Join us on Friday to learn some new dances. Bring your water bottle and wear comfy cloths. We can't wait to dance with you at Thorn Hill Education Center.
 We have two oppotunities to learn or practice the dances fo the upcoming ball. The first is on Saturday Dec. 7 from 1-3 at the Paul Sawyier Public Library River Room. The second is at ou monthly class held at Thornhill Education Cente on Dec. 13 fom 4:30-6:30. The official practice is free and the class is $5 per dancer or $20 per family. If you have never danced English Country Dance before, we highly recommend you join us for a lesson.  If you can't make it to either practice session or are a visual learner and want to watch others do the dances as a refresher we have put together a youtube playlist for you.
"you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail, “There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle – will you come and join the dance?” – The Lobster Quadrille: Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland …YE GUDE RESIDENTES OF (and visitors to) AULD FRANKFORT-TOWNE-ON-YE-RIVER’O… The Capital City Historical Dancers and Musicians …are almighty pleased to present… ♫ Ae Prideful Ball (Without Prejudice) ♫ (an’ that on the Occasion of the 249th anniversary of Miss Jane Austen’s Birthday in December 1775) ♪ ♪ ♪ T’will happen, anon, on the evening of December 21, 2024 at ye Masonic Temple which be inconspicuously located at 308 Ann Street, downtown Frankfort – Second Floor 7:30: YE SOCIAL TYME (refreshments served) 8:00: YE DANCE ♪ ♪ ♪ Lively and Exquisite Musick will be provided by the famous & elegant ♫ Capital City Country Dance Ensemble ♫ Welcomed and Most Heartily Encouraged: Authentic Dress of the Regency Period, 1775 through 1825… …& most other Fine, Fancy, Swell and Elegant Apparel and Costumery nae matter howe shockinge t’mae be -- Ae Festive Intermission and Refreshments will follow the Seventh Dance -- Ye Fair Bargains for Admission ♪ PREPAID reservations if received by December 7: $10 per person, or $15 per couple (MAIL check, payable to CCHDM, to Wendy Howe, 942 5th Ave, Frankfort KY 40601) ♪ AT THE DOOR: $15 per person, or $25 per couple ♪ SPECIAL-WELCOME Discount for YOUTHS age 13-18: $5 per person. Set list and Practice Sessions to be announced soon.   We can't wait to dance with everyone again. The first part of the evening will be easier dances for anyone, even the younger kids, and then we will open the refreshment table and the rest of the evening will be for the 10 and up crowd. As always, costumes are not required, but we would love to see you in your festive patriotic clothing. The doors will open about 4:15 so we can start right on time.
American folk dances and the associated traditional music embody fundamental values of great worth to our culture, our nation and our children. We can promote these values by opening doors for greater participation by new dancers, dance callers and musicians – and, especially, by nurturing newfound love of traditional music and dance by young people. There is no more wholesome way for friends and families to share time together than in the fellowship of dance and making the music of dance. Our job is to use, and thereby preserve as living history, the joyful dances and music we have inherited – and to pass it all on to the next generation. In this age of amnesia, so many of the traditions and skills which help remind us who we are have been lost, forgotten, or discarded; Capital City Historical Dancers & Musicians was founded specifically to counter this trend. But in recent months we have gotten away from our traditon of teaching historic folk dances, but we are planning to return to that mission. With that in mind, we have established a new routine of having two monthly dance classes for those who are 10 and above to learn more complicated dances and then a family dance on the third month that will give us an opportunity to come together and dance some simple dances that even the youngest amoung us can enjoy as well as dance the new dances we have learned at the classes. Each Family Dance will have a theme, decorations, and refreshments. While instructors will also be available at these dances, the emphasis will still be upon a wholesome, relaxing environment for the whole family where if you can walk you can dance. We will do super simple dances for anyone as well as some of the dances that we have worked on during the classes. We will still do a teaching walk-through before each dance, but if you choose to not come to the classes you will find it easier if you partner with someone who does come. With this mix of Teaching Dances and Family Dances, we hope to promote excellence in dancing while also providing a means for passing on a love of dance to the little ones.  |
