Pitt’s Maggot weekend April 14-16

Registration is now open for the Pitt’s Maggot English Dance weekend in Pittsburgh PA.  The caller will be Melissa Running with music by Karen Axelrod and Eric Martin.  For details see https://cdssp.org/?page_id=495 .  Early Bird registration ends March 15th.

Here’s the official list of dances we did, direct from Joanna Reiner! It was a great program.

https://cdssp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Pitts-Maggot-Dance-Lists.pdf

In the bleak Pittsburgh midwinter, CDSSP made it possible for me to dance in the sunshine of St. Croix from January 28 to February 4.  George Marshall, dance impresario, holds annual English Country and contra dances in both St. Croix and the Big Island of Hawaii.  George has a gift for creating a welcoming and […]

PITT’S MAGGOT 2020

An English Country Dance Weekend March 13-15, Pittsburgh CANCELLED

Joseph Pimentel

GOLDCREST Paul Oorts, Daron Douglas and Dave Wiesler

Joseph Pimentel has called and organized dances in Ann Arbor, Columbus, Houston and Washington D.C.  He’s served on the Board of Directors of CDSS, and on the staff of the CDSS camps in […]

Thanks to David Millstone for this list of the dances he taught.

Pitt’s Maggot April 6-8, 2018 David Millstone, caller Music by Alchemy: Karen Axelrod, Rachel Bell, Eric Martin New Tunes, New Dances Saturday afternoon Long Live London Pluck Me a Fig Land of Mist and Wonder Noisette Tango in Toronto The Peridot Ring Night […]

Courtesy of our caller, Joanna Reiner, here’s a list of the dances we did:

Pitts Fall Maggot – October 2017

Saturday Afternoon – What is Style?

Minor Spaniard

Elverton Grove

Henry’s Hornpipe

Sunlight Through Draperies

Jacob Hall’s Jig

Hudson Barn

Kelsterne Gardens

Trip to the Jubilee

Stepping Stones

Freeford Gardens

Trip To Kilburn

Saturday Evening

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This is a cumulative list of dances done at the callers sessions and Saturday Dances this Fall.  Teaching dances (repeated for 3 Saturday Dances) are in bold print.

Caller’s Session 8/30

Chocolate Equation (72%) The Homecoming MacDonald’s March All Who Wander Melrosian Triplet Shandy Hall Zither Man

Saturday Evening Dance 9/9

The Tambourine Dance Brief […]

Here’s a list of our dances this Spring, other than Pitt’s Spring Maggot, which is posted separately.

Dances Done, Spring 2017

1/15

Chocolate Round O Impropriety The Woodcarver Astoria Lass Fast Packet A Mover and a Shaker Nothing Mrs Beveridge’s Triumph Slof Galliard Mendecino Redwood Stepping Stones 1/29 Take a Dance Money in Both Pockets […]