Community Dance Night with Virginia Humanities
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time: 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Floyd Country Store and the Virginia Humanities’ Folklife Program presents a Community Dance Night with Virginia Humanities on Thursday, September 10, 2026.

Join us for a special Community Dance event featuring lecture, screenings, music and dancing!

Enjoy a night of music, lecture and demonstration celebrating local dance traditions at the Floyd Country Store with the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities. At 5pm, Jason Rutledge of Ridgewind Suffolk Farm, Copper Hill and his apprentice, Lilliana Shelton of Floyd, will do a demonstration with his Suffolk Punch draft horses behind the store.

Following the draft horse demonstration will be a short screening inside the Store of "Somehow Hopeful: The Story of A Woodsman" and Virginia Humanities new video podcast "In Common." The featured episode "Dance Revolution: The Crooked Road" showcases regulars at dances in Fries, Coeburn, and Blacksburg. After the screenings, regular dancers at the Floyd Country Store will be featured and local dance traditions will be shared in an interactive dance lesson workshop. Then, regional old time stringband, The Mustard Cutters will play two sets, the first set will get you flatfooting and the second set will be a square dance.

Admission is free though please register in advance to get an approximate headcount.

To register, visit: https://vahumanities.cventevents.com/event/CommunityDanceNight/register.

The Floyd Country Store is located at 206 South Locust St in Floyd, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://res.cloudinary.com/du5lfb5z3/image/upload/v1788530073/778274338_1054810063921400_3630906040312473356_n_jomxv1.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/community-dance-night-with-virginia-humanities or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or https://www.facebook.com/events/1852507729244160 or https://www.instagram.com/thefloydcountrystore/ or call 540-745-4563.

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