Brent's Calendar

SUNDAY
July 26

Bellman Day
Stockholm, Sweden

Cuban Revolution
Day, 1953

Feast Day of
Saint Anne
Canada,
housewives,
miners

Common table for
Grande Saint Anne
aka Mystere
Grande Delai and
Grande Aloumandia
(Haiti/Vodou)

Independence Day
Liberia, 1847

Independence Day
Maldives, 1965
(Britain)

New York
Ratification Day
1788, #11

Americans with
Disabilities Act
signed 1990

Hispanic Festival
Adams-Morgan, DC

Parent's Day

Avita Black Bear
100-mile Race
08:00 Grayling to
Oscoda, Michigan
3 climbs, no stops
$25 before July 1

July 26-31
Heritage Dulcimer
Camp, Heartland
Presbyterian Ctr,
Parkville, MO
mountain dulcimer
Linda Thomas,
Bonnie Carol,
Madeline MacNeil
hammered dulcimer
Janita Baker,
Joe Collins,
Rob Brereton
faculty concerts
816-891-1078

Peruvian Festival
of Arlington
11:00-18:00, FREE
Gunston MS,
2700 Lang St

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Clifftop
The Avant Gardeners

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Mostly Waltz
Green Light Karma
Dave Wiesler
15:30
Philadelphia, PA

Building Bicycle
Wheels part 2:
build a wheel
18:00-21:00+, $75
plus parts cost
Bikes @ Vienna

picnic Concerts
on the Green
18:00-20:00
Great Falls
Village Centre

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

FSGW Contra Dance
David Giusti w/
Rambling House
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
July 27

Barbosa Day
Puerto Rico, 1857

Feast Day of
Saint Pantaleon
physicians

Hurricane
Supplication Day
(Virgin Islands)

Jeff Lippe on
site for SAN
configuration

Crystal Screen
(2006) X-Men:
The Last Stand
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

National Theatre
Summer Cinema
APlace In the Sun
18:30, Free
tickets @ 18:00
1321 Penna Ave NW
Washington, DC

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
July 28

Fall of Fascism
Day, San Marino
1943

July 28-29
Independence Day
Peru, 1821, (Spain)

Somers Day
(Bermuda, 1609)

Rockville Town
Square Kids Nights
Rocknoceros
children's music
18:30-20:30
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

National Harbor
Summer Movies
Grease
after sunset
bring seating, no
outside food/bev
Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD
parking $2-$10

Choralis Summer
Sing-Alongs, $10
Mozart: Requiem
$5 score rental
Falls Church
Presbyterian Chrch
225 E Broad St
Falls Church, VA
703-237-2499

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

US Navy Memorial
Concerts, 20:00

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
Sylvan Theater
20:00, Free

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
Diane Silver w/
Hot Sonata
$7/$5, 20:00-22:30
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Bethesda Outdoor
Movies: Grease
21:00, Woodmont
Triangle Norfolk
& Auburn Aves
parking: Del Ray/
Auburn Ave garage
WEDNESDAY
July 29

Feast Day of
Saint Martha
housewives,
cooks,
innkeepers,
laundresses

Feast Day of
Saint Olaf
(Norway, 1164)

Norway Day, USA

Oslok Eve
Festival, 1030

ratification of
the International
Atomic Agency
1957

Maetresse
Silverine and
Maetresse Lorvana
(Haiti/Vodou)

Fletcher Williams
on vacation in
upstate NY

Bethesda, MD
Summer Concerts
Gary & The Groove
(Variety)
12:00-14:00, Free
Bethesda Place
Plaza
Old Georgetown Rd
& Woodmont Ave

after-work music
The Monster Band
Funk / Rock / R&B
17:30-20:00
Rosslyn Plaza
1611 N Kent St

Money Talk: A
Financial Course
for Women
July 29
Insurance Basics
4 sessions,
$20 workbook
19:00-20:45
Central Library,
1015 N Quincy St
703-228-6417

The Old Guard &
U.S. Army Band
Twighlight Tattoo
The Ellipse
19:00, Free

No Ma (Mass Ave)
DC Summer Screen
DIG! The Brian
Jonestown Massacre
19:00-23:00
L St between
2nd & 3rd Sts NE,
Washington, DC
(NY Ave Metro)

BFMS contra $7/$10
Hickman,Glickman,
and Devine
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
Sue Dupré w/
Enid Diamante,
Adlai Waksman,
and friends
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall

Rockville Town
Square Outdoor
Movies, 20:45
He's Just Not
That Into You
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

Bethesda Outdoor
Movies
Dial M for Murder
21:00, Woodmont
Triangle Norfolk
& Auburn Aves
parking: Del Ray/
Auburn Ave garage
THURSDAY
July 30

Crater Day
(Virginia, 1864)

Marseillaise Day
(France, 1792)

Fletcher Williams
on vacation in
upstate NY

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

Tish'a B'Av
day of fasting
destruction of
the First Temple
586 BCE, Second
Temple 70 CE

Evening Concert:
18:00-20:00, Free
Veterans Park,
Woodmont Ave
@ Norfolk Ave,
Bethesda, MD
301-215-6660

Rockville Town
Square Concerts
18:00-20:00
Seamus Kennedy
Irish
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

Sunset Serenades
Lion/Tiger Hill
National Zoo

Art Night on the
Mall, 'til 20:00

Sackler Gallery
1050Independenc SW

National Museum of
African Art, 950
Independence SW

Freer Gallery, 12th
& Jefferson, SW

Hirshhorn Museum &
Sculpture Garden,
Independence @7th

S Dillon Ripley
Center Interna-
tional Gallery
12th&Jefferson SW

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

City of Fairfax
Band Lawn Concert
20:00, Veterans
Amphitheater
Fairfax, VA

Philly contra
Ridge Kennedy w/
Fingerpyx
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672

Bethesda Outdoor
Movies
American Graffiti
21:00, Woodmont
Triangle Norfolk
& Auburn Aves
parking: Del Ray/
Auburn Ave garage
FRIDAY
July 31

Day of national
mourning, Mexico
1811

Feast Day of
Saint Ignatius
of Loyola
Society of Jesus,
retreats,
retreatants

System
Administrator
Appreciation Day

Fletcher Williams
on vacation in
upstate NY

pack and load for
Pennsic 2nd week

Pennsic War 38
7th annual
Red Cross
Blood Drive
10:00-16:00, Zion
Baptist Church,
148 Curry Rd,
Slippery Rock, PA

July 31-August 2
15th annual
Southern Tier
Tandem Rally
Elmira, NY
$50 by June 1

July 31-August 2
20th Annual AT&T
Bayou Boogaloo
and Cajun Food
Festival
Town Point Park,
Norfolk, VA
757-441-2345

July 31-August 2
Champlain Valley
Folk Festival
Jacqueline Schwab
w/ Laura Risk,
Scottish fiddle
Burlington, VT

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
E.T. (1982)
at dusk, Free
Gateway Park

Herndon Rocks:
Junk Food +
Fools & Horses
18:30-22:30, Town
Green, 777 Lynn St
Herndon, VA
703-481-6133

free concert
Meridian Hill Park
16th & Euclid NW
19:00

Fairfax County
Parks Braddock
Nights concerts
Maggie Sansone,
Rob Greenway
Irish flute,
guitar), Matt
Bell (bodhran,
percussion)
19:30-20:30
Royal Lake Park,
5344 Gainsborough
Dr, Fairfax, VA
703-324-SHOW

Fairfax Band
Concert on the
Boardwalk, 19:30
Bethany Beach, DE

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Advanced English
Country Dance
minimal teaching
Beverly Francis
w/ Josh Burdick,
Judy Kleppel, and
Roberta Truscello
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
Advanced Dance
Seth Tepfer w/
The Tri Tones
Laura Lengnick,
Paul Moore,
and Mara Shea
NO Lesson
No Walkthrough
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
East Steps, Free
US Capitol, 20:00

Tompkins County
Country Dances
House Callers w/
Miss Marty and SGB
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Laura Brown w/
Green Light Karma
David Knight,
fiddle; Andrew
Marcus, accordion;
Dave Wiesler,
piano, guitar
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Bethesda Outdoor
Movies: Twilight
21:00, Woodmont
Triangle Norfolk
& Auburn Aves
parking: Del Ray/
Auburn Ave garage
SATURDAY
August 1

Kalends of August

Schweizer
Nationalfeiertag
Swiss National Day
Confederation Day
1291(Switzerland)

Army Day (National
Liberation Army
Festival) ROChina

Colorado Day
1876, #38

Dahomey National
Day, 1960

Feast Day of
Saint Peter's
Chains

Nicaragua
Fiesta Day

Guadalcanal
Province Day
(Solomon Islands)

Sports Day, US

Lammas Day
(England)

August 1-2
Lughnasadh Celtic
1st day of autumn

drive to Pennsic
War (2nd week)
set up camp

Fletcher Williams
on vacation in
upstate NY

August 1-8
8/1/2009 - 8 DAYS
CANDISC:
Cycling Around
North Dakota in
Sakakawea Country
426-mi loop
Garrison, ND

Feast of
Saint Wilfred

Hill Top Berry
Farm & Winery
Blackberry
Harvest Festival
Nelson County, VA
434-361-1266

August 1-2
Peach Ice Cream
Days at Chiles
Peach Orchard
10:00-17:00
1351 Greenwood Rd
Crozet, VA 22932
434-823-1583

Alexandria
Irish Festival
Market Square

Community Yard
Sale, 06:45-13:00
15th St Parking
Garage, Arlington

Dark Star Park's
25th Anniversary!
Stonehenge in
Arlington, 08:30
1655 N Ft Myer Dr
shadows align at
09:32, Wiliam
Henry Ross 1860
land acquisition
Park artist Nancy
Holt, screening of
Art in the Public
Eye: Making of
ark Star Park
live music, family
activities (NASA)

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Friendship Fire-
house Festival
09:00-14:00, Free
S Alfred St from
Prince to King Sts
Alexandria, VA

Monthly Sky
Lecture, 09:30
Einstein
Planetarium
Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum

August 1-8
Pinewoods American
Dance & Music Week
Lisa Greenleaf,
Kathy Anderson,
Nils Fredland;
The Groovemongers
The Canotes
The Figments
w/ Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins
near Plymouth, MA

Shabbat Nachamu

Reston Town Center
Concerts at
Fountain Square:
19:30-22:00

Fairfax Band
Concert on the
Boardwalk, 20:00
Rehoboth Beach, DE

Fiddle and Bow
Country Dancers
contra dance
Seth Tepfer w/
The Tritones
Laura Lengnick,
Paul Moore,
Mara Shea
lesson 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Guilford Grange,
Guilford School
Rd off Lindley Rd
Greensboro, NC
$5/$7

Contra Dance
Anne Marie Walter
w/ Red Wellies
(Beanie Odell,
Duncan Wickel,
Vincent Fogarty)
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Shepherdstown
Music and Dance
Contra, 20:00
(workshop 19:30)
Delia Clark w/
De Zarn, Glickman
& Devine
Joe De Zarn, fiddle;
Marc Glickman,
piano;
John Devine, guitar
Shepherdstown
Men's Club (King
& German Sts.)
$7 mbrs/$10/$5

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Old-time Music &
Dance Group of
Blacksburg
Square Dance
20:00, $8.00
Old Middle School
500 block SMain St
at Ehart St
Blacksburg, VA

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
Mark Widmer w/
Ross Harriss,
piano, saxophone;
Doug Healy, guitar,
bass, drums;
Victor Velasco,
fiddle
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Shawn Brenneman
w/ Contrazz
Contra Series
lesson 19:30,
dance 20:00, $8.00
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

New Haven Country
Dancers Contra
Dan Black w/
Contranella
20:00, Branford
Community House,
46 Church St
Branford, CT

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Bethesda Outdoor
Movies: Mamma Mia
21:00, Woodmont
Triangle Norfolk
& Auburn Aves
parking: Del Ray/
Auburn Ave garage

Flagstaff Friends
of Traditional
Music contra
dance 19:30-23:00
$6 ($5 members)
Ashurst Hall
Northern Arizona
University
Flagstaff, AZ

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
The Privy Tippers
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
August 2

Feast Day of the
Virgin of the
Angels, patroness
of Costa Rica
(La Negrita)

Feast Day of
Saint Ilija
(Serbia/Slavas)

Feast Day of
Saint Alphonsus
Liguori
confessors
and lawyers

Lesotho National
Tree-Planting Day

Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait, 1990

International
Dadaism Month

Friendship Day

Fletcher Williams
on vacation in
upstate NY

August 2-8
Swannanoa
Gathering
Dulcimer Week
Walt Michael,
Dan Landrum,
Bill Troxler,
Cindy Ribet,
Ken Kolodner
Warren Wilson
College, near
Asheville, NC

August 2-9
Augusta Heritage
Old-Time Week

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Arden Gild contra
$9.00/$8.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
pool open after?
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Shore Lines contra
dance 17:00-21:00
$6.00, Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ

picnic Concerts
on the Green
18:00-20:00
Great Falls
Village Centre

FSGW Contra Dance
Serpentine
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
August 3

Bourguiba's Day
(Tunisia, 1902)

Independence Day
Niger, 1960

Makira/Ulawa
Province Day
(Solomon Islands)

King's Birthday
(South Africa
1910-1951)

Colonel By Day
(Ottawa, Ontario)

Simcoe Day
(Toronto, Canada)

Saskatchewan Day
(Canada)

Natal Day
(Nova Scotia)

New Brunswick Day
(Canada)

BC Day (British
Columbia, Canada)

Heritage Day
(Alberta, Canada)

Bahamas
Emancipation Day

Jamaican
Independence Day

August Bank
Holiday (UK)

Civic Holiday
(Canada)

Pennsic War 38
7th annual
Red Cross
Blood Drive
10:00-16:00, Zion
Baptist Church,
148 Curry Rd,
Slippery Rock, PA

Crystal Screen
Fantastic Four
(2005)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

American Massage
Therapists Assoc
networking 18:00
mtg 19:00-22:00
Falls Church Com-
munity Center, 223
Little Falls St,
Falls Church, VA

National Theatre
Summer Cinema
Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
18:30, Free
tickets @ 18:00
1321 Penna Ave NW
Washington, DC

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
August 4

Coast Guard Day
Revenue Cutter
Service
established 1790

Feast Day of
Saint Dominic
preachers and
astronomers

Den Matice
Slovenskej Matica
Matica Slovenská
Day
(Slovakia, 1863)

Washington Bach
Consort Noontime
Cantata Series
12:22, 50 min
Free, Church of
the Epiphany,
13th & G Sts NW,
Washington, DC

Fretted Dulcimer
Circle, 18:30
Thomas Jefferson
Library, 7415
Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA

Rockville Town
Square Kids Nights
Reptiles Alive
LIVE animal show
18:30-20:30
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

US Navy Memorial
Concerts, 20:00

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
Sylvan Theater
20:00, Free

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
Dean Snipes w/
Tickle, Scratch
and Groove
Shawn Brenneman,
Jonathan Thielen,
Matt Labarge
$7/$5, 20:00-22:30
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
August 5

Nones of August

Iran Constitution
Day

Saint Oswald's
Day

Independence Day
Upper Volta, 1960

Rakhi (Raksha)
Bandham Hindu and
Jain celebration
love & friendship

Noblis Connections
Happy Hour
16:30-19:00
Marriott Hotel

The Old Guard &
U.S. Army Band
Twighlight Tattoo
The Ellipse
19:00, Free

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall

Rockville Town
Square Outdoor
Movies, 20:45
Quantum of Solace
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

August 5-6
Penumbral
Lunar Eclipse
THURSDAY
August 6

August Holiday
(Malawi)

Independence Day
Bolivia, 1825

Feast Day of the
Transfiguration
of Our Lord
Roman and
Anglican Churches
(6th Sunday after
Epiphany in
Lutheran Church)

Hiroshima Day
1945

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

18:00 Pennsic War
Known-Worlds
Choir Concert

Evening Concert:
18:00-20:00, Free
Veterans Park,
Woodmont Ave
@ Norfolk Ave,
Bethesda, MD
301-215-6660

Rockville Town
Square Concerts
18:00-20:00
Martinez and
Guthrie
Acoustic Folk
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

Sunset Serenades
Lion/Tiger Hill
National Zoo

Art Night on the
Mall, 'til 20:00

Sackler Gallery
1050Independenc SW

National Museum of
African Art, 950
Independence SW

Freer Gallery, 12th
& Jefferson, SW

Hirshhorn Museum &
Sculpture Garden,
Independence @7th

S Dillon Ripley
Center Interna-
tional Gallery
12th&Jefferson SW

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

The Chromatics
astronomy concert
Chesapeake Arts
Center, 19:30
Brooklyn Park, MD

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
Jan Alter w/
SPUDS:
Summit Pick-Up
Dance Society
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
August 7

Battle of Boyacá
Day
Columbia

Discovery Day
(Trinidad and
Tobago, 1498)

Feast of the Holy
Name of Jesus
Church of England
& American
Episcopal

Independence Day
Ivory Coast, 1960

Tanabata (Star
Festival), Japan

International
Dadaism Month

August 7-8
Patrick County
Virginia
Peach Festival
276-694-6012

July 24-August 9
Pennsic War
XXXVIII
Aethelmearc (SCA)

troll closes

Critical-Mass
bike ride, 18:00
Dupont Circle

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
Pretty in Pink
(1986)
at dusk, Free
Gateway Park

Herndon Rocks:
Hy Jink +
Rise & Fall
18:30-22:30, Town
Green, 777 Lynn St
Herndon, VA
703-481-6133

free concert
Meridian Hill Park
16th & Euclid NW
19:00

August 7-9
Heart Of The
Alleghenies Folk
Music Festival
(Curt Osgood,
Jim Kimball),
Univ of Pittsburg
Bradford, PA 16701

4-lesson contra
dancing class
begins, $12/4
19:30-20:30
Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Ted Hodaap w/
Anadama
Amelia Mason,
fiddle; Emily
Troll, accordian;
Bethany Waickman,
guitar
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
East Steps, Free
US Capitol, 20:00

Tompkins County
Country Dances
Waltz 19:00-20:00

Eileen Nicholson
and John Wobus
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Folk Happens!
contra
instruction 19:30
Peg Hesley w/
Scrub Oak
dance 20:00-22:30
$7 ($5 members)
Grace Sparkes
Activity Center
(Prescott Armory)
824 E Gurley St
Prescott, AZ
info 928-445-3373
SATURDAY
August 8

Bhutan became
independent
monarchy, 1949

Friedensfest
Peace Festival
Augsburg, Germany

Farmer's Day
(Tanzania)

Tij Day (Woman's
Holiday) (Nepal)

Rush-Bearing Day
(Grasmere England)

Cumberland Valley
Cycling Club
CV Century
25/65/101 mi
Clear Spring, MD

Bridgeton Zoo Ride
aka Green Branch
Park Century
50, 50, 25-mi loops
$20/$17 pre-reg
Start 08:00-10:00
299 Upper Neck Rd
(Rt 690)
Pittsgrove, NJ

Watermelon
Festival Event
Virginia Beach
Farmers Market
757-385-4395

Peach Festival
Marker-Miller
Orchards, 3035
Cedar Creek Grade
Winchester, VA
540-662-1980

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Ballston Arts &
Crafts Market
unique, hand-
crafted pieces
10:00-16:00
Welburn Square
Wilson Blvd/
Fairfax Dr/
N Stuart St
(Ballston Metro)
703-528-3527

August 8-15
Boston Harbor
Fiddle School
Dave Wiesler
Rodney Miller,
Hanneke Cassel,
Anne Hooper,
Lezlie Webster
Thompson Island,
Boston, Mass

Chester County Old
Fiddler's Picnic
10:00-19:00 $5/car
Hibernia County
Park, off Rte 82,
4 mi N of
Coatesville, PA

August 8-14
Pinewoods Dance
Camp English and
American Week
Notorious
Haydenville, MA

Sports Backers
Stadium Anthem
Moonlight Ride
8/17mi, Northside
and near West End
free concert
Richmond, VA
804-285-9495

Reston Town Center
Concerts at
Fountain Square:
19:30-22:00

The Chromatics
Special Concert
with Mike Evin
20:00-22:30
Blue House
Kensington, MD

Valley Contra Dance
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
St Mark's on
the Hill, 1620
Reisterstown Rd
Pikesville, MD

