Festivals:
Music City Masquerade (Nashville, TN) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Jan Jam (Champaign-Urbana, IL) 2015, 2017
Chance Dance (Cape Girardeau, MO) 2015, 2016, 2017
Dandelion Romp (Oberlin, OH) 2015
Once in a Blue Moon (Huntsville, AL) 2015
Contrathon XVIII (Jonesborough, TN) 2015
Gypsy Moon Ball (Indianapolis, IN) 2015
Fleur de Lis Fling (Louisville, KY) 2015
Mentone Dance Weekend (Mentone, AL) 2016, 2017
Youth Dance Weekend (Weston, VT) 2016
Looking Glass Festival (Lansing, MI) 2016
Fall Dance Weekend (Pittsburg, PA) 2016
Catapult! Showcase (Atlanta, GA) 2017
Contrathon XXII (Jonesborough, TN) 2017
GODS Weekend (Gainesville, FL) 2017
LEAF (Black Mountain, NC) 2018
IndepenDance (Delafield, WI) 2018
Cumberland Dance Week (Pleasantville, TN) 2018
Ozark Dance Days (Mt. View, AR) 2018
BooneDoggle (Boone, NC) 2018
Hoosier Partner (Indianapolis, IN) 2018
Trillium Twirl (Clear Lake Camp, MI) 2019
Meet Me in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) 2019
June Bug Bash (Tampa, FL) 2019
River Rendezvous (Coschocton, OH) 2019
CDSS Dance, Music, and Spice Week (Camp Cavell, MI) 2019
Contrathon XXVII (Jonesborough, TN) 2022
Local contra dances:
Nashville, TN
Memphis, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Jonesborough, TN
Louisville, KY
Asheville, NC
Swannanoa, NC
Brasstown, NC
Clemmons, NC
Durham, NC
Charlotte, NC
River Falls, SC
Atlanta, GA
Gainesville, GA
Huntsville, AL
Birmingham, AL
Cincinnati, OH
St. Louis, MO
Cape Girardeau, MO
Indianapolis, IN
Glen Echo, MD
Urbana, IL
Chicago, IL
Topsham, ME
Bangor, ME
Trenton, ME
Past seasons:
–2022–
May 28 – Jonesborough Contra Dance
with caller Darlene Underwood
Jonesborough, TN
May 29 – Contrathon XXVII
with callers Darlene Underwood and Diane Silver
Serenity Knoll Farm, Jonesborough, TN
–2021–
March 1 – Nashville Virtual English Country Dance
with caller Cathy Hollister
March 21 – Portland Live online concert
April 11 – Sacramento Country Dance Society online concert
–2020–
CANCELLED
March 20 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Emily Davis
Nashville, TN
CANCELLED
April 24-26 – Trillium Twirl
with caller Bob Issacs
Clear Lake Camp, MI
CANCELLED
August 28-29 – GODS Mini-weekend
with caller Gaye Fifer
Gainesville, FL
CANCELLED
September 18-20 – Squirrel Moon
with caller Gaye Fifer
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, WI
–2019–
April 26-28 – Trillium Twirl
with caller Gaye Fifer
Clear Lake Camp, MI
May 3 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
May 24-27 – Meet Me in St. Louis
with callers Susan Kevra and Chet Gray
and Nova
St. Louis, MO
June 7-8 – June Bug Bash
with caller Emily Rush
Pinellas Park, FL
July 12-14 – River Rendezvous
with callers Gaye Fifer and Carol Kopp
and Hotpoint
Coshocton, OH
August 11-18 – Dance, Music & Spice Week
Camp Cavell, MI
October 11 – Nashville Contra Dance
Nashville, TN
November 29 – Nashville Contra Dance
Nashville, TN
–2018–
March 17 – Louisville Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
**plus Tom Cunningham on fiddle and guitar**
Louisville, KY
March 18 – Indy Contra Dance ‘Beet Party’!
