by ELLIE NOWELS | Feb 10, 2020 | Big Scioty
Dave Notman is best known as the Columbus contra community’s hard-working “sound guy,” but he’s also a caller and proficient dance writer. Those talents will be on display Saturday night when he shares the stage with the Brickersons, an Athens-based band that will be...
by ELLIE NOWELS | Jan 26, 2020 | Big Scioty
Join us on Feb. 1 as we welcome Jeanie & the Dreamers, a well-known regional band with musicians Jeanie Thieken Creamer (formerly of Home Remedy), Nick Weiland (of Hotpoint String Band) and Mark Barsamian (of Trillium and Zeke’s Fancy). Along with contra tunes,...
by ELLIE NOWELS | Jan 13, 2020 | Big Scioty
Was getting more exercise one of your New Year’s Resolutions? How about meeting new people? We can help you keep both! The folk tradition known as contra dancing has been around since pioneer days because it’s as easy as it is enjoyable. All the dances are taught and...
by ELLIE NOWELS | Dec 29, 2019 | Big Scioty
Not all of us are committed enough to travel to Alaska for a contra dance, but that’s just what Kim Thompson did over the holiday season. Maybe she’ll tell us about it Saturday, when the Athens-based caller helps us celebrate the New Year the best way we know how—on...
by ELLIE NOWELS | Nov 7, 2019 | Big Scioty
First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St. (Downtown), Columbus, OH 43215 Teaching session 7:30 p.m./dancing 8-11 p.m Admission is $8 ($7 for Big Scioty members), $4 ($3) for ages 12-26, free for children younger than 12.
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