Contra Dance Links

Knoxville Country Dancers presents contra dancing every Monday at the historic Laurel Theatre, as well as a killer dance weekend every February. Lee Erickson schedules their dances, and Keith Moore maintains their website. The group is organized by a volunteer board headed by Georgi Schmitt.

to find contra dances, check out these directories:

• Ted Crane's National Grid
• Contracorners.net by Dwayne Johnson
• GypsyJordan's index of Southeast dance weekends
• Charlie Seelig's pages
• NEFFA's Linkfest has a fast and accurate list of contra dances.
• The Dance Gypsy

Learn from the masters at:

• John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
• Country Dance and Song Society (please join!)
• The Swannanoa Gathering
• Augusta Heritage
• Ashokan Fiddle & Dance

Fiddlers click here

Other Knoxville Area Links

• Jubilee Community Arts preserves and presents folk music of the region. It is important that you join! BTW they put on great shows at the Laurel Theatre; check their website for upcoming events.
• WDVX-FM presents bluegrass, Americana, and country. Check out Brent Cantrell's Wild Hog in the Woods old-time program on Sundays at 8:00 pm
• The Mumbillies