Capital English Country Dancers
CECD will soon celebrate 35 years of dancing!
Live Music! Beginners, Singles & Couples Welcome! All Dances Taught!
For more information contact CapitalECD@gmail.com, 518-477-5684
Capital English Country Dancers is an Affiliate of the DanceFlurry Organization and a member of Country Dance and Song Society
Doors open at 1:30. Dancing is 2:00 – 5:00 PM with a break midway during the afternoon. Dances are at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany (Albany UU), 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12206. Admission is $15 (cash or check). Water will be provided. Please bring a snack for yourself if you like.
Our COVID Policy has changed for 2023:
- Beginning with our first event, Beginner Workshop on 9/24/2023, proof of vaccination and wearing of a mask will not be required at CECD events.
- 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.
We will ask you to agree to these protocols, shown in more detail in theParticipant Agreement.
- Sept 24 SPECIAL FREE BEGINNER WORKSHOP with Don Bell (recorded music)
- Oct 8 SECOND SUNDAY (ADK Weekend Oct 1) Carmen Giunta and Hearsease
- Nov 5 Melanie Axel-Lute and Alan Thompson and Britany Orlebeke
- Dec 3 David Smuckler and Laurel Sharp, Eileen Kalfass, Jane Knoeck
- Jan 7 Margaret Bary and Alan Thompson and friend
- Feb 4 Orly Krasner and Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)
- Mar 3 Elizabeth Freedman and Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier
- Apr 7 Val Medve and Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton
- May 5 Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke
Link to all the Bios for CECD Dances in 2023-2024