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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.

Area Contra Dance Events
 

New Location in 2009

Starting 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.

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Opening Volunteer (Send Email to Didi at onabirdy2 (at) yahoo.com )

Closing Volunteer (Send Email to Didi at onabirdy2 (at) yahoo.com ) 

June 5

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Anna's Bannas with MJ Saylor Calling
   

June 19

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Anna's Bannas with MJ Saylor Calling - Taylor Raffield's Home Coming.. (NOTE: This dance is at the Ballroom Dance Club of Charleston)
   

July 17

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Blue Ridge Rouders Playing; George Snyder Calling
   

July 31

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Sullivan's Folly; Hank Morris Calling
   

August 7

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Gaelstorm with Doug Singleton Calling
   

August 21

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Hungry Monks Playing with Janet Shepherd Calling
   

September 4

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

David White Band with Charles Harvey Calling
   

September 18

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Glow in the Dark with Joyce Murless and Bob Beattie Calling
   

October 2

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Anna's Bannas with Dean Snipes Calling
   

October 16

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Cabin Fever with Gary Arthur Calling
   

November 6

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Shifty Tweeds with Kenny Greer Calling
   

November 20

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Gaelstorm with Dean Snipes Calling
   

December 4

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Anna's Bananas with Kenny Greer (At the Ballroom Dance Club on Ashley Hall Road)
   

December 18

(Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Sullivan's Folly with Hank Morris Calling
   

Anytime 2009 (Friday)

Charleston Folk Contra Dance

Looking 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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