Georgy-Alabam presents two great square dance callers --  Bob Dalsemer and Scott Russell calling southern squares and big sets -- and music by two hard driving old time bands from Alabama--Red Mountain and The Yahoos.

We’ll dance in the historic 1930s ballroom at the Bald Rock Lodge, in Cheaha State Park (the highest point in Alabama), 25 miles south of Anniston, Alabama.

Tuition : $80 per person.

Registration:

Print the 2012 Registration Form, fill it out and mail it with your check to the address shown on the form.  We have limited registration to the first lucky 80.  Please note that we have an option at the bottom of the registration form if you have an interest in sharing a room and/or a ride with someone else.

Lodging: 

You will be responsible for choosing and paying for your own lodging.  We have a block of rooms reserved until December 1st.  After that we can no longer guarantee you a room as the park will make these rooms available to the general public.

The State Park offers motel rooms, cabins, chalets and campsites.  Reserve your lodging under group number 1176 (the Georgy-Alabam square dance group). You can make reservations at www.alapark.com/cheaharesort.

For folks on a tight budget:  For $20 you can reserve floor space and showers in the lodge for the weekend when you send in your registration form.

Program Staff:

Callers:  Bob Dalsemer, Scott Russell

Musicians:  Red Mountain, the Yahoos, Beverly Smith, Tim Cape

Sound Engineers:  Tim Cape, Philip Foster

Organizers:  Your local Pullet Burro with support from Birmingham Footmad

2012 Schedule:

Friday

After 4:00 p.m. Check in (Park Headquarters)

5:00 p.m. - Bald Rock Lodge opens

7:00 p.m. - Registration at Bald Rock Lodge

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m - Evening dance with Bob Dalsemer, Scott Russell and the Yahoos

11:00-Jamming in dance hall and parlor (not in lodge rooms)

 

Saturday 

8:00-8:45 a.m. - Mighty Fine Breakfast

9:00 a.m to 10:15 a.m. -  Southern squares and circles with Bob and the Yahoos

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Cowboy dances: squares of the Old West with Scott and the Yahoos

12:00 p.m. - Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Plain and Fancy: Variations on classic squares with Scott and Beverly’s Band

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - The Traditional Roots of Modern Western Square Dance with Bob and Beverly’s Band

4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Caller Potpourri with Red Mountain White Trash.  Aspiring square dance callers: bring your favorite figure and chorus for some "real-time" practice with dancers and a band. Experienced callers: Bring some of your favorite figures to call.  Dancers, bring your enthusiasm.

5:00: Pot luck food that needs to be heated should be in kitchen by this time.

6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m - Pot Luck Supper followed by a showing of historic and/or funny dance videos

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m - Evening dance with Bob, Scott and Red Mountain White Trash

11:00-Jamming in dance hall and parlor (not in lodge rooms)

Sunday 

8:30-9:15  a.m. – Yet Another Mighty Fine Breakfast

9:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. - Dance to Bob, Scott and the Georgy-Alabam Super Band

Georgy-Alabam events end at noon.

11:00 a.m. - Checkout time in cabins and motel rooms
1:00 p.m. - Bald Rock Lodge closes.

 

 

 

Georgy-Alabam is sponsored by Birmingham FOOTMAD

Dancing in Coffee County Alabama in 1939.  F.S.A photo by Marion Post Wolcott

 

 

  See videos and pictures from past Georgy-Alabam weekends here.