URBANA COUNTRY DANCERS

SPRING 2013 SCHEDULE

We generally dance on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month (with occasional dances on Saturdays and additional Fridays). All dances run from 8 to 11 P.M. unless otherwise noted. There is a new dancer orientation workshop at 7:30 prior to most dances. Most of the dances are at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, Urbana. Admission $5 (students/seniors $4; under 13 free). Special events may have a higher admission price.

If you are going to be traveling this spring you might want to check out some of the dance groups elsewhere in the country, or some of the dance weekends this spring.

Key to the location codes

MONTH DAY BAND(S) CALLER(S) LOC
January 2013
January Friday 4 &
Saturday 5
26th Annual Chambana Jan Jam
Music by:
Mean Lids
Big Bluestem
Fred Campeau and Friends
Kathy Anderson (Dayton, OH)
Anne Huber
Scott Meyer
Jonathan Sivier
PRC
January Friday 18 Euphor
Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne, and Michael Valliant
7 pm Workshop: Basics of Square Dance Calling led by Jonathan Sivier
Jonathan Sivier
Champaign
PRC
January Friday 25 Billy Mathews and his Old Time Players
Billy Mathews, Christine and Paul Breene
Lauren Peckman
Wheaton
PRC
February 2013
February Friday 1 Lidlets
Miriam Larson and Matt Turino play as a miniature version of the Mean Lids
6:45 pm Workshop: Funny Contra dance Figures led by Scott Meyer
Scott Meyer
Champaign
PRC
February Sunday 3 Euphor
Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne, and Michael Valliant
2-5 pm: Free! Bonus dance to celebrate Kris Hamon's birthday. Free!
Jim Hicks, Gal Hintze & Jonathan Sivier PRC
February Friday 15 The Young and the Fretless
Tom Basset, Lyle Konigsberg, Chris Strand and Matt Croissant
7 pm Workshop: Have Fun, Be Safe You Crazy Kids! led by Angela and Amanda
Dale Wilson
St. Louis
PRC
February Friday 22 Too Old to be Controlled
Claudia and Gary Kauffman and Dave Kuntz
Drew Phillips and Scott Meyer
Champaign
PRC
March 2013
Dan Jam
March Friday 1 Yellow Jackets
Claire Johnson, Kate Fritz and Tom Turino
Dan Jam: Celebrate Dan Lewart's birthday with two special nights of dancing.
Anne Huber
Urbana
PRC
March Saturday 2 Waltz Night with Big Bluestem
A night of waltzing
7 pm Workshops: Beginning Waltz led by Dan Lewart & Intermediate Waltz led by Jonathan Sivier
8:00: Waltz Party with Big Bluestem
Admission Free!
PRC
March Friday 8 The Nashville Ceili Band
6:45 pm Workshop: Scandinavian Schottische led by Jon & Sue Hanson
Ken Gall
Indianapolis
PRC
March Friday 15 The Tune Mountain Boys
Cliff Harrison and Friends
7 pm Workshop: Norweigan Polka led by Scott Meyer
Kristi Emilsson PRC
April 2013
April Friday 5 Fried Potatoes
Laura Sleade, Ed Hawkes, Lyle Konigsburg and Sue Frankenburg
7 pm Workshop: Yiddish Dancing with Mitch and Francis Harris
Jim Hemphill
St. Louis
PRC
April Friday 12 Big Bluestem
Kathleen Everingham, Jose Agusti, Becky, Randy Cordle, Drew Phillips, and Todd Kinney
Gaile Hintze
Chillicothe
PRC
April Saturday 27 Lottery Bands
5:30 pm - Potluck
6:30 pm - Band and caller lottery
7 p.m. - Dance with bonfire at the break around 9 p.m.
at the Kalyx Center
442 E 1300 North Rd
Monticello, IL
Kalyx Center Map
Lottery Callers KAL

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