Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
7:30 pm Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm Dance

The Todd Promenade

1-5 pm - square dance calling workshop
5:30 pm - potluck
7 pm - community dance

Todd Mercantile, Todd, NC

Black Fiddlers of America
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Black fiddlers routinely provided the music for dancing at social events throughout North America. While white musicians performed in formal concerts, it was primarily Black musicians who played for the dances. This was true in the North as well as in the South. In this presentation, we will have a look at the legacy of Black fiddling in America, from its African roots to the present day.

This presentation is part of “One Book, One Buncombe" a community read of The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC

Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
Dance & old-time jam: 7-10 pm
Food truck: 6-9 pm

Talk: “Mountain Music and Dance”
Macon County Public Library
49 Siler Farm Rd.
Franklin, NC
3 pm

Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
Dance & old-time jam: 7-10 pm
Food truck: 6-9 pm

Square Dance Calling Workshop
Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention

Time: TBA

Community Square Dance
Hart Square Village Museum
Vale, NC
6-8 pm

Square Dance
Big Ivy Community Center
540 Dillingham Road
Barnardsville, NC

6:00-8:30 pm

Music: Clarke Williams (fiddle), Maddy Mullany (guitar), Anna Whalen (banjo), Meredith McIntosh (bass)
Cost: $5-15 (sliding scale to pay the band and caller)
There will also be BBQ and baked goods for sale to benefit Big Ivy Community Center.

Old-Time Jam
Cork & Keg
86 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC

5:00-6:30 pm

Contra & Square Dance
Arthur Morgan School
Celo, NC

8-11 pm

Community Square Dance
Laurel Community Center
Shelton-Laurel, NC
7-9 pm

Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC

7:30 pm Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm Dance

Symposium speaker at the 50th Annual Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music
Berea, KY

Community Contra & Square Dance
Macon County Public Library
49 Siler Farm Rd.
Franklin, NC

Beginners’ Lesson at 6:30 pm
Dance 7-9 pm

Suggested donation: $10/person (kids age 14 & under are free)

Mountain Heritage Day

Music in the Mountains – Burnsville, NC

Appalachian String Band Festival
Clifftop, WV
Friday, August 4 - Square Dance

Square Dance
Stonebend Farm
196 Porter Hill Rd, Newfield, NY

Our Common Nature: An Appalachian Celebration
Concert with Yo-Yo Ma and Friends (Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, and others)
World’s Fair Park
Knoxville, TN

Community Old-Time Square Dance as a part of “Our Common Nature: An Appalachian Celebration”
Market Square
Knoxville, TN

Book Talk: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance

Swannanoa Valley Museum Book Club
Swannanoa Valley Museum
223 W. State St,
Black Mountain, NC

Contra & Square Dance
Arthur Morgan School
Celo, NC

Flatfooting Workshop (1-2 pm)
Upper East Tennessee Fiddlers Convention
Flag Pond, Tennessee

Old Farmers Ball
Contra and square dance
Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
Music: Warren Wilson College old-time and bluegrass bands
7:30 - beginners’ workshop
8-11 - dancing