Summer Square Dances Scheduled!

Tremperskill Boys and guests play for a square dance in memory of Hilt Kelly, 2015.

Catskills Folk Connection kicks off its season with square dances in western and eastern Delaware County.

On Saturday, June 18, 7-10 p.m., with the Tremperskill Boys, John Jacobson will call a rollicking square dance in Walton.  It will take place in the Parlor at the Walton Theatre (you may know it as the "coffeehouse"), 30 Gardiner Place, Walton, NY 13856.  There will be dances to satisfy beginners, for whom dances will be taught, and squares for experienced dancers.  Admission is $7 per person, under 13 free.  Refreshments will be available.

On Saturday, July 9, 7-10 p.m. the same band and caller will offer a lively square dance in Margaretville.  It will take place at the American Legion, 903 Main Street, Margaretville, NY 12455. Beginning dances will be taught and more complex Catskills dances will be offered.  Same admission; refreshments available.

You may notice that we are scheduling our dances differently than in previous seasons.  For many years CFC dances took place on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.  But traditionally in the Catskills square dances were Saturday night entertainment.  So this summer our dances will be on Saturday nights, still offered as family entertainment, as they were in decades past.

Bring your kids and friends for a fun evening with the Tremperskill Boys, John Jacobson, and Catskills Folk Connection.

Catskills Folk Connection is sponsored by the Roxbury Arts Group, and its programs - such as these square dances - are funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Art Program, Gov. Cuomo, the NYS Legislature, and the O'Connor Foundation, and are supported by WIOX Community Radio.   Contact: Ginny Scheer, vscheer@juno.com, 607-746-3521.