GENE MURROW Workshop and Evening Social Dance

The Friday potluck and presentation is FREE,  begins at 6 pm,  and is being held on the north side of Richmond at the Belmont Recreation Center, 1600 Hilliard Road, Richmond, VA 23228.

The Saturday afternoon workshop runs from 1:30-4:30pm and the evening dance from 6:30-9:30pm.  The cost is $15 per individual session or $25 for the whole day.  The two hour  break between the sessions can be used to go out to dinner at a local restaurant.   Both Saturday sessions are in the far west end of Richmond at the Deep Run Recreation Center, 9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Henrico, VA 23233.

Gene Murrow has been an English country dancer and musician since 1965, and has taught and called at clubs, workshops, festivals, and balls throughout the United States as well as England, Scotland, Ireland, Europe, and Japan. In 2004 he was honored as the featured country dance caller and teacher at the gala 50th anniversary of the Sidmouth International Festival. He has toured England several times for calling engagements, and has appeared at the Eastbourne, Lichfield, Whitby, and Southam Festivals. He made three tours of Japan to teach English dance, including the Folk Dance Federation of Japan national teacher workshops.

 As a dance musician, he has made four CD recordings, and is the Producer of the series of English dance recordings featuring the Boston-based band Bare Necessities. Gene approaches the English country dance as a medium in which dancers and musicians alike participate in the realization of works of art. His dance workshops strive to make their richness of structure, musical form, texture, and affect enjoyable and appreciated by dancers of all abilities.

The Williamsburg-Richmond dance workshop series is designed to help us become better dancers by working on technique and expanding our repertoire.  The Workshops are sponsored jointly by the Williamsburg Heritage Dancers and the Colonial Dance Club of Richmond with support from Henrico County Parks and Recs.  These events are open to all experience levels, but will be much more pleasant if you have had a few English Dance sessions previously.   Our callers typically lead both modern and historic dances in the workshop.  Dress is casual modern with comfortable shoes that you can dance in.

Our recent workshops have been led by Bruce Hamilton in 2024,  David Millstone in 2023,  Joanna Reiner Wilkinson in 2022,  Robin Hayden in 2019, and Scott Higgs in 2018.