Sorry: 29th leaves a few loyal attenders working & not able to come: you'll be missed.
Just Email to - there@brummiecontras.co.uk
As subject - date of dance. In text, your name. [Please say if a student]
If 2 or 3 of you, please give all of the names in your email, to save £1.50 each.
For a group of 4 or more, helpfully complete, then attach the form indicated HERE.
As subject - date of dance. In text, your name. [Please say if a student]
If 2 or 3 of you, please give all of the names in your email, to save £1.50 each.
For a group of 4 or more, helpfully complete, then attach the form indicated HERE.
Bonus signifies a special dance with eg 3 or 4 in the band, or needing a long journey for the band or caller.
Plan to be at next dance? Sign at a previous dance or - email to say "I intend to be there" before Deadline -
INFORM AFRESH before EACH DANCE please.
Saving Deadline in this cyan colour - is opposite a dance date in yellow -
For example, the Deadline is by the Fri midnight before a Sun afternoon dance - by Thurs midnight for a Saturday dance.
You're at the page - But I've never really done this stuff before !
EVERYONE taking part in this dancing - for some, a very short while back -
- also said and felt EXACTLY THIS !
Many now come to Brummie Contras with increasing enthusiasm. Please join us !
View this lively Contra Dance Club [Meet EVERY Sunday: Webster Groves, St Louis] USA ! - An effective, fun, contra dance style - as these dancers have - is NOT hard to pick-up. -
This Title PICTURE shows a Sunday Brummie Contra Dance 6/11/16, at our venue 2.
You don't pay full price to try out the dances. You get £2.50 off the door price for your 1st & 2nd dances. Please ASK !
EVERYONE taking part in this dancing - for some, a very short while back -
- also said and felt EXACTLY THIS !
Many now come to Brummie Contras with increasing enthusiasm. Please join us !
View this lively Contra Dance Club [Meet EVERY Sunday: Webster Groves, St Louis] USA ! - An effective, fun, contra dance style - as these dancers have - is NOT hard to pick-up. -
This Title PICTURE shows a Sunday Brummie Contra Dance 6/11/16, at our venue 2.
You don't pay full price to try out the dances. You get £2.50 off the door price for your 1st & 2nd dances. Please ASK !
Brummie Contra Dances -
- Share-around - the joy & fun of being at these exciting dances with great callers. -
- It's more fun if more come ! - Let's try this to encourage MORE to be dancing -
- New to Contras here at B30 1JT ( and at Elmdon Heath ) ? -
- ASK ! £2.50 off at the door for your first AND your next visit to try Brummie Contras.
- Bring a friend who has NOT danced Brummie C's at these venues
- You may EACH claim a discount of £2,50 at the door.
- First time AND let us know beforehand also - claim £4 discount !
- Share-around - the joy & fun of being at these exciting dances with great callers. -
- It's more fun if more come ! - Let's try this to encourage MORE to be dancing -
- New to Contras here at B30 1JT ( and at Elmdon Heath ) ? -
- ASK ! £2.50 off at the door for your first AND your next visit to try Brummie Contras.
- Bring a friend who has NOT danced Brummie C's at these venues
- You may EACH claim a discount of £2,50 at the door.
- First time AND let us know beforehand also - claim £4 discount !
At the door : Adult £11.50 - Student £6,50 :- Say beforehand -
- that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
- that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
A DRY forecst for travel to and from this dance. Warmer than average for a bus wait !
Afternoon dances, for some with a long journey to the Brummie Contras, mean easier travel when evenings are dark.
Our dances from November through to January are mainly on Sunday afternoons.
Our dances from November through to January are mainly on Sunday afternoons.
This Title PICTURE - A Brummie Contra Dance.
Barry was here too - "on the door". In all respects a brilliant fellow worker. From Autumn 2015, all 2016 & into 17's Brummie Contras.
Barry was here too - "on the door". In all respects a brilliant fellow worker. From Autumn 2015, all 2016 & into 17's Brummie Contras.
