ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING
    
“Inspiring a Revival in South Georgian Bay!“

Join Lord  Grey's English Country Dancers for Season Seven,
Fall 2019.  We dance in the fine Marsh Street Centre in Clarksburg.

Join our Fall Series of 5 sessions, October 6 & 20, November 3 & 17 & 
December 1…Sunday 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Do place these dates in your calendar and bring new dancers with you.
No partner necessary, nor any past experience in traditional dance.  Lovely music, social and a fine form of activity. We welcome dancers from their late teens to early 70’s. 
English Country Dance is an ongoing series like a choir or a curling team.  
If you are new to this dance form we encourage you to attend regularly in the Fall 
to learn the basic figures.  
 Cost: $35.00 per person for the series of 5 workshops (payable on Oct. 6)
or $10.00 drop in fee

Dance Instructor: Lorraine Sutton   1-519-599-6195
CoConvenor Arlene Terry-Long   1-519-599-7019
contact Arlene at lordgreysecd@gmail.com  or
Lorraine at ​lorrainesutton7@gmail.com
“The dance is a great thing,
A great thing to me.
With candles lit and partners fit
For night-long revelry;
And going home when day-dawning
Peeps pale upon the lea: 
O dancing is a great thing,
A great thing to me!”
 
By Thomas Hardy
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Apple Blossom Ball 2019

Apple Blossom Ball 2018

Introduction

Lorraine Sutton is well known as a dance enthusiast and teacher, http://www.countrydancecaller.ca. In the Fall of 2013 she introduced a number of people in the area to the joys of English Country dancing. The event was so well received that a Society was formed to enjoy this special form of dance. Society members come from Bruce/ Grey and Simcoe Counties to dance in Clarksburg.  Lord Grey is entering its 7th season this October 6 2019.
Eventually we hope to expand and include other venues for our dances and this and other facts were taken into consideration when naming the Society. A unique name in keeping with locale, tradition, dress and imagination was needed. Thus, we chose the name Lord Grey as founder of our Society.
English Country Dance is a form of folk dance which originated in England in the 17th century but also contains elements of the European court dances of that period. This European influence adds charm and elegance as the dancers move in time to the hauntingly beautiful melodies.
Why dance?
  • For fun and social interaction
  • Low impact form of exercise * Improves concentration
  • Serotonin in brain increases
  • Slows mental illness
  • Reduces Stress and improves feeling of well-being
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