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• Vicki Herndon calls on a regular basis at the dances in Tennessee and throughout the southeastern United States. Added URL (July 26, 2010)
• Dances have returned to Wallingford on 3rd (generally) Sunday afternoons from September to March at the Wallingford Grange Hall in Connecticut. New entry (July 18, 2010)
• The 2nd Saturday dance in Exeter, New Hampshire, is held at the First Unitarian Society of Exeter (UU Church). There is a beginners' workshop at 7:30pm and the dance begins at 8:00pm. The cost is $6.00 with students admitted for $3.00 and kids under 10 free. To get to the dance, take Route 101 to Exeter, Route 108 to Exeter Center, to "Kiosk" (Bandstand), turn left, go up hill to Elm Street. Left onto Elm Street. The dance is at the SECOND church on the left, just before Court Street. For more information, telephone: 603-679-1915; e-mail: holt.e@comcast.net. Updated entry (July 12, 2010)
• The folks in and around Gilmanton, New Hampshire go dancing on 2nd Saturdays at the Historic Gilmanton Academy Building. New entry (July 5, 2010)
• There is a contra dance, year-around, on the 3rd Friday of each month in Manchester, New Hampshire. Change of URL (July 5, 2010)
• The Milford, New Hampshire, Parks and Recreation Commission sponsors contra dances on the 4th Friday of each month. Slight change of URL (July 5, 2010)
• There's a 1st Thursday dance at the Dover (New Hampshire) City Hall with the Lamprey River Band playing the music and Peter Yarensky and Sarah Mason calling. Slight change of URL (July 5, 2010)
• The public library in Keene, New Hampshire hosts a family dance, generally once a month and usually on the 1st Friday from November to May. Change of URL (July 5, 2010)
• There is a 1st Saturday dance series in Port Angeles, Washington with Matt Fisher providing the essential data. Alternate site. Added alternate site (July 2, 2010)
• The Memphis Contra Dancers host dances on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of each month. Ernest Kelly hosts the page. [beginning in August 2010, the schedule changes to second, fourth and fifth Fridays] Change in schedule (June 22, 2010)
• The dances in Moscow, Idaho are generally on third Saturdays and are sponsored by the Palouse Folklore Society. Change of URL (June 19, 2010)
• The best place to keep with the news about the Second Saturdays dance series in Ketchikan, Alaska is their Facebook page. You can also try Stories in the News for listings of contra dances. Generally there is one dance per month, but it may be Irish set, Israeli, contras, or something else. Change of URL (June 18, 2010)
• Ryan Thomson reviews music CDs that may or may not be limited to music to dance to. Change of URL (June 17, 2010)
• Smoke and Mirrors is comprised of Deborah Gerstein (piano) Damaris Rohsenow (Hammer Dulcimer), and Ryan Thomson (Fiddle, Flute, Banjo). They play for dances throughout New England. Change of URL (June 17, 2010)
• There are dances in Galilee, Pennsylvania on the third Saturday of each month from May to November at 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Unity Grange, 554 Galilee Road. There's a pre-dance workshop, beginners and kids are welcome. Contact: 570-224-4653 or click on the link for e-mail. New entry (June 14, 2010)
• The dances in Blue Hill, Maine on theÊ1st Saturday of the month at the Town Hall have been running nonstop since 1975, the longest-running contradance in Maine. The dances start at 8:00pm. Information: (207) 359-2070 or 374-5417. New entry (June 14, 2010)
• The Mad Robin Callers Collective holds dances on the 4th Friday of the month at various locations in and around Burlington, Vermont. New entry (June 14, 2010)
• The Coastal Bend Traditional Dance Society holds dances in Corpus Christi, Texas on the 1st Saturday of the month at the Unity by the Sea Church, 901 Brawner Parkway. New entry (June 14, 2010)
• Photographs: Connecticut, Mystic - 2010 - 02 - 27 New entry (June 5, 2010)
• Richard Sauvain is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only) Change in e-mail (June 5, 2010)
• Alan Garren has played with bands such as the Rose City Aces in the Portland, Oregon area. New entry (June 5, 2010)
• There is a dance series on the 3rd Friday of the month in Lenoir, South Carolina, hosted by Bob and Roberta Kogut. New entry (May 27, 2010)
• The Remnants include Don Noon, Given Harrison, John Wright and Rick Johnson and are based in San Diego, California. New entry (May 22, 2010)
• Ranting Banshee, with members Marci Phelan, Carla Blackmar and Martha Wild on piano play Irish with a bit of English, Scottish, Quebecois and New England-style tunes tossed into an eclectic mix. The band is based in San Diego, California. Change of URL (May 22, 2010)
• Pick of the Lizard features Larry Edwards, Rick Johnson, JoAnn Koppany and Richard Chance and is based in San Diego, California. New entry (May 22, 2010)
• The Old Twine String Band features Jeff Bratt (hammer dulcimer, recorder, concertina and percussion), Karen Croot (fiddle), JoAnn Koppany (banjo) and Martha Wild (piano and mountain dulcimer) and is based in San Diego, California. Change from e-mail to URL (May 22, 2010)
