High Tea 2024
Aug 30-Sep 1 (Labor Day Weekend)
David Millstone started contra dancing with Dudley Laufman in the early 1970s and has been calling dances for more than forty years. His monthly dance (1980–2015) was with the band “Northern Spy” in Norwich, Vermont, making this one of the longest series in New England. With an American repertoire ranging from traditional New England chestnuts to high-energy recent compositions, he calls contras, squares, and interesting dances in odd formations. He is also an experienced caller of English country dances. He’s been on staff at dance weekends, festivals and weeklong camps from Alaska and Hawaii, Maine to Florida. He is known for his clear and supportive teaching style, the breadth of his repertoire, his sense of humor, and his ability to pick dances that offer the right level of challenge for all audiences.
David has called throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in nine countries in Europe. He has made six calling tours of Denmark, leading a daylong callers’ class there, and he has led dance tours to Prague and the Czech Republic on nine occasions.
Band: Ragged Robin
- Aileen Murphy
- Martha Edwards
- Bill Boyer, piano
Location: The Monday Club
Schedule
- Friday, August 30, 2024 at the Monday Club
- 7:30 – 10:30 pm – English Country Dance with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- Saturday, August 31, 2024 at the Monday Club
- 10 am – Noon – English Workshop with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- Noon – 2:00 pm – Lunch on your own
- 2:00 – 4:00 pm – English Workshop with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- 4:00 – 7:30 pm – Nap, Dinner on your own, Dress
- 7:30 – 10:30 pm – English Country Dance Ball (dressy attire) with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- Sunday Afternoon, September 1, 2024 at the Monday Club
- 1:30 – 3:30 pm – Farewell English Dance at the Monday Club with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- Sunday Evening, September 1, 2024 at the Monday Club
- 7:00 – 9:30 pm – Contra dance with David Millstone and Ragged Robin
- Even though this dance is not a part of the High Tea Dance weekend, there’s a tradition that many weekend attendees also enjoy contra dancing, so they stay for our contra dance and have a blast.
- Admission $10 at the door. Cash, check, Venmo, and PayPal accepted.
Masks are suggested, but now optional at the Monday Club.
KN-95 or Surgical Masks are still required at Focal Point
If you don't have your own mask, they are available for free (donations accepted) at check-in
Link to current StL County covid rates.
Special covid notice for this weekend, only (so far):
If proof of vaccination is not available for any reason, a Negative COVID test taken on Friday, August 30th, 2024 will suffice.. A time stamped photo of the test result will be accepted, or you can test immediately prior to entering the dance.
Partial registration is now available at the door.
- Evening dances, $35 each (Friday Welcome and Saturday Ball)
- Day workshops and Farewell Dance, $20 each.
Registration is Full! Each session is limited to 50 attendees.
Pricing:
- Before August 1st, $110
- During August and at the door: $120
