Date

Dance                  Past dances are listed at the end of the page.

Location

July 22

Contra Dance, Acoustic Jam with Bruce Ling; caller: Donna Hinman

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

August 26

Contra Dance, Acoustic Jam with Bruce Ling; caller: Alan Vlach

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

September 23

Contra Dance, Acoustic Jam with Bruce Ling; caller: TBA

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

This is the last amended and attuned schedule.  All details I have are here - and it took a tooth or two.  We have added International dance category
This is the information, you can play with it I kind of like the way someone else summed up the St. Adalberts dance:
Contra and Square Dance: Community based, just-for-fun - Dance to live traditional music!

Callers contact fri.dancebooker@grfolkarts.org , prior to dance night; All acoustic musicians encouraged to join the semi-organized pick up band -
bring your standup bass, fiddle, guitar, or mandolin and sit in, learn the tradition. Musicians can drop in or contact bruce@hawksandowls.com


Dates for the rest of the year - without known bands and callers - I'll update these when I have them.  My assumption is mid- July for Saturday dances.

Oct 1:                  Grace
Oct 28:    5th St.  
Nov 5:                 Grace
Nov 25:   5th St. 
Dec 3:                 Grace
Contact for Friday night dance and callers:  Julie - fri.dancebooker@grfolkarts.org

Contact for Saturday night: Jeff - Sat.dancebooker@grfolkarts.org

Musicians for Friday  contact Brice Ling  - Bruce@hawksandowls.com

Summer Season Swing -  I have no information if there is live or recorded music for August, I assume there is live for September.
 
July 13 - recorded Music
August 17 - music TBD
September 14 - music TBD

Change all references for email for swing information and contact to:   Grace at   swing@grfolkarts.org
International  Dancing!! New!  7:00 P.M.   $5 AT THE DOOR
To be held at the Wealthy St. Theater: 1130 Wealthy St GR SE!

July 8
August 12      
September 9
October 14
November 11 
December  9
Contact Donna at: International@grfolkarts.org

2004 - 05 dances...

Date

Dance                  Past dances are listed at the end of the page.

Location

September 24

Contra Dance

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

October 2

Contra Dance with Tanglemere, caller: John Freeman

Grace Bible College

October 13

Swing Dance with the New Horizons Dance Band
A benefit dance for St. Cecilia Music Society
Dance only, open and informal.  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  The New Horizons Dance Band is an 18-20 piece swing band from the era.

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

October 22

Contra Dance

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

November 6

Contra Dance with Sauganash Stew, caller: Lisa Ornstein

Grace Bible College

November 10

Swing Dance with Social Aires Senior Band

Dance only, open and informal.  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Social Aires Senior Band is a multi-piece dance band from the Swing Era.

Saint Adalbert's Aid Society

November 26

Contra Dance

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

December 4

Contra Dance with Fiddlefire, caller: Barry Dupen

Grace Bible College

December 8

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance only, open and informal.  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

January 1

Contra Dance with Java Junkies, caller: Steve Gold

Grace Bible College

January 12

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance only, open and informal, to recorded or live music.  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

January 28

Contra Dance, caller: John Legge

Live music, called dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

February 5

Contra Dance with Hawks and Owls, caller: Jan Fowler
Bring your instrument or dance shoes.  If you want to learn dance etiquette, learn to call,  play dance music.  7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

Grace Bible College

February 9

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance, open and informal, live music  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

February 25

Contra Dance, caller: Mike Clark

Call a dance, or play dance music.   Live music, called (instructed) dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.   7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night. 

March 5

Square Dance with Blue Water Ramblers
The Blue Water boys will be out in full force to provide the music. They will have a featured fiddler to lead the tunes. Jim will call the dances. (How can he play that banjo and call at the same time? Amazing!) He will do more squares and circle dances than contras. This is a good dance to bring someone new.    7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

Grace Bible College

March 9

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance, open and informal, live music  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

March 25

Contra Dance, caller: David Glick

Call a dance, or play dance music.   Live music, called (instructed) dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.   7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night. 

April 2

Contra Dance with Tanglemere, caller: Dan Gorno
A Grand Rapids favorite, Bill Van Liere leads Tanglemere with this excellent band that provides a well oiled rhythm and melody for Dan's instruction. Dan has been our most used caller over the years. Versatile in many dance forms he gets us dancing quickly with a lot of fun. 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00. 

Grace Bible College

April 13

Swing Dance 

Dance, open and informal, live music  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

April 22

Contra Dance, caller: Jan Coray

Call a dance, or play dance music.   Live music, called (instructed) dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.   7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.  

May 7

May Day Contra Dance with Hawks and Owls, caller: John Legge
Potluck supper: 5:00; maypole (weather permitting): 6:00; dance 6:30. Johnson Park Lodge. This is season favorite, good food and a lot of fun.  Click for map.

Johnson Park

May 11

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance, open and informal, live music  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

June 8

Swing Dance with Java Jive

Dance, open and informal, live music  Instructor available for your questions and for demonstrations of specific moves.  No partner necessary.   7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.

June 24

Contra Dance

Call a dance, or play dance music.   Live music, called (instructed) dances.  Bring your instrument or dance shoes.   7:00 pm - 10:30 pm with basic instruction at 7:00.  Callers and musicians contact gjwarners@juno.com prior to dance night.