Pennsic Dance

05/25/2026

Successful scheduling! Emails have gone out to all the instructors. Of course there will always be some issues, but this should be close to the final version.

Search for classes on Thing with location or track Euro dance

05/18/2026

The deadline for submitting classes so they are in the book is today (Monday May 18). We could use some more 16th Century Italian classes. Reach out if you would be interested in teaching

Thing 2.0 Soft Opening! Thing 2.0 is open NOW!

For those interested in registering classes right away, the Thing 2.0 soft opening is today! Tuesday, March 10th, at 9am EDT.

For those who are not in a hurry, the Town Hall meeting will demonstrate the new features for both teachers and students. The meeting will be Sunday, March 15, 2pm EDT, and can be accessed via this link:

https://meet.google.com/zpf-rcwf-ujp?hs=224

We look forward to seeing the great diversity and depth of subjects that you, our teachers, will bring to the university this summer!

Your Pennsic University Team

05/10/2026

Please submit classes for Euro dance. Our deadline to get classes into official guide is Monday May 18.

Note that for some instructors, classes are not showing up in Thing. This is due to a glitch. Please send Patches (Sonya Gross) a note when you submit your classes.

We had a good response for the dance challenge. Thank you!

We have only one class submitted for the lunch and learn (sheet music demystified for dancers). Are there other lunch and learn classes people want?

Yay dancing!
Patches

Thing 2.0 Soft Opening! Thing 2.0 is open NOW!

For those interested in registering classes right away, the Thing 2.0 soft opening is today! Tuesday, March 10th, at 9am EDT.

For those who are not in a hurry, the Town Hall meeting will demonstrate the new features for both teachers and students. The meeting will be Sunday, March 15, 2pm EDT, and can be accessed via this link:

https://meet.google.com/zpf-rcwf-ujp?hs=224

We look forward to seeing the great diversity and depth of subjects that you, our teachers, will bring to the university this summer!

Your Pennsic University Team

04/30/2026

For people going to Aethelmarc War Practice (May 14-17) , the schedule is out. There are 5 dance classes

Fri 5 pm: Beginner ECD - Me
Fri 6 pm: Intermediate ECD - Me
Sat 2 pm: Beginner SCA Dancing - Maggie Bakestre
Sat 3 pm: Courtly Dances: The Pavane - Syr Lorimer MacAltin of the Garioch
Sat 5 pm: Courtly Dances: The Alman - Syr Lorimer MacAltin of the Garioch

All in the "Pavillion", I think this is where EMT is during Pennsic.

Yay dancing!
Patches

Friday Classes Time Class Title Teacher Audience Max Students Cost Length Location 9:00am Coin Striking Moneyers Guild All welcome --- Free 2 hours Tent 3 10:00am Fencing Psychology: How to Keep Improving Rigel Galea Adults only --- Free 1 hour Rapier Field 11:00am ...

04/29/2026

Dance class request 2
Greetings dancers and musicians,

We had a great new series of classes last year that were lunch and learn classes. They were super popular and informative. I am looking for people to lead new ones.

I have one new topic already:
Sheet music demystified for dancers - Are you a dance teacher who hesitates to use live music because you don’t know how to communicate with musicians?

Please suggest topics and say if you are willing to teach the class.

04/29/2026

Dance class request 1
Some background: Atlantia has a dance academe, L'Academie Atlantienne de la Danse, and the Chancelier, Lady Brigida, has issued a challenge for all Atlantian dancers to learn 89 dances in the dance book from Isenfir (one of our dance groups.)

In discussing with the new deputy dean, Lady Ariana (Melanie Treeson), we thought it was a fun opportunity for some different classes at Pennsic. We thought we could get instructors to teach some of the dances that aren’t commonly taught at Pennsic.

Lady Ariana went through the dance booklet (link in first comments) from Isenfir and marked dances as:

Never - It has not been taught in the last 3 or so years
Occasional – Not taught regularly, but has been taught at least once in the last few years
Always – just what it says, this dance is always covered by a class or a ball in the last few years.

My request: I am looking for instructors to teach the never and occasional classes on the spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-hOwDKw6nXTwdQM51f69jF3UUIwpjocP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102906286122081147710&rtpof=true&sd=true

The deadline for submitting classes so that they will definitely (or as definitely as I can make it) be in the book is May 18.

Yay dancing!
Patches

04/29/2026

I would like to give a huge thank you to Lady Mirabella Walmesley of Grimsby ( Gretsinger) for her work the last 2 years as Deputy Dean of Euro Dance. She was instrumental in making dance happen at the tent. She headed up the ball selection committee and did so many small jobs at Pennsic. I am very grateful for her assistance.

The Deputy Dean for this year is Lady Ariana de Gallo (Melanie Treeson) I am looking forward to working with her.

Dean of Euro Dance
Magistra Sonya Flicker aka Patches

04/26/2026

Deadline for submitting European dance classes so that they will definitely be in the book (or as definitely as I can make it) is May 18! Please submit soon.

Thing 2.0 Soft Opening! Thing 2.0 is open NOW!

For those interested in registering classes right away, the Thing 2.0 soft opening is today! Tuesday, March 10th, at 9am EDT.

For those who are not in a hurry, the Town Hall meeting will demonstrate the new features for both teachers and students. The meeting will be Sunday, March 15, 2pm EDT, and can be accessed via this link:

https://meet.google.com/zpf-rcwf-ujp?hs=224

We look forward to seeing the great diversity and depth of subjects that you, our teachers, will bring to the university this summer!

Your Pennsic University Team

02/28/2026

Reminder: The deadline for ball submissions is tomorrow (Sunday, March 1, 2026)! Submit today!

Would you like to host a ball in the European Dance tent at Pennsic?

Please fill out the form to let us know you are interested. We will try to accommodate everyone's wishes to the best of our ability.

Forms due on March 1, 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/Pennsic53Revels

02/23/2026

A reminder that the Pennsic Pile is available online. You can find it via the link from the Pennsic War page or on the official Pennsic War website.

Musicians!

A reminder that the Pennsic Pile is available for download.

The Pennsic Pile 51A is a collection of 130 pages of sheet music for European dances. A huge thank to Master Albrecht Catsprey for editing the current version. And a thank you to all the arrangers and proof readers that volunteered their time in this project!

The Pile will be the source of European dance music for Pennsic 53.

This is the same version that was used for Pennsic 52.

https://tinyurl.com/PennsicPile51A