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updated 9/27/06

July 2006
10-29      Kids' Co'Motion      ISU, Forker Building
9, 16, 23, 30      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4-7pm, Café Diem - Main St, Ames
7, 14, 21, 28      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7-10pm, Memorial Union
22      Central Iowa Barn Dance (contras, squares, circles)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon
28-29      Magic Carpet - Kids' Co'Motion (modern dance)      7:30pm, Ames City Auditorium

August 2006
6, 13, 20, 27      Tango Salon      4-7pm, Café Diem
4, 11, 18, 25      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Memorial Union
13      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Memorial Union
26      Central Iowa Barn Dance (Contras, circles, squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

September 2006
7, 14, 21, 28      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Forker Building
3, 17      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5-6:30, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
8-10      Traditional Dance Weekend (Contras, circles, squares)      Memorial Union, ISU Campus
17      SAC (ISU Dance)      5:30pm, 7:30pm, Maintenance Shop
22, 23      Aida      7:30pm, CY Stephens
23      Central Iowa Barn Dance (Contras, circles, squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

October 2006
1      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St, Ames)
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Swing Dance Club      7-9pm, Forker Building, 202 W
3      Martha Graham Dance Co       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 5, 12, 19, 26      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
6, 13, 20, 27      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Forker Building
1, 15      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
8      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)
10-15      The Rat Pack (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
15      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St, Ames)
19      Batsheva Dance Co       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 20      Rent      7:30pm, CY Stephens
21, 22      Rent       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 22      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)
27      Hubbard Street Dance Chicago      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
27-29      Argentine Tango workshops, with Carina Losano of Quintango      Ames - contact Valerie Williams for more information, 232-7374
28      Quintango      7:30pm, Ames City Auditorium
28      Central Iowa Barn Dance (Contras, circles, squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon
21      Iowa Dance Theater presents Dracula      7:00pm, Toman Studio/Theater ISU Forker Building
22      Iowa Dance Theater presents Dracula      5:30pm, Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, 3rd floor Auditorium, 519 Park St, Des Moines
29      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St, Ames)

November 2006
1-Dec 31      Triple Expresso (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
3      Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat      7:30pm, CY Stephens
2, 9, 16, 23, 30      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
3, 10, 17      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Forker Building
4      ISU Dance Scholarship Concert      7:00pm, Forker Building
5      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)
5, 12, 26      Swing Dance Club      7-9pm, Forker Building, 202 W
5, 19      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
7-12      Annie (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
10      Don Quixote, Miami City Ballet       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 12?      Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St)
15      Classical Savion       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 18      Milonga (Argentine Tango party) in Des Moines Ballroom Dance Studio (2745 Douglas, DM) 8:30-11:30pm    Lesson 6:30-8pm
19      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)
25      Central Iowa Barn Dance (Contras, circles, squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon
26?      Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St)

December 2006
1      Little Shop of Horrors      7:30pm, CY Stephens
3      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)
7      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
1, 8, 15      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Forker Building
10      Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St)
3, 10      Swing Dance Club      7-9pm, Forker Building, 202 W
3, 17      Intl Folk Dance Circle      4-6, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
9-10      Nutcracker Ballet      7:30pm, 2:00 CY Stephens
9-11      Iowa Dance Theater presents The Nutcracker Ballet      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines
10      Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Café Diem (229 Main St)
17      Argentine Tango Salon      4:30-7pm, Forker Building, room 213 (ISU Campus)


January 2007
7, 21      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
5, 12, 19, 26      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7:30-10pm, Forker Building - ISU Campus
7, 14, 21, 28      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4:30-7pm, Café Diem - 229 Main St, Ames
7, 14, 21, 28      Swing Dance Club      7-9pm, Forker Building, 202 W
9-14      The Light in the Piazza (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
18, 25      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
27      Central Iowa Barn Dance (Contras, circles, squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon
25-30      Mama Mia! (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
31-Feb17      Phantom of the Opera (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines

February 2007
1, 8, 22      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
2, 9, 16, 23      Ballroom Dance Club      7:30-10pm, Forker Building
4, 11, 18, 25      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4:30-7pm, Café Diem - 323 Main St, Ames
4, 11, 18, 25      Swing Dance Club      8-10pm, Forker Building, 202 W
4, 18      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
6-8      The Producers       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 8-11      Barjche (modern, jazz, ballet)      7:30pm, 2pm, Fisher Theater
24-25      Terpsichore      7:30pm, Ames High School Auditorium
24      Central Iowa Barn Dance      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon
27      Momix, Lunar Sea       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium
March 2007
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
3-April 9      Lion King (musical)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
2, 9, 16, 23, 30      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7:30-10pm, Forker Building - ISU Campus
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Swing Dance Club      8-10pm, Forker Building, 202 W
4, 11, 18, 25      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4:30-7pm, Café Diem - 229 Main St, Ames
4, 18      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
17-18      John Tavener's Fall and Resurrection, Hurley and Dancers (modern dance)     8pm, Westminster Presbyterian, Des Moines
24      Central Iowa Barn Dance      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

April 2007
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4:30-7pm, Café Diem - 229 Main St, Ames
1, 8, 15, 22, 29      Swing Dance Club      8-10pm, Forker Building, 202 W
1      Images of Dance (modern dance, showcase of ISU Dance)      5:30pm & 7:30pm, 196 Forker Bldg - ISU Campus
1, 15      Intl Folk Dance Circle      5pm, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
4-9      Mama Mia!      Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
5, 12, 19, 26      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
6, 13, 20, 27      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7:30-10pm, Forker Building - ISU Campus
16      SOARING Co'Motion Dance Theater (modern dance)      8pm, Ames City Auditorium
17      SOARING Co'Motion Dance Theater (modern dance)      3pm, Ames City Auditorium
17-22      Mama Mia! (musical theater)      Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
14      Focus Concert Orchesis 1 (modern dance)      7pm, Forker Bldg
16-22      National Dance Week
17      Hairspray       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 22      Central Iowa Barn Dance (contras, circles and squares)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

May 2007
3, 10      Tango      7pm Beginners, 8:30 Int/Adv, Memorial Union, ISU
4, 11, 18, 25      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7:30-10pm, Forker Building, during the school year, Memorial Union during the summer - ISU Campus
6, 13, 20, 27      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4-7pm, Café Diem - 229 Main St, Ames
6, 20      Intl Folk Dance Circle      7-8:30, Unitarian Fellowship - 1015 Hyland
6, 13, 20, 27      Swing Dance Club      8-10pm, Forker Building, 202 W
6      The Frog Bride, David Gonzalez       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 28      Central Iowa Barn Dance (circles, squares and contras)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

June 2007
1      The Bobs       7:30pm Hancher Auditorium 3, 10, 17, 24      Ballroom Dance Club (free practice and social)      7-10pm, Memorial Union
5, 12, 19, 26      Tango Salon (Argentine Tango)      4-7pm, Café Diem - Main St, Ames
24-26      ISU Summer Dance Festival      7:30pm, City Auditorium
25      Central Iowa Barn Dance (circles, squares and contras)      8-11pm, Annex - 130 S. Sheldon

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