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Date,
etc. |
Pre-Event
Lessons (or other info) |
Band |
Special event
January 3, 2016
Barnes Foundation |
Free
First Sundays at the Barnes
1:00
- 3:00: Ragtime music concert, dance demos & audience
participation
with Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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with
music by: Dave
Wiesler, Josh Burdick, Susie Lorand |
Mostly Waltz
January 31, 2016
5th Sunday
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Cross-step
Waltz with Peggy leiby & Ret Turner.
This flowing and fun style is made to order for slow tempo waltzes
that don't work well
with the traditional style. To see it in action and to whet
your appetite, check out the Richard Powers
cross-step waltz video.
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level & "Brusher-upper"with Ken Crawford & Carol Pinard |
3:30
- 6:00
Dave
Wiesler,
Barbara
Greenberg & Daniel Beerbohm
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Lessons
in Mt. Airy
Feb 3 - March 30
Allens
Lane Art Center |
swing
lessons: (East coast)
7:00 - 8:00 - basics (practice time 'til 8:15)
OR
8:15 - 9:15 - intermediate (warm-up/practice 8:00 - 8:15)
instruction by Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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Mostly Waltz
February 28, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Cross-step
Waltz with Peggy leiby & Ret Turner.
More Cross-step Waltz. This was a big hit last month hit last month at last month's lesson. To see
it in action and to whet
your appetite, check out the Richard Powers
cross-step waltz video.
And if
you have 30 seconds, here's a mixer that
has a move in it similar to the flourish we taught.
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level & brusher-upper" with Michael Van Buskirk
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3:30
- 6:00
Coracree
Allan Carr,
Bill Quern,
Jane Rothfield,
Sarah Gowan
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Mostly Waltz
March 20, 2016
3rd Sunday
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate level: Zwiefachers, a dance tune that alternates rhythm between waltz and pivot steps. For maximum fun, our band will play a few Z's during the afternoon program. With Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael VanBuskirk & Roberta Petrusky |
3:30
- 6:00
Spicy
Apples
Kirsten Erwin
Adlai Waksman
Jane Roberts
Josh Burdick |
Contrawaltz
April 1, 2016
Ottsville, PA |
Contrawaltz at Ottsville
Traditional Arts Center before an evening contra dance with the band
Raise the Roof. More details t.b.a.
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Early evening
Raise the Roof
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Lessons
in Mt. Airy
Apr 20, 27, May 4
Allens
Lane Art Center |
Tango, American Style
7:15 - 8:15 - class 1, basics
8:15 - 8:30 - warm-up/practice for all
8:30 - 9:30 - class 2, basics
instruction by Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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|
Mostly Waltz
April 24, 2016
Note location
Suzanne
Patterson Center
1 Monument Drive
Princeton, NJ |
In
Princeton, NJ
2:30
- 3:10: Basic level waltz lesson
3:10 - 3:30: Cool waltz moves
Peggy Leiby & Ret
Turner
Co-sponsored by the Princeton
Country Dancers.
Many thanks to the PCD committee! |
3:30
- 6:00
Larry
Unger, Elke Baker, & Barry Mitterhoff |
Swing Dance
May 1, 2016
|
In
Souderton, PA
7:00
- 8:00: Swing lesson
Peggy Leiby & Ret
Turner
8:00 - 10:00: Swing Dance
www.zwingli.org or 215-723-1186
$10 donation per person (includes lesson) |
7:00
-
10:00
The Royalaires, a 16-piece band |
Weekend
Workshops
May 19 - 22, 2016
Almost
Heaven |
Almost
Heaven at Camp
Ramblewood, MD -
Peggy & Ret will teach Swing, Tango, Salty Dog Rag & clogging |
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Mostly Waltz
May 29, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate Lesson - Tango (American Style) with Ret Turner & Peggy Leiby
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael VanBuskirk |
3:30
- 6:00
Bob Pasquarello, Mat Clark,
John Krumm, David Hawkins & Ross Harriss |
Mostly Waltz
June 26, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Waltz - Intermediate level
with Ret Turner & Christine Merrman 2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael VanBuskirk |
3:30
- 6:00
Toss
the Possum from VA & CA
Rob
Zisette
Bonnie Insull
Laura Zisette
|
Mostly Waltz
July 24, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Cross-step Waltz with Peggy & Ret
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level with Toni Janiec & Charlie Mellor.
& "Brusher-upper" |
3:30
- 6:00
Larry Unger, Alexander Mitchell & Paul Oorts |
Mostly Waltz
August 28, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Schottische & The Salty Dog Rag (both lots of fun to dance, they share similar footwork) with Peggy & Ret
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael VanBuskirk & Fran Bartlett |
3:30
- 6:00
Dave
Wiesler,
Barbara
Greenberg & Daniel Beerbohm |
Lessons
in Mt. Airy
Sept & Oct
(most Wednesdays)
Allens
Lane Art Center |
See our
lessons page
7:15 - 8:15 - Waltz (basics & beyond the basics)
OR
8:30 - 9:30 - Swing (basics & beyond the basics)
instruction by Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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Mostly Waltz
September 25, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate lesson: Swing with funky & fun moves, with Ret Turner & Toni Janiec
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael VanBuskirk & Debbie Ravison |
3:30
- 6:00
Terpsichore
Liz Donaldson
Elke Baker
Ralph Gordon
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Mostly Waltz
October 23
Costume Dance!
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate level waltz lesson, with Ret & Peggy
2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper", with Michael & Fran |
3:30
- 6:00
The
Gigmeisters
Dave
Wiesler,
Alexander Mitchell,
Paul Oorts,
Ralph Gordon |
Lessons
in Mt. Airy
Nov & Dec
6 Wednesdays thru Dec 14 (no class Nov 23)
Allens
Lane Art Center |
See our lessons page for details and registration
7:15 - 8:15 - Waltz (Interemediate Level)
OR
8:30 - 9:30 - Swing (Interemediate Level)
instruction by Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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Weekend
Workshops
November 11 - 13
Head
for the Hills |
Head
for the Hills Getaway Weekend, in the Poconos,
couples dance workshops, contras, english country & more,
sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers
Waltz, Schottische, Salty Dog Rag & Swing/Fox-Trot
instruction
by Peggy Leiby & Ret Turner
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Mostly Waltz
Nov. 27, 2016
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate level waltz lesson with Rick Lightbody & Carol Johnson (video), and Ret & Peggy (video) 2:45
- 3:30:
Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Michael & Fran |
3:30
- 6:00
Gaslight Tinkers from MA
Audrey Knuth (fiddle), Peter Siegel (guitar, mando), Garrett Sawyer (bass), and Joe Fitzpatrick (drums)
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Mostly Waltz
Dec. 18, 2016
3rd Sunday
Felinton Hall |
2:30
- 3:30: Intermediate level style waltz lesson with Peggy & Ret, tandem zig-zags & turns: video, and another video that shows additional flourisches that we showed but did not teach
2:45
- 3:30: Waltz lesson: basic level
& "Brusher-upper" with Maria Cramer and Christine Merryman |
3:30
- 6:00
Maivish
Adam Broome, Jaige Trudel, Matthew Olwell |