Traditional New England Barn Dances

Dudley Laufman & Jacqueline Laufman

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Schedule

 

January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August   

September   October   November   December

 

Please note:

This schedule is for only our public dances and poetry readings. Many of our engagements are private and not listed here.

 

 

   Poetry readings highlighted in purple. These are NOT dances.   

  
    
 
  
 
 
 
 

  February                                                                 2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Saturday Feb 13 7:00 Nottingham, NH - Community Center Valentine Family Dance 
 
Directions
 

  March                                                                     2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Sunday March 21 2:00 Concord, MA - Girl Scout House, Walden St
         
Saturday March 27 7:30 Groton, MA - Grange Hall, Champney St
Sunday March 28 1:00 Canterbury, NH  Hutchinson's Sugarin' Off Party Hackleboro Rd, family dances, singing Bubble, bubble bubble and mud

 

Directions 
 
  

  April                                                                           2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

   April         
  April      
 Sat-Sun April 24-25   Mansfield, MA - New England Folk Festival www.neffa.org 
 
Directions 
 

   May                                                                            2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Saturday May  1 730 Groton, MA - Grange Hall, Champney St.
Saturday May 29 7:30 Canterbury, NH - Kitchen Junket at Wind In The Timothy, 322 Shaker Road, $5, $3, $15 family. Bring instruments, snacks, flashlight, sit-ins welcomed 
  May      

 

Directions
 

  June                                                                            2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

  June   wknd Liberty, ME - Maine Fiddle Camp, dance on Sat. night  www.mainefiddle.org 
  June   7:30 Star Island, Rye off the NH coast - Natural History Conference www.starisland.org 
 
Directions
 

  July                                                                              2010   

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Saturday July   8:00 Tamworth, NH - Town Hall, Tamworth Center
  July   7:30 Star Island, Rye off the NH coast - All Star 2 Conference www.starisland.org
  July   7:30 Star Island, Rye off the NH coast - International Affairs Conference www.starisland.org
         
  July   7:30 Stratham Fair, Main Stage, Stratham, NH
Saturday July   all day Canterbury Faire  - MORE Morris dancing performances
Saturday July   3:00, 4:15 Lowell MA - Lowell Folk Festival  www.lowellfolkfestival.org
Sunday July   12:15, 4:15 Lowell MA - Lowell Folk Festival  www.lowellfolkfestival.org
Saturday July 31 7:30 Canterbury, NH - Kitchen Junket at Wind In The Timothy, 322 Shaker Road, $5, $3, $15 family. Bring instruments, snacks, flashlight, sit-ins welcomed 
 
Directions
 

  August                                                                         2010   

All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Saturday Aug 8:00 Tamworth, NH - Town Hall, Tamworth Center
Wednesday Aug   7:30 Star Island, Rye off the NH coast - Star Gathering 1 Conference www.starisland.org
Saturday Aug 8:00 Nelson, NH - Nelson Town Hall
Tuesday Aug 7:00 Liberty, ME - Maine Fiddle Camp www.mainefiddle.org 
Saturday Aug 21 7:30 Randolph, NH
Tuesday Aug 7:00 Liberty, ME - Maine Fiddle Camp www.mainefiddle.org 
Saturday Aug 8:00 Tamworth, NH - Town Hall, Tamworth Center
 
Directions
 

  September                                                                   2010   

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

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Directions
 

  October                                                                       2010  

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

  Oct     Canterbury, NH - Shaker Village
  Oct     Nelson, NH - Town Hall
  Oct      

 

Directions
 

  November                                                                     2010   

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 
Sunday Nov 7 2:00 Concord, MA - Girl Scout House, Walden St
Thursday Nov 19  10:00 Waterville Valley, NH - dance and Morris workshops for NHAHPERD Physical Education Teachers Convention
Saturday Nov 21 7:30 Groton, MA - Grange, Champney St
       
 
Directions
 

  December                                                                     2010   

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

Friday Dec 10 6:30 Carlisle, MA - Unitarian Church, Carlisle Center. Potluck supper and special Christmas song and dances  8:00-10:30
Saturday Dec 18 8:00 East Concord, NH - Community Center, 14 Eastman St
Friday Dec 31 3:00

Wolfeboro, NH - First Night, Carpenter School Gym, Main St

Friday Dec 31 8:00 Tamworth, NH - Town Hall, Tamworth Center
 
Directions

  January                                                                   2011   

 All our dances are dance parties...everyone can take part

 

 Saturday Jan  9 8:00 Gilmanton, NH  - Town Hall
 Saturday Jan 23 7:30 Warner, NH - Town Hall
 Saturday Jan 30 3:00 Sanbornton, NH - NH Peace Action fundraiser at the elegant barn of Lynn Chong and Rob Perlman, 34 Wadleigh Rd. Directions: I-93 Exit 22.  West on Rt. 127. Immediate right on Johnson Rd. Left on Brook Rd. Right on Wadleigh. Big red studio barn is on the left. 603-228-0559
Saturday Jan X X NO Canterbury house dance in lieu of the afternoon barn dance in Sanbornton.
 
Directions
 

All dances are called ~ no experience needed

Families, children, teenagers and sit-ins are all welcome

We may or may not do contras or squares.

We may only do old time dances like the Virginia Reel

or Portland Fancy...depends on the crowd.

 

 

Call ahead to make sure the dance is on:

 

TWO FIDDLES

Jacqueline & Dudley Laufman

PO Box 61, Canterbury, NH, USA 03224

Tel: 603-783-4719   Fax: 603-783-9578 

 

New email as of January 2007: 

jdlaufman (at) comcast (dot) net

(Put the @ symbol in above address instead of the word (at) with no spaces and a . between comcast and net to deter spam.)

 

Last updated: 02/12/2010

 

Visit the New Hampshire State Council's Traditional Arts website: 

www.nh.gov/nharts/  

and its New Hampshire Folklife  

www.nh.gov/nharts/folklife.html

 

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