Arden Folk Dance Gild

11/07/2025

Dancing at the Arden Gild Hall
SPECIAL EVENTS COMING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY

ESCape (English-Scottish-Contra) Social Dance Party
Friday evening, December 12, 7:00pm
Live Music! Led by Line Farr & Jill Emery with guest contra caller Jared Bishop
Please arrive earlier to pay and change shoes.
Please bring contributions for refreshments - sweet, savory, fruit/veggie
Program coming soon - for more information contact Line Farr - [email protected]

New Year's Day International Dance Party
Thursday afternoon, January 1, 2026, 2:00 - 4:30pm
Start the new year with an afternoon of dances from all over the world!
Please bring contributions for refreshments during the dance
Door cover $10, $8 members, free for kids younger than 13
For more information contact Lorraine - [email protected]

Check our website https://ardenclub.org/folk-gild/ for late updates!

Arden In Motion
Sunday evenings, November 9 and Sunday, December 21, 7pm - 8:30pm
Certified Group Motion facilitators Nina Sherak and Megan King guide you through movement meditations and accessible improvisational structures accompanied by live music!
Door donation $20 – $25 suggested
Email [email protected] for more information

Contra Dancing
Sunday afternoon, December 21, 2:30 - 5:00pm, lesson at 2:00pm
Musicians and caller Michael Karcher and Kingfish
Price: $12-20 sliding scale, $10 admission for Club members/students, free for kids 13 and under
Email [email protected] with any questions!

International Folk Dancing
Wednesday afternoons, November 12, and December 10, 4:00 - 5:30pm with Ilana
Wednesdays evenings, November 19, and December 17, 7:30 - 9:00pm with Lisa
Door cover $6, $5 members

Israeli Dancing
Wednesday evening, December 3, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Contemporary and favorites from Israel with Sharon Kleban
Door cover $6, $5 members
Scottish-English Country Dancing
Thursday evenings, November 6, November 20, December 4, and December 18, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Led by Line Farr & Jill Emery
Everyone welcome - no partners needed. Requirements - walking briskly and moving with energy:)
All classes and events:
Sliding scale $7 - $15, $5 students.
Masks optional; vaccine and booster shots strongly recommended.
Contact [email protected] for information

Come dance with us this fall! SPECIAL EVENTS IN DECEMBERESCape (English-Scottish-Contra) Social Dance PartyFriday evening, December 12, 7:00pmLive Music!  Led by Line Farr & Jill Emery with guest contra caller Jared BishopPlease arrive earlier to pay and change shoes.Please bring contributions for...

07/27/2025

The 117th Arden Fair is coming on Saturday, Aug 30, 2025.
The annual Arden Fair will be here before you know it! The Folk Gild will be running the soda booth in front of the Gild Hall and we really hope you can volunteer for a shift,

Here is the link to sign up for a shift. If you need to split or share a shift please contact me and of course we can accommodate!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548AFAD2CA2FECE9-57671865-arden

Why should you volunteer at the fair?

The Arden Fair is an annual event that raises money for the Arden Club, which is the parent organization of the Folk Gild and all the other Gilds that offer programs at the Gild Hall. The Arden Fair pays for the upkeep of the Gild Hall so we can host our international, Contra, Scottish, and Arden in Motion dances there every month. The gilds help out at the fair so the club can take care of us during the year. And it's kind of cool to volunteer at an event that's been going on for 117 years!

It's a great day for all ages: there's a used book sale, a plant sale, crafts, an antiques fair, children's rides and games, delicious food and drink, and a live music stage with performers all day long. Check out http://www.ardenclub.org/Arden-Fair/ to learn more about the Arden Fair.

And finally, the Folk Gild soda booth is positioned right near the entrance to the fair so you can find all your friends as they arrive or head home. And if the weather is hot, it feels great to plunge your arms into buckets of ice to retrieve a cold bottle of water or lemonade or iced tea or soda.
I really hope you can volunteer for a shift at our soda booth!

