Evening activities’ times to create a place for callers, dancers, and musicians in the Asheville region to experience contra dance and other traditional dance forms as a community-based tradition.
All Harvest House events are FREE and open to the public. The Harvest House is located at 205 Kenilworth Road in Asheville.
OFB Use, Days and times at Harvest House:
1st Sundays: 3-9 pm. Currently open
2nd Sunday: 3:30-6:30 English Country Dance. 7-9 PM Main floor Hall with piano. English Country Dance musician’s workshop. Leadership: Linda Hunt
3rd Sunday: Family Dance from 3-5. (with setup starting at 2:30, clean up from 5-5:30) Leadership: Diane Silver.
4th Sunday: 3:30-6:30 English Country Dance. 4-7:30 in the card table room: OFB Board meeting
7-9 pm – Main Hall with piano: Community Waltz and waltz musicians-Leadership: Suzanne Hosch
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: Bob Thompson
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: Cathy Arps, violin; Nanette Woodworth, flute; Atossa Kramer, piano.
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: Cathy Arps, violin; Sarah Tennyson, violin; Suzanne Hosch, flute; Karen Gaughan, piano.
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance. English country dancing dates back to peasant dancing in the countryside of England. Later the Royals adopted the dance for their Formal Balls, which can be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen Novels. However! We are not “Royals.” Just ordinary folk!
We dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at Harvest House Community Center
3:30pm, Beginners’ Session
4:00pm – 6:15pm, Dance
Leader: TBA
Our leader/caller teaches each dance as a walkthrough and then dances the dance to live music. Dancers find new partners for each new dance.
Live Music: TBA
Wear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
We are eternally grateful to The Old Farmers Ball for their support of English Country Dance and other smaller, local traditional dances such as The Family Dance, Southern Square Dance, Waltzing, as stated in the OFB Mission Statement.
See all of you in the New Year! January 14, 2024!!