Students enjoy learning country dances despite the heat

Attendees learn the Lucky Sevens Dance.

Photo Credit: Elizabeth Crawford

By Michal Black

About 40 Concordia students learned and performed four dances during English country dancing on Founders Quad Friday night, despite the heat and the threat of rain as lightning lit up the sky.

The night was filled with lots of laughter even though it was hot and humid.

“It was fun. There was obviously a lot of dopamine flying around, lots of giggling,” junior Lawson Fairchild said.

He said his favorite dance was “Definitely the Virgina Reel, I did it back in kindergarten. It’s nostalgic.”

Junior Katherine Seifferlein said her favorite dance was Lucky Sevens.

“It was fun to figure it out, even when things messed up cause Eunice and Caylen and everybody would get us back on track,” said Seifferlein.

Juniors Eunice Clausing and Caylen McCoy and Sophomore Molly Cooper all took turns calling the dances of the night, which were the Circassian Circle, Gothic Dance, Lucky Sevens, and the Virginia Reel.

There were also lots of positive comments on the musicians, Elizabeth Crawford, Timothy Baker, Dylan Buechler and Walther Riebau, who played at the event.

“Shout out to our musicians who volunteered the day of!” McCoy said.

Crawford also agreed that their performance went well.

“The music was really congealed together, a lot of fun, collaborative work. I loved it!” junior Crawford said.

The night proved to have a great turnout.

“We had just as many people today as we did at the end of the previous year,” McCoy said.

English country dancing is hosted at least once a month, depending on the weather, and posters will be put up each month as well as emails.

McCoy said, “If you see a poster, you can come for any length of time. There is no commitment; you don’t have to bring a partner, just come and check it out. If anyone wants to play music for dances, hit up me or Eunice”.