So Friday Night waltz isn't doing an event on Friday, February 23d?
Come out and have fun at a community dance at Humanist Hall!

Alan Winston will call and Across the Pond (Dick Bagwell, Alan Lochhead,
Jody and Colette Veahman) will play for an evening of community dancing.

The dances will be the same kind of set dance that you get at Gaskell (and
we may do Strip the Willow or Roger de Coverly, but also other easy dances
you probably haven't seen, like Nottingham Swing or Demon's Rant.)

No brainbenders, and these dances will typically run fairly short - you're not
stuck with your set for fifteen minutes.

There'll be some polkas and waltzes and schottisches interspersed, but it's
not like Gaskell with one set dance to 8 couple dances; there's lots of set
dances. Many of the dances are Victorian in origin but this is a modern day event -
wear comfortable clothes and danceable shoes.

See the flyer: www.liveavatar.com/ceilidh

The band is Across The Pond. They're deeply interested in the English
folk tradition, and will be playing tunes from the English countryside -
polkas, reels, waltzes, and a few jigs. Members of Across The Pond play for
Deer Creek Morris and Bufflehead Morris. They'll give punchy, driving tunes
that get your heart rate up.

Caller Alan Winston has 20 years of experience, and has presented classes in the
Bay Area for Friday Night Waltz, PEERS, BAERS, BACDS, NBCDS, the Free Folk Festival,
the Jane Austen Society, and many others. In 2006 he did an East Coast tour that
included leading workshops, dances, and balls in Wiliamsburg, VA, Baltimore, Princeton NJ,
New Haven, and Concord. He leads barn dances, English country dances, contra dances,
Regency dances, Early American, Early California, English sequence dances, and other
forms. Concise and good-humored, he'll teach the dances briskly and let you enjoy the
music.

Next Friday, February 23d, at Humanist Hall in Oakland, 8:00 pm.
(Keep reading for details)

Community dance (also called "barn dance" or "ceilidh") is a dance style
from Great Britain that lets you dance not just with your partner of the
moment but with an entire room of happy people. Alan Winston will lead
the dancing, with live music from the Berkeley band Across The Pond.
Comfortable waltzes and easy group dances. Beginners welcome, all dances
taught and called, casual dress -- wear comfortable shoes. You don't need
to bring a partner. Dancing accessible for children 8 years old and over.
Admission $10, $5 for students/low-income/kids. Family and group discounts
available.

When: Friday, February 23rd, 8 p.m.
What: Community Dance Party
Who: Alan Winston, performing with the band Across the Pond
Where: Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94
Info: 650-365-2913, www.liveavatar.com/ceilidh