Capital English Country Dancers
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Capital English Country Dancers
February 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Our February dance will feature a return of the Early Music Ensemble with Larry Wallach, harpsichord, Tricia van Oers, winds, and Eric Buddington, violin. Our caller, Michael Wood, has selected dances to tunes composed mostly before the 1750s. If you enjoy dressing up in something elegant, especially period clothing, this dance provides a good opportunity for you.
Here is the program for the event with links to videos of the dances.
Download the season flyer here.
Doors open at 1:30. Beginner workshop is at 1:40.
Dance from 2:00 – 5:00 PM.
Regular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15)
Ice Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)
Season Ticket: $88 (includes Regular Dances + Ice Cream Sunday + Membership)
The dance is at the Albany Unitarian Universalist Church, 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12206 (opposite Downtown UAlbany Campus). We have a beautiful wood dance floor. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes.
NOTE NEW LOCATION beginning in March: St. John’s Episcopal Church, 146 1st Street, Troy, New York, 12180.
Find out more about the callers and musicians for the season here.
Our COVID Policy
Please stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu. CECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.
Sep 22 from 2 – 4 pm: SPECIAL FREE BEGINNER WORKSHOP with Don Bell (recorded music)
Oct 6 Val Medve with Cedar Waxwing (Aaron Marcus, Sarah Babbitt Spaeth, Jonathan Werk)
Nov 3 David Smukler with Eileen Kalfass, Jane Knoeck, Laurel Sharp
Dec 1 Brad Foster with Peregrine Road (Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell)
Jan 5 Margaret Bary with Alan Thomson and Britany Orlebeke
Feb 2 Michael Wood with Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia vanOers, Eric Buddington) **Note: Period Dress encouraged**
Mar 2 Elizabeth Freedman with Alan Thomson and Cedar Stanistreet
Apr 6 Melanie Axel-Lute, Don Bell with Heartsease
May 4 Ice Cream Sunday – Dereck Kalish Robin Russell, Marnen Laibow-Koser
