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Dance Basics Workshop
is held on Fridays at the Clarkston Community Center
7:30 - 8:00 Admission is Free Beginning January 1, 2011, the workshop will begin precisely at 7:30 and new dancers are strongly encouraged to arrive no later than 7:20pm. The workshop includes a teaching session for the basic figures and courtesies and, for first time attendees, a copy of an instructional DVD we made and a free ticket to next (not current) contra dance.
Tuesday dances are held at Messiah Lutheran Church 8:00 - 10:15 Admission is $3 Dancing on 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays. Music is provided by a core band and all musicians are welcome to play with the band. The core band selects and starts each tune; then the other musicians chime in. All dances are open mic for established and cub callers.
Friday dances are held at the Clarkston Community Center 8:00 - 11:00 • Regular admission: $8/person
• Regular admission for Bands with members travelling from out of area: $9/person
• Students with ID: buy one, get one free (i.e. two students showing up together each pay half price)
• Dancers under 16: $3/person for regular admission, $4/person for out-of-town band member nights
• Non-Dancers 16 and over: regular or student admission
• Non-Dancers under 16: free
Bi-monthly Contra Potluck Dinners are held at Messiah Lutheran Church 7:00 - 8:00

Bring your favorite major (chocolate, chess pie) and/or minor (meat, vegetables, fruits, dairy, grains) food group offering.

Special Events
Includes dance weekends, holiday dances, monthly CCD business meetings, community events, etc.
April 2012
Tue Apr 3 Renewable Energy
Dave Marcus (concertina), Robbin Marcus (piano)
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri Apr 6 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Apr 6
Tim & Friends with Cis Hinkle
Tim Cape (fiddle), Friends
Regular admission = $8
Host: Jane Schindler
Fri Apr 13 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Apr 13 CCD Homecoming Dance 2012

Atlanta Open Band with Andrea Nettleton
aka "The Chattahoochee Contraharmonic"
Regular admission = $8
Host: Jane Schindler
Tue Apr 17 Atlanta Open Band
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri Apr 20 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Apr 20 Cattywampas with Janet Shepherd
Tim Cape (fiddle), Scott Russell (guitar), Pete Senkowski (bass)
Regular admission = $8
Host: Joseph Steinhauser
Tue Apr 24 Monthly CCD Business meeting: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Home of Janet Shepherd
1410 McClendon Dr, Decatur GA 30033 (near Home Depot on Lawrenceville Hwy)
All dancers are encouraged to attend
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Fri Apr 27 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Apr 27 North-South Railroad with Rickey Holte
Tina Chancey, Nancy Fiske, Charlie Pilzer
Regular admission = $9
Host: Dave Marcus
May 2012
Tue May 1 Hard Core
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri May 4 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri May 4
Confluence with Diane Silver
Tim Ball (fiddle), Barbara Dyskant (keyboard), Nadine Dyskant (flute)
Regular admission = $9
Host: Janet Shepherd
Fri May 11 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri May 11 Peavine Creek with Doug Singleton
Allen Peterson (fiddle), Albert Smith (fiddle), Doug Olsen (mandolin), Cindy Olsen (bass), John Anderson (banjo, harmonica), Peter Jenkins (guitar)
Regular admission = $8
Host: Margie Cooper
Tue May 15 3rd Tuesday Bi-Monthly Contra Potluck Dinner at Messiah Lutheran
Bring a major (chocolate, chess pie) or minor (meat, vegetables, fruits, dairy, grains) food group offering.

7:00-8:00pm

Tue May 15 Atlanta Open Band
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri May 18 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri May 18 Clifton Road with Seth Tepfer and caller-in-training Deanna Palumbo
Jan Smith (fiddle), Mick Kinney (fiddle, piano), Evan Kinney (guitar), Pete Senkowski (bass), John Anderson (banjo, harmonica)
Regular admission = $8
Host: Doug Singleton
Fri May 25 Catapult Dance Weekend
Four Days + Six Bands + Seven Callers = 1 Hot Dance Weekend!
Host: Rob Harper
Tue May 29 Hard Core
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
June 2012
Fri Jun 1 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Jun 1
Crosstown Traffic with Perry Shafran
Mike Robinson (fiddle), Margie McDonald (fiddle), Brian Baker (guitar), Brian Donahue (mandolin), Bill Porter (flute)
Regular admission = $8
Host:Amy Krafchick
Tue Jun 5 Hard Core
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri Jun 8 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Jun 8 Skeeziks with Maggie Cowan
Elizabeth Adams (button accordion), Alan Dillman (fiddle, concertina), Joel McConnell (mandolin, bouzouki), Terry Maluk (fiddle, percussion), Wes Maluk (guitar, tenor banjo)
Regular admission = $9
Host: Jane Schindler
Fri Jun 15 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Jun 15 Tritones with Susan Kevra
Laura Light & Mara Shea (twin fiddles), George Paul (keyboards)
Regular admission = $9
Host: Joseph Steinhauser
Tue Jun 19 The Atlanta Open Band
Open Mic
Host: George Snyder
Fri Jun 22 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Jun 22 Oatcakes with Robbin Marcus
Bill McClain (fiddle), Kevin Nicholson (fiddle), Scott Russell (guitar), Matt Phillips (mandolin), Cade Lewis (bass)
Regular admission = $8
Host: Dave Marcus
Fri Jun 29 Dance Basics Workshop see workshop notes above
Fri Jun 29 The Capetians with Scott Russell
Tim Cape (fiddle), Leah Calvert (fiddle), Jason Kenney (guitar, mandolin), Pete Senkowski (bass)
Regular admission = $8
Host: Janet Shepherd
... AND BEYOND
Fri Aug 3
Dot Dot Dash
Fri Sep 14
Fandango
Fri Oct 26
Steamshovel