2024

Hello Tech Squares dancers and friends,

I am hosting this dance weekend again. Please read the information below and register soon.

—Hazel Baker

General Information

I will be hosting a Plus dance weekend March 1-3, 2024, exclusively for Tech Squares family and friends at East Hill Farm in Troy, NH (about 2 hours from Cambridge, MA).

This weekend features three sessions of Ray Brendzy calling full Plus, at speed. During Saturday morning and afternoon there will be some mini-sessions covering a wide range of dance activities, all of which are aimed at Plus dancers. The festivities start Friday with dinner and run through the end of lunch on Sunday. You are welcome to arrive after lunch on Friday, or stay later on Sunday. In the past, Friday afternoon has seen good puzzle and board game sessions, along with drill or practice dancing sessions.

Extra Day: Come a day early and spend time doing whatever you want to (including sleeping). You may arrive anytime after lunch on Thursday. $135 (not updated yet for 2024) (assumes basic housing) gets you an extra room night, light meal Thursday night (soup, salad/sandwich, beverage, dessert), Friday breakfast, and lunch.

East Hill Farm hosts square dance and family weekends. Included are lodging for three days and two nights, six meals, snacks, and coffee, tea, hot chocolate, lemonade, cookies, fruit available all the time. They have a floating wooden dance floor which can hold 12 squares, several recreation rooms, an indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, and outdoor ice rink (if it is cold enough outside). All the facilities are non-smoking. In addition they are a working farm with much to see and do on the farm. Finally, they have an extensive set of hiking trails, which are suitable for skiing and snowshoeing.

The facility: Sola Grantham has created this map of the grounds. While most of your time will be spent in the main building, much of the housing is in separate buildings around the property. These buildings are 1 to 5 minutes walk from the main building.

Housing assignments: You will share some housing preferences when you complete the registration form, including listing anybody you're planning to share a room with. Housing will be assigned prior to the weekend based on the preferences you've shared.

Transportation: About two weeks before the weekend, we will email you some transportation information and ask that you respond with your information. Some of you can offer rides and some of you need rides.

Dogs: While EHF allows dogs, there is an extra charge and they are only allowed to be housed in certain rooms. Also, we want to ensure that they don't bother the other people in that housing. Therefore, you can indicate on your registration form that you would like to bring a dog, but until we assign housing and let you know that it worked out, it isn't a sure thing.

Financial aid: As in the past, this year's March Dance Weekend will offer MIT students a steep discount and financial aid for others. If you can help contribute towards this aid, it would be appreciated. Contributors to financial aid will not be anonymous. Recipients of financial aid will be anonymous. If this is a problem, let us know.

History of the Tech Squares Weekend

Year	Caller	Cuer(s)	Venue	Dancers	Attendees	Rooms
1995	John Sybalsky	Veronica McClure and Hope Belanger	LSF	47	47	28
1996	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	64	69	39
1997	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	54	58	31
1998	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	56	61	34
1999	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	50	52	29
2000	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	69	73	41
2001	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	74	78	40
2002	John Sybalsky	Lou and Steve Toth	LSF	88	92	43
2003	Jerry Jestin	Dave Goss	LSF	69	71	37
2004	Jerry Jestin	Mary Pickett	LSF	78	86	41
2005	Vic Ceder	Mary Pickett	LSF	77	84	37
2006	Vic Ceder	Mary Pickett	LSF	85	92	39
2007	Dave Wilson	Mary Pickett	LSF	101.5	111	43
2008	Dave Wilson	Mary Pickett	EHF	116	133	70
2009	Tim Marriner	Mary Pickett	EHF	110	118	69
2010	Tim Marriner	Mary Pickett	EHF	99	115	71
2011	Sandie Bryant	Mary Pickett	EHF	96	115	66
2012	Sandie Bryant	Mary Pickett	EHF	87	103	61
2013	Vic Ceder	Mary Pickett	EHF	106	124	70
2014	Vic Ceder	Mary Pickett	EHF	94	119	68
2015	Bear Miller	Mary Pickett	EHF	106	131	71
2016	Bryan Clark	Mary Pickett	EHF	123	154	74
2017	Bryan Clark	Mary Pickett	EHF	118	154	71
2018	Michael Kellogg	Mary Pickett	EHF	113	153	70
2019	Michael Kellogg	Mary Pickett	EHF	110	138	69
2020	Todd Fellegy	Mary Pickett	EHF	98	134	71
2022	Ted Lizotte	Mary Pickett (recorded)	EHF	54	81	42
2023	Ray Brendzy	Mary Pickett	EHF	88	113	65

Revised: $Date: 2019/12/15 14:26:10 $