UPCOMING HCD QUIET CORNER CONTRA DANCES
HCD Quiet Corner Contra is currently enjoying our annual summer break. Mark your calendar to join us after the break, on September 4th, for another fun season of contra dancing.
Friday, October 2, we welcome back to the bandstand a trio we’ve come to enjoy dancing to on an annual basis—Confluence, with Jim Sirch on the banjo, whistles, bodhrán, and flute; Willow Sirch on the fiddle, and Gary Wikfors on the mandolin and nyckelharpa. Enjoy contra dancing to their takes on traditional New England contra dance tunes, Swedish folk music, and Celtic melodies. Our old friend (and one of the founders of HCD) Jim Gregory will be the caller.
♦ November 6: Craig Edwards and Tom Randal with caller Paul Wilde.
♦ December 4: Mickey Koth and John Kalinowski with caller Rich Sbardella.
♦ January 8: High Strung Strummers with caller Barbara Renna.
♦ February 5: First Time String Band with caller Yaron Shragai.
♦ March 5: Fifer’s Delight with caller Don Heinold.
♦ April 2: TBD with caller Don Veino.
♦ May 7: Full Tilt with caller Dereck Kalish.
♦ June 4: Wry Bred with caller Steve Holland.
Not enough contra dancing for you? Check out HCD’s other contra events, HCD 2nd-Saturday Contra dances, held in Wethersfield on the second Saturday of every month. More information here.
THE PARTICULARS
HCD Quiet Corner Contra dances are held on the first Friday of each month (except no dances in July and August) at the Patriots Park Lodge, Coventry (except November, when our dance is at Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St., Coventry, opposite the Bidwell Tavern). We dance from 7:30–10:30 p.m., with a free workshop for beginners from 7:15–7:30. There is a live band at all our dances, and each dance is taught and prompted by a caller. Our dances are smoke-, alcohol-, and fragrance-free. See a video of one of our dances here. Find out more about contra dancing in general here, and read about our other monthly contra dance, the HCD 2nd-Saturday Contra dance here.
ADMISSION
The regular adult admission for our monthly contra dances is $13 and $6 for students (with ID, please). Children 12 and under are admitted free. There is no additional charge for the home-made refreshments we provide, nor is there an extra fee for enjoying the awesome view of Coventry Lake. If our admission charges represent a hardship for you, please let us know. We are willing to work with you.
View a video of a typical HCD Quiet Corner Contra dance here.
The HCD Quiet Corner Contra Committee is made up of (l. to r.) Dennis, Joyce, and Ruth.
The HCD Quiet Corner Contra Committee will be happy to answer any questions you might have. Get in touch with them concerning HCD Quiet Corner Contra by completing the form below.
