A selected list of Thanksgiving weekend contradances, near and far from Boston.
with an English, Zydeco and Waltz event listed too.
Wednesday, November 22, through Sunday, November 26, 2006.

Best regards, Mark Jones

Summary:
Wednesday:
  Peteroboro NH
  Arlington MA (English)
Thursday:
  Watertown MA
  Lincoln MA
Friday:
  Rehobeth MA
Saturday:
  Concord MA (Daytime: Craft Faire; in the evening, contra dance)
  Jamaica Plain (Gender Free Contra)
  Greenfield MA
  Arlington MA (Zydeco)
Sunday
  Medford MA (Waltz) (Afternoon)


WEDNESDAY

Peterborough, NH — Wednesday, November 22, 2006 (8:00 - 11:30)
Thanksgiving Eve - Work Up An Appetite Dance (20th Annual)
 Steve Zakon-Anderson calling, with
 Nat Hewitt, fiddle, and friends
Peterboro Town House (1 Grove St.)  -  $8
- Information: (phone): (413) 498-5678;
- Email: zakon-anderson@verizon.net
Sponsored by Monadnock Folklore Society


Arlington, MA — Wednesday, November 22, 2006
English Country Dance - Thanksgiving Eve Dance Party
 Callers: Helene Cornelius & Barbara Finney, with
 Jacqueline Schwab (Piano), Mary Lea (fiddle, viola),
 Peter Barnes (Piano, flute and whistles and guitar).
Park Ave Congregational Church (50 Paul Revere Road)
Time: 7:30-10:30 — $9 ($7 members, $4 students)
- Information: Email: info-english@cds-boston.org
- Web: http://cds-boston.org/english-wed.html
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre


THURSDAY

NO NEFFA Thursday dance at the Scout House
- http://www.neffa.org/Thurs.html

Watertown, MA — Thursday, November 23, 2006 - Time: 8:30;  $8:00
Thanksgiving Dance (27th annual)
"A spectacular evening of contradances"
 Al MacIntire, Cammy Kaynor, Debbie Knight, Eli Kaynor,
 Nickolas Kaynor, Walter Lenk
St John's United Methodist Church (80 Mount Auburn St.)
- Info: (781) 665-3835;
- Email: cammydance@earthlink.net
- Web: home.earthlink.net/~manystrings


Lincoln, MA -  Thursday, November 23, 2006 -  $5.00
Thanksgiving Night Contra & Square Dance (Call for Time!)
 Chris Ricciotti,calling, with Amy Larkin,  Jonathan Larkin
Smith School (Gym) (Ballfield Rd. Gymnasium)
- Information: (phone): (781) 259-0692;


FRIDAY

Friday, November 24, 2006, 7:30 PM - $7.00
Rehoboth MA - Blanding Library, 124 Bay State Road
 Lisa Greenleaf calling with
 Free Association (Jim Guinness, Amy Larkin & Debby Knight);
Introductory workshop at 7:30pm
- Information: 508-252-6375
- E-mail: shawnkendrick@comcast.net
- Web: http://contradancelinks.com/rehoboth.html


SATURDAY

Day:
Concord MA - Concord Scout House
Holiday Craft Faire -- Daytime -- 10AM to 4:30 PM
Concord Scout House - 74 Walden Street, Concord MA
Approximately 40 artisans displaying and selling their crafts and artistic work.
No admission charge.


Evening:
Concord Contras, Squares, and Couple Dances
Concord, MA -  Saturday, November 25, 2006
Deborah Knight (piano, fiddle), Walter Lenk (mandocello) and Friends.
Concord Scout House (74 Walden Street)
Time: 8-11:00  -  $8:00
 - Information: (phone): (617) 547-7781, (978) 369-1232;
 - Email: Walter Lenk@Comcast.Net


