CONTRA DANCE: INFO: WHERE, LINKS,

FESTIVALS, DANCE CAMPS, BOOKS, ABC PROGRAM

CDP PROGRAM – CONTACTS – SCHEDULES

NEFFA: group Directory, Bookstore, Dances, Camps:, Ralph Page Legacy Weekend) www.neffa.org, www.neffa.org/invite.shtml www.neffa.org/Top/Folk_Dancing/Contras/Dances/index.shtml

CDSS (Country Dance & Song Society) Books, CD’s, Dance Camps, (Pinewoods) Directory www.cdss.org

DANCE GYPSY: VT, Western MA, some CT & NH Dance Calendar with contacts: www.thedancegypsy.com/

GUIDING STAR GRANGE, GREENFIELD MA www.guidingstargrange.org

FOLK ARTS CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND: Folk Dancing Around Boston page: www.facone.org/fdrb/index.shtml

SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND: http://contrasene.tripod.com

NEW HAMPSHIRE: www.monadnockfolk.org/schedule.html

COMMUNITY DANCE, PARTY DANCES, BOOK: “DANCING FOR BUSY PEOPLE” www.d4bp.com/thebook.html, www.d4bp.com/cdp.html, Cal Campbell E-Mail: cal@d4bp.com cal@easy.net GET THIS BOOK!!

ABC PROGRAM: www.squaredanceabc.com/ www.nshukayr.com

COLLEGE PROGRAMS:

MIT: www.mit.edu/activities/tech-squares http://web.mit.edu/fdc/www/contra.html (plus level 13 lessons! Get college Phys Ed Credit for either MWSD OR contra! )

BROWN: http://www.brown.edu/web/gab3/view.php?id=53

STANFORD: http://www.mixed-up.com/quads/

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: (Dudley Laufman) www.laufman.org/

RALPH SWEET: “SHINDIG AT THE BARN” dance series at Ralph Sweet’s POWDER MILL BARN: Resuming 4^th Sundays, 7 – 10 PM, in October – Live Music! Send your E-mail address to Ralphsweet@aol.com to be on the list, or see the Dance Gypsy Calendar.

SHINDIG AT THE BARN – CD with 12 great Singing Squares – order thru website www.sweetheartflute.com - Click on “CD’s & DVD’s”

RALPH’S GOSHEN, MA DANCE: Traditional Squares; (no contras) Resuming in October. Oct–Dec, then Mar-May, 2^nd Sats. Check Dance Gypsy Calendar.

DANCE FLURRY FESTIVAL, Saratoga Springs NY in Feb: GREAT! www.danceflurry.org

NEW ENGLAND FOLK FESTIVAL GREAT! (April) Since 1936! Check Neffa website www.neffa.org

FALCON RIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL. (July – 4^th wknd)) Folk music, GREAT Contra & Trad Square program. www.falconridgefolk.com

NOMAD FESTIVAL: New Haven, CT, Nov 4-6, ’05 www.nomadfest.org

CLARK BAKER’S ARTICLES, SCHEDULE, Ralph Sweet’s NECCA Presentation, etc. www.tiac.net/~mabaker/, www.mixed-up.com/clark/,

http://www.tiac.net/~mabaker/will-square-dancing-survive.html