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HCD's 2nd SATURDAY CONTRA DANCE! Sat. 07/12/2025!

Saturday, July 12, 2025

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM See all dates and Times


HCD's 2nd SATURDAY CONTRA DANCE, Sat. 07/12/2025!

Sponsored by Hartford Community Dance http://www.hcdance.org/contra-dance/

We are a 2nd Saturday contra dance year around and have AIR CONDITIONING!!!

● WHEN: Dance 7:30-10:30pm [newcomer’s workshop 7:15pm] ● WHERE: 130 Main St. Right Side Hall, Wethersfield, CT 06109

● WHAT: A contra dance is a public and community shindig! Bring your family, friends or just bring yourself to our traditional public contra dance! No fancy footwork needed to attend, just come, enjoy the friendly camaraderie, dance to live fiddle music and see everyone's smiling faces!

● WHY: To have a wicked good time dancing to live music, meeting friends, getting exercise and having fun!

 

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● LIVE MUSIC: "FIFER'S DELIGHT"! They are Walt Sweet (fife, flute), John Kalinowski (accordion, fife), and Tracy Downs (fiddle)! Fifer's Delight Band's is a delightful and driving repertoire of contradance music born in New England, detours via Quebec and ricochets off fife-and-drum just for special effect. The band provides eclectic, traditional tunes with plenty of punch to keep the toes tapping and your feet a moving!

● CALLER: DON HEINOLD hailing from Rhode Island, Don Has been calling at dances, weddings & parties all over New England for 15 years. Don is also known for teaching the popular Rotary Waltz frequently done at contra dances!

● ADMISSION: $15, $5 for students (with ID), and free for kids under 13. Maximum per up-to-four-member family: $35. (No credit cards, please, and we appreciate exact change.) And any donations are greatly appreciated and encouraged!

● CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR: Just bring clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.

● FOOD: Some snacks offered at the break. We welcome home made goodies and fruits! ● PARKING: Plenty of free parking right in front of the hall.

● ROLES: Are traditional: Ladies & Gents but are just roles and you are welcome and encouraged to choose whichever role that works for you and some do, so no worries!

 

● TAGS: #LiveMusic #contradance #singles #couples #noneedtobringapartner #noneedtoknowhow #college #students #yaleuniversity #wesleyanuniversity #UniversityofBridgeport #universityofhartford ##hartfordct #wethersfieldct #oldwethersfield #RockyHillCT #wickedfun #hartfordcommunitydance

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