Greenfield Contra dance - A TopHill Dance
Greenfield, MA -  Saturday, November 25, 2006
Guiding Star Grange (401 Chapman St.)  --  8-11:30 - $8-$10
Will Mentor calling with music by Airdance:
Rodney Miller (fiddle),  David Surette (guitar, mandolin and bouzouki),
Marko Packard (Flute, sax, guitar, whistle), Mary Cay Brass (piano, accordion),
Sam Zucchini (percussion) and Stuart Kenney (bass)).
- Information: (phone): (413) 773-1671;
- Email: tophillmusic@aol.com
- Web: www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html


Jamaica Plain, MA -  Saturday, November 25, 2006
Thanksgiving Contra Dance Party (Gender Free Contra dance)
Sponsored by: Boston Gay and Lesbian Contra Dancers
Barb Kirchner calling with music by Gift Of The Marcii.
1st Church of Jamaica Plain (Unitarian-Universalist) (Centre St and
Eliot St.)
Time: 7:30-11:00 -  $8
- Information: (phone): (617) 288-0622;
- Email: ricciotti@aol.com
- Web: www.lcfd.org/jp

Westford Contra Dance
Westford, MA -  Saturday, November 25, 2006
Susan Elberger calling with Oh, CONTRAire!:
 - Mike Harde (coordinator), Sandy Davis (music director) and friends.
Parish Center for the Arts (10 Lincoln Street)
- Workshop/lesson: 7:30)
- Dance: 8-10:30 - Price: $5
- Information: (phone): 978-692-6217;
- Email: 39mainstreet@gmail.com
- Web: www.westford.com/pca


Arlington Zydeco Dance
Arlington (Center), MA - Saturday, November 25,
2006 Music by River City Slim & Zydeco Hogs.
Knights of Columbus Hall
(15 Winslow St.)  (Workshop/lesson: 6) Dance: 8-11:30 - Price: $15
-
Information: (phone): (617) 460-4213;
- Email: bostonzydeco@comcast.net - Web: www.bostonzydeco.com


SUNDAY

Mostly Waltz for Boston (Waltz Dance) (Afternoon)
Medford (Square), MA - Sunday, November 26, 2006
 Mary Lea (fiddle, viola), Peter Barnes (Piano, flute and whistles and guitar).
Springstep (98 George P. Hassett Drive) --> 2:15 PM to 5:30 PM - $10
- Information: (phone): (781) 395-1066; Email: hmsilver@juno.com
- Web: www.geocities.com/bostonwaltz
Sponsored by Springstep

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cal Howard <caldance@...>
Date: Nov 17, 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: YI christmas cotillion


The 29th Annual Yankee Ingenuity
Christmas Cotillion

A party and dance featuring classic contras and 19th century quadrilles
with...
Peter Barnes - Lise Brown- Cal Howard -Mary Lea
Jack O'Connor - Lissa Schneckenberger - Tony Parkes
Will Be Held On
Sunday, December 17, 2006
at the
CONCORD SCOUT HOUSE
74 Walden Street, Concord, Mass.
Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 6:15 p.m.
Dancing from 6:45 p.m. till 10:30 p.m.
Dessert buffet at the intermission
ELEGANT ATTIRE REQUESTED
(formal wear, or period costume 1776 - present)

Contributions of hors d'oeuvres or dessert encouraged
(we will provide punch and coffee)

Attendance limited to 150
Admission: Regular $15.00 in advance ($17.00 at the door)
Students under 21 $10

Tickets are available from Cal Howard at Boston Area dances, or by mail from:
Cal Howard, 6 Tami Lane Burlington, Mass. 01803
For information call 781-272-0396 or email caldance@...
Make checks payable to: Cal Howard

Sunday December 3
Greenfield Grange
2-5:30 PM $10

An "Experienced Only" Contradance with Lisa Greenleaf calling. Playing
will be: Brendan Taaffe, Chris Stevens, Ann Percival and Corey
DiMario. This dance is sponsored by the Friends of the Guiding Star
Grange.

Info at http://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Berlin Country Orchestra <brlncountryorch@...>
Date: Nov 29, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: [Bolton_News] Reminder for December 2nd contra dance in
Berlin (and "Christmas in Berlin"!)

Reminder: Bill Fischer will call for the Berlin Country Orchestra in
the next contra dance of our 2006-2007 season: Saturday, December 2nd,
from 8:00 to 10:30 PM. For this dance, admission is FREE!

