Julie LW sent on January 16 2020
Dancing in Lansing, Sat Jan 18
Hey- there is a dance on Sat, Jan 18th at Central United Methodist Church (CUMC). Dwayne Johnson will call to tunes by the Scarlet Runner String Band. New Dancer intro at 6:30pm, Dance 7 -10. Usual prices- Gen Public $12, Members of Trad. Dance groups $10 and Students and first time dancers $6. Bring a friend and introduce them to contra dancing!
Ahh- it is also time to renew your membership in Looking Glass Music and Arts Association.
Looking Glass presents the 3rd Sat. dance (Ten Pound Fiddle hosts the 1st Sat dance). Membership is $15 - for which you get a $2 discount at each dance of the season- hosted by either group. Several other dances in Mich. will accept your LG membership for member prices at their dance (Hmm- haven’t checked that in a while- I’ll get in touch with other organizers and find out).
You don’t Need to be a member of both groups- either would get you discounts- But we are volunteer non-profits and money is always a bit of challenge. Most dances don’t break even.
If you can afford memberships in both groups, ($30-$35 per year, total) it is appreciated.
A note about weather- We are planning to dance Saturday night. Note that CUMC reserves the right to cancel activities if the weather is bad. If you’ve looked at the forecast, you know that we are probably going to get a fair amount of snow beginning Friday night and lasting into Saturday. If the Church lets us know that they feel they need to close- so their staff can get home safely- I’ll let you know- from this email- as soon as I can.
(Until recently, the folks who sat at the desk at CUMC lived in the building, so getting home on a snowy night was not an issue)
Next dance in town is Saturday Feb 1. This Dance is hosted by the Ten Pound Fiddle and will feature the music of The Scarlet Runner String Band and the calling of Peter Baker, from Ann Arbor. The dance will be at CUMC. New Dancer intro at 6:30pm, Dance 7 -10. Usual prices- Gen Public $12,
Members of Trad. Dance groups $10 and Students and first time dancers $6.
Interested in helping keep contra dancing going in the Lansing area? There will be a meeting with reps from both Looking Glass and the Ten Pound Fiddle on Thursday, Jan 23 at 7pm. It will be held at the University United Methodist, which is at 1120 S. Harrison Rd. Any questions? let me know.
There is also English Country Dancing at MSU once a month.
this semesters dates are Feb 13, Mar 12 and April 9
The dance goes from 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Michigan State University
RCAH Theater, room C20 (lower level) – Snyder-Phillips Hall
362 Bogue Street, East Lansing
(free parking available near Snyder-Phillips after 6pm)
Admission $6, students $4, free to MSU students
More information at http://mathcs.albion.edu/~ram/lecd/
Happened to note that the Ann Arbor folks are having a mini dance weekend Feb 7 and 8.
Caller will be Emily Abel, with Music by The Mean Lids and Dr. Shadow
Contra dance Friday night at 7:30pm
workshops and waltzing the afternoon on Sat
“Traditional” contra 7:30pm on Sat, followed by a TECHNO CONTRA at 10pm on Sat night.
Techno is called and uses the moves we know, but the music is modern/techno (but still, usually, has the 64 counts we are used to). These events are accented with colorful lighting, moving lights and sometimes black lights. not sure what the plans are for Ann Arbor, lighting wise, but it sounds like fun! (go to YouTube and search for Techno Contra- lots to look at)
And each event is pay what you can- suggested $10 for the contra sessions.
here’s some info
https://assets.aactmad.org/pdfs/nexgen.techno.contra.pdf
Happy Dancing
Julie LW