(Note: Dancing is held every Sunday from 7:00 to 10:00 at Temple Beth Torah, 130 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT. Requested donation is $8 on regular dance evenings and $12 when we have a live band or guest teacher. (Free admission on regular nights for anyone under 35!) Special events will be posted as soon as they are scheduled; bookmark this site and check back often.)
August
- August 5, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 12, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 19, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 26, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
September
Pre-pay information: $250 for the season, payable by Sept 23. Pre-pay provides free entrance to all regular dance evenings throughout the season (September-August), helps the Board schedule bands and workshops, and assures our group will be solvent in order to continue to meet every Sunday. Note: The pre-pay plan is optional; drop-in rates remain in effect.
- September 2, 2018 (Labor Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- September 9, 2018 (Rosh Hashanah begins):
Dancing is CANCELLED this evening.
- September 16, 2018:
Dance party with music by Orkestar Banitsa.
Orkestar Banitsa plays traditional music from Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece in many styles. Members are:
Becky Ashenden: accordion, percussion
Barbara Blumenthal: tambura
Joe Blumenthal: string bass
Addie Rose Holland: clarinet, vocals
Gawain Thomas: accordion.
- September 23, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- September 30, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
October
- October 7, 2018 (Columbus Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
Note: This evening only, dancing begins half an hour later, at 7:30.
- October 14, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- October 21, 2018:
Dance party with music by the Ivan Milev Band.
- October 28, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
November
- November 4, 2018 (Daylight Savings Time ends):
Regular dance evening.
- November 11, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- November 18, 2018:
Bulgarian dance party with music by Bulgarika.
On US tour from Bulgaria, Bulgarika consists of:
Temelko Ivanov: kaval
Nikolay Kodzhabashev: tambura
Donka Koleva: internationally renowned Thracian vocalist
Nikolay Kolev: virtuoso gadulka player and founder of Bulgarika
- November 25, 2018 (Thanksgiving Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
December
- December 2, 2018:
Holiday dance party with music by Sladka.
Sladka plays and sings dance music from the Balkans and beyond. Members are:
Dean Brown: tambura, guitar, voice, dumbek
John Chambers: accordion, fiddle, mandolin, whistle
Colin Ferguson: voice, keyboards, accordion
Heather Lee: voice, guitar, tambura
David Skidmore: tupan, dumbek, kaval, clarinet, voice
--plus occasionally a special guest.
- December 9, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- December 16, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- December 23, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
- December 30, 2018:
Regular dance evening.
January
- January 6, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- January 13, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- January 20, 2019 (MLK Day Weekend):
Dancing cancelled this evening due to adverse weather conditions.
- January 27, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
February
- February 3, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- February 10, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- February 17, 2019 (President's Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
- February 24, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
March
- March 3, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- March 10, 2019 (Daylight Savings Time begins):
Regular dance evening.
- March 17, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- March 24, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- March 31, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
April
- April 7, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- April 14, 2019 (Note: This is NEFFA weekend.):
Regular dance evening.
- April 21, 2019 (Easter Sunday):
Regular dance evening.
- April 28, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
May
- May 5, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- May 12, 2019 (Mother's Day):
Regular dance evening.
- May 19, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- May 26, 2019 (Memorial Day Weekend):
Regular dance evening.
June
- June 2, 2019:
Dance Party with music by accordionist extraordinaire, Tom Pixton, from Boston.
- June 9, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- June 16 2019 (Father's Day):
Regular dance evening.
- June 23 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- June 30, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
July
- July 7, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- July 14, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- July 21, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- July 28, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
August
- August 4, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 11, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 18, 2019:
Regular dance evening.
- August 25, 2019:
Regular dance evening.