with caller Beadle
Indianapolis, IN
March 30 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra
Nashville, TN
May 10-13 – LEAF Festival
with Wake Up Robin, Buddy System
and callers Will Mentor and Emily Rush
Black Mountain, NC
June 1 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
June 28 – July 1 – IndepenDance
with callers Diane Silver and Katy Heine
and Strawberry Space Jam
Delafield, WI
July 2-6 – Cumberland Dance Week
Pleasantville, TN
July 13 – Atlanta Contra Dance
with caller Cis Hinkle
Decatur, GA
July 14 – Gainesville Contra Dance
with caller Dean Hooks, Jr.
Gainesville, GA
September 7-9 – Mt. View Dance Festival
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, AR
September 14 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Nashville, TN
September 29 – BooneDoggle
with callers Terry Doyle and Valerie Helbert
and Playing with Fyre
Appalachian Folk School, Mountain City, TN
October 12-14 – Hoosier Partner
with callers Maggie Jo Saylor, Alex Deis-Lauby, and Lauren Peckman
and Meadowhawk, Wild Rumpus, and Baba Yaga’s Stew
Indianapolis, IN
October 26-28 – Music City Masquerade
with caller Will Mentor
and Notorious
Nashville, TN
November 23 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Abigail Hobart
Nashville, TN
–2017–
January 13 – 14 – Jan Jam dance weekend
with caller Maggie Jo Saylor
Urbana, IL
January 21 – Louisville Contra Dance
** with Brendan Taaffe on banjo, etc.**
with caller Beadle
Louisville, KY
January 22 – Indy Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Indianapolis, IN
February 17 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
March 3 – 5 – Chance Dance dance weekend
with the Mean Lids
Cape Girardeau, MO
March 5 – Childgrove Country Dancers
with caller Sarah Kaiser
St. Louis, MO
April 7 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Nicholas Rockstroh
Nashville, TN
April 22 – Earth Day Barn Dance
with caller Rachel Bergin
Trevecca Urban Farm, Nashville, TN
May 13 – Chattanooga Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra
Chattanooga, TN
May 26-29 – Catapult! Showcase Dance Weekend
Atlanta, GA
June 9 – Chattahooche Country Dancers
with caller Beadle
Clarkston (Atlanta), GA
June 10 – Birmingham FOOTMAD
with caller Beadle
Birmingham, AL
June 29 – Old Farmer’s Ball
with caller Jesse Edgerton
Swannonoa, NC
June 30 – Triangle Country Dancers
with caller Barbara Groh
Durham, NC
July 1 – John C. Campbell Folk School
with caller Charlotte Crittenden
Brasstown, NC
August 18-20 – Mentone Dance Weekend
with Toss the Possum and Red Mountain
September 1-3 – Contrathon XXII
with callers Emily Abel and Janet Shepherd
and Hot Sonata
Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 – GODS Mini-weekend
with caller Andrea Nettleton
Gainesville, FL
October 20 – Friday Night Glen Echo
with caller Janine Smith
Glen Echo, MD
October 22 – FSGW Sunday Night Contra
with caller Andrea Nettleton
Glen Echo, MD
November 11 – Cincinnati Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Wyoming, OH
–2016–
January 12 – Callerlab Contra Dance
Nashville, TN
February 12 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Rachel Stubbs
Nashville, TN
February 13 – Chattanooga Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Chattanooga, TN
February 26-28 – Chance Dance
with Euphor and The Ripples
Cape Girardeau, MO
February 28 – Childgrove Country Dancers
Webster Groves, MO
May 27 – Nashville Contra Dance
**Jeremy and friends**
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
July 2 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Nancy Harden
Huntsville, AL
