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English Country Dance April 2026
April 12 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
English Country Dance (ECD) with glorious live music by Sarah-Hadley Yakir & Kristen Planeaux, and cheerful calling by some of the BFS ECD callers (Maura McCampbell, Chrissy Fowler & Chris Ricciotti). Join the fun on Sunday, April 12, from 3:00 – 6:00 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 very brief intro session to welcome those who are new to ECD. [Note the 3 pm start. Come early & enjoy Molly Gawler’s Droplet Dance program 1-2 pm in the same space.]
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!)
This program is supported in part by a community grant from the Country Dance & Song Society, cdss.org.
