This page is devoted to listing contra dances in the south Atlantic region of the United States along with bands, musicians, callers, and organizations that are based in the region. URLs and e-mail addresses are listed when available. New entries, additional information, and changes in information are always welcome. Links to other pages in the www.contradancelinks.com web site are listed at the bottom of the page.

New links are simply new to me, not necessarily new to the World Wide Web. Change in URL means that a link has changed its WWW address or URL.

Regional

• Bryan Walls provides an overall schedule for Tennessee, Alabama, and several other states. Another page that he is responsible for provides additional information.

Florida

• The Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society provides information about a number of dances in Florida.
• Don Pauley has good listings of the current dances in Florida.
• Andy Shore and Cliff Nomberg have developed a web site for the dances in South Florida including calendars, contacts, information, etc. Facebook page.
• There are dances in Boca Raton on the 1st Saturday evening and 3rd Sunday afternoon each month. New entry (November 3, 2019)
• The Cocoa Beach Contra Dance is held on the 1st Saturday of the month.
• The Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society holds contra dances on the 1st Sunday and 3rd Saturday of each month. Facebook group.
• The Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance old their annual Snow Ball in Gulfport in late January each year.
• The Jacksonville Country Dance and Song Society sponsors contra dances on the 3rd Friday of most months. Facebook page.
• A new dance series has begun on the 2nd Fridays of the month in Melrose.
• The Cocoa Beach dance group also has information about the dance series in Satellite Beach with dances occurring on the 3rd Friday of the month. Change in location (November 29, 2019)
• Tallahassee Community Friends of Old-Time Dance holds dances on the 2nd Friday and sometimes the 4th Friday (and 5th Friday) of each month. Facebook group.
• The Tampa Friends of Old Time Dance sponsor 1st Friday and 2nd and 4th Saturday dances and have information about a number of dances in Florida. Facebook page.
• The annual Florida Fiddlers Convention is held in Trenton in mid-October and many times includes a dance. Facebook page.
• At the end of the May in White Springs, there is the annual Florida Folk Festival, which includes just about every type of music and dance, including a few contras.

Georgia

• The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society holds contra dances on the 3rd Saturday of the month, among everything else it does. Barb Benson maintains the page. Facebook group.
• The Chattahoochee Country Dancers in Atlanta and Decatur meet on Friday nights and 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays. Facebook group.
• @gaga has started a contra dance series in Gainesville on various Saturdays. Facebook page.
• As part of a wide range of events, the Savannah Folk Music Society holds monthly dances, mostly on 2nd Saturdays, in Savannah. Facebook page. Change of URL (July 6, 2019)
• The dance series in Sautee Nacoochee takes place on various Saturdays from August to June with a set of classes on Tuesday nights. Facebook page.

