The French Connection:
Traditional Contra Dance Tunes with a French Accent^
Deck Nieforth on Harmonica, Spoons and Feet.
Dan Lanier on Fiddle and Guitar.
Mike Fischman on Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin.
Dan is shown with his Dexter Fiddle.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Quiet Corner Contra Dance (QCCD) Opener
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginners at 7:30
Caller: Ralph Sweet
Location: Hampton Congregational Church
Address: 256 Main Street (CT Rte. 97), Hampton, CT
Directions: Rte 6 to Rte. 97. Turn north onto Rte. 97 into Hampton Center. The Church is on your left. Parking available on site.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Cape Cod Contra Dance Series: Cotuit Contra Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop: 7:30 - 8:00 pm
Caller: John Alden (really!)
Location: Freedom Hall
Address: 976 Main Street, Cotuit, MA
Directions: From Rte. 28S, east of the intersection of Rtes. 28 and 130, take Main Street into Cotuit. Go through the center of the village, and Freedom Hall is on your left. Street parking.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Northboro Contra Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Caller: Dan Pearl
Location: First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Address: 40 Church Street, Northboro, MA 01532
Website: NorthboroContra.com
Directions: Rte. 495x24 (Marlboro/Northboro) onto Rte. 20W towards Northboro. In 3.8 miles, cross RR tracks and turn right at 2nd traffic light onto Church St. Bear left at fork (with church in front of you), turn right onto Howard St. and Immediately right into one-way street next to the Parish Hall.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
New Haven Country Dancers
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop: 7:30 - 8:00 pm
Caller: David Lindsay
Location: Branford Community Center
Address: 46 Church Street, Branford, CT 06405
Directions: Rte. 95 tox54S (Cedar Street). Cedar Street South toward Branford Center, crossing Rte. 1, until it ends at Main Street. Left on Main and almost immediate right at the fork onto South Main. First right from South Main onto Eades Street, which ends at the parking lot of the Community Center. Dance on the second floor.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Worcester Contra Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop: 7:30 - 8:00 pm
Caller: Daniel Friedman
Location: Wesley Methodist Church Hall
Address: 114 Main Street, Worcester, MA
Directions: North end of Main Street, near Lincoln Square at the corner of State Street, opposite the Unitarian Universalist Church. Park on State Street or in the lot behind the church.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Mystic Contra Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop: 7:45 pm
Caller: Ralph Sweet
Pie:Custard
Location: Frohsinn Hall
Address: 58 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355
Directions: I95x 90, onto Rte. 27S toward Mystic. Hall is on left just before the traffic light by Mystic Seaport Stores. Parking lot.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Cape Cod Contra Dance Series: Cotuit Contra Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop: 7:30 - 8:00 pm
Caller: TBD
Location: Freedom Hall
Address: 976 Main Street, Cotuit, MA
Directions: From Rte. 28S, east of the intersection of Rtes. 28 and 130, take Main Street into Cotuit. Go through the center of the village, and Freedom Hall is on your left. Street parking.
THE FRENCH CONNECTION’S PREMIER CD — "The French Connection: Reels, Jigs, and Other Dance Tunes" — IS NOW AVAILABLE!! Email dexter@dexterfiddles.com or call 401-822-1979 to reserve your copy! Only $12 each!
The French Connection CD, "Reels, Jigs and Other Dance Tunes" has been made part of the Douglas and Helena Milne Special Collections and Archives of Traditional Music & Dance at the University of New Hampshire Library in Durham, NH.
AIRINGS:
Gilles Roberge is a radio host of traditional music in Canada. Known as Mr. Folklore Québécois, he heard a local station and requested the “Reels, Jigs, and Other Dance Tunes” CD. His broadcasts are in high demand and connoisseurs of fine traditional and folk music can be heard on his eight radio stations in Quebec!
Roger Laliberte is playing The French Connection CD often on weekends on his French program on WNRI-AM in Woonsocket, RI and throughout Southern New England. It is also being aired on local radio station WUNH-FM in Durham (NH), and WCUW — 91.3FM Worcester (MA) Community Radio.
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