  Please note that this dance will be held at a NEW LOCATION: Berlin
Town Hall (second floor), 12 Woodward St, Berlin, MA (Woodward St.
intersects Central St/Rte. 62 just a few hundred feet west of our old
location at First Parish Hall. Turn right on Woodward St. and Town
Hall is the building with stone front steps on your immediate left.
We'll have our usual sign right out front.)

  This dance is actually one of several events connected with the 11th
annual "Christmas in Berlin" celebration, which takes place all day on
December 2nd throughout the town. You may want to come early and make
a day of it! For more information on Christmas in Berlin, follow this
link (or copy/paste into your browser's adderss bar):
http://townofberlin.com/Christmas%20in%20Berlin/Christmas%20in%20Berlin.htm

  For more information on the BCO and for complete directions to our
new location at Berlin Town Hall, please visit our web site at:
http://www.geocities.com/brlncountryorch/schedule or call 978-273-8238.

  See you there!!

Please join us for a fine dance at the Town Hall in Peterborough NH  
on Saturday, December 2. Steve Zakon-Anderson will call with Rodney  
Miller, Elvie Miller and Marko Packard.

Workshop at 7:30 PM
Contra Dance from 8:00 until 11:30 PM
$8/$6 Students

Contact lsievert@... if you need further information.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Orin Nisenson <orin@...>
Date: Dec 2, 2006 4:12 PM
Subject: [pvcd] Sunday's Advanced Dance update
To: pvcd@yahoogroups.com


Hi Everyone,
        As many of you have heard, or in this case not heard, Lisa
Greenleaf has laryngitis and will not be able to call for the
experienced/advanced dance on Sunday. In her place Linda Leslie will
be calling.
        The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange is looking forward to
an exciting and fun-filled dance this Sunday.

Orin - for The Friends

*       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *
  The Friends of the Guiding Star Grange are happy to announce
a special Sunday afternoon of

Challenging walkthroughs, no walkthroughs and contra medleys for
advanced/experienced dancer.

Sunday, December 3, 2006
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost:  $10
The Guiding Star Grange
401 Chapman St. Greenfield, MA  01301
www.guidingstargrange.org   Email:  friends@...

With Linda Leslie calling

Music by:       Corey DiMario  bass, bouzouki
Ann Percival  piano, guitar, vocals
Chris Stevens  button accordion
Brendan Taaffe  fiddle, guitar

The Yankee Ingenuity Calendar:

http://lydiamusic.org/concord.html

12/04    Elvie Miller, with Will Mentor calling
12/11    Jane Rothfield, with Rick Mohr calling
12/17 - Sunday - Christmas Cotillion 6:15 PM ($15 in Advance, $17 at the Door)
12/18    Dave Langford, with Barb Kirchner calling
12/25  - Christmas - no YI dance
1/1/07 - New Year's Day - no YI dance

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Prince [mailto:kendp@...]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:52 PM
To: Ken Prince (kendp@...)
Subject: Worcester Contra Dance is next Saturday

Hi,

The next Worcester Contra Dance of the season is next Saturday at the
Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street, Worcester, MA.

Our caller for the evening will be Chris Weiler from Goffstown,  NH.
Joining him will be the Neo-Contra Band featuring members of Ramblin Pitchfork
This will be a real treat. Come and bring your friends.

Beginner Lessons at 7:30 pm.
Dancing 8:00 to 11:00 pm (all dances taught).
Refreshments served at the break.  Feel free to contribute your own
cookies or finger food.

New Dancers Welcome!
No partner necessary.

2006 -- 2007 Dance Schedule see our website www.worcesterdance.org

Admission is just $7.      Family rate $18   Students with ID $6.

Want to learn more about contra dancing?
See http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/

Don't forget the Central Massachusetts Contra Dancing potluck will
take place before the Worcester Contra Dance on January 13 at 6:30
(same place as the dance). Bring a dish, and enjoy the chance to meet
others in the central Massachusetts contra dance community.


