URBANA COUNTRY DANCERS

SPRING 2008 SCHEDULE

We generally dance on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month (with occasional Saturday dances). All dances run from 8 to 11 P.M. unless otherwise noted. Most dances are at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, Urbana. A $5.00 donation is requested for most dances. A higher contribution may be requested for special events.

Key to the location codes

MONTH DAY BAND(S) CALLER(S) LOC
January 2008
January Friday 4 &
Saturday 5
20th Annual Chambana Jan Jam

Changeling
Deborah and Karl Clark Colon

Little Egypt Pep-Steppers
Chirps Smith, Jim Nelson, Andy Gribble and Robert Freeman

U4
Tom and Matt Turino, Michael Shapiro & Michael Valliant
Jerome Grisanti
(Northwestern Missouri)

Darlene Underwood
(Cincinnati)
PRC
January Friday 18 Big Bluestem
Kathleen Everingham, Rebecca Grosser, Jose Agusti, Tom D’Avello, Drew Phillips and Todd Kinney
Bring a new dancer and receive 2 bucks off each admission!
7:30 - New Dancer Orientation
Scott Meyer PRC
February 2008
February Friday 1 Dance canceled due to snow
Oberon the Possum King
Robin Kearton, Will Hope, Randy McCabe, and Tom Faux
6:30-7:30 - Cajun Dance workshop
7-7:50 - Caller workshop
Jonathan Sivier PRC
February Friday 15 Lost Ghoul
from Chicago
It’s Hawaiian shirt night! Wear one and get a buck off admission!
7:00 - Caller workshop
Jim Hicks
(Chillicothe)
PRC
March 2008
March Saturday 1 Open Stage
6 - Potluck 7 - Family Dance 8 - Regular Dance
Deborah Hyland
(St. Louis)
CMF
March Friday 7 Bob Bovee & Gail Heil
(Spring Grove, MN)
7:00 - Caller workshop
Roger Diggle
(Madison, WI)
PRC
March Friday 14 -
Sunday 16
English & American (and more!) Dance Weekend
Music by: Pigtown Alley
(Cincinnati)
Scott Higgs
(Philadelphia)
IUB
April 2008
April Friday 4 Chicory
Martha Edwards, Ben Schreiber, and Michael Shapiro from St. Louis, Elsah and Urbana.
7:30 - New Dancer Orientation
JoAnn Koppany
(San Diego)
PRC
April Friday 18 Too Old To Be Controlled
(Bloomington-Normal area)
Claudia and Gary Kaufman and Dave Kuntz
7:00 - Caller workshop
Bill Sudkamp
(Chicago)
PRC
April Saturday 19 Waltz Evening
Band: The Flatland Consort
Waltz Workshop: 7 p.m.
Dancing: 8-11 p.m.
Jonathan Sivier PRC
May 2008
May Friday 2 Flyover Zone and Friends
Local musicians Ben Smith, Brenda Koenig, Michael Shapiro with JB Faires from Charleston
Lisa Ornstein
(Chicago)
PRC

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last updated on February 13, 2008