North Carolina

• In mid-June, the Summer Soiree is held in Asheville. Facebook group.
• The Swannanoa Gathering is a series of week-long workshops in various folk arts held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College near Asheville. Some of the individual weeks will have more dancing than others. Facebook page.
• The Old Farmer's Ball holds dances on Thursday nights at Warren Wilson College in Asheville and there is a separate weekly dance series at the Center for Art and Spirit, in Asheville, on Mondays, plus Callers' Collective events, family dances, roots contras, waltzes, and contra james each month. The site provides information about other dances in the area. Facebook group. Updated details (November 29, 2019)
• The Lake Eden Arts Festivals are held each year at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain in mid-May and mid-October each year. Facebook page. Change in URL (November 29, 2019)
• You can find information about the Boone Country Dancers which host a contra dance on various Fridays or Saturdays throughout the year in Blowing Rock. Facebook group.
• In Brasstown, the John C. Campbell Folk School hosts dance weekends, musician and caller workshops, a wide range of classes in folk arts and other activities, and regular dances. The regular dances are usually held on the first and third Saturdays. The dance workshops are held throughout the year. Facebook page.
• The Triangle Country Dancers hold regular dances in Carrboro, generally on the 2nd Friday of each month (with dances in Durham on the 4th Friday), challenging dances on the 5th Friday of the month, also in Durham. The site also has information about the 3rd Saturday (generally) community and family dances in Chapel Hill and information about other dances in the area. Facebook group.
• The bands Footloose and Contrazz sponsor a monthly 1st Saturday dance in Carrboro.
• The Carolina Song & Dance Association lists their Third Friday Contra Dances in Carrboro with instruction at 7:30pm and dancing at 8:00pm.
• The South Toe Community dances occur in Celo on the 1st Friday of each month.
• The Triangle Country Dancers hold a Spring Dance Romance in late April in Chapel Hill.
• The Charlotte Dance Gypsies hold dances on an occasional Saturday, a dance on most Monday nights and dances (waltzes, visiting bands) on various Thursdays. In addition, the Gypsies sponsor Gypsy Meltdown Weekend at Camp Thunderbird in March/April. Facebook group.
• The Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers hold dances in Clemmons on Tuesdays, in Greensboro on 3rd Saturdays, and in Winston-Salem on 2nd Sundays. In addition, they hold Feet Retreat in late September in Ellerbee. Facebook page. Facebook group. Updated information (November 29, 2019)
• The Triangle Country Dancers hold regular dances in Durham, generally on the 4th Friday of each month (with dances in Carrboro on the 2nd Friday) and have information about other dances in the area.
• The Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers hold dances in Clemmons on Tuesdays, in Greensboro on 3rd Saturdays, and in Winston-Salem on 2nd Sundays. In addition, they hold Feet Retreat in late September in Ellerbee. Facebook page. Facebook group. Updated information (November 29, 2019)
• The Folk Arts Society of Greenville hold Folk and Country Dances on the 2nd Saturday of each month as part of their schedule of events.
• Dances are held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh during the regular school year on a variety of days.
• The Cape Fear Contra Dancers hold dances on the 2nd Saturday (usually) of each month and on 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights all in Wilmington. In addition, they hold the Bogue Banks Boogie at the end of each year in PIne Knolls Shores. Facebook page.
• The Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers hold dances in Clemmons on Tuesdays, in Greensboro on 3rd Saturdays, and in Winston-Salem on 2nd Sundays. In addition, they hold Feet Retreat in late September in Ellerbee. Facebook page. Facebook group. Updated information (November 29, 2019)

South Carolina

• Carl Hilton provides information about contradancing in Charleston which occurs on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. He also provides information about the annual BugStomp which occurs in early spring. Facebook group.
• The Clemson Contra Dance Club hosts dances Palmetto Ballroom (located in the Student Union) on the Clemson University Campus while school is in session. Facebook group.
• ContraCola holds contra dances generally, but not always on the 3rd Saturday of each month in Leesville. Facebook page. Change of location (November 29, 2019)
• The Harvest Moon Folk Society holds dances on various Saturday nights of each month and a occasional dances on Fridays or Sundays during the month at River Falls Lodge near Marietta along with occasional dances in Taylors. In addition to all the regular dances, they hold an annual Moondance Dance Festival in early-mid-September at the Table Rock State Park in Pickens and a Monster Mash in late October/early November. Facebook group.

