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• Just about every dance in the Northeast! Dance Gypsy
• another listing - Eastern Massachusetts Dances
• Greater Providence Contradance (Oaklawn Grange, Cranston, RI) Sept 17, Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 7, Jan 21 - dances start at 8PM for info call 401 828 3229
• Contra Dance Connections in Connecticut
• and CDSS/CDS The International Country Dance and Song Society
• Just what is contra dancing anyway?  caller Rich Futyma explains.. and more info about contras
• Robert Keller's Compendium of the Playford Dance Books -- from 1650, the original source for information about country dance
• High Stewart's Account of Playford and English Country Dance, including glossry and instructions

• Magnolia Cajun Band Great Cajun Music -- J'ai ete au bal!
• English Country Dance in Rhode Island - Jack's Maggot
• Folk dancing List (Balkan, International, etc) in Rhode Island - but very incomplete (they demand a fee, so many opt out!)
• Island Folk Dance and Song Society - Jamestown
• Scottish Country dancing in Rhode Island
• Blackstone River Theatre scheduled contras and French Quadrilles just north of Providence
• English Country dance -- an elegant cousin of American Contra dance: less athletic than Scottish or Irish set dances, less rambunctious and swingy than American Contras, the tone for the dancing is created by hauntingly beautiful tunes (samples of ECD tunes) in a variety of tempos from stately to quick. You can practice being graceful, instead of out of breath and dizzy, although, you can be breathless if you want...
• Rehoboth Contra Dance  Rehoboth MA,
• Swinging on a Gate
• AND other important links"
• CDS Boston Centre page. ( Tuesday dances in Cambridge)
• Scout House Concord MA  (Monday dances at the Scout House in Concord, MA).
• New England Links to Dance in New England
• Bob Stein's Contradance Page

Articles about Contra dance maintained by Kiran Wagle:

• There's no place like home... by Caroline Fahrney
• Dancing the Woman's Role by Bob Golder
• Good Contra and Square Dancing Defined by Paul Tyler
• Everything About Dancing That Nobody Ever Talks About by Dave Goldman
• Changes in contra dance choreography by Jenny Beer
• Improving Problem Dancers by Dave Cottle
• Contra Classifications by Carol Thompson
• Guns and Etiquette at the Dance by Bill Meyers
• More articles on dancing.
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English Country dance Musicians from the NEFFA list

• Jack's Maggot - English Country Dance in Rhode Island
• Bare Necessities -  ECD in Boston at the Boston Centre of the Country Dance and Song Society
• Peter Barnes - Piano and winds. Boston area. 
• Jacqueline Schwab - Piano, Boston 
• Square Root Folk Dance Band - from England
• Bill Tomczak - Clarinet; Southern VT 

New England Contradance Performers/Bands from the NEFFA list

• Stefan Amidon - Doombek percussionist from Vermont 
• Atomic City Rhythm Rascals - 
• A Band Named Bob - 
• Peter Barnes - Piano, Winds, Bass, guitar...you get the idea. Boston area. 
• Evan Carawan - Hammered dulcimer 
• Childsplay - 
• David DiGiuseppe - Strings and accordion player 
• The Fiddleheads - from New Haven, CT 
• Donna Hébert - Fiddler from Massachusetts 
• Index - nice index from Charlie Seelig
• Just Plain Folks - from Boston 
• Mary Lea - Fiddle and viola; Southern Vermont 
• David Lovett - Strings player 
• George Marshall - Concertina; Western Mass. 
• Chris McMahon - Bass player; also plays jazz 
• Bob Mills - Stringed instruments 
• Monkey Island - Central Massachusetts 
• Keith Murphy - Guitar, piano, and Quebecois foot percussion; Southern Vermont 
• Nightingale - Vermont-based band 
• Dan Peisach - Trombonist 
• The Polymorphous String Band  - central Massachusetts 
• Popcorn Behavior - Based in southern Vermont 
• Roaring Jelly - A large band from Lexington, MA 
• Jacqueline Schwab - Piano, Boston 
• Scrod Pudding  - from Maine 
• Donna Slonim - Fiddle, Boston area 
• Bob Stein - Accordion, piano; Philadelphia 
• Swallowtail - from Western, MA 
• Swinging on a Gate - from Massachusetts 
• Bill Tomczak - Clarinet; Southern VT 
• Becky Tracy - Fiddler from southern Vermont 
• Jon Weinberg - Hammered dulcimer and guitar; central Massachusetts 
• Wild Asparagus - From Western Massachusetts