December 2018
☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Solstice Party | Nelson Town Hall
On Saturday, December 15, we'll hold our Annual Solstice Party starting at 7:00 PM. The Monadnock Folklore Society brings this community event to the Nelson Town Hall each year, admission is $5, and treats are appreciated for the dessert potluck. This year the evening will begin with a holiday concert featuring a selection of traditional and original seasonal music performed by The Solstice Sisters(Alouette Iselin, Melanie Everard, Kim Wallach, & Heather Bower) and friends; as part of the concert we…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Monday Night Dance
8:00 – 10:30 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 what…
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 – Christmas Eve
8:00 – 10:30 every Monday Donation $3.00 Free cookies Yes, we are dancing on Christmas Eve AND Christmas Night. 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…
Find out more »☼ ☼ ☼ Nelson Christmas Dance 2018
20th Annual Christmas Dance 8 PM Dancing 9:30-ish Dessert Potluck -- bring a treat to share Lisa Sieverts calling with Amy Cann and Gordon Peery FREE Admission
Find out more »New Year’s Eve Potluck Dinner and Contra Dance 2018 | Nelson
There will be a contra dance in Nelson NH on Monday, December 31st. Potluck dinner at 7 PM, dancing until we're done. Music and calling by Harvey Tolman, Lloyd Carr, Roger Treat, Lisa Sieverts, and friends. Suggested donation $5 to cover rent and show appreciation for musicians.
Find out more »January 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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 | Keene
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the first in its series of English Country Dances with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock.” On Sunday, January 20 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the dance will be held at the Keene UU Church, 69 Washington Street in Keene, NH, with Brad Foster teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers. Lovely music will be provided by pianist Kate Barnes with lydia ievins on violin. English Country Dance is a form…
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 Snow Ball 2019
The 27th Annual Snow Ball Saturday, January 26th, 2019 Dancing from noon to midnight Cloud Ten with Will Mentor Elixir with Nils Fredland Joy Compass with Quena Crain Tempest with Steve Zakon-Anderson Admission: $25.00 (under 25 years old, pay your age) Peterborough Town Hall 1 Grove Street Peterborough, NH 03458
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 »February 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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 | Peterborough
The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the second in its series of English Country Dances with the theme “Dance Around Monadnock.” On Sunday, February 17 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the dance will be held at Bass Hall in Peterborough, NH, with Chris Levey teaching dances that will appeal to all, from novice to experienced dancers. Lovely music will be provided by pianist Kate Barnes with TBD on violin. 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 »☼ ☼ ☼ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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 »☼ ☼ ☼ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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/KmRMG5ydybt _______________________________________ 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…
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