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SUNDAY July 26 Bellman Day Stockholm, Sweden Cuban Revolution Day, 1953 Feast Day of Saint Anne Canada, housewives, miners Common table for Grande Saint Anne aka Mystere Grande Delai and Grande Aloumandia (Haiti/Vodou) Independence Day Liberia, 1847 Independence Day Maldives, 1965 (Britain) New York Ratification Day 1788, #11 Americans with Disabilities Act signed 1990 Hispanic Festival Adams-Morgan, DC Parent's Day Avita Black Bear 100-mile Race 08:00 Grayling to Oscoda, Michigan 3 climbs, no stops $25 before July 1 July 26-31 Heritage Dulcimer Camp, Heartland Presbyterian Ctr, Parkville, MO mountain dulcimer Linda Thomas, Bonnie Carol, Madeline MacNeil hammered dulcimer Janita Baker, Joe Collins, Rob Brereton faculty concerts 816-891-1078 Peruvian Festival of Arlington 11:00-18:00, FREE Gunston MS, 2700 Lang St We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Clifftop The Avant Gardeners FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Mostly Waltz Green Light Karma Dave Wiesler 15:30 Philadelphia, PA Building Bicycle Wheels part 2: build a wheel 18:00-21:00+, $75 plus parts cost Bikes @ Vienna picnic Concerts on the Green 18:00-20:00 Great Falls Village Centre Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA FSGW Contra Dance David Giusti w/ Rambling House 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY July 27 Barbosa Day Puerto Rico, 1857 Feast Day of Saint Pantaleon physicians Hurricane Supplication Day (Virgin Islands) Jeff Lippe on site for SAN configuration Crystal Screen (2006) X-Men: The Last Stand Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) National Theatre Summer Cinema APlace In the Sun 18:30, Free tickets @ 18:00 1321 Penna Ave NW Washington, DC SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY July 28 Fall of Fascism Day, San Marino 1943 July 28-29 Independence Day Peru, 1821, (Spain) Somers Day (Bermuda, 1609) Rockville Town Square Kids Nights Rocknoceros children's music 18:30-20:30 Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St National Harbor Summer Movies Grease after sunset bring seating, no outside food/bev Waterfront St National Harbor, MD parking $2-$10 Choralis Summer Sing-Alongs, $10 Mozart: Requiem $5 score rental Falls Church Presbyterian Chrch 225 E Broad St Falls Church, VA 703-237-2499 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 US Navy Memorial Concerts, 20:00 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts Sylvan Theater 20:00, Free Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra Diane Silver w/ Hot Sonata $7/$5, 20:00-22:30 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Grease 21:00, Woodmont Triangle Norfolk & Auburn Aves parking: Del Ray/ Auburn Ave garage |
WEDNESDAY July 29 Feast Day of Saint Martha housewives, cooks, innkeepers, laundresses Feast Day of Saint Olaf (Norway, 1164) Norway Day, USA Oslok Eve Festival, 1030 ratification of the International Atomic Agency 1957 Maetresse Silverine and Maetresse Lorvana (Haiti/Vodou) Fletcher Williams on vacation in upstate NY Bethesda, MD Summer Concerts Gary & The Groove (Variety) 12:00-14:00, Free Bethesda Place Plaza Old Georgetown Rd & Woodmont Ave after-work music The Monster Band Funk / Rock / R&B 17:30-20:00 Rosslyn Plaza 1611 N Kent St Money Talk: A Financial Course for Women July 29 Insurance Basics 4 sessions, $20 workbook 19:00-20:45 Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St 703-228-6417 The Old Guard & U.S. Army Band Twighlight Tattoo The Ellipse 19:00, Free No Ma (Mass Ave) DC Summer Screen DIG! The Brian Jonestown Massacre 19:00-23:00 L St between 2nd & 3rd Sts NE, Washington, DC (NY Ave Metro) BFMS contra $7/$10 Hickman,Glickman, and Devine dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 Sue Dupré w/ Enid Diamante, Adlai Waksman, and friends workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall Rockville Town Square Outdoor Movies, 20:45 He's Just Not That Into You Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St Bethesda Outdoor Movies Dial M for Murder 21:00, Woodmont Triangle Norfolk & Auburn Aves parking: Del Ray/ Auburn Ave garage |
THURSDAY July 30 Crater Day (Virginia, 1864) Marseillaise Day (France, 1792) Fletcher Williams on vacation in upstate NY Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 Tish'a B'Av day of fasting destruction of the First Temple 586 BCE, Second Temple 70 CE Evening Concert: 18:00-20:00, Free Veterans Park, Woodmont Ave @ Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD 301-215-6660 Rockville Town Square Concerts 18:00-20:00 Seamus Kennedy Irish Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St Sunset Serenades Lion/Tiger Hill National Zoo Art Night on the Mall, 'til 20:00 Sackler Gallery 1050Independenc SW National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence SW Freer Gallery, 12th & Jefferson, SW Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence @7th S Dillon Ripley Center Interna- tional Gallery 12th&Jefferson SW SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD City of Fairfax Band Lawn Concert 20:00, Veterans Amphitheater Fairfax, VA Philly contra Ridge Kennedy w/ Fingerpyx workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 Bethesda Outdoor Movies American Graffiti 21:00, Woodmont Triangle Norfolk & Auburn Aves parking: Del Ray/ Auburn Ave garage |
FRIDAY July 31 Day of national mourning, Mexico 1811 Feast Day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Society of Jesus, retreats, retreatants System Administrator Appreciation Day Fletcher Williams on vacation in upstate NY pack and load for Pennsic 2nd week Pennsic War 38 7th annual Red Cross Blood Drive 10:00-16:00, Zion Baptist Church, 148 Curry Rd, Slippery Rock, PA July 31-August 2 15th annual Southern Tier Tandem Rally Elmira, NY $50 by June 1 July 31-August 2 20th Annual AT&T Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Food Festival Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA 757-441-2345 July 31-August 2 Champlain Valley Folk Festival Jacqueline Schwab w/ Laura Risk, Scottish fiddle Burlington, VT DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival E.T. (1982) at dusk, Free Gateway Park Herndon Rocks: Junk Food + Fools & Horses 18:30-22:30, Town Green, 777 Lynn St Herndon, VA 703-481-6133 free concert Meridian Hill Park 16th & Euclid NW 19:00 Fairfax County Parks Braddock Nights concerts Maggie Sansone, Rob Greenway Irish flute, guitar), Matt Bell (bodhran, percussion) 19:30-20:30 Royal Lake Park, 5344 Gainsborough Dr, Fairfax, VA 703-324-SHOW Fairfax Band Concert on the Boardwalk, 19:30 Bethany Beach, DE Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Lambertville Country Dancers Advanced English Country Dance minimal teaching Beverly Francis w/ Josh Burdick, Judy Kleppel, and Roberta Truscello newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Triangle Country Dancers contra Advanced Dance Seth Tepfer w/ The Tri Tones Laura Lengnick, Paul Moore, and Mara Shea NO Lesson No Walkthrough $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts East Steps, Free US Capitol, 20:00 Tompkins County Country Dances House Callers w/ Miss Marty and SGB contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Laura Brown w/ Green Light Karma David Knight, fiddle; Andrew Marcus, accordion; Dave Wiesler, piano, guitar 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Twilight 21:00, Woodmont Triangle Norfolk & Auburn Aves parking: Del Ray/ Auburn Ave garage |
SATURDAY August 1 Kalends of August Schweizer Nationalfeiertag Swiss National Day Confederation Day 1291(Switzerland) Army Day (National Liberation Army Festival) ROChina Colorado Day 1876, #38 Dahomey National Day, 1960 Feast Day of Saint Peter's Chains Nicaragua Fiesta Day Guadalcanal Province Day (Solomon Islands) Sports Day, US Lammas Day (England) August 1-2 Lughnasadh Celtic 1st day of autumn drive to Pennsic War (2nd week) set up camp Fletcher Williams on vacation in upstate NY August 1-8 8/1/2009 - 8 DAYS CANDISC: Cycling Around North Dakota in Sakakawea Country 426-mi loop Garrison, ND Feast of Saint Wilfred Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery Blackberry Harvest Festival Nelson County, VA 434-361-1266 August 1-2 Peach Ice Cream Days at Chiles Peach Orchard 10:00-17:00 1351 Greenwood Rd Crozet, VA 22932 434-823-1583 Alexandria Irish Festival Market Square Community Yard Sale, 06:45-13:00 15th St Parking Garage, Arlington Dark Star Park's 25th Anniversary! Stonehenge in Arlington, 08:30 1655 N Ft Myer Dr shadows align at 09:32, Wiliam Henry Ross 1860 land acquisition Park artist Nancy Holt, screening of Art in the Public Eye: Making of ark Star Park live music, family activities (NASA) Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Friendship Fire- house Festival 09:00-14:00, Free S Alfred St from Prince to King Sts Alexandria, VA Monthly Sky Lecture, 09:30 Einstein Planetarium Smithsonian Air and Space Museum August 1-8 Pinewoods American Dance & Music Week Lisa Greenleaf, Kathy Anderson, Nils Fredland; The Groovemongers The Canotes The Figments w/ Ethan Hazzard-Watkins near Plymouth, MA Shabbat Nachamu Reston Town Center Concerts at Fountain Square: 19:30-22:00 Fairfax Band Concert on the Boardwalk, 20:00 Rehoboth Beach, DE Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers contra dance Seth Tepfer w/ The Tritones Laura Lengnick, Paul Moore, Mara Shea lesson 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Guilford Grange, Guilford School Rd off Lindley Rd Greensboro, NC $5/$7 Contra Dance Anne Marie Walter w/ Red Wellies (Beanie Odell, Duncan Wickel, Vincent Fogarty) beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Shepherdstown Music and Dance Contra, 20:00 (workshop 19:30) Delia Clark w/ De Zarn, Glickman & Devine Joe De Zarn, fiddle; Marc Glickman, piano; John Devine, guitar Shepherdstown Men's Club (King & German Sts.) $7 mbrs/$10/$5 Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Old-time Music & Dance Group of Blacksburg Square Dance 20:00, $8.00 Old Middle School 500 block SMain St at Ehart St Blacksburg, VA contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern Mark Widmer w/ Ross Harriss, piano, saxophone; Doug Healy, guitar, bass, drums; Victor Velasco, fiddle workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Shawn Brenneman w/ Contrazz Contra Series lesson 19:30, dance 20:00, $8.00 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC New Haven Country Dancers Contra Dan Black w/ Contranella 20:00, Branford Community House, 46 Church St Branford, CT AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Mamma Mia 21:00, Woodmont Triangle Norfolk & Auburn Aves parking: Del Ray/ Auburn Ave garage Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music contra dance 19:30-23:00 $6 ($5 members) Ashurst Hall Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra The Privy Tippers instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY August 2 Feast Day of the Virgin of the Angels, patroness of Costa Rica (La Negrita) Feast Day of Saint Ilija (Serbia/Slavas) Feast Day of Saint Alphonsus Liguori confessors and lawyers Lesotho National Tree-Planting Day Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 1990 International Dadaism Month Friendship Day Fletcher Williams on vacation in upstate NY August 2-8 Swannanoa Gathering Dulcimer Week Walt Michael, Dan Landrum, Bill Troxler, Cindy Ribet, Ken Kolodner Warren Wilson College, near Asheville, NC August 2-9 Augusta Heritage Old-Time Week We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Arden Gild contra $9.00/$8.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 pool open after? Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Shore Lines contra dance 17:00-21:00 $6.00, Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ picnic Concerts on the Green 18:00-20:00 Great Falls Village Centre FSGW Contra Dance Serpentine 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY August 3 Bourguiba's Day (Tunisia, 1902) Independence Day Niger, 1960 Makira/Ulawa Province Day (Solomon Islands) King's Birthday (South Africa 1910-1951) Colonel By Day (Ottawa, Ontario) Simcoe Day (Toronto, Canada) Saskatchewan Day (Canada) Natal Day (Nova Scotia) New Brunswick Day (Canada) BC Day (British Columbia, Canada) Heritage Day (Alberta, Canada) Bahamas Emancipation Day Jamaican Independence Day August Bank Holiday (UK) Civic Holiday (Canada) Pennsic War 38 7th annual Red Cross Blood Drive 10:00-16:00, Zion Baptist Church, 148 Curry Rd, Slippery Rock, PA Crystal Screen Fantastic Four (2005) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) American Massage Therapists Assoc networking 18:00 mtg 19:00-22:00 Falls Church Com- munity Center, 223 Little Falls St, Falls Church, VA National Theatre Summer Cinema Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 18:30, Free tickets @ 18:00 1321 Penna Ave NW Washington, DC SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY August 4 Coast Guard Day Revenue Cutter Service established 1790 Feast Day of Saint Dominic preachers and astronomers Den Matice Slovenskej Matica Matica Slovenská Day (Slovakia, 1863) Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata Series 12:22, 50 min Free, Church of the Epiphany, 13th & G Sts NW, Washington, DC Fretted Dulcimer Circle, 18:30 Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd Falls Church, VA Rockville Town Square Kids Nights Reptiles Alive LIVE animal show 18:30-20:30 Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St US Navy Memorial Concerts, 20:00 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts Sylvan Theater 20:00, Free Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra Dean Snipes w/ Tickle, Scratch and Groove Shawn Brenneman, Jonathan Thielen, Matt Labarge $7/$5, 20:00-22:30 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY August 5 Nones of August Iran Constitution Day Saint Oswald's Day Independence Day Upper Volta, 1960 Rakhi (Raksha) Bandham Hindu and Jain celebration love & friendship Noblis Connections Happy Hour 16:30-19:00 Marriott Hotel The Old Guard & U.S. Army Band Twighlight Tattoo The Ellipse 19:00, Free BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall Rockville Town Square Outdoor Movies, 20:45 Quantum of Solace Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St August 5-6 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
THURSDAY August 6 August Holiday (Malawi) Independence Day Bolivia, 1825 Feast Day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Roman and Anglican Churches (6th Sunday after Epiphany in Lutheran Church) Hiroshima Day 1945 Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 18:00 Pennsic War Known-Worlds Choir Concert Evening Concert: 18:00-20:00, Free Veterans Park, Woodmont Ave @ Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD 301-215-6660 Rockville Town Square Concerts 18:00-20:00 Martinez and Guthrie Acoustic Folk Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St Sunset Serenades Lion/Tiger Hill National Zoo Art Night on the Mall, 'til 20:00 Sackler Gallery 1050Independenc SW National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence SW Freer Gallery, 12th & Jefferson, SW Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence @7th S Dillon Ripley Center Interna- tional Gallery 12th&Jefferson SW SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 The Chromatics astronomy concert Chesapeake Arts Center, 19:30 Brooklyn Park, MD We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra Jan Alter w/ SPUDS: Summit Pick-Up Dance Society workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY August 7 Battle of Boyacá Day Columbia Discovery Day (Trinidad and Tobago, 1498) Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Church of England & American Episcopal Independence Day Ivory Coast, 1960 Tanabata (Star Festival), Japan International Dadaism Month August 7-8 Patrick County Virginia Peach Festival 276-694-6012 July 24-August 9 Pennsic War XXXVIII Aethelmearc (SCA) troll closes Critical-Mass bike ride, 18:00 Dupont Circle Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival Pretty in Pink (1986) at dusk, Free Gateway Park Herndon Rocks: Hy Jink + Rise & Fall 18:30-22:30, Town Green, 777 Lynn St Herndon, VA 703-481-6133 free concert Meridian Hill Park 16th & Euclid NW 19:00 August 7-9 Heart Of The Alleghenies Folk Music Festival (Curt Osgood, Jim Kimball), Univ of Pittsburg Bradford, PA 16701 4-lesson contra dancing class begins, $12/4 19:30-20:30 Friday-Night Contra Dancing Ted Hodaap w/ Anadama Amelia Mason, fiddle; Emily Troll, accordian; Bethany Waickman, guitar 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts East Steps, Free US Capitol, 20:00 Tompkins County Country Dances Waltz 19:00-20:00 Eileen Nicholson and John Wobus $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Folk Happens! contra instruction 19:30 Peg Hesley w/ Scrub Oak dance 20:00-22:30 $7 ($5 members) Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Prescott Armory) 824 E Gurley St Prescott, AZ info 928-445-3373 |
SATURDAY August 8 Bhutan became independent monarchy, 1949 Friedensfest Peace Festival Augsburg, Germany Farmer's Day (Tanzania) Tij Day (Woman's Holiday) (Nepal) Rush-Bearing Day (Grasmere England) Cumberland Valley Cycling Club CV Century 25/65/101 mi Clear Spring, MD Bridgeton Zoo Ride aka Green Branch Park Century 50, 50, 25-mi loops $20/$17 pre-reg Start 08:00-10:00 299 Upper Neck Rd (Rt 690) Pittsgrove, NJ Watermelon Festival Event Virginia Beach Farmers Market 757-385-4395 Peach Festival Marker-Miller Orchards, 3035 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 540-662-1980 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Ballston Arts & Crafts Market unique, hand- crafted pieces 10:00-16:00 Welburn Square Wilson Blvd/ Fairfax Dr/ N Stuart St (Ballston Metro) 703-528-3527 August 8-15 Boston Harbor Fiddle School Dave Wiesler Rodney Miller, Hanneke Cassel, Anne Hooper, Lezlie Webster Thompson Island, Boston, Mass Chester County Old Fiddler's Picnic 10:00-19:00 $5/car Hibernia County Park, off Rte 82, 4 mi N of Coatesville, PA August 8-14 Pinewoods Dance Camp English and American Week Notorious Haydenville, MA Sports Backers Stadium Anthem Moonlight Ride 8/17mi, Northside and near West End free concert Richmond, VA 804-285-9495 Reston Town Center Concerts at Fountain Square: 19:30-22:00 The Chromatics Special Concert with Mike Evin 20:00-22:30 Blue House Kensington, MD Valley Contra Dance Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD NO DANCE TADAMS Contra Richmond NO DANCE Blue Ridge Country Dancers contra 20:00-23:00 Floyd, VA 540-745-3908 CDVA contra beginners 19:00 19:30-22:30, $6.00 St Stephens Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA Contra Dance 20:00-23:00 St Therese Church Shavertown, PA info 570-333-4007 lessons, 19:00 contra, 19:30, $6 w/ the Southern Maryland Open Band ice-cream social Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Rd, Mechanicsville, MD contra: Pinecone Council of Traditional Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Bond Park Sr Ctr Maury O'Dell Rd Cary, NC, $5/$4 919-990-1900 Binghamton contra 19:00, $3-$5 sugg Share Refreshments MacArthur School 1123 Vestal Ave Binghamton, NY English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music contra Peg Hesley w/ Hands Four instruction 19:00 dance 19:30-23:00 $9 ($7 members) Kenilworth School Auditorium 1210 N 5th Ave Phoenix, AZ info 602-582-6990 |