The Worcester Contra Dance committee is looking for new people to help
out in areas including refreshments, publicity, and dance
coordination. Very little time commitment is required, and it's a
great way to get involved and help keep these great dances happening.
Please talk to a committee member to find out more information.
Directions:

I-290 eastbound;
Exit 17 - left off ramp (at light) onto Bellmont St. (Rt. 9)
At the second light
*Turn left onto Main St.
*Turn right uphill on State St. (after First Unitarian Church)
*Wesley United Methodist Church is on the left.
*Park in the lot behind the church or on the street.

I-290 westbound;
Exit 18 - right off the ramp (at light) onto Lincoln St.
Turn right at the second set of lights onto Highland St. (Rt 9)
Then follow the * directions.

Please do not use the Unitarian Church lot while dancing at Wesley Church.

For more information, contact the Three Decker Dancers at 508-949-6520
or email paulrei@....

Whether you celebrate any traditional December holidays or not, with
the solstice approaching and the darkness closing in so early, you're
surely in need of invigorating enjoyment at this time of year. Thus:

WHEN:  Saturday, December 9, 7:30-11:00 PM
WHO:   Caller: Laura Johannes; Music: Spank Me!
WHERE: First Church (U-U) of Jamaica Plain, Centre & Eliot Sts.

Laura Johannes is a long-time member of our dance community, and
always calls fun dances. Spank Me! (Roberta Sutter on piano and Amy
Richardson-Larkin on fiddle) play frequently for our dance, and they
are hot!

So come on and dance with us. Bring your visiting-from-out-of-town
friends and family, and have a great time. You can watch all those
Christmas specials another time.


IMPORTANT DETAILS:

Admission is $10.00 (or less if you can't afford it).

We're at the First Church Unitarian-Universalist in downtown Jamaica
Plain, on Eliot St. at the corner of Centre St., opposite the monument.

Please bring soft-soled shoes.
Please do not wear perfume, cologne, or other scented products, as some
of our dancers are chemically sensitive, and experience discomfort when
exposed to these materials.

For more information on this and other dances in our series, see our web
site, http://www.lcfd.org/jp/.
For detailed directions to the church, see
http://www.lcfd.org/jp/directions.html.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rich Jackson is leading the English dance basics before
Wednesday evening's (12/5/06)  English dance,
in Arlington, from 7 - 7:30, so it's a good time to bring your
friends to introduce them to English country dancing.

Or bring yourself and ask Rich that question that you've always wondered about.

The dance will feature a full complement of musicians, so it's not one
you want to miss: Peter Barnes, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab and
Reinmar Seidler with Helene Cornelius and Rich Jackson leading the
dances.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Details and directions on the CDS Boston Centre website:
http://www.cds-boston.org

Time: 7:30-10:30 PM
Location: Park Ave. Congregational Church, Arlington Heights, MA
Cost: $4 beginners and students,  $9 general admission
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre members $7.

------------------
Next week: Barbara Finney and Linda Nelson with Peter Barnes and
Jacqueline Schwab

Forwarded from David Millstone:

Among the most influential callers in the entire history of contra  
dancing is
Dudley Laufman, of Canterbury, NH. If Ralph Page kept the dance  
traditions of
the Monadnock region alive and helped present them to new audiences  
in the 1940s
and beyond, Dudley is the individual who brought a younger generation  
of dancers
and musicians into the scene starting in the late 1960s and into the  
1970s.
Indeed, a direct connection can be found between Dudley and dance  
series that
sprang up all over the country in the subsequent 10-15 years.

Dudley Laufman, now age 75 and still calling between 250-300 gigs a  
year, will
be honored at the 20th Annual Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend held at  
UNH,
Durham, NH, January 12 - 14. The Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra  
will be
playing for the opening dance Friday night, Jan 12.

During Saturday afternoon a full-length documentary by David  
Millstone about
Dudley Laufman will be shown and a dance will be held in Dudley's  
honor. Money
Musk will be one of the dances for sure.

Featured callers for the weekend include Tony Parkes and Carol  
Ormand, and the
bands are equally stellar: Old Grey Goose, from Maine, and a trio  
comprising Bob
McQuillen on piano, Vince O'Donnell on fiddle, and Laurie Andres on  
accordion.

