The Morgantown area has a bunch of great music and dance opportunities! Here are a few local resources and some other music and dance links! Please get in touch with any additions or corrections 🙂
Open Jams:
A great way to connect and expand your repertoire as a musician is to go play with others at jams around town!
- Morgantown Brewing Company Old-time Jam, Wednesdays nights (usually starts around 9:00) : Facebook group
- Percival Hall Olditime Jam, Tuesday Nights, Tuesday evenings 7-10pm : Facebook group Percival Pickers
- Bluegrass Jam @ Terra Cafe, Thursday evenings at 6pm : Facebook group Open Bluegrass Jams
If you have an open jam you’d like us to list here please let us know at morgantowndances (at) gmail (dot) com!
Music events and Shows:
Morgantown area gets some great music, check out these pages for events and upcoming shows:
- Morgantown Country and Bluegrass : Facebook group
- Morgantown Brewing Company Facebook group
- Morgantown Mag events page : http://www.morgantownmag.com/morgantown/Events/
- Tour Morgantown events page :http://www.tourmorgantown.com/events/
- The Dominion Post entertainment page : http://www.thedpost.com/LIFE
If you have an event listing page you’d like us to list here please let us know at morgantowndances (at) gmail (dot) com!
Dances
For more dancing opportunities check out these folks:
- Mountain Dance Trail, great list of dances all across WV! https://mountaindancetrail.org/ and Facebook Page
- Our Facebook page shares other events in region Morgantown Friends of Oldtime Music and Dance
- Morgantown Social Dance posts dancing events of all sorts: Facebook group
- Morgantown Contra Dancers posts regional events and local dances : Facebook Group
- Morgantown Swing and WVU Swing Dance Club for another “old” time dance, Weekly classes: Facebook page and WVU Swing
- Morgantown BOPARC Community Dance classes : http://www.boparc.org/community-dance-classes.html
- Pittsburgh Contra Dance page for events not too far away! : Facebook Group and http://pittsburghcontra.org/
- Steel City Squares in Pittsburgh for Squares in PA: Facebook page
If you host regular dances in the area you’d like us to list here please let us know at morgantowndances (at) gmail (dot) com!
Links worth checking out
Appalachian heritage and cultural links of interest across the state:
- The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center in Fairmont, WV Facebook Page and https://www.fairmontstate.edu/folklife/
- Augusta Heritage Center Facebook page and http://augustaheritagecenter.org/
- West Virginia Folklife Center Facebook page and https://wvfolklife.org/
- Friends of Oldtime Music and Dance (FOOTMAD) Charleston Facebook Page and http://www.footmad.org
- Square Dance History Project West Virginia Squares :http://squaredancehistory.org/exhibits/show/west-virginia-squares main page :http://squaredancehistory.com/
- History of Square Dancing http://www.philjamison.com/
- Callers Resources from Blacksburg Dare to be Square site :http://www.daretobesquare.org/?page_id=235
- Old-time Herald article about Square Dancing “Barn Dance with Calls” by Phil Jamison http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-7/7-8/dance_beat.html
- Square Dance Calling Handbook from T-Claw : http://www.tclawcalling.com/Be%20Square%20Calling%20Handbook-a%20southern%20subset.pdf
If you have an event listing page you’d like us to list here please let us know at morgantowndances (at) gmail (dot) com!
Dancing info and FAQ
If you’ve never danced before all our dances are open to beginners so please don’t let that keep you from coming! If you want to do some reading before coming, here are a few links and resources that might be helpful!
| Beginning Square Dance videos |
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| Live Beginner’s Sessions – Contra |
These videos show new dancers rapidly progressing, with instructions from Atlanta-based, internationally-known caller Seth Tepfer, beginning with joining their first circle to dancing their first contra dance.
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