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SUNDAY August 9 Nagasaki Memorial Day (Moment of Silence 11:02) Hari Kebangsaan National Day (Singapore, 1965) Resignation Day Richard Nixon 1974 Sanusi Army Day (Libyan Arab Republic) National Women's Day (South Africa) July 24-August 9 Pennsic War XXXVIII Aethelmearc (SCA) event site closes mundane return from Pennsic Ecuador Festival 11:00-18:00 Arlington, VA We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park picnic Concerts on the Green 18:00-20:00 Great Falls Village Centre FSGW Contra Dance Janine Smith w/ Chance McCoy 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY August 10 Independence Day Ecuador, 1809 Feast Day of Saint Lawrence of Rome cooks; invoked against rheumatism and fire and for protection of vineyards the Escorial in Madrid Missouri Admission Day 1821, #24 Smithsonian Institution established by James K Polk 1846 National S'mores Day Zambia Youth Day unload/unpack after Pennsic Crystal Screen (2007) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY August 11 Coronation Day (Jordan) Independence Day Chad, 1960/1/11 Texas Round Up BBQ Noblis South Patio 11:30-13:30 Rockville Town Square Kids Nights Grammy-nominated Zak Morgan music, magic, theater, comedy 18:30-20:30 Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St National Harbor Summer Movies Surf's Up after sunset bring seating, no outside food/bev Waterfront St National Harbor, MD parking $2-$10 Choralis Summer Sing-Alongs, $10 Mandel: Messiah $5 score rental Falls Church Presbyterian Chrch 225 E Broad St Falls Church, VA 703-237-2499 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts Sylvan Theater 20:00, Free Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Square Dance 19:30-22:15, $5 St Marys Parish Hall 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA Fiddle & Bow contra George Segebade w/ Reel Shady $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY August 12 Feast Day of Saint Clare laundresses, television Indian Day (Massachusetts) Ponce de Leon Day Puerto Rico, 1508 Mother's Day/ National Day Thailand (queen's birthday) beginning of American Indian Exposition Week (Okla) Glorious 12th -- opening of grouse season, Scotland The Old Guard & U.S. Army Band Twighlight Tattoo The Ellipse 19:00, Free BFMS contra $7/$10 Evil Twins w/ Laurie Fisher workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall Rockville Town Square Outdoor Movies, 20:45 Monsters vs Aliens Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St |
THURSDAY August 13 Ides of August Women's Day (Tunisia) August 13-15 Obon (Japan) Bon Festival Fletcher Williams vacation Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 DC Sun Users Group 16:00-18:00 Avcom East, Suite 1020, 8150 Leesburg Pk, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 703-442-7668 Rockville Town Square Concerts 18:00-20:00 The US Navy Band Brass Quintet Rockville Pike (Rte 355), Beall Ave, E Middle Ln, N Washington St Art Night on the Mall, 'til 20:00 Sackler Gallery 1050Independenc SW National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence SW Freer Gallery, 12th & Jefferson, SW Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence @7th S Dillon Ripley Center Interna- tional Gallery 12th&Jefferson SW SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO Fort Reno Park Summer Concert: Free, 19:00-21:30 Chesapeake St NW (btw Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves) 202-282-0018 We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra Tori Barone w/ Evil Twins w/ Laurie Fisher workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY August 14 Liberty Tree Day (Mass, 1765) Atlantic Charter Day, 1941 V-J Day, 1945 Independence Day Pakistan, 1947 Independence Day Bahrain, 1971 Fletcher Williams vacation August 14-15 Dance in the Middle The Contrarians Grove City, PA August 14-16 Mentone Old Time Music and Dance Weekend August 14-16 Balance the Bay San Francisco Contra Weekend Adina Gordon & Joyce Miller w/ Crowfoot Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano &Swing Farm couple dancing w/ Richard Powers Janet Pomeroy Center Non Gender Balanced pre-registration, No walk-ins Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival Beetlejuice(1988) at dusk, Free Gateway Park Herndon Rocks: Gonzo's Nose 18:30-22:30, Town Green, 777 Lynn St Herndon, VA 703-481-6133 Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival The Curious Case of Benjamin Button gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD free concert Meridian Hill Park 16th & Euclid NW 19:00 Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance Mystery Caller w/ Band TBA newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Locust Lane Contra Dave Colestock hosts Open Mic w/ The Contra Rebels Todd Clewell workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts East Steps, Free US Capitol, 20:00 CCC Contra Beth Molaro w/ Steamshovel (David White, Roger Gold) Century Center Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra Jack Mitchell w/ Nor'easter $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing De Laura Padovan w/ the Open Band 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY August 15 Feast of Blessed Virgin Mary Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Patron Saint of US Roman Catholic Church Asunción (Spain) Assomption (France) Mariä Himmelfahrt (Germany) Marijino vnebovzetje (Slovenia) Allied invasion of southern France, 1944 Gwangbokjeol Independence Day (South Korea) (North Korea) Korean Liberation Day, 1945, 1948 Independence Day India, 1947 Independence Day Congo, 1960 Laotian Memorial Day Liechtenstein National Day Malaita Province Day (Solomon Islands) Flooding of the Nile (Egypt) Mother's Day Costa Rica Napoleon's Day (Corsica, 1769) Flying Circus Balloon Festival Bealeton, VA open 06:00 launch 07:00 airshow 14:30 Alexandria Scottish Festival Market Square August 15-16 Dog Days Peach and Sunflower Festival Great Country Farms, 18780 Foggy Bottom Rd Bluemont, VA 540-554-2073 August 15-16 Manchester Medley HPRA HPV races N Manchester, IN August 15-22 Early Music Week at Pinewoods Scott Higgs Plymouth, MA August 15-17 Mentone Weekend Dance Camp Notorious & Mark Murphy Mentone, AL Birmingham, AL Capital Classic Horse Show Prince Georges Equestrian Center Manchester Medley HPRA HPV recumbent bike and trike races N Manchester HS N Manchester, IN Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival The Dark Knight gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD Post Pennsic Dessert Revel: One More Night at the Casbah (SCA) Storvik College Park, MD (SCA) W.O.P.P. - War Orphans PIRATE Party St. Georges Pickens, SC Reston Town Center Concerts at Fountain Square: 19:30-22:00 Swift Run house concert, 19:30 Jody Marshall, hammer dulcimer; Andrea Hoag, fiddle; Paul Nahay, piano home of chez Barbara Ryan & Bernard Argent, Fairfax Station, VA Sug donation $15 703-426-1450 Annapolis Contra Anna Rain w/ Some Assembly Joe Klausner, fiddle; Mary Flora, flute; Donna Boylan, piano; Paul Miller, guitar Dance 19:00-22:00 beginners 18:30 $10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Du Bois Rd, Annapolis, MD Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Blacksburg Contra Diane Silver w/ Mark Campbell, Tina Liza Jones, and Phil Woddial beginners 19:30 20:00, $8.00 (free after22:00) YMCA Dance room Blacksburg, VA TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra: Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance, 20:00: workshop 19:30 Margaret Brent MS Helen, MD, $6 Lancaster contra Bob Isaacs w/ Off'n Ensemble Heidi Hammel, hammereddulcimer, concertina; Steve Smith, guitar, saxophone; Elliott Schmuckler upright bass; Bob Yarbrough, wooden flute, banjo, bodhran, whistle pot-luck 17:30 workshop 18:15 19:00-22:00, $7 Pavilion #11 Lancaster County Central Park Lancaster, PA info: 717-431-7417 Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers contra dance Beth Molaro w/ Steam Shovel Roger Gold, David White lesson 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Guilford Grange, Guilford School Rd off Lindley Rd Greensboro, NC $5/$7 Contra Dance Fred Park w/ Sporting Pitchforks (Hannah Seng, Duncan Wickel, Jack Deveraux) beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern Tori Barone w/ Evil Twins David Knight, fiddle; Laurie Fisher, piano, guitar workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Louisville Country Dancers contra: 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Church of the Advent, Baxter & Baker & Cherokee English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ recorded music 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-437-3615 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra open band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY August 16 Independence Day Cyprus, 1960 Political Restitution Day/ Dominican Restoration Day Dominican Republic, 1963 International Dadaism Month Flying Circus Balloon Festival Bealeton, VA open 06:00 launch 07:00 airshow 14:30 Lancaster, PA Bicycle Club Covered Bridge Metric Century 100/50/25 km 62/31/15 mi) Registration $10 by 7/15, $20 after shirt $15 by 7/15 reg 07:30-09:30 close 16:30 August 16-23 CDSS Family Week at Timber Ridge lots of people incl Ethan Hazzard-Watkins Dave Wiesler High View, WV One Day, One Ride, One Cause 40-mi HIV/AIDS benefit ride, DC $35 by 2009/07/31 $50 by 2009/08/15 $75 day of ride $100 min donation West End Community Market, Arlington Mill Community Ctr 4875 Columbia Pk, Arlington, VA 10:00-14:00 arts, crafts, local produce We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Arden Gild contra $7.00/$6.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 pool open after? Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Kung Fu Panda gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD FSGW Contra Dance Eva Murray w/ The Evil Twins w/ Laurie Fisher 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY August 17 Independence Day Gabon, 1960 Independence Day Indonesia, 1945 San Martin Day (Argentina, 1850) opening of Washington, DC Beltway, 1964 Día del Libertador José de San Martín Anniversary of the death of General José de San Martín Aug 17(Argentina) Discovery Day (Yukon, Canada) Crystal Screen Batman (1989) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY August 18 Feast Day of Saint Helena mother of Constantine Day of REU (North Korea) Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Singing in the Rain gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD Potomac Pedalers: Executive Commit- tee meeting 19:00 Mid-Atlantic Off- Road Enthusiasts (MORE) meeting 19:00, REI, Rhode Island Ave College Park, MD (Greenbelt Metro) U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts Sylvan Theater 20:00, Free Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra Shawn Brenneman w/ Adam Hurt & Pals $7/$5, 20:00-22:30 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY August 19 National Aviation Day August 19-23 Arlington County Fair The Old Guard & U.S. Army Band Twighlight Tattoo The Ellipse 18:30, Free Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Twilight gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD Arlington Trans- portation Commis- sion Meeting 19:30 County Board Room BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY August 20 1619 1st African slaves brought to Jamestown, VA Feast Day of Saint Bernard, Dr Mellifluous St Stephen's Day, Constitution Day, National Day (Hungary, 1949) Day of Restoration of Independence (Estonia) Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 Friday Morning Music Club chamber concerts 12:00-13:00, Free Ellipse Arts Ctr Arlington 703-228-7710 Noblis Wideband Cluster Group mtg 12:00-13:00, H5367 Art Night on the Mall, 'til 20:00 Sackler Gallery 1050Independenc SW National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence SW Freer Gallery, 12th & Jefferson, SW Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence @7th S Dillon Ripley Center Interna- tional Gallery 12th&Jefferson SW Rosh Chodesh Elul SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Slumdog Millionaire gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra David Rupp w/ Montage workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY August 21 Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Ninoy Aquino Ninoy Aquino Day martyrdom of Benigno Aquino Jr (Philippines) Hawaii Statehood Day, 1959, #50 Rosh Chodesh Elul Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival Ghostbusters (1984) at dusk, Free, Gateway Park Herndon Rocks: Drop Dead Sexy 18:30-22:30, Town Green, 777 Lynn St Herndon, VA 703-481-6133 Comcast Strathmore Hall Film Festival Enchanted gates open 18:30 film starts 20:10 Strathmore Music Hall 10701 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD free concert Meridian Hill Park 16th & Euclid NW 19:00 August 21-23 Allenberry Resort & Playhouse Bicycling Weekend Boiling Springs, PA 11-75 mi; limit 80 The King and I $228/person August 21-23 Splash Dance Weekend - 2009 (formerly Old Farmers Reunion) Contras, Squares & Couple Dancing Open Community Band drawn from Appalachian Storm, Steam Shovel, Elftones,Sporting Pitchforks, Hey For Three, Blue-Eyed Girl, Fine Companions, Land Of Sky, Fiddlewitch, Dancing Bears,... Camp Merrimac Black Mountain NC August 21-23 31st annual Sugar Hill Ransburg Boy Scout Reservation Albemarle County CDSS contra Gaye Fifer w/ Driver Parks Knicely Steve Parks (mandolin), Bob Driver (guitar), Neil Knicely(bass) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Buz Lloyd contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts East Steps, Free US Capitol, 20:00 Tompkins County Country Dances contra Pamela Goddard w/ Contrapasso $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing TBA w/ Floorplay Rya Martin, piano; Paul Rosen, mandolin, fiddle, accordion; Aaron Lamb, drums 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY August 22 King Richard III Day, 1485 Alexandria Afro- American Festival Market Square Rock Creek Park Festival August 22-23 Sweet Corn Festival 5225 Catlett Rd Midland, VA 540-439-4806 FAX: 540-439-1437 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 The Fire and Fun On Highway 51 Spoke Smokin Scenery Ride 20/40/60 mile 19:00 Friday: Kids Q Contest Maggie Mae and Heartland Band SATURDAY: 08:00-13:00 State BBQ Championship 08:45 Orientation 09:00 SSS Rides 14:00-18:00 Other Competitions 18:00-20:00 Fire & Fun BBQ Dinner $35: Registration Dinner, T Shirt, Gift Bag Marquette County Fairgrounds Westfield, WI August 22-29 Campers Week at Pinewoods Scott Higgs Plymouth, MA York Fiddler's Convention Late for Supper w/ Todd Clewell 11:00 Notorious Concert in the Barn party, dancing, yummy food, RSVP 215-643-04397 Philadelphia, PA Ithaca Hands 4 contra dance David Kaynor w/ Too Much Fun Potluck? TBA Workshop?: TBA Dancing: TBA-TBA Venue: TBA Admission: $TBA Reston Town Center Concerts at Fountain Square: 19:30-22:00 Free Concerts on the Town Summer Series Stanley Jordan PU'81 & his Trio Electrifying Jazz Valley Contra Dance Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. Mid-Maryland Folk Arts Council Contra Dance Susan Taylor w/ Montage Tom Santarsiero, guitar, mando, banjo, jaw harp, feet; Rachel Bell, accordion, flute; Jane Knoeck, piano, accordion workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $9/$5/$4, former Seventh Day School Adventist Drive Frederick, MD TADAMS Contra Gaye Fifer Floorplay Paul Rosen, fiddle, mandolin; Rya Martin, piano; Aaron Lamb, perscussion workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Charlotte Dance Gypsies contra potluck 18:30 beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Bob 704-366-1215 Roanoke Contra Sargon de Jesus w/ The New River Dance Band beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 gym - Booker T. Washington Douglas Ave Roanoke, VA 540-314-5306 540-793-1574 English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY August 23 Romanian Liberation Day 1944 August 19-23 Arlington County Fair Reston Bike Club Century, 06:00 Reston Town Center Pavilion Reston, VA Rock Creek Park Festival We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Mostly Waltz Notorious Broomall, PA FSGW Contra Dance David Millstone w/ Firetruck Ethan Hazzard- Watkins, violin; Anna Patton, clarinet; Karen Axelrod, piano 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY August 24 Feast Day of Saint Bartholomew Liberian Flag Day 1847 Independence Day (Ukraine) Crystal Screen Batman Returns (1992) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY August 25 Feast Day of Saint Genesius secretaries, actors, lawyers Feast Day of Saint Louis hairdressers, barbers, builders, France French Liberation Day, 1944 Paraguay Constitution Day 1967 Independence Day Uruguay, 1825 Communion table for Danbala Wedo, aka Saint Louis of the King of France (Haiti/Vodou) National Harbor Summer Movies August Rush after sunset bring seating, no outside food/bev Waterfront St National Harbor, MD parking $2-$10 Choralis Summer Sing-Alongs, $10 Mendelssohn: Elijah $5 score rental Falls Church Presbyterian Chrch 225 E Broad St Falls Church, VA 703-237-2499 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts Sylvan Theater 20:00, Free Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra Will Stimpson w/ Jack and Annie Burgess w/ TBA $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY August 26 Sultan's Birthday (Zanzibar) Woman's Equality Day/Susan B Anthony Day, 1920 19th Amendment International Dadaism Month Arlington Commis- sion for the Arts Mtg 19:30-21:30 Conf Rm B, CHP 703-228-6960 Fairfax Saxophone Quartet 19:30 Lawn Concert Mason District Park Annandale, VA BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY August 27 Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 Craicdown Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, NC Art Night on the Mall, 'til 20:00 Sackler Gallery 1050Independenc SW National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence SW Freer Gallery, 12th & Jefferson, SW Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence @7th S Dillon Ripley Center Interna- tional Gallery 12th&Jefferson SW SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra Donna Hunt w/ The Bow Rockers Rusty and Nancy Neithammer, Margaret and Paul Sidlick, Peter Szego, Tom Schaffer workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY August 28 Feast Day of Saint Augustine of Hippo; Doctor of Grace students for the priesthood Spanish landing at Saint Augustine, Fla 1565 August 28-30 Steirbach Baronial Birthday Stierbach (SCA) Berryville, VA DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival Meatballs (1979) at dusk, Free Gateway Park Herndon Rocks: Go Go Gadjet 18:30-22:30, Town Green, 777 Lynn St Herndon, VA 703-481-6133 Peat and Barley Wine Down Friday 18:30-21:00 Elk Run Winery Mt. Airy, MD $5 cover bring a picnic free concert Meridian Hill Park 16th & Euclid NW 19:00 Alt Kameraden German Band Lawn Concert 19:30 Lake Accotink Springfield, VA Locust Lane Contra Melanie Axel-Lute w/ Rock Creek Cider workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 U.S. Army Band Summer Concerts East Steps, Free US Capitol, 20:00 Tompkins County Country Dances contra Luke Donev w/ Evergreen $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing TBA w/ Some Assembly Mary Corletta- Flora, flute, saxophone, pennywhistle; Joe Klausner, fiddle, mandolin; Paul Miller, guitar, bodhran; Donna Boylan, keyboards 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Triangle contra Jim Collier, Alan Julich, Bobb Head Pleasant Green |
