Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend,
Berea, Kentucky
April 21-23, 2023
Useful information
Health recommendations:
Hands Four recommends that our participants are COVID-19 vaccinated and have received booster shots.
However, we appeal to everybody's common sense, if you sign up for this event. So if you feel sick or if you are recovering from COVID-19, variants or have the flu or symptoms , please stay at home.
Wash or sanitize your hands often during this event and feel free to use a mask.
Do yourself and others a favor and get tested about 72 hours before the event begins.
Parking:
Parking around the folk center or across the street. No overnight stays on parking lot allowed.
Dancing:
The caller will use the traditional terms "ladies and gents" during the dances, and individuals are welcome to dance positions that they feel comfortable with.
Berea, Kentucky is officially known as The Folk Arts and Crafts Capital of Kentucky - Where Art's Alive.
Our quaint and friendly town is filled with music, dance, tours, arts & crafts demonstrations and hands-on activities.
Enjoy Spring and other seasons in Berea and experience good food in local restaurants and purchase memorable items in the many galleries and gift shops.
Illustration created by long time friend, dancer and caller, the late Susan Moffett.
Hands Four organizer:
Sune Frederiksen
859-986-7584 (H) , 248-0690 (M),
Main dance location:
Russel Acton Folk Center, 212 Jefferson Street, Berea.
Evening dances
Workshops
After dance
Meals
Workshop location 2:
128 North Broadway, GROUND FLOOR.
Gracefully made available by the Carlberg Family.
Workshop location 3:
Pavillon in Memorial Park or Intergenerational Cnt.
Saturday buffet at the Folk Center: Family style salad w/dressing, lentil soup, baked potato, Kentucky smoked hickory ham, pasta/meat sauce, meatless lasagne, veggie trays, ice cream. $12.00.
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Sunday breakfast at the Folk Center: Selection of fresh fruit, cereal, yoghurt, toast, jelly, ham, eggs, coffee, tea, juice, and milk. $10.00.
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Berea Tourism and Welcome Center, Artisan Village: 1-800-598-5263. www.visitberea.com
Accommodation: There are several motels and B&Bs in town at reasonable rates.
We are not in a position to organize home stays at this point.
Hotel Boone Tavern (859-985-3701), College Square, Berea.
$139 - $189 + tax
Tax is 10.24%.
Breakfast not included. Blocked rooms available till March 21. After that, rooms will be available for the public, but you can still get the rate, if not sold out.
Booking code: Group ID 245241.
Online registration: www.boonetavernhotel.com, go to reservation tab, select "check availability and book now" blue button. Booking room via phone ask for group block Hands Four Dance.
Holiday Inn Express (859) 985-5500 at Exit 76 . Breakfast included, indoor pool. 2023 prices have not been updated - no word from management, Sorry.
Quality Inn (859) 986-9627, at Exit 77. 365 Peggy Flats Road, Berea. 2-bed room $82 + tax, incl. comp. breakfast (reduced from $121) and access to indoor pool. Code: Hands Four.
Red Roof Inn, (859) 985-8000, at Exit 76, 196 Prince Royal Dr, Berea. Rooms at $69 + tax. Booking code: Hands Four / Sune. Only three minutes' drive from folk center, close to restaurants, shopping and gas stations. Free Wi-Fi, pet friendly.
Directions to folk center: I-75 exit 76, go towards Berea, pass Walmart on your right, continue uphill, turn left on North Broadway (Artisan Village), turn right on Jefferson Street.
Childcare: Hands Four will not provide childcare, unless specifically requested. If children are not with a child care person, they must remain under your supervision at all times.
Tobacco, alcohol and pets: Not allowed at the folk center.
Refunds: No refunds after or on April 15, 50% before April 15, 75% before February 1, 2023.
In case, we need to cancel the whole event, participants will receive a 100% refund.
Contraire Dance Association
3rd Friday and 4th Saturday contra dances.
Remember the January Swing Shift weekend.
Info: 859-985-5501.
14th Berea Celtic Festival
17-20 August 2023
www.berea-celtic.com
A popular gathering of musicians, singers and dancers who enjoy authentic, traditional and grassroots Celtic music.
Folk Circle Folk Fest at the Folk Center
Formerly know as Fall Mountain Folk Festival
22-24 September 2023
"Keep traditions alive, and create new ones"
Folk Circle Association of Berea - www.berea-folk-circle.org
Website and photos: Sune Frederiksen