Annual Holiday Tea - English Country Dancing in Roseville

Name: Annual Holiday Tea - English Country Dancing in Roseville
Start: 2025-12-07T13:30:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-07T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Roseville Masonic Lodge

Schedule

Sun Dec 07 2025 at 01:30 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Roseville Masonic Lodge | Roseville, CA

On Sunday, December 7, English Country Dance in Sacramento features its Annual Holiday Tea. The regular dance will be extended by an hour to allow for a mid-dance break featuring teas and wonderful yummies, along with special entertainments. Costumes and/or fancy dress appreciated but not required. Bring your favorite sweet or savory to share. There will be the usual Introductory lesson for newcomers starting promptly at 1:30.
The Annual Holiday Tea will be held at the Masonic Temple, 235 Vernon St. in Roseville, from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.

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Caller: David Newitt
Music: Quite Carried Away
Sound: Sue Jones and David Wright
Date: Sunday, October 5 (First Sunday)
Time: 1:30 pm lesson 2:00-6:00 pm dance - Extended!
Location: Masonic Lodge, 235 Vernon St., Roseville, CA
Cost: $15 for adults; $8 for college students with ID; $5 for dancers under 18; $25 maximum for families (cash or check)
David Newitt arrived at Swarthmore College in the fall of 1976 and was shocked to discover that this pillar of higher education had a two year physical education requirement. Faced with the alternatives of being smashed to pieces on the football field and going to Folk and Square Dancing, the choice was clear. He’s been dancing ever since.
Starting with international folk dancing, he was soon dragged into the local Scottish Country Dance group, the college morris and rapper sword team, and, when it started in 1978, the Kingsessing Morris team of Philadelphia. He came to Berkeley in 1982 to work on a Ph.D.in physics and to do country and display dancing. Since the dissolution of the One Shot Morris Team due to MIBS (Morris Induced Baby Syndrome), he has concentrated on country dancing in the Bay Area, teaching and playing music for regular Scottish and English dances and calling contras and the occasional square dance.
Six musicians and friends under the direction of David Wright and Sue Jones. Just give them English Country Dance music to play, and they’re Quite Carried Away!
The members of QCA are: Martin Lodahl (viola da gamba), Susan Jones (English concertina), Jane Kostka (whistle), David Wright (violin and mandolin), Arlene Jamar (piano), and Dick Holdstock (octave mandolin and tenor banjo).
Quite Carried Away is the home band for the English Country Dances.
As usual, beginners are welcome. If you are bringing, or know of any, first-timers, please urge them to come at 1:30 for the introductory workshop that precedes the dance. No partners are needed, so come by yourself or with friends or with family. The Masonic Lodge is fully handicapped-accessible, using the elevator just inside the front door.
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