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

$5 to $20 - pay what you can (cash or check only)

 

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

 

Saturday, June 14 - Contra and Squares 7:30 - 10:30 pm  Free skills workshop at 7pm. Tunes by Scaling Mt. Airy - Open Mic night ** 

 

** If you are interested in calling in the open mic, contact Carol Steiner

@ countrydancingkzoo@gmail.com at least 2 weeks prior to the dance.

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Wednesday, June 18 - English Country Dance 7:30 - 9:30 pm.  Free skills workshop at 7pm. Wonderful English dances from Elizabethan to Jane Austen to Modern. Thorn Among the Roses playing live music and the English callers team will lead the dances.

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Saturday, June 28 - Advanced Contra & Squares - NO SKILLS WORKSHOP.

**Dancers should be able to perform dances with little or NO walkthrough; quickly orient themselves after each figure, and expect complex dance patters. 

Tunes by Pimento Mori and calls by Carol Steiner.

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​​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.