YDW 2018

September 14–16, 2018 at Kinhaven Music School, Weston, VT. The 9th annual Youth Dance Weekend.

Talent

Dana Parkinson — Caller

Louise Siddons — Caller

Nova — Contra band

Everest Whitman, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin, and Kathleen Fownes.

The Jig Lords — English band

Kendall Rogers, Marnen Laibow-Koser, and Brad Battey.

DJ Beats and Tea — Friday night techno contra

Baltimore’s DJ Beats and Tea wields a custom-programmed DJ setup built around contra dancing, with smooth live mixing of house, trance, techno, and pop music.

Videos

• YDW 2018 — Nova — Contra Dance — Nova (Kathleen Fownes, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin, Everest Whitman)

Committee

Harris Lapiroff, Coral Breuer, Max Newman, Donal Sheets, and Robin Banerji (joined 2018; Matt Willner stepped down).

Pricing

• Minimum: $105
• At-cost: $145
• Sponsor ($185): covers one at minimum
• 2× Sponsor ($225)