Blacksburg Contradances
All dances are on the third Saturday at 8:00pm with a beginner lesson at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.

Admission is $7.00 until 10pm and free after that.
Children 10 and under get in for half price.

 
Date Band Caller Hall Lead
Saturday
Mar 22, 2008
Waltz Dance (6:45-7:45)
Jason Zwolak/Lynn Logan
  Graduate Life Center
Multi-Purpose Room
Mark
Saturday
Mar 22, 2008
Contra Dance (8:00-11:00)
Avant Gardners
Joy Greenwolfe Graduate Life Center
Multi-Purpose Room
Mark
Wednesday
Jun 4th, 2008
From 6:00-9:00pm
Special Contra Dance ($8): Swallowtail
George Marshall - concertina, bodhran
Ron Grosslein - fiddle, mandolin, bazouki
Tim Van Egmond - hammer dulcimer, spoons
David Cantieni - saxophone, flute, etc
George, Tim Graduate Life Center
Multi-Purpose Room
Shawn
Summer 2008
I haven't scheduled any more dances for 2008. We are waiting for the dance space at the new YMCA center to be completed (hopefully by the summer).

Other stuff

Other dancing in the area

Blacksburg square dance (1st Sat of the month)
Floyd contra dance (2nd Sat of the month)
Jonesborough, TN contra dance (1st and 3rd Sat of the month)

If you want announcements for upcoming dances, please email lattanzi at(@) twodogwaltz.com.

Directions to the Old Middle School.
Directions to Old Dominion Ballroom.


For more info or if you need a place to stay:
please contact: Mark at 540-449-6275 or email lattanzi at(@) twodogwaltz.com.

If you'd like to play or call the dance,
please contact Shawn Brenneman at sbrenneman at(@) gmail.com.


Contradance Links
What is Contradancing?
Quicktime Movie from 25-Jan-2003 Blacskburg dance (4MB)
Some Contra Dance Steps/Moves
Ted Crane's Massive Database of dances, bands, and callers.
Clickable US map of contra dances.