The Ralph Page weekend brings together dancers and musicians and  
callers from
all over New England and beyond. (I know of folks flying in from  
California,
Arizona, and Washington specifically to attend this event.) The  
weekend presents
a unique program, celebrating the dances and music of today while  
also honoring
our rich dancing heritage. Plenty of dancing, music jam sessions,  
times when
musicians can join the band on stage, workshops on music and on  
calling, an open
mic for callers, mealtime conversations with folks who share your  
dancing
interests, a well-stocked CD store... who could ask for anything more?

You can download a copy of the brochure for the weekend at
www.neffa.org/rplw_brochure.pdf  including a Registration Form, or  
you can pick
one up at the Northern Spy dance on Saturday. Tickets for individual   
sessions
available at the door. RPDLW website at  www.neffa.org/rplw.html .  
Lodging is
available at several nearby hotels, or dancers looking to keep costs  
low can
obtain hospitality with local dancers. There is also a special  
reduced rate for
folks attending the whole weekend for the first time.

The Third Saturday Series at the Concord Scout House cordially invites you
to our annual Holiday dance. This is a regular contra dance except that we
add some special refreshments, including hot mulled cider, and a holiday
reading at the break.

When: Saturday, December 16, 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Where: Concord Scout House, Concord, Massachusetts
Who: Jim Guinness, winds; Carol Bittenson, fiddle; Debby Knight, piano, Beth
Parkes, calling; Tony Parkes, holiday reading.
Admission: $8/$5 teens and under

Please join us as we say "thank you" to all of you who support this dance
all year.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Campbell Kaynor <campbell.kaynor@...>


This 3rd Saturday
There's a Melrose Community Contra Dance
Dec. 16, 2006 7-10 PM - Suggested Donation $6

Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church,
70 West Emerson St., Melrose, MA
Across from the Library

- - All are welcome and all dances will be taught. - -

Callng: Cammy Kaynor

Band: Cammy Kaynor, Al MacIntire, Nickolas Kaynor, Eli Kaynor, and
Peter Butcher.
Sit-ins are welcome in the band and as are newcomers on the dance floor.

Calendar and details: http://home.earthlink.net/~manystrings/dance1.html

Morris dancer entertainment at the break.

This dance is supported in part by the Melrose Cultural Council, a local
agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Howdy dancers!

Here is your chance to enjoy an evening of Appalachian clog dancing 
Next Tuesday, December 19th (including friendly dance coaching, if you'd like... no lessons per se) in a Christmas party-like atmosphere. 

It's the Dixie Butterhounds & "Kitchen Sync Cloggers"
9th Annual 
Clogging & Old-time music thingie at Johnny D's, 
in Davis Square, Somerville., on the Red line ("Davis" stop). 

The Vermont-based cloggers will dance for you and with you!
It starts around 8-ish, and will go till at least 11pm.

Dinner reservations are available at 617-776-2004... we actually sold out the
restaurant last year... but partly because they had to remove the tables from the dance floor!  

There will be an as-yet undetermined (but single-figure) cover charge, the
show is 21+.  

Anyway, it's a fun time, hope fo see you there.  
Sincerely,
Jon & the 'Hounds.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Dec 14, 2006 6:46 PM
Subject: Fwd: renaissance dance Dec. 15 (Friday)



Ken Pierce joins the members and friends of
Renaissonics - America's acclaimed Renaissance dance band led by
John Tyson, recorders and pipe and tabor -  to lead an evening of
delightful Renaissance social dancing for all on the third Friday of the
month at 7:30 PM at Jewett Hall, First Church Congregational, located at
Mason & Garden Streets in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

No experience necessary; no partner needed - Ken Pierce will teach
dances to live music by Renaissonics & friends. Admission to the
evening dance is just $8; refreshments will be served.

For further information, please call 617/661-3353.

There's a hot night this Thursday at TT the Bear's in Cambridge this week.

