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, July 3, 2010
Fourth of July Contra Dance!
Westport Point Summer Dances
Time: 8:00 - 10:30 pm
Caller: Beth Parkes
Location: Church on the Point
Address: Drift Road, Westport Point, MA
Directions: Rte. 195E to Rte. 88S exit. Rte. 88S towards Cranes Beach until light at intersection with Drift Road. Right onto Drift, and follow it around to the Point. Parking.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Cape Cod Contra Dances: Cotuit
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop at 7:30 pm
Caller: Paul Wilde
Location: Freedom Hall
Address: 976 Main Street, Cotuit, MA
Directions: Rte 195E to Rte 28S. From Rte. 28S, make left at the intersection of Rtes. 28 and 130, onto Main Street into Cotuit. Go through the center of the village, and Freedom Hall is on your left at 976 Main Street. Street parking.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Cape Cod Contra Dances: Cotuit
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop at 7:30 pm
Caller: Paul Wilde
Location: Freedom Hall
Address: 976 Main Street, Cotuit, MA
Directions: Rte 195E to Rte 28S. From Rte. 28S, make left at the intersection of Rtes. 28 and 130, onto Main Street into Cotuit. Go through the center of the village, and Freedom Hall is on your left at 976 Main Street. Street parking.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
New Haven Country Dances
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop at 7:30 pm
Caller: TBA
Location: Branford Community Center
Address: 46 Church Street, Branford, CT 06405
Directions: Rte. 95 to x54S (Cedar Street) towards 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. Second floor.
Friday – Sunday, April 15 – 17, 2011
67th New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) 2011
International Music, Singing and Dance Performances and Participation, Food Hall, Sales, Jams, Juried Crafts and Kids’ Activity Rooms.
Time: Friday, April 15, 6-11:30pm; Saturday, April16, 10am-11:30pm; Sunday, April 17, 10am-5:30pm
The French Connection
Saturday, April 16, 4-5pm, “Intro to Contra Dance,” Contra Dance
High School Room 123
Caller: Dan Pearl
Sunday, April 17, 4-5pm, “Whoa Oh! Listen to the Music,” Performance
Middle School Room 108
DEXTER FIDDLES will be in the Juried Crafts Room throughout. See “FESTIVALS”.
Mansfield Middle and High Schools, 250 East Street, Mansfield, MA 02048
Directions: Rte. I95x7A onto Rte.140S. In a mile, turn left at light onto Rte. 106E for 1.8 miles, then sharp right onto East Street. Festival site is in .5 miles on left. Parking lots, including off-site with bus ferrying.
For more information, www.neffa.org.
Friday – Saturday, April 22 – 23, 2011
Third Annual Brown University Folk Festival — FREE!
Bringing together the Brown, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Providence folk music communities.
Friday, April 22, 2011 — 9pm-Midnight
Opening Event Contra Dance: The French Connection
Caller: TBA
Location: Sayles Hall
Saturday, April 23, 2011 — Noon-Midnight
Music Performances, Jams, Food and Juried Crafts Vendors, including DEXTER FIDDLES See “FESTIVALS”.
Location: Lincoln Field
Address: Brown University Campus, near Waterman and Thayer Streets, Providence, RI 02912
For more information, www.brownfolkfest.org
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Quiet Corner Contra Dances (QCCD)
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Caller: Joe DePaolo
Location: Storrs Congregational Church
Address: corner North Eagleville Road and Rte. 195, Storrs, CT
Directions: From Providence, Rte. 6W. Right onto Rte. 195N towards Rte. 44; or Rte. 44W to Rte. 195. Adjacent to the University of Connecticut. Storrs Congregational Church spire visible before coming to the 195/44 intersection. Parking lot with handicap spaces behind church, and on street parking.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
South County Open Band Contra Dance
Time: 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Leader: Deck Nieforth
Caller: Lucia Watson
Location: The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County Meeting Hall
Address: Lily Pads Professional Center, 27 North Road, Peace Dale, RI 02883
Details: Sponsored in part by Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), Kingston Free Library, Rhode Island Council on the Arts (RISCA), and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County. Suggested donation: $7.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Mystic Contra Dance: The Pie Dance
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Beginner's workshop at 7:30 pm
Caller: Joe DePaolo
Pie: Chocolate
Location: Frohsinn Hall (aka: The German Club)
Address: Rte. 27S (Greenmanville Ave.) Mystic, CT 06355
Directions: Rte. 95 x90 onto Rte. 27S. Hall is on left opposite the Mystic Seaport. Parking lot.
Photo by: Carol Entin
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.
"Reels, Jigs and Other Dance Tunes" has been added to the New England Folk Music Archives located in Boston, MA. These Archives preserve, interpret, present and document the ongoing cultural legacy of folk music in all its forms and its connections to New England.... www.newenglandfolkmusic.org
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.
“I just wanted to let you know that I played a couple of tracks from the album on Sunday’s show. I love it! I love the old chestnuts from the golden age of contra dance as well as the two French Canadian sets I played yesterday.”
Roland Goodbody, Archivist, Archives of Traditional Music and Dance
Ceili, WUNH, 91.3FM
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
The Goff Hall Collection of Original Dance Tunes and Favorite Recipes, created by Dan Lanier and illustrated by Carol Entin, is available for $12.50
Cover by: Carol Entin
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