English Country Dancing at Fermilab
Regular dancing meets at
Fermilab Sunday
afternoons once per month, year round.
This 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.)
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. We occasionally hold potluck suppers following the dance,
and contributions of snacks for the break are always welcome.
This group is part of the Chicagoland English Country Dancers
an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society
See our new website for more information!
Special Events
December 7, 2015 7 p.m.
Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park
$15 donation
Susan de Guardiola, caller
Music by Tim Macdonald, Jeremy Ward, Jonathan Whitall
for details, go to our new website at ChicagolandECD.org
November 22 – with music by Old Fezziwig's Band December 6 2016 January 10 – celebrating 10 years of English country dancing at Fermilab! February 7 February 28 April 3 April 24 Click here for the current flyer Dances done at Fermilab (including Harvest Moon Dance Weekend 2015 dances )
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 the 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
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 Monday evenings:
November 16
December 7 Special Event: Caledonian Regency Ball (see above)
December 28 Reunion request dance
January 25
March 7
March 21
Click here for the current Oak Park flyer and parking information
Dances done in Oak Park
Evanston English Country Dancing
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1509 Ridge Ave., Evanston
(at the corner with Grove Street)
8 to 10 p.m.
$5 / $3 students
Dancing in Evanston is called by Tom Senior and meets every other Wednesday evening (late August through early June)
November 4
November 18
December 2
December 16
For detailed instructions showing how to find the Kuhn Barn at Fermilab, click on To the Barn
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.
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
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: folkdance
or call Mady Newfield at (630) 584-0825 or (630) 251-0811
(cell)
This information was updated October 28, 2015 (M. Newfield)