Bands and Musicians

• The Chattahoochee Country Dancers in the Atlanta area have information about area bands and callers and those that visit.
• D. E. Pauley keeps track of bands from Florida along with bands that have visited.
• The Atlanta Open Band welcomes all musicians interested in playing music for contra dance and other traditional dance forms. We typically practice twice each month and all skill levels and instruments are welcome. Facebook page.
• The Back Porch Rockers are a family band from Lilburn, Georgia playing Irish fiddle tunes, Southern Banjo tunes, traditional Appalachian music, and old-time Gospel.
• Barnstorm, featuring Sharon Hartmann, Chris Campbell, Billy Jickell and Lee Simpson, play at dances across Florida.
• Barrowburn, from Raleigh, North Carolina, plays at Inis Cairde ceili dances and numerous private functions including weddings and parties and plays occasionally at a contra dance, too. Facebook page.
• Big Medicine plays string band music of the rural South: old-time melodies and mountain harmonies, ancient ballads and archaic fiddle tunes, heart songs, hollers, hymns, and a touch of early bluegrass.
• Blue Eyed Girl of Asheville, North Carolina is the coalescence of three young women whose roots sink deep into traditional music and dance.
• The Blue Ridge Rounders are a hard driving, fun loving old time stringband whose music rides the cusp of the old mountain way to the traditional bluegrass sound based in Stecoah Valley, North Carolina.
• BonneTerre plays a variety of traditional music, from old time, cajun, Irish, northern Europlean to more modern musical traditions and is based in South Carolina.
• The Booger Holler String Band is an award-winning, old-time music group located in North Florida (and beyond). They play for concerts, dances, parties, festivals, contests, and just for fun.
• The Burning Desire String Band, was started over 25 years to work with caller Frederick Park, with music from Southern Appalachian big sets and squares to smooth New England contras and quadrilles, yes, and even to the blues! The band is based in Swannanoa, North Carolina.
• Cabin Fever!, a band from Columbia, South Carolina, plays traditional music, mostly for contra dances.
• The Carolina Chocolate Drops are based in Durham, North Carolina and are a group of young African-American stringband musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas' piedmont. Facebook page.
• Cattywampas with Tim Cape (fiddle), Scott Russell (guitar), Pete Senkowski (bass), plays in the Atlanta, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
• Comes When Called played in Gainesville, Florida on October 6, 2019 and features Kathie Aagard (fiddle), Rich Crew (recorder), Susan Marynowski (piano and percussion), and John McEwen (banjo).
• ContraForce is reported to play tribal psychedelic folk metal for contra dances branching out from Charleston SC. Largely original tunes, they rock out on Effected fiddle/ guitar /sax /foot -hand percussion. Feel free to check them out on facebook tunes tab for a taste. Contact for booking: ContraForceband@gmail.com - Facebook page. Change of URL (December 1, 2019)
• Contraversial features the talents of David Brown (baritone guitar and banjo) and Cailen Campbell (fiddle) and is based in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Contrazz combines the improvisational style and solos of a jazz band with a repertoire of traditional Celtic, Quebecois and American old-time music for dances in North Carolina.
• Cornbread includes Patrick Mason, Janie Weise, and Jorge Cardena and plays an eclectic mix of Old Time, Bluegrass, Irish, French Canadien, contemporary, novelty tunes, swing and original tunes in South Florida.
• Jubal Creech is a drummer and percussionist who plays with bands such as The Avant Gardeners. He is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• The Crooked Pine Band are regulars at local music rooms, festivals and street fairs, private parties and large corporate events. The band is based in North Carolina.
• Brian Baker, Brian Donahue, Bill Porter and Mikre Robinson (and sometimes Margie McDonald) are the members of the Atlanta-based Crosstown Traffic which plays a mix of New England style tunes and some old-time. (e-mail only)
• The Dancing Bears are a contra dance band from Asheville, North Carolina and feature Lew Gelfond on fiddle, Mark Langner on guitar, John Culp on mandolin and banjo and Skip Metheny on bass.
• The group Deux Francois is based in Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
• Living in the Carolinas, David DiGiuseppe is a singer, accordionist, mandolinist, and Irish cittern player.
