Saturday, October 2, 2004 _{NE Dance Listings © The Dance Gypsy, 2004}

Strafford Ball (10^th annual)

Saturday, October 2, 2004: South Strafford, VT

Dress-up ball featuring best-beloved Playford style dances

Featuring: Bare Necessities

Time: 1pm-4pm, 8pm-11:30pm

Cost: $25 (probably)

For more information: (Email):

Web site: engineering.dartmouth.edu/%7Ecgl/ball (Last Updated on: 8/13/2004)

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Arlington Heights, MA ~ Scandinavian Dance

Time: 8-10:30 pm. Location: Park Ave Congregational Church (50 Paul Revere Road).

Cost: $6 — Sponsored by: Speledans

For more information: (phone): (781) 891-3207; Email: ;

Web site: ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/Speledans.html

General Schedule: first & third Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Berlin, MA ~ Contra & Square dance

Featuring music by Berlin Country Orchestra (Christine Turner (guitar, recorder), Evy Dueck (fiddle), Jerry Miller (fiddle), Joni Bergen (recorder, flute), Linda Wheeler (guitar), Marty Miller (mandolin, banjo, fiddle), Sandy Davis (concertina, whistle, flute, saxaphone, spoons)).

Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: First Parish Church (24 Central St).

(Please where clean soft soled shoes..)

Cost: $5

For more information: (phone): (978) 838-2104; Email: ;

Web site: www.geocities.com/geojewel/BCO.html

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Oct-May). ~ (Cancellation info) (Unconfirmed for October)

Blue Hill, ME ~ Contra dance

Featuring Bill Olson calling with music by Oakum Bay String Band (Bill Schubeck (fiddle, piano), George Fowler (fiddle), Heidi Daub (banjo, whistle, piano)).

Time: 8-11:30 pm. Location: Town Hall

Cost: $6

For more information: (phone): (207) 359-2070; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. ~ (Cancellation info) (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Buckland, MA ~ Contra dance

Featuring Steve Howland calling with music by Stephen Bushway and friends.

Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Community Hall (Upper St.).

For more information: (phone): (413) 625-8636; Email: ;

Web site: www.rhubarbpie.net

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for October)

Chaplin, CT ~ Contra dance

Featuring Chrissy Fowler calling with music by Einstein’s Little Homunculus (Carol Laliberté (pennywhistles, low D whistle, recorder, soprano saxophone), Paul Crook (mandolin, guitar, bass, accordion), Rob Rudin (bodhran, bones, dumbek, washboard, trap drums), Sue Gedutis (pennywhistles, alto and baritone saxophones, flute), Tich Cownie (fiddle)).

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8-11:00 pm. Location: Grange

(Bring soft-soled shoes and water for drinking..)

Cost: $7 — Sponsored by: Quiet Corner Contra Dance

For more information: (phone): (860) 455-1385; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays (sep-jun). (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Deerfield, NH ~ Country Contra Dance

Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Town Hall (Old Centre Rd., just off 43/107).

Cost: $7 (children: $3)

For more information: (phone): (603) 463-7771; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Oct-May). (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Dummerston, VT ~ Family contras and squares (Village Dance Series)

Featuring Jim Fownes calling with music by Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, piano) and Andy Davis (piano, accordion and banjo).

Time: 6:30-9:30 pm. Location: Evening Star Grange

Cost: $6 (children: $3; familes: $15

For more information: (phone): (802) 257-1819; Email:

Web site: www.northwindvt.com/contradance/village-dance.html

General Schedule: Various Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/13/2004.)

Falmouth, ME ~ Contra dance

Featuring Lisa Greenleaf calling with music by Nat Hewitt (Fiddle) and Larry Unger (Guitar, banjo, bass).

Time: (lesson: 7) 8 pm (potluck: dessert 10:00). Location: Falmouth Congregational Church (267 Falmouth Rd).

(Please bring clean non-street shoes.)

Cost: $8 (Students : $6, Children: $4, under 5: free) — Sponsored by: Greater Portland Community Dance Series

For more information: (phone): (207) 725-9289; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Garrison, NY ~ Contra dance

Time: 7:30-10:00 pm. Location: St. Phillips Church (Rt 9D).

Cost: $9 ($ 4 kids and seniors)

For more information: (phone): (845) 265-4011; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Oct-Jun). (Unconfirmed for October)

Greenfield, MA ~ Contra dance

Featuring George Marshall calling with music by Wild Asparagus (Ann Percival (piano, guitar), Becky Tracy (fiddle), David Cantieni (saxophone, flute, bombard, whistle), George Marshall (concertina, bodhran), Stuart Kenney (bass)) plus Lee Blackwell (drums, guitar).

Time: (lesson: 8) 8:30 pm. Location: Guiding Star Grange (401 Chapman St.).

Cost: $8

For more information: Email: ;

Web site: www.wildasparagus.com

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Hurley, NY ~ English Country Dance

Featuring Paul Ross (from New York) calling with music by George Davis (violin, viola), Leah Barkin, Sue Polansky (clarinet) and Stewart Deane.

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8:00 pm. Location: Hurley Reformed Church (Main St.).

Cost: $8 — Sponsored by: HVCD

For more information: (phone): (845) 679-8587; Email: ;

Web site: www.hudsonvalleydance.org

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Medway, MA ~ Contra dance

Time: 7:30-10:30 pm. Location: Christ Episcopal Church (School St.).

