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An Elegant Dance with Spare Parts
| Where: | Bethel Grove Community Center
Route 79, East of Ithaca |
| When: | Sunday, December 7, 1997
Dish-to-Pass supper at 6:30
Dance at 7:30 PM |
There will be a special holiday English Country Dance
on Sunday, December 7 - just one day after the feast day
of St. Nicholas - that generous, gift giving, fun loving soul.
The dance has been arranged to make the most of the talents of
some visiting musicians.
David Kaynor, Liz Stell, and Bill Matthiesen
are visiting Central New York, playing at contra dances in
Ithaca, Rochester, and Syracuse.
Before heading home, these fine musicians will return to Ithaca
and Pamela Goddard is preparing a program of English dancing
to accompany their music.
We hope all those who have joined us in the past for
English Country Dances will come out for this event,
and invite their friends!
The evening will begin with a festive dish-to-pass supper at 6:30pm,
and the floor will be cleared for dancing at 7:30pm.
For those who haven't yet tried this dance form, you may have seen
English Country Dance in recent films of Jane Austin's works.
This style of dance, the basis of New England Contra Dancing,
is enjoying a well-deserved revival.
Each set of figures in an English Country Dance is designed to fit
with a specific tune. Many of these tunes are beautiful melodies
from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Some dances are simple, others complex, and all provide unique
opportunities to interact with fellow dancers.
Come join us for a beautiful evening, and welcome musician friends,
Spare Parts.
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