Calendar

Oct
27
Mon
Baba Yaga's Stew with Meg Dedolph @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Oct 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Baba Yaga’s Stew plays tonight, with Meg Dedolph calling.  Baba Yaga’s Stew is Lucia Thomas (fiddle), Dianna Davis (keyboard, accordion, clarinet) and Mehtab (percussion).

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
3
Mon
Ship of Fools with Steve Pike @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Ship of Fools – Jordan Wankoff and friends – plays for us this evening.  Special guest caller Steve Pike will feature dances written by Roger Diggle.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
9
Sun
Chirps & Friends with Meg Dedolph & Dot Kent @ Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn
Nov 9 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Nov
10
Mon
Wabi Sabi with Moose Flores @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Wabi Sabi plays for us tonight, with Moose Flores calling the dances.  Wabi Sabi is Jennifer Jeffries (fiddle), Kathy Hirsh (mandolin), Mitch Thomas (Uke) and Barry Fritz (guitar)

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
14
Fri
Birdhouse Hollow with Georges Augustin @ Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago
Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Join us for an early-evening dance in the Third Floor Theater at Ida Noyes.  Birdhouse Hollow – Qi Yang and Wren Eisenhauer – play for us, with Georges Augustin calling.

There is no entrance fee; there will be a tip jar for the caller and musicians.

The dance is from 5 – 6:30pm in the Third Floor Theater, starting with a beginner lesson.  Masks are optional.

Bonus!  A brass band is performing from 7-8pm following the contra dance event in the theater.

Nov
17
Mon
Hillbilly Diaspora with Susan Doxtator and Cristy Altamirano @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The Hillbilly Diaspora plays for us this evening, with Susan Doxtator and Cristy Altamirano calling.  The Hillbilly Diaspora are Charlie Walden (fiddle), Jennifer Jeffries (fiddle), Patt Plunket (piano) and Kathy Hirsh (mandolin).

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
24
Mon
TBA with Will Mentor @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Special guest Will Mentor calls for us this evening.  Not sure yet who’s playing.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
1
Mon
@ Thanksgiving Recovery Day
Dec 1 all-day
Dec
8
Mon
TBA with TBA @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Not sure yet who’s playing or calling tonight.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
14
Sun
TBD with Meg Dedolph & TBD @ Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn
Dec 14 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm