Out here in the Prairie we have a broader concept of what's "near"
than do folks who live where you can drive 30 miles and be someplace
else. This section includes information about dancing in Iowa and
neighboring states.
Send me e-mail if you have
information about nearby dances that can go here!
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in Minneapolis: Swing,
International, Contra and English Country Dancing since 1983.
- The band Duck for the Oyster plays for and calls dances around northwest Wisconsin.
- The Madison,
Wisconsin info page is maintained by Clint Sprott.
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offers an ongoing program of
cultural, educational and participatory folklife activities in rural
Southwest Wisconsin.
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sponsors dances in the Chicago area.
- Jim Rust maintains a web page for
the Folk Dance Council of
Chicago, including Rockford, Illinois.
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The Quad Cities
CƒILê Club holds Irish Ceili Dances in Moline Illinois.
- The Web Page of the Urbana Country Dancers,
as well as that of the Central Illinois English
Country Dancers is maintained by Jonathan Sivier.
- The Childgrove Country
Dancers homepage contains information about St. Louis area dancing.
- Mid-Missouri
Traditional Dancers sponsor dances in Columbia, Missouri.
- CrossCurrentsis a
non-profit corporation in Kansas City, Missouri dedicated to people
creating their own culture.
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On the Historic Independence
Square, 109 West Lexington Independence, Missouri. Contra Dancing on
the 4th Saturdays.
- The Kansas Contra Dancing site has links to barn dances and contradances in Kansas.
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holds dances in Lawrence,
Kansas.
- Get info from Vicki Pratt
about the dances in
Omaha, Nebraska.
- Contra dances in Lincoln,
Nebraska occur usually on the first Saturday of each month. The
web page, maintained by Martin
Gaskell has some nice photographs taken at Lincoln dances, as well
as links to other folk dance and music events in Lincoln and Omaha.
- Charlie Seelig undertakes to provide a nationwide set of contradance
links.
- Dwayne Johnson maintains the Contra Corners website featuring a clickable USA dance map.
- Kiran Wagle maintains a Contradance
Page
- The Dance Database, a
service of tedcrane.com
provides information on dances by day-of-the-month and by state
simultaneously, together with information on Venues, Bands, People and
Events.
- Steve Allen maintains a page of links to folk dance sites on
the Web.
- Dan Pearl now maintains the NEFFA Homepage, with
information and schedules for the New England Folk Festival.
- Dance Flurry takes place in mid winter in the Albany, New York area.
Last Revised: Mon 4 Jun 2007
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