Annual English and Scottish Spring Ball Weekend

32nd Annual Spring Ball Weekend in Ashland, April 6-8, 2012

Hosted by the Ashland Branch of the Heather and the Rose Country Dancers
Contact: Brooke Friendly, (541) 482-9586, friendsack at opendoor.biz

Friday April 6

7:30 pm - Dance Party (Impropriety Volume 4 release party)

Saturday April 7

10:00 am-Noon - Workshop: the Dances of Thomas Bray (1699)

1:30-4:30 pm - Ball Review Workshop

7:30 pm - Ashland Country Dancers 32nd annual English & Scottish Country Dance Ball

Sunday April 8

10:00 am - Potluck brunch and dance party

Musicians

Roguery:
Anita Anderson (piano)
Dave Bartley (plucked strings)
Shira Kammen (fiddle, viola, vielle)
Jim Oakden (clarinet, recorders, mandoline, banjo, and more)

Callers

Ball Program

English: Alice, Comical Fellow, Dear Papa and Dear Mama, Drops of Brandy, Graies Inn Maske, Kelsterne Gardens, Lincoln's Inn Garden*, Mendocino Redwood, Orleans Baffled, Portsmouth, A Trip to East Hampstead, A Trip to Kilburn, Yellow Stockings

Scottish: Crimson Clover, Domino Five, Mairi's Wedding*, Monymusk, Roll Back the Rug, Silver Thaw, The Weathercock

*for those who know (Lincoln's Inn Garden will be taught at the Bray workshop Saturday morning of the ball weekend)

Location for all dance events

McNeal Pavilion Dance Studio (room 132)
Southern Oregon University
1465 Webster St
Ashland OR 97520

From Siskiyou Blvd in Ashland, turn down Wightman, turn right on Webster. McNeal Pavilion is on the left after the parking lot. The dance studio is at the far end of the building.

Registration

The Ball is $24 general admission; $19 for Heather & Rose members (Saturday afternoon ball reivew workshop included in price). The Friday evening dance party is $5 at the door. The Saturday morning Bray workshop is $5 at the door. The March 25 and April 1 ball review workshops are $2 at the door.

Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Housing may be arranged for Friday and Saturday nights. Please register by March 17 if you need housing.

Print Registration Form (PDF) to fill out and mail.

Sundays March 25 and April 1

1:30-4:30 pm - Ball Review Workshops

All events are fragrance-free - please help us make dance accessible to all by not wearing scented products!