NO DANCE
TADAMS Contra
Richmond

NO DANCE
Blue Ridge Country
Dancers contra
20:00-23:00
Floyd, VA
540-745-3908

CDVA contra
beginners 19:00
19:30-22:30, $6.00
St Stephens
Episcopal Church
372 Hiden Blvd,
Newport News, VA

Contra Dance
20:00-23:00
St Therese Church
Shavertown, PA
info 570-333-4007

lessons, 19:00
contra, 19:30, $6
w/ the Southern
Maryland Open Band
ice-cream social
Immaculate
Conception Church,
Old Village Rd,
Mechanicsville, MD

contra:
Pinecone Council
of Traditional
Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Bond Park Sr Ctr
Maury O'Dell Rd
Cary, NC, $5/$4
919-990-1900

Binghamton contra
19:00, $3-$5 sugg
Share Refreshments
MacArthur School
1123 Vestal Ave
Binghamton, NY

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Phoenix Friends
of Old-Time Music
contra
Peg Hesley w/
Hands Four
instruction 19:00
dance 19:30-23:00
$9 ($7 members)
Kenilworth School
Auditorium
1210 N 5th Ave
Phoenix, AZ
info 602-582-6990
SUNDAY
August 9

Nagasaki Memorial
Day (Moment of
Silence 11:02)

Hari Kebangsaan
National Day
(Singapore, 1965)

Resignation Day
Richard Nixon
1974

Sanusi Army Day
(Libyan Arab
Republic)

National
Women's Day
(South Africa)

July 24-August 9
Pennsic War
XXXVIII
Aethelmearc (SCA)

event site closes

mundane return
from Pennsic

Ecuador Festival
11:00-18:00
Arlington, VA

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

picnic Concerts
on the Green
18:00-20:00
Great Falls
Village Centre

FSGW Contra Dance
Janine Smith w/
Chance McCoy
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
August 10

Independence Day
Ecuador, 1809

Feast Day of
Saint Lawrence
of Rome
cooks;
invoked against
rheumatism and
fire and for
protection of
vineyards
the Escorial
in Madrid

Missouri
Admission Day
1821, #24

Smithsonian
Institution
established by
James K Polk
1846

National
S'mores Day

Zambia Youth Day

unload/unpack
after Pennsic

Crystal Screen
(2007) Fantastic
Four: Rise of
the Silver Surfer
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
August 11

Coronation Day
(Jordan)

Independence Day
Chad, 1960/1/11

Texas Round Up BBQ
Noblis South Patio
11:30-13:30

Rockville Town
Square Kids Nights
Grammy-nominated
Zak Morgan
music, magic,
theater, comedy
18:30-20:30
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

National Harbor
Summer Movies
Surf's Up
after sunset
bring seating, no
outside food/bev
Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD
parking $2-$10

Choralis Summer
Sing-Alongs, $10
Mandel: Messiah
$5 score rental
Falls Church
Presbyterian Chrch
225 E Broad St
Falls Church, VA
703-237-2499

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
Sylvan Theater
20:00, Free

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Square Dance
19:30-22:15, $5
St Marys Parish Hall
3916 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA

Fiddle & Bow
contra
George Segebade
w/ Reel Shady
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
August 12

Feast Day of
Saint Clare
laundresses,
television

Indian Day
(Massachusetts)

Ponce de Leon Day
Puerto Rico, 1508

Mother's Day/
National Day
Thailand (queen's
birthday)

beginning of
American Indian
Exposition Week
(Okla)

Glorious 12th --
opening of grouse
season, Scotland

The Old Guard &
U.S. Army Band
Twighlight Tattoo
The Ellipse
19:00, Free

BFMS contra $7/$10
Evil Twins
w/ Laurie Fisher
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall

Rockville Town
Square Outdoor
Movies, 20:45
Monsters vs Aliens
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St
THURSDAY
August 13

Ides of August

Women's Day
(Tunisia)

August 13-15
Obon (Japan)
Bon Festival

Fletcher Williams
vacation

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

DC Sun Users Group
16:00-18:00
Avcom East,
Suite 1020,
8150 Leesburg Pk,
Tysons Corner, VA
22182
703-442-7668

Rockville Town
Square Concerts
18:00-20:00
The US Navy Band
Brass Quintet
Rockville Pike
(Rte 355), Beall
Ave, E Middle Ln,
N Washington St

Art Night on the
Mall, 'til 20:00

Sackler Gallery
1050Independenc SW

National Museum of
African Art, 950
Independence SW

Freer Gallery, 12th
& Jefferson, SW

Hirshhorn Museum &
Sculpture Garden,
Independence @7th

S Dillon Ripley
Center Interna-
tional Gallery
12th&Jefferson SW

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

Fort Reno Park
Summer Concert:
Free, 19:00-21:30
Chesapeake St NW
(btw Nebraska and
Wisconsin Aves)
202-282-0018

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
Tori Barone w/
Evil Twins
w/ Laurie Fisher
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
August 14

Liberty Tree Day
(Mass, 1765)

Atlantic Charter
Day, 1941

V-J Day, 1945

Independence Day
Pakistan, 1947

Independence Day
Bahrain, 1971

Fletcher Williams
vacation

August 14-15
Dance in the
Middle
The Contrarians
Grove City, PA

August 14-16
Mentone Old Time
Music and Dance
Weekend

August 14-16
Balance the Bay
San Francisco
Contra Weekend
Adina Gordon &
Joyce Miller w/
Crowfoot
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
&Swing Farm
couple dancing w/
Richard Powers
Janet Pomeroy
Center
Non Gender Balanced
pre-registration,
No walk-ins

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
Beetlejuice(1988)
at dusk, Free
Gateway Park

Herndon Rocks:
Gonzo's Nose
18:30-22:30, Town
Green, 777 Lynn St
Herndon, VA
703-481-6133

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

free concert
Meridian Hill Park
16th & Euclid NW
19:00

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
Mystery Caller
w/ Band TBA
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Locust Lane Contra
Dave Colestock
hosts Open Mic w/
The Contra Rebels
Todd Clewell
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
East Steps, Free
US Capitol, 20:00

CCC Contra
Beth Molaro w/
Steamshovel
(David White,
Roger Gold)
Century Center
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
Jack Mitchell
w/ Nor'easter
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
De Laura Padovan
w/ the Open Band
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
August 15

Feast of Blessed
Virgin Mary

Feast of the
Assumption of
Mary, Patron
Saint of US Roman
Catholic Church
Asunción (Spain)
Assomption
(France)
Mariä Himmelfahrt
(Germany)
Marijino
vnebovzetje
(Slovenia)

Allied invasion
of southern
France, 1944

Gwangbokjeol
Independence Day
(South Korea)
(North Korea)
Korean Liberation
Day, 1945, 1948

Independence Day
India, 1947

Independence Day
Congo, 1960

Laotian
Memorial Day

Liechtenstein
National Day

Malaita
Province Day
(Solomon Islands)

Flooding of the
Nile (Egypt)

Mother's Day
Costa Rica

Napoleon's Day
(Corsica, 1769)

Flying Circus
Balloon Festival
Bealeton, VA
open 06:00
launch 07:00
airshow 14:30

Alexandria
Scottish Festival
Market Square

August 15-16
Dog Days Peach and
Sunflower Festival
Great Country
Farms, 18780
Foggy Bottom Rd
Bluemont, VA
540-554-2073

August 15-16
Manchester Medley
HPRA HPV races
N Manchester, IN

August 15-22
Early Music Week
at Pinewoods
Scott Higgs
Plymouth, MA

August 15-17
Mentone Weekend
Dance Camp
Notorious
& Mark Murphy
Mentone, AL
Birmingham, AL

Capital Classic
Horse Show
Prince Georges
Equestrian Center

Manchester Medley
HPRA HPV
recumbent bike
and trike races
N Manchester HS
N Manchester, IN

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
The Dark Knight
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

Post Pennsic
Dessert Revel:
One More Night
at the Casbah
(SCA) Storvik
College Park, MD

(SCA) W.O.P.P. -
War Orphans
PIRATE Party
St. Georges
Pickens, SC

Reston Town Center
Concerts at
Fountain Square:
19:30-22:00

Swift Run house
concert, 19:30
Jody Marshall,
hammer dulcimer;
Andrea Hoag,
fiddle;
Paul Nahay, piano
home of
chez Barbara Ryan
& Bernard Argent,
Fairfax Station, VA
Sug donation $15
703-426-1450

Annapolis Contra
Anna Rain w/
Some Assembly
Joe Klausner,
fiddle; Mary
Flora, flute;
Donna Boylan,
piano; Paul
Miller, guitar
Dance 19:00-22:00
beginners 18:30
$10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW
Annapolis Friends
Meeting House,
351 Du Bois Rd,
Annapolis, MD

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Blacksburg Contra
Diane Silver w/
Mark Campbell,
Tina Liza Jones,
and Phil Woddial
beginners 19:30
20:00, $8.00
(free after22:00)
YMCA Dance room
Blacksburg, VA

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra:
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance, 20:00:
workshop 19:30
Margaret Brent MS
Helen, MD, $6

Lancaster contra
Bob Isaacs w/
Off'n Ensemble
Heidi Hammel,
hammereddulcimer,
concertina; Steve
Smith, guitar,
saxophone;
Elliott Schmuckler
upright bass;
Bob Yarbrough,
wooden flute,
banjo, bodhran,
whistle
pot-luck 17:30
workshop 18:15
19:00-22:00, $7
Pavilion #11
Lancaster County
Central Park
Lancaster, PA
info: 717-431-7417

Fiddle and Bow
Country Dancers
contra dance
Beth Molaro w/
Steam Shovel
Roger Gold,
David White
lesson 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Guilford Grange,
Guilford School
Rd off Lindley Rd
Greensboro, NC
$5/$7

Contra Dance
Fred Park
w/ Sporting
Pitchforks
(Hannah Seng,
Duncan Wickel,
Jack Deveraux)
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
Tori Barone w/
Evil Twins
David Knight,
fiddle;
Laurie Fisher,
piano, guitar
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Louisville Country
Dancers contra:
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Church of the
Advent, Baxter &
Baker & Cherokee

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding
w/ recorded music
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-437-3615

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
open band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
August 16

Independence Day
Cyprus, 1960

Political
Restitution Day/
Dominican
Restoration Day
Dominican
Republic, 1963

International
Dadaism Month

Flying Circus
Balloon Festival
Bealeton, VA
open 06:00
launch 07:00
airshow 14:30

Lancaster, PA
Bicycle Club
Covered Bridge
Metric Century
100/50/25 km
62/31/15 mi)
Registration $10
by 7/15, $20 after
shirt $15 by 7/15
reg 07:30-09:30
close 16:30

August 16-23
CDSS Family Week
at Timber Ridge
lots of people
incl Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins
Dave Wiesler
High View, WV

One Day, One Ride,
One Cause
40-mi HIV/AIDS
benefit ride, DC
$35 by 2009/07/31
$50 by 2009/08/15
$75 day of ride
$100 min donation

West End Community
Market, Arlington
Mill Community Ctr
4875 Columbia Pk,
Arlington, VA
10:00-14:00
arts, crafts,
local produce

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Arden Gild contra
$7.00/$6.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
pool open after?
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Kung Fu Panda
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

FSGW Contra Dance
Eva Murray w/
The Evil Twins
w/ Laurie Fisher
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
August 17

Independence Day
Gabon, 1960

Independence Day
Indonesia, 1945

San Martin Day
(Argentina, 1850)

opening of
Washington, DC
Beltway, 1964

Día del Libertador
José de San Martín
Anniversary of
the death of
General José
de San Martín
Aug 17(Argentina)

Discovery Day
(Yukon, Canada)

Crystal Screen
Batman (1989)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
August 18

Feast Day of
Saint Helena
mother of
Constantine

Day of REU
(North Korea)

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Singing in the
Rain
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

Potomac Pedalers:
Executive Commit-
tee meeting 19:00

Mid-Atlantic Off-
Road Enthusiasts
(MORE) meeting
19:00, REI,
Rhode Island Ave
College Park, MD
(Greenbelt Metro)

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
Sylvan Theater
20:00, Free

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
Shawn Brenneman w/
Adam Hurt & Pals
$7/$5, 20:00-22:30
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
August 19

National
Aviation Day

August 19-23
Arlington County
Fair

The Old Guard &
U.S. Army Band
Twighlight Tattoo
The Ellipse
18:30, Free

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Twilight
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

Arlington Trans-
portation Commis-
sion Meeting 19:30
County Board Room

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
August 20

1619 1st African
slaves brought
to Jamestown, VA

Feast Day of
Saint Bernard,
Dr Mellifluous

St Stephen's Day,
Constitution Day,
National Day
(Hungary, 1949)

Day of Restoration
of Independence
(Estonia)

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

Friday Morning
Music Club
chamber concerts
12:00-13:00, Free
Ellipse Arts Ctr
Arlington
703-228-7710

Noblis Wideband
Cluster Group mtg
12:00-13:00, H5367

Art Night on the
Mall, 'til 20:00

Sackler Gallery
1050Independenc SW

National Museum of
African Art, 950
Independence SW

Freer Gallery, 12th
& Jefferson, SW

Hirshhorn Museum &
Sculpture Garden,
Independence @7th

S Dillon Ripley
Center Interna-
tional Gallery
12th&Jefferson SW

Rosh Chodesh Elul

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Slumdog
Millionaire
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
David Rupp w/
Montage
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
August 21

Araw ng
Kabayanihan ni
Ninoy Aquino
Ninoy Aquino Day
martyrdom of
Benigno Aquino Jr
(Philippines)

Hawaii Statehood
Day, 1959, #50

Rosh Chodesh Elul

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
Ghostbusters
(1984) at dusk,
Free, Gateway Park

Herndon Rocks:
Drop Dead Sexy
18:30-22:30, Town
Green, 777 Lynn St
Herndon, VA
703-481-6133

Comcast Strathmore
Hall Film Festival
Enchanted
gates open 18:30
film starts 20:10
Strathmore
Music Hall 10701
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD

free concert
Meridian Hill Park
16th & Euclid NW
19:00

August 21-23
Allenberry Resort
& Playhouse
Bicycling Weekend
Boiling Springs, PA
11-75 mi; limit 80
The King and I
$228/person

August 21-23
Splash Dance
Weekend - 2009
(formerly Old
Farmers Reunion)
Contras, Squares
& Couple Dancing
Open Community
Band drawn from
Appalachian Storm,
Steam Shovel,
Elftones,Sporting
Pitchforks,
Hey For Three,
Blue-Eyed Girl,
Fine Companions,
Land Of Sky,
Fiddlewitch,
Dancing Bears,...
Camp Merrimac
Black Mountain NC

August 21-23
31st annual
Sugar Hill
Ransburg Boy
Scout Reservation

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
Gaye Fifer w/
Driver Parks
Knicely
Steve Parks
(mandolin), Bob
Driver (guitar),
Neil Knicely(bass)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Buz Lloyd contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
East Steps, Free
US Capitol, 20:00

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
Pamela Goddard w/
Contrapasso
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
TBA w/ Floorplay
Rya Martin, piano;
Paul Rosen,
mandolin, fiddle,
accordion;
Aaron Lamb, drums
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
August 22

King Richard III
Day, 1485

Alexandria Afro-
American Festival
Market Square

Rock Creek Park
Festival

August 22-23
Sweet Corn
Festival
5225 Catlett Rd
Midland, VA
540-439-4806
FAX: 540-439-1437

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

The Fire and Fun
On Highway 51
Spoke Smokin
Scenery Ride
20/40/60 mile

19:00 Friday:
Kids Q Contest
Maggie Mae and
Heartland Band
SATURDAY:

08:00-13:00 State
BBQ Championship

08:45 Orientation

09:00 SSS Rides

14:00-18:00
Other Competitions

18:00-20:00 Fire
& Fun BBQ Dinner

$35: Registration
Dinner, T Shirt,
Gift Bag
Marquette County
Fairgrounds
Westfield, WI

August 22-29
Campers Week
at Pinewoods
Scott Higgs
Plymouth, MA

York Fiddler's
Convention
Late for Supper
w/ Todd Clewell
11:00

Notorious Concert
in the Barn
party, dancing,
yummy food, RSVP
215-643-04397
Philadelphia, PA

Ithaca Hands 4
contra dance
David Kaynor w/
Too Much Fun
Potluck? TBA
Workshop?: TBA
Dancing: TBA-TBA
Venue: TBA
Admission: $TBA

Reston Town Center
Concerts at
Fountain Square:
19:30-22:00 Free

Concerts on the
Town Summer Series
Stanley Jordan
PU'81 & his Trio
Electrifying Jazz

Valley Contra Dance
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

Mid-Maryland
Folk Arts Council
Contra Dance
Susan Taylor
w/ Montage
Tom Santarsiero,
guitar, mando,
banjo, jaw harp,
feet; Rachel Bell,
accordion, flute;
Jane Knoeck,
piano, accordion
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$9/$5/$4, former
Seventh Day School
Adventist Drive
Frederick, MD

TADAMS Contra
Gaye Fifer
Floorplay
Paul Rosen,
fiddle, mandolin;
Rya Martin, piano;
Aaron Lamb,
perscussion
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Charlotte Dance
Gypsies contra
potluck 18:30

beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC
Bob 704-366-1215

Roanoke Contra
Sargon de Jesus w/
The New River
Dance Band
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
gym - Booker T.
Washington
Douglas Ave
Roanoke, VA
540-314-5306
540-793-1574

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
August 23

Romanian
Liberation Day
1944

August 19-23
Arlington County
Fair

Reston Bike Club
Century, 06:00
Reston Town
Center Pavilion
Reston, VA

Rock Creek Park
Festival

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Mostly Waltz
Notorious
Broomall, PA

FSGW Contra Dance
David Millstone
w/ Firetruck
Ethan Hazzard-
Watkins, violin;
Anna Patton,
clarinet; Karen
Axelrod, piano
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
August 24

Feast Day of
Saint Bartholomew

Liberian Flag Day
1847

Independence Day
(Ukraine)

Crystal Screen
Batman Returns
(1992)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
August 25

Feast Day of
Saint Genesius
secretaries,
actors, lawyers

Feast Day of
Saint Louis
hairdressers,
barbers,
builders, France

French Liberation
Day, 1944

Paraguay
Constitution Day
1967

Independence Day
Uruguay, 1825

Communion table
for Danbala Wedo,
aka Saint Louis
of the
King of France
(Haiti/Vodou)

National Harbor
Summer Movies
August Rush
after sunset
bring seating, no
outside food/bev
Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD
parking $2-$10

Choralis Summer
Sing-Alongs, $10
Mendelssohn:
Elijah
$5 score rental
Falls Church
Presbyterian Chrch
225 E Broad St
Falls Church, VA
703-237-2499

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
Sylvan Theater
20:00, Free

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
Will Stimpson w/
Jack and Annie
Burgess w/ TBA
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
August 26

Sultan's Birthday
(Zanzibar)

Woman's Equality
Day/Susan B
Anthony Day, 1920
19th Amendment

International
Dadaism Month

Arlington Commis-
sion for the Arts
Mtg 19:30-21:30
Conf Rm B, CHP
703-228-6960

Fairfax Saxophone
Quartet 19:30
Lawn Concert
Mason District Park
Annandale, VA

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
August 27

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

Craicdown
Berkeley Cafe
Raleigh, NC

Art Night on the
Mall, 'til 20:00

Sackler Gallery
1050Independenc SW

National Museum of
African Art, 950
Independence SW

Freer Gallery, 12th
& Jefferson, SW

Hirshhorn Museum &
Sculpture Garden,
Independence @7th

S Dillon Ripley
Center Interna-
tional Gallery
12th&Jefferson SW

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
Donna Hunt w/
The Bow Rockers
Rusty and Nancy
Neithammer,
Margaret and
Paul Sidlick,
Peter Szego,
Tom Schaffer
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
August 28

Feast Day of
Saint Augustine
of Hippo;
Doctor of Grace
students for
the priesthood

Spanish landing
at
Saint Augustine,
Fla 1565

August 28-30
Steirbach
Baronial Birthday
Stierbach (SCA)
Berryville, VA

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
Meatballs (1979)
at dusk, Free
Gateway Park

Herndon Rocks:
Go Go Gadjet
18:30-22:30, Town
Green, 777 Lynn St
Herndon, VA
703-481-6133

Peat and Barley
Wine Down Friday
18:30-21:00
Elk Run Winery
Mt. Airy, MD
$5 cover
bring a picnic

free concert
Meridian Hill Park
16th & Euclid NW
19:00

Alt Kameraden
German Band
Lawn Concert 19:30
Lake Accotink
Springfield, VA

Locust Lane Contra
Melanie Axel-Lute
w/ Rock Creek Cider
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

U.S. Army Band
Summer Concerts
East Steps, Free
US Capitol, 20:00

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
Luke Donev w/
Evergreen
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
TBA w/
Some Assembly
Mary Corletta-
Flora, flute,
saxophone,
pennywhistle;
Joe Klausner,
fiddle, mandolin;
Paul Miller,
guitar, bodhran;
Donna Boylan,
keyboards
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Triangle contra
Jim Collier,
Alan Julich,
Bobb Head
Pleasant Green
SATURDAY
August 29

Martyrdom of St
John (Feast Of
the Beheading)

Slovak National
Uprising Day
(Slovakia, 1944)

Late Summer
Bank Holiday
(Gibraltar)

L'Orient, mysteres
(Haiti/Vodou)

Kielbasa Festival
Virginia Mountain
Vineyards
Fincastle, VA
540-473-2979

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Northern VA Hammer
Dulcimer Players
13:30-16:30
Tysons-Pimmit
Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pk
Falls Church, VA

Titusville Council
on the Arts
Oil 150 Festival
Simple Gifts
workshop 13:30
concert 16:00
Titusville, PA
814-827-2381

Performers Revel
South (SCA)
Salesberie Glen
Salisbury, NC

18:00-20:00
Jody Marshall,
hammerdulcimer;
Andrea Hoag, fiddle
Paul Nahay, piano;
Carey Creed, vocals
Palladium
Civic Green
Chain Bridge Rd
@ Laughlin Ave
McLean, VA, FREE
703-288-9505

Reston Town Center
Concerts at
Fountain Square:
19:30-22:00

Valley Contra Dance
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra dance
Di Giuseppe w/
Pete Campbell
& Rex McGee
Guilford College,
Greensboro, NC

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, 20:00
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
August 30

Children's Day
(Afghanistan)

Feast Day of
Saint Fiacre
gardeners,
cab drivers

Feast Day of
Saint Rose
of Lima (Peru)
South America &
the Philippines

Zafer Bayrami
Victory Day
(Turkey, 1922)

August 30-31
Agwe (offerings
of goats, peppers
and peppermints)
(Haiti/Vodou)

Araw ng mga Bayani
(National Heroes'
Day, Philippines)

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

16:00-19:00 Fifth
Wheel Coffeehouse
Rural Electric
Cooperative Assoc
Conference Center
4301 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

FSGW Contra Dance
Ann Fallon w/
Twin Sisters
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
August 31

Feast Day of
Saint Raymund
Nonatus
the falsely
accused

Independence Day
Trinidad and
Tobago, 1962

National Day
Malaysia, 1963

Liberation Day
Hong Kong

Crystal Screen
Batman Forever
(1995)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
September 1

Kalends of Sept.

