Current Schedule
Color Key:
| 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. |
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| Special Events |
Includes dance weekends, holiday dances, monthly CCD business meetings, community events, etc. | ||
| April 2012 | |||
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| 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 Click Here to Googlemap this; Call 770-365-9914 for assistance |
| 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 | |