A favorite contra dancer fiddler of mine, Alicia Jo Rabbins
(who used to play irregularly with Peter Siegel when she lived in Northampton)
is part of...

Golem  --  http://www.golemrocks.com/
("Not your father's klezmer band")

The evening's called:
"JDub Records Presents:
Jewltide Hanukkah featuring: Golem + SoCalled + Heeb Magazine + Shtreiml"

Thursday, 11/21
TT the Bear's Place
10 Brookline St (near: Massachusetts Avenue)
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 492-2327

(Golem is last up at 11:30PM)

Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
http://www.ttthebears.com/public/hot_tickets.php
Schedule:
http://www.ttthebears.com/public/calendar.php

Also playing earlier that night:
Shtreiml   --   http://www.shtreiml.com/
So Called  --  http://www.socalledmusic.com/
The LeeVees  --  http://www.theleevees.com/

- - end - -

There will be a Rehoboth contra dance this Friday, December 22, at 8 
p.m. Lucia Watson will be calling, and music will be performed by Amy 
Larkin and Roberta Sutter--aka, the Leopard-Skin Ladies!

Looking ahead to our 5th-Friday Holiday Dance on December 29, if you 
would like to help with refreshments, decorations, set-up, or 
clean-up, please reply by e-mail and let me know how you'd like to 
help out. The December 29 dance will be held at the usual hours, from 
8 to 11 p.m.

See you dancing!
Shawn

****************

The Rehoboth dance is held at 124 Bay State Road, Goff Memorial Hall, 
in Rehoboth, MA. Admission is $7, $4 for children under 16, and $15 
for families with children under 16. You can view and print out the 
entire Rehoboth schedule by visiting 
http://www.contradancelinks.com/rehoboth.html.

******************

Rehoboth T-shirts (available in all sizes) cost $15 and can be 
purchased at the door or by mail. See details on the Rehoboth dance 
Web site.

*******************

The Celtic-inspired jam sessions continue in Rehoboth every Sunday 
night from 7-9 p.m. at Goff Hall. If you play an instrument, want to 
learn some dance steps, or just want to listen, you are welcome to 
attend! All ages and levels of ability are welcome. For information 
or to check about cancellations, call Bob Elliott at 508-669-5656 or 
Judith Schrier at 401-751-4554, or you can e-mail Bob at 
bobolinkelliott@... and Judith at primate@.... You can 
read more about the Jammers at the Rehoboth dance link: 
http://www.contradancelinks.com/jammers.html

The Jammers are also now holding free monthly community dances from 7 
to 9 p.m. A potluck at 6:00 p.m. precedes the dance, and all dance 
steps are taught. The next Jammers dance will be on Sunday, January 
21.

*******************


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Greetings -

There is a dance this Saturday night (12/23/06) from 8 to 11 at the 
Scout House in Concord.

     Caller: Chris Ricciotti
      Music: Amy Larkin, Jim Guinness, Debby Knight, and Walter Lenk
  Admission: $8, $6 for students under 20

Hope to see you there!

Walter Lenk

-> The Scout House 4th Saturday Schedule is posted at
           http://www.configular.com/dance/fourthsats

-> The flyer for our New Year's Eve dance at the Scout House is posted at
           http://www.configular.com/dance/nyeve

-- 

===========================================
Walter Lenk    Cambridge Ma    617-547-7781
===========================================

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Campbell Kaynor <cammydance@...>, >
Date: Dec 18, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: The hall has just been booked for my annual Christmas dance next week!

The hall has just been booked for my annual Christmas dance next week!

Christmas, Monday, 12/25/06  7:00-11:00PM
Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church
70 W. Emerson St., Melrose MA
Donations voluntary (suggested $6-8)

Cammy Kaynor with family and friends will continue a long tradition of
music and dancing, from English to contra, on Christmas night. We
welcome sit-ins in the band and newcomers on the dance floor for this
community event.

781-665-3835
Cammydance@...

There will be a special Rehoboth Holiday Contra Dance this Friday, 
December 29, at 8 p.m. Linda Leslie will be calling, and music will 
be performed by Michelle Kaminsky and French Toast. I hope you all 
want to celebrate as much as I do! Bringing food to share with 
everyone will be greatly appreciated!

