Calendar

Nov
11
Mon
Birdhouse Hollow with Devin Pohly @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Birdhouse Hollow – Wren Eisenhauer and Qi Yang – play tonight, with Devin Pohly calling.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
18
Mon
Hillbilly Diaspora with Chicago Showcase @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Hillbilly Diaspora – Charlie Walden, Patt Plunkett and others, plays for us this evening. The calling this evening will be by multiple local callers, led by Jo and Moose; the focus will be on dances written by Chicago choreographers.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
25
Mon
Ship of Fools with Paul Watkins @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Ship of Fools plays tonight and Paul Watkins calls.  Ship of Fools is Jordan Wankoff on fiddle, Fred Campeau on banjo, Annaleen Koehn on guitar and Marc Edelstein on bass.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
29
Fri
@ Lake Street Church
Nov 29 – Nov 30 all-day

Our annual all-volunteer dance weekend!  At the Lake Street Church in Evanston.  Visit the Breaking Up Thanksgiving web site – www.breakingupthanksgiving.com – for more information.

Dec
2
Mon
@ Thanksgiving Recovery Day
Dec 2 all-day

No Dance Tonight – Thanksgiving Recovery Day

Dec
9
Mon
Uncommon Loons with Jo and Moose @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Special Birthday Dance for Elizabeth Albert.

The Uncommon Loons play tonight, with Jo Mortland and Moose Flores calling.  The Uncommon Loons are Meg Dedolph, Jonathan Whitall and Peter Martin.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
16
Mon
Wayward Potatoes with Wren Eisenhauer and Susan Doxator @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Wren Eisenhauer and Susan Doxtator call this evening; the Wayward Potatoes play for us.  The Wayward Potatoes are Ben Zorn (fiddle), Rachel Kazez (guitar) and Aaron Smith (bass).

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
23
Mon
Ladies Banjo Society with Georges Augustin @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The Ladies Banjo Society of Illinois plays for us tonight – Ben and Eric Zorn (fiddles), Mary Tabatowski (mandolin), Kathy Hirsh (guitar), Fred Campeau (banjo).  Georges Augustine calls this evening.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
30
Mon
Patt & Possum with Jo Mortland @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Patt and Possum – Patt Plunkett on piano and Charlie Walden on fiddle – play tonight; Jo Mortland calls.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Jan
6
Mon
Birdhouse Hollow with Cara Sawyer @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Jan 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Birdhouse Hollow – Wren Eisenhauer and Qi Yang – play for us tonight; Cara Sawyer calls the dances.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.