from Cincinnati.
January 2015!
Indy Contra has a Sunday afternoon dance scheduled for January 18, 2 – 5 p.m. with music by Turnip the Beet, and calling by Bradley Smith..
httpv://youtu.be/YJ3mPo6a9xA
Our Tuesday night dances this month:
January 6, start the year dancing, with Ken Gall calling to Convolution.
January 13, Ryan Smith calls to Tom Cunningham & Ben Andrew.
January 20, we feature Bloomington talent: the Lion’s Head Dance Band (Eric Schedler, Ben Smith, and Sam Bartlett) and Steven Janowiecki calling.
January 27, Rachel McCandliss, visiting from Atlanta, GA, calls to Troika.
In case of bad weather, please check us on twitter https://twitter.com/IndyContra which is likeliest to be updated fastest.
January 31 is a 5th Saturday, so Bloomington, IN has a contra just an hour south-ish of us. That weekend Louisville, KY has events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, in conjunction with a CDSS board meeting.
New Year’s Eve eve
Tuesday, December 30 we dance to calling by Rhonda Minnich and music by Emily Ann & Kelly Thompson.
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.
Dec. 2, 2014
Join us in celebrating as Rhonda Minnich calls her first full evening of Indy Contra! Emily Ann and Kelly Thompson will play.
11/25/14
Burn 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!