July 25 – Asheville Monday Night Dance
with caller Beth Molaro
Asheville, NC
July 26 – Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers
with caller George Segebade
Clemmons, NC
July 27 – Charlotte Contra Dance
with caller Dean Snipes
Charlotte, NC
July 29 – Triangle Country Dancers
with caller Jack Mitchell
Carrboro, NC
July 30 – Harvest Moon Folk Society
with caller Janet Shepherd
River Falls Lodge, Marietta, SC
August 19 – 21 – Mentone Dance Weekend
with Notorious
and callers Cis Hinkle and Bob Dalsemer
Mentone, AL
September 16 – Nashville Contra Dance
**Album release dance party!**
with caller Rachel Stubbs
Nashville, TN
September 23-25 – Youth Dance Weekend
with Pete’s Posse
and callers Michael Karcher and Miriam Newman
Weston, VT
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 – Looking Glass Festival
with the Ripples
and callers Michael Hamilton and Lauren Peckman
Lansing, MI
October 3 – Chicago Barn Dance Company
with caller Maggie Jo Saylor
Chicago, IL
November 11 – 13 – Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend
with callers Gaye Fifer and Michael Hamilton
and the Coffee Zombies
Pittsburg, PA
November 26 – Birmingham FOOTMAD
with caller Beadle
Birmingham, AL
December 9 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
December 10 – Chattanooga Contra Dance
with caller Beadle
Chattanooga, TN
–2015–
January 2-3 – Jan Jam dance weekend
with caller Susan Kevra and the Mean Lids
Champaign-Urbana, IL
January 17 – Louisville Contra Dance
with caller Bradley Smith
Louisville, KY
January 18 – Indianapolis Sunday Dance
with caller Bradley Smith
Indianapolis, IN
January 23 – Southeast Missouri State Student Dance
with caller Lauren Peckman
Cape Girardeau, MO
January 24 – Cape Girardeau Contra Dance
with caller Lauren Peckman
Cape Girardeau, MO
February 6 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Ed Wilkinson
**Kelsey and friends**
with Becky Buller, Michael Hamilton, and Donal Sheets
Nashville, TN
February 27 – Chance Dance dance weekend
with Euphor and the Ripples
Cape Girardeau, MO
March 1 – St. Louis Contra Dance
with caller Bradley Smith
St. Louis, MO
March 7 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Jane Ewing
Huntsville, AL
April 3 – Nashville Country Dancers
with caller Kendal Broadie
Nashville, TN
April 11 – Southeast Missouri State Student Dance
with caller Susan McElroy-Marcus
Cape Girardeau, MO
April 17-19 – Dandelion Romp dance weekend
with callers Mary Wesley and Sarah VanNorstrand
and Great Bear Trio
Oberlin, OH
May 15-17 – Once in a Blue Moon dance weekend
with callers Seth Tepfer and Kristin Seibert
and the Mean Lids
Huntsville, AL
May 26 – Callerlab Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra, et al.
Nashville, TN
May 29 – Memphis Contra Dance
with caller Erin Johnson
Memphis, TN
June 9 – Callerlab Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra, et al.
Nashville, TN
June 13 – Birmingham FOOTMAD
with caller Doug Singleton
Birmingham, AL
June 26 – Flat Creek Dance Camp
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Flat Creek, TN
June 26- Nashville Country Dancers
with caller Rich Goss
Nashville, TN
June 30 – Callerlab Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra, et al.
Nashville, TN
September 5 – Jonesborough Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra
Jonesborough, TN
Sunday, September 6 – Contrathon XVIII
with callers Susan Kevra and Barbara Groh
and the Dancing Bears
Jonesborough, TN
September 12 – Chattanooga Contra Dance
with caller Susan Kevra
Chattanooga, TN
October 2-4 – Dare To Be Square Nashville!
