Dance With Us at the 2nd Thursday Silver Spring Contra Dance!
Don't miss the next dances!! 7:00-7:30pm Intro workshop; 7:30-10pm DANCE!
Thursday, April 12: 5th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SILVER SPRING DANCE! Brad Kolodner, Rachel Eddy, Alex Lacquement with GAYE FIFER calling
Thursday, May 10: Otter Loop (Jim Besser, Charlie Pilzer, Catherine Chapman, Julia Borland, Robin Wilson, Larry Robinson and Jim Vorhees) with SUSAN TAYLOR calling
The Second Thursday Silver Spring Dances are presented by Carpe Diem Arts, in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington and Washington Revels -- with sponsorship support from the Montgomery County Recreation Department as part of the "BE ACTIVE MONTGOMERY" initiative c/o Ike Leggett.
Video 1: GENTICORUM from Quebec: Pascal Gemme on fiddle, Yann Falquet on guitar, Alex de Grosbois-Garand on flute
Thanks to Julia Fischer!
Video 2: 5-minute documentary on Carpe Diem/FSGW Silver Spring Dance c/o Docs in Progress. April Blum calling to the music of Elke Baker, Paul Oorts, Jonathan Jensen. Features Kwame Ansah-Brew of Ghana during the dance break, teaching a Besa ("Come Dance") workshop. Filmed by Marissa Evans and Danny Fuqua.