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AVID - Awaken Village Interest in Dance - http://members.lycos.co.uk/brackenrigg/avid/
UK community project to bring traditional dancing to rural areas in in North Lincolnshire. Information about monthly barn dances, books for musicians and callers, and music sessions.

Bay Area Country Dance Society - http://www.bacds.org/
Society promoting and teaching contra, square, ceilidh and English country dances. With dance calendar, guide to upcoming special events, and links to country dancing resources.

Big Barn Dance - http://www.bigbarndance.btinternet.co.uk/
Charity barn dance in Cambridge, England, in October.

Bilbrook Folk Dance Club - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/BilbrookFolkDance/index.html
Staffordshire, UK. Offers monthly meetings. Includes profile, constitution, the committee, events, maps, and directions, news, events and meeting times of other clubs in the area.

Central Illinois English Country Dancers - http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/
English and early American dances (they've even been known to dance in a swimming pool). Schedule of events and newsletter.

Chelmsford Folk Dancers - http://homepages.tesco.net/~martin.batesuk/cfdc/cfdc.htm
Based in England. Information about weekly dances and other events, and their display team's performances of traditional English and American dances.

Colin Hume's web site - http://www.colinhume.com/
Notes on teaching dance technique, as well as articles on folk dance including "Advice for Americans", offered by a country dance caller. Also offers a shareware dance organiser program.

Columbia County Dancers - http://home.earthlink.net/~mandgdavis/dancdate.html
Dances in Stockport, New York.

Country Dance and Song Society - http://www.cdss.org/
USA-based umbrella organization for English and Anglo-American folk dance and music, including contra, English country, and English ritual dance such as Morris. Contains information about membership, summer programs and products for sale.

Country Dance Society, Boston Centre - http://www.cds-boston.org/
Boston, Massachusetts. Information about the organization, their English country and contra dance programs, CDs and publications.

Country Dancers of Westchester - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2225/
Dances and other social events in White Plains, New York. Information about a CD of dance tunes.

Ealing Folk & Country Dancing - http://www.ealingfolk.org.uk/
London, UK. Social club in a variety of styles. Includes meeting details, caller calendar, events, image gallery, sample dances, and contact details.

English Country Dance Instructions - http://members.aol.com/erogers358/
Instructions for individual dances (with difficulty rating, and source), with explanations of steps and figures, and music in MIDI format.

English Country Dance of Jacksonville and St. Augustine - http://chdyer.tripod.com/jaxengl.html
Dances in Florida.

English Country Dance Terms with Sound and Animation - http://www.rivkinetic.org/flash/ecdflash.html
Terms defined and demonstrated. [Requires Flash].

English Country Dancing in Toronto, Ontario - http://www.torontoenglishdance.ca/
Schedule of dances, and glossary of terms. Also offers vintage dance, by request.

English Country Dancing.org - http://www.englishcountrydancing.org/
Information about a series of regular dances and balls in Riverside, California. Also includes essays on 18th century dance, music and clothing, photo galleries and links.

English Dancing in New Haven - http://pantheon.yale.edu/~bfr4/NH.English.html
Dances in New Haven, Connecticut.

English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) - http://www.efdss.org/
Promotes English folk music and dance. Includes lists of events at Cecil Sharp House (London), their books and CDs, and Root Source - a guide to folk activities in England.

Germantown Country Dancers - http://germantowncountrydancers.org/
Philadelphia based group. Includes a calendar of events for dancers and musicians, an introduction to the dances, information about their performance groups, and a list of dances with information about the set.

Heathfield Folk Dance Club - http://www.heathfieldfolk.org.uk/
UK. Social group meeting weekly dancing the English and American traditions. Includes profile, calendar, and contact details.

Jigs 'N' Reels - http://www.jigsnreels.com/
Agency providing bands for barn dances and ceilidhs in the UK. Includes a list of bands, information about what a barn dance involves and tips for organizing one.

Lambertville Country Dancers - http://lambertvillecountrydancers.org/
Dances in Titusville, New Jersey. Includes resources for dance musicians, and links to related sites.

New Hampshire English County Dance Society - http://people.star.net/blw/dance/english.html
Information about upcoming events. Includes dance instructions for their Spring Ball.

Otford Folk Dance Club - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otfordfdc2/
Information about dances in Kent, UK.

Playford Dancers - http://www.homestead.com/theplayforddancers/
18th and 19th century dance classes in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and demonstrations in the locality.

San Diego English Country Dancers - http://englishcountrydance.tripod.com/
Club in California, USA. Includes details of classes, instructors, events, repertoire, image galleries and selected dance instructions.

Santa Barbara Country Dance Society - http://www.sbcds.org/
English and contra dances in Santa Barbara, California. Regular dances, festivals, newsletters and links.

Scarborough Folk Dance Group - http://www.freewebz.com/johncowan/
Based in North Yorkshire, England. Information about activities, including social dances, displays, garland and longsword dancing, and children's country and maypole dancing.

Seattle Folk Dancing: English Country - http://seattledance.org/english/
Events for dancers and musicians. Also hosts a calendar of events on the US West Coast, with an introduction to the dances, and lists of musicians and leaders.

Set and Turn Single - http://www.setandturnsingle.org.uk/
UK-based magazine including listings of events and regular meetings, and club contact details.

Shifnal Folk Dance Club - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/shifnalfolkdance/
UK. Monthly folk group. Includes profile, meeting details, directions, a club history and list of other local folk clubs.

South Bay English Country Dance - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/2231/
Upcoming events, and information about their demonstration team.

St. Louis English Country Dancers - http://members.aol.com/paradisemo/english.html
Monthly dances, and other events, in Missouri. Includes dance instructions for their Playford ball.

The Blacksburg Historical Dance Society - http://dance.ninthwonder.com/
Group based in Blacksburg Virginia, dancing mostly 18th and 19th century-style choreographies. Information about classes and ball photos.

The English Country Dance Mailing List - http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd.htmlx
How to subscribe, and list archives. Also, a brief introduction, articles on the history and differences between English country and contra dancing, and a state-by-state listing of dances in the US.

The Heather and The Rose Country Dancers - http://www.opendoor.com/heatherandrose/
Network of groups in Oregon USA dancing English and Scottish dances. Information about activities, terminology and membership.

The Round - http://www.srcf.ucam.org/round/
Cambridge University English country dance club. Includes background information on Playford dances, definitions, descriptions of dances, and sheet music - as well as information about the club's events.

Webfeet - http://www.webfeet.org/
Covers English ceilidh, folk, barn, Cajun, French/Breton and morris dance. Lists of events, bands and venues in the UK, with links to other sites, and a FAQ.

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