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Enjoy a half contra, half English program plus a singing square, some free waltzes, and a tai chi warmup led by Cis Hinkle, all at Atlanta's Friday DistDance.
Date: Friday, January 22nd. Hall opens at 7:00pm EDT (0:00 BST; 4:00pm PST), Dance 7:30 - 8:45pm EDT
New! Warm up with tai chi from 7:10pm-7:30pm
Band: Tom Cunningham and Kate Sanders (of Hot Coffee Breakdown)
Caller: Chet Gray
Link: contradance.link/ATLDistDance
Note: This is not a CCD or ECD Atlanta event. Please contact Seth Tepfer for additional info or questions!
Enjoy dancing if you are moved, or just enjoy chatting with your friends or enjoying good music. The program of contra and ECD (and a free waltz or two) is selected by the caller to be easy and satisfying with one or two people. If you'd like to warm up with 20 minutes of tai chi, arrive at 7:10 for a session with Cis Hinkle.
New! We encourage you to stay with us after the dance as we go around the circle and share the highlight of our week!
Don't forget, you can always turn off your camera and dance like no one's. watching! Or just enjoy chat and good music if you don't want to dance. We'd love to see you!
Chet Gray cut his calling teeth in the trad square revival, and has been bringing that lively attitude to contra dances since 2013. Noted for an ease and an energy that he conveys to the dancers, he strives to call from the dancers’ perspective, and draws on a varied repertoire of dances and styles to breathe life into a program. When not dancing or calling, he can be found roasting coffee, playing bass with The New Hoosier Broadcasters, or playing board games, and he's likely to be dancing a little bit while doing any of those, too.
Tom Cunningham (fiddle) and Kate Sanders (keyboard) have been playing together for about 5 years, and have recorded a CD of original waltzes, and 2 CDs with their contra dance band, Hot Coffee Breakdown. They've traveled around the eastern states playing for both contra and English and both compose tunes for dancers. They have been dancing about 30 years, and playing music much longer than that, with influences ranging from Celtic to Appalachian, to French Canadian, jazz, and rock.
Doors open at 7:00 Eastern for a Zoom lesson for those who would like it and social time for those who’ve done it before. Be sure to clear out some dance space in your house, charge your device, and come on down (virtually, of course) to enjoy this dance and community event. Tai chi starts at 7:10 and dancing starts at 7:30 with the last waltz at about 8:45, and the hall will remain open for another 15 minutes for chitchat and farewells. Note: Atlanta DistDance uses gender-free calling.
Dancing starts at 7:30 with the last waltz at 8:45, and the hall will remain open for another 15 minutes for chitchat and farewells. Note: Atlanta DistDance uses gender-free calling (larks and robins).
Please share with your friends near and far! Hope to see you Friday!
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