Sat, Jun 07
|New Ipswich
Contra Dancing in New Hampshire: Then and Now
presented by Dudley Laufman
Time & Location
Jun 07, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
New Ipswich, 6 Main St, New Ipswich, NH 03071, USA
About the Event
The New Ipswich Historical Society presents: Contra Dancing in New Hampshire: Then and Now with Dudley Laufman.
Since the late 1600s, the lively tradition of contra dancing has kept people of all ages swinging and sashaying in barns, town halls, and schools around the state. Contra dancing came to New Hampshire by way of the English colonists and remains popular in many communities, particularly here in the Monadnock Region. Dudley Laufman brings this tradition to life with stories, poems and recordings of callers, musicians, and dancers, past and present. Live music, always integral to this dance form, will be played on the fiddle and melodeon.
In a career that spans over seven decades, Dudley Laufman is recognized around the country
for his artistry as a folk musician and dance caller. While working on a NH dairy farm in the late
1940s, he was introduced to contra dancing and immediately smitten. Mentored…