(Note: Dancing is held every Sunday from 7:00 to 10:00 at Temple Beth Torah, 130 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT. Requested donation is $8 on regular dance evenings and $12 when we have a live band or guest teacher. (Free admission on regular nights for anyone under 35!) Special events will be posted as soon as they are scheduled; bookmark this site and check back often.)
August
- August 7, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- August 14, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- August 21, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- August 28, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
September
Pre-pay information: $225 for the season, payable by Sept 25. Pre-pay provides free entrance to all regular dance evenings throughout the season (September-August), helps the Board schedule bands and workshops, and assures our group will be solvent in order to continue to meet every Sunday. Note: The pre-pay plan is optional; drop-in rates remain in effect.
- September 4, 2016 (Labor Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- September 11, 2016:
Season Opener Dance Party with music by Sladka, a new band from Boston.
- September 18, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- September 25, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
October
- October 2, 2016:
No dancing this evening! The Temple hall is not available on account of the Rosh Hashana observance.
- October 9, 2016 (Columbus Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- October 16, 2016:
Dance Party with music by Tom Pixton, from Boston.
- October 23, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- October 30, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
November
- November 6, 2016 (Daylight Savings Time ends):
Regular dance evening.
- November 13, 2016:
Regular dance evening, with a special one-hour live-music segment, provided by a new band, MerakKef Express. Members include Barbara McLean, Bob Schultz, Karen Klevanosky, Kitty Kagay, Joe Blumenthal, and our own Debby Szajnberg.
- November 20, 2016:
Bulgarian Dance Party with music by Bulgarika.
- November 27, 2016 (Thanksgiving Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
December
- December 4, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- December 11, 2016:
Regular dance evening.
- December 18, 2016:
No dance this evening due to the threat of hazardous driving conditions.
- December 25, 2016 (Christmas Day):
No dance this evening, because of Christmas and Chanukah.
January
- January 1, 2017 (New Year's Day):
Regular dance evening. Come welcome in the New Year with dance!
- January 8, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- January 15, 2017 (MLK Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- January 22, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- January 29, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
February
- February 5, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- February 12, 2017:
Dancing cancelled due to weather conditions.
- February 19, 2017 (President's Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- February 26, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
March
- March 5, 2017:
Balkan Dance Party with music by Balkan Fields.
This 6-member ensemble performs pan-Balkan music which is fresh, exciting and perhaps somewhat new to dance audiences. Along with well-loved standards, the group also includes arrangements and original compositions by group members, accordion/violin duos written by Ivan Milev and Bulgarian pop songs, as well as some off-the-beaten-track Balkan tunes which work really well for dances most people already know. Balkan Fields dance sets typically include songs and instrumental music from the Roma tradition, the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, with occasional forays into Greece, Albania and Romania.
Dean Brown (tambura, guitar), Melinda Fields (accordion), Mel Fitzhugh (bass), Henry Goldberg (percussion), Melinda Hunt (vocals), Ralph Iverson (violin, gadulka).
- March 12, 2017 (Daylight Savings Time begins):
Regular dance evening.
- March 19, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- March 26, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
April
- April 2, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- April 9, 2017:
Balkan Dance Party with music by The Harris Brothers.
- April 16, 2017 (Easter Sunday):
Regular dance evening.
- April 23, 2017:
All-request dance evening. (Note: This is NEFFA weekend,
in Mansfield, MA, but we dance as usual on Sunday evening.)
- April 30, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
May
- May 7, 2017:
Regular dance evening, with a break for our Annual
meeting from 8:30-8:50. Bring your ideas and suggestions;
vote for our board of directors.
- May 14, 2017 (Mother's Day):
Regular dance evening.
- May 21, 2017:
Dance Party with music by Tom Pixton, from Boston.
- May 28, 2017 (Memorial Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
June
- June 4, 2017:
Dance Party with music by Sladka. This band was recently formed and includes some of our favorite dance musicians from the Boston area.
- June 11, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- June 18 2017 (Father's Day):
Regular dance evening.
- June 25 2017:
Regular dance evening.
July
- July 2, 2017 (Independence Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- July 9, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- July 16, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- July 23, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- July 30, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
August
- August 6, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- August 13, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- August 20, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- August 27, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
September
- September 3, 2017 (Labor Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- September 10, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- September 17, 2017:
Regular dance evening.
- September 24, 2017:
Balkan Dance Party with music by Orkestar Banitsa from Greenfield, Mass. Orkestar Banitsa plays traditional music from Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece in many styles. The band includes: Becky Ashenden (accordion, percussion), Barbara Blumenthal (tambura), Joe Blumenthal (string bass), Addie Rose Holland (clarinet) and Gawain Thomas (accordion)--all of whom have played for us before.