• The California band Flight Path plays contra dance music from various genres, primarily Old Time and Celtic, but potentially including anything that attracts our interest. MySpace page. Change of URL (May 22, 2010)
• The http://sites.google.com/site/sandiegocontradance/bands/community-band is the San Diego Contra Dance community band which periodically plays at the dance series. New entry (May 22, 2010)
• There will be contra dances on San Juan Island, Washington, on Monday nights from June 28, 2010 to August 30, 2010 at the English Camp Visitor Center in the National Historic Park. New entry (May 22, 2010)
• There will be a contra dance this Friday May 21, 2010 in Burlington, IA, right across the Mississippi River from Illinois. The Lemmings are playing, with Dan Moffitt calling. The dance is at Hibernia Hall, 1204 Washington. Doors open for lessons at 6:30, dancing starts at 7. Admission is $5 and will be split between the band and the Heritage Trust, the non-profit historic preservation organization that restored Hibernia Hall (a former church). Links: http://www.myspace.com/thelemmingsroots and http://www.burlingtonheritagetrust.org New entry (May 21, 2010)
• Dances in San Diego are sponsored by the San Diego Folk Heritage on the first, third, and fifth Fridays and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month (all this in general; check schedule for exceptions). Steve Barlow furnishes this information. San Diego Folk Heritage, is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the folk arts in Southern California. In additional to the regularly scheduled contra dances, they hold an annual Folk Festival in early May. Change of URL (May 20, 2010)
• 5th Saturday Productions in Salem, Oregon is sponsoring a series of dances on July 31, 2010 and October 30, 2010 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5090 Center St. NE. Contact Quentin Smith at (734) 497-7287 or q.m.smith at sign att.net for more information. FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Updated entry (May 12, 2010)
• Squares: North Carolina, Sparta: Alleghany Jubilee on Tuesdays and Saturdays Change of URL (May 12, 2010)
• The Otsego Dance Society holds dances, generally on 1st Fridays, in Cooperstown at the First Presbyterian Church, on the corner of Pioneer and Church Streets. Change of URL (May 10, 2010)
• Squares: Vermont, Montpelier: Square Ball (a full day of square dancing) on June 26, 2010. New entry (June 26, 2010)
• Paul Wilde from Providence, Rhode Island, calls contras and squares in New England and...? (e-mail only) New entry (May 3, 2010)
• The dances in the "Quiet Corner" of Connecticut are in Hampton and occur on the 1st Saturday of each month from September to June. Change of URL (April 17, 2010)
• Melissa Taggart's blog includes five of her compositions. Change of URL (April 12, 2010)
• Melissa Taggart calls Philadelphia area and in New Jersey. Change of URL (April 12, 2010)
• On her Dance-a-Runi site, Jo Mortland includes five of her contra dances and square dances. Change of URL (April 11, 2010)
• Tom Lehmann, of the SF Bay area, lists about 30 of his dances. Change of URL (April 5, 2010)
• Grant Goodyear has fifteen dance compositions on his site. Slight change of URL (April 5, 2010)
• Sue Dupré lists five of her dances with more to come. Change of URL (April 5, 2010)
• Contra dances by Thomas W. Christopher, from Chicago, includes 5 dances. Change of URL (April 5, 2010)
• Stephen Woodcock is a barn dance caller in the West Midlands of England. Change of URL (April 3, 2010)
• Audun Reitzel calls traditional American square and contra Dancing in New England style, singing calls, and traditional/transitional western style, with a wide repertoire of dances, suitable for beginning to advanced dancers. He is based in Denmark. Change of URL (April 3, 2010)
• Fiddlin' Around is an all-strings dance band, which would play for the UK's emerging high energy contra dance scene, as well as the English ceilidh circuit. Change of URL (April 3, 2010)
• A new dance series is starting in Chapel Hill, Tennessee on Thursday, April 22 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at theÊChapel Hill United Methodist Church, 316 N. Horton Highway in the Family Life Center, which is at the back or the east side of the church and then on the 3rd Thursday of the month thereafter. (e-mail only) New entry (March 24, 2010)
• A new dance has started in Beaufort, North Carolina on various Saturdays at The Lodge, 204 Turner Street. Contact Susan Schmidt at 252-269-0032. New entry (March 23, 2010)
• The 2nd Saturday dance series in North Yarmouth, Maine continues with various bands & amp; callers.ÊContras and more atÊWescustogo Hall, Route 115. Most dances taught. Bring clean shoes forÊdancing!ÊFamily Dance (Sept-June) 6pm, Potluck 7:30, beginner session 8pm danceÊ8:30pm-midnight.ÊAdmission: $10/$7. Students & Srs.ÊInfo: 207-233-4325,Êfiddle103 at yahoo dot com or 318-8746, maywicca atÊgmail dot com. Updated information (March 20, 2010)

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