2025
May 2025
Friday 2 May 2025
Fri 2 May to Sun 4 May. Join FOOTMAD for the 18th annual Whitewater Whirl Contra Dance Weekend in West Virginia’s scenic New River Gorge area. Our bands are Supertrad, a regular on the dance weekend circuit, featuring Sam Bartlett (banjo), Eric Schedler (piano and accordion), and Owen Morrison (guitar and foot percussion) and The Johns featuring Ruby John (fiddle), John Warstler (guitar), and Budd Greenman (mandolin, tenor banjo, fiddle, percussion).
Our callers are the well-traveled Darlene Underwood from Cincinnati and Michael Karcher, now based in Allentown, PA. Calling terms--larks and robins.
Two evening contra dances, contra dance sessions during the day plus a late-night techno-contra, waltz, squares, English Country and Kerry Sets. We will be dancing in our wood and stone New Deal-era hall with suspended wooden floor and barn doors opened or closed to suit the weather.
Cabin accommodation or camping is included in the weekend price. The camp will ... 538 Fayette County Park Road, Fayetteville, 25840. David Mould. Public - [more][facebook][events]
Friday 9 May 2025
Fri 9 May, 7 pm. Second Fridays casual, fun for all ages. No partner, no experience required. We teach Appalachian dances--circles, squares and lines. Calling by the local co-op. Suggested donation $7, family discounts. Second time joining us you dance free. Wear what you like, soft-soled shoes please. Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia Street E, Charleston. Public - [facebook][events]