February 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »March 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ English Country Dance | Walpole
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the third in its series of English Country Dances with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock.” On Sunday, March 17 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the dance will be held at Hastings House in Walpole, NH, with David Millstone teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers. Lovely music will be provided by pianist Carol Compton with Thal Aylward on violin. English Country Dance is a form of social dance that harkens…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ High Drive | Nelson Town Hall
On Sunday, March 24 at 3:00pm in the afternoon the band High Drive will perform a concert anchored in Celtic music, with some enticing diversions into folk songs, gospel, and original fiddle tunes at the Nelson Town Hall. Admission is $18/$15(seniors, students, or in advance). The band is a result of fiddler Bonnie Bewick and pianist Gordon Peery meeting at Maine Fiddle Camp. After playing a single set of Scottish tunes together they knew they wanted to have the opportunity…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »April 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Peterborough PLAY BALL 2019
The 11th Annual Play Ball TBA Waltzing from 6-6:30 PM Admission is $16 or $12 for students and seniors. The dance takes place in the historic Town House in Peterborough, NH at 1 Grove Street. For more information call 603.762.0235. The Monadnock Folklore Society has presented contra dances and concerts of traditional music since 1982.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ English Country Dance | Dublin
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the first in its series of English Country Dances with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock.” On Sunday, April 21 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the dance will be held at the Dublin Town Hall in Dublin, NH, with Mary Jones teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers. Lovely music will be provided by pianist Karen Axelrod and Rachel Bell on accordion. English Country Dance is a form of social dance…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »May 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ English Country Dance | Nelson
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the last in its series of English Country Dances with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock.” On Sunday, May 19 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the dance will be held at the Nelson Town Hall in Nelson, NH, with Sue Rosen teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers. Lovely music will be provided by the band Seven Times Salt. English Country Dance is a form of social dance that harkens back…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »June 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »July 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »August 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »September 2019
Monadnock Pub Sing | Marlborough NH
A pub sing for east of the Connecticut River, west of Monadnock. Location: www.maincrustpizza.net Street view-Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/16C77EB8GXm _______________________________________ Bring your best shanties, plow tunes and drinking songs to Marlborough the first Sunday of the month in what we hope is a continuing regular series of pub sings. We would ask that you leave the musical instruments behind and choose songs that you can lead from memory, hopefully with a rousing chorus. Link to Facebook Group
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »October 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Peterborough Fall Ball 2019
Enjoy the foliage on your way to the… 25th Annual Fall Ball ALL DAY CONTRA DANCE at the Peterborough Town House Peterborough, NH Saturday October 19, 2019 Dancing from 12:00 Noon to 12:00 Midnight featuring the following performers: TBD with callers TBD Admission $25.00 (under 25 years old, pay your age) For information and directions call Steve & Bettie @ 413-369-4369 Sponsored by the Monadnock Folklore Society
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »November 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »December 2019
☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – First Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Second Sunday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Sacred Harp Sing | Nelson – Third Thursday
NO experience is necessary. If you think this sounds interesting, we'd love to have you come listen and give it a try. We will have several extra books to lend for the session. If you've sung shape-note songs in the past and are ready for more singing close to home, we're eager to meet you and have you join us, too. We sing in the lower level meeting room at the Nelson Library. If you want directions, please email shapenote@monadnockfolk.org.
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 PM every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies The Nelson Monday Night Dance is an informal dance featuring a variety of callers and musicians, from local regulars to visiting dignitaries. An effort is made to identify and welcome beginners, and several of our regular dancers are always willing to offer a few tips. But if you arrive at the dance and feel lost, don’t hesitate to speak to the caller or someone else that looks like they know…
Find out more »January 2020
☼ ☼ ☼ Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance. Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary…
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