Prairie Hill Contra Dance Information

Delafield Contra Dance

A place to "Dance as if no one was watching"

Prairie Hill Contra Dances

"Hands Four" is the traditional call that begins every contra dance: an invitation to find a partner, join a long line of people and join hands with a neighboring couple. Small groups of four are formed all the way down the line and dancers eagerly wait for instructions. The caller announces a series of moves and the dancers walk through the dance a couple of times. When the dancers are comfortable with the sequence of moves, the band starts playing, the caller calls the figures and the dancers put it all into a fluid motion. What happens next is pure magic. For the next ten minutes, the dancers meet, separate, weave, reunite and swing. Experienced dancers will adjust to their partner or neighbor, dancing more simply with newer dancers and adding embellishments with experienced ones. At the end of it all, everyone thanks their partner, finds a new partner and lines up for another dance. Description provided by Greg Rohde, a St. Louis contra dancer. Excerpted from "Hands Four", http://www.thecommonspace.org/2002/06/games.php

Prairie Hill Contra Dances

All dances are held at the
Prairie Hill Waldorf School,
N14 W29143 Silvernail Rd, Pewaukee, WI
on the first Saturday of the month.

Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm
(teaching 7 - 8 pm)

Cost: Adults $7.00
Students $5.00
Children under 12 $5.00

Please help us protect this great floor by bringing clean shoes to change into for the dance. Street shoes should not be used for dancing.

Directions:
From the West:
-Interstate 94 east to Hwy 83 (exit 287)
-South on 83 about .2 miles to Hillside Rd (at the light)
-turn left (east) at Hillside, it winds past a movie theatre, Home Depot and Colders and becomes Silvernail Rd
-stay on Silvernail about 2.4 miles
-the school is on the right (south) just before County Rd G
-parking and entrance are in the back.

From the East:
-Interstate 94 west to SS north/Pewaukee (exit 290)
-turn left (south) at the light & cross over 94 to Silvernail
-turn right (west) on Silvernail
-stay on Silvernail about 1.2 miles
-the school is on the left (south) just after County Rd G
-parking and entrance are in the back

Schedule for 2009/2010

Feb 6
Amy McFarland and Marie Terres
Carol Ormand

Mar 6
Mike Bell and Friends
Steve Pike

April 3
Mike Bell and Friends
Roger Diggle

May 1
Band tbd
Dot Kent

June 5
Last Gaspe
Steve Pike

July 2 - 4
IndepenDance Daze
Great Bear Trio
Nils Fredland
Stringdance
Jo Mortland

We'll see you on the dance floor!

Questions or more information:
Steve or Terrie
262-560-1438
dancing-moose at juno.com