Many thanks,
Laura Alexander
Contra dance organizer for Arden Folk Gild

The 117th Arden Fair - August 31st, 2025 Every year the Arden Fair and Antiques Market is held on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. The Fair features children's games and rides, handmade crafts by over 100 vendors (many of whom are local), an Antiques Market, used books (inside Gild Hall), plants,....

02/05/2025

Join us for winter dancing!

Check our website https://ardenclub.org/folk-gild/ for late updates!

All dances are at the Arden Gild Hall - 2126 The Highway, Arden, Delaware

Arden In Motion
Sunday, February 9, 7pm - 8:30pm
This month's program is dancing with lights - a beautiful and spiritual dance of the winter season and the love for the lights as we approach the darkest day of the year.

Certified Group Motion facilitators Nina Sherak and Megan King guide you through movement meditations and accessible improvisational structures accompanied by live music!
Door donation $20 – $25 suggested
Email [email protected] for more information

Contra Dancing
Sunday, March 2
Qwill Duvall calling with Max Brown and his Band of Renown
(Max Brown - fiddle, River Brown - fiddle, Ira Gitlin - banjo, Ed Bonghi - guitar, Rich Myers - mando, Stu Geisbert - bass)
Lesson at 2:00, regular dancing 2:30-5:00pm
$15-20 sliding scale, $12 discount for Club members, students, folks with limited income. Children under 13 attend for free.

International Folk Dancing
Wednesday February 12, 4:00 - 5:30pm with Lorraine Cohn
Wednesday, February 19, 7:30pm - 9pm with Jenny Brown
Classic dances from around the globe
Door cover $6, $5 members

Israeli Dancing
Wednesday, February 5 and March 5, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Contemporary and favorites from Israel with Sharon Kleban
Door cover $6, $5 members

Scottish-English Country Dancing
Every Thursday in January and February, 7:30 - 9:30pm, led by Line Farr & Michael Wood
Everyone welcome - no partners needed. Requirements - walking briskly and moving with energy:)
All classes and events:
Sliding scale $7 - $15, $5 students.
Masks optional; vaccine and booster shots strongly recommended.
Contact [email protected] for information

Special event: Scottish-English Walk Through / Dance Through
Sunday, February 9, 10am - 12:30pm
Sliding scale $7 - $15, $5 students.
We will go over some of the more complicated English and Scottish dances on the program for the English Scottish Ball that will be held Saturday, February 15 at Bryn Mawr College. Dances at the ball will be talked, with one walk through. www.esball.2025.org for more ball information.
Not necessary, but it would be helpful if you let me know that you plan to come. Line Farr - [email protected]

09/09/2024

Come dance with us!
Here is our schedule through early October 2024. Check our website ArdenClub.org/folk-gild/ for late updates!
Upcoming dances:

Contra Dancing
Sunday, October 6, music and caller TBA
Lesson: 2pm
Dance: 2:30-5:00pm
Cost: $12-20 sliding scale, $10 Gild Members and students, children under 13 free
Mask optional. Vaccination and masks are strongly recommended for all participants.
Email [email protected] with any questions!

International Folk Dancing
Wednesday, September 11, 4pm - 5:30 with Lorraine Cohn
Wednesday, September 25, 7:30 - 9:00pm with Jenny Brown
Classic dances from around the globe
Door cover $6, $5 members

Israeli Dancing
Wednesday, September 18, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Contemporary and favorites from Israel with Sharon Kleban
Door cover $6, $5 members

Scottish-English Country Dancing
Thursday, September 19 and 26, 7:30 - 9:30pm
$8, $7 Arden Club members, $5 students
Registration and vaccine required; masks optional; vaccine and booster shots strongly recommended.

We're on summer break.  Come dance with us in September! Arden In MotionSunday, September 8, 3:00 - 4:30pm in the GroveCertified Group Motion facilitators Nina Sherak and Megan King guide you through movement meditations and accessible improvisational structures accompanied by live music!Door donat...

12/19/2023

International Folk Dancing is canceled tomorrow night, Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Mark your calendars for lots of dancing in 2024 starting with contra dancing New Years Day at 2pm!