For beginners, including children, and experienced dancers.

“If you can walk, you can dance.”

Walter Daves teaches all the steps and calls the dances to live music provided by local musicians. Both beginners and experienced dancers are welcome, as are children who know right from left (most of the time) and can follow instructions.

You are welcome to come without a partner. We always encourage folks to dance with a lot of different people.

Contra dancing (the term is derived from “country dancing”) is a group-based social activity that has a long tradition. It is similar to square dancing and the Virginia reel, usually done in circles or lines in which partners dance with many other couples in turn throughout a dance set. There are a few basic dance figures that are combined in various ways, prompted by a caller. These figures are repeated with all of the dancers in a set. The result is a lot of fun in moving to the music with a group of dancers, each person contributing to the shared experience.

The Sautee Nacoochee Center is located at 283 Hwy. 255 N. (Sautee, Georgia 30571) ,
two-tenths of a mile from Highway 17. The Community Hall is across the driveway from the vintage red brick schoolhouse.

Information: Call the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association (SNCA) at 706-878-3300 or visit www.snca.org, or call Walter Daves at 706-754-3254.