Feast Day of
Saint Giles
cripples,
beggars,
blacksmiths

Day of Knowledge,
Day of Peace, USSR
1st day of school

Day of the Con-
stitution of the
Slovak Republic
(Slovakia)

Libyan Revolution
Day, 1969

Mackinac (Mich)
Bridge Walk Day

Presidential
Message Day
(Mexico)

St Adjutor Day
yachtsmen
(Feast Day
April 30)

Tanzania
Heroes' Day

International
Amiga T-Shirt Day

Washington Bach
Consort Noontime
Cantata Series
12:22, 50 min
Free, Church of
the Epiphany,
13th & G Sts NW,
Washington, DC

Fretted Dulcimer
Circle, 18:30
Thomas Jefferson
Library, 7415
Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
September 2

Independence Day
1945, Democratic
Republic of
(North) Vietnam

London fire, 1666

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
September 3

Commemoration Day
(Tunisia, 1934)

Feast Day of
Saint Pius X, 1954

Independence Day
Qatar, 1971

City Fete
Luxembourg

San Marino Day

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

WABA/City Bikes
Full Corn Moon
Bike Ride
Capital Crescent/
Georgetown Branch
Trail at night
barbeque at
City Bikes shop
Chevy Chase, MD

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
September 4

Los Angeles
Birthday, 1781

National Gallery
of Art Jazz in the
Sculpture Garden
17:00-20:00
café seasonal
light fare menu
Constitution Ave
& 7th St NW
Washington, D.C.

Critical-Mass
bike ride, 18:00
Dupont Circle

Rosslyn Outdoor
Film Festival
Ferris Bueller's
Day Off (1986)
at dusk, Free
Gateway Park

September 4-7
Northwest Passage
Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
Mt. Hood Kiwanis
Camp, Namanu, OR

September 4-7
Labor Day
Dance Away 2009
contra weekend
Robert Cromartie
and Lynn Ackerson
w/ Notorious
Eden MacAdam-
Somer, fiddle
Larry Unger,
guitar; and
Tidal Wave aka
Raz-de-Marée
Sabin Jauques,
accordion, bones,
foot percussion;
Rachel Aucoin,
piano; Stuart
Kenney, upright
bass, banjo;
Eric Favreau,
fiddle
Camp Cedar Glen
near Julian, CA

4-lesson contra
dancing class
begins, $12/4
19:30-20:30
Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Carol Ormand w/
The Love Mongrels
Orrin Star,
mandolin, guitar,
banjo;
Danny Knicely,
mandolin, guitar,
percussion;
Alexander
Mitchell, fiddle;
Ralph Gordon, bass
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
Denise Lair
TBA w/ Blind
Tiger String Band
Brett Ratliff
(banjo), Sabra
Guzman (bass,
guitar, uke),
Anna Roberts-
Gevalt (fiddle),
John Haywood
(guitar, banjo)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Bethel Grove Waltz
w/ Open Band
19:00-20:00

Tompkins County
Country Dances
Waltz 19:00-20:00

contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Folk Happens!
contra
Dave Black w/
Fourth Quarter
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$7 ($5 members)
Grace Sparkes
Activity Center
(Prescott Armory)
824 E Gurley St
Prescott, AZ
info 928-445-3373
SATURDAY
September 5

Nones of September

Knabenschiessen
(Sat-Mon, Zurich,
Switzerland)

Milan, Ohio
Melon Festival

September 5-6
4th annual
Pancake Breakfast
& Potato Harvest
Great Country Farms
18780 Foggy Bottom
Rd, Bluemont, VA
540-554-2073

September 5-6
Discover Virginia
Music and Food
Festival, US 33,
Ruckersville, VA
434-985-6663

Annual Taste of
the Mountains Main
Street Festival
Madison, VA
540-948-4455

International
Children's
Festival
Wolf Trap

Virginia
Scottish Games
Peat & Barley
Great Meadow Park

Community Yard
Sale, 06:45-13:00
15th St Parking
Garage, Arlington

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Monthly Sky
Lecture, 09:30
Einstein
Planetarium
Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum

Glen Echo
Irish Festival
and Open House
Karen Ashbrook
and Paul Oorts
Glen Echo Park,
Glen Echo, MD
Free

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

102nd Annual
Arden Fair
10:00-18:00
dance demos
13:00-15:00

Contra Dance
Open Mic (callers
from everywhere)
Cailen Campbell
& Gypsy Hicks
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Shepherdstown
Music and Dance
Contra, 20:00
(workshop 19:30)
Carol Ormand w/The
Latter Day Lizards
David Langford,
fiddle, guitar;
Peter Barnes,
piano, flute;
Bill Tomczak,
clarinet, sax,
banjo
Shepherdstown
Men's Club (King
& German Sts.)
$7 mbrs/$10/$5

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Old-time Music &
Dance Group of
Blacksburg
Square Dance
20:00, $8.00
Old Middle School
500 block SMain St
at Ehart St
Blacksburg, VA

Friends of Appala-
chian Music Contra
dance Norge, VA
Community Hall
beginners 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5 (no break)

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
Three Wise Guys
w/ Joe De Paolo
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Foot Loose Contrazz
Contra Series
lesson 19:30,
dance 20:00, $8.00
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Fiddle and Bow
Country Dancers
contra dance
Maggie Jo Saylor
w/Toss the Possum
lesson 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Guilford Grange,
Guilford School
Rd off Lindley Rd
Greensboro, NC
$5/$7

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Flagstaff Friends
of Traditional
Music contra
dance 19:30-23:00
$6 ($5 members)
Ashurst Hall
Northern Arizona
University
Flagstaff, AZ

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
set band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
September 6

Feast Day of
Saint Zachariah

Day of the Union
of Eastern Rumelia
with the Bulgarian
Principality
(Bulgaria, 1885)

Pakistan Defense
Day

Somhlolo Day
(Swaziland, 1968)

Abbots Bromley
(England) ritual
Horn Dance
processional

Milan, Ohio
Melon Festival

Contrathon
12-Hour Dance
10:00-22:00
Diane Silver &
Rob Harper w/
Elftones (Roger
Gold, Mara Shea)
Tritones
(Roger Gold,
Mara Shea,
Laura Lengnick)
Curious George
(Laura Lengnick,
Paul Moore)
Land of Sky
(Laura Lengnick,
Roger Gold,
Paul Moore)
Skytones
(Laura Lengnick,
Roger Gold, Mara
Shea, Paul Moore)
Mountain Music
Jamboree, Glendale
Springs, NC

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

International
Children's
Festival
Wolf Trap

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Glen Echo Park's
Labor Day Art Show
Spanish Ballroom
12:00-18:00

Brattleboro
Dawn Dance
English Country
Dance 14:30-17:30
Robert Moir w/
Daron Douglas,
fiddle; Shira
Kammen, violin;
Karen Axelrod,
piano

Contra Dancing
20:00-24:00
Lisa Greenleaf w/
Crowfoot
Jaige Trudell,
fiddle; Nicholas
Williams, flute,
accordion; Adam
Broome, guitar

Couple Dancing
00:10-00:30

00:30-03:30
Sue Rosen w/
Phantom Power
Lissa Schnecken-
burger, fiddle;
Mark Roberts,
banjo, flute,
whistle; Bruce
Rosen, guitar,
piano; Stefan
Amidon, percussion

03:30-07:00
George Marshall
w/ Magic Foot
Colin Lindsay,
fiddle; Chris
Stevens, button
accordion; Brendan
Taaffe, guitar,
feet; Stefan
Amidon, percussion

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Shore Lines contra
dance 17:00-21:00
$6.00, Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ

FSGW Contra Dance
Carol Ormand w/The
Latter Day Lizards
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
Gaye Fifer w/ TBA
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
September 7

Independence Day
Brazil, 1822

Granddad's Day

Andorra National
Day

Feast of the
Nativity of
the Blessed
Virgin Mary

Independence Day
Guinea-Bissau
1974

Korean National
Day, Democratic
People's Republic
of (North) Korea
1948

Sheriff's Ride
Ceremony
(Lichfield,
England)

Uganda Republic
Day, 1967

Hanover Cyclers
Labor Day Century
25/50/65/100 mi
$18/$12 adv
t-shirt $14
06:30 South
Street Rec Center
McSherrystown, PA

Milan, Ohio
Melon Festival

International
Children's
Festival
Wolf Trap

Settlers' Day
(South Africa
1952-1979)

(free concert on
Capitol's west
lawn, 14:00)

Herndon Labor Day
Jazz Celebration
12:00-17:00, FREE

Labor Day
Fête du Travail
US, Canada
(Noblis Holiday)

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Crystal Screen
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

American Massage
Therapists Assoc
networking 18:00
mtg 19:00-22:00
Falls Church Com-
munity Center, 223
Little Falls St,
Falls Church, VA

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
September 8

Victory Day
(Malta)

T3: Terrible
Traffic Tuesday

Capital Area
Unicenter Users
Group Meeting
09:00-14:30
Computer Assoc's
2291 Wood Oak Dr
Herndon, VA
20171-2823
703-708-3000

National Harbor
Summer Movies
Duck Soup
after sunset
bring seating, no
outside food/bev
Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD
parking $2-$10

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Square Dance
19:30-22:15, $5
St Marys Parish Hall
3916 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Square Dances
Laura Brown, Ann
Fallon, Eva Murray,
Janine Smith,
Susan Taylor
20:30-23:00, $6.00
Cherry Hill
RV Park
Please bring a
snack to share
WEDNESDAY
September 9

Bulgarian
Liberation/
Freedom Day, 1944

Republic Day
founding of Demo-
cratic People's
Republic of Korea
(North Korea)

California
Admission Day
1850

Luxembourg
Liberation Day

Salerno Day, 1943

Den Obetí
Holokaustu a
Rasového Násilia
Day of the Victims
of Holocaust and
of Racial Violence
(Slovakia, 1941)

National Assembly
Foundation Day
(Afghanistan)

Confident City
Cycling classes
(CCC1 - in class;
Spanish trans-
lation provided)
17:30-20:30
Walter Reed Com-
munity Center,
2909 16th St,
Arlington, VA
bicycle selection
& fit, gearing &
cadence, nutrition
& hydration,
proper use of
accessories, bike
handling, hazard
avoidance, traffic
law, proper lane
placement, simple
bike maintenance
202-518-0524

Arlington County
Bike-Ped Counts
training session
18:00-20:00, rooms
C&D, Lobby level
Court House Plaza
2100 Clarendon
Blv, Arlington, VA

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
September 10

Gibraltar
National Day

Belize National
Day, 1798

Jeûne Genevois
(Genevan Fast,
Switzerland)

Arlington County
Bike-Ped Counts
07:00-09:00 and
16:00-18:00
various locations
(Williasburg Cir)
Arlington, VA

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

September 10-13
Emporia Bike Club
Great Peanut Ride
10-81 mi, Camping
Nature walks
Emporia, VA

September 10-11
Penn Quarter Arts
on Foot Festival
Art Market Preview
F St sidewalk
National Portrait
Gallery
11:30-19:00

DC Sun Users Group
16:00-18:00
Avcom East,
Suite 1020,
8150 Leesburg Pk,
Tysons Corner, VA
22182
703-442-7668

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
September 11

Coptic New Year's
Day (Egypt)

Jinnah Day
Pakistan, 1948

Día del Maestro
Teacher's Day
death of D. F.
Sarmiento
(Argentina)

Emergency Day[ha]

Fisherman's Walk
Day (Musselburgh,
Scotland)

September 11-13
Hampton Bay Days
Hampton, VA
757-727-1641

Bay Seafood
Festival, Belle
Isle State Park,
Kilmarnock, VA
FAX: 804-435-0543

September 11-13
Greenwood Furnace
Folk Gathering
workshops, jams,
concerts, dancing
Simple Gifts
State College, PA
814-643-6220

September 11-13
Storvik (SCA)
Baronial Birthday
Upper Marlboro, MD

National Gallery
of Art Jazz in the
Sculpture Garden
17:00-20:00
café seasonal
light fare menu
Constitution Ave
& 7th St NW
Washington, D.C.

September 11-13
(SCA) Journey
to the Crusades
Caer Gelynniog
Palmyra, VA

September 11-13
Foot Fall Contra
Dance Weekend
Lisa Greenleaf &
Robert Cromartie
Contrazz
David Di Giuseppe,
accordion; Rodney
Marsh, saxophone,
flute; Bernie
Petteway, guitar;
Diane Petteway,
piano;
Ed Butler,
percussion
Notorious quartet
Eden MacAdam-
Somer, fiddle;
Larry Unger,
guitar;
Sam Bartlett,
mandolin;
Mark Hellenberg
(aka "Pokey"),
percussion
Timber Ridge Camp
High View, WV

September 11-13
Greenwood Furnace
Folk Gathering
Keystone Rebels
Greenwood Furnace
State Park between
State College and
Huntingdon, PA

September 11-13
Moondance
contra weekend
Elixir w/ Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins
Table Rock
State Park, SC

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
Dave Rupp w/
Mr Darcys Lonely
Hearts Club Band
(Wes Steenson,
Kirsten Erwin,
Adam Oleska,
Josh Burdick)
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

contra
Jesse Edgerton w/
Big Celtic Fun
Century Center
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Open Band
20:30-23:30, $9
Bumper Car Pavilion
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
September 12

Defenders' Day
MD, 1812

Occupation Day
Southern Rhodesia
1923

Respect for the
Aged Day, Japan

September 12-13
Autumn
Arts Festival
John Hager House
Hagerstown, MD

Barnacled Bullfrog
Marinus (SCA)
Suffolk, VA

Rockbridge Food
& Wine Festival
Theater at
Lime Klin,
699 Lime Klin Rd,
Lexington, VA
540-463-5375

Baltimore Bike Club
Civil War Century
Thurmont, MD

Amish Country
Bike Tour, flat
15/25/50/62/100mi
08:15 start
Legislative Mall
Dover Delaware

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

WISIL Hydobowl
Human Powered
Boat races
* 100meter sprint
* slalom
* 2K crit
* Drag race
Rock Cut St Park,
Rockford, IL

WABA Bike and
Gear Swap
The Bicycle Place
Silver Spring, MD

Ballston Arts &
Crafts Market
unique, hand-
crafted pieces
10:00-16:00
Welburn Square
Wilson Blvd/
Fairfax Dr/
N Stuart St
(Ballston Metro)
703-528-3527

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Penn Quarter Arts
on Foot Festival
art walking tour;
visual/performing
arts festival
11:00-17:00
Washington, DC

Arlington County
Bike-Ped Counts
12:00-14:00
various locations
(Williasburg Cir)
Arlington, VA

19th annual
Rosslyn Jazz
Festival
Frederic Yonnet
? 12:00-18:00
Gateway Park
FREE, N Lynn St
@ Lee Hwy,
Arlington, VA

CDNY Afternoon
and Evening
of Contras
Scott Higgs w/
Grand Picnic
New York, NY

Valley Contra Dance
Ted Crane w/
Dr Twamley's
Audio Snakes
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

The Reston Dance
Contras & Squares
music: June Apple
class 19:15-20:00
dance 20:00-22:45
$7.00, Reston
Community Center
2310 Colts Neck Rd

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
St Mark's on
the Hill, 1620
Reisterstown Rd
Pikesville, MD

TADAMS Contra
Greg Frock w/
The Avant Gardeners
Laura Light,
fiddle; George
Paul, piano
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Blue Ridge Country
Dancers contra
Skylark
beginners 19:35
20:00-23:00, $8
Winter Sun
Community Hall
Floyd, VA
540-745-3908

CDVA contra
beginners 19:00
19:30-22:30, $6.00
St Stephens
Episcopal Church
372 Hiden Blvd,
Newport News, VA

Contra Dance
20:00-23:00
St Therese Church
Shavertown, PA
info 570-333-4007

Harrisonburg $5
contra20:00-23:00
workshop 19:15
Dayton Learning
Center, Dayton, VA
540-269-2035

lessons, 19:00
contra, 19:30, $6
w/ the Southern
Maryland Open Band
ice-cream social
Immaculate
Conception Church,
Old Village Rd,
Mechanicsville, MD

Russelville
square dance
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Russelville Grange
245Old Limestone Rd
Rt 896 N of Rt 10
Russelville, PA
717-529-6256

Contradance
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5.00, Main Line
Unitarian Church
816 S Valley Forge
Rd, Devon, PA

contra:
Pinecone Council
of Traditional
Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Bond Park Sr Ctr
Maury O'Dell Rd
Cary, NC, $5/$4
919-990-1900

Binghamton contra
David Smukler
w/ Contrapasso
19:00, $3-$5 sugg
Share Refreshments
MacArthur School
1123 Vestal Ave
Binghamton, NY

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

Northern Virginia
Ceili dances
Bog Wanderers
Ceili Band
beginners 19:30
$10, 20:00-24:00
John Wood Center
3701 Old Lee Hwy
Fairfax, VA

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Phoenix Friends
of Old-Time Music
contra
Deb Comly w/
Cluster Folk
instruction 19:00
dance 19:30-23:00
$9 ($7 members)
Kenilworth School
Auditorium
1210 N 5th Ave
Phoenix, AZ
info 602-582-6990
SUNDAY
September 13

Ides of September

Battle of Quebec
1759

Adams-Morgan Day
Festival

National
Grandparent's Day

September 13-20
Virginia Beach
Wine Week
Convention Center
Virginia Beach, VA
757-288-3861

Shenandoah Valley
Century
Harrisonburg, VA

Southern Maryland
Century
16/29/63/100 mi
$25/$15 adv
$12/$15 T-shirts
Village Green Park
Indian Head, MD

Takoma Park
Folk Festival
11:00-18:00, Free
Takoma Park Inter-
mediate School

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

contra dance
Dave Wiesler
w/ TBA
14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

FSGW Contra Dance
Robert Cromatrie
w/ Contrazz
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
September 14

Battle of San
Jacinto Day
Nicaragua, 1856

Feast of the
Exaltation of
the Holy Cross

National Anthem
Day, 1814

September 14-19
Recumbents World
Human Powered Speed
Championships2009
Battle Mountain, NV

Crystal Screen
Batman Begins
(2005)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

contra:
Free dance, 19:30
Open Band
Ithaca Commons
Main Pavillion
Ithaca, NY

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
September 15

real Christmas?
7 BC

Central American
Republics
Independence Day
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua, 1821

Battle of Britain
Day, England, 1940

Restoration of
Primorska to the
Motherland Day
(Slovenia)

Day of Our Lady
of Sorrows,
patron saint
of Slovakia
(Slovakia)

Contra Rebels
w/ Todd Clewell
wedding reception
Starlite, PA
(private)

Churrasco Style BBQ
Noblis South Patio
11:30-13:10

Potomac Pedalers:
Executive Commit-
tee meeting 19:00

Mid-Atlantic Off-
Road Enthusiasts
(MORE) meeting
19:00, REI,
Rhode Island Ave
College Park, MD
(Greenbelt Metro)

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
September 16

Pilgrims sail
from Plymouth,
England, 1620

Dieciséis de
Septiembre
Independence Day
(Mexico)

Cherokee Strip
Day, Oklahoma, 1893

Roald Amundsen
discovered
the Magnetic
South Pole, 1906

General Motors
founded, 1908

American Legion
Charter Day, 1919

Independence Day
Singapore,
Malaysia, 1963

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Trans-
portation Commis-
sion Meeting 19:30
County Board Room

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
September 17

Citizenship Day,
beginning of
Constitution Week
1952 (US)

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

Friday Morning
Music Club
chamber concerts
12:00-13:00, Free
Ellipse Arts Ctr
Arlington
703-228-7710

Noblis Wideband
Cluster Group mtg
12:00-13:00, H5367

September 17-20
Walnut Valley
Festival
Notorious
Winfield, KS

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
Susan Petrick w/
Opportunists
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
September 18

Feast Day of
Saint Joseph of
Cupertino
aviators

Independence Day
(Chile)

International
Dadaism Month

Rosh Hashanah (2)
1 Tishrei 5763

Erev Rosh Hashana

National Gallery
of Art Jazz in the
Sculpture Garden
17:00-20:00
café seasonal
light fare menu
Constitution Ave
& 7th St NW
Washington, D.C.

