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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, Liz Pagan, at .

These are the July 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 all. (971) 991-0597, (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com

Country Dance*New York
dances every Saturday, English country dance every Tuesday, at the Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. and 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. www.cdny.org, (212) 459-4080
  • July 9 - Aug. 13: 6-week course, Historical Social Dance with a Modern Flair
  • Sat., July 18: 1pm?dusk, Picnic & dance at Alpine Boat Basin, w/ Donna Hunt, Ten Gallon Cat.

Lambertville Country Dancers
Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org

Maplewood International Dancers
New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Rd., Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $5. 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. www.maxellute.net/njecd.html

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 performerlisting 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
Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info.

Swingin' Tern
See the full schedule and learn about our new location in East Hanover!
  • Sat., 7/4: Ted Crane, Herd of Cats
  • Sat., July 18: Donna Hunt, Ten Gallon Cat

Valley Contra Dance Society
7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. www.valleycontradance.org, (610) 868-7432

These are the August 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 all. (971) 991-0597, (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com

Country Dance*New York
dances every Saturday, English country dance every Tuesday, at the Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. and 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. www.cdny.org, (212) 459-4080
  • July 9 - Aug. 13: 6-week course, Historical Social Dance with a Modern Flair
  • Sat., July 18: 1pm-dusk, Picnic & dance at Alpine Boat Basin, w/ Donna Hunt, Ten Gallon Cat.

Lambertville Country Dancers
Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org

Maplewood International Dancers
New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Rd., Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $5. 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. www.maxellute.net/njecd.html

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 performerlisting 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
Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info.

Swingin' Tern
  • Sat., 8/1: Mark Widmer & Ross Harriss and Friends
  • Sat., 8/15: Tori Barone & The Evil Twins

Valley Contra Dance Society
7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. www.valleycontradance.org, (610) 868-7432

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