IT HAPPENED! Thanks to everyone who danced, sang, played, volunteered, crafted, taught and learned at the 2024 Festival on March 16th. We’re delighted that our first year back went so well. We will eventually tackle planning a festival for 2025 with dates and featured performers TBD.
If you have any feedback about this year, feel free to drop us a line: [email protected]
If you already filled out a comment card at the Festival, thank you.
Cheers,
DownEast Country Dance Festival Committee
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DownEast Country Dance Festival, Saturday March 16, 2024
Eloise &Co. with Lisa Greenleaf calling
Ben Foss, Bennett Konesni, and Noah Fishman with Hannah Chamberlain Calling
We are happy to announce a one-day version of the Downeast Country Dance Festival on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at our usual location at Mt Ararat Middle School in Topsham, ME.
Buy festival tickets at the door
2024 Adult/Youth (11-21) Pricing
Saturday All Day $40/30
Saturday Day 20/15
Saturday Evening 20/15
Survivor’s dance 15/10
DRAFT SCHEDULE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Our featured performers will be Eloise & Co. with Lisa Greenleaf calling and a trio with Ben Foss, Bennett Konesni, and Noah Fishman with Hannah Chamberlain calling.
Please note that we will NOT be holding Friday night contradance in the gym at Mt. Ararat Middle School due to a conflict in the space.
Dancers looking for a Friday night event could consider the dance at the Rockport Opera House organized by Belfast Flying Shoes. This dance also features Eloise & Co. with Lisa Greenleaf, but is a separate event from the festival. More details can be found here: https://belfastflyingshoes.org/calendar/
A “Survivor’s Dance” will be held on Sunday March 17th from 1-4pm with Eloise & Co and Lisa Greenleaf calling at the Topsham Grange. We’ll have group singing before the dance from 12-1pm. This event is a separate ticket from Saturday.
We will continue to post up dates about the festival here on deffa.org and on our Facebook Page.
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COVID POLICY:
Participation in the Downeast Country Dance Festival includes risk of exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including but not limited to COVID-19. Attendance is at your own risk.
For the 2024 DECDF Festival, vaccination and masking are optional.
The current CDC guidelines for COVID-19 are available here: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0301-respiratory-virus.html
Please respect everyone’s personal choice to mask or not mask.
Symptoms or Testing Positive: If you feel unwell at all, have a positive COVID test result, or have had COVID very recently (with a positive test or symptoms beginning less than 5 days ago), please do not attend DECDF. We’ll have another Festival next year and would love to see you then!
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Cheers,
DEFFA Festival Committee