September 18-20
Star Hampshire
Dance Weekend
Star Island, NH
The Figments
w/ Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins

September 18-20
Squirrel Moon
Music & Dance
Festival
Tom Hinds w/
The Groovemongers
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI

September 18-20
Sacramento Country
Dance Society
Echo Summit
Dance Camp
Contrazz
Sacramento, CA

September 18-20
Chalice of the
Sun God VI:
Leda's Twins
Ponte Alto (SCA)
Triangle, VA

September 18-20
Midnight at
the Oasis II
Nimenefeld (SCA)
Apex, NC

September 18-20
Notting Hill Coill
Baronial War
Practice
Ritterwald (SCA)
New Ellenton, SC

September 18-20
FOOTMAD Fall Fling
contra dance
The Contrarians
Fayetteville, WV

September 18-20
contrea dances w/
Wild Asparagus
in Colorado

Yorktown HS
Linux User Group
(YHSLUG)
meeting 19:00,
5201 N 28th St

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Buz Lloyd contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Susan Petrick w/
The Opportunists
Erik Hoffman
(guitar, fiddle,
percussion)
Alan Snyder
(fiddle, piano)
Topher Gayle
(bass, mandolin,
mandola, guitar,
percussion)
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
September 19

Chilean Admission
Day

Feast Day of
Saint Januarius
blood banks
(Naples)

Den 1. verejného
vystúpenia SNR
Day of the First
Public Appearance
of the Slovak
National Council
(Slovakia, 1848)

International
Talk Like a
Pirate Day

September 19-20
Bluemont Fair
33846 Snickers-
ville Turnpike,
Bluemont, VA

September 19-20
Cider Festival &
Antique Tractors
Great Country Farms
18780 Foggy Bottom
Rd, Bluemont, VA
540-554-2073

Rib-Eye Round Up
Hill Top Berry
Farm & Winery
2800 Berry Hill Rd
Nellysford, VA
434-361-1266

Virginia Scottish
Games, Sky Meadows
State Park, VA
540-592-3556

September 19-20
Heart of Virginia
Century and
Bike Festival:
25/40/62/100 mi
$40/$35 adv
camping $10/night
Patrick Henry YMCA
217 Ashcake Rd
Ashland, VA

Jersey Devil
Century
Start 08:00-10:00
25/50/100 miles
$20/$17 adv
Parvin State Park
Centerton, NJ

Surry Century
25/50/75/100 mi
$15 by 9/9/09
Surry Courthouse
Surry, VA

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

September 19-20
Hawkeye Downs
HPRA Race Weekend
Cedar Rapids, IA

H Street Festival
northeast DC

Confident City
Cycling Classes
(CCC2 - on bike;
CCC1 pre-req)
13:00-16:00
Arlington, VA
Public Schools
Parking Deck
15th St N between
Quincy & Stafford
over I-66; bring
bike, helmet, water
practice bike
handling & hazard
avoidance skills
Liability waivers
required
202-518-0524

Rosh Hashana 5770

Down East Folk Arts
Society contra
Beginners 19:00
Dance 19:30-22:15
$10/$8/$5 stu
Duke Marine Lab
Beaufort, NC
252-504-2787

Annapolis Contra
Susan Petrick
w/ Opportunists
Erik Hoffman,
guitar/fiddle;
Alan Snyder,
fiddle/piano;
Topher Gayle,
bass/guitar/etc.
Dance 19:00-22:00
beginners 18:30
$10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW
Annapolis Friends
Meeting House,
351 Du Bois Rd,
Annapolis, MD

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Blacksburg Contra
Dot Dot Dash
beginners 19:30
20:00, $8.00
(free after22:00)
YMCA Dance room
Blacksburg, VA

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra:
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance, 20:00:
workshop 19:30
Margaret Brent MS
Helen, MD, $6

Lancaster contra
pot-luck 17:30
De Laura Padovan
w/ Taylor Among
the Devils
Marty Taylor,
Irish whistles,
recorder,
concertina;
Steve Hickman,
fiddle; Jonathan
Jensen, piano
workshop 18:15
19:00-22:00, $7
Lancaster, PA
County Park
info: 717-431-7417

Contra Dance
Tom Calwell & Myra
Hirschberg w/ TBA
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Fiddle and Bow
Country Dancers
contra dance
Gaye Fifer w/
Floorplay
lesson 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Guilford Grange,
Guilford School
Rd off Lindley Rd
Greensboro, NC
$5/$7

Louisville Country
Dancers contra:
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Church of the
Advent, Baxter &
Baker & Cherokee

FSGW Concert
20:00
Washington Ethical
Society (NW, DC)
$10 (FSGW Free)

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding
w/ recorded music
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-437-3615

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
open band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
September 20

Eidgenössischer
Dank-, Buss- und
Bettag (Swiss
federal fast)

PPTC Historic
Back Roads Century
25/50/63/100 mi
Berryville, VA

West End Community
Market, Arlington
Mill Community Ctr
4875 Columbia Pk,
Arlington, VA
10:00-14:00
arts, crafts,
local produce

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Waltz Time
Sunday Waltzing
Cabaret Sauvignon
Karen Ashbrook,
Dave Wiesler
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Rosh Hashana II

FSGW Contra Dance
Susan Petrick w/
The Opportunists
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
September 21

Feast Day of
Saint Matthew
bankers, tax
collectors,
customs officers

Independence Day
Malta, 1964

Independence Day
Armenia, 1991

Día del Estudiante
(Student's Day) /
Día de la Prima-
vera (Spring Day)
(HS students,
Argentina)

September 21-22
autumnal equinox
Norse Mabon
Harvest End
Celtic mid-fall
Shubun no hi
(Japan)

World Peace Day
Baha'is of US

Keiro no hi
(Respect for the
Aged Day, Japan)

3 Tishrei 5763

Tzom Gedaliah

Crystal Screen
Batman: The
Dark Knight
(2008)
Free, at Sundown
18th & Bell St
(courtyard across
from Crystal City
Metro Station &
Marriott Hotel)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
September 22

Independence Day
(Bulgaria)

Independence Day
Mali, 1960

International
Dadaism Month

Car-Free Day

Autumnal Equinox
21:18 UTC
17:18 EDT

National Harbor
Summer Movies
Rear Window
after sunset
bring seating, no
outside food/bev
Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD
parking $2-$10

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
September 23

Neptune
discovered, 1846
(Urbain Jean
Joseph Le Verrier
& John Couch Adams)

Frontier Day
Cheyenne, Wyoming
1897

Saudi Arabia
Unification Day
1932

Mozilla Phoenix
0.1 web browser
released 2002
(now Firefox)

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Commis-
sion for the Arts
Mtg 19:30-21:30
Conf Rm B, CHP
703-228-6960

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
September 24

Feast Day of
Nuestra Senora
de las Mercedes
Dominican
Republic, Peru

Heritage Day
(South Africa)

Schwenkenfelder
Gedaechtnisz Tag
Thanksgiving Day
Pa Dutch, 1733/4

National
Punctuation Day

September 24-27
Peanut Festival
Emporia, VA
434-634-4744
FAX: 434-348-4020

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
SPUDS:
Summit Pick-Up
Dance Society
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
September 25

Bruderklausenfest
(Obwalden,
Switzerland)

Government Day/
National Assembly
Day, Rwanda

Roi Wangol
and Mousondi
(Haiti/Vodou)

Pacific Ocean Day
Vasco Nunez de
Balboa, 1513

American
Indian Day

September 25-27
Apple Festival
Chilhowie, VA
276-646-8213

September 25-27
(SCA) Lochmere
Baronial Birthday
Crownsville, MD

September 25-27
Siege of Glengary
Aethelmearc (SCA)

September 25-27
Harvest Hunt (SCA)
Border Vale Keep

September 25-27
Baltimore Bike Club
CRABS Weekend
Lancaster, PA
$180BBC/$190.00

September 25-27
Fiddle and Bow
Country Dancers
27th Annual
Feet Retreat
Robert and Louie
Cromartie and
Adina Gordon w/
Notorious and
House Red w/
Shawn Brenneman
Camp Sertoma,
North Carolina

September 25-27
Scottish Weekend
Dave Wiesler
Timber Ridge Camp
High View, WV

September 25-27
Adirondack
Dance Weekend
contra & swing
Nils Fredland,
Lisa Greenleaf,
Crowfoot,
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
Beverwyck,
Scott Higgs, The
Hot Foot Club,
Vikki Armstrong,
Eric Buddington,
Spare Parts
Silver Bay,
Adirondack Mtns
Lake George, NY
$230-$305

September 25-27
Youth Dance
Weekend
Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins
Plymouth, VT

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Locust Lane Contra
The Avant Gardeners
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

contra
Dean Herington
and Mara Shea
Pleasant Green

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
September 26

Bandaranaike Day
(Ceylon, 1959)

Feast Day of
Martyrs of
North America

Proclamation of
the Republic Day
(Yemen Arab
Republic, 1962)

Northern Neck Food
& Harvest Festival
Stratford Hall
483 Great House
Rd, Stratford, VA
804-493-8083

4th annual
Mid-Autumn
Moon Festival
Town Point Park,
Norfolk, VA
757-441-2345

September 26-27
Fall Farm Fun
Festival
Marker-Miller
Orchards, 3035
Cedar Creek Grade
Winchester, VA
540-662-1980

September 26-27
Grayson Highlands
Fall Festival
Grayson Highlands
State Park, VA
276-579-7092

September 26-27
Apple Harvest &
Apple Butter Fest
Drumheller's Orch,
Lovingston, VA

WABA
50 States and
13 Colonies Ride

Arlington Kids
Stuff Sale
08:00-12:00
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
4000 Lorcom Ln
Arlington, VA

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

3rd annual
Frolic in the
Fall contradance
Susan Petrick and
Dave Colestock w/
Contranella
The Avant Gardeners
Harrisburg, PA

Northern VA Hammer
Dulcimer Players
13:30-16:30
Tysons-Pimmit
Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pk
Falls Church, VA

O'Neill-Malcom
CCE Irish Folk
Festival, Free
Karen Ashbrook
& Paul Oorts
Auld Shebeen Pub
3971 Chain Bridge
Rd, Fairfax, VA

Rythym River
Ramblers
Todd Clewell
Piney Run
Nature Center

Shabbat Shuva

Valley Contra Dance
Jane's Gang
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

Mid-Maryland
Folk Arts Council
Contra Dance
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$9/$5/$4, former
Seventh Day School
Adventist Drive
Frederick, MD

TADAMS Contra
Delaura Padovan
w/ PHD
Steve Hickman,
fiddle; John
Divine, guitar
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, 20:00
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

Charlotte Dance
Gypsies contra
potluck 18:30

beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC
Bob 704-366-1215

Roanoke Contra
Paul Rosen w/ The
Avant Gardeners
? - OR - ?
The Toad Mamas
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
gym - Booker T.
Washington
Douglas Ave
Roanoke, VA
540-314-5306
540-793-1574

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
September 27

Feast Day of
Saint Cosmas
barbers,
Druggists

French Community
Holiday (Wallonia
Belgium)

Gold Star
Mothers Day

Good Neighbor Day

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Pippenfest
Strings on Wings
(Todd Clewell)
Fairfield, PA

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Yom Kippur
10 Tishrei 5763

Erev Yom Kippur

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

FSGW Contra Dance
Susan Taylor w/
The Rhythm Method
String Band
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
September 28

Confucius'
Birthday/
Teachers' Day
(Taiwan)

Fiesta of
San Miguel (de
Allende, Mexico)
thru Oct 1

Kiwanis Kid Day

Referendum Day
(Guinea, 1958)

St. Wenceslas Day
murdered 935
Czech Statehood Day
(Czech Republic)

National Center
on Addiction and
Substance Abuse
Family Day --
Eat Dinner
w/ your Children

3 Churches' Blood
Drive 14:30-20:30
pint #58
16:15 appt
Walker Chapel
United Methodist
Church,
4102 N Glebe Rd,
Arlington, VA
703-999-5148
1-800-Give-Life

Yom Kippur

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
September 29

Battle of
Boqueron Day
(Paraguay, 1930)

Brunei
Constitution Day
1959

Michaelmas Day
(Feast Day of
Saint Michael)
policemen,
grocers,
paratroopers,
radiologists

Manman Aloumandia
(Haiti/Vodou)

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
Di Giuseppe &
Pete Campbell
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
September 30

Botswana Day
1966

Feast Day of
Saint Jerome
students of
Scripture,
librarians

Maetresse Delai
(Haiti/Vodou)

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
October 1

Kalends of October

Agricultural Fair
Day, 1810

Unification Day
(Cameroon, 1961)

Day of the
Caudillo
(Spain, 1936)

Korean Armed
Forces Day
Republic of
(South) Korea

Independence Day
(Cyprus)

Independence Day
Nigeria, 1963

October 1-3
The People's
Republic of China
Day, 1949

International
Dadaism Month

Yield to Life
Benefit Fundraiser

Noblis fiscal
New-Year's Day

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

October 1-4
FSGW Getaway
United Methodist
Conference Center
West River, MD

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
October 2

The People's
Republic of China
Day, 1949

Feast Day of the
Guardian Angels

Gandhi Jayanti
(India)

Guinea Republic
Day, 1958

Birthday of
Mohandas
Maramchand Gandhi
1869-1948/1/30

1940 Opening of
Pennsylvania
Turnpike
(1st US Freeway)

Potato Day
(France)

October 2-3
65rd annual
Waterford
Homes Tour &
Crafts Festival
10:00-17:00
18th & 19th cent
village craft
demonstrators,
re-enactors,
storytellers,
entertainers,
puppeteers,
dancers,
Maggie Sansone
Waterford, VA
540-882-3018
tickets

October 2-3
Crab Carnival
West Point, VA
804-843-4620

October 2-3
Nutmeg Dulcimer
Festival
Jody Marshall
Mary Taylor United
Methodist Church
Milford, CT

October 2-4
Middfest Inter-
national Festival
Simple Gifts
Middletown, OH
513-425-7707

Sukkot (6)
15 Tishrei 5763

Erev Sukkot

October 2-5
FSGW Getaway 2009
Conference Center
West River, MD

Harvest Dance
Contra Rebels
w/guest fiddler
Barb Schmid
Todd Clewell
Dickinson College

Freshwater
Music Festival
The Avant Gardeners
West Virginia

Critical-Mass
bike ride, 18:00
Dupont Circle

4-lesson contra
dancing class
begins, $12/4
19:30-20:30
Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
TBA w/ The
Serpentine Band
Andrea Hoag,
fiddle; Charlie
Pilzer, piano and
button accordion;
Leigh Pilzer,
saxophone,
clarinet;
Will Morrison,
drums, percussion
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
Jane Ewing w/
Toad Mamas
Rick La Rue
(fiddle), Patti
Reum (whistles,
flutes), Jack
Maus (piano),
David Stone
(mandolin, guitar)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Folk Happens!
contra
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$7 ($5 members)
Grace Sparkes
Activity Center
(Prescott Armory)
824 E Gurley St
Prescott, AZ
info 928-445-3373
SATURDAY
October 3

Feast Day of
Saint Therese
de Lisieux
foreign missions,
aviators, France
#2

Leyden Day, 1574

Gaecheonjeol
Korean National
Foundation Day
2333 BC
Festival of the
Opening of Heaven
(South Korea)

Independence Day
Iraq, 1932

Morazán Day
(Honduras)

Tag der Deutschen
Einheit (German
Unification Day)
1990

Waterford
Crafts Fair

Washington
Cathedral
Open House

Community Yard
Sale, 06:45-13:00
15th St Parking
Garage, Arlington

Capital Area
Hemophilia Assoc
Blood, Sweat and
Gears Hemophilia
Half-Hundred
25K/50K/50mi loop
on W&OD Trail
Reston YMCA, 12196
Sunset Hills Rd
Reston, VA
rain or shine
703-352-7641

Midrealm XL Year
Celebration (SCA)

Wine Festival
Yorktown, VA
757-877-2933

Shriners
Central Virginia
Pork Festival
RIR on Strawberry
Hill, Richmond, VA
804-264-0509
FAX: 804-264-1201

Apple Butter
Festival, Flippin-
Seaman Orchard
Nelson County, VA
434-277-5824

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Arlington County
E-CARE
(Environmental
Collection and
Recycling Event)
TVs: $20
monitors: $15
books, bicycles,
eyglasses, clothes
Haz Mat (hazardous
materials)
08:30-15:00
Tho. Jefferson MS
125 S Old Glebe
Rd, Arlington, VA
703-228-6832

Monthly Sky
Lecture, 09:30
Einstein
Planetarium
Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum

Crafty Bastards
Arts & Crafts Fair
Adams Morgan, DC
10:00-17:00

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Sukkot I

Contra Dance
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Shepherdstown
Music and Dance
Contra, 20:00
(workshop 19:30)
TBA w/
Serpentines
Andrea Hoag,
fiddle;
Leigh Pilzer,
soprano sax;
Will Morrison,
percussion;
Charlie Pilzer,
piano, accordion
Shepherdstown
Men's Club (King
& German Sts.)
$7 mbrs/$10/$5

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Old-time Music &
Dance Group of
Blacksburg
Square Dance
20:00, $8.00
Old Middle School
500 block SMain St
at Ehart St
Blacksburg, VA

Friends of Appala-
chian Music Contra
dance Norge, VA
Community Hall
beginners 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5 (no break)

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
Contra Rebels
w/ Todd Clewell
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Foot Loose Contrazz
Contra Series
lesson 19:30,
dance 20:00, $8.00
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Strafford Ball
Scott Higgs
Strafford, VT