SATURDAY August 29 Martyrdom of St John (Feast Of the Beheading) Slovak National Uprising Day (Slovakia, 1944) Late Summer Bank Holiday (Gibraltar) L'Orient, mysteres (Haiti/Vodou) Kielbasa Festival Virginia Mountain Vineyards Fincastle, VA 540-473-2979 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Northern VA Hammer Dulcimer Players 13:30-16:30 Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library 7584 Leesburg Pk Falls Church, VA Titusville Council on the Arts Oil 150 Festival Simple Gifts workshop 13:30 concert 16:00 Titusville, PA 814-827-2381 Performers Revel South (SCA) Salesberie Glen Salisbury, NC 18:00-20:00 Jody Marshall, hammerdulcimer; Andrea Hoag, fiddle Paul Nahay, piano; Carey Creed, vocals Palladium Civic Green Chain Bridge Rd @ Laughlin Ave McLean, VA, FREE 703-288-9505 Reston Town Center Concerts at Fountain Square: 19:30-22:00 Valley Contra Dance Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra dance Di Giuseppe w/ Pete Campbell & Rex McGee Guilford College, Greensboro, NC contra: Princeton Country Dancers, 20:00 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY August 30 Children's Day (Afghanistan) Feast Day of Saint Fiacre gardeners, cab drivers Feast Day of Saint Rose of Lima (Peru) South America & the Philippines Zafer Bayrami Victory Day (Turkey, 1922) August 30-31 Agwe (offerings of goats, peppers and peppermints) (Haiti/Vodou) Araw ng mga Bayani (National Heroes' Day, Philippines) Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO 16:00-19:00 Fifth Wheel Coffeehouse Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc Conference Center 4301 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA FSGW Contra Dance Ann Fallon w/ Twin Sisters 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY August 31 Feast Day of Saint Raymund Nonatus the falsely accused Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago, 1962 National Day Malaysia, 1963 Liberation Day Hong Kong Crystal Screen Batman Forever (1995) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY September 1 Kalends of Sept. Feast Day of Saint Giles cripples, beggars, blacksmiths Day of Knowledge, Day of Peace, USSR 1st day of school Day of the Con- stitution of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) Libyan Revolution Day, 1969 Mackinac (Mich) Bridge Walk Day Presidential Message Day (Mexico) St Adjutor Day yachtsmen (Feast Day April 30) Tanzania Heroes' Day International Amiga T-Shirt Day Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata Series 12:22, 50 min Free, Church of the Epiphany, 13th & G Sts NW, Washington, DC Fretted Dulcimer Circle, 18:30 Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd Falls Church, VA Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY September 2 Independence Day 1945, Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam London fire, 1666 BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY September 3 Commemoration Day (Tunisia, 1934) Feast Day of Saint Pius X, 1954 Independence Day Qatar, 1971 City Fete Luxembourg San Marino Day Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 WABA/City Bikes Full Corn Moon Bike Ride Capital Crescent/ Georgetown Branch Trail at night barbeque at City Bikes shop Chevy Chase, MD SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY September 4 Los Angeles Birthday, 1781 National Gallery of Art Jazz in the Sculpture Garden 17:00-20:00 café seasonal light fare menu Constitution Ave & 7th St NW Washington, D.C. Critical-Mass bike ride, 18:00 Dupont Circle Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) at dusk, Free Gateway Park September 4-7 Northwest Passage Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp, Namanu, OR September 4-7 Labor Day Dance Away 2009 contra weekend Robert Cromartie and Lynn Ackerson w/ Notorious Eden MacAdam- Somer, fiddle Larry Unger, guitar; and Tidal Wave aka Raz-de-Marée Sabin Jauques, accordion, bones, foot percussion; Rachel Aucoin, piano; Stuart Kenney, upright bass, banjo; Eric Favreau, fiddle Camp Cedar Glen near Julian, CA 4-lesson contra dancing class begins, $12/4 19:30-20:30 Friday-Night Contra Dancing Carol Ormand w/ The Love Mongrels Orrin Star, mandolin, guitar, banjo; Danny Knicely, mandolin, guitar, percussion; Alexander Mitchell, fiddle; Ralph Gordon, bass 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Albemarle County CDSS contra Denise Lair TBA w/ Blind Tiger String Band Brett Ratliff (banjo), Sabra Guzman (bass, guitar, uke), Anna Roberts- Gevalt (fiddle), John Haywood (guitar, banjo) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Bethel Grove Waltz w/ Open Band 19:00-20:00 Tompkins County Country Dances Waltz 19:00-20:00 contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Folk Happens! contra Dave Black w/ Fourth Quarter instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $7 ($5 members) Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Prescott Armory) 824 E Gurley St Prescott, AZ info 928-445-3373 |
SATURDAY September 5 Nones of September Knabenschiessen (Sat-Mon, Zurich, Switzerland) Milan, Ohio Melon Festival September 5-6 4th annual Pancake Breakfast & Potato Harvest Great Country Farms 18780 Foggy Bottom Rd, Bluemont, VA 540-554-2073 September 5-6 Discover Virginia Music and Food Festival, US 33, Ruckersville, VA 434-985-6663 Annual Taste of the Mountains Main Street Festival Madison, VA 540-948-4455 International Children's Festival Wolf Trap Virginia Scottish Games Peat & Barley Great Meadow Park Community Yard Sale, 06:45-13:00 15th St Parking Garage, Arlington Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Monthly Sky Lecture, 09:30 Einstein Planetarium Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Glen Echo Irish Festival and Open House Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD Free Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 102nd Annual Arden Fair 10:00-18:00 dance demos 13:00-15:00 Contra Dance Open Mic (callers from everywhere) Cailen Campbell & Gypsy Hicks beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Shepherdstown Music and Dance Contra, 20:00 (workshop 19:30) Carol Ormand w/The Latter Day Lizards David Langford, fiddle, guitar; Peter Barnes, piano, flute; Bill Tomczak, clarinet, sax, banjo Shepherdstown Men's Club (King & German Sts.) $7 mbrs/$10/$5 Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Old-time Music & Dance Group of Blacksburg Square Dance 20:00, $8.00 Old Middle School 500 block SMain St at Ehart St Blacksburg, VA Friends of Appala- chian Music Contra dance Norge, VA Community Hall beginners 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5 (no break) contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern Three Wise Guys w/ Joe De Paolo workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Foot Loose Contrazz Contra Series lesson 19:30, dance 20:00, $8.00 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers contra dance Maggie Jo Saylor w/Toss the Possum lesson 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Guilford Grange, Guilford School Rd off Lindley Rd Greensboro, NC $5/$7 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music contra dance 19:30-23:00 $6 ($5 members) Ashurst Hall Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra set band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY September 6 Feast Day of Saint Zachariah Day of the Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Bulgarian Principality (Bulgaria, 1885) Pakistan Defense Day Somhlolo Day (Swaziland, 1968) Abbots Bromley (England) ritual Horn Dance processional Milan, Ohio Melon Festival Contrathon 12-Hour Dance 10:00-22:00 Diane Silver & Rob Harper w/ Elftones (Roger Gold, Mara Shea) Tritones (Roger Gold, Mara Shea, Laura Lengnick) Curious George (Laura Lengnick, Paul Moore) Land of Sky (Laura Lengnick, Roger Gold, Paul Moore) Skytones (Laura Lengnick, Roger Gold, Mara Shea, Paul Moore) Mountain Music Jamboree, Glendale Springs, NC Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 International Children's Festival Wolf Trap We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Glen Echo Park's Labor Day Art Show Spanish Ballroom 12:00-18:00 Brattleboro Dawn Dance English Country Dance 14:30-17:30 Robert Moir w/ Daron Douglas, fiddle; Shira Kammen, violin; Karen Axelrod, piano Contra Dancing 20:00-24:00 Lisa Greenleaf w/ Crowfoot Jaige Trudell, fiddle; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion; Adam Broome, guitar Couple Dancing 00:10-00:30 00:30-03:30 Sue Rosen w/ Phantom Power Lissa Schnecken- burger, fiddle; Mark Roberts, banjo, flute, whistle; Bruce Rosen, guitar, piano; Stefan Amidon, percussion 03:30-07:00 George Marshall w/ Magic Foot Colin Lindsay, fiddle; Chris Stevens, button accordion; Brendan Taaffe, guitar, feet; Stefan Amidon, percussion Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Shore Lines contra dance 17:00-21:00 $6.00, Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ FSGW Contra Dance Carol Ormand w/The Latter Day Lizards 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra Gaye Fifer w/ TBA (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY September 7 Independence Day Brazil, 1822 Granddad's Day Andorra National Day Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Independence Day Guinea-Bissau 1974 Korean National Day, Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea 1948 Sheriff's Ride Ceremony (Lichfield, England) Uganda Republic Day, 1967 Hanover Cyclers Labor Day Century 25/50/65/100 mi $18/$12 adv t-shirt $14 06:30 South Street Rec Center McSherrystown, PA Milan, Ohio Melon Festival International Children's Festival Wolf Trap Settlers' Day (South Africa 1952-1979) (free concert on Capitol's west lawn, 14:00) Herndon Labor Day Jazz Celebration 12:00-17:00, FREE Labor Day Fête du Travail US, Canada (Noblis Holiday) Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Crystal Screen Batman & Robin (1997) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) American Massage Therapists Assoc networking 18:00 mtg 19:00-22:00 Falls Church Com- munity Center, 223 Little Falls St, Falls Church, VA SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY September 8 Victory Day (Malta) T3: Terrible Traffic Tuesday Capital Area Unicenter Users Group Meeting 09:00-14:30 Computer Assoc's 2291 Wood Oak Dr Herndon, VA 20171-2823 703-708-3000 National Harbor Summer Movies Duck Soup after sunset bring seating, no outside food/bev Waterfront St National Harbor, MD parking $2-$10 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Square Dance 19:30-22:15, $5 St Marys Parish Hall 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Square Dances Laura Brown, Ann Fallon, Eva Murray, Janine Smith, Susan Taylor 20:30-23:00, $6.00 Cherry Hill RV Park Please bring a snack to share |
WEDNESDAY September 9 Bulgarian Liberation/ Freedom Day, 1944 Republic Day founding of Demo- cratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) California Admission Day 1850 Luxembourg Liberation Day Salerno Day, 1943 Den Obetí Holokaustu a Rasového Násilia Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia, 1941) National Assembly Foundation Day (Afghanistan) Confident City Cycling classes (CCC1 - in class; Spanish trans- lation provided) 17:30-20:30 Walter Reed Com- munity Center, 2909 16th St, Arlington, VA bicycle selection & fit, gearing & cadence, nutrition & hydration, proper use of accessories, bike handling, hazard avoidance, traffic law, proper lane placement, simple bike maintenance 202-518-0524 Arlington County Bike-Ped Counts training session 18:00-20:00, rooms C&D, Lobby level Court House Plaza 2100 Clarendon Blv, Arlington, VA Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY September 10 Gibraltar National Day Belize National Day, 1798 Jeûne Genevois (Genevan Fast, Switzerland) Arlington County Bike-Ped Counts 07:00-09:00 and 16:00-18:00 various locations (Williasburg Cir) Arlington, VA Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 September 10-13 Emporia Bike Club Great Peanut Ride 10-81 mi, Camping Nature walks Emporia, VA September 10-11 Penn Quarter Arts on Foot Festival Art Market Preview F St sidewalk National Portrait Gallery 11:30-19:00 DC Sun Users Group 16:00-18:00 Avcom East, Suite 1020, 8150 Leesburg Pk, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 703-442-7668 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY September 11 Coptic New Year's Day (Egypt) Jinnah Day Pakistan, 1948 Día del Maestro Teacher's Day death of D. F. Sarmiento (Argentina) Emergency Day[ha] Fisherman's Walk Day (Musselburgh, Scotland) September 11-13 Hampton Bay Days Hampton, VA 757-727-1641 Bay Seafood Festival, Belle Isle State Park, Kilmarnock, VA FAX: 804-435-0543 September 11-13 Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering workshops, jams, concerts, dancing Simple Gifts State College, PA 814-643-6220 September 11-13 Storvik (SCA) Baronial Birthday Upper Marlboro, MD National Gallery of Art Jazz in the Sculpture Garden 17:00-20:00 café seasonal light fare menu Constitution Ave & 7th St NW Washington, D.C. September 11-13 (SCA) Journey to the Crusades Caer Gelynniog Palmyra, VA September 11-13 Foot Fall Contra Dance Weekend Lisa Greenleaf & Robert Cromartie Contrazz David Di Giuseppe, accordion; Rodney Marsh, saxophone, flute; Bernie Petteway, guitar; Diane Petteway, piano; Ed Butler, percussion Notorious quartet Eden MacAdam- Somer, fiddle; Larry Unger, guitar; Sam Bartlett, mandolin; Mark Hellenberg (aka "Pokey"), percussion Timber Ridge Camp High View, WV September 11-13 Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering Keystone Rebels Greenwood Furnace State Park between State College and Huntingdon, PA September 11-13 Moondance contra weekend Elixir w/ Ethan Hazzard-Watkins Table Rock State Park, SC Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance Dave Rupp w/ Mr Darcys Lonely Hearts Club Band (Wes Steenson, Kirsten Erwin, Adam Oleska, Josh Burdick) newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 contra Jesse Edgerton w/ Big Celtic Fun Century Center Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Open Band 20:30-23:30, $9 Bumper Car Pavilion Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY September 12 Defenders' Day MD, 1812 Occupation Day Southern Rhodesia 1923 Respect for the Aged Day, Japan September 12-13 Autumn Arts Festival John Hager House Hagerstown, MD Barnacled Bullfrog Marinus (SCA) Suffolk, VA Rockbridge Food & Wine Festival Theater at Lime Klin, 699 Lime Klin Rd, Lexington, VA 540-463-5375 Baltimore Bike Club Civil War Century Thurmont, MD Amish Country Bike Tour, flat 15/25/50/62/100mi 08:15 start Legislative Mall Dover Delaware Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 WISIL Hydobowl Human Powered Boat races * 100meter sprint * slalom * 2K crit * Drag race Rock Cut St Park, Rockford, IL WABA Bike and Gear Swap The Bicycle Place Silver Spring, MD Ballston Arts & Crafts Market unique, hand- crafted pieces 10:00-16:00 Welburn Square Wilson Blvd/ Fairfax Dr/ N Stuart St (Ballston Metro) 703-528-3527 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Penn Quarter Arts on Foot Festival art walking tour; visual/performing arts festival 11:00-17:00 Washington, DC Arlington County Bike-Ped Counts 12:00-14:00 various locations (Williasburg Cir) Arlington, VA 19th annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival Frederic Yonnet ? 12:00-18:00 Gateway Park FREE, N Lynn St @ Lee Hwy, Arlington, VA CDNY Afternoon and Evening of Contras Scott Higgs w/ Grand Picnic New York, NY Valley Contra Dance Ted Crane w/ Dr Twamley's Audio Snakes Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. The Reston Dance Contras & Squares music: June Apple class 19:15-20:00 dance 20:00-22:45 $7.00, Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Rd BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD TADAMS Contra Greg Frock w/ The Avant Gardeners Laura Light, fiddle; George Paul, piano workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Blue Ridge Country Dancers contra Skylark beginners 19:35 20:00-23:00, $8 Winter Sun Community Hall Floyd, VA 540-745-3908 CDVA contra beginners 19:00 19:30-22:30, $6.00 St Stephens Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA Contra Dance 20:00-23:00 St Therese Church Shavertown, PA info 570-333-4007 Harrisonburg $5 contra20:00-23:00 workshop 19:15 Dayton Learning Center, Dayton, VA 540-269-2035 lessons, 19:00 contra, 19:30, $6 w/ the Southern Maryland Open Band ice-cream social Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Rd, Mechanicsville, MD Russelville square dance 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Russelville Grange 245Old Limestone Rd Rt 896 N of Rt 10 Russelville, PA 717-529-6256 Contradance instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5.00, Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA contra: Pinecone Council of Traditional Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Bond Park Sr Ctr Maury O'Dell Rd Cary, NC, $5/$4 919-990-1900 Binghamton contra David Smukler w/ Contrapasso 19:00, $3-$5 sugg Share Refreshments MacArthur School 1123 Vestal Ave Binghamton, NY English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD Northern Virginia Ceili dances Bog Wanderers Ceili Band beginners 19:30 $10, 20:00-24:00 John Wood Center 3701 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music contra Deb Comly w/ Cluster Folk instruction 19:00 dance 19:30-23:00 $9 ($7 members) Kenilworth School Auditorium 1210 N 5th Ave Phoenix, AZ info 602-582-6990 |
