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Lake City Contra/Old Time Country Dance Every Thursday at Lake City Community Center 12531 - 28th Ave NE 8:00pm till 11:00pm, Free introductory "dance skills" workshop every week at 7:30pm Admission $8 (students & seniors $6, kids & first-time contradancers free). Please respect the health needs of many dancers and come fragrance-free. For more information call 206-525-0932.

Schedule of bands and callers:

Jan 19- The dance is CANCELLED tonight because of severe weather conditions.

We've been getting mixed snow & freezing rain this morning on top of a 4-5" layer; it's snowing right now, and it's still 27 degrees. The road conditions are very dangerous - where rain is falling on snow & frozen slush it's turning into ice. Temps are expected to warm only slightly today, hovering at best around freezing all day & tonight. So, y'all stay cozy & safe at home and we'll see you next week!

Jan 26-"Monday Night Live" (Alan Roberts & Sande Gillette's Jam Band) brings us a joyful midwinter cornucopia of contra music from dozens of fiddle, accordion, flute, guitar, piano, & bass players. Lively callers Joe Micheals and Linnaea Chapman keep us smiling!

Feb 2-Life is brighter with a dose of this super-potent "Elixir": Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Jesse Hazzard-Watkins, Anna Patton, & Owen Morrison - VT, NH, MA, VA - on fiddle, trumpet, flugelhorn, 
clarinet, guitar, & foot percussion, PLUS suave caller/trombonist Nils Fredland casting his spell! http://www.elixirmusic.com/

Feb 9-Bask in the heat of "Solar Noon" featuring luminaries Marni Rachmiel, Scott Leach, Marianne Tatom Letts, & Anita Anderson on flute & sax, fiddle, clarinet, & piano. Caller Alan Winston (also a noted dance historian) shines with decades of dancing & calling experience in the SF Bay Area.

Feb 16-“The Rhythm Rollers” (Cathie Whitesides, Laurie Andres, & WB Reid on fiddle, guitar, banjo, accordion, & piano) take us on a merry ride through a contra wonderland! Fresh young caller Mariah Pepper ably charts the course.

Feb 23-Special dance to benefit Howie & Lori Meltzer, talented members of our music & dance community - formerly of Seattle, now Bellingham - who have been challenged by numerous long-term health complications (and costs!) Howie (fiddle) and a passel of his musical pals Susan Burke (fiddle), Chuck Pliske (concertina & piano), Joe Micheals (guitar), Terry Weiner (mandolin) & Nancy Katz (bass), plus callers Suzanne Girardot, Tony Mates, Sherry Nevins & Joe Micheals raise a hearty ruckus while raising needed funds.

Mar 1-Discover a rare treat - “The Elk Plain Rangers” - with Toby Hanson (master accordian & piano player & composer, enjoyed with notable couple-dance bands “Valse Café Orchestra” & “Smilin’ Scandinavians”) joined by young whiz fiddler Stephen Burwell & trusty guitarist David Conley. A delightful variety of dances will be served up by seasoned caller Sherry Nevins.

Mar 8-7th Annual Contra Marathon – benefit for NW Folklife Festival! 3 hours of non-stop music & dancing with 17 callers & dozens of wonderful musicians! No walk-throughs, no breaks…jump in & out at the ends of the contra lines to change partners, rest, rehydrate, & socialize…or bring your instrument & play along with the bands! Everyone is welcome; new dancers are encouraged to attend the intro workshop at 7:30 pm.

Mar 15-"Cobbler" (Jesse Partridge & Jay Finkelstein - Olympia & Seattle) fiddle & guitar; Tony Mates caller

Mar 22-"Southwest Passage” (Alan Roberts, Marianne Tatom Letts, Betsy Cooper, Eric Anderson) fiddle, clarinet, flute, piano; Eric Curl & Magi Hubert callers

Mar 29-"Retrospectacles" (Josie Sokoloff-Toney, Andrew Foster, Scott Leach, Ethan Jodziewicz) fiddles, mandolin, piano, bass   http://www.facebook.com/theretrospectacles ; Andrea Nettleton (Atlanta, GA) caller

Apr 5-Eva Reich & Scott Leach (fiddle & piano); Woody Lane (Roseburg, OR) caller & foot percussion

Apr 12-"The Onlies" (Riley Calcagno, Samantha Braman, Leo Shannon & RuthMabel Boytz) fiddles, mandolin, guitar & bass http://www.theonlies.com/ ; LauraMe' Smith caller

Apr 19-Cathie Whitesides, Frank Blade, & Cynthia Marie (fiddle, guitar, mandolin, piano);

Apr 26-Dave Bartley, Nils Fredland (VT) & friends; Michael Karcher caller

May 3-Dale Russ & Laurie Andres (Irish fiddle & piano)

May 10-"Opportunists" (Alan Snyder, David Hansen, Topher Gayle – Portland & SF, CA) fiddle, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, bass, percussion; Susan Petrick (SF, CA) caller

May 17-"Mac’s Quackers" (WB Reid, Frank Blade, Bob McQuillen – Peterborough, NH) fiddles, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano;

May 24-“Une Grande Soiree with the "Francophonies” (Quebecois all-stars Devon Leger & Sue Truman on fiddles & les pieds (feet), David Cahn & Louis Leger on accordions & les pieds, Eric Schlorff on harmonica & les pieds, Clyde Curley on mandolin, Bill Meyer on piano, & Tony Mates on bass). Sit-in musicians are welcome to join the party! David Kaynor (Montague MA) & friends callers

Please read footprints for a brief history of this dance series.