LCFD News

JP Men’s Group Dance

The Jamaican Plain (Boston) Men’s Group is holding a contra dance on Friday, March 7, from 8 to 10:30. It will be at the First U-U Church just as the regular dance series. Live music will be provided by Debbie Knight and Dave Titus. Chris Ricciotti will call contras. Dancers from the regular JP dance series are encouraged to attend to have fun and guide the many first time dancers to an enjoyable contra dance experience.

Submitted by Chris Ricciotti 781 982 8042

First Queer Contra in Santa Cruz Big Success

The Oakland/San Francisco queer contra organizers put together a sort of pilot dance in Santa Cruz on January 12 to see what kind of response queer contra would get down there and to possibly drum up interest in dance camp, which will be held just outside Santa Cruz.  To our amazement, over eighty people showed up, most of them young and extremely exuberant.  Karen Fontana called a very appropriate line-up of relatively simple dances, and the Crabapples, energized by the whooping and hollering, cranked out hot music.  Many people voiced interest in attending dance camp, and several responded to our call for local organizers to get a monthly series going in Santa Cruz.  It really seemed as if the Santa Cruz queer community was starving for an event like ours.

Web page: http://www.lcfd.org/sf/DanceCamp/wcamp.html

Rockland, Mass., Community Barn Dance

ROCKLAND, MA COMMUNITY BARN DANCE! Saturday Evening, January 12th, 2008 Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Channing Unitarian-Universalist Church  45 Webster Avenue  Rockland, MA Caller: Chris Ricciotti Community Barn Dance Program of Contra Dances, Squares, International Folk dancing and English Country Dances Admission: $5.00/person,  Kids under 12 (FREE)   For more information, contact Chris or John at (781) 982-8042  or by email at Ricciotti@aol.com   Dance is smoke and Alcohol Free!  Wear comfortable clothing and shoes.  No partner or experience needed!  All dances will be taught!   Come and enjoy a new community dancing!   Beginners, kids, teens, adults, parents, grandparents, singles & couples, families, LGBT & straight, all welcome!    Snacks, beverages and home baked goods served during the break.    All profits to benefit the Channing UU Church.   If this dance is successful, we will plan more dances in the future and with live music, so come out and help support us! Pass the word around, and help us get a potentially new dance series off the ground on the South Shore!

Submitted by Chris Ricciotti (781) 982-8042

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