News and Updates

European Dance News and Updates

EUROPEAN DANCEThe European Dance Tent is a lovely place to spend time at Pennsic. We are at the corner of Chandler’s Road and Dragon’s Trace, across from the Great Hall. There’s ample shade, iced water, plentiful benches, a beautiful wooden floor, constant music, and dancing! You can join in the dancing or just come to watch. Classes are taught all day, from youth-oriented classes in the morning straight through until dinnertime. Then we turn on the lights, set up the music stands, and revel far into the night. Everyone can learn to dance, and the more the merrier. Schedule: The dance class schedule can be found on the Pennsic University Thing (https://thing.pennsicuniversity.org/). At Pennsic, check the message boards daily for postings about balls, revels, and socials, or check the main schedule in the Dance Tent.Revels and SocialsWe will be dancing every evening in the dance tent. Many evenings there will …
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The European Dance department provides logistical support for attendees who wish to learn or participate in dancing events, including scheduling and physical facilities. These physical facilities include a large tent with a dance floor and performing space, as well as an amplification system for playing music appropriate to activities within the tent. European Dance also handles scheduling of all classes and events in the tent, but the content and conduct of these classes and events are the responsibility of attendees. European Dance is not responsible for events or classes related to this topic held outside of the official facilities provided by Pennsic. Any classes or events that are not managed through European Dance are considered private attendee events and are not entitled to the use of Pennsic facilities or support.

Musicians
Greetings to all those inspired to play music for dancing! There are many opportunities at Pennsic. Musicians are needed and are welcomed to play most nights at the European dance tent in Pennsic University. As noted above we are going to try to match musicians with dance instructors. This is completely voluntary. If you would like to play for a dance class or have live music for your dance class, please contact the European Dance coordinator, Lady Sonya Flicker called Patches.

All skill levels of musicians and all acoustic instruments (period or modern) are welcome. Please stop by the European dance tent for more information, including a schedule of activities that welcome dance musicians! We will be playing music arrangements from the Pennsic Pile, available for download here:

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