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“Fourth Saturday” international folk dance parties

Participatory folk dancing for all levels
Fourth Saturdays (usually), 8–11 pm

Payson Park Congregational Church parish hall,
365 Belmont Street, Belmont, Massachusetts

Admission $10 • FAC members $8 • Students $5

FAC’s monthly folk dance parties typically feature live music and all-request programming without teaching. Beginners may find that many dances can be followed by watching the leading dancers. It is not necessary to attend with a partner. For more information, see About folk dancing.

We provide punch for the refreshment table; donations of snacks are welcome.

Please help protect the hall’s wooden floor by changing to clean, soft-soled shoes before dancing. For the comfort and well-being of all our dancers, especially those with allergies or asthma, please do not wear perfume or fragranced personal products at our dances. Thank you!

Fourth Saturday folk dance party schedule, 2009:

January 24, 2009

Balkan and Romani music by Druzhina
NOTE: different location this month only—

Saint John’s United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall,
80 Mount Auburn Street near Watertown Square, Watertown, MA

February 28, 2009

International music by The Pinewoods Band

FAC’s Annual General Meeting, 7:30–8 pm,

precedes the dance party, which is FREE to FAC members

March 28, 2009

International music by The Goat Whisperers

April 2009

No Fourth Saturday party — See you at the NEFFA Festival in Mansfield, MA!

May 30, 2009 (not a fourth Saturday)

International music by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra

June 2009

No Fourth Saturday party — See you at FAC Pinewoods in Plymouth, MA!

July 18, 2009 (not a fourth Saturday)

International music by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra

A review of Balkan and Italian dances taught at FAC Pinewoods

precedes the dance party, 5–7 pm; admission to the review $8/FAC $6/students $5

August 29, 2009 (not a fourth Saturday)

International music by Got Goat?

Download the May–August 2009 Saturday party schedule as a printable PDF.


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