This week's hot topic: Dance in the Lehigh Valley

This week, we’re talking about Dance opportunities is the Lehigh Valley. But we’re talking about opportunities to move your body as well as your spirit. As it so happens, this Friday’s concert in the Sculpture Garden features the acoustic Quartet, Atlanta Crossing that plays and sings music of the New England, Cape Breton and Celtic Traditions. The band is accompanying the Lehigh Valley Contra Dance Group so there will be plenty of motivation to get up and learn a pattern dance with some friendly neighbors. As luck would have it, The Lehigh Valley Contra Dancers also host regular sessions for beginning levels to the more challenging Contras. They aren’t too far away from campus, just a hop, skip and an allemande left over the Lehigh River to the UUCLV church on New Street.

For those who may be interested in studio work, on June 15^th Laura Hausmann begins her 8 week summer dance sessions at Taylor gym on Tuesday nights For more information, please contact Laura via email.

You may also want to explore some of the many yoga centers in the Lehigh Valley. We have a few listed in the ArtsLehigh Directory: a quick guide to the arts at Lehigh University and in the Local Community.

The Lehigh Valley is now in full gear with music festivals; and if it’s hard to keep still while you hear a great beat – why hold back? Perhaps I’m just a push-over for the Fox TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance.”

And so the summer begins: Director's note (extracted from June 3rd newsletter)

In response to last week’s reader requests, we’ll be featuring some local finds you’re your summer explorations. As luck would have it, The Lehigh University Art Galleries just published a beautiful brochure on the campus sculptures.

This weekend has a lot in store. The SouthSide Initiative is hosting a potluck at the Maze Garden during First Friday. Stop by for a chat to catch up on their progress in community garden efforts. In addition to the First Friday event, Saturday brings the great South Side Sale. We hope you’ll visit, shop or maybe volunteer for a little time. Sign up here:  Please specify  the shift you would like to volunteer: All Day (6:30 AM-5 PM); 6:30-9:30 AM; 9:00 AM-12 Noon; 12 Noon-3 PM OR 3:00-5:00 PM.

Holy Infancy Church is also doing their annual street party on Friday night (5-10 PM) and Saturday (Noon-10 PM). For anyone interested in eating local ethnic food, you’ll satisfy your appetite on the corner of Webster and 4th Street. I’ve eaten some of the best Tacos of my life here. Don’t forget to try a Portuguese donut. They’re wickedly tasty. Finally, if you’re walking about South Bethlehem on Sunday afternoon, you might catch a large gathering of Kilt walkers. It’s not the invasion of the Scotts! It’s the Kilted Celtic Crawl fundraiser for the Celtic Classic festival.