• The Donnybrook Lads feature the talents of Alison Arnold, Jeff Engel, Colin Cannell and Buz Lloyd and is based in Cary, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• Bill Dudley plays guitar in several old-time and contradance bands in Florida along with engineering, recording and interviewing performers for various sound and radio programs.
• The Dunehoppers are an old-time string band from St. Augustine, Florida. Change of URL (December 1, 2019)
• The Elftones play a blend of Irish, Scottish, Canadian, old-time, and original tunes for contra dances, weddings, parties, and just about anywhere people like to twirl and swing and have a great time and are based in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Virgil Sealy provides the information.
• Paul Fackler plays traditional and neo-traditional music on the fiddle. He is based in North Carolina.
• The band, Far Horizons, plays traditional southern, New England, Cape Breton, bluegrass, celtic reels and jigs and original dance tunes, along with a large variety of waltzes for contra dances and other events in North Carolina.
• The Flying Turtles String Band are Tom and Ellen Hogan who play at contra dances, hoedowns or a great nights at a local pub in Florida. Facebook page.
• David DiGiuseppe provides information about Footloose a band whose sound draws upon Irish, southern old time, jazz and classical music influences hails from the Chapel Hill, NC area.
• FootSpring is a duo Ð fiddle and guitar/mandolin - Jennifer Lane and Buddy McManus Ð focused on the unique rhythmic needs of the contradance community in South Carolina.
• The Forget-Me-Nots bring fresh energy to the ageless tradition of Celtic music and are Willa Finck, Maura Shawn Scanlin, and Ledah Finck, with David Finck on backup guitar. The group is based in North Carolina.
• Free Association plays traditional and contemporary contra dance tunes in a variety of styles, and anything else that occurs to them at the time. Our current range includes Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
• The Freight Hoppers are an old-time band based in Bryson City, North Carolina.
• The Jacksonville, Florida based Full Circle features Veronica and Ted Lane with guest musicians playing Irish, Old Time, Scottish, and English country dance music.
• Lew Gelfond is a member of the Asheville, North Carolina band, the Dancing Bears. Facebook page.
• Along with their other gigs, Georgia's Georgia Mudcats, featuring Tom Ryan, John Grimm, Lisa Deaton, and Pat Shields, occasionally play at a contra dance.
• Rhiannon Giddens calls and plays (fiddle and other instruments) at contra dances (along with being part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) and is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Robert Bruce Greene is known as a living exponent of old time Kentucky fiddle music and as an old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. He also plays at contra dances and is based in North Carolina.
• North Carolina's Beth Hartness plays guitar at contra dances and other events with a variety of musicians.
• Upright bassist Jeffrey Hersk has been a member of Carnival Knowledge and played with other contra dance musicians. He is based in North Carolina.
• Bill & Libby Hicks play rousing contradance music (as well as vocal oriented concerts) in the upper South and elsewhere.
• John Holenko plays guitar and mandolin in a number of bands including The Hungry Monks. He is based in Charleston, South Carolina.
• The Hungry Monks are centered around the creative talents of Hazel Ketchum and John Holenko and are based in Charleston, South Carolina.
• The Hushpuppies have picked up elements of the sound of the bands on the old recordings, they've captured the feel of the music of the elderly fiddle and banjo players they visit and yet they still sound deliciously like themselves. They are based in Durham, North Carolina. Change of URL (December 1, 2019)
• Michael Ismerio plays fiddle and calls at dances across the country but makes his home in Barnardsville, North Carolina.
• The North Carolina Ivory Boys say that their music is all about the groove, baby. It's rocking, it's funky, it's energetic, greasy, slippery. Featuring lots of original tunes and non-traditional arrangements.
• Kylebrack performs traditional Irish tunes and songs, specializing in the lyric tunes of East Galway and Clare and consists of Alison Arnold (wooden flute), Paul Fackler (fiddle), and Donald Lively (guitar).
