(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 4, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- August 11, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- August 18, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- August 25, 2019: Regular dance evening.
September
Pre-pay information: $250 for the season,
payable by Sept 22. 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 1, 2019 (Labor Day Weekend): Regular dance
evening.
- September 8, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- September 15, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- September 22, 2019: 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 29, 2019 (Rosh Hashanah begins): Dancing is
CANCELLED this evening.
October
- October 6, 2019: Dance party with music by the Ivan
Milev Band.
- October 13, 2019 (Columbus Day Weekend): Regular
dance evening.
- October 20, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- October 27, 2019: Regular dance evening.
November
- November 3, 2019 (Daylight Savings Time ends):
Regular dance evening.
- November 10, 2019 (Veteran's Day Weekend): Regular
dance evening.
- November 17, 2019: 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 24, 2019: Regular dance evening.
December
- December 1, 2019 (Thanksgiving Weekend): Dancing
is CANCELLED this evening, due to snow.
- December 8, 2019: 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
Marnen Laibow-Koser: violin, flute, keyboard
Colin Ferguson: voice, keyboards, accordion
Heather Lee: voice, guitar, tambura
David Skidmore: tupan, dumbek, kaval, clarinet, voice.
- December 15, 2019: Regular dance evening.
- December 22, 2019 (Hanukkah begins): Regular dance
evening.
- December 29, 2019: Regular dance evening.
January
- January 5, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- January 12, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- January 19, 2020 (MLK Day Weekend): Regular dance
evening.
- January 26, 2020: Regular dance evening.
February
- February 2, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- February 9, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- February 16, 2020 (President's Day Weekend): Regular
dance evening.
- February 23, 2020: Regular dance evening.
March
- March 1, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- March 9, 2020 (Daylight Savings Time begins):
Regular dance evening.
- March 15, 2020: Regular dance evening.
- March 22, 2020: Due to the Governor's State of
Emergency, dancing is canceled until further notice.
April
No dancing at Temple Beth Torah, due to coronavirus.
May
No dancing at Temple Beth Torah, due to coronavirus.
June
No dancing at Temple Beth Torah, due to coronavirus.
July
No dancing at Temple Beth Torah, due to coronavirus.
August
No dancing at Temple Beth Torah, due to coronavirus.