Christmastime Contra in the Boston Area
Tom Leith & I visited my family in Massachusetts over Christmas. And we got to contra dance! We attended a dance on Thursday December 27th in the Boston area. For those of you familiar with the dances in the Boston area, this is the dance that used to be held in the VFW Hall in Cambridge. In August 2006, this Thursday night dance moved to Medford and and in August 2006, to the Scout House in Concord. Because the Scout House was not available on the 27th, this special, year-end dance was held in the Arlington Town Hall.
The musicians were Emily Troll, Jim Guinness, Bruce Rosen, and Stefan Amidon. The callers for this dance were Lisa Greenleaf, Sue Rosen and Dan Pearl.
Tom & I successfully found our way from Brookline to Arlington without getting lost! The Arlington Town Hall has a great wood floor and it was soon packed with FOUR contra lines, a pretty amazing experience. As with other dances we've attended in the Boston area, the crowd was a mixture of young and older dancers.
All of the callers were excellent. Lisa Greenleaf, who will be calling our May camp in Socorro, gave clear, precise walk-throughs and called some great dances. She was very attentive to what was happening on the dance floor and made some mid-dance corrections when there were problems. I am looking forward to more of her calling! We wanted to talk to her and let her know we were from New Mexico but did not manage to do that.
At the break, we gorged on a dessert buffet (potluck) and then danced it off afterwards. It was a great night - wonderful music, excellent callers, and lots of energy and fun! And we did not get lost getting back to Brookline.
Deb Brunt
The musicians were Emily Troll, Jim Guinness, Bruce Rosen, and Stefan Amidon. The callers for this dance were Lisa Greenleaf, Sue Rosen and Dan Pearl.
Tom & I successfully found our way from Brookline to Arlington without getting lost! The Arlington Town Hall has a great wood floor and it was soon packed with FOUR contra lines, a pretty amazing experience. As with other dances we've attended in the Boston area, the crowd was a mixture of young and older dancers.
All of the callers were excellent. Lisa Greenleaf, who will be calling our May camp in Socorro, gave clear, precise walk-throughs and called some great dances. She was very attentive to what was happening on the dance floor and made some mid-dance corrections when there were problems. I am looking forward to more of her calling! We wanted to talk to her and let her know we were from New Mexico but did not manage to do that.
At the break, we gorged on a dessert buffet (potluck) and then danced it off afterwards. It was a great night - wonderful music, excellent callers, and lots of energy and fun! And we did not get lost getting back to Brookline.
Deb Brunt
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