- Our caller -
- Mic Spenceley -
- Mic Spenceley -
Mike
Brian
- Music -
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
Bill
- A few words of thoughtful appreciation -
For the first two years of our annual final fling, Bill Kinsman
was 91: then 92 years of age. Bill called superbly : mainly from memory, in his characteristic, enjoyable and relaxed manner -
- for us, near the end of his many years of much loved calling.
In 2018, Bill was drastically debilitated by stroke.
Sadly he died earlier this month.
Bill's church service and wake were on Friday of last week.
- May we long retain the happy memories we have of Bill. -
For Brummie Contras, he was our oldest caller.
Yet Bill was young at heart and always his calling was excellent,
and brimming with Bill's infectiously joyous personality.
For the first two years of our annual final fling, Bill Kinsman
was 91: then 92 years of age. Bill called superbly : mainly from memory, in his characteristic, enjoyable and relaxed manner -
- for us, near the end of his many years of much loved calling.
In 2018, Bill was drastically debilitated by stroke.
Sadly he died earlier this month.
Bill's church service and wake were on Friday of last week.
- May we long retain the happy memories we have of Bill. -
For Brummie Contras, he was our oldest caller.
Yet Bill was young at heart and always his calling was excellent,
and brimming with Bill's infectiously joyous personality.
-It's the last SUNDAY Afternoon of 2019-2.30 at the Quaker Hall-
- FOR - 2019's FINAL CONTRA FLING -
Mike
Brian
- Music -
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
At the door : Adult £11.50 - Student £6,50 :- Say beforehand -
- that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
- that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
With appreciation of organiser & dancers, Hall is used with kind permission of Bournville Quaker Meeting.
| Brummie Contra Dances: Autumn Season 2020 NB A small number of "Agreed Dates only" are presently shown. More will follow! NB | At ALL afternoon Contras, dancing will now begin at 2.30pm - finishing at 5.45 !|||
| Date of Contra Dance | The Caller | Musicians | Saving £1.50 ENDS at Midnight on |
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| It's Brummie Contra: - 2019's Final Fling -NB-Now on |
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| Sunday 29th Dec 2.30 - 5.45 pm, at the Cadbury-built Bournville Quaker Hall. [DATE was changed] NB. NOT the Elmdon Heath Venue. |
Mic Spenceley | Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green |
Online saving ends 27th Dec 2019. |
Afternoon dances, for some with a long journey to the Brummie Contras, mean easier travel when evenings are dark.
Our dances from November through to January are mainly on Sunday afternoons.
Our dances from November through to January are mainly on Sunday afternoons.
A DRY forecst for travel to and from this dance. Warmer than average for a bus wait !
And David
Pattenden !
Pattenden !
David
Karen
Karen Hanna
"Lively" Music from :
Xmas fun from Kimberley Smith.
A special, pre-Xmas Dance !
With Contras: 2.30pm, this Sunday .
SUNDAY 15th December Kim Smith brings us -
- Kim's Christmas Dance -
A fun Brummie C's "Sunday Variety Party" !
At the party afternoon there's a wider than usual mix of dances, with seasonal eats & various bubbly drinks also included. :
- so please bring along friends or relatives for fun squares & mixers as well as introducing all to
some of our Lively American Contras !
- A very small number of supervised younger dancers may be permitted. But please, only by specific request beforehand !
- PARTY PRICES -
With Contras: 2.30pm, this Sunday .
SUNDAY 15th December Kim Smith brings us -
- Kim's Christmas Dance -
A fun Brummie C's "Sunday Variety Party" !
At the party afternoon there's a wider than usual mix of dances, with seasonal eats & various bubbly drinks also included. :
- so please bring along friends or relatives for fun squares & mixers as well as introducing all to
some of our Lively American Contras !
- A very small number of supervised younger dancers may be permitted. But please, only by specific request beforehand !