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SUNDAY September 13 Ides of September Battle of Quebec 1759 Adams-Morgan Day Festival National Grandparent's Day September 13-20 Virginia Beach Wine Week Convention Center Virginia Beach, VA 757-288-3861 Shenandoah Valley Century Harrisonburg, VA Southern Maryland Century 16/29/63/100 mi $25/$15 adv $12/$15 T-shirts Village Green Park Indian Head, MD Takoma Park Folk Festival 11:00-18:00, Free Takoma Park Inter- mediate School Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park contra dance Dave Wiesler w/ TBA 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE FSGW Contra Dance Robert Cromatrie w/ Contrazz 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY September 14 Battle of San Jacinto Day Nicaragua, 1856 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross National Anthem Day, 1814 September 14-19 Recumbents World Human Powered Speed Championships2009 Battle Mountain, NV Crystal Screen Batman Begins (2005) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr contra: Free dance, 19:30 Open Band Ithaca Commons Main Pavillion Ithaca, NY Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY September 15 real Christmas? 7 BC Central American Republics Independence Day Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, 1821 Battle of Britain Day, England, 1940 Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia) Day of Our Lady of Sorrows, patron saint of Slovakia (Slovakia) Contra Rebels w/ Todd Clewell wedding reception Starlite, PA (private) Churrasco Style BBQ Noblis South Patio 11:30-13:10 Potomac Pedalers: Executive Commit- tee meeting 19:00 Mid-Atlantic Off- Road Enthusiasts (MORE) meeting 19:00, REI, Rhode Island Ave College Park, MD (Greenbelt Metro) Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY September 16 Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, 1620 Dieciséis de Septiembre Independence Day (Mexico) Cherokee Strip Day, Oklahoma, 1893 Roald Amundsen discovered the Magnetic South Pole, 1906 General Motors founded, 1908 American Legion Charter Day, 1919 Independence Day Singapore, Malaysia, 1963 Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Trans- portation Commis- sion Meeting 19:30 County Board Room BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY September 17 Citizenship Day, beginning of Constitution Week 1952 (US) Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 Friday Morning Music Club chamber concerts 12:00-13:00, Free Ellipse Arts Ctr Arlington 703-228-7710 Noblis Wideband Cluster Group mtg 12:00-13:00, H5367 September 17-20 Walnut Valley Festival Notorious Winfield, KS SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra Susan Petrick w/ Opportunists workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY September 18 Feast Day of Saint Joseph of Cupertino aviators Independence Day (Chile) International Dadaism Month Rosh Hashanah (2) 1 Tishrei 5763 Erev Rosh Hashana National Gallery of Art Jazz in the Sculpture Garden 17:00-20:00 café seasonal light fare menu Constitution Ave & 7th St NW Washington, D.C. September 18-20 Star Hampshire Dance Weekend Star Island, NH The Figments w/ Ethan Hazzard-Watkins September 18-20 Squirrel Moon Music & Dance Festival Tom Hinds w/ The Groovemongers Folklore Village Dodgeville, WI September 18-20 Sacramento Country Dance Society Echo Summit Dance Camp Contrazz Sacramento, CA September 18-20 Chalice of the Sun God VI: Leda's Twins Ponte Alto (SCA) Triangle, VA September 18-20 Midnight at the Oasis II Nimenefeld (SCA) Apex, NC September 18-20 Notting Hill Coill Baronial War Practice Ritterwald (SCA) New Ellenton, SC September 18-20 FOOTMAD Fall Fling contra dance The Contrarians Fayetteville, WV September 18-20 contrea dances w/ Wild Asparagus in Colorado Yorktown HS Linux User Group (YHSLUG) meeting 19:00, 5201 N 28th St Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Buz Lloyd contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Susan Petrick w/ The Opportunists Erik Hoffman (guitar, fiddle, percussion) Alan Snyder (fiddle, piano) Topher Gayle (bass, mandolin, mandola, guitar, percussion) 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY September 19 Chilean Admission Day Feast Day of Saint Januarius blood banks (Naples) Den 1. verejného vystúpenia SNR Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council (Slovakia, 1848) International Talk Like a Pirate Day September 19-20 Bluemont Fair 33846 Snickers- ville Turnpike, Bluemont, VA September 19-20 Cider Festival & Antique Tractors Great Country Farms 18780 Foggy Bottom Rd, Bluemont, VA 540-554-2073 Rib-Eye Round Up Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery 2800 Berry Hill Rd Nellysford, VA 434-361-1266 Virginia Scottish Games, Sky Meadows State Park, VA 540-592-3556 September 19-20 Heart of Virginia Century and Bike Festival: 25/40/62/100 mi $40/$35 adv camping $10/night Patrick Henry YMCA 217 Ashcake Rd Ashland, VA Jersey Devil Century Start 08:00-10:00 25/50/100 miles $20/$17 adv Parvin State Park Centerton, NJ Surry Century 25/50/75/100 mi $15 by 9/9/09 Surry Courthouse Surry, VA Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 September 19-20 Hawkeye Downs HPRA Race Weekend Cedar Rapids, IA H Street Festival northeast DC Confident City Cycling Classes (CCC2 - on bike; CCC1 pre-req) 13:00-16:00 Arlington, VA Public Schools Parking Deck 15th St N between Quincy & Stafford over I-66; bring bike, helmet, water practice bike handling & hazard avoidance skills Liability waivers required 202-518-0524 Rosh Hashana 5770 Down East Folk Arts Society contra Beginners 19:00 Dance 19:30-22:15 $10/$8/$5 stu Duke Marine Lab Beaufort, NC 252-504-2787 Annapolis Contra Susan Petrick w/ Opportunists Erik Hoffman, guitar/fiddle; Alan Snyder, fiddle/piano; Topher Gayle, bass/guitar/etc. Dance 19:00-22:00 beginners 18:30 $10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Du Bois Rd, Annapolis, MD Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Blacksburg Contra Dot Dot Dash beginners 19:30 20:00, $8.00 (free after22:00) YMCA Dance room Blacksburg, VA TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra: Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance, 20:00: workshop 19:30 Margaret Brent MS Helen, MD, $6 Lancaster contra pot-luck 17:30 De Laura Padovan w/ Taylor Among the Devils Marty Taylor, Irish whistles, recorder, concertina; Steve Hickman, fiddle; Jonathan Jensen, piano workshop 18:15 19:00-22:00, $7 Lancaster, PA County Park info: 717-431-7417 Contra Dance Tom Calwell & Myra Hirschberg w/ TBA beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers contra dance Gaye Fifer w/ Floorplay lesson 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Guilford Grange, Guilford School Rd off Lindley Rd Greensboro, NC $5/$7 Louisville Country Dancers contra: 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Church of the Advent, Baxter & Baker & Cherokee FSGW Concert 20:00 Washington Ethical Society (NW, DC) $10 (FSGW Free) English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ recorded music 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-437-3615 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra open band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY September 20 Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag (Swiss federal fast) PPTC Historic Back Roads Century 25/50/63/100 mi Berryville, VA West End Community Market, Arlington Mill Community Ctr 4875 Columbia Pk, Arlington, VA 10:00-14:00 arts, crafts, local produce Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Waltz Time Sunday Waltzing Cabaret Sauvignon Karen Ashbrook, Dave Wiesler $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Rosh Hashana II FSGW Contra Dance Susan Petrick w/ The Opportunists 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY September 21 Feast Day of Saint Matthew bankers, tax collectors, customs officers Independence Day Malta, 1964 Independence Day Armenia, 1991 Día del Estudiante (Student's Day) / Día de la Prima- vera (Spring Day) (HS students, Argentina) September 21-22 autumnal equinox Norse Mabon Harvest End Celtic mid-fall Shubun no hi (Japan) World Peace Day Baha'is of US Keiro no hi (Respect for the Aged Day, Japan) 3 Tishrei 5763 Tzom Gedaliah Crystal Screen Batman: The Dark Knight (2008) Free, at Sundown 18th & Bell St (courtyard across from Crystal City Metro Station & Marriott Hotel) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY September 22 Independence Day (Bulgaria) Independence Day Mali, 1960 International Dadaism Month Car-Free Day Autumnal Equinox 21:18 UTC 17:18 EDT National Harbor Summer Movies Rear Window after sunset bring seating, no outside food/bev Waterfront St National Harbor, MD parking $2-$10 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY September 23 Neptune discovered, 1846 (Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier & John Couch Adams) Frontier Day Cheyenne, Wyoming 1897 Saudi Arabia Unification Day 1932 Mozilla Phoenix 0.1 web browser released 2002 (now Firefox) Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Commis- sion for the Arts Mtg 19:30-21:30 Conf Rm B, CHP 703-228-6960 BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY September 24 Feast Day of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes Dominican Republic, Peru Heritage Day (South Africa) Schwenkenfelder Gedaechtnisz Tag Thanksgiving Day Pa Dutch, 1733/4 National Punctuation Day September 24-27 Peanut Festival Emporia, VA 434-634-4744 FAX: 434-348-4020 Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra SPUDS: Summit Pick-Up Dance Society workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY September 25 Bruderklausenfest (Obwalden, Switzerland) Government Day/ National Assembly Day, Rwanda Roi Wangol and Mousondi (Haiti/Vodou) Pacific Ocean Day Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1513 American Indian Day September 25-27 Apple Festival Chilhowie, VA 276-646-8213 September 25-27 (SCA) Lochmere Baronial Birthday Crownsville, MD September 25-27 Siege of Glengary Aethelmearc (SCA) September 25-27 Harvest Hunt (SCA) Border Vale Keep September 25-27 Baltimore Bike Club CRABS Weekend Lancaster, PA $180BBC/$190.00 September 25-27 Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers 27th Annual Feet Retreat Robert and Louie Cromartie and Adina Gordon w/ Notorious and House Red w/ Shawn Brenneman Camp Sertoma, North Carolina September 25-27 Scottish Weekend Dave Wiesler Timber Ridge Camp High View, WV September 25-27 Adirondack Dance Weekend contra & swing Nils Fredland, Lisa Greenleaf, Crowfoot, Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano Beverwyck, Scott Higgs, The Hot Foot Club, Vikki Armstrong, Eric Buddington, Spare Parts Silver Bay, Adirondack Mtns Lake George, NY $230-$305 September 25-27 Youth Dance Weekend Ethan Hazzard-Watkins Plymouth, VT DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Locust Lane Contra The Avant Gardeners workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 contra Dean Herington and Mara Shea Pleasant Green Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY September 26 Bandaranaike Day (Ceylon, 1959) Feast Day of Martyrs of North America Proclamation of the Republic Day (Yemen Arab Republic, 1962) Northern Neck Food & Harvest Festival Stratford Hall 483 Great House Rd, Stratford, VA 804-493-8083 4th annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA 757-441-2345 September 26-27 Fall Farm Fun Festival Marker-Miller Orchards, 3035 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 540-662-1980 September 26-27 Grayson Highlands Fall Festival Grayson Highlands State Park, VA 276-579-7092 September 26-27 Apple Harvest & Apple Butter Fest Drumheller's Orch, Lovingston, VA WABA 50 States and 13 Colonies Ride Arlington Kids Stuff Sale 08:00-12:00 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 4000 Lorcom Ln Arlington, VA Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 3rd annual Frolic in the Fall contradance Susan Petrick and Dave Colestock w/ Contranella The Avant Gardeners Harrisburg, PA Northern VA Hammer Dulcimer Players 13:30-16:30 Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library 7584 Leesburg Pk Falls Church, VA O'Neill-Malcom CCE Irish Folk Festival, Free Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts Auld Shebeen Pub 3971 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, VA Rythym River Ramblers Todd Clewell Piney Run Nature Center Shabbat Shuva Valley Contra Dance Jane's Gang Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. Mid-Maryland Folk Arts Council Contra Dance workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $9/$5/$4, former Seventh Day School Adventist Drive Frederick, MD TADAMS Contra Delaura Padovan w/ PHD Steve Hickman, fiddle; John Divine, guitar workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 contra: Princeton Country Dancers, 20:00 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ Charlotte Dance Gypsies contra potluck 18:30 beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Bob 704-366-1215 Roanoke Contra Paul Rosen w/ The Avant Gardeners ? - OR - ? The Toad Mamas beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 gym - Booker T. Washington Douglas Ave Roanoke, VA 540-314-5306 540-793-1574 English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY September 27 Feast Day of Saint Cosmas barbers, Druggists French Community Holiday (Wallonia Belgium) Gold Star Mothers Day Good Neighbor Day Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Pippenfest Strings on Wings (Todd Clewell) Fairfield, PA We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Yom Kippur 10 Tishrei 5763 Erev Yom Kippur Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA FSGW Contra Dance Susan Taylor w/ The Rhythm Method String Band 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY September 28 Confucius' Birthday/ Teachers' Day (Taiwan) Fiesta of San Miguel (de Allende, Mexico) thru Oct 1 Kiwanis Kid Day Referendum Day (Guinea, 1958) St. Wenceslas Day murdered 935 Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic) National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Family Day -- Eat Dinner w/ your Children 3 Churches' Blood Drive 14:30-20:30 pint #58 16:15 appt Walker Chapel United Methodist Church, 4102 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 703-999-5148 1-800-Give-Life Yom Kippur SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY September 29 Battle of Boqueron Day (Paraguay, 1930) Brunei Constitution Day 1959 Michaelmas Day (Feast Day of Saint Michael) policemen, grocers, paratroopers, radiologists Manman Aloumandia (Haiti/Vodou) Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra Di Giuseppe & Pete Campbell $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY September 30 Botswana Day 1966 Feast Day of Saint Jerome students of Scripture, librarians Maetresse Delai (Haiti/Vodou) Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY October 1 Kalends of October Agricultural Fair Day, 1810 Unification Day (Cameroon, 1961) Day of the Caudillo (Spain, 1936) Korean Armed Forces Day Republic of (South) Korea Independence Day (Cyprus) Independence Day Nigeria, 1963 October 1-3 The People's Republic of China Day, 1949 International Dadaism Month Yield to Life Benefit Fundraiser Noblis fiscal New-Year's Day Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 October 1-4 FSGW Getaway United Methodist Conference Center West River, MD SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY October 2 The People's Republic of China Day, 1949 Feast Day of the Guardian Angels Gandhi Jayanti (India) Guinea Republic Day, 1958 Birthday of Mohandas Maramchand Gandhi 1869-1948/1/30 1940 Opening of Pennsylvania Turnpike (1st US Freeway) Potato Day (France) October 2-3 65rd annual Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Festival 10:00-17:00 18th & 19th cent village craft demonstrators, re-enactors, storytellers, entertainers, puppeteers, dancers, Maggie Sansone Waterford, VA 540-882-3018 tickets October 2-3 Crab Carnival West Point, VA 804-843-4620 October 2-3 Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival Jody Marshall Mary Taylor United Methodist Church Milford, CT October 2-4 Middfest Inter- national Festival Simple Gifts Middletown, OH 513-425-7707 Sukkot (6) 15 Tishrei 5763 Erev Sukkot October 2-5 FSGW Getaway 2009 Conference Center West River, MD Harvest Dance Contra Rebels w/guest fiddler Barb Schmid Todd Clewell Dickinson College Freshwater Music Festival The Avant Gardeners West Virginia Critical-Mass bike ride, 18:00 Dupont Circle 4-lesson contra dancing class begins, $12/4 19:30-20:30 Friday-Night Contra Dancing TBA w/ The Serpentine Band Andrea Hoag, fiddle; Charlie Pilzer, piano and button accordion; Leigh Pilzer, saxophone, clarinet; Will Morrison, drums, percussion 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Albemarle County CDSS contra Jane Ewing w/ Toad Mamas Rick La Rue (fiddle), Patti Reum (whistles, flutes), Jack Maus (piano), David Stone (mandolin, guitar) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Folk Happens! contra instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $7 ($5 members) Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Prescott Armory) 824 E Gurley St Prescott, AZ info 928-445-3373 |
