Featuring

Music By Rare Privilege With Amy McFarland on piano & Maria Terres on violin The band comes from Wisconsin

Dance Instruction By Nikki Herbst English dance leader from Iowa

Additional Music and Dance Instruction By The Flatland Consort Tom Anderson on piano, Laura Bauer on woodwinds, Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans on cello and Gwynne McQueen on violin Susan Burt Jonathan Sivier Martha Tyner Local Dance Leaders & Tamara Lowenthal Contra caller from Bloomington, IN

Schedule

All events at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, Urbana, IL

DAY	TIME	EVENT	LOCATION
Friday, March 15
Friday	7:30 - 8:00 p.m.	New Contra Dancer Orientation	TBA
Friday	8:00 - 11:00 p.m.	Contra Dance Caller: Tamara Lowenthal Band: Rare Privilege	Dance Room
Saturday, March 16
Saturday	Noon	Doors Open
Workshops
Saturday	12:30 - 1:30	Favorite Dances of Folklore Village Leader: Martha Tyner Band: Rare Privilege A variety of dances done at festivals at Folklore Village in Wisconsin	Dance Room
Saturday	1:45 - 3:15	Selections from a Caller’s In-Basket Leaders: Nikki Herbst Band: Rare Privilege From new compositions to newly reconstructed dances written centuries ago, in this workshop we will learn a variety of dances that show the tremendous breadth of style, shape, and feel of English Country Dance.	Dance Room
Saturday	3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Early American Dances Leaders: Jonathan Sivier Band: The Flatland Consort American dances from the 18th and 19th centuries	Dance Room
Dinner Break
Saturday	6:30	Doors Open for the Ball
Saturday	7 - 10 p.m.	English Country Ball Rare Privilege with dance leader Nikki Herbst	Dance Room
Sunday, March 17
Sunday	1 - 4 p.m.	Farewell Dance Rare Privilege with Nikki Herbst and local callers	Dance Room

 

Prices

PRICE	EVENT
$5-$10	Friday Evening Contra Dance
$33/$20*	All Day Saturday and Sunday
$25/$15*	All Day Saturday (workshops and the ball)
$15/$7*	Saturday Evening English Country Dance Ball
$10/$5*	Sunday Afternoon Farewell Dance
$5/$3*	Each Saturday Afternoon Workshop

* - Reduced prices for children and students

Further Information

Festival Flier (PDF - 586 KB)

For more information contact
Jonathan Sivier at jsivier@illinois.edu
or call (217)359-8225

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Directions

Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, Urbana, IL

Weather Information and Illinois Road Conditions

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Housing

Champaign-Urbana lodging page

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