English Country Dancing at Fermilab
This page is no longer being updated.
Join the Google group email list (by emaling ChicagolandECD@gmail.com)
or check the Facebook group for further information on current events.
English country dancing at the Fermilab location is suspended indefinitely.
When the local group restarts it will be at a new venue.
Fermilab has decided to cancel all public events because of
concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Their policy is on this website: https://eshq.fnal.gov/covid19
This group is part of the Chicagoland English Country Dancers
an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society
See
our website at ChicagolandECD.org for further and more up to date
information
!
English country dancing meets at Kuhn Village Barn at Fermilab Sunday
afternoons, generally, once per month, year round. And as we now enter our
second decade, we are adding occasional Monday evenings when feasible.
English country dancing is an accessible sort of set dancing done to beautiful
music - something for all ages and energy levels.
All the dances are taught and walked through. Everyone is welcome. No previous
experience or partners are needed. (Children must be able to follow
instructions and dance independently of their parents or siblings.)
Sunday dancing starts at 2 p.m. for all, with a session for more advanced
dancers at 1 p.m., and continues to about 5 p.m. Newcomers should join us
for basic instruction around 2 p.m. Contributions of snacks for the break are
always welcome.
Monday dancing starts at 7:30 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. Newcomers should join us for basic instruction in the early part of the evening.
There you will find information about other area groups, special events, photos, and further links
Dancing
at Fermilab is called by Tammy Bretscher
and Mady Newfield with occasional
visits from other callers
Special Events
>>>>Postponed to 2022<<<<
Harvest
Moon Dance Weekend at the Baker Center in St. Charles, IL, with Karen Axelrod and Shira Kammen as
musicians, and Beverly Francis, caller.
Click here for the current flyer for the regular dance seriesDances done at Fermilab
Music for dancing is provided either by excellent recordings or by the fine playing of Old Fezziwig's Band. If you are interested in joining these musicians and playing for English dancing, please contact us (see link to 'folkdance' below).
We dance in Kuhn Village Barn, located on the east side of the Fermilab site. It is visible to the north when you stop at the first stop sign inside the east gate of the lab, in the Village (see directions below). Parking is available just north of the barn, or across the street.
***If weather causes cancellation, an email will be sent by noon that day. Notice will NOT necessarily be placed here on the website, but join the email list, check the Fermilab calendar or check by contacting us: see below.
Please feel free to call or email to verify meeting time and date: Mady Newfield 630-584-0825 or Tammy Bretscher 847-508-5586
OTHER ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING IN THE CHICAGO AREA
Oak Park English Country Dancing
Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park, 7 to 10 p.m.
$10 /$5 youth and seniors
Dancing in Oak Park is called by Tammy Bretscher and Mady Newfield and usually meets the third Monday evening of the month
Evanston English Country Dancing
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Chandler-Newberger
Center, 1028 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
$5 / $3 students
Dancing in Evanston is called by the Evanston ECD
community and meets Wednesday evenings once a month
Directions to the
Barn on the Fermilab site
For detailed instructions showing how to find the Kuhn Barn at Fermilab, click on To the Barn
From the
East
To come to the Barn, take I-88 to the Route 59 exit.
Exit and turn right, going north on Rt. 59. Go to Batavia Road (the 4th light)
and turn left. Enter Fermilab through the gate and
proceed to the first stop sign at Sauk Blvd. Turn right. The Barn is the second
building on your right. There is a parking lot just beyond it to the north. Go
up the ramp to enter.
Alternatively, take North Avenue, Route 64, west to
Route 59. Go south on Rt. 59, passing through West Chicago, until you arrive at
the intersection with Batavia Road (the next light after Mack Road), in
Warrenville. Turn right on Batavia Road and proceed as above.
From the
West
Exit I-88 at Farnsworth Av. which becomes Kirk Rd. Go
north, passing the outlet mall, and crossing Butterfield Road, past several
stoplights, to the entrance to Fermilab at Pine St.
Turn right and enter the lab. Drive east across the main road, passing stop
signs by the high-rise, another stop sign by the CDF buildings, a blinking red light at Eola Road,
and continue on to the next stop sign by the houses of the "Village".
(If you go too far, you'll get to the East gate to the lab at Batavia Road.)
Turn left at this stop sign to go north on Sauk Blvd., and the Barn is the 2nd
building on your right. There is a parking lot just beyond it to the north. Go
up the ramp to enter. Alternatively, take Route 64 (=North Avenue) or Route 38
(=Roosevelt Road) to Kirk Road and go south to Pine St, which is one light
south of Wilson St., or 3 lights south of the intersection of Fabyan Parkway and Kirk Road. Turn left at Pine St to enter
Fermilab and proceed as above.
If
you have questions, please feel free to contact us (see below).
More Dancing at Fermilab
:
International Folk Dancing
Welsh Dance Performing Group - Y Ddraig Goch Welsh Dancers
Silk and Thistle Scottish Country Dancing
Fermilab Folk Club Barn Dances
More Information ?
If you would like to be added to the email contact list to receive reminders of the next dance,
or to get more information send E-Mail to: chicagolandecd@gmail.com
or call Mady Newfield at (630) 584-0825 or (630) 251-0811 (cell)
This information was updated April 20, 2021 (M. Newfield)