Date: February 3rd 2012

Hello SMaD friends...

For those of you who can't get enough dancing, February offers a special surprise!

First our Monthly Dance...

Saturday, February 4 : Contra Dance: Fred Parks calls an entertaining program of dances to the music of Taylor among the Devils with Steve Hickman on fiddle, Marty Taylor on flute, and Jonathan Jensen on piano and more at the Shepherdstown War Memorial Building. Beginners workshop at 7:30PM, dance starts at 8PM. All levels welcome, no partners needed. Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor. Admission is $10 adults, $7 SMD members, $4 dancers under 12 years old. For information contact Becky at 876-2169 or see the web page at www.smad.us .

During the break there will be a performance by the Hicks With Sticks Border Morris Team, with a special 5 minute workshop following to teach the Cuckoo's Nest, a very simple morris dance!

This performance is to promote a 4-week workshop on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8PM starting this Tuesday. The workshop will teach several dances from the Hick's lively repertoire of traditional and new dances from the Welsh Border region of England. The dances are a folk-aerobic workout with great music and fun dances which involve simple footwork and rhythmic sticking. No long-term commitment is necessary to take part in the workshop, but if participants decide to join the team, the $25 workshop fee applies to the annual team dues. For more information, call Joanie at (304) 263-2531 or email updf@earthlink.net. The dance workshop takes place at the Shepherdstown Train Station, and many of the dancers follow the workout with dinner and pubbing at the Blue Moon Restaurant.

If you know others who may like to attend the workshop, please share the attached flyer!

For more information on the team, see our web page at http://smad.us/morris For videos of two of the dances you'll learn, follow these links: Takking Boggarts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKukGXeaSAE Mucky Duck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyIHD8TZMbs

Looking ahead to March,

Saturday, March 3: Perry Shafran calls to the Metro Gnomes Saturday, March 17: Hammered Dulcimer Showcase Concert featuring Andy Young and Patty Amelotte with Paul Oorts at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church at 8PM. Weekend Workshops available for players of the hammered dulcimer as well as a Social Orchestra Class with Paul Oorts for all instruments and a repertoire combining Latin American and Irish Traditions for a special event! For info see the page at http://upmw.smad.us/dulcimerfest/