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Boston Gender Free Contra Dance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Folks and Friends!
Live music
All dances taught
Beginners encouraged—come early!
No partner necessary
Any sexual orientation and gender expression is welcome
For role identification we use Larks (L for the person on the left)
and Ravens (R for the person on the right)
With occasional exceptions we alway dance on the 2nd and 4th saturday.
We just had a great event celebrating the 30th Anniversary of this Dance Series - Potluck supper, Historical video, Dancing
Lisa Greenleaf emcee with Chris Ricciotti. Guest callers Bob Golder, Sue Rosen,
and Bob Peterson. Music by: Jacqueline Schwab (keyboard),
and Max Newman (guitar, mandolin, feet) & Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
Let’s keep on dancing….
These Dances are Fragrance free
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- History of the JP Contra Dance Downloadable version of history
- Downloadable Season Flyer Visit our FaceBook group
Join our Meetup group - Article in Rainbow Times about our dance
- Article in Harvard Crimson about our dance and Chris Ricciotti
- Article in Aug 13, 2018 Boston Globe about the dance
This dance series has dances on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays Sept-June and the 4th Saturday in July with occasional exceptions.
Dances normally run 7:30 to 10:30pm. The fee is sliding scale: $5 - $15. We do pass a bucket for our live music fund, and you can ask the person at the door about sponsoring future dances.
We welcome guest callers for the first dance after the break. Contact Bob Peterson at caller AT contra corner.com to reserve a slot.
Please do not wear perfume, cologne, or other scented products, as some of our dancers are chemically sensitive, and experience discomfort when exposed to these materials.
For new dancers see this page
Help Us
We run our dances with volunteer help: you! The Organizers do the hard parts but we need volunteers for easy jobs every dance:
- Hall setup (2 positions)—6:30 to 7:15—plus get into the dance free
- Greeter and Door sitter (1 position)—7:15 to break—plus get into your next dance free
- Announcer (1 position)—just before break
We also need people to stay around at the end to tear down and clean up. If you want to learn how to operate the sound board, contact a steering committee member.
Tshirts and other items can be purchased at Zazzle
Directions (->Parking lot map here)
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We dance at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St at the corner of Centre and Eliot Streets (at the monument), Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA. You can print off text directions or use Google Maps . |
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Organizers: Arthur Prokosch, Ben LaVerriere, Bob Peterson, Chris Ricciotti, John Gintell, John Hawley, Lisa Lunt, Robert Coren, Taiward Wider.
email: jp-contra-organizers AT lcfd.org
Caller and Musician programmer is Lisa Lunt: programmingjp AT gmail.com
Contact info
Send e-mail to jp-contra-organizers AT lcfd.org.
tel: John: (617) 512-5554 Lisa: (401) 390-1203
Information for JP Organizers only
