We generally dance on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month (with occasional Saturday dances). 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 summer you might want to check out some of the dance groups elsewhere in the country, or some of the dance weekends this summer.

Printable schedule for summer 2011 (PDF - 189 KB)

Key to the location codes

MONTH	DAY	BAND(S)	CALLER(S)	LOC
May 2011
May	Friday 6	The Young and The Fretless Tom Bassett, Lyle Konigsberg, Will Hope, and Chris Strand 6:30 pm - Calling party with Jonathan Sivier as MC. Come and give calling a try, or come and dance for the new callers.	Tom Senior Chicago	Phillips
May	Friday 13	Banjar! Claire Johnson and Ben Leddy	Karen Jackson St. Louis	Phillips
May	Friday 20	Banjulele Laura Sleade, Ed Hawkes & Dale C. Evans	Paul Watkins Chicago	Phillips
June 2011
June	Friday 3	Squirrel Troubles Peter Fagan, Drew Phillips, Randy McCabe & Jose Agusti Wig Night! Wear a wig and get a buck off admission!	Dale Wilson St. Louis	Phillips
June	Friday 10	Too Old To Be Controlled Claudia and Gary Kaufman & Dave Kuntz 6:30-7:30 pm Workshop: “Become a better dancer (and a sought after partner)” led by Jonathan Sivier	Jonathan Sivier Champaign	Phillips
June	Friday 17	The Mean Lids Ben Smith, Miriam Larson and Matt Turino	Anne Huber Urbana	Phillips
July 2011
July	Friday 1	Big Bluestem Kathleen Everingham, Jose Agusti, Rebecca Grosser, Randy Cordle, Todd Kinney & Drew Phillips	Wade Pearson St. Louis	Phillips
July	Friday 15	Community Band Come dance, play, call - this is your chance to try something new! Community Band led by veterans Brenda Koenig and Matt Croisant, and Open Calling coordinated by Scott Meyer and Anne Huber. 6:30 pm Workshop: Playing music for Contra Dances led by Brenda Koenig	Open Calling	Phillips
July	Friday 22	World-on-a-String Camp Staff Band 6:30 pm: Family Dance led by Bob Green from St. Louis with the World-on-a-String Camp Band	Martha Edwards St. LOuis	Phillips
August 2011
August	Friday 5	Edge of Erin Dianna Davis, Samantha Stelting & Robyn Ton from Indianapolis Goofy Glasses Night! Wear a pair of goofy glasses and get a buck off admission!	Gail Hintze Chillicothe	Phillips
August	Friday 12	Euphor Tom and Matt Turino, Michael Valliant & Sam Payne	Scott Meyer Champaign	Phillips
August	Friday 19	Sacred Cat Revelers Clifford Harrison, Sean Barth and friends from Charleston	Ruth Riegel Charleston	Phillips
August	Friday 26 to Sunday 28	Sugar Hill Dance weekend near Bloomington, IN

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