CONNtra CONNection

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Contra dance events in Connecticut:

Contra dancing in Connecticut:
Cornwall Community Contra Dance: 1st Saturdays (except July 4th)
Family Barn Dances: (Newtown) Sunday afternoons
Granby Family Contra Dance: 1st Fridays
Hartford Country Dance: (Old Wethersfield) 2nd Saturdays, all year
Mystic Contra Dance: 4th Saturdays, all year
The New Haven Country Dancers: (Branford) 1st & 3rd Saturdays, occasional 5th Saturday, all year
Quiet Corner Contra Dance: (Storrs) 1st Saturdays, September-June
Round Hill Country Dances: (Stamford) 2nd Saturdays, September-July
Shingdig at the Barn!: (Enfield) 3rd or 4th Sundays
Contra dance festivals and camps in Connecticut:
HCD Dancefest: CONNtra, Cajun/Zydeco, and swing dancing; held annually on the 3rd Saturday in August at the West Hartford Town Hall
Folk dancing in Connecticut:
Connecticut Folk Dance
Always on Sunday, international folk dance group in West Hartford, CT


CDs of CONNtra Bands

Wild Notes: Sowing and Branching Out
Ken Sweeney, David Carpenter, Tom Hodgson: Tapping the Tradition (scroll down to the bottom of the page)


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Last modified July 3, 2012.