Long-time Rehoboth dancer Michael Herrera, who is teaching in Austria 
this year, was not able to make it home for the holidays. Michael 
sends his best wishes to everyone. If you like, you can email him at 
herrera@....

Dancers, please be aware that the downstairs should be used only for 
the restrooms. Children are not permitted to play downstairs. 
Parents, if you are bringing children who do not dance, please be 
responsible for supervising them and seeing that they do not go into 
the other parts of the building--either below the lobby level or 
above it. Thank you for your cooperation with this.

See you dancing!
Shawn

****************

The Rehoboth dance is held at 124 Bay State Road, Goff Memorial Hall, 
in Rehoboth, MA. Admission is $7, $4 for children under 16, and $15 
for families with children under 16. You can view and print out the 
entire Rehoboth schedule by visiting 
http://www.contradancelinks.com/rehoboth.html.

******************

Rehoboth T-shirts (available in all sizes) cost $15 and can be 
purchased at the door or by mail. See details on the Rehoboth dance 
Web site.

*******************

The Celtic-inspired jam sessions continue in Rehoboth every Sunday 
night from 7-9 p.m. at Goff Hall. If you play an instrument, want to 
learn some dance steps, or just want to listen, you are welcome to 
attend! All ages and levels of ability are welcome. For information 
or to check about cancellations, call Bob Elliott at 508-669-5656 or 
Judith Schrier at 401-751-4554, or you can e-mail Bob at 
bobolinkelliott@... and Judith at primate@.... You can 
read more about the Jammers at the Rehoboth dance link: 
http://www.contradancelinks.com/jammers.html

The Jammers are also now holding free monthly community dances from 7 
to 9 p.m. A potluck at 6:00 p.m. precedes the dance, and all dance 
steps are taught. The next Jammers dance will be on Sunday, January 
21.

*******************


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Greetings -

Just a reminder about the New Years Eve dance this Sunday night 
(12/31/06) from 8 PM to 1 AM at the Scout House in Concord.

   Callers: Lisa Greenleaf and Walter Lenk
  Music by: Amy Larkin, Emily Troll, Debby Knight, Jack O'Connor, Bruce Rosen,
                                                          and Cal Howard

Hope to see you there!

Walter

-> The flyer for the New Year's Eve dance at the Scout House is posted at
           http://www.configular.com/dance/nyeve

-> The Scout House 4th Saturday Schedule is posted at
           http://www.configular.com/dance/fourthsats


-- 

===========================================
Walter Lenk    Cambridge Ma    617-547-7781
===========================================

Please join us for our almost-New-Year's dance party in Jamaica Plain
this coming Saturday.

WHEN:  Saturday, December 30, 7:30-11:00 PM
WHO:   Caller: Linda Leslie; Music: Brazen Hussies
WHERE: First Church (U-U) of Jamaica Plain, Centre & Eliot Sts.

Give 2006 a proper sendoff by dancing off your holiday feasts in
Jamaica Plain! We have the fabulous Linda Leslie calling, and those
Brazen Hussies Roberta Sutter and Cathy Mason playing piano and fiddle
respectively. How could you possibly ask for a better way to get
yourself energized for '07? Do come, you'll be glad you did.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

The Jamaica Plain dance is gender-role free: men and women are equally
likely to dance either role, and gender-specific terms are avoided.
Those dancing the traditional men's role wear a ribbon called an
"armband" (not always worn on the arm) and are themselves called
"armbands"; their partners are called "bare-arms".

Admission is $10.00 (or less if you can't afford it).

We're at the First Church Unitarian-Universalist in downtown Jamaica
Plain, on Eliot St. at the corner of Centre St., opposite the monument.

Please bring soft-soled shoes.
Please do not wear perfume, cologne, or other scented products, as some
of our dancers are chemically sensitive, and experience discomfort when
exposed to these materials.

For more information on this and other dances in our series, see our web
site, http://www.lcfd.org/jp/.
For detailed directions to the church, see
http://www.lcfd.org/jp/directions.html.