These are pictures from the Flurry in Saratoga Springs, NY which happens every President's Day weekend. You would love it if you like smiling, dancing, music, happy people, all ages, spinning around and getting high, no drugs, no alcohol, no ego!!!! Not one person spent a lot of money on an outfit to wear to this thing!
4000 plus people gather for something like 800 different events of all the above including the HUGE contra dance you see in the photo. Imagine. Dancers from 2 to at least 80's if not older. So many young (teens, 20's, etc) and young feeling people are here that you feel you have gone to heaven because everyone is happy. My fave was a French Circle Dancing from the 16th century which had us jumping up on a beat. It was called something like popping peas. Quite esoteric.
The other pics are about the teens, the children, the English Country dance and one of Bill Vanaver sitting around practicing with friend.
Think about joining next year. Oh yes, the pic of me is my new crazy collar knitting pattern. It uses all your leftover yarn.
