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BACDS Spring Fever Dance Weekend
March 13 - 15, 2015

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Program and Schedule:

Our program is designed to appeal to new dancers, old hands, singers, musicians and everyone in between.  The staff will enlighten you with workshops that are really playshops, designed to challenge you to think about music, song, and dance in new ways. No matter your preference you can't help but be excited with our line-up.  Besides the schedule below, we also have detailed workshop descriptions and a index by type of session type and performer.

Teaching and Music Staff

Dance Callers and Teachers Nils Fredland, Gene Murrow, Kalia Kliban, Ric Goldman
Maivish Adam Broome, Jaige Trudel, Matthew Olwell
A Joyful Noise Barbara Greenberg, Kathy Talvitie, Daniel Beerbohm
StringFire Patti Cobb, Erik Ievins, James McQueen, Annie Rodier
"The Two Annes" Ruth Anne Fraley, Anne Bingham Goess
 
2015 Spring Fever Dance Weekend Schedule
 
  Helgesson Hall Dining Hall Hollidge Hall Programmer's Office

Friday, March 13, 2015
5:00p Registration opens      
7:30p-11:00p Evening dance
Various callers, bands,
   styles
     
11:00p   Snacks, late night singing
(informal)
   

Saturday, March 14, 2015
8:00a-8:45a  

Breakfast

   
9:00a-10:15a Contra for All
   (1st timers welcome)
Kalia, Maivish
English for All
   (1st timers welcome)
Gene, A Joyful Noise
Morning Rounds 1

Annie, Patti
 
10:30a-11:45a Contra - Elegance &
   Energy
Nils, StringFire
It Looked Easy on Paper

Kalia, Ruth Anne, Anne
Alexander Technique

Jaige
Couples Dance Slow Jam

Daniel
12:00p-1:00p  

Lunch

   
1:15p-2:30p ECD Style and Connection

Gene, Ruth Anne, Anne
How to be Everyone's
   Favorite Partner
Nils, Maivish
ECD Music Workshop

Kathy, Barbara
 
2:45p-4:00p Challenging Contras

Nils, Patti, James, Annie
Celebrating Community

Gene, Ruth Anne, Anne
Songs from the English
   Tradition
Adam
BodyRhythm

Matthew
4:15p-5:30p Goulash - a bit of
   everything
Kalia, Maivish
Couples dancing

A Joyful Noise
Harmony on the Fly

James, Annie
 
5:30p-6:00p   Singing for your Supper
(informal in alcove)
   
6:00p-7:00p  

Dinner

   
7:45p-11:00p Evening dance
Various callers, bands,
   styles
     
11:00p Snacks, late night dancing
(informal)
Snacks, late night singing
(informal)
   

Sunday, March 15, 2015
8:00a-8:45a  

Breakfast

   
9:00a-10:15a Worthwhile Challenges
Gene, A Joyful Noise
Chestnuts
Nils, Maivish
Morning Rounds 2
Annie, Patti
Contra Slow-Jam
Anne, Ruth Anne
10:30a-11:45a (Almost) No Walk-thru
   ECD
Ric, A Joyful Noise
Contra-nentil Drift

Kalia, StringFire
Fiddle Technique with
   Ease and Elegance
Jaige
 
12:00p-12:30p

Live Auction

     
12:30p-1:30p  

Lunch

   
1:30p-2:00p

Pack Up (did you start your car engine?)

2:00p-4:30p Closing Dance
All callers, bands, styles
     

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