Cost: $6

For more information: (phone): (508) 533-1259; Email: ;

Web site: www.contradancelinks.com/medway.html

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Sep-Jun). ~ (Cancellation info) (Unconfirmed for October)

Merrimack, NH ~ Ballroom, Latin, and Swing

Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Paper Moon Dance Center (515 Daniel Webster Highway ).

Cost: $10

For more information: (phone): (603) 429-1100; Email: ;

Web site: www.papermoondance.com

General Schedule: Every Saturday. (Unconfirmed for October)

Montpelier, VT ~ Contra dance

Featuring Linda Leslie calling with music by Jeremiah McLane (accordion, piano), Sarah Blair (fiddle) and Colin McCaffrey (guitar).

Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Capital City Grange

Cost: $7 — Sponsored by: Contradance Umbrella

For more information: (phone): (802) 744-6163; Email: ;

Web site: www.contracopia.net/sites/montpelier

General Schedule: first, third & fifth Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

New Haven, CT ~ Contra dance

Featuring Bob Isaacs (from New Brunswick ) calling with music by Hot Under the Caller (Anna Teigen, Laurie Macomber, Tim Macomber and Trish Davis).

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8:00 pm. Location: St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church (830 Whitney Ave).

Cost: $7 — Sponsored by: New Haven Country Dancers

For more information: (phone): (203) 776-1812; Email: ;

Web site: www.ctContra.com/nhcd

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Sep-Jul). (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

New Haven, CT ~ Tango Dance

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8-12:00 pm. Location: Medical Arts Building (362 Whitney Ave (at Lawrence)).

(Wear smooth soled shoes.)

Cost: $10 — Sponsored by: Connecticut Argentine Tango Society (CATS)

For more information: (phone): (203) 874-2102; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for October)

Norridgewock, ME ~ Contra dance

Featuring Francois Neville calling with music by Kennebec Highlands Band.

Time: 8:00-11:30 pm. Location: Norridgewock Grange (Rts 2 and 201a).

Cost: $5 — Sponsored by: Somerset Dance Society

For more information: (phone): (207) 587-4851, 566-7952, 568-7597; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Norwich, VT ~ Swing Dance

Time: (lesson: 8) 9:00 pm. Location: Tracy Hall (Church and Main).

(Please wear soft soled shoes.)

Cost: $8

For more information: (phone): (603) 643-5341; Email: ;

Web site: www.uvswingdance.net/links.html

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Sep-Jun). (Unconfirmed for October)

Peterborough, NH ~ Contra dance

Featuring Steve Zakon-Anderson calling with music by Amy Larkin (fiddle) and Bob McQuillen (piano, accordion).

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8-11:30 pm. Location: Town House

Cost: $7

For more information: (phone): (603) 525-3883, (603) 525-4432; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays (not aug). (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Phillipstown, NY ~ Contra dance

(See Garrison,NY)

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: 9/10/2004.)

Salem, MA ~ contra dance

Featuring Sarah Gregory Smith calling with music by Salem Country Orchestra.

Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Tabernacle Congregational Church (50 Washington St.).

(Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes; Suitable for ages 12 and over.)

Cost: $8

For more information: (phone): (978) 745-9391; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Oct-May). (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Seekonk, MA ~ Cajun Dance

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8:00 pm. Location: American Legion Post 311

Cost: $10

For more information: Email: ;

Web site: magnoliacajunband.com

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Sep-May). (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

Skowhegan, ME ~ Contra dance

Moved to Norridgewock

South Amherst, MA ~ English Country Dance

— Bonny Broome: Dances from the Fallibroome collections—

Featuring Graham Christian leading with music by Pat MacPherson and lydia ievins.

Time: 7:30-10:30 pm. Location: Munson Library

(Bring soft-soled shoes.)

Cost: $7 (students: $5)

For more information: (phone): (413) 253-8962; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Voorheesville, NY ~ Contra dance

Featuring Gail Griffith calling with music by Fennig’s All-Stars (Bill Spence (hammered dulcimer), George Wilson (fiddle), Toby Stover (piano)).

Time: (lesson: 7:30) 8:00 pm (potluck: 6:30). Location: (37 South Main).

Cost: $7 — Sponsored by: Old Songs

For more information: Email: ;

Web site: www.oldsongs.org/dances.html

General Schedule: first Saturdays (Nov-Apr). (Last Updated on: 9/10/2004.)

West Kingston, RI ~ English Country Dance

Time: 7:30-10:30 pm. Location: Courthouse Center for the Arts, (3481 Kingstown Rd (Rt 138)).

Cost: $8

For more information: (phone): (401) 423-2284; Email: ;

Web site: www.jamestownri.com/ifdss

General Schedule: first, third & fifth Saturdays (Sep-Apr). (Unconfirmed for October)

Williston, VT ~ Ballroom

Time: (lesson: 8) 8:30-11:00 pm. Location: Jazzercise Studio

For more information: (phone): (802) 862-2207; Email: ;

Web site: users.adelphia.net/~elabd/ballroom3.html

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Last Updated on: 9/7/2004.)

Woods Hole, MA ~ Contra dance

Time: 8-11:00 pm. Location: Woods Hole Community Hall (Water St.).

Cost: $6

For more information: (phone): (508) 548-6229, (800) 352-715; Email:

General Schedule: first Saturdays. (Unconfirmed for October)

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