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Old-Time Dance with Boys of the Hock, David Mould calling!

Location/County: Charleston, Kanawha
October 20, 2018

NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR! THE BAKERY, 1007 BIGLEY AVE! (Elk City, west side, Charleston, WV). more info on band/caller below. October 20, 6:45 PM to 10:00 PM.

Admission with your donation of at least $7. Children under 13 free

FOOTMAD dances may include: contras, squares, mixers, waltzes, and more

Beginners welcome: come 6:45 pm for basics workshop!

Live bands! TBA. All dances will be taught by the caller—no fancy footwork “If you can walk, you can contra dance”

Partner not required, everyone encouraged to change partners frequently

Soft-soled shoes please!

Casual dress

more info about our dance: http://footmad-contradance.weebly.com/

The Boys of the Hock, based in Athens, Ohio, have been delighting audiences for more than 20 years with their lively jigs and reels and stately hornpipes. With Lynn Shaw on fiddle, Sean O’Malley on flute and penny whistle, Rusty Smith on guitar, and Ed Newman on hammered dulcimer, the Boys are a firm favorite at contra and Ceilidh dances in the region, and have played for dances in Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland as well as at the Dublin, Ohio, Irish festival. Videos—dance at Dublin festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Fl2v3LAHY

Studio session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAeKBUlIAQ

Caller David Mould sincerely believed he was dance-lexic until he learned contra dance at the August Heritage Arts Workshop 35 years ago. He has been dancing ever since and calling dances, mostly in Ohio and West Virginia, for the last 15 years.