SATURDAY October 3 Feast Day of Saint Therese de Lisieux foreign missions, aviators, France #2 Leyden Day, 1574 Gaecheonjeol Korean National Foundation Day 2333 BC Festival of the Opening of Heaven (South Korea) Independence Day Iraq, 1932 Morazán Day (Honduras) Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unification Day) 1990 Waterford Crafts Fair Washington Cathedral Open House Community Yard Sale, 06:45-13:00 15th St Parking Garage, Arlington Capital Area Hemophilia Assoc Blood, Sweat and Gears Hemophilia Half-Hundred 25K/50K/50mi loop on W&OD Trail Reston YMCA, 12196 Sunset Hills Rd Reston, VA rain or shine 703-352-7641 Midrealm XL Year Celebration (SCA) Wine Festival Yorktown, VA 757-877-2933 Shriners Central Virginia Pork Festival RIR on Strawberry Hill, Richmond, VA 804-264-0509 FAX: 804-264-1201 Apple Butter Festival, Flippin- Seaman Orchard Nelson County, VA 434-277-5824 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Arlington County E-CARE (Environmental Collection and Recycling Event) TVs: $20 monitors: $15 books, bicycles, eyglasses, clothes Haz Mat (hazardous materials) 08:30-15:00 Tho. Jefferson MS 125 S Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 703-228-6832 Monthly Sky Lecture, 09:30 Einstein Planetarium Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair Adams Morgan, DC 10:00-17:00 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Sukkot I Contra Dance beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Shepherdstown Music and Dance Contra, 20:00 (workshop 19:30) TBA w/ Serpentines Andrea Hoag, fiddle; Leigh Pilzer, soprano sax; Will Morrison, percussion; Charlie Pilzer, piano, accordion Shepherdstown Men's Club (King & German Sts.) $7 mbrs/$10/$5 Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Old-time Music & Dance Group of Blacksburg Square Dance 20:00, $8.00 Old Middle School 500 block SMain St at Ehart St Blacksburg, VA Friends of Appala- chian Music Contra dance Norge, VA Community Hall beginners 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5 (no break) contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern Contra Rebels w/ Todd Clewell workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Foot Loose Contrazz Contra Series lesson 19:30, dance 20:00, $8.00 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Strafford Ball Scott Higgs Strafford, VT AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music contra dance 19:30-23:00 $6 ($5 members) Ashurst Hall Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra Several Arizona Callers w/ Big Drop-in Band The Wall of Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY October 4 Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi Italy, Catholic action, merchants Independence Day Lesotho, 1966 (Basutoland) launching of Sputnik I, 1957 Waterford Crafts Fair (Free) Herndon Folk Festival Municipal Center Mental Illness Awareness Week Grandparent's Day (Massachusetts) October 2-5 FSGW Getaway 2009 Conference Center West River, MD Tour du Port Korean War Memorial, Baltimore, MD Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Elissa Weiss w/ The Salomone Trio 4 sets, including a short play Uppity Women of Our Tyme Fort Tryon Park Medieval Festival 11:30-18:00, free The Cloisters (A-train to190th) New York, NY Arden Gild contra $9.00/$8.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Sukkot II Shore Lines contra dance 17:00-21:00 $6.00, Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Michael Barraclough w/ Floorplay 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra Rivanna River Chiggers Molly Pickral, fiddle; Marc Perdue, banjo; Jeff York, mandolin; Dan Goldberg, guitar; Lew Burris, bass (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY October 5 Army Day (Indonesia) National Sports Day, (Lesotho) Proclamation of the Republic (Portugal, 1910) Arlington County Personal Property (vehicle) tax due Fairfax County Personal Property (vehicle) tax due WAMU Fundraising Labour Day (Australian Cap- ital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia) US Supreme Court reconvenes Child Health Day Missouri Day Sukkot III(CH''M) American Massage Therapists Assoc networking 18:00 mtg 19:00-22:00 Falls Church Com- munity Center, 223 Little Falls St, Falls Church, VA 10/5 Simple Gifts concert 18:00 Potomac State College of WVU Keyser, WV 304-788-6837 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY October 6 Universal Children's Day (Malaysia) Den obetí Dukly Dukla Pass Victims' Day (Slovakia, 1944) Armed Forces Day (Egypt) Thadingyut - end of Buddhist Lent, Festival of Lights (Myanmar) Noblis DR Exercise Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata Series 12:22, 50 min Free, Church of the Epiphany, 13th & G Sts NW, Washington, DC Glissando Duo (Elissa Weiss, soprano and harp; Lisa Spraragen, guitar) A Little Midday Music, 12:30 Program TBA The Church of the Transfiguration, One East 29th St (between 5th Ave and Madison Ave) $5 sug donation New York, NY, Sukkot IV (CH''M) Fretted Dulcimer Circle, 18:30 Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd Falls Church, VA Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY October 7 Nones of October Constitution Day (East) German Democratic Republic, 1949 Feast Day of the Most Holy Rosary Walk and Bike to School Day Arlington, VA Public Schools Harvest Festival Sunset Beach Resort, 32246 Lankford Highway, Cape Charles, VA 757-787-2460 Sukkot V (CH''M) Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY October 8 Feast Day of Saint Bridget (Sweden) Naval Battle of Angamos (Peru) Chicago Fire, 1871 Peshtigo Fire Day (Wisconsin, 1871) October 8-11 Suffolk Peanut Festival, Suffolk Municipal Airport 757-539-6751 Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 October 8-11 War ofthe Wings IV Sacred Stone (SCA) Boonville, NC October 8-11 Diamond Wars XXIV: Altan Orda, (SCA) the Golden Camp Gleann Abhann DC Sun Users Group 16:00-18:00 Avcom East, Suite 1020, 8150 Leesburg Pk, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 703-442-7668 Hoshanah Rabbah 21 Tishrei 5763 Sukkot VI (CH''M) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 contra dance Wild Asparagus Old Stone Church Brattleboro, VT |
FRIDAY October 9 Day of National Dignity, Peru 1968 Feast Day of Saint Denis Paris, France Guayaquil's Independence Day Ecuador, 1820 Hangul Day, 1446 (South Korea) Husain Day Shiites, 680 Khmer Republic Day, 1970 (Cambodia) Leif Ericson Day Iceland, Norway, Wisconsin, Minnesota Independence Day Uganda, 1962 Shemini Atzeret 22 Tishrei 5763 Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba) October 9-12 Tradfest Extravaganza workshops, dances, ceilis Karen Ashbrook beginning Irish hammered dulcimer Honor Haven Resort & Spa Ellenville, NY October 9-12 FART Fall Allegheny Rally for Tandems Salamanca, NY October 9-12 31st annual Southern Tandem Rally The Villages, FLA October 9-11 St Albans Centennial Cathedral Service 19:00 Alumni Reception 20:30 October 9-11 1st annual Mountain Madness Contra Weekend Beth Molaro & Bob Isaacs w/ Crowfoot & Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano The Contrarians limit 150 Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance Tori Barone w/ Raise the Roof Judi Stellar, Mat Clark, Pete Soloway, Kathy Talvitie or Judi Rivkin w/ Herd O'Cats (Adlai Waksman, Enid Diamante, Craig Newberger, Kirsten Erwin) newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Open Band 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY October 10 Aleksis Kivi Day (Finland, 1834) Double Tenth Day Taiwan (Republic of China), 1911 Kruger Day, 1825 (South Africa 1952-1993) Oklahoma Historical Day 1802 Taiiku-No-Hi Physical Education Day/ Sports Day, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Proclamation of Yara Day Cuba, 1868 Founding of the (North) Korean Workers Party October 9-11 St Albans Centennial Class Reunions, Symposia, Lunch Homecoming Party, 19:00 Seagull Century 60/100 miles Salisbury, MD Ballston Arts & Crafts Market unique, hand- crafted pieces 10:00-16:00 Welburn Square Wilson Blvd/ Fairfax Dr/ N Stuart St (Ballston Metro) 703-528-3527 Taste of DC Fest- ival 11:00-18:30 Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Ave @ 9th-14th Sts October 10-11 Apple Harvest Festival Marker-Miller Orchards, 3035 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 540-662-1980 Taste of Culpeper The Depot 109 S Commerce St Culpeper, VA 540-825-4416 Oyster Festival Maddox Family Campground Chincoteague Isld 757-336-6161 Apple Day: A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage Beach Complex Douthat State Park 540-862-8100 The Great Pumpkin Fall Fling Carousel Park 602 Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton VA 757-727-0900 October 10-11 Virginia Wine and Garlic Festival Rebec Vineyards 2229 N Amherst Hwy Amherst, VA 434-946-5168 October 10-11 Hands & Harvest Festival Highland Co, VA 540-468-2550 FAX: 540-468-2551 October 10-11 Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival Syria, VA 540-923-4231 FAX: 540-923-4312 October 10-11 Vintage Dance (Victoria's Revenge?) Notorious Cape May, NJ Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Simchat Torah 23 Tishrei 5763 Shmini Atzeret Valley Contra Dance Dead Sea Squirrels Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. The Reston Dance Contras & Squares music: June Apple class 19:15-20:00 dance 20:00-22:45 $7.00, Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Rd BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD TADAMS Contra caller TBA w/ Jane's Gang Jane Rothfield, fiddle; Allan Carr, guitar; Paul Sidlick, mandolin; Geoff Harden, bass workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Blue Ridge Country Dancers contra beginners 19:35 20:00-23:00, $8 Winter Sun Community Hall Floyd, VA 540-745-3908 CDVA contra beginners 19:00 19:30-22:30, $6.00 St Stephens Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA Contra Dance 20:00-23:00 St Therese Church Shavertown, PA info 570-333-4007 Harrisonburg $5 contra20:00-23:00 workshop 19:15 Dayton Learning Center, Dayton, VA 540-269-2035 potluck, 18:00 contra, 19:30 w/ the Southern Maryland Open Band ice-cream social Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Rd, Mechanicsville, MD Russelville square dance 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Russelville Grange 245Old Limestone Rd Rt 896 N of Rt 10 Russelville, PA 717-529-6256 Greenbrier Folk Music and Dance Association Lewisburg Contras & Squares Children's dance 18:45-19:30 Basic Skills work- shop 19:30-20:00 Dance 20:00-22:30 $5, American Legion Hall (above the Radio Shack) 118 S Jefferson St (Route 219) Lewisburg, WV Contradance instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5.00, Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA contra: Pinecone Council of Traditional Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Bond Park Sr Ctr Maury O'Dell Rd Cary, NC, $5/$4 919-990-1900 Binghamton contra 19:00, $3-$5 sugg Share Refreshments MacArthur School 1123 Vestal Ave Binghamton, NY English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD Northern Virginia Ceili dances Bog Wanderers Ceili Band beginners 19:30 $10, 20:00-24:00 John Wood Center 3701 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA Creative Briefs 1101 Wilson Blvd 20:00-23:00 free bike valet AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music contra Open Band instruction 19:00 dance 19:30-23:00 $9 ($7 members) Kenilworth School Auditorium 1210 N 5th Ave Phoenix, AZ info 602-582-6990 |
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SUNDAY October 11 Panama Revolution Day, 1968 Pulaski Memorial Day, Georgia, Ill, Nebr, Wisc, 1779 Sister to Sister's Bike for the Heart Civista Health Foundation Bicycle Tour Potomac Heritage Trail National Scenic Trail 14/33/60/80/100mi La Plata, MD St Albans Centennial Alumni Little Sanctuary Service & Breakfast, 10:30 Taste of DC Fest- ival 11:00-18:30 Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Ave @ 9th-14th Sts Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Ken Kolodner Fiddle workshop 13:00-14:30 Michelle McCann Penny whistle and bodhran workshops 13:00-14:30 concert 15:00-17:00 Ken Kolodner, Slyte of Hand (Bill Russell, Michele McCann, John Kmetz), Jane Witman's Brandywine Harp Orchestra, Scottish dancers and fiddlers The Music School of Delaware 4101 Washington St Wilmington DE 302-762-1132 FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Simple Gifts concert 15:00 Elizabethville Library Elizabethville, PA 717-234-4961 Simchat Torah West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Ron Buchanan w/ Dead Sea Squirrels 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY October 12 Columbus Day Feast Day of Our Lady Aparecida (Patron saint of Brazil) Children's Day (Brazil) National Day (Spain) Discovery of America Day (Central & South America) Native-American Day of Mourning Dia de la Raza (Day of the Race) (Mexico) Independence Day Equatorial Guinea 1968 Taste of DC Fest- ival 11:00-18:30 Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Ave @ 9th-14th Sts Taiiku no hi Health and Sports Day (Japan) Discoverers' Day (Hawaii) Virgin Islands- Puerto Rico Friendship Day Farmers' Day (Florida) Día de la Raza Columbus Day (Argentina) Columbus Day observed Columbus Day (racist celebra- tion of western colonialism and imperialism) Thanksgiving Day Action de Grâce (Canada) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY October 13 Assassination of the Hero of the Nation Day (Burundi) Feast Day of Saint Edward (England) Simple Gifts concert 19:00 jam afterwards Sullivan County Arts Council Dushore, PA 570-928-8927 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Square Dance 19:30-22:15, $5 St Marys Parish Hall 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Square Dances Laura Brown, Ann Fallon, Eva Murray, Janine Smith, Susan Taylor 20:30-23:00, $6.00 Cherry Hill RV Park Please bring a snack to share |
WEDNESDAY October 14 Independence Day Malagasy Republic 1958, (Madagascar) Peggy Stewart Day Annapolis, MD, 1774 Yemen National Day, 1962 home-brew beer legal in the US 1978 World Human Powered Speed Championships Battle Mountain, NV Noblis service 20/25/30/35/40 yr Willard Hotel reception and Jersey Boys at the National Theatre Oktober Fest Noblis Cafeteria 16:30-18:00 Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY October 15 Ides of October Ether Day, 1846 Feast Day of Saint Teresa of Avila (Spain) White Cane Safety Day World Poetry Day National Grouch Day Andrea & Brent Chivers Wedding 1997 Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 Friday Morning Music Club chamber concerts 12:00-13:00, Free Ellipse Arts Ctr Arlington 703-228-7710 Noblis Wideband Cluster Group mtg 12:00-13:00, H5367 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra Mils Fredland w/ Elixir workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 Old Farmer's Ball contra dance Wild Asparagus Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC |
FRIDAY October 16 Feast Day of Saint Gerard Majella mothers, happy delivery National Boss Day National Heroes' Day, (Jamaica) first use of anesthesia Boston, 1846 Black Day of Atonement (Million-Man March, 1996) Boss' Day (US) blast off of the Jupiter II, 1997 (Lost in Space) Charlottesville Fall Dance Weekend October 16-18 Tour de Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival 12/24/40/100 mi gym camping Staunton, VA 757-229-0507 540-416-0267 tentative trike and bent rally on trail network Xenia, Ohio October 16-18 annual Poquoson Seafood Festival Municipal Park Poquoson, VA October 16-18 Upper Potomac Cape Breton Fall Weekend Festival Ken Kolodner, Elke Baker, Robin Bullock, Wendy MacIsaac, Kimberley Fraser, Patrick Gillis October 16-18 Allegheny Dulcimer Club Retreat Jody Marshall Emlenton, PA October 16-18 Lake Eden Arts Festival Wild Asparagus The Horse Flies w/ Judy Hyman Notorious Black Mountain, NC October 16-17 2009 Phylla Mae Fall Festival David Millstone Great Bear Trio Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand Riverbend Rebecca McCallum, fiddle; Tom Santarsiero, mandolin, guitar, tenor banjo, foot percussion; Jane Knoeck, piano, accordion Giant Robot Dance Trombot (Michael Ferguson)trombone Arobot (Aaron Marcus) piano, concertina; The Big Squeeze (Andrew Marcus) accordion; The Vortex (aka Shredder von Nostrum, aka Andrew Van Norstrand) electric guitar, fiddle; Thumper (Noah Van Norstrand) drums, percussion October 16-18 24th annual Looking Glass Festival contra Joseph Pimentel & Bev Bernbaum w/ The Latter Day Lizards Peter Barnes, Stuart Kinney, Dave Langford, Bill Tomczak and U4 Michael Shapiro, Michael Vallient, Tom Turino, Matt Turino Yorktown HS Linux User Group (YHSLUG) meeting 19:00, 5201 N 28th St October 16-18 Looking Glass Festival contra Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Buz Lloyd contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Nils Fredland w/ Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins Nils Fredland + trombone w/ Elixir: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle; Anna Patton, clarinet; Jesse Hazzard- Watkins, trumpet; Owen Morrison, guitar 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY October 17 (Jean Jacques) Dessalines Day (Haiti, 1806) Black Poetry Day 1771 Burgoyne's Surrender Day Saratoga, NY, 1777 Mother's Day Malawi(Nyasaland) International Dadaism Month Charlottesville Fall Dance Weekend Fall Ball contra KGB, other bands callers TBA Peterborough, NH Sweetest Day October 17-18 18th Century Summer Market Fair Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean, VA 703-442-7557 October 17-18 Old Fashioned Harvest Festival Mason Neck State Park 703-339-2384 AT&T Town Point Wine Festival Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA 757-441-2345 Annual Chili & Chowder Cookoff Chincoteague Isld 757-336-3700 October 17-18 Apple Harvest & Apple Butter Making Festival Drumheller's Orch Nelson County, VA 434-263-5239 Apple Butter Festival, Flippin- Seaman Orchard Nelson County, VA 434-277-5824 October 17-18 Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival Syria, VA 540-923-4231 FAX: 540-923-4312 October 17-18 Apeldoorn Recumbent Record Weekend velodrome in Apeldoorn, Netherlands Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Bike DC October 17-18 HPRA race Sol System 3rd blue/green rock out Kil-kare Raceway Xenia, Ohio Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Down East Folk Arts Society contra Beginners 19:00 Dance 19:30-22:15 $10/$8/$5 stu Duke Marine Lab Beaufort, NC 252-504-2787 Contra Dance beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Bluemont Concert Series Oldtime Country Dance contra Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins 20:00, $10/$7.00 (workshop 19:30) Skating Rink Purcellville, VA Annapolis Contra Janine Smith w/ Banty Roosters Andy Porter, fiddle; Joe Langley, guitar/ mandolin; Mark Lynch, banjo; Art Abrams, bass Dance 19:00-22:00 beginners 18:30 $10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Du Bois Rd, Annapolis, MD Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Eastern Shore contra dance Laura Brown w/ Melodius Thunk Karen Ashbrook, Paul Oorts Christ Church Parish Hall, 103 Willow St St Michaels, MD 19:00-21:00 $7/$3 stu Blacksburg Contra beginners 19:30 20:00, $8.00 (free after22:00) YMCA Dance Room Blacksburg, VA TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra: Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance, 20:00: workshop 19:30 Margaret Brent MS Helen, MD, $6 Lancaster contra Ann Fallon and Kim Forry w/ The Gooseberries Matthew Burke, fiddle; Rich Dodson, tenor banjo, fiddle; Jill Smith, piano; Dave Cottrell, button accordion workshop 19:15 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Saint John's Episcopal Church 321 West Chestnut Lancaster, PA info: 717-431-7417 Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Louisville Country Dancers contra: 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Church of the Advent, Baxter & Baker & Cherokee FSGW Concert 20:00 Washington Ethical Society (NW, DC) $10 (FSGW Free) English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ recorded music 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-437-3615 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra open band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY October 18 Feast Day of Saint Luke doctors, painters, artists Mother Teresa Day (Albania) Charlottesville Fall Dance Weekend West End Community Market, Arlington Mill Community Ctr 4875 Columbia Pk, Arlington, VA 10:00-14:00 arts, crafts, local produce Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Arden Gild contra $7.00/$6.