June 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 – 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 »☼ ☼ ☼ Summer Solstice Concert | Nelson Town Hall | June 29, 2019
The Solstice Sisters return for a celebration of the Summer Solstice on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 8:00 PM at the Nelson Town Hall. Admission is $15/$12(Sr/Jr). Alouette Iselin, Melanie Everard, Kim Wallach, and Heather Bower have been a mainstay of our Winter Solstice party for years, presenting a program of original and traditional and sometimes just wacky seasonal music. They decided that getting together for the solstice concert was so much fun that it was a shame it was…
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 »☼ ☼ ☼ Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses | Dublin School | July 5, 2019
Join us for a special evening of traditional New Orleans jazz with Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses at the Dublin School in Dublin, NH. This will be an outdoor event, weather permitting, Friday, July 5, 7:00 pm at the Fountain Arts Building on the Dublin School campus. The concert is co-sponsored by The Walden School, the Monadnock Folklore Society and the Dublin School and is FREE and open to the public. The New Orleans Moonshiners, Meschiya Lake’s…
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 »☼ ☼ ☼ Lissa Schneckenburger & Corey DiMario | Nelson Town Hall | July 14, 2019
Lissa Schneckenburger and Corey DiMario will appear in concert at the Nelson Town Hall on Sunday, July 14 at 7:00 PM. Admission is $15/$12(seniors, students, or in advance)/$10 if you pedal, walk or run. Vermont based fiddler and folk singer Lissa Schneckenburger is well known for her anthemic interpretations of traditional New England fiddle tunes and her recent release of original songs for foster and adoptive families, but this summer she is pairing down and playing duo shows with her…
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 »☼ ☼ ☼ Peterborough Thanksgiving Eve Contra 2019
The annual Thanksgiving Eve Contra with Steve Zakon-Anderson calling with TBD No workshop Dancing 8:00 to 11:30 $10 admission Peterborough Town Hall 1 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458
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…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Peterborough Snow Ball 2020
The 28th Annual Snow Ball Saturday, January 25, 2020 Dancing from noon to midnight TBD with TBD Admission: $25.00 (under 25 years old, pay your age) Peterborough Town Hall 1 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458
Find out more »February 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…
Find out more »March 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…
Find out more »April 2020
☼ ☼ ☼ Play Ball Contra Dance | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH Play Ball. 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 – traditionally,…
Find out more »May 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…
Find out more »June 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…
Find out more »October 2020
☼ ☼ ☼ Peterborough Fall Ball 2020
Enjoy the foliage on your way to the… 65th Annual Fall Ball ALL DAY CONTRA DANCE at the Peterborough Town House Peterborough, NH Saturday October 17, 2020 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
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