Welcome to the HCD Webpage!

HCD sponsors contra, Cajun/zydeco, swing, and waltz dances in the Hartford, CT area.

HCD dances are smoke and alcohol free.  Beginners are more than welcome.  You don't need a partner - Come alone or bring a friend.

Click here for HCD's Fall 2009 flyer (pdf format).  It's set up for legal-sized paper, so you'll get some extra pages if you print on letter-sized paper.

Special Events Friday, November 27:  Annual Post-Thanksgiving Contra Dance with Wild Asparagus 8-11pm at the West Hartford Town Hall, 50 S. Main Street, West Hartford.  Admission is $15 ($12 for HCD members). Thursday, December 31:  Annual New Year's Eve Contra Dance Donna Hunt will call, with music by Celticladda (Randy Miller, piano/accordion; Tom Hodgson, guitar; and Eric Anderson, fiddle/piano).  Pot-luck dinner 6:30-7:45pm, followed by dancing 8:30pm-12:30am.  Admission is $20 at the door ($15 in advance).  Sponsored jointly by Hartford Community Dance, New Haven Country Dancers. and Round Hill Country Dancers.  Please see Bruce Meyer's CT Contra webpage for more information and for advance ticket purchase.

Videos of HCD Events Moses Price produced a YouTube video of our August 2008 DanceFest, highlighting the variety of dance styles of HCD's member goups.  You can view it here. You can view a video of a recent contra jam session, lesson, and contra dance here. You can view a clip of a recent Mostly Waltz event here.

Bad Weather / Emergency Cancellations Please check our webpage or 800# the day of the event - after 3pm for evening events, and after noon for Sunday waltz events

In a probably-futile attempt to stay off spammers' mailing lists, we've disguised each email address on this website by adding an "X" or a "Z" to the end.  Please be sure to remove the extra letter before attempting to send us email.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance" - Unknown