Come enjoy our inflation-busting, donation-based dance admission. 

$5 to $20 - pay what you can

 

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Sunday, May 4 - Just for Fun  2 - 5 pm  It's a workshop and a party! New dancers are welcomed. Learn style and skill in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring dances to call and dance to, figures to work on... Contra, English, swing, squares - all are up for exploration.

 

*** Potluck, Annual Meeting and Contra Dance ***

Saturday, May 10 - Potluck - 5-6:45 pm Bring a dish to share and enjoy a meal and friendship. Potluck will be followed by our Annual Meeting. All are welcome to attend but only members of CDK are eligible to vote. We will review the past season, elect officers and entertain questions.

Saturday, May 10 - Contra and Squares 7:30 - 10:30 pm  Free skills workshop at 7pm. Tunes by Pimento Mori and calls by Carol Steiner.

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Wednesday, May 21 - English Country Dance 7:30 - 9:30 pm.  Wonderful English dances from Elizabethan to Jane Austen to Modern. Thorn Among the Roses returns to play live music and the English callers team will lead the dances.

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​NO Contra on May 24 - Memorial Day Weekend   -  
Check out Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend 

 

​​Wear comfortable clothing and smooth dance soles - and please bring water to drink.

Bringing a snack to share at break is always welcomed!

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** Click the Dance Calendar tab on the Home page to open the calendar -  then click on an event in the calendar to see full details!! ** 

All dances are held at the Oshtemo Grange, 3234 North 3rd Street (corner of 3rd St and H Ave.) Kalamazoo, MI. Park in the Grange lot, or the church across the street.

(don't block the fire station, please!)

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See updates and posts on our Facebook group:  Contra Dance Kalamazoo.

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We are a non-profit group in Kalamazoo Michigan housed in an ADA compliant historic grange hall, passionate about preserving the joy and excitement of the contra, square, and English dance traditions. Activities supported by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council & National Endowment for the Arts www.michigan.gov/arts

 

We provide beginners' instruction and live music, and we welcome everyone!

Please take a moment to browse our website and learn more about the dances and our organization.