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Welcome to Charleston Folk Charleston SC Contra Dancing |
We normally dance the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at North Charleston's Park Circle Felix Davis Community Center. click here for map Admision is $8 and the dancing begins at 8 PM. Beginners walk-thru/instruction is at 7:45PM.
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** Please see links at the bottom of the page for other nearby dances.
New Location in 2009Starting in 2009 we will be dancing at the Felix Davis Community Center at Park Circle in North Charleston. Our normal dances will be held the first and third Friday, however some weeks the hall is booked and there will be NO dance... See schedule below. click here for map |
Opening Volunteer (Send Email to Didi at onabirdy2 (at) yahoo.com ) |
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| June 5 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceAnna's Bannas with MJ Saylor Calling |
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| June 19 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceAnna's Bannas with MJ Saylor Calling - Taylor Raffield's Home Coming.. (NOTE: This dance is at the Ballroom Dance Club of Charleston) |
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| July 17 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceBlue Ridge Rouders Playing; George Snyder Calling |
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| July 31 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceSullivan's Folly; Hank Morris Calling |
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| August 7 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceGaelstorm with Doug Singleton Calling |
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| August 21 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceHungry Monks Playing with Janet Shepherd Calling |
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| September 4 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceDavid White Band with Charles Harvey Calling |
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| September 18 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceGlow in the Dark with Joyce Murless and Bob Beattie Calling |
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| October 2 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceAnna's Bannas with Dean Snipes Calling |
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| October 16 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceCabin Fever with Gary Arthur Calling |
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| November 6 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceShifty Tweeds with Kenny Greer Calling |
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| November 20 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceGaelstorm with Dean Snipes Calling |
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| December 4 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceAnna's Bananas with Kenny Greer (At the Ballroom Dance Club on Ashley Hall Road) |
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| December 18 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceSullivan's Folly with Hank Morris Calling |
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Anytime 2009 (Friday) |
Charleston Folk Contra DanceLooking for GREAT BANDS AND CALLERS -- Contact Ann Birdseye |
Other groups that sponser dances within 5-6 hours driving distance of Charleston include Columbia Old Time Music & Dance (Columbia, SC), Old Farmer's Ball (Asheville, NC), Charlotte Country Dancers and Charlotte Dance Gypsies (Charlotte, NC), Harvest Moon Folk Society (Greenville, SC), Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers (Winston-Salem & Greensboro, NC), Triangle County NC, Savannah Folk Music Society (Savannah, GA), Chattahooche Country Dancers (Atlanta, GA), Athens Folk Music and Dance Society (Athens, GA), and Cape Fear Contra Dancers (Wilmington, NC).
For an overview of dances in the South Atlantic region, as well as other regions in the country, check out Charlie Seelig's pages. E-mail info for bands, callers, etc. can be found there, too.
For information about contra dances anywhere in the USA, see Kiran Wagle's contra dance pages or Bob Stein's. Other resources for locating dances nationwide are the NEFFA LinkFest! pages and the contra dance map created by Dwayne Johnson and a new Dance DB at Ted Crane's ContraDanceDB.
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