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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
• 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
• Folk dancing List (Balkan, International, etc) in Rhode Island - but very incomplete (they demand a fee, so many opt out!)
• Scottish Country dancing in Rhode Island
• Blackstone River Theatre scheduled contras and French Quadrilles just north of Providence
• 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

Articles about Contra dance maintained by Kiran Wagle:

• 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
• 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

• 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

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