The Looking Glass Music & Arts Association Invites You!

Summer Dance Picnic

July 16, 2025

We take a break from dancing in the summer, but join together for a picnic on July 19.

This year, we will meet at Potter Park (1301 S Pennsylvania, Lansing, MI) at the Penguin Cove Pavilion. We will gather between 4 and 4:30pm, and plan to start eating around 5:30pm.

Please bring a dish to share, and any utensils needed to serve it. If you can, also bring a plate and utensil for yourself. We will have the grill running, and a few hot dogs. Feel free to bring anything else you’d like to grill.

There might be an attendant charging for parking. If there is, the fee will be $3-5 dollars. We will be accepting donations to cover the cost of renting the pavillion.

We hope to see you at the picnic! If you can not make it, then we look forward to dancing with you in September.

Join us for Bob Stein's 90th Birthday Bash

February 16, 2025

On March 1, we will celebrate Bob Stein’s 90th birthday, so join us for a full day of dancing and festivities. Nearly 50 years ago, Bob founded the Contra dance community in Lansing, and we have been dancing ever since.

The party starts at 2pm with an English Country Dance. Gaye Fifer will call to tunes from Alchemy.

At 5pm, we will break for a pot luck.

Dancing resumes at 7pm with Gaye Fifer calling Contra dances to tunes from the String Rays.

Welcome!

Hi There! We sure miss you all!

The Looking Glass hosts contra and square dances, workshops, and other traditional music and arts activities for adults, teens, and families. We're a volunteer non-profit family-friendly organization. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, color, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression. You don't even need to bring a dance partner! Please join us on the dance floor soon!

  • Where? Most often at the Central United Methodist Church in downtown Lansing, sometimes at an alternate location. See Regular Dances for individual dance details.
  • How much?We have adopted a pay-what-you-can model for our dances. We suggest between $5 and $25 per dancer. Special events may have alternative pricing.
  • When? The first and third Saturday evenings September through May, from 7-10pm, with a new dancer lesson at 6:30pm. If you're new or want a refresher, come to the 6:30pm lesson!

Dancing in Lansing News
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See below? That's us having a blast!

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If you haven't tried this yet, we encourage you to come to a dance soon. It truly is a great time, as you will see, because everyone is smiling! Come at 6:30pm for the lesson. Plus, the caller walks us through every dance before we start, to show us the steps. And we always help each other. Then be ready to have a blast with us!


For more information call 1-517-896-8665 or write LGMAA at
P.O. Box 1403 E. Lansing MI 48826
or email the Looking Glass Dance Committee.
We'd love to hear from you!