FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENING DANCES ~ PUBLIC WELCOME!
Join us in the Potash Hill Dining Hall for community dancing and fun with expert callers and an all-star band.
All ages and abilities are welcome.
No registration necessary. By donation at the door.
Park in the visitor lot at Potash Hill (formerly Marlboro College). The campus address is 2582 South Rd, Marlboro, Vermont, and the second visitor lot on the left is the lot closest to the Dining Hall. Cross the street, go up the stairs, listen for the music, and you'll find us!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 from 7:30-9:30 pm
Friday's family-friendly dance will feature community contras called by Louisa Engle and Andy Davis to the playing of the fabulous Romp Staff Band. No experience necessary! All ages and abilities are welcome.
Louisa Engle began calling and fiddling for dances right here at Marlboro College in the early 2000s and has been calling and playing at family contra dances and camps throughout New England ever since. She is passionate about bringing together musicians and dancers of different ages and abilities, and can often be found calling at the longstanding Village Dance organized by Andy Davis and sponsored by New England Dancing Masters.
Andy Davis' specialty is calling traditional New-England-style contra and square dances for community events welcoming to dancers of all ages and abilities. He is a founding member of “New England Dancing Masters,” publishers of dance books and recordings for the teaching of New England traditional dance. For over thirty years, Andy taught music and dance in Vermont public schools and summer camps. He plays accordion and piano for traditional dances.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 from 7:30-9:30 pm
Join us on Saturday evening for New England contra and English country dances for everyone. No experience needed; all dances will be taught. All are welcome. Calling is by David Millstone and Steve Zakon-Anderson. Music is by this year's Romp Staff Band, including Anna Patton, Karen Axelrod, Mary Lauren Fraser, and Peter Siegel, Garrett Sawyer, and I-Shea of the Gaslight Tinkers.
Steve Zakon-Anderson (Hancock, NH) walked into his first contra dance, in Francestown, NH, in 1980. He started calling three years after that and has now danced, called, organized, and taught contra dances for over 40 years. He is known for his clear and efficient teaching, his sense of humor, and the way he weaves his calling with the music.
David Millstone (Lebanon, NH) has been leading dances for more than 45 years, calling contras, squares, English country dances, family dances, and dances in odd formations everywhere from Alaska and Hawaii to nine countries in Europe. He's a dance historian who has produced documentaries about Bob McQuillen, Dudley Laufman and Ralph Sweet; he has given talks online and at dance camps around the country on different aspects of country dance history. He served for six years as President of Country Dance and Song Society.