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Flagstaff Friends
of Traditional
Music contra
dance 19:30-23:00
$6 ($5 members)
Ashurst Hall
Northern Arizona
University
Flagstaff, AZ

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
Several Arizona
Callers w/
Big Drop-in Band
The Wall of Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
October 4

Feast Day of
Saint Francis
of Assisi
Italy, Catholic
action, merchants

Independence Day
Lesotho, 1966
(Basutoland)

launching of
Sputnik I, 1957

Waterford
Crafts Fair

(Free) Herndon
Folk Festival
Municipal Center

Mental Illness
Awareness Week

Grandparent's Day
(Massachusetts)

October 2-5
FSGW Getaway 2009
Conference Center
West River, MD

Tour du Port
Korean War
Memorial,
Baltimore, MD

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Elissa Weiss w/
The Salomone Trio
4 sets, including
a short play
Uppity Women
of Our Tyme
Fort Tryon Park
Medieval Festival
11:30-18:00, free
The Cloisters
(A-train to190th)
New York, NY

Arden Gild contra
$9.00/$8.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Sukkot II

Shore Lines contra
dance 17:00-21:00
$6.00, Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Michael
Barraclough
w/ Floorplay
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
Rivanna River
Chiggers
Molly Pickral,
fiddle; Marc
Perdue, banjo;
Jeff York,
mandolin; Dan
Goldberg, guitar;
Lew Burris, bass
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
October 5

Army Day
(Indonesia)

National Sports
Day, (Lesotho)

Proclamation of
the Republic
(Portugal, 1910)

Arlington County
Personal Property
(vehicle) tax due

Fairfax County
Personal Property
(vehicle) tax due

WAMU Fundraising

Labour Day
(Australian Cap-
ital Territory,
New South Wales,
South Australia)

US Supreme Court
reconvenes

Child Health Day

Missouri Day

Sukkot III(CH''M)

American Massage
Therapists Assoc
networking 18:00
mtg 19:00-22:00
Falls Church Com-
munity Center, 223
Little Falls St,
Falls Church, VA

10/5
Simple Gifts
concert 18:00
Potomac State
College of WVU
Keyser, WV
304-788-6837

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
October 6

Universal
Children's Day
(Malaysia)

Den obetí Dukly
Dukla Pass
Victims' Day
(Slovakia, 1944)

Armed Forces Day
(Egypt)

Thadingyut - end
of Buddhist Lent,
Festival of Lights
(Myanmar)

Noblis DR
Exercise

Washington Bach
Consort Noontime
Cantata Series
12:22, 50 min
Free, Church of
the Epiphany,
13th & G Sts NW,
Washington, DC

Glissando Duo
(Elissa Weiss,
soprano and harp;
Lisa Spraragen,
guitar)
A Little Midday
Music, 12:30
Program TBA
The Church of the
Transfiguration,
One East 29th St
(between 5th Ave
and Madison Ave)
$5 sug donation
New York, NY,

Sukkot IV (CH''M)

Fretted Dulcimer
Circle, 18:30
Thomas Jefferson
Library, 7415
Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
October 7

Nones of October

Constitution Day
(East) German
Democratic
Republic, 1949

Feast Day of the
Most Holy Rosary

Walk and Bike
to School Day
Arlington, VA
Public Schools

Harvest Festival
Sunset Beach
Resort, 32246
Lankford Highway,
Cape Charles, VA
757-787-2460

Sukkot V (CH''M)

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
October 8

Feast Day of
Saint Bridget
(Sweden)

Naval Battle of
Angamos (Peru)

Chicago Fire, 1871

Peshtigo Fire Day
(Wisconsin, 1871)

October 8-11
Suffolk Peanut
Festival, Suffolk
Municipal Airport
757-539-6751

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

October 8-11
War ofthe Wings IV
Sacred Stone (SCA)
Boonville, NC

October 8-11
Diamond Wars XXIV:
Altan Orda, (SCA)
the Golden Camp
Gleann Abhann

DC Sun Users Group
16:00-18:00
Avcom East,
Suite 1020,
8150 Leesburg Pk,
Tysons Corner, VA
22182
703-442-7668

Hoshanah Rabbah
21 Tishrei 5763

Sukkot VI (CH''M)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672

contra dance
Wild Asparagus
Old Stone Church
Brattleboro, VT
FRIDAY
October 9

Day of National
Dignity, Peru
1968

Feast Day of
Saint Denis
Paris, France

Guayaquil's
Independence Day
Ecuador, 1820

Hangul Day, 1446
(South Korea)

Husain Day
Shiites, 680

Khmer Republic
Day, 1970
(Cambodia)

Leif Ericson Day
Iceland, Norway,
Wisconsin,
Minnesota

Independence Day
Uganda, 1962

Shemini Atzeret
22 Tishrei 5763

Sukkot VII
(Hoshana Raba)

October 9-12
Tradfest
Extravaganza
workshops,
dances, ceilis
Karen Ashbrook
beginning Irish
hammered dulcimer
Honor Haven
Resort & Spa
Ellenville, NY

October 9-12
FART
Fall Allegheny
Rally for Tandems
Salamanca, NY

October 9-12
31st annual
Southern
Tandem Rally
The Villages, FLA

October 9-11
St Albans
Centennial
Cathedral Service
19:00
Alumni Reception
20:30

October 9-11
1st annual
Mountain Madness
Contra Weekend
Beth Molaro &
Bob Isaacs w/
Crowfoot &
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
The Contrarians
limit 150
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
Tori Barone w/
Raise the Roof
Judi Stellar,
Mat Clark,
Pete Soloway,
Kathy Talvitie

or Judi Rivkin w/
Herd O'Cats
(Adlai Waksman,
Enid Diamante,
Craig Newberger,
Kirsten Erwin)
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Open Band
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
October 10

Aleksis Kivi Day
(Finland, 1834)

Double Tenth Day
Taiwan (Republic
of China), 1911

Kruger Day, 1825
(South Africa
1952-1993)

Oklahoma
Historical Day
1802

Taiiku-No-Hi
Physical
Education Day/
Sports Day, 1964
Tokyo Olympics

Proclamation
of Yara Day
Cuba, 1868

Founding of the
(North) Korean
Workers Party

October 9-11
St Albans
Centennial
Class Reunions,
Symposia, Lunch
Homecoming

Party, 19:00

Seagull Century
60/100 miles
Salisbury, MD

Ballston Arts &
Crafts Market
unique, hand-
crafted pieces
10:00-16:00
Welburn Square
Wilson Blvd/
Fairfax Dr/
N Stuart St
(Ballston Metro)
703-528-3527

Taste of DC Fest-
ival 11:00-18:30
Freedom Plaza,
Pennsylvania Ave
@ 9th-14th Sts

October 10-11
Apple Harvest
Festival
Marker-Miller
Orchards, 3035
Cedar Creek Grade
Winchester, VA
540-662-1980

Taste of Culpeper
The Depot
109 S Commerce St
Culpeper, VA
540-825-4416

Oyster Festival
Maddox Family
Campground
Chincoteague Isld
757-336-6161

Apple Day:
A Celebration
of Appalachian
Heritage
Beach Complex
Douthat State Park
540-862-8100

The Great Pumpkin
Fall Fling
Carousel Park
602 Settlers
Landing Rd,
Hampton VA
757-727-0900

October 10-11
Virginia Wine and
Garlic Festival
Rebec Vineyards
2229 N Amherst Hwy
Amherst, VA
434-946-5168

October 10-11
Hands & Harvest
Festival
Highland Co, VA
540-468-2550
FAX: 540-468-2551

October 10-11
Graves Mountain
Apple Harvest
Festival
Syria, VA
540-923-4231
FAX: 540-923-4312

October 10-11
Vintage Dance
(Victoria's
Revenge?)
Notorious
Cape May, NJ

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Simchat Torah
23 Tishrei 5763

Shmini Atzeret

Valley Contra Dance
Dead Sea Squirrels
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

The Reston Dance
Contras & Squares
music: June Apple
class 19:15-20:00
dance 20:00-22:45
$7.00, Reston
Community Center
2310 Colts Neck Rd

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
St Mark's on
the Hill, 1620
Reisterstown Rd
Pikesville, MD

TADAMS Contra
caller TBA w/
Jane's Gang
Jane Rothfield,
fiddle; Allan
Carr, guitar;
Paul Sidlick,
mandolin; Geoff
Harden, bass
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Blue Ridge Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:35
20:00-23:00, $8
Winter Sun
Community Hall
Floyd, VA
540-745-3908

CDVA contra
beginners 19:00
19:30-22:30, $6.00
St Stephens
Episcopal Church
372 Hiden Blvd,
Newport News, VA

Contra Dance
20:00-23:00
St Therese Church
Shavertown, PA
info 570-333-4007

Harrisonburg $5
contra20:00-23:00
workshop 19:15
Dayton Learning
Center, Dayton, VA
540-269-2035

potluck, 18:00

contra, 19:30
w/ the Southern
Maryland Open Band
ice-cream social
Immaculate
Conception Church,
Old Village Rd,
Mechanicsville, MD

Russelville
square dance
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Russelville Grange
245Old Limestone Rd
Rt 896 N of Rt 10
Russelville, PA
717-529-6256

Greenbrier Folk
Music and Dance
Association
Lewisburg Contras
& Squares
Children's dance
18:45-19:30
Basic Skills work-
shop 19:30-20:00
Dance 20:00-22:30
$5, American Legion
Hall (above the
Radio Shack)
118 S Jefferson
St (Route 219)
Lewisburg, WV

Contradance
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5.00, Main Line
Unitarian Church
816 S Valley Forge
Rd, Devon, PA

contra:
Pinecone Council
of Traditional
Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Bond Park Sr Ctr
Maury O'Dell Rd
Cary, NC, $5/$4
919-990-1900

Binghamton contra
19:00, $3-$5 sugg
Share Refreshments
MacArthur School
1123 Vestal Ave
Binghamton, NY

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

Northern Virginia
Ceili dances
Bog Wanderers
Ceili Band
beginners 19:30
$10, 20:00-24:00
John Wood Center
3701 Old Lee Hwy
Fairfax, VA

Creative Briefs
1101 Wilson Blvd
20:00-23:00
free bike valet

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Phoenix Friends
of Old-Time Music
contra
Open Band
instruction 19:00
dance 19:30-23:00
$9 ($7 members)
Kenilworth School
Auditorium
1210 N 5th Ave
Phoenix, AZ
info 602-582-6990
SUNDAY
October 11

Panama Revolution
Day, 1968

Pulaski Memorial
Day, Georgia, Ill,
Nebr, Wisc, 1779

Sister to
Sister's Bike
for the Heart

Civista
Health Foundation
Bicycle Tour
Potomac Heritage
Trail National
Scenic Trail
14/33/60/80/100mi
La Plata, MD

St Albans
Centennial
Alumni Little
Sanctuary Service
& Breakfast, 10:30

Taste of DC Fest-
ival 11:00-18:30
Freedom Plaza,
Pennsylvania Ave
@ 9th-14th Sts

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Ken Kolodner
Fiddle workshop
13:00-14:30

Michelle McCann
Penny whistle and
bodhran workshops
13:00-14:30

concert
15:00-17:00
Ken Kolodner,
Slyte of Hand
(Bill Russell,
Michele McCann,
John Kmetz),
Jane Witman's
Brandywine Harp
Orchestra,
Scottish dancers
and fiddlers
The Music School
of Delaware
4101 Washington St
Wilmington DE
302-762-1132

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Simple Gifts
concert 15:00
Elizabethville
Library
Elizabethville, PA
717-234-4961

Simchat Torah

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Ron Buchanan w/
Dead Sea Squirrels
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
October 12

Columbus Day

Feast Day of Our
Lady Aparecida
(Patron saint
of Brazil)

Children's Day
(Brazil)

National Day
(Spain)

Discovery of
America Day
(Central & South
America)

Native-American
Day of Mourning

Dia de la Raza
(Day of the Race)
(Mexico)

Independence Day
Equatorial Guinea
1968

Taste of DC Fest-
ival 11:00-18:30
Freedom Plaza,
Pennsylvania Ave
@ 9th-14th Sts

Taiiku no hi
Health and Sports
Day (Japan)

Discoverers' Day
(Hawaii)

Virgin Islands-
Puerto Rico
Friendship Day

Farmers' Day
(Florida)

Día de la Raza
Columbus Day
(Argentina)

Columbus Day
observed

Columbus Day
(racist celebra-
tion of western
colonialism and
imperialism)

Thanksgiving Day
Action de Grâce
(Canada)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
October 13

Assassination of
the Hero of the
Nation Day
(Burundi)

Feast Day of
Saint Edward
(England)

Simple Gifts
concert 19:00
jam afterwards
Sullivan County
Arts Council
Dushore, PA
570-928-8927

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Square Dance
19:30-22:15, $5
St Marys Parish Hall
3916 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Square Dances
Laura Brown, Ann
Fallon, Eva Murray,
Janine Smith,
Susan Taylor
20:30-23:00, $6.00
Cherry Hill
RV Park
Please bring a
snack to share
WEDNESDAY
October 14

Independence Day
Malagasy Republic
1958, (Madagascar)

Peggy Stewart Day
Annapolis, MD, 1774

Yemen National
Day, 1962

home-brew beer
legal in the US
1978

World Human
Powered Speed
Championships
Battle Mountain,
NV

Noblis service
20/25/30/35/40 yr
Willard Hotel
reception and
Jersey Boys
at the
National Theatre

Oktober Fest
Noblis Cafeteria
16:30-18:00

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
October 15

Ides of October

Ether Day, 1846

Feast Day of
Saint Teresa
of Avila
(Spain)

White Cane
Safety Day

World Poetry Day

National
Grouch Day

Andrea & Brent
Chivers Wedding
1997

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

Friday Morning
Music Club
chamber concerts
12:00-13:00, Free
Ellipse Arts Ctr
Arlington
703-228-7710

Noblis Wideband
Cluster Group mtg
12:00-13:00, H5367

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
Mils Fredland
w/ Elixir
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672

Old Farmer's Ball
contra dance
Wild Asparagus
Warren Wilson
College,
Asheville, NC
FRIDAY
October 16

Feast Day of
Saint Gerard
Majella
mothers,
happy delivery

National Boss Day

National Heroes'
Day, (Jamaica)

first use of
anesthesia
Boston, 1846

Black Day
of Atonement
(Million-Man
March, 1996)

Boss' Day (US)

blast off of the
Jupiter II, 1997
(Lost in Space)

Charlottesville
Fall Dance Weekend

October 16-18
Tour de Shenandoah
Fall Foliage
Bike Festival
12/24/40/100 mi
gym camping
Staunton, VA
757-229-0507
540-416-0267

tentative trike
and bent rally
on trail network
Xenia, Ohio

October 16-18
annual Poquoson
Seafood Festival
Municipal Park
Poquoson, VA

October 16-18
Upper Potomac
Cape Breton Fall
Weekend Festival
Ken Kolodner,
Elke Baker,
Robin Bullock,
Wendy MacIsaac,
Kimberley Fraser,
Patrick Gillis

October 16-18
Allegheny Dulcimer
Club Retreat
Jody Marshall
Emlenton, PA

October 16-18
Lake Eden
Arts Festival
Wild Asparagus
The Horse Flies
w/ Judy Hyman
Notorious
Black Mountain, NC

October 16-17
2009 Phylla Mae
Fall Festival
David Millstone
Great Bear Trio
Andrew and Noah
Van Norstrand
Riverbend
Rebecca McCallum,
fiddle;
Tom Santarsiero,
mandolin, guitar,
tenor banjo,
foot percussion;
Jane Knoeck,
piano, accordion
Giant Robot Dance
Trombot (Michael
Ferguson)trombone
Arobot (Aaron
Marcus) piano,
concertina;
The Big Squeeze
(Andrew Marcus)
accordion;
The Vortex
(aka Shredder von
Nostrum, aka Andrew
Van Norstrand)
electric guitar,
fiddle;
Thumper (Noah
Van Norstrand)
drums, percussion

October 16-18
24th annual
Looking Glass
Festival contra
Joseph Pimentel
& Bev Bernbaum w/
The Latter
Day Lizards
Peter Barnes,
Stuart Kinney,
Dave Langford,
Bill Tomczak
and U4
Michael Shapiro,
Michael Vallient,
Tom Turino,
Matt Turino

Yorktown HS
Linux User Group
(YHSLUG)
meeting 19:00,
5201 N 28th St

October 16-18
Looking Glass
Festival contra

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Buz Lloyd contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Nils Fredland
w/ Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
Nils Fredland +
trombone w/
Elixir: Ethan
Hazzard-Watkins,
fiddle; Anna
Patton, clarinet;
Jesse Hazzard-
Watkins, trumpet;
Owen Morrison,
guitar
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
October 17

(Jean Jacques)
Dessalines Day
(Haiti, 1806)

Black Poetry Day
1771

Burgoyne's
Surrender Day
Saratoga, NY, 1777

Mother's Day
Malawi(Nyasaland)

International
Dadaism Month

Charlottesville
Fall Dance Weekend

Fall Ball contra
KGB, other bands
callers TBA
Peterborough, NH

Sweetest Day

October 17-18
18th Century
Summer Market Fair
Claude Moore
Colonial Farm,
McLean, VA
703-442-7557

October 17-18
Old Fashioned
Harvest Festival
Mason Neck
State Park
703-339-2384

AT&T Town Point
Wine Festival
Town Point Park,
Norfolk, VA
757-441-2345

Annual Chili &
Chowder Cookoff
Chincoteague Isld
757-336-3700

October 17-18
Apple Harvest &
Apple Butter
Making Festival
Drumheller's Orch
Nelson County, VA
434-263-5239

Apple Butter
Festival, Flippin-
Seaman Orchard
Nelson County, VA
434-277-5824

October 17-18
Graves Mountain
Apple Harvest
Festival
Syria, VA
540-923-4231
FAX: 540-923-4312

October 17-18
Apeldoorn
Recumbent Record
Weekend
velodrome in
Apeldoorn,
Netherlands

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Bike DC

October 17-18
HPRA race
Sol System
3rd blue/green
rock out
Kil-kare Raceway
Xenia, Ohio

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Down East Folk Arts
Society contra
Beginners 19:00
Dance 19:30-22:15
$10/$8/$5 stu
Duke Marine Lab
Beaufort, NC
252-504-2787

Contra Dance
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Bluemont Concert
Series Oldtime
Country Dance
contra
Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
20:00, $10/$7.00
(workshop 19:30)
Skating Rink
Purcellville, VA

Annapolis Contra
Janine Smith w/
Banty Roosters
Andy Porter,
fiddle; Joe
Langley, guitar/
mandolin; Mark
Lynch, banjo;
Art Abrams, bass
Dance 19:00-22:00
beginners 18:30
$10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW
Annapolis Friends
Meeting House,
351 Du Bois Rd,
Annapolis, MD

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Eastern Shore
contra dance
Laura Brown w/
Melodius Thunk
Karen Ashbrook,
Paul Oorts
Christ Church
Parish Hall,
103 Willow St
St Michaels, MD
19:00-21:00
$7/$3 stu

Blacksburg Contra
beginners 19:30
20:00, $8.00
(free after22:00)
YMCA Dance Room
Blacksburg, VA

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra:
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance, 20:00:
workshop 19:30
Margaret Brent MS
Helen, MD, $6

Lancaster contra
Ann Fallon and
Kim Forry w/
The Gooseberries
Matthew Burke,
fiddle;
Rich Dodson,
tenor banjo,
fiddle; Jill
Smith, piano;
Dave Cottrell,
button accordion
workshop 19:15
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Saint John's
Episcopal Church
321 West Chestnut
Lancaster, PA
info: 717-431-7417

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Louisville Country
Dancers contra:
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Church of the
Advent, Baxter &
Baker & Cherokee

FSGW Concert
20:00
Washington Ethical
Society (NW, DC)
$10 (FSGW Free)

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding
w/ recorded music
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-437-3615

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
open band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
October 18

Feast Day of
Saint Luke
doctors,
painters, artists

Mother Teresa Day
(Albania)

Charlottesville
Fall Dance Weekend

West End Community
Market, Arlington
Mill Community Ctr
4875 Columbia Pk,
Arlington, VA
10:00-14:00
arts, crafts,
local produce

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Arden Gild contra
$7.00/$6.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Rosh Chodesh
Cheshvan

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Nils Fredland w/
Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
October 19

Feast Day of
Saint Peter
of Alcantara
night watchmen

Yorktown Day
surrender of
Cornwallis, 1781

Alaska Day

Rosh Chodesh
Cheshvan

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
October 20

Feast Day of
Saint Irene
young girls

Guatemala
Revolution Day
1944

Kenyatta Day
(Kenya)

Potomac Pedalers:
Executive Commit-
tee meeting 19:00

Mid-Atlantic Off-
Road Enthusiasts
(MORE) meeting
19:00, REI,
Rhode Island Ave
College Park, MD
(Greenbelt Metro)

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
October 21

Feast Day of
Saint Ursula
teachers,
young people
(El Salvador)

Sweet Heart Day

Honduras Army Day
(1956) Ousting of
Lozano Diaz Day

Sudan Revolution
Day, 1964

Armed Forces Day
(Honduras)

Scotchtoberfest
(The Simpsons)

National Day
of Prayer

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Trans-
portation Commis-
sion Meeting 19:30
County Board Room

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
October 22

Mother's-in-Law
Day

Jidai Matsuri
(Festival of the
Eras), Kyoto, 1895

Veterans' Day
(Puerto Rico)

October 22-24
Black Princeton
Alumni Conference
(Facebook group)

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
October 23

Wan Piyamaharat
Chulalongkorn Day
(Thailand)
Rama V 1868-1910
death anniversary

National Day
1956 Revolution
(Hungary)

Mole Day

Swallows of
Capistrano Day
(cf March 19)

Mole Day 06:02
(Avagadro's
number 6.02E23)

Frances E Willard
Day -- temperance

Native American Day

Oyster Roast
City Center at
Oyster Point
Town Center Dr,
Newport News, VA
757-926-1400

October 23-25
Xenia Trike Rally
Xenia, Ohio

October 23-25
Tounament
of the Lily
Ponte Alto (SCA)
Triangle, VA

October 23-25
Son of the
Hawkwood Howl
Hawkwood (SCA)
Arden, NC

October 23-25
Charlottesville
Fall Dance
Festival

19:00 - check-in

20:00-11:00 Dance
Gaye Fifer & Shawn
Brenneman w/ The
Morrison Brothers
(Jim Morrison,
Owen Morrison,
Will Morrison)

October 23-25
19th annual
Fall Catoctin
Mountain Music
& Dance Weekend
Concerts, Dances,
Song Swaps, Hiking,
Campfires,
Great Food!