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Nils Fredland w/ Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY October 19 Feast Day of Saint Peter of Alcantara night watchmen Yorktown Day surrender of Cornwallis, 1781 Alaska Day Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY October 20 Feast Day of Saint Irene young girls Guatemala Revolution Day 1944 Kenyatta Day (Kenya) Potomac Pedalers: Executive Commit- tee meeting 19:00 Mid-Atlantic Off- Road Enthusiasts (MORE) meeting 19:00, REI, Rhode Island Ave College Park, MD (Greenbelt Metro) Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY October 21 Feast Day of Saint Ursula teachers, young people (El Salvador) Sweet Heart Day Honduras Army Day (1956) Ousting of Lozano Diaz Day Sudan Revolution Day, 1964 Armed Forces Day (Honduras) Scotchtoberfest (The Simpsons) National Day of Prayer Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Trans- portation Commis- sion Meeting 19:30 County Board Room BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY October 22 Mother's-in-Law Day Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Eras), Kyoto, 1895 Veterans' Day (Puerto Rico) October 22-24 Black Princeton Alumni Conference (Facebook group) Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY October 23 Wan Piyamaharat Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) Rama V 1868-1910 death anniversary National Day 1956 Revolution (Hungary) Mole Day Swallows of Capistrano Day (cf March 19) Mole Day 06:02 (Avagadro's number 6.02E23) Frances E Willard Day -- temperance Native American Day Oyster Roast City Center at Oyster Point Town Center Dr, Newport News, VA 757-926-1400 October 23-25 Xenia Trike Rally Xenia, Ohio October 23-25 Tounament of the Lily Ponte Alto (SCA) Triangle, VA October 23-25 Son of the Hawkwood Howl Hawkwood (SCA) Arden, NC October 23-25 Charlottesville Fall Dance Festival 19:00 - check-in 20:00-11:00 Dance Gaye Fifer & Shawn Brenneman w/ The Morrison Brothers (Jim Morrison, Owen Morrison, Will Morrison) October 23-25 19th annual Fall Catoctin Mountain Music & Dance Weekend Concerts, Dances, Song Swaps, Hiking, Campfires, Great Food! October 23-25? The Avant Gardeners Solefest Dance Weekend, MO October 23-25 Wasatch Wiggle Contra Dance Notorious Salt Lake City, UT October 23-25 10th Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival The Gibson Brothers Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike Goldwing Express The Brombies Headline Bluegrass Band Jam Pak Blues and Grass Desert Diamond Casino Plaza Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Susan Taylor w/ Raise the Roof Judi Stellar, hammereddulcimer; Mat Clark, fiddle; Pete Soloway, bass; Kathy Talvitie, guitar, piano 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY October 24 Black Thursday 1929 Feast Day of Saint Raphael the Archangel travelers, the blind United Nations Day, 1945 Suez Victory Day (Egypt) Independence Day Zambia, 1964 (Northern Rhodesia) Citizens for A Better Eastern Shore 17th annual Between the Waters Bike Tour 25/40/60/100 mi Nassawadox, VA 757-678-7157 Georgetown Halloween Parade Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Pumpkin Festival Marker-Miller Orchards, 3035 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 540-662-1980 Powhatan's Festi- val of the Grape Powhatan Court- house, 3880 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, VA 804-598-2636 804-366-7597 October 23-25 Charlottesville Fall Dance Festival 10:00-10:30 late check-in 10:30-16:10 Workshops / Lunch True Color Cooking sandwich buffet $8.00 18:00-19:00 Potluck 20:00-24:00 Ball: Wild Asparagus After 24:00 Party Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 Takoma Park Folk Festival Carey Creed w/ Jody Marshall Velo Swap Denver, CO PCD's annual Halloween bash Rum & Onions XXX Steve Zakon- Anderson w/ the Rum & Onions Band w/ Janet Mills and Amy Zakar Valley Contra Dance tba w/ tba Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. Mid-Maryland Folk Arts Council Contra Dance workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $9/$5/$4, former Seventh Day School Adventist Drive Frederick, MD TADAMS Contra Try Hard String Band Graham De Zarn, fiddle; Ed Brogan, guitar; Josh Bearman, banjos, mandolin workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Charlotte Dance Gypsies contra potluck 18:30 Barbara Groh w/ The Dancing Bears beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Bob 704-366-1215 Roanoke Contra George Segebade w/ No Strings Attached beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 gym - Booker T. Washington Douglas Ave Roanoke, VA 540-314-5306 540-793-1574 English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY October 25 Feast Day of Saint Crispin shoemakers Retrosession Day Restoration Day (Taiwan, 1945) Idu'l Fitr(India) Nyerere Day (Tanzania) Thanksgiving Day Virgin Islands (end of hurricane season) European Daylight Saving Time ends 01:00 UTC Mother-in-Law's Day (Germany) Reformation Sunday (Lutheran) October 23-25 Charlottesville Fall Dance Festival 10:00-12:00 Open waltzing 10:30-12:00 Con- tinental Breakfast 11:00 Gospel sing w/Tina Liza Jones 12:00-12:45 Wild Asparagus Concert 12:45-15:00 dance Wild Asparagus October 23-25 Xenia Trike Rally Xenia, Ohio Maryland Renaissance Festival 10:00-19:00 Crownsville, MD 800-296-7304 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Bordentown Community Concerts Simple Gifts afternoon work- shop and concert Bordentown, NJ 609-298-5465 Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Gwyn Williams w/ Toad Mamas 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY October 26 Feast Day of Saint Demetrios (Salonika) International Red Cross Day, 1863 Austrian National Holiday South Vietnam Constitution and Republic Day 1955, 1956 International Dadaism Month Halloween Holiday (Ireland) October Bank Holiday (Ireland) Labour Day (New Zealand) MITRE United Way campaign begins SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY October 27 Cuba Discovery Day, 1492 Navy Day 1775/1922 Den Cernovskej Tragédie, 1907 Cernová Tragedy Day (Slovakia) Simple Gifts afternoon concert Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA 814-886-6494 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY October 28 Feast Day of Saint Jude desperate cases Feast Day of Saint Simon and St Jude Greek National Day (Greece, Cyprus) Birthday of Mr. Baiju Jacob (India) Den Vzniku Samostatného Cesko-Slovenského Státu Independent Czechoslovak State Day, 1918 (Czech Republic) Czechoslovakia Foundation of the Republic Day, 1918 Ochi Day, 1940 Statue of Liberty Dedication Day 1886 Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Commis- sion for the Arts Mtg 19:30-21:30 Conf Rm B, CHP 703-228-6960 BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY October 29 Den Narodenia Ludovít Stúra Birth of author of language std (Slovakia, 1815) Cumhuriyet Bayrami Republic Day (Turkey, 1923) (plus half day preceeding) Farmer's/Artist's Market11:00-15:00 1700 N Lynn St Arlington, VA 703-522-6628 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra Peg Hesley workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY October 30 Výrocie Deklarácie Slovenského Národa Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (1918) Turkish Republic Days, 1923 CBS Mercury Radio Theatre broadcast War of the Worlds 1938 formation of the National Organization for Women, 1966 Oct 30 - Nov 1 7th annual Harp Guitar Gathering Karen Ashbrook Paul Oorts Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St Williamsburg, VA 757-259-4050 Oct 30 - Nov 1 Pocono Waltz Weekend Notorious Pocono Manor, PA Oct 30 - Nov 1 Southern Appala- chian Square Dance Weekend w/ Phil Jamison and Bob Dalsemer John C. Campbell Folk School 1 Folk School Rd Brasstown, NC October 30-31 Masses sung w/ 40 scarves (Haiti/Vodou) Mischief Night Oct 29 - Nov 2 Winternights Norse New Year All Saints' Eve Dag före All- helgona (Sweden) Oct 30 - Nov 1 Plantation X-mas at Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry, VA 757-294-3625 MITRE United Way campaign ends DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Oct 30 - Nov 1 13th annual Fire Ant Frolic Contra Dance Weekend The Avant Gardeners Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Triangle Country Dancers contra Advanced Dance House Red w/ Shawn Brenneman NO Lesson No Walkthrough $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Contranella Megan Beller, fiddle; Charley Beller, mandolin, banjo, percussion; John Wobus, piano 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY October 31 Reformation Day Reformationstag (Germany) Martin Luther, Wittenberg, 1517 National Magic Day, death of Harry Houdini 1926 UNICEF Day (United Nations Children's Fund) Nevada Admission Day, 1864, #36 Youth Honor Day (Iowa, Mass) Manx Gaelic Hop-tu-Naa (Old Celtic New Year's Eve) Halloween/ All Hallows' Eve /Beggars' Night Oct 31 - Nov 1 Samhain, first day of winter Celtic New Year, All Saints' Day Alla Helgons Dag (Sweden) Pyhäinpäivä (Finland) Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Oct 31 & Nov 1 Gypsy Moon Ball Gaye Fifer w/ Hu $hmoney (pka Strings & Things) David Rice, harmonica, guitar, fiddle; Tina Bergmann, ham- mered dulcimer, guitar; Heather Malyuk: guitar, fiddle; Bryan Thomas: bass, chank-o-matic6000 and Third Fiddle Ben Smith, fiddle; Miriam Larson, flute; Eric Schedler, piano, accordion Scout Camp near Indianapolis, IN Chili Cook-Off Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Road, Big Island, VA 434-299-5080 Northern VA Hammer Dulcimer Players 13:30-16:30 Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library 7584 Leesburg Pk Falls Church, VA Rum & Onions Halloween Contra Afternoon dance w/ contra medley 15:00-17:30 Potluck supper 18:00 Costume parade 19:30 Evening dance 20:00-23:00 bring dessert to share evening costumes encouraged $15/day, $13/adv $4/afternoon, $12/evening Princeton High Sch Walnut Ln/Moore St Princeton Monster Mash contra dance House Red w/ Shawn Brenneman River Falls, SC TADAMS Contra Halloween Dance Four callers from Tom Hinds workshop Steve Suhring's Open Band e Xperience workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Valley Contra Dance Dan & Anita's Wedding Dance Rumpus Variation Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? Special Halloween Contra Dance Jesse Edgerton w/ High Yield String Band (Adam Tanner, Roy Andrade, Parrish Ellis, Stephanie Wolf) 19:30-22:30 Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY November 1 Kalends of Nov. All Saints Day Todos los Santos (Spain) Toussaint(France) Allerheiligen (Germany) Mindenszentek (Hungary) Dan Spomina na Mrtve (Slovenia) Araw ng mga Nama- yapa(Philippines) Algerian Revolution Day 1954 Memorial Day Republic of Togo Vietnam Revolution Day 1963, Republic of (South) Vietnam Authors' Day, 1928 We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Arden Gild contra $9.00/$8.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Shore Lines contra dance 17:00-21:00 $6.00, Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Peg Hesley w/ Dr. Twamley's Audio Snakes 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY November 2 All Souls' Day Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) (Mexico) Dia de Finados (Portugal, Brazil) North Dakota Admission Day 1889, #39 South Dakota Admission Day 1889, #40 Balfour Declaration Day 1917 Liberty Day (Virgin Islands) Ig Nobel Prizes awarded, MIT American Massage Therapists Assoc networking 18:00 mtg 19:00-22:00 Falls Church Com- munity Center, 223 Little Falls St, Falls Church, VA SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY November 3 Cuenca Independence Day (Ecuador, 1820) Bunka no hi Culture Day, Japan Feast Day of Saint Hubert of Liege hunters, the hunt, dogs, hydrophobics Father of Texas Day/(Steven) Austin Day, 1793 Independence Day Panama, 1903 Election Day VA 06:00-19:00 Melbourne Cup Day (Victoria) Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata Series 12:22, 50 min Free, Church of the Epiphany, 13th & G Sts NW, Washington, DC Fretted Dulcimer Circle, 18:30 Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd Falls Church, VA Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY November 4 Feast Day of Saint Charles Borromeo religious instruction, libraries Panama Flag Day Victory of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) Den' Narodnogo Edinstva (Day of People's Unity) (Russia, 1612) Tazaungmon la pyei nei Tazaungdaing Festival(Myanmar) establishment of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) 1946 November 4-8 Iowa hammered dulcimer and fiddle workshops and concerts TBA, Ken Kolodner Muscatine, IOWA Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY November 5 Nones of November Feast Day of Blessed Martin de Porres interracial understanding First Call for Independence Day El Salvador, 1811 Guy Fawkes Day 1605 England, British Commonwealth Thanksgiving Day (Liberia) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY November 6 Gustavus Adolphus Day, 1632, Sweden Octoberfest in Jamaica November 6 - 7 Oyster Festival Urbanna, VA November 6 - 8 Heartland Dulcimer Club Festival Jody Marshall teach/perform Elizabethtown, KY Critical-Mass bike ride, 18:00 Dupont Circle Simple Gifts evening concert Lincoln Theatre Marion, VA 276-783-6092 4-lesson contra dancing class begins, $12/4 19:30-20:30 Friday-Night Contra Dancing 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Albemarle County CDSS contra TBA w/ Skylark Paul Fackler (fiddle), Marilyn Hartman (piano), Colin Cannell (percussion) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Folk Happens! contra Seth Levine w/ Scrub Oak instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $7 ($5 members) Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Prescott Armory) 824 E Gurley St Prescott, AZ info 928-445-3373 |
SATURDAY November 7 Feast Day of Saint Willibrord (Holland) Day of Accord and Reconciliation (Russia) Soviet Revolution Day, 1917 Great Socialist October Revolution National Solidarity Day (Bangladesh) Community Yard Sale, 06:45-13:00 15th St Parking Garage, Arlington Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Monthly Sky Lecture, 09:30 Einstein Planetarium Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Songbird Festival? Ken Kolodner Fiddle workshop; 09:30-11:30 hammered dulcimer workshop I arranging, backup 12:00-14:00 hammered dulcimer workshop II(more) 14:30-16:30 Round the Bend Music, 209 W2nd St Muscatine, IA 563-288-4122 Timoth Kendall's We're Still 60, and We're Still Alive:unbirthday/ potluck/musicale/ general-feast-of- fools -- 15:00-?? "Casa Columnarum Praetentiosarum" ("House of the Pretentious Columns") 296 Missouri Ave, Herndon, VA MUSICIANS, bring voices, music, and instruments no gifts that can't be consumed spouses, children, friends, "dates", significant others, welcome Shepherdstown Music and Dance Contra, 20:00 (workshop 19:30) Ann Fallon w/ Dance du Jour Alexander Mitchell fiddle; Liz Donaldson, piano; Ralph Gordon, bass Shepherdstown Men's Club (King & German Sts.) $7 mbrs/$10/$5 Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Old-time Music & Dance Group of Blacksburg Square Dance 20:00, $8.00 Old Middle School 500 block SMain St at Ehart St Blacksburg, VA Friends of Appala- chian Music Contra dance Norge, VA Community Hall beginners 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5 (no break) Contra Dance Contra Rebels Todd Clewell Wilkes Barre, PA Contra Dance Rick Mohr w/ Contranella 19:30, St Mary's Episcopal Church, 61 Morningside Dr Elverson, PA contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Foot Loose Contrazz Contra Series lesson 19:30, dance 20:00, $8.00 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Contra Dance Anne Marie Walter w/ Contra Cowboys (Joel Keebler, Sid Jackson, Mike Knowles) beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Ken Kolodner concert $12/$8 Bloomington- Muscatine Friends Church, 2698 180th St Muscatine, IA AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music contra dance 19:30-23:00 $6 ($5 members) Ashurst Hall Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra set band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY November 8 Soviet Revolution Day, 1917 Dunce Day, 1308 Duns Scotus Feast Day of Saint Claude sculptors Montana Admission Day 1889, #41 fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 (resignation of the East German Politburo) Saints, Doctors, Missionaries, and Martyrs Day Church of England We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Exeter, PA contra 18:00-21:00, $5.00 Smager's Dinner Theater, 3400 St Lawrence Ave Rte 562 West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY November 9 Krystalnacht, 1938 Iqbal Day Birthday of Sir Dr Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan) Sadie Hawkins Day Tree Festival Day (Tunisia) Canadian Emergency Day [ha] SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY November 10 Death of Iman Ali Day, (Iran) Hero Day/ Youth Day (Indonesia) Martin Luther 1483-1546/2/18 death of Kemal Ataturk, 1938 US Marine Corps 1775 Westerlies Co-Owners annual meeting English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Square Dance 19:30-22:15, $5 St Marys Parish Hall 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Square Dances Laura Brown, Ann Fallon, Eva Murray, Janine Smith, Susan Taylor 20:30-23:00, $6.00 Cherry Hill RV Park Please bring a snack to share |
WEDNESDAY November 11 Veterans Day (Noblis Holiday) Armistice Day (Belgium, France) 1918 End of WWI Beggar's Day (the Netherlands) Cartagena Day (Colombia, 1811) Concordia Day Saint Maarten 1648 Feast Day of Saint Martin of Tours soldiers, horsemen, tailors, beggars, reformed drunkards; special guardian of vine growers, tavern keepers, harvest foods, and festivals Remembrance Day Jour du Souvenir (Canada) Independence Day Rhodesia, 1965 Washington State Day, 1889, #42 Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY November 12 Austrian Republic Day, 1918 Bahaullah (Mirza Husayn Ali) Birthday 1817-1892/5/29 Baha'i Bermuda Remembrance Day DC Sun Users Group 16:00-18:00 Avcom East, Suite 1020, 8150 Leesburg Pk, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 703-442-7668 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra SPUDS: Summit Pick-Up Dance Society workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 Contra Dance Wild Asparagus Cesar Chavez School Gym Eugene, OR |
