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Regional Dance Information


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NOTE: The information below is derived from the Folk Project Newsletter. The deadline for submissions for each month's issue is the 15th of the preceding month. Submissions, comments, or requests for change should be sent to the Newsletter editor, Tom Pylant, at .

These are the April listings for the local and nearby dances in our area.

Blue Ribbon Cloggers
Meets in Pluckemin, Tuesdays, 7pm. Call Paula Fromen (908) 735-9133 or Heidi Rusch (908) 453-2750 for info.

Center Contra
Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to everyone (971) 991-0597, (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com

Country Dance * New York
Every Saturday, Metropolitan Dance Hall, 201 West 31st St. & 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. www.cdny.org, (212) 459-4080

Lambertville Country Dancers
Soft soled shoes only! Call for info on Contra and English Country dances and location info, (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org

Maplewood International Dancers
Columbia High School, Parker & Valley Streets, Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $4.50. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days (908) 273-6468, eves (973) 376-7568

Morristown International Dancers
Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Comm. Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member (973) 539-7020 or (973) 228-5966, us.geocities.com/njfolkdance/fd_morristown.html

North Jersey English Country Dancers
2-5pm, Unitarian Church, Cottage Place, Ridgewood, potluck, $8/members, $10/non-mem. (201) 664-4370, (201) 652-4014

Palisades Folk Dancers
Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. GinnyandHallB@cs.com.

Philly Family Folk Dances
Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2-4:30pm (215) 844-2474

Princeton Folk Dance Group
7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Tuesdays (except school closings)www.princetonfolkdance.org (609) 924-6930

Princeton Folk Dancers
8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. & Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, www.princetonfolkdance.org

Princeton Country Dancers
Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Usually $6. (609) 683-7956 or (609) 924-8813, email pcdinfo@aol.com. Band info only: (609) 252-0248 or srl@mail.princeton.edu, performer listing at www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Special Community Dance, www.princetonol.com/groups/pcd/_PCD English Country Dance series: Dance 8-11, intro/basics at 7:30. $8 ($4 seniors & students). Call for info.

Scandinavian Folk Dancing
Congregational Church, 209 Church St., Bound Brook, $5. Thursdays, 7:30pm, www.skandinoje.org

Summit International Folk Dancers
New location - Field House on Myrtle Ave. at Memorial Field, Summit. Dances of England, Greece, Israel, etc. beginners, 7:30pm, dance 8 - 10:30 pm. $2 or $12/half season
  • workshops $5 (973) 467-8278

Swingin' Tern
See our full schedule
  • Sat. Apr. 5: Rock 'n' Reel - Mark Widner w/ Blisters & Rock-A-Dillies:
  • Sat. Apr. 19: Bob Isaacs & Contraptions


These are the May listings for the local and nearby dances in our area.

Blue Ribbon Cloggers
Meets in Pluckemin, Tuesdays, 7pm. Call Paula Fromen (908) 735-9133 or Heidi Rusch (908) 453-2750 for info.

Center Contra
Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to everyone (971) 991-0597, (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com

Country Dance * New York
Every Saturday, Metropolitan Dance Hall, 201 West 31st St. & 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. www.cdny.org, (212) 459-4080

Lambertville Country Dancers
Soft soled shoes only! Call for info on Contra and English Country dances and location info, (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org

Maplewood International Dancers
Columbia High School, Parker & Valley Streets, Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $4.50. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days (908) 273-6468, eves (973) 376-7568

Morristown International Dancers
Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Comm. Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member (973) 539-7020 or (973) 228-5966, us.geocities.com/njfolkdance/fd_morristown.html

North Jersey English Country Dancers
2-5pm, Unitarian Church, Cottage Place, Ridgewood, potluck, $8/members, $10/non-mem. (201) 664-4370, (201) 652-4014

Palisades Folk Dancers
Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. GinnyandHallB@cs.com.

Philly Family Folk Dances
Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2-4:30pm (215) 844-2474

Princeton Folk Dance Group
7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Tuesdays (except school closings)www.princetonfolkdance.org (609) 924-6930

Princeton Folk Dancers
8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. & Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, www.princetonfolkdance.org

Princeton Country Dancers
Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Usually $6. (609) 683-7956 or (609) 924-8813, email pcdinfo@aol.com. Band info only: (609) 252-0248 or srl@mail.princeton.edu, performer listing at www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Special Community Dance, www.princetonol.com/groups/pcd/_PCD English Country Dance series: Dance 8-11, intro/basics at 7:30. $8 ($4 seniors & students). Call for info.

Scandinavian Folk Dancing
Congregational Church, 209 Church St., Bound Brook, $5. Thursdays, 7:30pm, www.skandinoje.org

Summit International Folk Dancers
New location - Field House on Myrtle Ave. at Memorial Field, Summit. Dances of England, Greece, Israel, etc. beginners, 7:30pm, dance 8 - 10:30 pm. $2 or $12/half season, workshops $5 (973) 467-8278

Swingin' Tern
See our full schedule
  • Sat. May 3: Dan Black & Gnutones:
  • Sat. May 17: Sam Rotenberg & Brooklyn Swing Ensemble


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