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The Chicago Barn Dance Company
Dance & Music Resources on the Web

The Chicago Barn Dance Company
Contra and Square dance resources in the Chicago metro area and elsewhere.


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If you have a favorite dance or music resource that should be listed here, please email the URL to info@chicagobarndance.com.

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Dancing in the Chicago Metro Area

Fox Valley Folklore Society
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Sponsors barn dances in Warrenville together with the Fermilab Folk Club.  Fox Valley's site has a superb listing of all sorts of folk-related resources on the Web.
Fermilab Folk Club Sponsors barn dances in Warrenville together with the Fox Valley Folklore Society.
Fermilab English Country Dance Sunday afternoon once a month at Fermilab, Mady Newfield, 630-584-0825; folkdance@fnal.gov
Valparaiso Old-Time Dance Old-Time Community Square Dance and Contra Dance in Northwest Indiana.
Morris Old-Time Dances Old-time dances in Morris, Illinois, sponsored by the Morris Public Library, Diane Ippel and Rob Williams.
Folk Dance Council of Chicago Specializing in International Folk dance, this site lists many resources in traditional dance in the Chicago area and elsewhere.
Ethnic Dance Chicago Dances held on Friday evenings at the Chicago Latvian Community Center in Chicago at Elston and Hamlin.
Chicago Cajun Connection Cajun dancing around Chicago.  Official web site of the Chicago Cajun Aces.
Yahoo's Dance Links - Chicago Dance links from the Yahoo! site for the Chicago area.

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Midwest Dance and Music Resources

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
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The Urbana Country Dancers - Contra & Old-time Square dancing in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Goshen, Indiana Dances monthly in Goshen, Indiana on first Saturdays.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Folk dance schedules for Milwaukee, including contra dances.
Madison, Wisconsin Contra Dance schedule for Madison and links to related sites.
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN The Twin Cities Folk Information page.
Ames, Iowa The Central Iowa Barn Dance Association
Iowa City, Iowa Dances held in Iowa City during the school year.
Iowa, regional A regional calendar for Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.
Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis Traditional Music and Dance Group
Bloomington, Indiana The Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group
Michigan Contra dancing in the state of Michigan.
St. Louis, Missouri Dances Sponsored by the Childgrove Country Dancers

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Other Dance & Old-Time Music Resources

CDSS - The Country Dance
& Song Society

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The Country Dance & Song Society has long been the preeminent resource for English & Contra dance in the Northeast and beyond.  Their list of group affiliates reads as a "who's who" and "what's what" of the national dance community.
NEFFA LinkFest A massive collection of links to other dance groups, musicians, callers and dances, sponsored by the New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA).
Contra Corners Page The "Contra Corners" page, including a national locator map with links to dance organizations.  Created by Dwayne Johnson.
Contra Dance Links Page Charlie Seelig maintains a page of links to contra dance sites around the country.

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