Diane Silver Calling for contra, square and other set dancing; couples dance and other social dances. I can't believe this much fun is legal! | ||||||||||
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Schedule - 2019Please scroll down for my current schedule, with links to the dances, when available, so you can get driving directions. And here are links to my calling history -- past local dances, tours, dance weekends, workshops, and other events where I've called and taught: Overview of Dance Weekends and Festivals,workshops and other supporting events Full Schedules:
If you're just dying to know the details for dances from 1999, when I started calling, to Fall 2003, when this website was launched, feel free to e-mail your inquiry. |
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(musicians, come on out and play!) |
Asheville, NC |
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(couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
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Asheville, NC |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance 8:00-11:00 pm |
Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance |
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Dance 7:30 |
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Dance 4:00-7:00 pm |
Gainesville Old-Time Dance Society (GODS) |
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516 NE 2nd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance 8:00 - 11:00 |
Old Farmer's Ball |
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Contra Dance Weekend |
(a blend of Great Bear and Free Raisins) & Toss the Possum, with Will Mentor also calling |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance Weekend |
(Dave Langford, Glen Loper, Bethany Waickman) plus Jesse Milnes and Friends, with Tom Hinds also calling |
(20 minutes from Annapolis and less than an hour from DC and Baltimore). |
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Dance 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
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Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance 7:30 - 10:30 |
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plus many other bands and callers |
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Contra Dance Weekend |
with Kathy Anderson also calling |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan Guest Caller TBA |
Asheville, NC |
June 16-22, 2019 |
evening dances 7:00-9:00 p.m. |
John C. Campbell Folk School |
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Brasstown, NC |
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(pre-dance for the National Square Dance Convention |
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in the Renaissance Waverly Hotel at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. |
June 29, 2019 |
Dance 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. |
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Franklin, NC |
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Contra Dance Weekend |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Folk Festival "A week-long seaside celebration of music, dance and song, since 1955." |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan Guest Caller TBA |
Asheville, NC |
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Folk Week |
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Festival |
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September 6, 2019 |
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Celo, NC |
September 7, 2019 |
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Clogging Demonstration with the Green Grass Cloggers |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
September 21, 2019 |
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Clogging Demonstration with the Green Grass Cloggers |
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September 28, 2019 |
Dance Tent |
(International Bluegrass Music Assoc.) Clogging Performance with the Green Grass Cloggers |
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The festival takes over downtown! See website for details. |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance 8:00 - 11:00 |
Old Farmer's Ball |
(Community Band) |
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8:00 - 11:00 p.m.Dance |
River Falls |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |
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Dance 8:00 - 11:00 |
Old Farmer's Ball |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. (couples' dancing warm-up: 6:45) |
+ Roots Contra |
Open Band, lead by Pearl Shirley (musicians, come on out and play!) Roots Contra: Laura Lengnick & Karen Gaughan |
Asheville, NC |