October 23-25?
The Avant Gardeners
Solefest Dance
Weekend, MO

October 23-25
Wasatch Wiggle
Contra Dance
Notorious
Salt Lake City, UT

October 23-25
10th Annual Tucson
Bluegrass Festival
The Gibson Brothers
Valerie Smith
and Liberty Pike
Goldwing Express
The Brombies
Headline
Bluegrass Band
Jam Pak Blues
and Grass
Desert Diamond
Casino Plaza

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Susan Taylor w/
Raise the Roof
Judi Stellar,
hammereddulcimer;
Mat Clark, fiddle;
Pete Soloway, bass;
Kathy Talvitie,
guitar, piano
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
October 24

Black Thursday
1929

Feast Day of
Saint Raphael
the Archangel
travelers,
the blind

United Nations
Day, 1945

Suez Victory Day
(Egypt)

Independence Day
Zambia, 1964
(Northern
Rhodesia)

Citizens
for A Better
Eastern Shore
17th annual
Between the
Waters Bike Tour
25/40/60/100 mi
Nassawadox, VA
757-678-7157

Georgetown
Halloween Parade

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Pumpkin Festival
Marker-Miller
Orchards, 3035
Cedar Creek Grade
Winchester, VA
540-662-1980

Powhatan's Festi-
val of the Grape
Powhatan Court-
house, 3880 Old
Buckingham Road,
Powhatan, VA
804-598-2636
804-366-7597

October 23-25
Charlottesville
Fall Dance
Festival

10:00-10:30
late check-in

10:30-16:10
Workshops / Lunch
True Color Cooking
sandwich buffet
$8.00

18:00-19:00
Potluck

20:00-24:00 Ball:
Wild Asparagus

After 24:00 Party

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

Takoma Park
Folk Festival
Carey Creed w/
Jody Marshall

Velo Swap
Denver, CO

PCD's annual
Halloween bash
Rum & Onions XXX
Steve Zakon-
Anderson w/ the
Rum & Onions Band
w/ Janet Mills
and Amy Zakar

Valley Contra Dance
tba w/ tba
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

Mid-Maryland
Folk Arts Council
Contra Dance
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$9/$5/$4, former
Seventh Day School
Adventist Drive
Frederick, MD

TADAMS Contra
Try Hard
String Band
Graham De Zarn,
fiddle;
Ed Brogan, guitar;
Josh Bearman,
banjos, mandolin
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Charlotte Dance
Gypsies contra
potluck 18:30

Barbara Groh w/
The Dancing Bears
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC
Bob 704-366-1215

Roanoke Contra
George Segebade w/
No Strings Attached
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
gym - Booker T.
Washington
Douglas Ave
Roanoke, VA
540-314-5306
540-793-1574

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
October 25

Feast Day of
Saint Crispin
shoemakers

Retrosession Day
Restoration Day
(Taiwan, 1945)

Idu'l Fitr(India)

Nyerere Day
(Tanzania)

Thanksgiving Day
Virgin Islands
(end of hurricane
season)

European Daylight
Saving Time
ends 01:00 UTC

Mother-in-Law's
Day (Germany)

Reformation Sunday
(Lutheran)

October 23-25
Charlottesville
Fall Dance
Festival

10:00-12:00
Open waltzing

10:30-12:00 Con-
tinental Breakfast

11:00 Gospel sing
w/Tina Liza Jones

12:00-12:45 Wild
Asparagus Concert

12:45-15:00 dance
Wild Asparagus

October 23-25
Xenia Trike Rally
Xenia, Ohio

Maryland
Renaissance
Festival
10:00-19:00
Crownsville, MD
800-296-7304

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Bordentown
Community Concerts
Simple Gifts
afternoon work-
shop and concert
Bordentown, NJ
609-298-5465

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Gwyn Williams w/
Toad Mamas
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
October 26

Feast Day of
Saint Demetrios
(Salonika)

International Red
Cross Day, 1863

Austrian
National Holiday

South Vietnam
Constitution and
Republic Day
1955, 1956

International
Dadaism Month

Halloween Holiday
(Ireland)

October
Bank Holiday
(Ireland)

Labour Day
(New Zealand)

MITRE United Way
campaign begins

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
October 27

Cuba Discovery
Day, 1492

Navy Day
1775/1922

Den Cernovskej
Tragédie, 1907
Cernová Tragedy
Day (Slovakia)

Simple Gifts
afternoon concert
Mount Aloysius
College
Cresson, PA
814-886-6494

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
October 28

Feast Day of
Saint Jude
desperate cases

Feast Day of
Saint Simon
and St Jude

Greek National Day
(Greece, Cyprus)

Birthday of
Mr. Baiju Jacob
(India)

Den Vzniku
Samostatného
Cesko-Slovenského
Státu
Independent
Czechoslovak
State Day, 1918
(Czech Republic)

Czechoslovakia
Foundation of the
Republic Day, 1918

Ochi Day, 1940

Statue of Liberty
Dedication Day
1886

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Commis-
sion for the Arts
Mtg 19:30-21:30
Conf Rm B, CHP
703-228-6960

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
October 29

Den Narodenia
Ludovít Stúra
Birth of author
of language std
(Slovakia, 1815)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami
Republic Day
(Turkey, 1923)
(plus half day
preceeding)

Farmer's/Artist's
Market11:00-15:00
1700 N Lynn St
Arlington, VA
703-522-6628

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
Peg Hesley
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
October 30

Výrocie
Deklarácie
Slovenského Národa
Anniversary of
the Declaration
of the Slovak
Nation (1918)

Turkish Republic
Days, 1923

CBS Mercury Radio
Theatre broadcast
War of the Worlds
1938

formation of
the National
Organization for
Women, 1966

Oct 30 - Nov 1
7th annual
Harp Guitar
Gathering
Karen Ashbrook
Paul Oorts
Williamsburg
Regional Library,
515 Scotland St
Williamsburg, VA
757-259-4050

Oct 30 - Nov 1
Pocono
Waltz Weekend
Notorious
Pocono Manor, PA

Oct 30 - Nov 1
Southern Appala-
chian Square
Dance Weekend
w/ Phil Jamison
and Bob Dalsemer
John C. Campbell
Folk School
1 Folk School Rd
Brasstown, NC

October 30-31
Masses sung
w/ 40 scarves
(Haiti/Vodou)

Mischief Night

Oct 29 - Nov 2
Winternights
Norse New Year

All Saints' Eve
Dag före All-
helgona (Sweden)

Oct 30 - Nov 1
Plantation X-mas
at Chippokes
Plantation State
Park, Surry, VA
757-294-3625

MITRE United Way
campaign ends

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Oct 30 - Nov 1
13th annual
Fire Ant Frolic
Contra Dance
Weekend
The Avant Gardeners

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
Advanced Dance
House Red w/
Shawn Brenneman
NO Lesson
No Walkthrough
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Contranella
Megan Beller,
fiddle; Charley
Beller, mandolin,
banjo, percussion;
John Wobus, piano
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
October 31

Reformation Day
Reformationstag
(Germany)
Martin Luther,
Wittenberg, 1517

National Magic
Day, death of
Harry Houdini
1926

UNICEF Day
(United Nations
Children's Fund)

Nevada Admission
Day, 1864, #36

Youth Honor Day
(Iowa, Mass)

Manx Gaelic
Hop-tu-Naa
(Old Celtic
New Year's Eve)

Halloween/
All Hallows' Eve
/Beggars' Night

Oct 31 - Nov 1
Samhain, first
day of winter
Celtic New Year,

All Saints' Day
Alla Helgons Dag
(Sweden)
Pyhäinpäivä
(Finland)

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Oct 31 & Nov 1
Gypsy Moon Ball
Gaye Fifer w/
Hu $hmoney (pka
Strings & Things)
David Rice,
harmonica, guitar,
fiddle; Tina
Bergmann, ham-
mered dulcimer,
guitar; Heather
Malyuk: guitar,
fiddle; Bryan
Thomas: bass,
chank-o-matic6000
and Third Fiddle
Ben Smith, fiddle;
Miriam Larson,
flute;
Eric Schedler,
piano, accordion
Scout Camp near
Indianapolis, IN

Chili Cook-Off
Sedalia Center,
1108 Sedalia
School Road,
Big Island, VA
434-299-5080

Northern VA Hammer
Dulcimer Players
13:30-16:30
Tysons-Pimmit
Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pk
Falls Church, VA

Rum & Onions
Halloween Contra
Afternoon dance
w/ contra medley
15:00-17:30

Potluck supper
18:00

Costume parade
19:30

Evening dance
20:00-23:00

bring dessert
to share

evening costumes
encouraged

$15/day, $13/adv
$4/afternoon,
$12/evening
Princeton High Sch
Walnut Ln/Moore St
Princeton

Monster Mash
contra dance
House Red w/
Shawn Brenneman
River Falls, SC

TADAMS Contra
Halloween Dance
Four callers from
Tom Hinds workshop
Steve Suhring's
Open Band
e Xperience
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Valley Contra Dance
Dan & Anita's
Wedding Dance
Rumpus Variation
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

Special Halloween
Contra Dance
Jesse Edgerton w/
High Yield String
Band (Adam Tanner,
Roy Andrade,
Parrish Ellis,
Stephanie Wolf)
19:30-22:30
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
November 1

Kalends of Nov.

All Saints Day
Todos los Santos
(Spain)
Toussaint(France)
Allerheiligen
(Germany)
Mindenszentek
(Hungary)
Dan Spomina na
Mrtve (Slovenia)
Araw ng mga Nama-
yapa(Philippines)

Algerian
Revolution Day
1954

Memorial Day
Republic of Togo

Vietnam
Revolution Day
1963, Republic of
(South) Vietnam

Authors' Day, 1928

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Arden Gild contra
$9.00/$8.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Shore Lines contra
dance 17:00-21:00
$6.00, Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Peg Hesley w/
Dr. Twamley's
Audio Snakes
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
November 2

All Souls' Day

Dia de Muertos
(Day of the Dead)
(Mexico)

Dia de Finados
(Portugal, Brazil)

North Dakota
Admission Day
1889, #39

South Dakota
Admission Day
1889, #40

Balfour
Declaration Day
1917

Liberty Day
(Virgin Islands)

Ig Nobel Prizes
awarded, MIT

American Massage
Therapists Assoc
networking 18:00
mtg 19:00-22:00
Falls Church Com-
munity Center, 223
Little Falls St,
Falls Church, VA

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
November 3

Cuenca
Independence Day
(Ecuador, 1820)

Bunka no hi
Culture Day, Japan

Feast Day of
Saint Hubert
of Liege
hunters, the
hunt, dogs,
hydrophobics

Father of Texas
Day/(Steven)
Austin Day, 1793

Independence Day
Panama, 1903

Election Day
VA 06:00-19:00

Melbourne Cup Day
(Victoria)

Washington Bach
Consort Noontime
Cantata Series
12:22, 50 min
Free, Church of
the Epiphany,
13th & G Sts NW,
Washington, DC

Fretted Dulcimer
Circle, 18:30
Thomas Jefferson
Library, 7415
Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
November 4

Feast Day of
Saint Charles
Borromeo
religious
instruction,
libraries

Panama Flag Day

Victory of
Vittorio Veneto
(Italy)

Den' Narodnogo
Edinstva (Day of
People's Unity)
(Russia, 1612)

Tazaungmon
la pyei nei
Tazaungdaing
Festival(Myanmar)

establishment
of UNESCO
(United Nations
Educational,
Scientific,
and Cultural
Organization)
1946

November 4-8
Iowa hammered
dulcimer and
fiddle workshops
and concerts TBA,
Ken Kolodner
Muscatine, IOWA

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
November 5

Nones of November

Feast Day of
Blessed Martin
de Porres
interracial
understanding

First Call for
Independence Day
El Salvador, 1811

Guy Fawkes Day
1605
England, British
Commonwealth

Thanksgiving Day
(Liberia)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
November 6

Gustavus Adolphus
Day, 1632, Sweden

Octoberfest
in Jamaica

November 6 - 7
Oyster Festival
Urbanna, VA

November 6 - 8
Heartland Dulcimer
Club Festival
Jody Marshall
teach/perform
Elizabethtown, KY

Critical-Mass
bike ride, 18:00
Dupont Circle

Simple Gifts
evening concert
Lincoln Theatre
Marion, VA
276-783-6092

4-lesson contra
dancing class
begins, $12/4
19:30-20:30
Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
TBA w/ Skylark
Paul Fackler
(fiddle), Marilyn
Hartman (piano),
Colin Cannell
(percussion)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Folk Happens!
contra
Seth Levine w/
Scrub Oak
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$7 ($5 members)
Grace Sparkes
Activity Center
(Prescott Armory)
824 E Gurley St
Prescott, AZ
info 928-445-3373
SATURDAY
November 7

Feast Day of
Saint Willibrord
(Holland)

Day of Accord and
Reconciliation
(Russia)

Soviet Revolution
Day, 1917
Great Socialist
October Revolution

National
Solidarity
Day (Bangladesh)

Community Yard
Sale, 06:45-13:00
15th St Parking
Garage, Arlington

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Monthly Sky
Lecture, 09:30
Einstein
Planetarium
Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum

Songbird Festival?
Ken Kolodner
Fiddle workshop;
09:30-11:30

hammered dulcimer
workshop I
arranging, backup
12:00-14:00

hammered dulcimer
workshop II(more)
14:30-16:30

Round the Bend
Music, 209 W2nd St
Muscatine, IA
563-288-4122

Timoth Kendall's
We're Still 60,
and We're Still
Alive:unbirthday/
potluck/musicale/
general-feast-of-
fools -- 15:00-??
"Casa Columnarum
Praetentiosarum"
("House of the
Pretentious
Columns")
296 Missouri Ave,
Herndon, VA
MUSICIANS, bring
voices, music,
and instruments
no gifts that
can't be consumed
spouses, children,
friends, "dates",
significant
others, welcome

Shepherdstown
Music and Dance
Contra, 20:00
(workshop 19:30)
Ann Fallon w/
Dance du Jour
Alexander Mitchell
fiddle; Liz
Donaldson, piano;
Ralph Gordon, bass
Shepherdstown
Men's Club (King
& German Sts.)
$7 mbrs/$10/$5

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Old-time Music &
Dance Group of
Blacksburg
Square Dance
20:00, $8.00
Old Middle School
500 block SMain St
at Ehart St
Blacksburg, VA

Friends of Appala-
chian Music Contra
dance Norge, VA
Community Hall
beginners 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5 (no break)

Contra Dance
Contra Rebels
Todd Clewell
Wilkes Barre, PA

Contra Dance
Rick Mohr w/
Contranella
19:30, St Mary's
Episcopal Church,
61 Morningside Dr
Elverson, PA

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Foot Loose Contrazz
Contra Series
lesson 19:30,
dance 20:00, $8.00
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Contra Dance
Anne Marie Walter
w/ Contra Cowboys
(Joel Keebler,
Sid Jackson,
Mike Knowles)
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Ken Kolodner
concert $12/$8
Bloomington-
Muscatine
Friends Church,
2698 180th St
Muscatine, IA

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Flagstaff Friends
of Traditional
Music contra
dance 19:30-23:00
$6 ($5 members)
Ashurst Hall
Northern Arizona
University
Flagstaff, AZ

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
set band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
November 8

Soviet Revolution
Day, 1917

Dunce Day, 1308
Duns Scotus

Feast Day of
Saint Claude
sculptors

Montana Admission
Day
1889, #41

fall of the
Berlin Wall, 1989

(resignation of
the East German
Politburo)

Saints, Doctors,
Missionaries,
and Martyrs Day
Church of England

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Exeter, PA contra
18:00-21:00, $5.00
Smager's Dinner
Theater, 3400
St Lawrence Ave
Rte 562

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
November 9

Krystalnacht, 1938

Iqbal Day
Birthday of Sir
Dr Muhammad Iqbal
(Pakistan)

Sadie Hawkins Day

Tree Festival Day
(Tunisia)

Canadian
Emergency
Day [ha]

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
November 10

Death of Iman Ali
Day, (Iran)

Hero Day/
Youth Day
(Indonesia)

Martin Luther
1483-1546/2/18

death of Kemal
Ataturk, 1938

US Marine Corps
1775

Westerlies
Co-Owners
annual meeting

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Square Dance
19:30-22:15, $5
St Marys Parish Hall
3916 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Square Dances
Laura Brown, Ann
Fallon, Eva Murray,
Janine Smith,
Susan Taylor
20:30-23:00, $6.00
Cherry Hill
RV Park
Please bring a
snack to share
WEDNESDAY
November 11

Veterans Day
(Noblis Holiday)

Armistice Day
(Belgium, France)
1918 End of WWI

Beggar's Day
(the Netherlands)

Cartagena Day
(Colombia, 1811)

Concordia Day
Saint Maarten
1648

Feast Day of
Saint Martin
of Tours
soldiers,
horsemen,
tailors, beggars,
reformed
drunkards;
special guardian
of vine growers,
tavern keepers,
harvest foods,
and festivals

Remembrance Day
Jour du Souvenir
(Canada)

Independence Day
Rhodesia, 1965

Washington State
Day, 1889, #42

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
November 12

Austrian Republic
Day, 1918

Bahaullah (Mirza
Husayn Ali)
Birthday
1817-1892/5/29
Baha'i

Bermuda
Remembrance Day

DC Sun Users Group
16:00-18:00
Avcom East,
Suite 1020,
8150 Leesburg Pk,
Tysons Corner, VA
22182
703-442-7668

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
SPUDS:
Summit Pick-Up
Dance Society
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672

Contra Dance
Wild Asparagus
Cesar Chavez
School Gym
Eugene, OR
FRIDAY
November 13

Ides of November

King's Birthday
(Laos)

International
Absentee Ballots
counted

November 13-15
Head for the Hills
contra weekend
in the Poconos
Hold the Mustard
Raise the Roof
dance, music, song
ECD, Couple Dancing
Workshops, ritual
dance, singing,
instrumental
cocktail party
w/live swing band
Fabulous ceilidh