• While it is not a major part of his gig list, Jamie Laval does play at contra dances from time to time. He now lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Lift Ticket includes Rex Blazer on fiddle, Seth Houston on piano and guitar, and C.W. Abbott or T.J. Johnson on mandolin and plays a variety of traditional and original fiddle tunes and while it is based in Florida, plays all over the U.S.
• Buz Lloyd has been a dance fiddler of U.S. and Canadian Northeastern, celtic and appalachian old-time styles for more than 30 years and plays with The Donnybrook Lads, The Highbrow Hayseeds, The Carolina Cut-Ups and others.
• Based in North Carolina, the Mando Mafia is a large acoustic string-band with a preponderance of mando-family instruments. Julianne Mangin maintains the site.
• Robbin L. Marcus a contra dance caller and musician along with being a piano teacher of students of all ages. he regularly leads contra dances both in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Keenan McKenzie sometimes plays with The McKenzies and is an instrumentalist currently based in the North Carolina Triangle. Facebook page.
• The acoustic folk band Meridian plays on a regular basis in Florida and is based in Jacksonville.
• The Mourning Glories: is an old-time, Irish-trad, ghostly gospel, folk-grass string band based in Gainesville, Florida. Facebook page.
• A hard-core traditional Irish music Naomi's Fancy is based in Elkin, North Carolina.
• Joe Newberry plays guitar and banjo with the groups Big Medicine and Town Mountain and is based in North Carolina. Change in URL (December 1, 2019)
• On the Fly is a string band that plays traditional American dance music. They play at contra and square dances throughout the great state of Florida. Facebook page.
• From Atlanta, Georgia, Peavine Creek plays on a regular basis in the southern and South Atlantic regions of the United States. (e-mail only)
• Based in North Carolina, Don Pedi plays mountain dulcimer for a variety of events including contra dances.
• The Pilot Mountain Bobcats play an infectious brand of old time stringband music and include Nancy Sluys on fiddle, Jacki Spector on fretless banjo, Allin Cottrell on guitar and Bill Sluys on bass and are Based in Surry County, North Carolina.
• The Rafter Ringers play Old-time Irish and hillbilly fiddle tunes for contra dances in Central Florida. (e-mail only)
• The Red Wellies include Beanie Odell, Duncan Wickel and Vincent Fogarty and are based in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Reel Shady played in Clemmons, North Carolina on January 28, 2020.
• Rip the Calico is a high energy contra dance band from North Carolina. Drawing heavily from Celtic influences (and origins), the "Calicos" will take you on a dance journey from dulcet circlings to mad romps across the dance floor.
• Jim Roberts plays percussion in the band, Footloose, and with other groups and on other projects. He is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Facebook page.
• Bart Saylor, of South Carolina, has been playing traditional American "Roots" music in the Charleston, SC area for 25 years, with various configurations of musician friends.
• Shady Groove is a Charleston, South Carolina band with a fresh take on traditional string band music. Influenced by everything from English folk ballads to James Brown, we aim to produce a groove that makes Old Joe Clark himself boogie so hard he knocks over all those chicken pies he's got piled up everywhere.
• Mara Shea lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and plays plenty of dance music: Scottish country dances, English country dances, and Irish set dances, as well as contra dances, parties, and concerts with the fiddle-guitar duo, The Elftones. Facebook page.
• Shwadevee, a contra Dance Band, serves Southwest Florida from Sarasota County. They are available to play for dances year-round.
• Based in North Carolina, Skylark plays traditional and contemporary music from the Celtic lands and beyond and is made up of the husband-wife duo of Paul Fackler on fiddle and Marilyn Hartman on piano.
• Nancy Sluys of North Carolina plays clawhammer banjo and fiddle with groups such as the Pilot Mountain Bobcats and other musicians.
• Bill Dudley provides information about the band Squirrelly Germs in the Tampa area.
• Steamshovel, composed of Roger Gold and David White, have been playing at contra dances throughout the South and South Atlantic dates since 2006.
• Julia Weatherford performs regionally (North Carolina) with the string band Far Horizons, as well as an all woman contra dance band, Fly by Night, and a swing and traditional vocal group, Firefly. She also plays cello in the group Trillium, playing baroque and classical music.

