Details
Our bi-annual Regency style Ball, with dances mostly from Jane Austen’s time and top notch caller and musicians: Beverly Francis and Alchemy. We’re planning an afternoon Ball practice and evening experienced dance on Saturday, April 26. On Sunday April 27 there is another practice in the morning and the ball in the afternoon. We usually open Ball registration on Valentine’s day.
More details will be provided here as the date gets closer. Here is a link to a Save the Date poster.
Caller
Beverly Francis
Beverly Francis finds English country dance endlessly fascinating after more than four decades. She is Country Dance New York’s leader of longest standing and has called dances up and down the East coast as well as across the country and in Canada. Beverly has a particular fondness for country dance in the time of Jane Austen and has called many dances for the Jane Austen Society of North America, New York Metropolitan Region, as well as two balls for the national JASNA.
Band
Alchemy
Karen Axelrod: piano & accordion, Eric Martin: violin, viola, vocals, Rachel Bell: accordion, vocals
Alchemy is Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, and Eric Martin, three dynamic players steeped in traditional English Country Dance and Contra Dance music. Individually, they have performed across the United States, Canada, and Europe. As a trio, their improvisatory style brings a contemporary and innovative feel to both traditional and newly composed tunes and songs.
Alchemy invites the dancers to share in a sublime dance experience ranging from intensely energetic to the kind of exquisite, nuanced beauty that tugs at the heart strings. Click here to listen to some of their music.