with callers Will Mentor and Nancy Mamlin
and the Four Prophet String Band
Nashville, TN
October 23-25 – Gypsy Moon Ball
with Gallimaufry
and callers Susan Kevra and Maggie Jo Saylor
Indianapolis, IN
October 30-November 1 – Music City Masquerade
with the Mean Lids
and callers Cis Hinkle and Michael Hamilton
Nashville, TN
November 6 – SEMO Student Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Cape Girardeau, MO
November 7- Cape Girardeau Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Cape Girardeau, MO
November 8 – Childgrove Country Dancers
with caller Michael Hamilton
St. Louis, MO
November 19 – Louisville Third Thursday Hoedown
with caller Will Mentor
Louisville KY
**with Michael Hamilton on banjo**
November 20-22 – Fleur de Lis Fling
with the Stringrays
and callers Will Mentor and Michael Hamilton
Louisville, KY
November 23 – Louisville Country Dancers
with caller Michael Hamilton
Louisville, KY
November 27 – Nashville Country Dancers
with caller Beadle
Nashville, TN
Saturday, December 12, 8:00 p.m. – Cincinnati Contra Dance
with caller Gaye Fifer
Wyoming Fine Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m. – Indianapolis Contra Dance
with caller Lauren Peckman
Grove Haus, Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, December 19, 7:30 p.m. – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Gary Nelson
Faith Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL
Thursday, December 31, 9:00 p.m. – Childgrove New Year’s Eve Dance
The Monday Club, Webster Groves, MO
**with Martha Edwards on fiddle**
–2014–
January 18 – Louisville Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Louisville, KY
February 8 – Birmingham Footmad Contra Dance
with caller Gary Nelson
Birmingham, AL
February 28 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Nashville, TN
March 1 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
**Kelsey and friends**
with Jeremy Lekich, Christie Burns, and Micah Spence
with caller Susan Kevra
Huntsville, AL
March 8 – Old School Farm Farm-warming Square Dance
with caller Heather Sevcik
and Hogslop Stringband
Nashville, TN
March 29 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Gary Nelson
Huntsville, AL
April 19 – Old School Farm Dance
with callers Susan Kevra, Rachel Stubbs, and Michael Hamilton
Nashville, TN
July 4 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Nashville, TN
July 5 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Michael Hamilton
Huntsville, AL
July 11 – Memphis Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Memphis, TN
July 18 – Urbana Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Urbana, IL
August 9 – Topsham Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Topsham, ME
August 15 – Bangor Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Bangor, ME
Saturday, August 16, 8:00 p.m. – Trenton, ME Contra Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Trenton, ME
September 26 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Heather Sevcik
Nashville, TN
October 4 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with caller Janet Shepherd
Huntsville, AL
October 18 – Old School Farm Dance
with caller Rachel Stubbs
Nashville, TN
October 31-November 2 – Music City Masquerade dance weekend
with caller Adina Gordon and Great Bear Trio
Nashville, TN
November 7 – Cape Girardeau Student Dance
with caller Bradley Smith
Cape Girardeau, MO
November 8 – Cape Girardeau Contra Dance
with caller Bradley Smith
Cape Girardeau, MO
November 20 – Louisville Third Thursday Square Dance
with caller Peter Rogers
Louisville, KY
November 28 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Heather Sevcik
Nashville, TN
November 29 – North Alabama Country Dance Society
with callers Melissa Kirby and Nancy Harden
Huntsville, AL
December 31 – Birmingham Dazzling New Year’s Eve Dance
with caller Michael Hamilton
Birmingham, AL
–2013–
February 27 – Open Mic Calling Dance
with mistress of ceremonies Susan Kevra
Nashville, TN
April 19 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Ed Wilkinson
Nashville, TN
August 15 – Louisville Third Thursday Square Dance
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Louisville, KY
August 23 – Nashville Contra Dance
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Nashville, TN
October 5 – Hoedown at The Farm
with caller Heather Sevcik
Summertown, TN
October 6 – Rootwise Reunion Square Dance
with caller Heather Sevcik
Nashville, TN
October 29 – Flat Creek Contra Dance
with caller Chrissy Davis-Camp
Flat Creek, TN
December 21 – Huntsville Contra Dance
with caller Jane Ewing
Huntsville, AL
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