ECD Workshop and Dance with Gene Murrow

Name: ECD Workshop and Dance with Gene Murrow
Start: 2025-09-06T13:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-06T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Deep Run Recreation Center, 9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Henrico, VA 23233

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 01:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Deep Run Recreation Center, 9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Henrico, VA 23233 | Henrico, VA

The Williamsburg Heritage Dancers and the Colonial Dance Club of Richmond are co-hosting a day of dance led by caller Gene Murrow of New York, with music by Mike Dunn and Rya Martin.
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Afternoon workshop: 1:30-4:30
Evening dance: 6:30-9:30
Cost: $15 per session or $25 for the day. Pre-registration REQUIRED - no money taken on site. Sign up online at https://colonialdanceclubofrichmond.com/2025-workshop
Location: Deep Run Recreation Center near Richmond (9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Henrico, VA 23233
Note: there will also be a potluck and a presentation by Gene Murrow on the evening prior (Friday, September 5). This is at a *different venue*: Belmont Recreation Center (1600 Hilliard Road, Henrico). Doors open at 6pm, with supper at 6:30 followed by a talk by Gene on "The Sublime Marriage of English Dance and Music." Potluck signup is separate, at https://www.perfectpotluck.com/IFFR1405
Gene Murrow has been an English country dancer and musician since 1965, and has taught and called at clubs, workshops, festivals, and balls throughout the United States as well as England, Scotland, Ireland, Europe, and Japan. In 2004 he was honored as the featured country dance caller and teacher at the gala 50th anniversary of the Sidmouth International Festival. He has toured England several times for calling engagements, and has appeared at the Eastbourne, Lichfield, Whitby, and Southam Festivals. He made three tours of Japan to teach English dance, including the Folk Dance Federation of Japan national teacher workshops. As a dance musician, he has made four CD recordings, and is the Producer of the series of English dance recordings featuring the Boston-based band Bare Necessities. Gene approaches the English country dance as a medium in which dancers and musicians alike participate in the realization of works of art. His dance workshops strive to make their richness of structure, musical form, texture, and affect enjoyable and appreciated by dancers of all abilities.