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We hope you will join us for our first scheduled round and square dance in two and a half years! With Covid and heat precautions, we will gather at a traditional local square dance venue, the Halcott Grange, north of Fleischmanns in Halcott Center. The address is 264 County Route 3, Halcott NY.
Simplest Directions:
From NYS Route 28 follow Fleischmanns' Main St. to the only gas station. Coming from the east, turn right; from the west, turn left. You will go almost 3 miles on Delaware County Route 37. At the county line the Route will change to Greene County Route 3. Less that 1/4 mile ahead you will see the Grange on the right, with a big dairy barn on the left. You may not have cell service while following these directions and the first part of the road is very rough.
Parking: Parking will be just past the Grange on the right, also just before the Grange on Ursum Road going toward the transfer station, or last resort along the right side of the road past the Grange.
Back Road Directions (better road conditions, but more complicated directions):
From Route 30 south out of Roxbury, 4.5 mi. south, turn left on County Route 8, then 2.8 mi. (up hill and down: jog left just past John Shultis Road) and turn right on County Route 36. This is the main road the length of the Denver-Vega Valley. Go 1 mile, then take second left (the one after John B. Hewitt Road) on Dimmick Mountain Road; go 1.41 Mi, where Dimmick become Big Red Kill Road.
Go on .29 mi and turn left on Little Red Kill Road. Go 1.08 and turn left on Basil Todd Road. Go .11 mi. staying straight on Streeter Hill Road. Go 1.14 Mi and turn left on Breezy Hill Rd. Go .33 mi to a Y and take a slight right onto Halcott Road. Go .42 mi to County Route 37. This is the main road the length of the Halcott valley.
Turn a slanted left onto Route 37 and go 1 mi. At this point County Route 37 becomes Greene County Route 3. Go .62 miles to the Halcott Grange, on your right. The Grange is across the road from a big dairy barn. Note: one set of directions says that the distance into Greene County is .25 mi, and this one says it is .62 mi. There is wifi at the Grange.
Coming from the west from Margaretville: From Main Street, go north on State Route 30 for 3.60 miles. Turn right (at Kelly Corners) onto County 36. Go 2.94 mi and turn right on Dimmick Mountain Road (post office with flag on your right)). Use directions from Roxbury from Dimmick Mountain Road to the Halcott Grange.
Coming from the east from Highmount/Pine Hill: From State Route 28 go into Fleischmanns and drive the length of Main Street. Just past the Valkyrie Motel on the left and River Run B&B on the left, turn right on Big Red Kill Road. Go 1.57 mi. and turn right on Little Red Kill Road. Use the directions from Roxbury form Little Red Kill Road.
The band:
The Tremperskill Boys band usually plays for Catskills Folk Connection square dances, continuing the tradition of Hilt Kelly & His Sidekicks with tunes they often played and dances they commonly called. This Saturday night Catskills Folk Connection will offer a lively program with two guest musicians, Earl Pardini and Pete Halvorsen playing with the Tremperskill Boys.
Earl is a well-known dance caller and fiddler, and Pete plays mandolin and fiddle. Earl and Pete agreed to come on short notice when we found that three of the Tremperskill Boys (count them, three!) are out of commission. One is taking care of a hospitalized family member, another has an on-going medical condition, and the third fell and injured her shoulder. But the dance will go on!
Health and Safety:
Covid precautions, in light of current data, will at minimum be for CFC to suggest masks. For added safety, you can plan to dance with the same group all evening - bring them with you and or find folks you know after you arrive. Masks and hand sanitizer will be available. For the predicted heat, we will be offering iced drinks, and plenty of cold bottled water. Downstairs at the Grange is a good spot to cool off. At any time dancers and audience members can suggest to CFC staff that we should convert the event from dancing to a concert with socially-distanced seating.
See you at the dance!
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