

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Arden 'Spring Into April' Dance, Potluck, Jam, and Concert!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 02:30 pm – Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: This month, Michael Karcher returns by popular demand to call dances to music by The JAES, followed by an evening concert sponsored by Progressive Acoustics!

Concert event: https://www.facebook.com/share/18QzZa5RRE/

Stick around after the dance for a potluck and jam - bring your instruments, tunes and songs! Even (especially) if you're new or shy!

SCHEDULE

LESSON: 2 - 2:30
DANCE: 2:30 - 5
POTLUCK &amp; JAM 5 - 7:30
CONCERT: 7:30 - 10

Michael Karcher got hooked on contra dance and ECD at Swarthmore College. He started calling after moving to Seattle and honed a clear, friendly style over the next decade before returning to the east coast. Michael now calls events across the US and Canada, and dreams of bringing contra dance to Japan and taking contra dance away from France (just kidding). He helps with the Lehigh Valley contra dance and is a coordinating caller in Philadelphia. Off the dance floor, Michael teaches statistics as an assistant professor at Muhlenberg College.

The JAES (Janie Rothfield, Allan Carr, Ellen Coplin, and Sean Hoffman) is a modern folk quartet that delivers a "fiery and inventive" blend of American roots and Celtic music. Virginia-based Janie and Allan (of Coracree fame) team up with Ellen and Sean from Indiana to form this fantastic quartet. Whether they are tearing through a driving West Virginia fiddle tune or delivering an original, soul-stirring ballad, The JAES bring an infectious energy and instrumental virtuosity that leaves audiences spellbound. Their music is an exploration of the old and the new—fearless, creative, and undeniably fun.

Janie Rothfield - fiddle, banjo
Sean Hoffman - fiddle
Ellen Coplin - cello
Allan Carr - guitar

The JAES YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@TheJAESMusic

Website
https://janierothfield.com/the-jaes

The JAES Album on Bandcamp
https://thejaes.bandcamp.com/album/two-plus-two 

You don't need a partner, but definitely bring a water bottle and maybe a friend and some snacks to share.

OUT-OF-TOWN BAND PRICE: $20 general admission. $15 for Arden Club members, students, and folks on limited income. Free for children under 14. No one turned away for lack of funds.

CONCERT PRICE: $25/** (member price TBD)

DANCE + CONCERT PRICE: $35/30

Please email ardencontra@gmail.com if cost will limit your attendance!

We don't have a credit card reader, but cash, Venmo, Zelle and checks are all good.

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AFTER THE DANCE: Bring a potluck item! It is helpful if you label it with heating up instructions and dietary info (meat, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, etc.) but ok if you don't! Ovens and fridge available for heating up or keeping cool. 

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Community care stuff...
As always, if you're feeling under the weather, please stay home and wait for the next dance!

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If you'd like to help out, email ardencontra@gmail.com.

Questions, concerns, things I am forgetting? Let me know here or at ardencontra@gmail.com.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/holly-oak/arden-spring-into-april-dance-potluck-jam-and-concert/200029835676047
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, food-drinks, potluck
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029835676047?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=holly+oak-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Holly Oak
- **state**: DE
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Arden Gild Hall
- **lat**: 39.80974
- **long**: -75.48873
- **full address**: Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway, Wilmington, DE 19810-4059, United States, Holly Oak

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway, Wilmington, DE 19810-4059, United States, Holly Oak
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, food-drinks, potluck
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Arden 'Spring Into April' Dance, Potluck, Jam, and Concert! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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