Callers

• The Chattahoochee Country Dancers in the Atlanta area have information about area bands and callers and those that visit.
• D. E. Pauley has a list of callers in Florida along with information about a number of out-of-state callers.
• Emily 'Rainbowface' Abel is currently located the Great Lakes states and is well-known for incorporating her calling into bands playing through song, for lending a great deal of energy and enthusiasm to events, and for thorough and concise teaching. Change in URL and location (December 1, 2019)
• Bob Beattie is a caller from the Savannah, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
• Paula Bishop calls in the Asheville, North Carolina area and other venues.
• Connie Carringer has been calling since December of 2008. She primarily calls Contra Dances, but have some experience calling Squares and traditional Appalachian dances as well. She is based in Boone, North Carolina.
• John Combs is a caller from North Carolina (e-mail only).
• Keith Cornett Eustis, now living in South Carolina, has called from coast to coast, several other countries, dance, festivals and weekends.
• Robert Cromartie is a caller from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (e-mail only)
• Dudley Culp is a caller in the Asheville, North Carolina area. (e-mail only)
• Caller Pat Czar is from the Sanford, Florida area. (e-mail only)
• Bob Dalsemer is a caller from Brasstown, North Carolina.
• Susan Davis calls at dances in Atlanta, Georgia and other locales. (e-mail only)
• Keith Cornett Eustis has called from coast to coast, in several other countries, at camps, festivals, weekends, local dances, and special celebrations. She is based in South Carolina. New entry (October 11, 2016)
• Rhiannon Giddens calls and plays (fiddle and other instruments) at contra dances and is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• David Glick is a caller in North Carolina. He has also called across the upper Midwest and in Canada. (e-mail only) Change of e-mail address (February 6, 2016)
• Joy Greenwolfe is based in Durham, North Carolina and calls there and other environs.
• A resident of Asheville, North Carolina, Barbara Groh has been calling contra dances all over the East coast since 1989. Change in URL (December 1, 2019)
• Brian Hamshar has been calling up and down the East Coast from Maine to Florida and to the north Mid-West. Brian is also known as DJ B-Ham, and has called and DJ'ed for many dance communities and weekends. He is based in Central Virginia. Change from e-mail to URL (September 25, 2016)
• Rob Harper calls in the Atlanta, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
• Eric Harris lives in Tampa, Florida and calls throughout the state. (e-mail only)
• Charley Harvey, founding member of Berea, Kentucky's monthly contra dance has relocated to Asheville, North Carolina. A caller since 1992, Charley has called throughout the mid-Atlantic.
• Valerie Helbert has been calling dances for more than five years at venues ranging from K-4 schools to Glen Echo, Maryland. She is based in Durham, NC. New entry (May 1, 2017)
• Cis Hinkle is a caller from Atlanta, Georgia who has delighted contra and square dancers since 1985 with her skilled teaching, welcoming manner, playful enthusiasm, and masterful selection of dances. She is has called at music and dance festivals all over the US, England, and Denmark.
• Richard Hopkins is a caller from Tallahassee, Florida. (e-mail only)
• Michael Ismerio plays fiddle and calls at dances across the country but makes his home in Barnardsville, North Carolina. New entry (July 2, 2016)
• Phil Jamison is Assistant Director of the Swannanoa Gathering and coordinator of Old-Time Music & Dance Week along with performing over the last twenty-five years at many festivals.
• JoLaine Jones-Pokorney calls all over Florida and is looking to get beyond the Florida borders and expand her calling horizons.
• Andy Kane calls traditional Contra, Square and Circle Dance for all groups and ages in Florida and other areas.
• Jonathan King is based in Gainesville, Florida and calls in the north Florida area.
• Pete LaBerge began calling square dances in 1975 in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. PeteÕs calling style emphasizes easy-to-learn figures that encompass traditional community dance styles from New England through the South. He now lives in Aiken County, South Carolina. New entry (September 25, 2016)
• Jacob LeGrone is a caller based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and the developer of the CDSS Dance Map. New entry (March 14, 2015)
• Nancy Mamlin, who lives in North Carolina, has since 1989 played string bass with a number of different groups, and have been calling at dances all over the country.
• Robbin L. Marcus a contra dance caller and musician along with being a piano teacher of students of all ages. he regularly leads contra dances both in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. New entry (January 6, 2017)
• Jack Mitchell is contra and square dance caller and dancer based in Durham, NC and has called on a regular basis since 2002. New entry (October 11, 2016)
• Beth Molaro is a caller from North Carolina who calls contra dances in a number of places (from Arizona to Denmark). Facebook page.
• Vicki Morrison calls contra dances all over Florida and lives in Tallahassee. E-mail: tallygal007@yahoo.com.
• Joyce Murlless is a caller from the Savannah, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
• Andrea Nettleton is caller in Atlanta, Georgia and calls there and at other venues in the southeastern U.S. You can reach her at (404) 713-1543. (e-mail only)
• Rae Newowman frequently calls in area near North Miami, Florida. (e-mail only)
• Joey Norton is a caller from Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
• Deanna Palumbo is a teacher and caller of contra dances, traditional squares, community family dances and social folk dances and is based in Georgia. New entry (June 18, 2015)
• Frederick Park, from Swannanoa, North Carolina, calls contras and everything from English country dance to Cajun French two-step and waltz for more than 35 years.
• Dana Parkinson is a contra dancer turned contra caller in St. Petersburg, Florida. Facebook page.
• Ruth Pershing calls in North Carolina on a regular basis, co-runs the Family Dance series in Chapel Hill, through the Triangle Country Dancers and calls, teaches, and participates in southern flatfloot and clogging in the area and at various dance camps and weeks. (e-mail only)
• Stan Prince calls in and around Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
• Alice Raibourn, from Sarasota, Florida, calls on a regular basis in the southern United States. Change from e-mail to URL and name (February 9, 2019)
• Susie Rudder is a caller who hails from Gainesville, Florida.
• Emily Rush lives in Carrboro, North Carolina and is best known for the Rushfests, contras danced to recorded music (not a techno contra), but also calls for other types of contras. New entry (August 27, 2015)
• Scott Russell calls at dances in and around Georgia. (e-mail only)
• George Segebade calls on a regular basis at dances throughout North Carolina. (e-mail only)
• Kristin Seibert has been dancing since birth, and a dance gypsy since high school. She learned to call at age 17 because she thought every dance leader should know how, but once she was on the other side of the mic there was no going back. She lives in Durham, NC, but loves to travel.
• Janet Shepherd calls from Atlanta, Georgia. (e-mail only).
• Having danced in Ohio and New England, Diane Silver now leads dances (including squares, clogging and swing) in North Carolina and other locales.
• Doug Singleton, from Atlanta, Georgia, calls at a variety of dances in the southeastern United States. (e-mail only (take out the "at" replace it with @))
• Rodney Sutton from North Carolina (e-mail only).
• Seth Tepfer calls from Atlanta, Georgia and organizes a number of events.
• AnneMarie Walter calls at dances throughout the southeastern U.S.