FRIDAY November 13 Ides of November King's Birthday (Laos) International Absentee Ballots counted November 13-15 Head for the Hills contra weekend in the Poconos Hold the Mustard Raise the Roof dance, music, song ECD, Couple Dancing Workshops, ritual dance, singing, instrumental cocktail party w/live swing band Fabulous ceilidh November 13-15 Pittsburgh contra Fall Dance Weekend Shawn Brenneman w/ Toppish Rick Mohr w/ Crowfoot Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano $70/person $80 after 10/23 Fri/Sat/Sun Atlanta Dance Contra Weekend Decatur Rec Ctr? Atlanta, GA November 13-15 Danceable Feast Dance weekend Wild Asparagus near Eugene, OR Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Open Band 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY November 14 Amyotha nei National Day (Myanmar, 1920) Children's Day (India) Lord Mayor's Day Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Bakery Festival Marker-Miller Orchards, 3035 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 540-662-1980 Reedville Fishermen's Museum Oyster Roast 804-453-6529 FAX: 804-453-7159 November 14-15 Some Enchanted Contras Elixir w/ E Hazzard-Watkins Atlanta, GA Tucson Bike Swap Tucson, AZ Valley Contra Dance Trantulas as Pets Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. Down East Folk Arts Society contra Beginners 19:00 Dance 19:30-22:15 $10/$8/$5 stu Duke Marine Lab Beaufort, NC 252-504-2787 The Reston Dance Contras & Squares music: June Apple class 19:15-20:00 dance 20:00-22:45 $7.00, Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Rd BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD TADAMS Contra Halloween Dance Steve Suhring's Open Band e Xperience caller TBA w/ Toad Mamas Rick La Rue, fiddle; Patti Reum, whistles flutes; Jack Maus, piano; David Stone, mandolin, guitar workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Blue Ridge Country Dancers contra beginners 19:35 20:00-23:00, $8 Winter Sun Community Hall Floyd, VA 540-745-3908 CDVA contra beginners 19:00 19:30-22:30, $6.00 St Stephens Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA Contra Dance 20:00-23:00 St Therese Church Shavertown, PA info 570-333-4007 Harrisonburg $5 contra20:00-23:00 workshop 19:15 Dayton Learning Center, Dayton, VA 540-269-2035 potluck, 18:00 contra, 19:30 w/ the Southern Maryland Open Band ice-cream social Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Rd, Mechanicsville, MD Russelville square dance 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Russelville Grange 245Old Limestone Rd Rt 896 N of Rt 10 Russelville, PA 717-529-6256 Contradance instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5.00, Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA contra: Pinecone Council of Traditional Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Bond Park Sr Ctr Maury O'Dell Rd Cary, NC, $5/$4 919-990-1900 Binghamton contra 19:00, $3-$5 sugg Share Refreshments MacArthur School 1123 Vestal Ave Binghamton, NY English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD Northern Virginia Ceili dances Bog Wanderers Ceili Band beginners 19:30 $10, 20:00-24:00 John Wood Center 3701 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music contra Open Band instruction 19:00 dance 19:30-23:00 $9 ($7 members) Kenilworth School Auditorium 1210 N 5th Ave Phoenix, AZ info 602-582-6990 |
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SUNDAY November 15 Feast Day of Saint Albertus Magnus (Doctor Universalis) scholars, students, medical technologists, scientists Fasslrutschen (Feast Day of Saint Leopold) Vienna, Klosterneuburg wine festivals Proclamation of the Republic Day (Brazil, 1889) Shichi-Go-San (Shichigosan) Seven-Five-Three Festival Day (Japan) Dynasty Day & German Community Holiday (Belgium) BBC began UK radio service, 1922 Dow Jones Industrial Average first closed above 1, 000 in 1972 Arlington County vehicle tax decal must be displayed We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Arden Gild contra $7.00/$6.00 mbr instruction 13:30 dance 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing Notorious $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Gaye Fifer w/ Notorious 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY November 16 Feast Day of Saint Matthew Greek Church Feast Day of Saint Paul of the Cross Oklahoma Statehood Day 1907, #46 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr contra dance Tori Barone w/ Raise the Roof (Judi Stellar, Mat Clark, Pete Soloway, Kathy Talvitie) Lambertville, NJ Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers Hot Flash w/ Laurie Fisher 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA Contra Dance Wild Asparagus Corvallis, OR |
TUESDAY November 17 Feast Day of Saint Hilda business, professional women Den Boje za Svobodu a Demokraci Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic) (1989/1939) Rosh Chodesh Kislev Potomac Pedalers: Executive Commit- tee meeting 19:00 Mid-Atlantic Off- Road Enthusiasts (MORE) meeting 19:00, REI, Rhode Island Ave College Park, MD (Greenbelt Metro) Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Contra Dance Wild Asparagus Portland, OR |
WEDNESDAY November 18 Vertieres Day Haitian Army Day 1803 Latvijas Republi- kas Proklamesanas Diena Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia, 1918 Buss- und Bettag Day of Repentance and Prayer (Saxony, Germany) Rosh Chodesh Kislev Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Trans- portation Commis- sion Meeting 19:30 County Board Room BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY November 19 Discovery Day Puerto Rico, 1493 Equal Opportunity Day, 1863 Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary charities for the poor, bakers Monaco National Day Great American Smoke-Out Friday Morning Music Club chamber concerts 12:00-13:00, Free Ellipse Arts Ctr Arlington 703-228-7710 Noblis Wideband Cluster Group mtg 12:00-13:00, H5367 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra Robbin Marcus workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY November 20 Día de la Revolución Revolution Day (Mexico, 1910) Rights of the Child Day, 1959 Transgender Day of Remembrance Yorktown HS Linux User Group (YHSLUG) meeting 19:00, 5201 N 28th St November 20-22 contra dance weekend Shawn Brenneman w/ Notorious Lawrence, KS Albemarle County CDSS contra Tom Hinds w/ Elftones Mara Shea (fiddle), Roger Gold (guitar) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville (3rd Friday) Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance Tori Barone w/ Raise the Roof Judi Stellar, Mat Clark, Pete Soloway, Kathy Talvitie newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Buz Lloyd contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Chris Weiler w/ Nor'easter Cedar Stanistreet, fiddle; Max Newman, mandolin, guitar; Julie Vallimont, piano, accordion 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY November 21 Feast Day of Saint Archangel Michailo (Serbia/Slavas) World Hello Day North Carolina 1789, #12 No Music Day Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Bluemont Concert Series Oldtime Country Dance contra 20:00, $10/$7.00 (workshop 19:30) Skating Rink Purcellville, VA Annapolis Contra Gillis, guitar) David Giusti w/ Gypsy Meltdown Kathy Kerr, fiddle; Colleen Reed, flute/sax; Keith Gillis, guitar Dance 19:00-22:00 beginners 18:30 $10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Du Bois Rd, Annapolis, MD Contra Dance Barbara Groh w/ Chicken Tractor beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Blacksburg Contra Chris Weiler w/ Nor'easter beginners 19:30 20:00, $8.00 (free after22:00) YMCA Dance room Blacksburg, VA TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra: Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance, 20:00: workshop 19:30 Margaret Brent MS Helen, MD, $6 Lancaster contra Strings on Wings Barb Schmid, fiddle; Todd Clewell, guitar; Glenn Carson, banjo workshop 19:15 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Saint John's Episcopal Church 321 West Chestnut Lancaster, PA info: 717-431-7417 Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Louisville Country Dancers contra: 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Church of the Advent, Baxter & Baker & Cherokee FSGW Concert 20:00 Washington Ethical Society (NW, DC) $10 (FSGW Free) English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ recorded music 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-437-3615 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra open band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY November 22 Feast Day of Saint Cecilia musicians, religious music, organ builders assination of JFK, 1963 Feast of Christ the King We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Mucho Gusto 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY November 23 Feast Day of Saint Clement stonecutters Feast Day of Saint Felicitas barren women Kinro kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day) (Japan) Repudiation Day Maryland, 1765 dan Rudolfa Maistra Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia) 1st Dr Who episode, 1963 Onion Market Day (Bern Switzerland) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY November 24 Anniverary of the New Regime, Zaire 1964 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC Contra Dance Skylark Wilmington NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY November 25 Feast Day of Saint Catherine of Alexandria philosophers, jurists, maidens, women students Eating the Yams (Manger-Yam) (Haiti/Vodou) Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Commis- sion for the Arts Mtg 19:30-21:30 Conf Rm B, CHP 703-228-6960 BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY November 26 Feast Day of Saint John Berchmans altar boys Feast Day of Saint Leonard of Port Maurice home missions Sojourner Truth Day, 1883 Independence Day Lebanon, 1941 (France) Thanksgiving Day (Noblis Holiday) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY November 27 Feast Day of the Miraculous medal 1830 Black Friday Buy Nothing Day Country Christmas Sky Meadows State Park, VA 540-592-3556 DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Butterball Friday Valley Contra Dance Beth Molaro w/ Clayfoot Strutters 16:00-18:00 Challenging Contra 18:00-19:00 Valley Contra's Fabulous Potluck 19:00-19:30 New Dancer Intro 19:30-22:30 Evening Dance Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley 424 Center St (@ Wall St) Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. November 27-28 Contra Dance Notorious Rochester, NY Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Post-Thanksgiving contra dance Wild Asparagus Town Hall West Hartford, CT Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Shawn Brenneman w/ Capitol Quicksteps 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY November 28 Accession of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Ferdinand Magellan (Portugual), 1520 reached the Pacific Ocean New Zealand women voted in national election, 1893 Independence Day Albania, 1912 Republic Day Chad, 1958 Independence Day Mauritania, 1960 Burundi Republic Day, 1966 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Butterball Contra Callers: Beth Molaro George Marshall Susan Taylor Rick Mohr Bands: Clayfoot Strutters Giant Robot Dance The Avant Gardeners Rumpus Waltzes: Bob Pasquarello & Ellen Tepper 12:00-24:00 $30 ($20 student) St. Thomas Indian Church NE Philadelphia Face Book group Northern VA Hammer Dulcimer Players 13:30-16:30 Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library 7584 Leesburg Pk Falls Church, VA Mid-Maryland Folk Arts Council Contra Dance workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $9/$5/$4, former Seventh Day School Adventist Drive Frederick, MD TADAMS Contra Shawn Brenneman w/ Skylark Paul Fackler, fiddle; Marilyn Hartman, piano; Colin Cannell, percussion workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 contra: Princeton Country Dancers, 20:00 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ Charlotte Dance Gypsies contra potluck 18:30 beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Bob 704-366-1215 Roanoke Contra Rob Harper w/ Toss the Possum beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 gym - Booker T. Washington Douglas Ave Roanoke, VA 540-314-5306 540-793-1574 English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY November 29 President Tubman's Birthday (Liberia, 1895) Albania Liberation Day 1912 Yugoslavian Proclamation of the Republic Days 1945 Bible Sunday (US Protestant churches) John F Kennedy Day (Mass) Daylight-Saving Time ends 02:00 -> 01:00 First Sunday of Advent We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO annual holiday concert Jody Marshall The Old Brogue Irish Pub Great Falls, VA 16:00-19:00 Fifth Wheel Coffeehouse Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc Conference Center 4301 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance George Marshall Clayfoot Strutters 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY November 30 Feast Day of Saint Andrew Scotland, Russia, Greece, fishermen, fish merchants, golfers Kaarawan ni Bonifacio Andres Bonifacio Day, 1863 (the Philippines) Proclamation of the Republic Days Yugoslavia, 1945 Independence Day Barbados, 1966 Independence Day Yemen, 1967 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY December 1 Kalends of Dec World AIDS Day World Hunger Day Feast Day of the Blessed Edmund Campion Feast Day of Saint Eligius jewelers, metalworkers Restoration of Independence (Portugal) Independence Day Iceland, 1918 (Denmark) National Day (Romania) Matilda Newport Day, Liberia, 1822 Central African Republic National Day, 1958 Mocidade Day Portuguese Guinea Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata Series 12:22, 50 min Free, Church of the Epiphany, 13th & G Sts NW, Washington, DC Fretted Dulcimer Circle, 18:30 Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd Falls Church, VA Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY December 2 Pan American Health Day December 2-7 Festivelo Charleston, SC 843-303-3334 Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY December 3 Feast Day of Saint Francis Xavier Christian missions, Borneo, Australia, China, Propagation of the Faith Feast Day of Saint Cassian stenographers Illinois Admission Day 1818, #21 Sir Rowland Hill Day, 1840, first postage stamp Heart Transplant Day, 1967 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra Jack Mitchell w/ Nor'easter workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY December 4 Feast Day of Saint Barbara firemen, artillery men, architects, stonemasons, mathematicians; protectress against lightning, fire, sudden death, impenitence Day of the Artisans (Mexico) Critical-Mass bike ride, 18:00 Dupont Circle Albemarle County CDSS contra Jack Mitchell w/ Noreaster Cedar Stanistreet (fiddle), Max Newman (mandolin, guitar) Julie Vallimont (piano, accordion) beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Folk Happens! contra Deb Comly w/ Updraft instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $7 ($5 members) Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Prescott Armory) 824 E Gurley St Prescott, AZ info 928-445-3373 Friday-Night Contra Dancing Crowfoot Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY December 5 Nones of December Discovery Day Hispaniola, 1492 Christopher Columbus (Haiti) first electric car, 1893 21st Amendment passed, 1933: US Prohibition ended Soviet Constitution Day 1936 the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged, 1955 National Day and Father's Day birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thailand) Arbor Day Beirut Lebanon Walt Disney 1901-1966/12/15 NYC banned trans fats, 2006 Day of the Ninja St Nicholas Day (Netherlands) St Nicholas' Eve (Europe) Alexandria Christmas Scottish Walk Old Town Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Monthly Sky Lecture, 09:30 Einstein Planetarium Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Shepherdstown Music and Dance Contra, 20:00 (workshop 19:30) TBA w/ Crowfoot Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano Shepherdstown Men's Club (King & German Sts.) $7 mbrs/$10/$5 Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Old-time Music & Dance Group of Blacksburg Square Dance 20:00, $8.00 Old Middle School 500 block SMain St at Ehart St Blacksburg, VA Friends of Appala- chian Music Contra dance Norge, VA Community Hall beginners 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5 (no break) contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Foot Loose Contrazz Contra Series lesson 19:30, dance 20:00, $8.00 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Contra Dance Beth Molaro w/ Big Cranky (David Lynch, Vollie Mckenzie, Neil Carroll, McLean Bissell) beginners 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music contra dance 19:30-23:00 $6 ($5 members) Ashurst Hall Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra set band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY December 6 Feast Day of Saint Nicohlas Russia, sailors, pilgrims, schoolboys, young girls, children, pawnbrokers National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada) École Polytechnique Massacre, 1989 Dia de la Constitución Constitution Day (Spain) Itsenäisyyspäivä Independence Day Finland, 1917 Day of Quito (Ecuador, 1534) Ruler's Accession Day, Bahrain Second Sunday of Advent We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO NO Dance Arden Gild contra 14:00-17:00 Arden, DE Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Simple Gifts concert 15:00 Union County Arts Center Rahway, NJ 732-499-0441 Shore Lines contra dance 17:00-21:00 $6.00, Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry Fluvanna Contra Tom Hinds w/ TBA (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA FSGW Contra Dance Crowfoot Jaige Trudel, fiddle; Adam Broome, guitar; Nicholas Williams, flute, accordion, piano 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) |
MONDAY December 7 Feast Day of Saint Ambrose Civil Defense Day Day of National Mourning, Cuba Delaware Day 1781, #1 Pearl Harbor Day 1941 Western Province Province Day (Solomon Islands) 3 Churches' Blood Drive 14:30-20:30 pint # 18:15 appt Mount Olivet United Methodist Church 1600 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 703-999-5148 1-800-Give-Life American Massage Therapists Assoc networking 18:00 mtg 19:00-22:00 Falls Church Com- munity Center, 223 Little Falls St, Falls Church, VA SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY December 8 Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Patron Saint of US ("Virgin's Day") lady of Camarin Day, Guam Beach Day/ Blessing of the Waters Day/ Uruguay (beginning of beach season) Mother's Day (Panama City, Spain) School Reunion Day, (Spain) Capital Area Unicenter Users Group Meeting 09:00-14:30 Computer Assoc's 2291 Wood Oak Dr Herndon, VA 20171-2823 703-708-3000 English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Square Dance 19:30-22:15, $5 St Marys Parish Hall 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA Square Dances Laura Brown, Ann Fallon, Eva Murray, Janine Smith, Susan Taylor 20:30-23:00, $6.00 Cherry Hill RV Park Please bring a snack to share |
