Program Schedule

Dancers enjoying the class

The Contra College weekend schedule is as follows:

Saturday, 10 November 2012

8:30-9:00Registration
8:30-9:30Breakfast
9:00-9:30Welcome & Orientation
9:30-11:00Swings and Common Figures
11:15-12:30Progression Patterns
12:30-1:30Lunch
1:30-2:45Other Common Figures
3:00-3:45Instant Couple Dancing (Surviving and enjoying brief waltzes)
3:45-5:00Music Workshop (Letting the music be your guide)
5:00-7:00Dinner out - not included in registration, explore local restaurants.
7:00-10:00Palo Alto Contra Dance at the Woman's Club of Palo Alto
10:00-11:00Post-dance tea and snacks*

Sunday, 11 November 2012

9:00-10:00Breakfast
10:00-11:00Confidence and Style (and a few more figures)
11:15-12:30Square Dance Workshop
12:30-1:30Lunch
1:30-3:30Contra College Prom
3:30-4:00Graduation

* Post-dance potluck snacks and informal couple dancing: Dancers who play an instrument should feel free to participate in an acoustic jam or we'll play some recorded tunes from the iPod for waltzing..