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House Dance
Introducing our FIRST EVER planned House Contra Dance and the Fergus Callers Collective! Come and dance to calls by those who have taken the Contra Callers' Clinics in Fergus. Dances will be accompanied by pre-recorded music (i.e. not live music) SATURDAY MARCH 21...
Transportation
New Bus Service To our friends from the north, who do not have access to a vehicle or who just don't like driving in winter weather . . . You can still make it to the Fergus Contra Dances! Now there is a bus line that runs from Owen Sound to Fergus - with all stops...
Annual General Meeting
All are welcome! Fergus Contra Dances operates as a non-profit, and as such we invite all interested persons to attend the AGM. Fergus Contra Dances Annual General Meeting Thursday January 2, 2020 - 7 pm 125 Union St. W. Fergus, Ontario Our AGMs are truly...
Dancing in Cuba 2019
Hey fiddling and dancing friends!I am working with Anne Lederman and Bill Russell to present this once in a lifetime opportunity to take your talents to Cuba. The cost is not cheap, but the experience is not cheap either. It compares to 10 days at a...
Ring in Spring with the Fling
If our Monthly Contra Dances leave you hungering for more ... READ ON! Ring in Spring with the Fling with the Fiddlefern dance community in Owen SoundMay 3, 4 & 5, 2019 DANCERS: Take advantage of the earlybird discounted price of...
Fergus Contra Dance: Friday April 27th
We hope that we are now in Spring! And if not . . . do know that Friday April 27th will still be a fabulous night! Come and join the fun! 8 - 10:30 pm in Fergus All dances are taught and then prompted by callers Tom Calwell & Myra Hirschberg (Peterborough)....
Fergus Contra Dance, Friday February 23, 2018
St James Anglican church, 171 Queen St E, Fergus, ON 8-10.30pm Come spend a Friday evening in February forging new friendships all while dancing the night away. It's fun. It's welcoming. It's good for those brain synopses! It's intergenerational. It's community. It...
November 24: our last dance for 2017!
Fergus Contra Dance Friday, November 24th Caller: Kris Rosar Live music by Rick Avery on keyboard and Ben Bolker on fiddle DIFFERENT VENUE (see also below): Victoria Park Fieldhouse 160 Albert St W Fergus, ON N1M 2W5 7:15 ...
Ready To Pass On The Torch
In addition to being fun, joyful, and satisfying, dancing is a wonderful, community-based activity that is sustained thanks to the efforts of a small group of volunteers. Since 2011, a solid contra dance community has developed in Fergus, and traditional social...