Fall 2024 OLLI Digital Catalog

English Country Dance (Q207)

Q – Health and Wellness

Come enjoy the dance form America grew up with. It’s been fun for more than three centuries, and it’s easy to learn! If you can walk and smile, you can do this kind of dance. The caller explains all the moves and walks you through the dance before it starts, then continues to prompt you as the dance goes on. Dances focus on the group, not the individual. We customarily change partners after each dance, so we get to dance with lots of different people. We’re a friendly group! It’s easy, and there’s music!

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This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Carol West, Dan Bilharz

WEST, CAROL–Discovered the joys of English Country Dance through beloved OLLI mentors and has expanded dance classes and events to the Dover OLLI and beyond. Avid music lover. Plays violin with SODELO (Southern Delaware Orchestra). Taught high school math in Maryland for 25 years.

BILHARZ, DAN–Retired from the information technology industry after spending 30 years in development and management. Introduced to English country dance by his wife at OLLI in 2015 and has enjoyed dancing and teaching dancing ever since.

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