Dance Trance 2025
Lexington KY
Contra Dance Weekend

Featuring Toss the Possum
and callers Darlene Underwood and Terry Doyle
at the Lexington Ice Center

Fri, Jun 6 - Sun, Jun 8, 2025

 

Dance Trance is a contra dance weekend in Lexington, KY, produced by the Lexington Traditional Dance Association. For 2025 we have the 26th Dance Trance. See Dance Trance and Swing Shift archive for past performers.

Dance Trance 2025, 6-8 June 2025, will feature Toss the Possum with callers Darlene Underwood and Terry Doyle.

Location - Dance Trance 2025 will be held at Lexington Ice Center - 560 Eureka Springs Dr, Lexington, KY 40517.   We will be dancing in a gym with a wooden floor - you will not need ice skates. The facility has a large, attached parking lot. Access from I-75 is easy via exit 108 (Man o' War Blvd) or 104 (Athens-Boonesboro Rd / Richmond Rd). There are many restaurants and a Kroger within a couple of miles.

Dance Trance 2025 Flyer PDF

Prices - See the online registration page for prices.

Registration - Fill out the form and send via
    online registration (now includes a la carte options)
    flyer - LTDA Dance Trance Registrar   3480 Keene Road   Nicholasville, KY 40356
and send payment via
   Venmo - LTDAContraDance
   check - LTDA Dance Trance Registrar   3480 Keene Road   Nicholasville, KY 40356

Refunds - Minus $10 fee, no questions asked. (Please cancel if you have symptoms of illness.)

Housing - Limited housing - email lexington.dancetrance@gmail.com

Other Inquiries email lexington.dancetrance@gmail.com




Friday, June 6, 2025

8:00p-9:35p - contra dance with Terry Doyle (gents/ladies) and Toss the Possum
9:55p-11:30p - contra dance with Darlene Underwood (gents/ladies) and Toss the Possum

Saturday, June 7, 2025

9:30-3:15 - workshop schedule
  Gym #1 Gym #2 Small room Outside
9:30a - 10:45a Waltz Workshop
leaders - Michael French, Barbara Ramlow
band - Nathan Wilson and Elise Melrood
11:00a - 12:15p Challenging Contras
caller - Terry Doyle (larks/robins)
band - Toss the Possum 		Blues Workshop
leader - Aaron Mabson
recorded music 		   
12:30p - 1:45p Couples Dance
band - Nathan Wilson and Elise Melrood 		  Caller Workshop
leader - Darlene Underwood 		Drum Circle
leader - Cherylyn Geers
2:00p - 3:15p English Country Dance
caller - Darlene Underwood (gents/ladies)
band - Toss the Possum 		Flatfooting Workshop
leader - Terry Doyle
recorded music 		  Musician's Jam Session
leader - Andrew Taylor

3:30p-5:30p - contra dance with Nick Rockstroh (gents/ladies) and Mixed Nuts

7:00p-7:45p - couples dance with recorded music

8:00p-9:35p - contra dance with Darlene Underwood (gents/ladies) and Toss the Possum
9:55p-11:30p - contra dance with Terry Doyle (gents/ladies) and Toss the Possum

11:45p-1:45 - contra dance, open caller (organized by Devanese LeDoux) , open band led by Cary Ravitz

Sunday, June 8, 2025

10:30a-11:00a - waltz with Cyantics
11:10a-11:45a - waltz with Toss the Possum

12:00p-1:20p - contra dance with Terry Doyle (larks/robins) and Toss the Possum
1:40p-3:00p - contra dance with Darlene Underwood (larks/robins) and Toss the Possum





Please reference this page as www.dancetrance.ltda.us .

This page is maintained by Cary Ravitz for the Lexington Traditional Dance Association .

Last modified 6:43 PM, 21 May 2025 - File size 10K - Count 108214 - sitemap - robots