Contra & Square Dancing in and around Boston
July/August 2008

(for an overview of contra dances in general, see NEFFA’s excellent Contras)

every Monday
*NEW ENGLAND SQUARES AND CONTRAS –Scout House, 74 Walden Street, Concord, MA, 7:30-10:30. Various callers, music by Yankee Ingenuity & guests. $8/teens & students $5. Bring clean shoes, please! Info: 781/272-0396 or 978/369-1232.

2nd & 4th Tuesdays
*CONTRA DANCE FOR ALL at MIT – 84 Mass. Ave., Cambridge: Student Center, Rm. 407 or 491, 8-10:30. NO DANCE August 19. Great live music every week, many visiting callers (to call or play, call 617/354-0864. $6 donation/MIT & Wellesley students free. every Thursday
NEW ENGLAND CONTRAS & SQUARES – Concord Scout House, 74 Walden St., Concord MA, 7:30-10:30.NO DANCE July 3. Various local & touring performers; live music. $8 ($5 full-time students 21 and under). Thursday Contra Calendar. Info: 781/272-0396, 508/229-2854.

every Saturday
*NEW ENGLAND SQUARES, CONTRAS & COUPLE DANCES at the Scout House – 74 Walden St., Concord. 8-11. NO DANCE July 5. Various callers & bands. Protect our floor–bring clean shoes, please! $8. Flier. Info: 617-547-7781.

2^nd & 4^th Saturdays
*BOSTON GAY & LESBIAN CONTRA DANCE –1st church of Jamaica Plain, Unitarian-Universalist, Centre & Eliot Sts., Jamaica Plain, 7:30-11. Only ONE Dance, July 26. All welcome, always live music. $10. Info: 617/852-4042 or 617/982-8042.

* marks a dance recommended for beginners (may include a “Newcomers” session).

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