CONTRA  DANCE $10💃 Contra Capers band Sun Oct 5th- 6-9pm

CONTRA DANCE $10💃 CONTRA CAPERS band Sun Oct 5th- 6-9pm
SB Carrillo Recreation Center 100 E Carrillo in the large sprung-floor ballroom (easy on the body)!!!!

The Band: Contra Capers
The Caller: Penelope Weinberger

CONTRA DANCE: SB Country Dance Society, co-sponsored by the SB Park and Rec Department

• Fun social dance
• A live band and a caller
• Enjoyable
• Great Exercise
• Good for the body and brain
• You don't need a partner

"Sunday I went to the Carrillo Ballroom for the Contra Dance. There were a lot of people there. A big group from SLO, some from Pasadena, Hawaii, and even Edith Liu was there. There were lovely women I enjoyed dancing with. Swinging with a tiny girl who was perhaps 7 years old was sweet. I had a great fun goofy time with Leah whom I had met years ago. At one point an older man fell during a dance but popped back up and continued on. There were delicious strawberries, chips and guacamole and chocolate birthday cake at the break. A man I didn't know thought I look like California Governor Gavin Newsom! What a nice compliment. He's so handsome, brave, and funny. On the last dance of the night Leah and I were at the top of the line - #1’s. The caller said that in this dance #1’s were special as we got to swing in the center while the #2’s stood back and watched. During the dance I made some funny vocal celebrations about being special and did some Nicholas Cage – Wild At Heart dance kicks with the extra space we enjoyed. Leah was in stitches laughing. I had danced every dance and mingled around saying good bye to folks."

Future 2025 Contra Dances
(1st, 3rd, Sundays $10, quarterly free dance :)
Oct 5 Penelope Weinberger Contra Capers
Oct 12 Special Finale of the Harvest Moon Dance Festival $20 for general public (included with Harvest Moon registration)
(Register here to attend entire weekend)
6:30 to 8:00, Anna Rain/Topspin 8:20 to 9:50, Rick Mohr/Gaslight Tinkers
Oct 19 Lindsay Verbil Anvil Sky (aka Green Willow)
Nov 2 Our annual Halloween/Day of the Dead dance

For info check out [https://www.sbcds.org/contradance/schedule/](https://us8.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbcds.org%2Fcontradance%2Fschedule%2F&xid=a22ac65f9c&uid=28682791&iid=0c9ec787f1&pool=cts&v=2&c=1749537010&h=a29d710411d7fc18e5801a818edbbaad755fbdcd5ae90dafb4071de8d933cb07)
Video of one of our dances
A live band and a big smile for your body, mind, and soul for $10