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English Country Dance

November 23, 2025 @ 2:00 pm 5:00 pm

Special potpourri of English Country Dance (ECD) with glorious music by Trip to Norwich (Thal Aylward & Carol Compton) and calling by Maura McCampbell & Chrissy Fowler. Join the fun on Sunday, November 23, from 2:00-5:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church, 37 Miller St in Belfast. Admission is $15-25, and includes punch & crunch. The program begins with a brief intro session, to welcome those who are new to ECD.

Experience the delightful breadth of English dance repertoire: energetic and regal, frisky and deliberate, simple figures and slightly challenging sequences. Vive la différence!  

ECD is a folk tradition similar to our local contra culture, emphasizing both participatory dancing and live music, with partners and neighbors dancing together in a set. Contemporary English dancing has gorgeously varied music and smiling people, with choreography that feels like floating (whether gliding on thermals or being propelled down a river at full spring thaw flood levels – whee!)