- PARTY PRICES -
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- - Kim Smith's PARTY - -
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- - Kim Smith's PARTY - -
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THIS Sunday afternoon FUN Dancing with Contras: 2.30 start at -
Elmdon Heath Venue - Community Centre Hall - B91 2SF -
- Visit : sub-page1) - LOCATION - Get to THIS VENUE Elmdon Heath Community Centre !
Or - Go to page - ABOUT - Brummie Contras at Elmdon Heath Comm'y C, Solihull. -
Elmdon Heath Venue - Community Centre Hall - B91 2SF -
- Visit : sub-page1) - LOCATION - Get to THIS VENUE Elmdon Heath Community Centre !
Or - Go to page - ABOUT - Brummie Contras at Elmdon Heath Comm'y C, Solihull. -
- at ELMDON HEATH Sun afternoon. Dancing 2.30 -
- A "fun" gig in Party mode. All are welcome to come & enjoy -
Music : from Karen Hanna & David Pattenden.
- A "fun" gig in Party mode. All are welcome to come & enjoy -
Music : from Karen Hanna & David Pattenden.
, , , Lynne's considerate calling . . . (pic at Lichfield Folk Fest).
A Bonus Dance, so at the door : Adult £11.50 - Student £6,50 :
- Say beforehand that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
- Say beforehand that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £10 - Student £5 :
- Mike Green -
- Brian Mc Minn -
- Music -
- Brilliant, lively duo return : another great gig -
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
- Brilliant, lively duo return : another great gig -
Brian Mc Minn & Mike Green
- It's Nicola Scott's excellent calling and -
TODAY, Sunday 3rd November :
Nicola
- Brummie Contras -
: Sat eve Sept 14 start, at the Quaker Hall :
- Early evenings are still quite light in September - Enjoy the journey to this coming Evening Dance on a Saturday. -
: Sat eve Sept 14 start, at the Quaker Hall :
- Early evenings are still quite light in September - Enjoy the journey to this coming Evening Dance on a Saturday. -
Relax ! Enjoy an inclusive hot drink from Jackie & Jim. 6.40pm -
THEN FUN & LIVELY DANCING from 7pm - and -
A half hour to try out your Contra waltzing, with some tips from the experts.
THEN FUN & LIVELY DANCING from 7pm - and -
A half hour to try out your Contra waltzing, with some tips from the experts.
At the door : Adult £10.50 - Student £6,50 :
- Say beforehand that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £9 - Student £5 :
- Say beforehand that you intend to come - Get £1.50 off - ie at the door : Adult £9 - Student £5 :
- Early evenings are still quite light in September - Enjoy the journey to this coming Evening Dance -
ENJOY NEXT - A September Saturday Evening 7.30 start Contra at -
the Quaker Hall Venue - B30 1JT - Venue Details - HERE -
the Quaker Hall Venue - B30 1JT - Venue Details - HERE -
Mike
Brian
- Your excellent and experienced musicians for this gig will be -
Brian Mc Minn and later also Mike Green
Brian Mc Minn and later also Mike Green
| Brummie Contras: Spring Season 2020 NB A small number of "Agreed Dates only" are presently shown. More will follow! |
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| Date of Contra Dance - | The Caller - | Musicians | Offer ENDING date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 26th January
At the Elmdon Heath Venue. |
Mark Elvins | Wild Ride: Holly, Bob, Robbie tbc |
24Jan/ | |
| Saturday 29th February LEAP SATURDAY at Bournville Quaker Hall. |
tbc | tbc | 27Feb/ | |
David
Adult £8 - Student £5 :
- For an ace contra at -
Great Alne
Memorial Hall
B49 6HL - 7.45pm -
Friday Evening 26th April
- music - Karen Hanna -
- and David Pattenden -
- For an ace contra at -
Great Alne
Memorial Hall
B49 6HL - 7.45pm -
Friday Evening 26th April
- music - Karen Hanna -
- and David Pattenden -