Winter 2014 Contra Dance Schedule


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Members save $2 per contra dance evening (with very few exceptions), support the SBCDS, and receive a handsome membership button with your name on it. Upon joining, members also receive two dance passes to give to two of their not-yet-dancing friends.

Membership is $24 per calendar year, prorated. To become a member, just fill out a membership form available at the dance and pay the prorated fee (13 minus the month, times 2).

Member savings does not apply to student/teen rate.

Winter 2014 Contra Dance Schedule [ Previous Schedules

Date
Price
Caller
Band
DECEMBER 2013
1
$10/$8
8
$10/$8
Jean Gorrindo
Calamity House**
15
$10/$8
Frannie Marr
Bonfire
22
$10/$8
Warren Blier
The Rosin Doctors
25
Free
Free dance on Chrismas. Evening dance, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. An annual tradition.
Erik Hoffman
Bayou Seco & friends

29

$12/$10
Zesty Contra — 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Ice Cream Hot Cocoa Social during the break. SBCDS provides ice cream hot chocolate for to drink, cinnamon, and small marshmallows you provide toppings to share.
Susan Petrick
JANUARY 2014
5 $12/$10
Special Engagement — 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Lisa Greenleaf
The Figments**
12 $10/$8
Jon Southard

Dance in Your Pants

19
NO DANCE*
26
$12/$10
Techno-Contra! — 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Janine Smith**
DJ Improper**
FEBRUARY 2014
2
$10/$8
Dugan Murphy**
Hidden Fifth
9
$10/$8
Jean Gorrindo
Sassafrass Stomp**
16 $12/$10
Valentine's Dance — holiday weekend — 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Valentine Potluck — 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. — Bring your smile, gobs of food to share, and your own plates, etc., too, if possible.
Brad Foster**
Winter Dreams band**
Jacqueline Schwab, Shira Kammen, Bonnie Insull
23
NO DANCE*
*Our contract with the City of Santa Barbara requires us to give up five Sundays each year so others will have an opportunity to rent the hall.
** indicates a Santa Barbara debut 
All dances @ Carrillo Ballroom
100 E. Carrillo St.
Santa Barbara, CA

Dance time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. unless otherwise stated.
New dancer orientation: 6:00 to 6:30

Admission: $10, except when it's more, or less, as stated.
Discounts: Members, $2 discount; Teens and students to 24, half price; 12 and under, free.

Dance every Sunday except where noted.

Zesty Contras on fifth Sundays: dance an extra half hour (until 10).

Christmas Night (December 25) dance most years, usually free. Usual starting time, 6:30 p.m.

Refreshments provided by dancers like you. Drinking fountain in the Ballroom Lobby. Stay hydrated.

On occasion, a dance is canceled, rescheduled, or relocated; always double check before traveling for a dance. Personnel, price and schedule are subject to change.

Santa Barbara contra dances are brought to you by the Santa Barbara Country Dance Society and the City of Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation Department.

Santa Barbara City Parks & Recreation Dept.



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