MaryE | Big Scioty Contra Dance

Big Scioty – Nov. 7 – Roscommon Sessions with Darlene Underwood calling

by MaryE | Oct 9, 2026 | Big Scioty

Big Scioty’s November contra dance will feature Roscommon Sessions and Darlene Underwood will be calling. Roscommon Sessions, a traditional Irish music quartet from Columbus, Ohio, is Steve Steele (guitar), Jim Lindroth (percussion), Carol Metheny (fiddle) and Sarah...

Big Scioty – Oct. 3 – The Hollertones w Kim Thompson

by MaryE | Sep 9, 2026 | Big Scioty

Big Scioty’s October contra dance will feature Athens-based talent and your last chance to register for Columbus’s annual dance weekend at a discount! (For more information on Winter WarmUp, see below.) Kim Thompson will guide our steps on Saturday, drawing from a...

News flash! Return to downtown; introducing flexible pricing

by MaryE | Aug 26, 2026 | Big Scioty

News flash! Big Scioty’s upcoming 2026-27 season will be held at our pre-2020 home, First Congregational Church, located at 444 E. Broad St. in downtown Columbus. While we’ve enjoyed dancing at Clinton Heights Lutheran, where we’ve held most of our dances since the...

Big Scioty returns to First Congregational for the 2026-27 season!

by MaryE | Jun 12, 2026 | Big Scioty

Big Scioty is happy to announce we will be holding our entire 2026-27 season back at our old dance home, First Congregational Church, 444 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215. This will give us plenty of room to dance, so plan to come and bring your friends! See you in...

Big Scioty – May 2 – The Pegheads with caller Richard Ades

by MaryE | Apr 27, 2026 | Big Scioty

Some matches were meant to be! Richard Ades was scheduled to call an All Soles dance in February, but when January’s snowstorm kept another caller away, he ended up switching dates and sharing the stage with the Pegheads. Fast forward to Big Scioty’s upcoming May...