Scandinavian Sundays schedule

Park Avenue Congregational Church parish hall, 50 Paul Revere Road at Park Avenue, Arlington Heights, Arlington, Massachusetts

Fall 2019 – early 2020 schedule


September 22, 2019
Music workshop led by Brian Wilson, focusing on Snoa tunes
Dance workshop led by Jennifer Brosious and Laine Harris, teaching “Tips for Turning” in both 2/4 and 3/4 music
Music for dancing by Brian Wilson and Friends

October 20, 2019
Music workshop led by Marilyn Butler, focusing on schottis tunes
Dance workshop led by Tom Roby, teaching “Schottis Secrets and Surprises”
Music for dancing by Marilyn Butler and Friends

November 3, 2019
Music workshop led by lydia ievins and Andrea Larson, focusing on Slängpolska tunes
Dance workshop led by Andrea Larson, teaching Renaissance Slängpolska
Music for dancing by lydia ievins and Andrea Larson

December 15, 2019
Music workshop led by lydia ievins
Dance workshop led by Tom Roby and Laura Stern, teaching Polska efter Ture Bäckstam
Music for dancing by lydia ievins and friends
NOTE: This event will be held in an alternate location:
Saint John’s Episcopal Church parish hall,
74 Pleasant Street, Arlington, Massachusetts
(enter the hall by the church’s back door off of Lombard Road)

January 5, 2020 (at our usual location, PACC in Arlington Heights, MA)
Music workshop led by Marilyn Butler and Brian Wilson, focusing on polska tunes from southern Dalarna
Dance workshop led by Tom Roby and Laura Stern, teaching Polska från Södra Dalarna
Music for dancing by Marilyn Butler and Brian Wilson

February 2, 2020
Music workshop led by Brian Wilson, focusing on polska tunes from Jämtland
Dance workshop led by Tom Roby and Laura Stern, teaching Gammalvänster från Oviken
Music for dancing by Brian Wilson, including a Hardanger fiddle set to continue some of the Norwegian momentum from Ski Dance Weekend, followed by Brian and Matt Fichtenbaum playing favorite Swedish tunes

March 15, 2020
This event was canceled because of the threat of the coronavirus.

April 5, 2020
This event is canceled because of the threat of the coronavirus.

May 10, 2020
This event is canceled because of the threat of the coronavirus.