Spring Dance Romance (SDR) 2023

Thank you all so much for a magical weekend! We’re leaving this page up for reference and we hope to see you next year.

Triangle Country Dancers invites you to join us for Spring Dance Romance 2023, our annual spring weekend!

Dates: Friday, April 28th - Sunday, April 30th, 2023

We’ll be dancing to:

Engine Room: Noah VanNorstrand, Kelsey Wells, and Alex Sturbaum

Nova: Kathleen Fownes, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin, and Everest Witman

With calling by:

Will Mentor and Eileen Thorsos

We’re having an in-town event this year at Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill - see details under the SDR Weekend tab at the top of the page. It’s a full weekend of dancing, starting Friday evening and ending Sunday afternoon. We have both full-weekend tickets and a-la-carte options. Register here!

**Will Mentor**

Will Mentor is a contra and square dance caller from Northern Vermont known for his clear teaching, upbeat wit, and relaxed stage presence. He loves to choreograph evenings with a variety of dances and tempos that at times surprise and always delight, all the while keeping intact his guiding principle as a caller: "It's about the dancers!"

**Nova**

Nova is a contra dance band that weaves the sounds of fiddle, accordion, and guitar into a rich tapestry of sound. Nova draws from both traditional repertoire and original compositions to create versatile, high energy and driving dance music.

**Engine Room**

The Engine Room is a brand new contra dance band hailing from both coasts and places in between. Featuring Noah VanNorstrand (fiddle, mandolin, foot percussion), Kelsey Wells (fiddle, banjo), and Alex Sturbaum (guitar, button accordion), the Engine Room will lay down a driving, nonstop groove that is sure to get you moving.

**Eileen Thorsos**

Eileen Thorsos has been dancing joyfully for over 20 years, and she began calling to share joy with other dancers in 2010. Eileen is delighted to call as a way to give back to and support the contra community. She brings enthusiastic, inclusive calling to the stage.

This weekend will be called using non-gendered terminology.