Regular dance schedules for one month

Saturday, January 10, 2004 _{NE Dance Listings © The Dance Gypsy, 2004}

Amherst (South), MA ~ Contra dance: Featuring Linda Leslie calling with music by Firetruck (Anna Patton (clarinet), Ethan Hazzard-Watkins (fiddle) and Seth Houston (piano, guitar)).; Time: 7:30 pm. Location: Munson Library; (soft-soled shoes.); Cost: $8; For more information: (phone): (413) 259-2003; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Arlington, MA ~ Balkan Folk Dance: Featuring music by Zdravets (Chaya Bromberg (voice), David Skidmore (upan, dumbek, kaval, clarinet, whistles, voice), Dean Brown (tambura, guitar, voice, dumbek, drums, bass), Dick Forsyth (voice), Kristin Lewis (voice), Martha Forsyth (voice), Pat Iverson (voice), Patrick Yacono (clarinet, gaide, kaval, voice), Ralph Iverson (gadulka, tambura, kaval, sax, violin, voice) and Tev Stevig (guitar, cumbus, saz, oud, tambura, and acoustic bass)).; Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Church of our Savior (21 Marathon St.).; Cost: $5 — Sponsored by: Zdravets Music Ensamble; For more information: (phone): (617) 964-2003; Email: ;; Web site: www.zdravets.com; General Schedule: various Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Bangor, ME ~ Contra dance: (see Orono)
Belfast, ME ~ Contra dance: Featuring music by Small Craft Advisory.; Time: 8:00-11:30 pm. Location: First Church Parish Hall (8 Court St.).; For more information: (phone): (207) 568-3860; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for January)
Concord, MA ~ New England Squares & Contra Dance: Featuring Tony Saletan calling with music by Concord Country Dance Band (Cal Howard (piano, bass) and Walter Lob (fiddle)).; Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Scout House (74 Walden St.).; Cost: $8; For more information: (phone): (617)964-8189; Email: ;; Web site: secondsaturday.homestead.com; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Oct-Jun). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Cornwall, VT ~ Family Dance: Featuring Mike Quinn calling with music by Mud Season (Dave Guertin (guitar, mandolin), Linda Quinn (bass ), Mike Quinn (concertina, banjo) and Rick Fitzsimmons (fiddle)).; Time: 7:00-9:00 pm. Location: Town Hall (Rts. 30 & 74).; Cost: $4 ( children and seniors free); For more information: (phone): (802) 388-7828, (802) 462-2548 ; Email: ;; Web site: caddis.middlebury.edu/dance; General Schedule: second Saturdays (sep-apr). (Unconfirmed for January)
Cotuit, MA ~ Contra dance: Featuring John Alden calling.; Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Freedom Hall (Main St.).; Cost: $6; For more information: (phone): (508) 563-6750[email has changed; new address not available]; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Craftsbury Common, VT ~ Contra dance: Featuring Chip Hedler calling with music by NIPS.; Time: 7:30-10:30 pm. Location: Dunbar Hall, Sterling College; Cost: $4; For more information: (phone): (802) 586-7711; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays (school year). (Unconfirmed for January)
Farmington (West), ME ~ Contra dance: Featuring Stanley Keach calling with music by Pineland Fiddlers.; Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8-11:00 pm. Location: Note special location: Call to confirm; Cost: $5; For more information: (phone): (207) 397-2241; Email: ;; Web site: www.starleft.org; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for January)