Organizations

• The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society holds contra dances among everything else it does.
• The Columbia Traditional Music & Dance Society holds contra dances on the 2nd Saturday of each month. This page is maintained by Dianne Britton.
• In Brasstown, North Carolina, the John C. Campbell Folk School hosts dance weekends, musician and caller workshops, a wide range of classes in folk arts and other activities, and regular dances.
• Friends of Florida Folk provides information about music, dances, and storytelling throughout Florida.
• The Savannah Folk Music Society is a non-profit and tax exempt (501 C-3) cultural arts organization dedicated to providing a forum for folk music and dance in the greater Savannah area. Founded by a dozen or so individuals in 1986, SFMS has grown to an active membership of over two hundred which hosts monthly old time country dances, seasonal concerts featuring nationally known musicians, bi-monthly "pickers' jams," a monthly coffeehouse, and an annual weekend folk music festival sponsored by the City of Savannah, Georgia. Bob Williams maintains the site.

This page is part of the Contrdancelinks.com web site. For more information about contra dancing, visit these other site pages:

*The Colorado link will bring you to Dancing on the Web. The Maine link will bring you to the Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts. The New Mexico link will bring you to the New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society. The Utah link will bring you to Utah Contradance Information. These fine organizations and individuals already have complete listings for these states and there is no reason for me to duplicate their efforts.

**As far as I know, there are no regular dances or events in Mississippi, South Dakota or Wyoming, but I have created pages if something changes in the future.

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Last updated on December 1, 2019