Contra Dance with Jim Thaxter and The 32 Bartenders

Name: Contra Dance with Jim Thaxter and The 32 Bartenders
Start: 2025-04-12T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Woodlawn Elementary

Schedule

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Woodlawn Elementary | Lawrence, KS

Join us for our regular monthly Contra Dance with Jim Thaxter and the 32 Bartenders.
Doors open: 6:30
Dance Lesson: 7:00
Dance begins: 7:30
Open to both beginners and newcomers without experience, a free lesson will start at 7:00, so PLEASE BE PROMPT if you want to attend the lesson. All ages welcome
Our dances are social, inclusive, fun, and beginner friendly. No experience? No partner? No problem!
All dances are taught and prompted, and feature live music.
You’ll hear our callers use gender free terms like Larks and Robins. Larks dance on the left side of a pair of dancers; Robins dance on the right side.
Contra dancing is fun and vigorous! Wear comfortable clothes and clean shoes. No black heels and no dance powder allowed on the floor.
Flexible admission rates for in-person dances:
Adult admission pay what you can between $8 to $15+ to help support our dances.
Adults just listening (not dancing) $5
Students $5
Children under 16 $free
Don’t miss another dance opportunity! Sign up on our email list to get twice a month reminders of all upcoming events using this link:
https://lawrencecontra.wordpress.com
About the band:
32 BarTenders mixes up a cocktail of tunes from American, Irish, English and French traditions with a twist of original tunes and a splash of swing and tango. With Tom Verdot on fiddle and banjo, Rebecca Logan on flute and penny whistle, Thom Howard on guitar and mandolin, and Marcie McGuire on piano
About the caller:
Jim Thaxter calls throughout Missouri and into Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, and Kentucky for established contra dance groups of experienced dancers, as well as calling dances for beginners at birthday parties, church events, historic festivals, family reunions, and school events.