Fun Dancing With John Wargowsky

Links that promote hoedown/traditional/eastern square, round, line and folk dance groups that regularly hold dances.

• Malabar Farm Barn Dances www.malabarfarm.org/index.php/things-to-do/barn-dances www.malabarfarm.org/index.php/things-to-do/barn-dances Barn Dances in Lucas - Hoedown square dancing called to live music in the Main Barn.

• Wayne County Rural Youth www.waynecountyruralyouth.org/ www.waynecountyruralyouth.org/ Square, line and round dancing called to live music - dancers from outside Wayne County are welcome to participate as well as us 'older folks'

• Back Porch Swing Band backporchswingband.com/ backporchswingband.com/ This band plays at a number of venues for square dances.

• Muskingum County Center for Seniors www.mccfs.org/ www.mccfs.org/ Look at right hand column. Dance bands Wayne King and Pete Shew are square dances

• Ole Zim's Wagon Shed www.olezims.com/index.php?page=2014-dance-schedule www.olezims.com/index.php?page=2014-dance-schedule Check the schedule to see when the next square dance will be held.

• Russ Childers russchilders.herokuapp.com/calendar.html russchilders.herokuapp.com/calendar.html One of Russ' many talents is teaching and calling traditional square dancing. Check the calendar at this site for his dances in the Cincinnati/Tri-State area.

• Olivedale Senior Center - Lancaster www.olivedale.com/olivedale_newsletter.html www.olivedale.com/olivedale_newsletter.html Most months they hold line, square, round dances that are open to the public.

• German Central Foundation Line Dancing germancentralfoundation.com/line-dancing.html germancentralfoundation.com/line-dancing.html Line dancing every Thursday evening

• The Motley Dance Club www.motleydanceclub.com/ www.motleydanceclub.com/ Ballroom Couples, Country Western Couples and Partner dances, Barn and Folk Dances, Mixers, Line Dancing

• International Folk Dancing in Dayton and Ohio www.daytonfolkdance.com/ www.daytonfolkdance.com/ Welcome to a page devoted to bringing you information on folk dancing in Dayton, Ohio. As time and space permits, I'll also bring you info on other arts & culture in Dayton (especially those friendly to folk dancing), and links to dancing within easy driving range from Dayton (Central & Southwestern, Ohio) and the rest of Ohio as I find them.

• Recreational Folk Dancers of Columbus recfolkdancecolumbus.org/ recfolkdancecolumbus.org/ Dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment and continuing evolution of recreational folk dance in Central Ohio.

• Ohio Corporation of Dance Clubs, Inc. www.squaredanceohio.com/ www.squaredanceohio.com/ We promote modern western square dancing, line dancing, round dancing, contra dancing and clogging. Ohio's Step By Step Information and Promotion Network, Connecting Dancers To Dance Communities through Friendship and Fun.

Links that provide useful resources for hoedown square, round, line, folk, and other dancing.

• Country Song and Dance Society www.cdss.org/ www.cdss.org/ Connecting people who are interested in English and Anglo-American traditional dance and music -- contras, squares, English country dance, morris and sword, folk songs, and the incredible tunes.

• Lloyd Shaw Foundation www.lloydshaw.org/ www.lloydshaw.org/ The Lloyd Shaw Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and teaching of the folk dances of America.

• New Square Music newsquaremusic.com/squarelinks.html newsquaremusic.com/squarelinks.html A collection of helpful links

• Sixties Dance and Dance Crazes sixtiescity.net/Culture/dance.htm sixtiescity.net/Culture/dance.htm A great site for dance instructions and information.

• Novelty and Fad Dances en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_and_fad_dances en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_and_fad_dances Fad dances are dances which are characterized by a short burst of popularity, while novelty dances typically have a longer-lasting popularity based on their being characteristically humorous or humor-invoking, as well as the sense of uniqueness which they have.

• Square Dance History Project squaredancehistory.org/ squaredancehistory.org/ The rich story of North American square dance finally has a home in the digital age.

• Square Your Dance squareyourdance.wordpress.com/ squareyourdance.wordpress.com/ Multimedia collection of resources about square dancing

• Traditional Square Dance and Old Time Square Dance Links www.contradancelinks.com/squares.html www.contradancelinks.com/squares.html Because traditional square dances or old-time square dances are danced as part of the program at many contra dances, I have made a list of groups and dance series which appear, on description, to be as informal in attitude as the crowd you'll see and meet at a contra dance. That means, for the most part, I have not included groups that appear to have an emphasis on Modern Western Square Dancing. These inclusions and exclusions are not meant to place a value on any type of dancing, just that I have to limit, at some point, what types of dancing I will include on these lists. This is an adjunct page to my links about contra dancing.

Contra Dances have many similar moves to square dancing and are in longways sets. People holding these dances are friendly for beginning dancers.

• Contra Dancing in Athens, Ohio athenscontradance.googlepages.com/home athenscontradance.googlepages.com/home

• Cincinnati Contra Dancing cincinnaticontradance.org/ cincinnaticontradance.org/ This is an active community for people interested in contra dancing.

• Northwest Ohio Traditional Music and Dance notmad.org/ notmad.org/ We sponsor nine dances (Square and Contra) on the second Saturday from September to May. These begin at 7:30 PM (preceded by a potluck social at 6:45) at The Rossford United Methodist Church in Rossford, just outside Toledo.

• All Soles Contra Dancing - Weekend Evenings www.firstuucolumbus.org/our-community/dancing-events www.firstuucolumbus.org/our-community/dancing-events Intergenerational, beginner-friendly, welcoming contra dance. No partner needed! Beginners welcome! Columbus

• Central Ohio Contra Dancing www.bigscioty.com/ www.bigscioty.com/ Contra Dancing in the Columbus area

• Yellow Springs Contra Dance yscontra.wordpress.com/ yscontra.wordpress.com/

• Northeast Ohio Contradance & Traditional Dance Community www.neohiocontradance.org/ www.neohiocontradance.org/ Dancing in or around Cleveland, Ohio

• Dayton Contra Dance Parties daytoncontra.org/ daytoncontra.org/

• The Oberlin Contra Dance Club www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/contra/index.html www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/contra/index.html

• Wooster - Balance & Swing www.balance-and-swing.com/ www.balance-and-swing.com/ Contra, square and other dancing in the Wooster area.