fiddler & dancers
The Urbana Country Dancers

present

The 22nd Annual

Chambana Jan Jam

(Champaign-Urbana January Jam)

Friday & Saturday, January 8 & 9, 2010

Check on the road conditions if you are driving

Here is a map showing the conditions on the interstates in Illinois
with links to similar sites in surrounding states
wrc.gettingaroundillinois.com/winterroadconditions

For this map and other links to weather related information, check our travel information page at Weather Information and Illinois Road Conditions

This will be a special weekend of music and dance featuring:

Callers

Ron Buchanan

From Pittsburgh, PA

Dot Kent

From Whitewater, WI

Diane Silver

From Asheville, NC

 

Bands

New Bad Habits

Lynn "Chirps" Smith, Dave Landreth & Andy Gribble

Patt and Possum

Charlie Walden and Patt Plunkett

U4

Tom and Matt Turino, Jose Agusti & Michael Valliant
From From Urbana, IL and Bloomington, IN

The flier for the weekend (PDF - 247 KB)

The Jan Jam Workshop Schedule (PDF - 45 KB)

Schedule

All events held at the Phillips Center unless noted otherwise

Friday
8-11 p.m.   Contra dance with Dot Kent and New Bad Habits

Saturday
Workshops galore starting at 10 a.m.!
There will be an assortment of workshops taking place in multiple rooms.
Click here to download the Jan Jam Workshop Schedule (PDF - 45 KB)
Workshops will include Cajun, Calling, Contra, Clogging, English Country Dance, Fiber Arts, Fiddling, Folk Art, Guitar, Hambo, Jamming, Lindy Hop, Morris Dance, Song, Squares, Stories, Swing, Waltz, Yiddish Dance, Yoga and Yo-Yo.

6 p.m.   Potluck Dinner

7-midnight   Ron Buchanan and Diane Silver calling with two great bands
7-9:30 p.m.   Patt and Possum
9:30-midnight   U4
midnight -1 a.m.   Open calling/open band

The Jan Jam is Friday & Saturday, January 8 & 9, 2010 at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton, Urbana.
Admission is $10 for Friday and $25 for Saturday evening ($8/15 for seniors and students, kids 12 and under are free). The workshops on Saturday afternoon are free.

There will be time for open mic calling, open stage bands and jamming, so be sure to bring your cards and instruments.

Directions to the Phillips Center

Weather Information and Illinois Road Conditions

Housing Information

Contact Cheryl at
cheryl.louviere@gmail.com
if you would like to stay with a local host There will be in-home housing with local dancers. Check back for more information.

Or look at the Champaign-Urbana lodging page

For more information email
ucd-info@urbana-contra.org

For information call: 217-352-4653 or 217-359-8225

Or look at the Urbana Country Dancers' homepage

Download and print the flier for the weekend (PDF - 247 KB)

Download the Jan Jam Workshop Schedule (PDF - 45 KB)

The Urbana Country Dancers' web pages are maintained by webmaster@urbana-contra.org, last update January 7, 2010