Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

This dance is our Victoria Fiddle Society Community Dance featuring Daniel Lapp. Our dances are modelled after 'Old-Time PRAIRIE BARN dances' that have been the glue of our communities across the country during the last 100 years. When not in barns, dances were often held in one room school houses with the stove stoked and all the desks piled on top of each other to make room for a dance floor. There is no 'caller' and most dances are executed in a counter clockwise motion around the dance floor in couples. These are polkas, waltzes, schottisches and the like. Then there are numerous 'novelty' dances such as the Butterfly, the Mexican Hat Dance, the Heel and Toe, the 7 Step and even the Bird Dance gets played on occasion. So polish your shoes or boots and come READY to DANCE! Let'... more...