Cincinnati Contra Dancers
Pigtown Fling 2008!
Pigtown Fling, our annual weekend dance event, will be held March 28-30,
2008. It will again be just over the Ohio River at Holmes High School,
which is located at 2500 Madison Ave, Covington, KY 41014.
On Friday night the 28th, Gaye Fifer will call to the music of
Goosebone Prophets. Nils Fredland will call and
Brittany Bay will play on Saturday and Sunday.
Click here for page 1 of the Pigtown flyer
(PDF format)
Click here for page 2 of the Pigtown flyer
(PDF format)
Schedule *
Friday
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7:00pm |
Registration (Fieldhouse lobby) |
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8:00 – 12:00pm |
Contra dance: Goosebone Prophets, calling by Gaye Fifer (Fieldhouse) |
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Saturday
Workshops run from 10:30 am to 4:45 pm, with location shown in column header.
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Fieldhouse Bldg. 4 |
Hartman Rm. Bldg.4 |
Junior Gym Bldg. 1 #1001 |
Choir Rm. Bldg.2 |
Study Hall Bldg. 3 #3309 |
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9:30 – 10:30am |
Warm up Waltzing with recorded music (Fieldhouse) |
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10:30am – noon |
Advanced Waltz
Wayne & Gaye Recorded music |
Rise Up Singing Deb & Dave Whitacre
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Beginning Swing Toni & Tom Recorded music |
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Caller Workshop
Diane Silver |
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Noon – 1:00pm |
Lunch: pick up reserved box lunches at registration and take to the Library |
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1:00 – 2:45pm |
Creative Contra Nils Fredland Goosebone Prophets |
Nia (Healing Arts) Joan Scanlon Recorded music till 2:30 |
Intermediate Swing Toni & Tom Recorded music |
Musician Workshop Brittany Bay till 2:30 |
Israeli Dance Jan & Bob Recorded music |
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3:00 – 4:45pm |
English Country Michael White Ed Strelau group |
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Beginning Waltz Wayne & Gaye Cary Ravitz & Richard King |
Musician Jam |
Clogging Workshop Diane Silver Jim Good & Larry Lankford |
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7:30 – 8:00pm |
Open Waltzing with Brittany Bay (Fieldhouse) |
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8:00 – 12:00pm |
Contra dance: Brittany Bay, calling by Nils Fredland (Fieldhouse) |
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Midnight – ?? |
Late night dance at Darlene Underwood's house in Clifton |
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Sunday
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10:30 – 11:50am |
Open Waltz with Sunday Morning Waltz Band (Fieldhouse) |
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10:30am – 1:30pm |
Scrumptious Brunch |
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noon – 3:00pm |
Contra dance: Brittany Bay, calling by Nils Fredland (Fieldhouse) |
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* subject to change
To get directions to Holmes, enter your address below and click on the "GO" button.
or, if you prefer generic directions:
From I-75:
Take Pike St./12th St. Exit (if you are coming from Ohio you have to drive 1 block after the exit to get to 12th St.). Turn East (right if you are coming from the South, and left if you are coming from Ohio) onto 12th St.  Turn RIGHT onto Madison Ave.  After 25th St., turn LEFT into the Holmes high school entrance.  Be careful of huge speed bumps.  Park along the driveway or in the parking lot beyond the dance entrance.