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Intergenerational, beginner-friendly, welcoming contra dance. No partner needed! Beginners welcome!
Cost: $7 ($4 for those under age 25) to fairly compensate our talented bands and callers.
Please bring your own refillable water bottle, and dress in lightweight, loose clothing. Homebaked snacks, free childcare, and warm, welcoming dancers. Children who are able to join in the dancing are welcome.
Contra dances are from 8:00 to 10:30, with a brief teaching session at 7:30. We teach new dancers as we go! No experience needed, you will be warmly welcomed into our dance community.
FALL/WINTER into SPRING - Mark your calendars!
- Friday, September 10 – Top of the Hall, with caller Barry Dupen (Columbia City, IN)
- Friday, October 8 – Hu$hMoney of Kent, OH with Gaye Fifer (Pittsburgh) calling!
- Friday, November 12 – Timbre Wolves with Kate Power calling
- Friday, December 10 -- ReelBop (from the Hills of Ohio) with Frank Buschelmann (Cincinnati) calling
- Friday, January 14 -- Changeling (Yellow Spr., OH) with Ryan Smith (Cincinnati) calling
- Friday, February 11 -- Golden Griffon Stringtet with Jan Fleming & Richard Ades calling
- Friday, March 11 -- Dave Notman debuts as caller with Kate Power; band TBA
- Friday, April 8 -- ReelBop (from the Hills of Ohio); caller TBA
- May 13 -- TBA
All Soles Contra Dances are sponsored by the Social Committee of First Unitarian Universalist Church, and attract from between 40 to 75 dancers. Contra dance is a highly social and connecting form of early American folk dance in which partners change frequently, no special dress is required, (although wear lightweight clothing since things will heat up.) Please wear clean, non-marking shoes to protect the smooth wooden dance floor. Almost all ages can learn. It is said about a contra dance that by the end of the evening, you will have danced with everyone in the room!
No partner is required, and all dances will be taught -- no special dance skill or background needed.
 If you'd like to know more about contra dance, follow this wonderful link: http://www.childgrove.org/gregsarticle.htm
For a photo gallery of contra dancing, check this out: http://www.dougplummer.com/dance/index.html
For a wealth of information on contra dancing, and a nice tribute to the First UU leadership for supporting the creation of All Soles, visit the website of First UU's own Kate Power at http://www.powerkate.com
Questions: call or email Kate Power -- 614-430-9027 (
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Directions to the Church
 
Photographs by Heather Morris (Morristowne Photography, Athens)
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