Contra Dance with the Cosmic Otters and Summer Shay

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 06:30 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI 53703 | Madison, WI

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The Cosmic Otters make people dance.
Based in Chicago and Bloomington, Ind., Meg Dedolph, Eric Schedler and Jonathan Whitall draw from Irish, Scottish, English and French-Canadian traditions to create original tunes and ear-catching versions of traditional melodies.
Grooving and inventive, the trio plays for contra dances, English country dances and Irish set dancing throughout the Midwest and beyond.
6:30pm Beginner Lesson
7:00pm-10:00pm Dance
All dances are taught; no partner or experience needed.
If you are new to contra dancing, we recommend attending the 6:30pm beginner lesson. Dances tend to start simple and increase in complexity as the evening progresses.
Masking or testing for COVID is no longer required, unless Dane County's CDC hospital admission level is high or red. If it is red or high, participants must either wear an effective mask - N95, KN95, KF94 - or have a negative self-administered rapid antigen test after 5 pm on the day of the dance. We will notify the dance community if it's yellow or red.
Please do not attend if you are having symptoms of respiratory illness.
Send us a message if you're interested in getting involved, or have general questions, concerns, or feedback about our dances.
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Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI 53703, United States

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