English Country Fun

Many of our dances at the Folk School are contra and square dances, but we also have a strong contingent of English country dance fans and musicians. Once a month we get together on a Thursday night and learn some new dances - all to wonderful live music.

Bob Dalsemer, our amazing Music and Dance Coordinator describes it: "English Country Dances are the direct ancestors of our American contras and squares. The dances and music are from the 17th and 18th centuries, along with village dances from the early 20th century and contemporary dances and tunes inspired by the older dances."

Try it out this Thursday night. It's free AND fun. Everyone is welcome (beginners, experienced dancers, singles, and couples). Dancing begins at 8 pm.

Fall Festival Entertainment Schedule!

The 35th Annual Folk School Fall Festival is right around the corner and we've got a great lineup of entertainment planned. With live music and dance performances on two stages, it's going to be another fantastic weekend. The sounds will include old-time, bluegrass, folk, gospel and Celtic music, and dancers will delight you with clogging, Morris, and Garland performances. Our tentative schedule is posted below.

Saturday, October 4, 2008
FESTIVAL BARN STAGE
10:00 Betty Smith
10:45 Buck and Nelson
11:30 Pickin Partners
12:15 Campbell Folk School Cloggers
1:00 Parker Brothers
1:45 Pure Profit
2:30 Frogtown Four
3:15 Morris & Garland Dancers
4:00 Liz and Tim

CRAFT SHOP STAGE
10:00 Mountain Travellers
10:45 The Songtellers
11:30 John Rice
12:00 Pretty Bird
12:45 Barney’s Goat
1:30 Roberta & Furman, The Marble Mountaineers
2:15 Butternut Creek and Friends
3:00 Barefoot Creek
3:45 The Mountaineers


Sunday, October 5, 2008
FESTIVAL BARN STAGE
10:00 Pure Profit
10:45 Lee Knght
11:30 Beulah Land Gospel Band
12:15 Blue Ridge Grass
1:00 Buzzard Mountain Boys
1:45 Campbell Folk School Cloggers
2:30 Little Brasstown Baptist Church Choir
3:15 Morris & Garland Dancers
4:00 Irons In The Fire

CRAFT SHOP STAGE
10:00 Red and Kathy Lambert
10:30 George Kraushaar & Friends
11:15 Jerry & Evelyn
12:00 Crosstown Traffic
12:45 Mountain Valley Bluegrass
1:30 Liam Robinson
2:15 Tom Morgan & Lynn Haas
3:00 Anne Lough
3:45 Suzuki Fiddlers