November 13-15
Pittsburgh contra
Fall Dance Weekend
Shawn Brenneman
w/ Toppish
Rick Mohr
w/ Crowfoot
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
$70/person
$80 after 10/23

Fri/Sat/Sun
Atlanta Dance
Contra Weekend
Decatur Rec Ctr?
Atlanta, GA

November 13-15
Danceable Feast
Dance weekend
Wild Asparagus
near Eugene, OR

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Open Band
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
November 14

Amyotha nei
National Day
(Myanmar, 1920)

Children's Day
(India)

Lord Mayor's Day

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Bakery Festival
Marker-Miller
Orchards, 3035
Cedar Creek Grade
Winchester, VA
540-662-1980

Reedville
Fishermen's Museum
Oyster Roast
804-453-6529
FAX: 804-453-7159

November 14-15
Some Enchanted
Contras
Elixir w/
E Hazzard-Watkins
Atlanta, GA

Tucson Bike Swap
Tucson, AZ

Valley Contra Dance
Trantulas as Pets
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

Down East Folk Arts
Society contra
Beginners 19:00
Dance 19:30-22:15
$10/$8/$5 stu
Duke Marine Lab
Beaufort, NC
252-504-2787

The Reston Dance
Contras & Squares
music: June Apple
class 19:15-20:00
dance 20:00-22:45
$7.00, Reston
Community Center
2310 Colts Neck Rd

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
St Mark's on
the Hill, 1620
Reisterstown Rd
Pikesville, MD

TADAMS Contra
Halloween Dance
Steve Suhring's
Open Band
e Xperience
caller TBA w/
Toad Mamas
Rick La Rue,
fiddle; Patti
Reum, whistles
flutes; Jack
Maus, piano;
David Stone,
mandolin, guitar
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Blue Ridge Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:35
20:00-23:00, $8
Winter Sun
Community Hall
Floyd, VA
540-745-3908

CDVA contra
beginners 19:00
19:30-22:30, $6.00
St Stephens
Episcopal Church
372 Hiden Blvd,
Newport News, VA

Contra Dance
20:00-23:00
St Therese Church
Shavertown, PA
info 570-333-4007

Harrisonburg $5
contra20:00-23:00
workshop 19:15
Dayton Learning
Center, Dayton, VA
540-269-2035

potluck, 18:00

contra, 19:30
w/ the Southern
Maryland Open Band
ice-cream social
Immaculate
Conception Church,
Old Village Rd,
Mechanicsville, MD

Russelville
square dance
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Russelville Grange
245Old Limestone Rd
Rt 896 N of Rt 10
Russelville, PA
717-529-6256

Contradance
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5.00, Main Line
Unitarian Church
816 S Valley Forge
Rd, Devon, PA

contra:
Pinecone Council
of Traditional
Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Bond Park Sr Ctr
Maury O'Dell Rd
Cary, NC, $5/$4
919-990-1900

Binghamton contra
19:00, $3-$5 sugg
Share Refreshments
MacArthur School
1123 Vestal Ave
Binghamton, NY

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

Northern Virginia
Ceili dances
Bog Wanderers
Ceili Band
beginners 19:30
$10, 20:00-24:00
John Wood Center
3701 Old Lee Hwy
Fairfax, VA

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Phoenix Friends
of Old-Time Music
contra
Open Band
instruction 19:00
dance 19:30-23:00
$9 ($7 members)
Kenilworth School
Auditorium
1210 N 5th Ave
Phoenix, AZ
info 602-582-6990
SUNDAY
November 15

Feast Day of
Saint Albertus
Magnus (Doctor
Universalis)
scholars,
students, medical
technologists,
scientists

Fasslrutschen
(Feast Day of
Saint Leopold)
Vienna,
Klosterneuburg
wine festivals

Proclamation of
the Republic Day
(Brazil, 1889)

Shichi-Go-San
(Shichigosan)
Seven-Five-Three
Festival Day
(Japan)

Dynasty Day &
German Community
Holiday (Belgium)

BBC began UK
radio service,
1922

Dow Jones
Industrial
Average first
closed above
1, 000 in 1972

Arlington County
vehicle tax decal
must be displayed

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Arden Gild contra
$7.00/$6.00 mbr
instruction 13:30
dance 14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
Notorious
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Gaye Fifer w/
Notorious
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
November 16

Feast Day of
Saint Matthew
Greek Church

Feast Day of
Saint Paul
of the Cross

Oklahoma
Statehood Day
1907, #46

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

contra dance
Tori Barone w/
Raise the Roof
(Judi Stellar,
Mat Clark,
Pete Soloway,
Kathy Talvitie)
Lambertville, NJ

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
Hot Flash
w/ Laurie Fisher
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA

Contra Dance
Wild Asparagus
Corvallis, OR
TUESDAY
November 17

Feast Day of
Saint Hilda
business,
professional
women

Den Boje za
Svobodu a
Demokraci
Struggle for
Freedom and
Democracy Day
(Czech Republic)
(1989/1939)

Rosh Chodesh
Kislev

Potomac Pedalers:
Executive Commit-
tee meeting 19:00

Mid-Atlantic Off-
Road Enthusiasts
(MORE) meeting
19:00, REI,
Rhode Island Ave
College Park, MD
(Greenbelt Metro)

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Contra Dance
Wild Asparagus
Portland, OR
WEDNESDAY
November 18

Vertieres Day
Haitian Army Day
1803

Latvijas Republi-
kas Proklamesanas
Diena
Proclamation of
the Republic of
Latvia, 1918

Buss- und Bettag
Day of Repentance
and Prayer
(Saxony, Germany)

Rosh Chodesh
Kislev

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Trans-
portation Commis-
sion Meeting 19:30
County Board Room

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
November 19

Discovery Day
Puerto Rico, 1493

Equal Opportunity
Day, 1863

Feast Day of
Saint Elizabeth
of Hungary
charities for
the poor, bakers

Monaco
National Day

Great American
Smoke-Out

Friday Morning
Music Club
chamber concerts
12:00-13:00, Free
Ellipse Arts Ctr
Arlington
703-228-7710

Noblis Wideband
Cluster Group mtg
12:00-13:00, H5367

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
Robbin Marcus
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
November 20

Día de la
Revolución
Revolution Day
(Mexico, 1910)

Rights of the
Child Day, 1959

Transgender Day
of Remembrance

Yorktown HS
Linux User Group
(YHSLUG)
meeting 19:00,
5201 N 28th St

November 20-22
contra dance
weekend
Shawn Brenneman
w/ Notorious
Lawrence, KS

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
Tom Hinds w/
Elftones
Mara Shea
(fiddle), Roger
Gold (guitar)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

(3rd Friday)
Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
Tori Barone w/
Raise the Roof
Judi Stellar,
Mat Clark,
Pete Soloway,
Kathy Talvitie
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Buz Lloyd contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Chris Weiler w/
Nor'easter
Cedar Stanistreet,
fiddle;
Max Newman,
mandolin, guitar;
Julie Vallimont,
piano, accordion
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
November 21

Feast Day of
Saint Archangel
Michailo
(Serbia/Slavas)

World Hello Day

North Carolina
1789, #12

No Music Day

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Bluemont Concert
Series Oldtime
Country Dance
contra
20:00, $10/$7.00
(workshop 19:30)
Skating Rink
Purcellville, VA

Annapolis Contra
Gillis, guitar)
David Giusti w/
Gypsy Meltdown
Kathy Kerr,
fiddle; Colleen
Reed, flute/sax;
Keith Gillis,
guitar
Dance 19:00-22:00
beginners 18:30
$10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW
Annapolis Friends
Meeting House,
351 Du Bois Rd,
Annapolis, MD

Contra Dance
Barbara Groh w/
Chicken Tractor
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Blacksburg Contra
Chris Weiler
w/ Nor'easter
beginners 19:30
20:00, $8.00
(free after22:00)
YMCA Dance room
Blacksburg, VA

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra:
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance, 20:00:
workshop 19:30
Margaret Brent MS
Helen, MD, $6

Lancaster contra
Strings on Wings
Barb Schmid,
fiddle; Todd
Clewell, guitar;
Glenn Carson,
banjo
workshop 19:15
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Saint John's
Episcopal Church
321 West Chestnut
Lancaster, PA
info: 717-431-7417

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Louisville Country
Dancers contra:
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Church of the
Advent, Baxter &
Baker & Cherokee

FSGW Concert
20:00
Washington Ethical
Society (NW, DC)
$10 (FSGW Free)

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding
w/ recorded music
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-437-3615

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
open band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
November 22

Feast Day of
Saint Cecilia
musicians,
religious music,
organ builders

assination
of JFK, 1963

Feast of
Christ the King

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Mucho Gusto
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
November 23

Feast Day of
Saint Clement
stonecutters

Feast Day of
Saint Felicitas
barren women

Kinro kansha no
hi (Labour
Thanksgiving Day)
(Japan)

Repudiation Day
Maryland, 1765

dan Rudolfa Maistra
Rudolf Maister Day
(Slovenia)

1st Dr Who
episode, 1963

Onion Market Day
(Bern Switzerland)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
November 24

Anniverary of the
New Regime, Zaire
1964

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

Contra Dance
Skylark
Wilmington NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
November 25

Feast Day of
Saint Catherine
of Alexandria
philosophers,
jurists, maidens,
women students

Eating the Yams
(Manger-Yam)
(Haiti/Vodou)

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Commis-
sion for the Arts
Mtg 19:30-21:30
Conf Rm B, CHP
703-228-6960

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
November 26

Feast Day of
Saint John
Berchmans
altar boys

Feast Day of
Saint Leonard
of Port Maurice
home missions

Sojourner Truth
Day, 1883

Independence Day
Lebanon, 1941
(France)

Thanksgiving Day
(Noblis Holiday)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
November 27

Feast Day of the
Miraculous medal
1830

Black Friday

Buy Nothing Day

Country Christmas
Sky Meadows
State Park, VA
540-592-3556

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Butterball Friday
Valley Contra Dance
Beth Molaro w/
Clayfoot Strutters

16:00-18:00
Challenging Contra

18:00-19:00
Valley Contra's
Fabulous Potluck

19:00-19:30
New Dancer Intro

19:30-22:30
Evening Dance

Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
424 Center St
(@ Wall St)
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

November 27-28
Contra Dance
Notorious
Rochester, NY

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Post-Thanksgiving
contra dance
Wild Asparagus
Town Hall
West Hartford, CT

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Shawn Brenneman w/
Capitol Quicksteps
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
November 28

Accession of the
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
United Arab
Emirates

Ferdinand Magellan
(Portugual), 1520
reached the
Pacific Ocean

New Zealand women
voted in national
election, 1893

Independence Day
Albania, 1912

Republic Day
Chad, 1958

Independence Day
Mauritania, 1960

Burundi Republic
Day, 1966

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Butterball Contra
Callers:
Beth Molaro
George Marshall
Susan Taylor
Rick Mohr
Bands:
Clayfoot Strutters
Giant Robot Dance
The Avant Gardeners
Rumpus
Waltzes:
Bob Pasquarello
& Ellen Tepper
12:00-24:00
$30 ($20 student)
St. Thomas
Indian Church
NE Philadelphia
Face Book group

Northern VA Hammer
Dulcimer Players
13:30-16:30
Tysons-Pimmit
Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pk
Falls Church, VA

Mid-Maryland
Folk Arts Council
Contra Dance
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$9/$5/$4, former
Seventh Day School
Adventist Drive
Frederick, MD

TADAMS Contra
Shawn Brenneman
w/ Skylark
Paul Fackler,
fiddle; Marilyn
Hartman, piano;
Colin Cannell,
percussion
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, 20:00
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

Charlotte Dance
Gypsies contra
potluck 18:30

beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC
Bob 704-366-1215

Roanoke Contra
Rob Harper w/
Toss the Possum
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
gym - Booker T.
Washington
Douglas Ave
Roanoke, VA
540-314-5306
540-793-1574

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
November 29

President
Tubman's Birthday
(Liberia, 1895)

Albania
Liberation Day
1912

Yugoslavian
Proclamation of
the Republic Days
1945

Bible Sunday
(US Protestant
churches)

John F Kennedy
Day (Mass)

Daylight-Saving
Time ends
02:00 -> 01:00

First Sunday
of Advent

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

annual
holiday concert
Jody Marshall
The Old Brogue
Irish Pub
Great Falls, VA

16:00-19:00 Fifth
Wheel Coffeehouse
Rural Electric
Cooperative Assoc
Conference Center
4301 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
George Marshall
Clayfoot Strutters
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
November 30

Feast Day of
Saint Andrew
Scotland, Russia,
Greece,
fishermen, fish
merchants,
golfers

Kaarawan ni
Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Day, 1863
(the Philippines)

Proclamation of
the Republic Days
Yugoslavia, 1945

Independence Day
Barbados, 1966

Independence Day
Yemen, 1967

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
December 1

Kalends of Dec

World AIDS Day

World Hunger Day

Feast Day of
the Blessed
Edmund Campion

Feast Day of
Saint Eligius
jewelers,
metalworkers

Restoration of
Independence
(Portugal)

Independence Day
Iceland, 1918
(Denmark)

National Day
(Romania)

Matilda Newport
Day, Liberia, 1822

Central African
Republic National
Day, 1958

Mocidade Day
Portuguese Guinea

Washington Bach
Consort Noontime
Cantata Series
12:22, 50 min
Free, Church of
the Epiphany,
13th & G Sts NW,
Washington, DC

Fretted Dulcimer
Circle, 18:30
Thomas Jefferson
Library, 7415
Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
December 2

Pan American
Health Day

December 2-7
Festivelo
Charleston, SC
843-303-3334

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
December 3

Feast Day of Saint
Francis Xavier
Christian
missions, Borneo,
Australia, China,
Propagation
of the Faith

Feast Day of
Saint Cassian
stenographers

Illinois
Admission Day
1818, #21

Sir Rowland Hill
Day, 1840, first
postage stamp

Heart Transplant
Day, 1967

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
Jack Mitchell w/
Nor'easter
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
December 4

Feast Day of
Saint Barbara
firemen,
artillery men,
architects,
stonemasons,
mathematicians;
protectress
against
lightning, fire,
sudden death,
impenitence

Day of the
Artisans
(Mexico)

Critical-Mass
bike ride, 18:00
Dupont Circle

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
Jack Mitchell
w/ Noreaster
Cedar Stanistreet
(fiddle),
Max Newman
(mandolin, guitar)
Julie Vallimont
(piano, accordion)
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Folk Happens!
contra
Deb Comly w/
Updraft
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$7 ($5 members)
Grace Sparkes
Activity Center
(Prescott Armory)
824 E Gurley St
Prescott, AZ
info 928-445-3373

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Crowfoot
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
December 5

Nones of December

Discovery Day
Hispaniola, 1492
Christopher
Columbus (Haiti)

first electric
car, 1893

21st Amendment
passed, 1933: US
Prohibition ended

Soviet
Constitution Day
1936

the American
Federation of
Labor and the
Congress of
Industrial
Organizations
merged, 1955

National Day
and Father's Day
birthday of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej
(Thailand)

Arbor Day
Beirut Lebanon

Walt Disney
1901-1966/12/15

NYC banned
trans fats, 2006

Day of the Ninja

St Nicholas Day
(Netherlands)

St Nicholas' Eve
(Europe)

Alexandria
Christmas
Scottish Walk
Old Town

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Monthly Sky
Lecture, 09:30
Einstein
Planetarium
Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum

Shepherdstown
Music and Dance
Contra, 20:00
(workshop 19:30)
TBA w/
Crowfoot
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
Shepherdstown
Men's Club (King
& German Sts.)
$7 mbrs/$10/$5

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Old-time Music &
Dance Group of
Blacksburg
Square Dance
20:00, $8.00
Old Middle School
500 block SMain St
at Ehart St
Blacksburg, VA

Friends of Appala-
chian Music Contra
dance Norge, VA
Community Hall
beginners 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5 (no break)

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Foot Loose Contrazz
Contra Series
lesson 19:30,
dance 20:00, $8.00
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Contra Dance
Beth Molaro
w/ Big Cranky
(David Lynch,
Vollie Mckenzie,
Neil Carroll,
McLean Bissell)
beginners 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Flagstaff Friends
of Traditional
Music contra
dance 19:30-23:00
$6 ($5 members)
Ashurst Hall
Northern Arizona
University
Flagstaff, AZ

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
set band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
December 6

Feast Day of
Saint Nicohlas
Russia, sailors,
pilgrims,
schoolboys, young
girls, children,
pawnbrokers

National Day
of Remembrance
and Action on
Violence Against
Women (Canada)

École
Polytechnique
Massacre, 1989

Dia de la
Constitución
Constitution Day
(Spain)

Itsenäisyyspäivä
Independence Day
Finland, 1917

Day of Quito
(Ecuador, 1534)

Ruler's Accession
Day, Bahrain

Second Sunday
of Advent

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

NO Dance
Arden Gild contra
14:00-17:00
Arden, DE

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Simple Gifts
concert 15:00
Union County
Arts Center
Rahway, NJ
732-499-0441

Shore Lines contra
dance 17:00-21:00
$6.00, Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

Fluvanna Contra
Tom Hinds w/ TBA
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

FSGW Contra Dance
Crowfoot
Jaige Trudel,
fiddle; Adam
Broome, guitar;
Nicholas Williams,
flute, accordion,
piano
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)
MONDAY
December 7

Feast Day of
Saint Ambrose

Civil Defense Day

Day of National
Mourning, Cuba

Delaware Day
1781, #1

Pearl Harbor Day
1941

Western Province
Province Day
(Solomon Islands)

3 Churches' Blood
Drive 14:30-20:30
pint #
18:15 appt
Mount Olivet
United Methodist
Church
1600 N Glebe Rd,
Arlington, VA
703-999-5148
1-800-Give-Life

American Massage
Therapists Assoc
networking 18:00
mtg 19:00-22:00
Falls Church Com-
munity Center, 223
Little Falls St,
Falls Church, VA

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
December 8

Feast Day of
the Immaculate
Conception
of Mary, Patron
Saint of US
("Virgin's Day")

lady of Camarin
Day, Guam

Beach Day/
Blessing of
the Waters Day/
Uruguay
(beginning of
beach season)

Mother's Day
(Panama City,
Spain)

School Reunion
Day, (Spain)

Capital Area
Unicenter Users
Group Meeting
09:00-14:30
Computer Assoc's
2291 Wood Oak Dr
Herndon, VA
20171-2823
703-708-3000

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Square Dance
19:30-22:15, $5
St Marys Parish Hall
3916 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA

Square Dances
Laura Brown, Ann
Fallon, Eva Murray,
Janine Smith,
Susan Taylor
20:30-23:00, $6.00
Cherry Hill
RV Park
Please bring a
snack to share
WEDNESDAY
December 9

Independence and
Republic Day
Tanzania, 1961

Zanzibar
National Day

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
December 10

adoption of
woman's suffrage

Rights of Man Day
(Khmer Republic)

Constitution Day
(Thailand, 1932)

Human Rights Day
1948

Nobel Prize
Presentation Day

Mississippi
1817, #20

Wyoming Day, 1869

Ganga-Bois
(Haiti/Vodou)

DC Sun Users Group
16:00-18:00
Avcom East,
Suite 1020,
8150 Leesburg Pk,
Tysons Corner, VA
22182
703-442-7668

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
December 11

the Escalade
(Scaling Day)
Geneva,
Switzerland
1602

Indiana Day
1816, #19

Upper Volta Rep
Day, 1958

Chanukah (8)
25 Kislev 5763

Chanukah:
1 Candle

December 11-27
Christmas Revels
w/ Notorious
Cambridge, MA

Lambertville
Country Dancers
Contra Dance
Jan Alter w/Rumpus
newcomers 19:30,
20:00-22:45, St
Titusville United
Methodist Church
7 Church Rd (off
Rt 29/River Rd)
Titusville, NJ
08530, $8/$5 stu
tasty treats
appreciated
609-882-7733

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Open Band
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
December 12

Constitution Day
(Russia, 1993)

Fiesta of Our
lady of Guadalupe
Mexico, 1531

Day of the
Indians
(El Salvador)

