Local Bands
Java Junkies
Scarlet Runner String Band
Oh! Contraire

Local Callers
Bob Stein
Julie Levy-Weston

Michigan Dance Links
Ten Pound Fiddle- Dances and Concerts in Lansing
AACTMAD- Ann Arbor Dance
Grand River Folk Arts Society
Wheatland Music Organization
Country Dancing in Kalamazoo
Allegan Woods Folk Arts (Dancing in Holland, Michigan)
Oakland County Traditional Dance Society Webpage
Paint Creek Folklore Society Webpage
Bayside Travellers in Traverse City
Folk Music Society of Midland
The Michigan Dance Calendar lists traditional dance and music, mostly for Southern Michigan and is updated regularly Michigan Dance Heritage presents two dance camps ( Spring and Fall) a year. MDH also offers support for traditional dance in Michigan
You can enjoy various dance types at the Great Lakes Folk Festival in East Lansing. In 2010, it will be held August 13, 14 and 15.

Looking Glass is a member of the Greater Lansing Arts Council. Follow this link to lots of great arts organizations in the Greater Lansing area- it's a hoppin' town.

Michigan Dance Weekends
Michigan Dance Heritage - Fall - usually 3rd weekend in Sept
Looking Glass Festival- 3rd Weekend in Oct
Ann Arbor Dawn Dance Weekend- early spring (date moves around depending on site availability)
Michigan Dance Heritage - Spring - usually 3rd weekend in April
Looking Glass Festival- 3rd Weekend in Oct. Right Here in Lansing!

Out of State InformationRegular Dance Series
Bloomington, IN
Goshen, IN
Fort Wayne, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Toledo, OH
Cleveland, OH
Columbus, OH
Chicago, IL
Madison, WI
Urbana, IL
St. Louis, MO
New York Dancing
Index of local contra dance pages in the US and Canada
Ted Crane's USA Dance Database
Looking Glass is a member of the Country Dance and Song Society

Dance Weekends and Special Events
Jan Jam-Champaign-Urbana, IL Early Jan
Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend, Durham, NH, Mid-Jan
Dance Flurry Saratoga Springs, NY in Mid-Feb
Pigtown Fling-Covington, KY- usually late March
Spring ThawToronto, Ontario, Canada, in early April
Swing into Spring- near Bloomington, IN, in April
Dandelion Romp- Oberlin, OH in late April
NEFFA- Natick, MA, in late April
Kimmswick- near St. Louis, MO in late May
Dance Trance - Lexington, KY in Mid June
River Rendezvous- Coshocton,OH in Mid July
Sugar Hill- Near Bloomington, IN, in Mid Aug
Gypsy Moon Ball- Near Bloomington, IN late Oct or early Nov Pittsburg Fall Dance Weekend- In Pittsburgh, in Mid-Nov
Breaking Up Thanksgiving- Near Chicago, Thanksgiving Weekend
Winter Warm-up Columbus, OH area, in early Dec

In Canada
London, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

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