On Friday, December 4, 2009 from 8-11 PM there's an Old Stone House Fundraiser that sounds like a lot of fun:
Bring your dancing shoes and celebrate the season!
8:15 pm Contra Dance* lessons
8:45 pm Contra Dance
Live music with caller,
festive drinks and dessert
$45/person
to benefit the Old Stone House
& Washington Park
RSVP by December 2
info@theoldstonehouse.org or 718-768-3195
Look who's sponsoring:
Bar Reis, Bierkraft , Perch
Picada y Vino, Press 195 &
Trois Pommes
8:15 pm Contra Dance* lessons
8:45 pm Contra Dance
Live music with caller,
festive drinks and dessert
$45/person
to benefit the Old Stone House
& Washington Park
RSVP by December 2
info@theoldstonehouse.org or 718-768-3195
Look who's sponsoring:
Bar Reis, Bierkraft , Perch
Picada y Vino, Press 195 &
Trois Pommes
Interesting. When I’d contra dance, many, many years ago, it was de rigueur to wear the most unflattering clothes (18th century peasant-type cotton frocks, no makeup, for women, cargo pants and suspenders for men) and stare unrelentingly into your partner’s eyes while you danced. And you *had* to change partners every dance. Wonder if these morés have changed.