Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

Weighing in from Belfast Flying Shoes (www.belfastflyingshoes.org) in Maine. 1. What is the timing of the different parts of the dance(s) first Fridays 6:30-7:30 Community dance, with open All-Comers Band (For Community Dance only it's $2 adults, $1 kids)

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

Howdy folks, Our dance formerly at Freeport then at North Yarmouth Maine and now in Topsham is the longest contiguous family into contradance in Maine. It grew from a pre-dance jam session and potluck supper when the dance was in Freeport and when we were in NO Yarmouth we added a 1 1/2 family

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

To answer the question about dance timing, we have a weekday dance which used to be 8 to 11, but since it is a Wednesday dance we noticed that numbers near the end of the night were getting pretty anemic.  Lots of people left at the break and even more during the course of the 2nd half so that

[Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

Hi All, Hope folks are having a good fall! I'm writing about a question regarding family dances and linking them more to contras. Here in Ottawa, we have four family dances a year... 3-530pm with a potluck after. They're always on the same day as an evening contra which starts at 730pm with a