Francestown, NH ~ Contra dance: Featuring Frank Woodward calling with music by Amy Cann (fiddle) and Bob McQuillen (piano, accordion).; Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Town Hall; Cost: $6; For more information: (phone): (603) 487-2480, (603) 547-2955; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Gilmanton, NH ~ Contra dance: Featuring Peter Yarensky and Sue Hunt calling with music by Musical Chairs.; Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Academy Building (town Offices); Cost: $6; For more information: (phone): (603) 267-7227; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Sep-Jun). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Goshen, MA ~ Eastern Style Square DAnce: Featuring Ralph Sweet calling.; Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Town Hall; For more information: (phone): (413) 268-7176; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Oct-May). ~ (Cancellation info) (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Greenfield, MA ~ Contra dance: — Winter Extravadance —; Featuring Sue Rosen and Steve Zakon-Anderson calling with music by Latter Day Lizards (Bill Tomczak (Clarinet, Saxophone, banjo-uke and dumbek), Dave Langford (fiddle and guitar) and Peter Barnes (Piano, flute, whistles and guitar)) and Airdance (David Surette (guitar, mandolin and bouzouki), Marko Packard, Mary Cay Brass (piano), Rodney Miller (fiddle), Sam Zucchini (drums) and Stuart Kenney (bass)).; Time: note special time: 6:30-7:00: waltzes 7-12: contras pm. Location: Guiding Star Grange (401 Chapman St.).; Cost: $15 (special for this event) — Sponsored by: TopHill Music; For more information: (phone): (413) 773-1671; Email: ;; Web site: www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Greenwich, CT ~ Contra dance: Featuring Chart Guthrie calling with music by Fish & Chips (from NY) (Bill Christophersen (fiddle), Cynthia Shaw (Piano) and Sam Zygmuntowitz (Fiddle, Mandolin)).; Time: 8-11 pm. Location: Community House (397 Round Hill Road).; Cost: $9 — Sponsored by: Round Hill Country Dances; For more information: (phone): (914) 244-7248; Email: ;; Web site: www.roundhill.net; General Schedule: second Saturdays (not Aug). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Jamaica Plain, MA ~ Gender Free Contra dance: Featuring Lisa Greenleaf calling with music by Dogtown (Becky Miller (fiddle, piano), Norb Spencer (accordion) and Tom Randall (Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Piano)).; Time: 7:30-11:00 pm. Location: 1st Church of Jamaica Plain (Unitarian-Universalist) (Corner of Centre and Eliot Streets).; Cost: $6 ($5 before 8pm) — Sponsored by: Boston Gay and Lesbian Contra Dancers; For more information: (phone): (617) 288-0622 or (617) 469-4732; (Email address withheld by request);; Web site: www.lcfd.org/jp; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Keene, NH ~ Ballroom, Swing and Latin Dance: Featuring music by Richard Clough.; Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8:30 pm. Location: Moving Co (76 Railroad St).; (Indoor shoes required..); Cost: $7; For more information: (phone): (603) 357-2100; Email: ;; Web site: www.moco.org; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Oct-Jun). (Unconfirmed for January)
Killingly, CT ~ Square Dance: Featuring Bob Livingston calling with music by Barbara’s Band.; Time: pm. Location: Grange (Rt 101).; For more information: (phone): (860) 774-5865; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for January)
Middlebury, VT ~ Contra dance: (See Cornwall.)
