Friday February 7 — 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) is the umbrella group under which Cincinnati English Country Dancers and Cincinnati Contra Dance is organized. The CDSS Traveling Exec will have their semi-annual meeting in Cincinnati the weekend of Feb 7 – 9. Cincinnati was one of the five founding cities that created CDSS in 1915.
In addition to the weekly Thursday dance, we will have a special dance on Friday. Dances will be called by CDSS Board Members with music by The Ed Strelau Band. Church of Ascension & Holy Trinity at 334 Burns Avenue, Wyoming, OH 45215. Members $5, Non-Members $10 Questions? Contact Mike Self.
Doors open: 5:30
Potluck begins: 6:00 (Coordinated by Jim and Linda Coppock)
Dancing: 7:30 – 10:00
There’s actually five days fun to be had:
- Thursday Feb 6, 8p-10p, Weekly English Dance at Church of Ascension & Holy Trinity
- Saturday Feb 8, 8 – 11:30 pm Contra Dance, called by Kathy Anderson, music by SuperTrad + Brian Lindsay. Come dance with lots of friendly, happy people! Wyoming Fine Arts Center, 322 Wyoming Ave, Wyoming, OH 45215
- Sunday Feb 9, Noonish Community Meeting with CDSS, Wyoming Fine Arts Center. Share your questions and concerns with the national leadership!
- Sunday Feb 9, 4:30 pm Shape-Note Singing (aka Sacred Harp singing) and potluck supper at Community Friends Meeting, 3960 Winding Way, Cincinnati 45229 North Avondale. $2 donation requested. Plenty of Sacred Harp books will be available. Singing in a different key, very accessible to those who may not read music.
- OR Sunday Feb 9, Queen City Balladeers at Zion United Church of Christ, 2301 Indian Mound Ave, Norwood OH 45212. (No serious food generally provided here.)
