Schedule
NOTES:Effective July, 2008 the price of admission to the Friday dance have changed. The new prices are:
- Regular Admission: Local Band nights: $8/person*; Touring Band nights: $9/person*
- *High School and College Students: buy one, get one free (i.e. two students showing up together each pay half price)
For important information about shoes and other stuff, please refer to our Nightly Details page.
For directions to a given Dance Hall, please see our Directions page.
| July 2008 | |||||||
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| Day | Date | Time | Event | Location | Band | Caller | Cost |
| Tue | July 1 | 6:30pm | Dinner | Messiah Lutheran | Tuesday Dance 9th Anniversary Celebration Pot Luck Dinner |
YOU | N/A |
| Tue | July 1 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | The Ad Hoc String Band (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri | July 4 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | House Red Shawn Brenneman (piano), Jonathan Thielen (fiddle), Owen Morrison (guitar, mandolin) |
Cis Hinkle | $9 |
| Fri | Jul 11 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | The Capetians Tim Cape (fiddle), Julie Austin (swing guitar) |
Scott Russell | $8 |
| Fri | July 18 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Tim and Friends Tim Cape (fiddle), TBA Friends |
Seth Tepfer | $8 |
| Sun | July 20 | 630pm-8:30pm | Monthly CCD Business Meeting | Home of ... |
Robert McGregor |
All dancers are encouraged to attend!! | Free |
| Tue | Jul 22 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | Ad Hoc String Band (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri | July 25 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Just Add Whiskey Sandi Goldring (piano), Dave Marcus (concertina), Larry Enlow (percussion) |
Cis Hinkle | $8 |
| Tue | Jul 29 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | TBA (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| August 2008 | |||||||
| Day | Date | Time | Event | Location | Band | Caller | Cost |
| Fri | Aug 1 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | The Jig/Reel Thang Moira Nelligan (fiddle), John Machinott (Irish pipes, flute), Scott Russell (guitar, mandolin), Mickey Nelligan (guitar), Mike Hickey (Irish percussion) |
Robbin Marcus | $8 |
| Fri | Aug 8 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Oatcakes Bill McClain (fiddle), Scott Russell (guitar), Tomas Valenti (piano) |
Doug Singleton | $8 |
| Tue | Aug 12 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | Peavine Creek (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri | Aug 15 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Crosstown Traffic Mike Robinson (fiddle), Brian Baker (guitar), Brian Donahue (mandolin), Bill Porter (flute) |
Rob Harper | $8 |
| Fri | Aug 22 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Peavine Creek Ann Whitley (fiddle), Albert Smith (fiddle), Doug Olsen (guitar), Cindy Olsen (bass), John Anderson (banjo) |
George Snyder | $8 |
| Tue | Aug 26 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | Always Something (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri | Aug 29 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Cattywampas Tim Cape (fiddle), Scott Russell (guitar), Pete Senkowski (bass) |
Susan Davis | $8 |
| September 2008 | |||||||
| Day | Date | Time | Event | Location | Band | Caller | Cost |
| Fri | Sep 5 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Just Add Whiskey Sandi Goldring (piano), Dave Marcus (concertina), Larry Enlow (percussion) |
Robbin Marcus | $8 |
| Tue | Sep 9 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | Always Something (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri-Sun | Sept 12-14 | weekend | 14th annual English Country Dance Atlanta Weekend | Morningside Baptist | FANDANGO WEEKEND Friday: Mostly Contra; Sat-Sun: Mostly English Country Dance Music by Earl Gaddis (fiddle) and Daron Douglas (fiddle) and Jacqueline Schwab (piano) |
Seth Tepfer | Fri: $12 Sat: TBA Sun: TBA Full: TBA |
| Fri | Sep 19 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Footloose David Coe (fiddle), David DiGiuseppe (accordion), Pete Campbell (keyboard), Jim Robert (percussion) |
Rob Harper | $9 |
| Tue | Sep 23 | 7:30pm | Contra | Messiah Lutheran | TBA (core band*) |
Open Mic | $3 |
| Fri | Sep 26 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Centerline Syndrome |
Doug Singleton | $8 |
| * On Tuesday nights there is 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. |
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| UPCOMING | |||||||
| Day | Date | Time | Event | Location | Band | Caller | Cost |
| Fri | Oct 31 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Steam Shovel David White (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar) |
Diane Silver | $9 |
| Fri-Sun | November 14-16 | weekend | 32nd annual Festival Weekend | Dec Rec | Some Enchanted Contra... KGB | Seth Tepfer and Others | Early Reg. Full Weekend: $60 |
| Fri | Dec 5 | 8pm | Contra | Morningside Baptist | Ed & Elsie Ed Baggott (fiddle), Elsie Peterson (piano) Old-time music. Click here to link to sound files of their playing |
TBD | $9 |