URBANA COUNTRY DANCERS

SUMMER 2008 SCHEDULE

We are now mostly dancing on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month (with occasional Saturday dances). All dances start at 8 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. The location codes are given after the following table.

If you are going to be traveling this summer you might want to check out some of the dance groups elsewhere in the country, or some of the dance weekends this summer.

MONTH DAY BAND(S) CALLER(S) LOC
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
May Friday 16 Squirrel Troubles
Drew Phillips-fiddle, Randy McCabe-mandolin, Peter Fagan-banjo & Jose Agusti-guitar
Jonathan Sivier
Champaign
Phillips
June 2008
June Friday 6 Banjulele
Laura Sleade, Martha Tyner, Ed Hawkes & Dale Evans
Scott Meyer
Champaign
Phillips
June Saturday 7 Hangin' at the Hangar
1940's Style Community Barn Dance
with music by Big Bluestem
Fund raiser for the Chanute Air Museum
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Jonathan Sivier
Champaign
Chanute Air Museum
June Friday 20 Open Band
hosted by Kathleen E. & Jose Agusti
Gail Hintze
Forest City, IL
Anderson Barn
July 2008
July Friday 11 Lynn "Chirps" Smith, Jim Nelson and Friends
Wisconsin & St. Louis
Ruth Riegel-Lamborghini
Charleston
Phillips
July Friday 18 Oberon The Possom King
with the Bow-Dacious String Band
Family Dance 7-8 p.m.
Deborah Hyland
St. Louis
Phillips
August 2008
August Friday 15 Prairie Chicken Asylum
Matt Turino & Ben Smith
Tamara Loewenthal
Bloomington, IN
Phillips
August Friday 22 to
Sunday 24
Sugar Hill
Dance weekend near Bloominton, IN
August Saturday 30 Too Old to Be Controlled
Bloomington-Normal
6:30 - Potluck
Mark Richardson
Bloomington, IN
Phillips

Locations

LOC Code Address
AND Anderson Barn
2206 N. Brownfield Rd., Urbana, IL
IUB University of Illinois Student Union
Illini Room B
1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL
IUX University of Illinois Student Union
Rooms 314 A and B,
1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL
MCL McLean Town Hall, McLean, IL
PRC Phillips Recreation Center
505 W. Stoughton, Urbana, IL

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last updated on April 28, 2008