WEDNESDAY December 9 Independence and Republic Day Tanzania, 1961 Zanzibar National Day Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY December 10 adoption of woman's suffrage Rights of Man Day (Khmer Republic) Constitution Day (Thailand, 1932) Human Rights Day 1948 Nobel Prize Presentation Day Mississippi 1817, #20 Wyoming Day, 1869 Ganga-Bois (Haiti/Vodou) DC Sun Users Group 16:00-18:00 Avcom East, Suite 1020, 8150 Leesburg Pk, Tysons Corner, VA 22182 703-442-7668 SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY December 11 the Escalade (Scaling Day) Geneva, Switzerland 1602 Indiana Day 1816, #19 Upper Volta Rep Day, 1958 Chanukah (8) 25 Kislev 5763 Chanukah: 1 Candle December 11-27 Christmas Revels w/ Notorious Cambridge, MA Lambertville Country Dancers Contra Dance Jan Alter w/Rumpus newcomers 19:30, 20:00-22:45, St Titusville United Methodist Church 7 Church Rd (off Rt 29/River Rd) Titusville, NJ 08530, $8/$5 stu tasty treats appreciated 609-882-7733 Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing Open Band 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY December 12 Constitution Day (Russia, 1993) Fiesta of Our lady of Guadalupe Mexico, 1531 Day of the Indians (El Salvador) Pennsylvania Admission Day 1787, #2 Jamhuri Day Independence Day Kenya, 1963 UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 1959 December 12-14 Feeding the sea (agoueh r oyo) (Haiti/Vodou) US Supreme Court elected President George Bush Jr 2000 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Chanukah: 2 Candles Valley Contra Dance Bob Isaacs w/ Fingerpyx Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. The Reston Dance Contras & Squares music: June Apple class 19:15-20:00 dance 20:00-22:45 $7.00, Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Rd BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 St Mark's on the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD Snowflake Ball TADAMS Contra Gaye Fifer w/ Avant Gardeners Dan Sebring, guitar; Laura Light, fiddle; George Paul, piano workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $5.00/$8.00 Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Blue Ridge Country Dancers contra beginners 19:35 20:00-23:00, $8 Winter Sun Community Hall Floyd, VA 540-745-3908 CDVA contra beginners 19:00 19:30-22:30, $6.00 St Stephens Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Blvd, Newport News, VA Contra Dance 20:00-23:00 St Therese Church Shavertown, PA info 570-333-4007 Harrisonburg $5 contra20:00-23:00 workshop 19:15 Dayton Learning Center, Dayton, VA 540-269-2035 potluck, 18:00 contra, 19:30 w/ the Southern Maryland Open Band ice-cream social Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Rd, Mechanicsville, MD Russelville square dance 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Russelville Grange 245Old Limestone Rd Rt 896 N of Rt 10 Russelville, PA 717-529-6256 Greenbrier Folk Music and Dance Association Lewisburg Contras & Squares Children's dance 18:45-19:30 Basic Skills work- shop 19:30-20:00 Dance 20:00-22:30 $5, American Legion Hall (above the Radio Shack) 118 S Jefferson St (Route 219) Lewisburg, WV Contradance instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-22:30 $5.00, Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA contra: Pinecone Council of Traditional Music instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Bond Park Sr Ctr Maury O'Dell Rd Cary, NC, $5/$4 919-990-1900 Binghamton contra 19:00, $3-$5 sugg Share Refreshments MacArthur School 1123 Vestal Ave Binghamton, NY English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD Northern Virginia Ceili dances Bog Wanderers Ceili Band beginners 19:30 $10, 20:00-24:00 John Wood Center 3701 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music contra Peg Hesley w/ The Privy Tippers instruction 19:00 dance 19:30-23:00 $9 ($7 members) Kenilworth School Auditorium 1210 N 5th Ave Phoenix, AZ info 602-582-6990 |
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SUNDAY December 13 Ides of December Republic Day (Malta) Feast Day of Saint Lucy writers, lights, people with eye trouble Lucia Day (Sweden) Third Sunday of Advent We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Chanukah: 3 Candles Exeter, PA contra 18:00-21:00, $5.00 Smager's Dinner Theater, 3400 St Lawrence Ave Rte 562 West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Strings on Wings Todd Clewell 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Princeton Christmas Cotillion 19:00-22:00 Princeton Winter Cotillion, 20:00 The Avant Gardeners Laura Light George Paul Dave Wiesler Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd Houston, TX Holiday Ball Decorate 18:00 Newcomers 19:30 w/Joseph Pimentel Dance 20:00-23:00 Perfect 5th CPC, dress-up encouraged |
MONDAY December 14 Feast Day of Saint Spyridon (Greece, Corfu) Alabama Admission Day, 1819, #22 Death of Iman Ja'far Sadeq Day (Iran) Chanukah: 4 Candles SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY December 15 Bill of Rights Day, 1791 (US) Zamenhof Day Esperanto League for North America 1859 Kingdom Day/ Statute Day Netherlands Antilles, 1954 Chanukah: 5 Candles Potomac Pedalers: Executive Commit- tee meeting 19:00 Mid-Atlantic Off- Road Enthusiasts (MORE) meeting 19:00, REI, Rhode Island Ave College Park, MD (Greenbelt Metro) Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY December 16 Boston Tea Party 1773 Day of Reconciliation Dingaan's Day 1838 (1910-1951), Day of the Covenant (1952-1979), Day of the Vow (1979-1993) Foretrekkers' Day (South Africa) Nepal Constitution Day 1962 Bangladesh Victory Day, 1971 Chanukah: 6 Candles Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Trans- portation Commis- sion Meeting 19:30 County Board Room BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY December 17 Independence Day Columbia, 1819 (Spain) Bolivar Day (Venezuela, 1830) National Day (Bhutan) Wright Brothers Day, 1903 Pan American Aviation Day Dec 17 - Jan 2 Dnomla Friday Morning Music Club chamber concerts 12:00-13:00, Free Ellipse Arts Ctr Arlington 703-228-7710 Noblis Wideband Cluster Group mtg 12:00-13:00, H5367 Rosh Chodesh Tevet Chanukah: 7 Candles SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Fredericksburg, VA contra dance De Laura Padovan w/ Steve Hickman & Laura Lengnick workshop 19:30 20:00-22:30, $6/5 Picker's Supply 902 Caroline St Philly contra TBA w/ SPUDS (Summit Pick-Up Dance Society) workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY December 18 Fiesta of the Virgin of the Lonely Oaxaca, Mexico muleteers, sailors New Jersey Admission Day 1787, #3 Niger Republic Day US Atlas satellite, 1958 Rosh Chodesh Tevet Chanukah: 8 Candles Yorktown HS Linux User Group (YHSLUG) meeting 19:00, 5201 N 28th St Albemarle County CDSS contra beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Municipal Arts Center, 5th St Charlottesville Carolina Song and Dance Association contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $6 Estes Elementary School Gym 500 Estes Drive (at Caswell Rd) Chapel Hill, NC 919-967-9948 Buz Lloyd contra instruction 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Century Center 100 N Greensboro St, (Weaver/Main) Carrboro, NC Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY Friday-Night Contra Dancing TBA caller w/ The Morrison Brothers Owen, acoustic & electric guitars; Will, percussion; Jim, fiddle, guitar 20:30-23:30, $9 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY December 19 Kayin hnithiku Karen New Year (Myanmar) Sveti Nikola Fest of St Nicolas (Serbia/Slavas) Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's Birthday Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 Chanukah: 8th Day Bluemont Concert Series Oldtime Country Dance contra 20:00, $10/$7.00 (workshop 19:30) Skating Rink Purcellville, VA Annapolis Contra Dance 19:00-22:00 beginners 18:30 $10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 Du Bois Rd, Annapolis, MD Crab Contras 20:00-23:00, $7.50 Whatley Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Academy Sts, Cambridge, MD 410-883-3140 Blacksburg Contra Rob Harper beginners 19:30 20:00, $8.00 (free after22:00) YMCA Dance Room Blacksburg, VA TRAditional Dance In Norfolk contra beginners 19:00 20:00, $6.00 Royster Presby- terian Church 6901 Newport Ave 7600 Newport Ave? contra: Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance, 20:00: workshop 19:30 Margaret Brent MS Helen, MD, $6 Lancaster contra The Metrognomes McGregor Yatse- vitch, fiddle, mandolin; Mark Vidor, piano; Bob Garber, clarinet, pennywhistle workshop 19:15 20:00-23:00, $8/$5 Saint John's Episcopal Church 321 West Chestnut Lancaster, PA info: 717-431-7417 Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside contra: The Folk Project Swingin' Tern workshop 19:30 dance 20:00, $10 $5 students 1st Presbyterian, 14 Hanover Road East Hanover, NJ Contra Dance Toss The Possum (Laura Zisette, Chas Zisette, Jane Zisette, Rob Zisette) no beginner class dance 19:00-22:00 Holiday Party/Jam to follow dance $7/$5/$4, Historic Jonesborough, TN Visitors Center 117 Boone St Louisville Country Dancers contra: 20:00-23:00, $6.00 Church of the Advent, Baxter & Baker & Cherokee FSGW Concert 20:00 Washington Ethical Society (NW, DC) $10 (FSGW Free) English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ recorded music 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-437-3615 AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Tucson Friends of Traditional Music contra open band? instruction 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 $7 ($6 TFTM) First United Methodist Church, 915 E 4th St Tucson, AZ info 520-293-3783 |
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SUNDAY December 20 Louisiana Territory, 1803 Fourth Sunday of Advent We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO Sunday Waltzing $8, workshop 15:00-15:30 dance 15:30-18:00 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance The Morrison Brothers 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA |
MONDAY December 21 Feast Day of Saint Thomas the Apostle the East Indies, India, Architects, builders Forefather's Day Plymouth MA, 1620 Independence Day Nepal, 1923 Winter Solstice 17:47 UTC 12:47 EST December 21-22 Winter Solstice Yule (Norse) Celtic mid-winter southern hemisphere Litha, summer solstice SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY December 22 Feast Day of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini immigrants, hospital administrators Day of National Mourning, Mexico 1815, Jose Maria Morelos International Arbor Day English Country Dancing(No Va CDSS) Barbara Harding w/ local musicians 19:45-22:00, $3.00 Harding Hall 730 Jackson St Herndon, VA 703-471-0629 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY December 23 Victory Day (Egypt) Tenno tanjobi Emperor Akihito's Birthday, 1933 (Japan) Festivus (Seinfeld) Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St Arlington Commis- sion for the Arts Mtg 19:30-21:30 Conf Rm B, CHP 703-228-6960 BFMS contra $7/$10 workshop 19:00 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY December 24 Independence Day Libya, 1951 Sovereignty Day/ Independence Day Laos, 1954 Christmas Eve Nochebuena (Argentina) Julafton (Sweden) Jouluaatto (Finland) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside City of Durham, NC round/line/square contra dance 19:30-22:30, $5.00 Civic Center Armory 220 Foster St 919-286-9275 Sun Assembly ECD w/ live music 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 |
FRIDAY December 25 Christmas Day (Noblis Holiday) Navidad (Spain) Noël (France) Hkarissamat nei (Myanmar) Hari Krismas / Hari Natal (Singapore) Joulupäivä (Finland) Araw ng Pasko (Philippines) Día de Navidad (Argentina) Weihnachtstag (Germany) Ziemassvetki (Latvia) Juledag (Norway) Seongtanjeol (South Korea) Juldagen (Sweden) Kurisumasu(Japan) Taiwan Constitution Day 1946 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam (Pakistan) Bath of Christmas (Haiti/Vodou) Decemberween (Homestar Runner, 55 days after Halloween) DC Bicycle Courier Assoc solidarity ride, 18:15 Dupont Circle Locust Lane Contra workshop 19:30 dance 20:00-23:00 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church 5501 Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA $9 Tompkins County Country Dances contra $5.00, 20:00-23:00 Bethel Grove Community Center 1825 Slaterville Road, Route 79 Ithaca, NY NO Friday-Night Contra Dancing Glen Echo Park |
SATURDAY December 26 Kwanzaa: Umoja (Unity) Proclamation Day (South Australia) National Day of Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands) Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) Day of Goodwill (South Africa) Feast Day of Saint Stephen Hungary, stonecutters; 1st Christian martyr Second day of Christmas (Germany, Poland, Bulgaria) Andre Juledag (Norway) Annandag Jul (Sweden) Ziemassvetki (Latvia) Lendemain de Noël Boxing Day (UK) 38 Dakota Sioux Indians hanged Mankato, MN, 1862 Arlington Farmer's Market, 14th St @ N Courthouse Rd 08:00-12:00 703-228-6423 December 26-31 7th annual Contradancers Delight Holiday Beth Molaro & Nils Fredland w/ The Contrarians Elftones, and Land of Sky Lakeview Resort Morgantown, WV Dec 26 - Jan 1 Brasstown Winter Dance Week John C. Campbell Folk School 1 Folk School Rd Brasstown, NC Northern VA Hammer Dulcimer Players 13:30-16:30 Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library 7584 Leesburg Pk Falls Church, VA Valley Contra Dance tba w/ Cantabile Dance 19:30-22:30 $9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu Unitarian Univer- salist Church of the Lehigh Valley Center & Wall Sts Bethlehem, PA Bring soft-soled shoes and goodies to share. Mid-Maryland Folk Arts Council Contra Dance workshop 19:00 dance 20:00-23:00 $9/$5/$4, former Seventh Day School Adventist Drive Frederick, MD NO DANCE TADAMS Contra Lewis Ginter Ctr Richmond, VA 804-359-0497 contra: Princeton Country Dancers, 20:00 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ Charlotte Dance Gypsies contra potluck 18:30 beginners 19:30 20:00-23:00, $7 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Bob 704-366-1215 Roanoke Contra NO DANCE Roanoke, VA 540-314-5306 540-793-1574 English Country Dancing (MWCDSS) (newcomers 20:00) Barbara Harding w/ Peascods Gathering $5, 20:15-22:45 Sligo Middle Sch 1401 Dennis Ave Silver Spring, MD AA LAMBDA 20:30-21:30 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr |
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SUNDAY December 27 Kwanzaa: Kujichagulia (Self Determination) Proclamation of the Socialistic Constitution (North Korea) Feast Day of Saint John Independence Day Indonesia, 1949 December 27-31 Terpsichore's Holiday contra Notorious Roanoke, WV We Agnostics 11:00, 3 South Conference Room George Washington Univ Hospital Washington, DC Foggy Bottom METRO FSGW Community Dance -- talent 15:00-16:00 dance 16:00-17:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park Asara B'Tevet Stone Valley Folk Group Contra Dance music by Anon (beginners 18:00) $5, 18:30-21:30 The Skatery, Rt 225, Pillow, PA West Garden Court concert National Gallery of Art 6th &Constitution NW, 18:30, Free open 18:30 no late entry FSGW Contra Dance Adam Hurt 19:00 intro 19:30-22:30 Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park $12 ($9 members) Contra Corners workshop 18:00, dance 18:30-21:30 Community Center Greenwood, VA, $8 Fluvanna Contra (workshop 18:00) 18:30-21:30, $6/$3 Carysbrook Gym, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union, VA Triangle Country Dancers contra instruction 19:30 $9/$7, 20:00-23:00 Pleasant Green Community Center Pleasant Green Community Rd near Cole Mill Rd |
MONDAY December 28 Kwanzaa: Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) Holy Innocents' Day/Childermas western churches Iowa Admission Day, 1846, #29 King Birendra's Birthday (Nepal) SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Unitarian Univer- salist Church of Arlington, VA 4444 Arlington Blvd (Rt. 50) @ George Mason Dr Charlotte Country Dancers contra beginners 19:30 20:00-22:00, $5 St Andrew's Episcopal Church 3601 Central Ave (near Eastway Dr) Charlotte, NC Louisville Country Dancers contra local callers volunteer band 20:00-22:30, $3.00 /$3.50, St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233Woodbourne Ave Chain Bridge AFG Al-Anon 20:30, St Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N Glebe Rd, (@ Tazewell St) Arlington, VA |
TUESDAY December 29 Kwanzaa: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) Feast Day of Saint Thomas of Canterbury Holy Innocents' Day/Childermas eastern churches Texas Admission Day, 1845, #28 Taylor Made Squares 20:00-21:30, Free Long Branch Community Center Piney Branch Rd Silver Spring, MD Fiddle & Bow contra $7/$5, 20:00-22:00 Vintage Theatre 7 Vintage Ave, Winston-Salem, NC We Agnostics 20:15, Unity Club 116-B W Broad St Falls Church, VA |
WEDNESDAY December 30 Kwanzaa: Nia (Purpose) Iman Reza Birthday (Iran) Araw ng Kabayanihan ni (Rizal Day) martyrdom of Dr. José Rizal Philippines, 1896 Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (1977) by pope Paul VI Garden of Lights Winter Garden Walk Sligo Creek Hedge School Teen Week Karen Ashbrook Concert 18:30-20:00 reception area Brookside Gardens 1800 Glen Allen Ave, Wheaton, MD $15 per car Cash Ad Hoc Singers 19:30, Arlington Forest Methodist Church, Rt 50 at Henderson St BFMS contra $7/$10 dance 19:30-22:30 Lovely Lane United Methodist Church 2200 St Paul St Baltimore, MD contra: Princeton Country Dancers, $7.00 workshop 19:40 dance 20:00-22:30 Suzanne Paterson Center, Borough Hall, Monument Dr Princeton, NJ FSGW English Country Dance 19:30-22:30, $7/$9 Glen Echo Town Hall |
THURSDAY December 31 Kwanzaa: Kuumba (Creativity) Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) Saint Sylvester's Day, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium Fin de Año Szilveszter (Hungary) Evacuation Day Lebanon, 1946 (French) World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan) Hogmanay (Scotland) Noche de Pedimento (Wishing Night) (Mitla, Oaxaca) Omisoka Day, Japan stocktaking, payment of debts Medya Noche (Philippines) Watch Night/New Year's evening Nyårsafton (Sweden) Vecais Gads (Latvia) Partial Lunar Eclipse SMART Recovery 18:30-20:00 Room 141, Alexandria Community Shelter and Substance Abuse Services Center (ACSSAS) 2355 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA near Eisenhower Ave METRO DC Security Geeks 19:30-21:30 Va Tech Grad Ctr Falls Church, VA We Agnostics 19:30, smoking! The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St (@ Wisc Ave) Bethesda, MD FSGW NYE ECD New Years Eve English Dance 19:00-01:00 Adelphi Mill Adelphi, MD New Year's Eve TADAMS Contra Floorplay Paul Rosen, fiddle, mandolin; Rya Martin, piano; Aaron Lamb, perscussion Lewis Ginter Ctr 3421 Hawthorne Ave @ Walton, Richmond 804-359-0497 Delaware Valley Branch RSCDS Hogmanay Ball Thistle House Dave Wiesler and TBA Philly contra workshop 19:30 20:00-23:00, $8 Glenside Memorial Hall, Waverly & Keswick, Glenside Sun Assembly ECD 19:30-21:30, $4.00 Duke School for Children, 1516 Hull St, Durham, NC 919-683-9672 members of Wild Asparagus and friends -- New Year's Eve dance Guiding Star Grange Greenfield, MA |
FRIDAY January 1 |
SATURDAY January 2 |
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