Pennsylvania
Admission Day
1787, #2

Jamhuri Day
Independence Day
Kenya, 1963

UN Committee on
the Peaceful Uses
of Outer Space
1959

December 12-14
Feeding the sea
(agoueh r oyo)
(Haiti/Vodou)

US Supreme Court
elected President
George Bush Jr
2000

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Chanukah:
2 Candles

Valley Contra Dance
Bob Isaacs w/
Fingerpyx
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

The Reston Dance
Contras & Squares
music: June Apple
class 19:15-20:00
dance 20:00-22:45
$7.00, Reston
Community Center
2310 Colts Neck Rd

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
St Mark's on
the Hill, 1620
Reisterstown Rd
Pikesville, MD

Snowflake Ball
TADAMS Contra
Gaye Fifer w/
Avant Gardeners
Dan Sebring,
guitar; Laura
Light, fiddle;
George Paul, piano
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$5.00/$8.00
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Blue Ridge Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:35
20:00-23:00, $8
Winter Sun
Community Hall
Floyd, VA
540-745-3908

CDVA contra
beginners 19:00
19:30-22:30, $6.00
St Stephens
Episcopal Church
372 Hiden Blvd,
Newport News, VA

Contra Dance
20:00-23:00
St Therese Church
Shavertown, PA
info 570-333-4007

Harrisonburg $5
contra20:00-23:00
workshop 19:15
Dayton Learning
Center, Dayton, VA
540-269-2035

potluck, 18:00

contra, 19:30
w/ the Southern
Maryland Open Band
ice-cream social
Immaculate
Conception Church,
Old Village Rd,
Mechanicsville, MD

Russelville
square dance
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Russelville Grange
245Old Limestone Rd
Rt 896 N of Rt 10
Russelville, PA
717-529-6256

Greenbrier Folk
Music and Dance
Association
Lewisburg Contras
& Squares
Children's dance
18:45-19:30
Basic Skills work-
shop 19:30-20:00
Dance 20:00-22:30
$5, American Legion
Hall (above the
Radio Shack)
118 S Jefferson
St (Route 219)
Lewisburg, WV

Contradance
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-22:30
$5.00, Main Line
Unitarian Church
816 S Valley Forge
Rd, Devon, PA

contra:
Pinecone Council
of Traditional
Music
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Bond Park Sr Ctr
Maury O'Dell Rd
Cary, NC, $5/$4
919-990-1900

Binghamton contra
19:00, $3-$5 sugg
Share Refreshments
MacArthur School
1123 Vestal Ave
Binghamton, NY

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

Northern Virginia
Ceili dances
Bog Wanderers
Ceili Band
beginners 19:30
$10, 20:00-24:00
John Wood Center
3701 Old Lee Hwy
Fairfax, VA

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Phoenix Friends
of Old-Time Music
contra
Peg Hesley w/
The Privy Tippers
instruction 19:00
dance 19:30-23:00
$9 ($7 members)
Kenilworth School
Auditorium
1210 N 5th Ave
Phoenix, AZ
info 602-582-6990
SUNDAY
December 13

Ides of December

Republic Day
(Malta)

Feast Day of
Saint Lucy
writers, lights,
people with eye
trouble

Lucia Day
(Sweden)

Third Sunday
of Advent

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Chanukah:
3 Candles

Exeter, PA contra
18:00-21:00, $5.00
Smager's Dinner
Theater, 3400
St Lawrence Ave
Rte 562

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Strings on Wings
Todd Clewell
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Princeton
Christmas
Cotillion
19:00-22:00

Princeton Winter
Cotillion, 20:00
The Avant Gardeners
Laura Light
George Paul
Dave Wiesler

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd

Houston, TX
Holiday Ball
Decorate 18:00
Newcomers 19:30
w/Joseph Pimentel
Dance 20:00-23:00
Perfect 5th
CPC, dress-up
encouraged
MONDAY
December 14

Feast Day of
Saint Spyridon
(Greece, Corfu)

Alabama Admission
Day, 1819, #22

Death of Iman
Ja'far Sadeq Day
(Iran)

Chanukah:
4 Candles

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
December 15

Bill of Rights
Day, 1791 (US)

Zamenhof Day
Esperanto League
for North America
1859

Kingdom Day/
Statute Day
Netherlands
Antilles, 1954

Chanukah:
5 Candles

Potomac Pedalers:
Executive Commit-
tee meeting 19:00

Mid-Atlantic Off-
Road Enthusiasts
(MORE) meeting
19:00, REI,
Rhode Island Ave
College Park, MD
(Greenbelt Metro)

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
December 16

Boston Tea Party
1773

Day of
Reconciliation

Dingaan's Day 1838
(1910-1951), Day
of the Covenant
(1952-1979),
Day of the Vow
(1979-1993)
Foretrekkers' Day
(South Africa)

Nepal
Constitution Day
1962

Bangladesh
Victory Day, 1971

Chanukah:
6 Candles

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Trans-
portation Commis-
sion Meeting 19:30
County Board Room

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
December 17

Independence Day
Columbia, 1819
(Spain)

Bolivar Day
(Venezuela, 1830)

National Day
(Bhutan)

Wright Brothers
Day, 1903

Pan American
Aviation Day

Dec 17 - Jan 2
Dnomla

Friday Morning
Music Club
chamber concerts
12:00-13:00, Free
Ellipse Arts Ctr
Arlington
703-228-7710

Noblis Wideband
Cluster Group mtg
12:00-13:00, H5367

Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Chanukah:
7 Candles

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Fredericksburg, VA
contra dance
De Laura Padovan
w/ Steve Hickman
& Laura Lengnick
workshop 19:30
20:00-22:30, $6/5
Picker's Supply
902 Caroline St

Philly contra
TBA w/ SPUDS
(Summit Pick-Up
Dance Society)
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
December 18

Fiesta of the
Virgin of the
Lonely
Oaxaca, Mexico
muleteers,
sailors

New Jersey
Admission Day
1787, #3

Niger Republic
Day

US Atlas
satellite, 1958

Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Chanukah:
8 Candles

Yorktown HS
Linux User Group
(YHSLUG)
meeting 19:00,
5201 N 28th St

Albemarle County
CDSS contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Municipal Arts
Center, 5th St
Charlottesville

Carolina Song and
Dance Association
contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $6
Estes Elementary
School Gym
500 Estes Drive
(at Caswell Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-9948

Buz Lloyd contra
instruction 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Century Center
100 N Greensboro
St, (Weaver/Main)
Carrboro, NC

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
TBA caller w/ The
Morrison Brothers
Owen, acoustic &
electric guitars;
Will, percussion;
Jim, fiddle, guitar
20:30-23:30, $9
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
December 19

Kayin hnithiku
Karen New Year
(Myanmar)

Sveti Nikola
Fest of St Nicolas
(Serbia/Slavas)

Princess Bernice
Pauahi Bishop's
Birthday

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

Chanukah: 8th Day

Bluemont Concert
Series Oldtime
Country Dance
contra
20:00, $10/$7.00
(workshop 19:30)
Skating Rink
Purcellville, VA

Annapolis Contra
Dance 19:00-22:00
beginners 18:30
$10/8/6 ATDS/FSGW
Annapolis Friends
Meeting House,
351 Du Bois Rd,
Annapolis, MD

Crab Contras
20:00-23:00, $7.50
Whatley Hall,
Christ Episcopal
Church, Church
& Academy Sts,
Cambridge, MD
410-883-3140

Blacksburg Contra
Rob Harper
beginners 19:30
20:00, $8.00
(free after22:00)
YMCA Dance Room
Blacksburg, VA

TRAditional Dance
In Norfolk
contra
beginners 19:00
20:00, $6.00
Royster Presby-
terian Church
6901 Newport Ave
7600 Newport Ave?

contra:
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance, 20:00:
workshop 19:30
Margaret Brent MS
Helen, MD, $6

Lancaster contra
The Metrognomes
McGregor Yatse-
vitch, fiddle,
mandolin; Mark
Vidor, piano; Bob
Garber, clarinet,
pennywhistle
workshop 19:15
20:00-23:00, $8/$5
Saint John's
Episcopal Church
321 West Chestnut
Lancaster, PA
info: 717-431-7417

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

contra:
The Folk Project
Swingin' Tern
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00, $10
$5 students
1st Presbyterian,
14 Hanover Road
East Hanover, NJ

Contra Dance
Toss The Possum
(Laura Zisette,
Chas Zisette,
Jane Zisette,
Rob Zisette)
no beginner class
dance 19:00-22:00
Holiday Party/Jam
to follow dance
$7/$5/$4, Historic
Jonesborough, TN
Visitors Center
117 Boone St

Louisville Country
Dancers contra:
20:00-23:00, $6.00
Church of the
Advent, Baxter &
Baker & Cherokee

FSGW Concert
20:00
Washington Ethical
Society (NW, DC)
$10 (FSGW Free)

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding
w/ recorded music
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-437-3615

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Tucson Friends of
Traditional Music
contra
open band?
instruction 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
$7 ($6 TFTM)
First United
Methodist Church,
915 E 4th St
Tucson, AZ
info 520-293-3783
SUNDAY
December 20

Louisiana
Territory, 1803

Fourth Sunday
of Advent

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

Sunday Waltzing
$8, workshop
15:00-15:30
dance 15:30-18:00
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
The
Morrison Brothers
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA
MONDAY
December 21

Feast Day of
Saint Thomas
the Apostle
the East Indies,
India,
Architects,
builders

Forefather's Day
Plymouth MA, 1620

Independence Day
Nepal, 1923

Winter Solstice
17:47 UTC
12:47 EST

December 21-22
Winter Solstice
Yule (Norse)
Celtic mid-winter

southern
hemisphere Litha,
summer solstice

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
December 22

Feast Day of
Saint Frances
Xavier Cabrini
immigrants,
hospital
administrators

Day of National
Mourning, Mexico
1815, Jose Maria
Morelos

International
Arbor Day

English Country
Dancing(No Va CDSS)
Barbara Harding w/
local musicians
19:45-22:00, $3.00
Harding Hall
730 Jackson St
Herndon, VA
703-471-0629

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
December 23

Victory Day
(Egypt)

Tenno tanjobi
Emperor Akihito's
Birthday, 1933
(Japan)

Festivus
(Seinfeld)

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

Arlington Commis-
sion for the Arts
Mtg 19:30-21:30
Conf Rm B, CHP
703-228-6960

BFMS contra $7/$10
workshop 19:00
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
December 24

Independence Day
Libya, 1951

Sovereignty Day/
Independence Day
Laos, 1954

Christmas Eve
Nochebuena
(Argentina)
Julafton (Sweden)
Jouluaatto
(Finland)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

City of Durham, NC
round/line/square
contra dance
19:30-22:30, $5.00
Civic Center Armory
220 Foster St
919-286-9275

Sun Assembly ECD
w/ live music
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672
FRIDAY
December 25

Christmas Day
(Noblis Holiday)
Navidad (Spain)
Noël (France)
Hkarissamat nei
(Myanmar)
Hari Krismas /
Hari Natal
(Singapore)
Joulupäivä
(Finland)
Araw ng Pasko
(Philippines)
Día de Navidad
(Argentina)
Weihnachtstag
(Germany)
Ziemassvetki
(Latvia)
Juledag (Norway)
Seongtanjeol
(South Korea)
Juldagen (Sweden)
Kurisumasu(Japan)

Taiwan
Constitution Day
1946

Birthday of
Quaid-e-Azam
(Pakistan)

Bath of Christmas
(Haiti/Vodou)

Decemberween
(Homestar Runner,
55 days after
Halloween)

DC Bicycle Courier
Assoc solidarity
ride, 18:15
Dupont Circle

Locust Lane Contra
workshop 19:30
dance 20:00-23:00
Christ the Saviour
Orthodox Church
5501 Locust Lane
Harrisburg, PA $9

Tompkins County
Country Dances
contra
$5.00, 20:00-23:00
Bethel Grove
Community Center
1825 Slaterville
Road, Route 79
Ithaca, NY

NO Friday-Night
Contra Dancing
Glen Echo Park
SATURDAY
December 26

Kwanzaa: Umoja
(Unity)

Proclamation Day
(South Australia)

National Day
of Thanksgiving
(Solomon Islands)

Independence
and Unity Day
(Slovenia)

Day of Goodwill
(South Africa)

Feast Day of
Saint Stephen
Hungary,
stonecutters; 1st
Christian martyr

Second day
of Christmas
(Germany, Poland,
Bulgaria)
Andre Juledag
(Norway)
Annandag Jul
(Sweden)
Ziemassvetki
(Latvia)
Lendemain de Noël

Boxing Day (UK)

38 Dakota Sioux
Indians hanged
Mankato, MN, 1862

Arlington Farmer's
Market, 14th St @
N Courthouse Rd
08:00-12:00
703-228-6423

December 26-31
7th annual
Contradancers
Delight Holiday
Beth Molaro &
Nils Fredland w/
The Contrarians
Elftones, and
Land of Sky
Lakeview Resort
Morgantown, WV

Dec 26 - Jan 1
Brasstown Winter
Dance Week
John C. Campbell
Folk School
1 Folk School Rd
Brasstown, NC

Northern VA Hammer
Dulcimer Players
13:30-16:30
Tysons-Pimmit
Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pk
Falls Church, VA

Valley Contra Dance
tba w/ Cantabile
Dance 19:30-22:30
$9/$8 mbrs/$5 stu
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
the Lehigh Valley
Center & Wall Sts
Bethlehem, PA
Bring soft-soled
shoes and goodies
to share.

Mid-Maryland
Folk Arts Council
Contra Dance
workshop 19:00
dance 20:00-23:00
$9/$5/$4, former
Seventh Day School
Adventist Drive
Frederick, MD

NO DANCE
TADAMS Contra
Lewis Ginter Ctr
Richmond, VA
804-359-0497

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, 20:00
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

Charlotte Dance
Gypsies contra
potluck 18:30

beginners 19:30
20:00-23:00, $7
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC
Bob 704-366-1215

Roanoke Contra
NO DANCE
Roanoke, VA
540-314-5306
540-793-1574

English Country
Dancing (MWCDSS)
(newcomers 20:00)
Barbara Harding w/
Peascods Gathering
$5, 20:15-22:45
Sligo Middle Sch
1401 Dennis Ave
Silver Spring, MD

AA LAMBDA
20:30-21:30
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr
SUNDAY
December 27

Kwanzaa:
Kujichagulia
(Self
Determination)

Proclamation of
the Socialistic
Constitution
(North Korea)

Feast Day of
Saint John

Independence Day
Indonesia, 1949

December 27-31
Terpsichore's
Holiday contra
Notorious
Roanoke, WV

We Agnostics
11:00, 3 South
Conference Room
George Washington
Univ Hospital
Washington, DC
Foggy Bottom METRO

FSGW Community
Dance -- talent
15:00-16:00
dance 16:00-17:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park

Asara B'Tevet

Stone Valley Folk
Group Contra Dance
music by Anon
(beginners 18:00)
$5, 18:30-21:30
The Skatery, Rt
225, Pillow, PA

West Garden Court
concert National
Gallery of Art
6th &Constitution
NW, 18:30, Free
open 18:30
no late entry

FSGW Contra Dance
Adam Hurt
19:00 intro
19:30-22:30
Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
$12 ($9 members)

Contra Corners
workshop 18:00,
dance 18:30-21:30
Community Center
Greenwood, VA, $8

Fluvanna Contra
(workshop 18:00)
18:30-21:30, $6/$3
Carysbrook Gym,
8880 James Madison
Hwy, Fork Union, VA

Triangle Country
Dancers contra
instruction 19:30
$9/$7, 20:00-23:00
Pleasant Green
Community Center
Pleasant Green
Community Rd
near Cole Mill Rd
MONDAY
December 28

Kwanzaa: Ujima
(Collective Work
& Responsibility)

Holy Innocents'
Day/Childermas
western churches

Iowa Admission
Day, 1846, #29

King Birendra's
Birthday (Nepal)

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Unitarian Univer-
salist Church of
Arlington, VA
4444 Arlington
Blvd (Rt. 50)
@ George Mason Dr

Charlotte Country
Dancers contra
beginners 19:30
20:00-22:00, $5
St Andrew's
Episcopal Church
3601 Central Ave
(near Eastway Dr)
Charlotte, NC

Louisville Country
Dancers contra
local callers
volunteer band
20:00-22:30, $3.00
/$3.50, St Andrews
Episcopal Church
2233Woodbourne Ave

Chain Bridge AFG
Al-Anon
20:30, St Peter's
Episcopal Church
4250 N Glebe Rd,
(@ Tazewell St)
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
December 29

Kwanzaa: Ujamaa
(Cooperative
Economics)

Feast Day of
Saint Thomas
of Canterbury

Holy Innocents'
Day/Childermas
eastern churches

Texas Admission
Day, 1845, #28

Taylor Made Squares
20:00-21:30, Free
Long Branch
Community Center
Piney Branch Rd
Silver Spring, MD

Fiddle & Bow
contra
$7/$5, 20:00-22:00
Vintage Theatre
7 Vintage Ave,
Winston-Salem, NC

We Agnostics
20:15, Unity Club
116-B W Broad St
Falls Church, VA
WEDNESDAY
December 30

Kwanzaa: Nia
(Purpose)

Iman Reza
Birthday (Iran)

Araw ng
Kabayanihan ni
(Rizal Day)
martyrdom of Dr.
José Rizal
Philippines, 1896

Day of the
Declaration of
Slovakia as an
Independent
Ecclesiastic
Province (1977)
by pope Paul VI

Garden of Lights
Winter Garden Walk
Sligo Creek Hedge
School Teen Week
Karen Ashbrook
Concert
18:30-20:00
reception area
Brookside Gardens
1800 Glen Allen
Ave, Wheaton, MD
$15 per car Cash

Ad Hoc Singers
19:30, Arlington
Forest Methodist
Church, Rt 50
at Henderson St

BFMS contra $7/$10
dance 19:30-22:30
Lovely Lane United
Methodist Church
2200 St Paul St
Baltimore, MD

contra:
Princeton Country
Dancers, $7.00
workshop 19:40
dance 20:00-22:30
Suzanne Paterson
Center, Borough
Hall, Monument Dr
Princeton, NJ

FSGW English
Country Dance
19:30-22:30, $7/$9
Glen Echo Town Hall
THURSDAY
December 31

Kwanzaa: Kuumba
(Creativity)

Restoration of
the Republic
(Geneva)

Saint Sylvester's
Day, Switzerland,
Germany, Belgium

Fin de Año

Szilveszter
(Hungary)

Evacuation Day
Lebanon, 1946
(French)

World Azerbaijanis
Solidarity Day
(Azerbaijan)

Hogmanay
(Scotland)

Noche de
Pedimento
(Wishing Night)
(Mitla, Oaxaca)

Omisoka Day, Japan
stocktaking,
payment of debts

Medya Noche
(Philippines)

Watch Night/New
Year's evening

Nyårsafton
(Sweden)

Vecais Gads
(Latvia)

Partial
Lunar Eclipse

SMART Recovery
18:30-20:00
Room 141,
Alexandria
Community Shelter
and Substance
Abuse Services
Center (ACSSAS)
2355 Mill Road,
Alexandria, VA
near Eisenhower
Ave METRO

DC Security Geeks
19:30-21:30
Va Tech Grad Ctr
Falls Church, VA

We Agnostics
19:30, smoking!
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh St
(@ Wisc Ave)
Bethesda, MD

FSGW NYE ECD
New Years Eve
English Dance
19:00-01:00
Adelphi Mill
Adelphi, MD

New Year's Eve
TADAMS Contra
Floorplay
Paul Rosen,
fiddle, mandolin;
Rya Martin, piano;
Aaron Lamb,
perscussion
Lewis Ginter Ctr
3421 Hawthorne Ave
@ Walton, Richmond
804-359-0497

Delaware Valley
Branch RSCDS
Hogmanay Ball
Thistle House
Dave Wiesler
and TBA

Philly contra
workshop 19:30
20:00-23:00, $8
Glenside Memorial
Hall, Waverly &
Keswick, Glenside

Sun Assembly ECD
19:30-21:30, $4.00
Duke School for
Children, 1516
Hull St, Durham, NC
919-683-9672

members of Wild
Asparagus and
friends -- New
Year's Eve dance
Guiding Star
Grange
Greenfield, MA
FRIDAY
January 1

SATURDAY
January 2

Calendar last updated: Wednesday, December 9
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