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

$5 to $20 - pay what you can   

   

Saturday, September 28 - Contras and Squares - Skills workshop at 7:00 PM   Dancing 7:30 - 10:30   Tunes by Brook Farm String Band and calls by Mike Clark.

 

Sunday, October 6 - Just for Fun - 2pm-5pm An afternoon dance party and workshop. Recorded music with various callers. Come and explore or try out dances as a new caller, and for experienced callers a chance to work out more challenging dances or review teaching a non-binary call.

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EVENT - Saturday October 12!!!!

Benefit Concert for CDK!  Invite your friends.  All are welcome - Come and enjoy lively music and background stories of American old-time tunes, dance numbers and ballads provided by two string bands. Doors open at 4:00, starts at 4:30.

The Gulf Coast Drifters, featuring Bruce Gartner on fiddle

  The Rinktum Ramblers featuring Steve Seevers on vocals

Admission by donation - $5-$20 suggested

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6:00pm - 7pm POTLUCK!!!!   Everyone is welcomed to attend - concert goers and 

those coming later to dance !  - bring a dish to share

7:30 - 10:30 - Contra & Squares - Free skills workshop 7pm;  

Tunes by Gulf Coast Drifters and calls by Dwayne Johnson. 

Admission by donation  - $5 - $20 suggested

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Wednesday, October 16 - English Country Dance - Skills workshop 7:00 PM.  Dancing  7:30 to 9:30 

Wonderful English dances from Elizabethan to Jane Austen to Modern - Music by Thorn Among the Roses, and our CDK English Callers.

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Saturday, October 26 - Contras and Squares - Skills workshop at 7:00 PM   Dancing 7:30 - 10:30   Tunes by Paul Tyler and Fred Campeau.  OPEN MIC - with various callers

  (callers contact Carol Steiner at Countrydancingkzoo@gmail.com at least 2 weeks prior to be considered for the caller roster. )

 

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

You are welcome to bring a snack to share!!!  (Please?)

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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!)

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.

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.