Mystic, CT ~ Contra dance: Time: pm. Location: Mystic Grange; — Sponsored by: Stonington Contra Dance; For more information: (phone): (860) 536-2994, 437-8826; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Sep-May). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Norwich, VT ~ Contra dance: Featuring David Millstone calling with music by Northern Spy (Alan Graham (guitar), Andy Stewart (fiddle), Bill Shepard (fiddle), Carol Compton (keyboard, accordion, and recorder), Mary Jo Slattery (guitar), Rachel Clark (flute), Rick Barrows (mandolin, mandola, tenor banjo) and Thal Aylward (fiddle)).; Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Tracy Hall (Church and Main).; (Please wear soft soled shoes.); Cost: $7; For more information: (phone): (603) 448-2950; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Sep-Jun). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Orono, ME ~ Contra dance: Time: 8:00-11:30 pm. Location: Keith Anderson Community House (Bennoch Road).; Cost: $6; For more information: (phone): (207) 866-3126; Email:; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Sep-May). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Pittsfield, MA ~ Ballroom Dance: Time: 7:30-11 pm. Location: South Congregational Church (110 South Street).; Cost: $9; For more information: (phone): (413) 442-5297; Email: ;; Web site: www.danceberkshires.com/; General Schedule: second Saturdays (jan-may). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Portland, ME ~ Ballroom Dance: Time: 8-12:00 pm. Location: Maine Ballroom Dance (Congress St.).; Cost: $7; For more information: (phone): (207) 773-0002; Email: ;; Web site: www.maineballroomdancing.com; General Schedule: Every Saturday. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Schenectady, NY ~ Ballroom Dance: Time: 8 pm. Location: Dance, Etc. (1020 Barrett Street).; (recorded music.); Cost: $5; For more information: (phone): (518) 869-7086; Email:; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays (fall-May). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Schenectady, NY ~ Scandinavian dance: Time: 7:30-10:30 pm. Location: YWCA (44 Washington Ave.).; (Clean, leather soled shoes with low heels strongly recommended. .); Cost: $5 — Sponsored by: Capital Scandia; For more information: (phone): (518) 489-7996; Email:; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays (Aug-Jun). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Watertown, MA ~ Swing: Featuring music by Dom V & the Swingout Big Band.; Time: 9-12:00 pm. Location: St James Armenian Church (465 Mt. Auburn St.).; Cost: $13 — Sponsored by: Boston Swing Dance Network; For more information: (phone): (617) 924-6603;; Web site: www.bostonswingdance.com; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Wethersfield, CT ~ Contra dance: Featuring Bill Fischer calling with music by Duffy's Insurance.; Time: 8-11pm pm. Location: American Legion Post (275 Main St.).; Cost: $8 — Sponsored by: Hartford Community Dance; For more information: (phone): (860) 233-6603; Email: ;; Web site: www.geocities.com/h_c_d/#contra; General Schedule: second Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Woodstock, NY ~ Contra dance: Featuring Peter Stix calling with music by George Wilson (fiddle), Ken Perlman and Selma Kaplan (piano).; Time: 8 pm. Location: Community Center (Rock City Rd.).; Cost: $8 — Sponsored by: Friends of Fiddle & Dance; For more information: (phone): (800) 292-0905, 845-246-2121; Email: ;; Web site: www.ashokan.org; General Schedule: second Saturdays. ~ (Cancellation info) (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Worcester, MA ~ Contra dance: Featuring Chrissy Fowler calling with music by Polymorphous String Band (Dick Hyland (Guitar, Mandolin), Jon Weinberg (Hammered Dulcimer, guitar), Lois Somers (Fiddle) and Lyn Paul (Bass)).; Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8 pm. Location: Wesley United Methodist Church (114 Main St).; (Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes.); Cost: $7 (students $6; children free); For more information: Email: ;; Web site: hometown.aol.com/dancingstonefarm/myhomepage; General Schedule: second Saturdays (Sep-May). (Last Updated on: 1/5/2004.)
Yarmouth (North), ME ~ Contra dance: Time: 8:30-12:00 pm (potluck: 7:30). Location: Wescustogo Hall; Cost: $7 — Sponsored by: Southern Maine Folk Association; For more information: (phone): (207) 865-9014; Email:; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays. ~ (Cancellation info) (Unconfirmed for January)
Yarmouth (North), ME ~ Family Dance: Featuring Kathryn Larson calling with music by Mere Mortals (Glen Loper (mandolin, banjo), Jeff Raymond (guitar), Maggie Robinson (fiddle) and Rod Pervier (guitar, bass)).; Time: 6-7:30 pm (potluck: 7:30). Location: Wescustogo Hall; Cost: $2 — Sponsored by: Southern Maine Folk Association; For more information: (phone): (207) 865-9014; Email:; General Schedule: second & fourth Saturdays (Sep-June). ~ (Cancellation info) (Unconfirmed for January)