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If you're a dance gypsy, you know that traveling to a dance weekend is one of the best ways to hear the country’s top bands, meet dancers from a dozen states, enjoy some of the best callers, learn some new moves, and have fun with your St. Louis dance friends.

If this list isn't sufficient for you, try Ted Crane's Dance Database. There, you will find about 32,000 events around the country.

You can find St. Louis Dance Gypsies at these weekends:

May 18-20, 2012  Huntsville, AL - Blue Moon

Perpetual eMotion, Waxwing, Diane Silver, Erin Maguire
430 mi (~8 hours)

May 19, 2012 Louisville, KY — Dancetravaganza   (Full day of contra & waltz)   Print a Flyer
Hotpoint, Changeling, Cis Hinkle, Susan Kevra
240 mi (~4 hours)

May 25-28, 2012 St. Louis, MO — Kimmswick Dance Weekend
many bands, open calling
50 miles (~1 hour) 

May 25-28, 2012 Atlanta, GA - Catapult! The National Contra Showcase          Print a Flyer
7 new bands & 6 rising star callers
575 miles (~10 hours)

Jun 8-10, 2012 Lexington, KY — Dance Trance          Print a Flyer
Perpetual e-Motion, Gaye Fifer, Will Mentor 
350 miles (~6 hours)

Jun 29-Jul 1, 2012 Delafield, WI — IndepenDance Daze 
Groovemongers, Mean Lids, Gaye Fifer, Bob Green
380 miles ( ~6.5 hours)

Jul 13-15, 2012 Coshocton, OH — River Rendezvous 
Latter Day Lizards, Montage, Cis Hinkle, Gaye Fifer, Carol Kopp
500 miles (~10 hours)

Jul 15-21, 2012 Cumberland, KY — Dance Camp
Intergenerational Dance Week
400 miles (~7 hours)

Aug 24-26, 2012 Bloomington, IN — Sugar Hill     Print a flyer
open band, open calling
240 miles (~4.5 hours)

Aug 31-Sep 2, 2012 St Louis, MO — High Tea & Sarsaparilla, (formerly High Tea & Whiskey) English/American weekend
Heartland Assembly (Pamela Carson Stoll, Martha Edwards, Patrice Pakiz), Adina Gordon
0 miles (~0 hours)

Sep 14-16, 2012 Dodgeville, WI - Squirrel Moon
TBA
395 miles (~7.5 hours)

Oct 19-21, 2012 Springfield, MO - Solefest
TBA
200 mi (~3.5 hours)

Oct 26-28, 2012 Nashville, TN — Music City Masquerade
Crowfoot, Carol Ormand
320 miles (~6 hours)

Oct 26-28, 2012  Indianapolis, IN - Gypsy Moon Ball
TBA
260 miles (~4.5 hours)

Nov 16-18, 2012 Louisville, KY - Fleur de Lis Fling
Elixir, TBA
275 miles (~5 hours)

Nov 30-Dec 2, 2012 Columbus, OH - Winter Warm Up
TBA
440 miles (~7-8 hrs)

 

 

Mar 25-27, 2011 Nashville, TN - Playford Ball, English Country Dance weekend
music & calling: Goldcrest, Gene Murrow
320 miles (~6 hours)

Nov 4-6, 2011 Fairfield, IA — Bare Necessities English Country Dance Weekend
music & calling: Bare Necessities, Joanna Reiner
260 miles (~4.5 hours)

Nov 11-13, 2011 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Dance Weekend
music & calling: Crowfoot and Red Mountain White Trash  
570 miles (~10 hours)

Nov 18-20, 2011 Lawrence, KS — Pilgrim's Progression
music & calling: the Grouchy Geezers, Seth Tepfer
280 miles (~5 hours)

January 6-8, 2012 Champaign-Urbana, IL Chambana JanJam
music & calling: The Cosmic Otters, Coffee Zombies, Euphor, Roger Diggle, Jo Mortland
190 miles (~3.5 hours)

Feb 10-12, 2012 Champaign-Urbana, IL Febfest
Chicory, Ragged Robin, Ron Buchanan, Allison Thompson
190 miles (~3.5 hours)

Feb 17-19, 2012 Lawrence, KS — Midwinter Meltdown Print a Flyer
Peghead, Fox on the Run, Round Robbins, Various Callers
280 miles (~5 hours)

Feb 17-19, 2012 Knoxville, TN — Cabin Fever
Elixir, The Great Bear Trio, Nils Fredland
495 miles (~8-9 hours)

Feb 24-26, 2012 Ann Arbor, MI — Dawn Dance Weekend
KGB, Earl Gaddis, Debbie Jackson, Jeremy Korr, Joanna Reiner  
525 miles (~9 hours)

Feb 24-26, 2012 Cape Girardeau, MO - Chance Dance
Euphor, Big Limber String Band, Side Street Steppers, Open calling
120 miles  (~2 hours)

Mar 16-18, 2012 Memphis, TN — Memfest
The Syncopaths, Ken Gall
280 miles (~5 hours)

Mar 23-25, 2012 Cincinnati, OH — Pig Town Fling Print a Flyer
The Great Bear Trio,  Coffee Zombies, Seth Tepfer, Frank Buschelmann
370 miles (~6 hours)

March 23-25, 2012 Austin, TX - Set for Spring English Country Dance
Foxfire, the Rolling Scones (Martha Edwards and Kendall Rogers), Scott Higgs
800 miles (~14 hours)

Mar 30- Apr 1, 2012 Columbia, MO — Spring Breakdown Print a Flyer
Groovemongers, Cis Hinkle
120 miles (~2 hours)

Mar 30-Apr 1, 2012  Bloomington, IN — Mad Robin Romp
U4, Coffee Zombies, Dugan Murphy 
260 miles (~5 hours)

Apr 6-7, 2012 Chicago IL — UChicago Dance Weekend
Perpetual e-Motion, Kim Roberts
300 miles (~5 hours)

Apr 13-15, 2012 Oberlin, OH — Dandelion Romp Print a Flyer
The Clayfoot Strutters, Blue Ribbon Dance Band, Gallimaufry, Gaye Fifer, Steve Zakon-Anderson
550 miles (~9 hours)