The following are participatory dances, mostly to live music.

Albany NY Cajun Dances

8pm 3rd Fri at 1st Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave. Sponsored by the 8th Step Coffeehouse.
See HMTD below. Info Harvey 274-7209

7:45 basics, 8pm contradance 2nd &5th Fri 1st Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave. Sponsored by the Eighth Step Coffeehouse.  Info Peter 489-9066 e-mail: Peter Stix <pstix1@nycap.rr.com>

Simple dances 4-6pm 3rd Sun Oct-May (potluck dinner follows) at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut St. between Dove and Swan. Sit-in musicians welcome. See HMTD below. Info Paul 438-3035

Simple English and American dances 7:30 pm 1st or 2nd Sat Sept-May at the Unitarian Church. Info Mike 427-1957.

(Includes Israeli) Every Tue 7:30-10:30, at the Temple Israel, 600 New Scotland Ave. Info Joan 489-7996.

Tuesdays, Pig and Pickerel Pub on Central Ave., downtown Albany (not Schenectady) 7:00 p.m., Info 439-6467 or 434-8645. Beginners welcome.

Traditional English performance dancing with bells and sticks. Practice every Wed 7-10pm in Albany. Contact Larry or Ruth at lsyzdek@global2000.net or see their web page at //www.crisny.org/users/weissbeb/pkb/

Every Sun 6pm (recorded music) at the Unitarian Church, 405 Washington Ave, opposite the big SUNY building. Info 383-6580

Beginners 7:30, dance 8-11:30 1st & 3rd Sat at the Masonic Temple; Rt 146 to village, turn right on Maple Ave (Rt 146) Sponsored by Old Songs, 765-2815

7:30 basics, 8:30 pm dance first Fridays at First Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave. See HMTD below. Info 463-1622

Simple dances 4pm 4th Sun, Nov - Apr at the grange hall on Rt. 142 just north of Rt.7 in Rensselaer Co. See HMTD below. Info George 283-4957

(Apr to Oct) potluck 5pm, contradance 6pm 2nd & 4th Sun at 207 Old Niskayuna Rd. in Albany Co. I-87N to exit 5. Right to Rt.155. Take 2nd left, go 1/2 mi. Sponsored by HMCD. See HMTD below. Info Paul 438-3035

Potluck 7pm, dance 8pm 3rd Sat at Hubbard Hall 25 E. Main. Call Bliss/Robbie at 677-3151 for info/directions.

(May to Oct) 2nd Sat. 7:30-10:30 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, 107 Co. Rt. 25, 1/2 mi north of Rt 9. Info: 828-6181

Dance 3pm 1st Sun, Oct-May at the Christian Education Building, on Hayes Rd, just in from Rt 20 Admission $5. Sponsored by the Capital English Country Dancers, 477-5684

7:30 - 10:00 pm 3rd Fridays (not July or Aug) at the Sand Lake Town Hall on Rt 43, just west of Rt 66 in central Rensselaer
County. Sponsored by HMTD.  Contact Gail at (518) 674-3052 or Andy at 279-9905

Second Sat 8:30 at the Pittsfield Grange Hall,1123 West St, Pittsfield MA. US 20 to Hungerford St. Bear left on Fort Hill Ave.1.2 mi from US 20, left on West St.; Grange is .3 mi. on left. 413-663-3649 or 413-443-0818 Country Life Dance & Music Society web page: //www.berkshire.net/CLDMS/CLDMS.htm

See the Ballroom in Berkshire (Co.) web page at //www.vgernet.net/newport/

4th Sat Sept - June 7:30 basics, 8pm dance at the Spring Hill School, 122 Regent St. Saratoga Springs NY. See HMTD below. Info 885-4430

2nd Sat 7:30pm & 4th Sun 2pm at the Schenectady YWCA, 44 Washington Ave., 1 block north of State St. (Rt 5). 377-3915.

Every Friday, 8:30-11:00 (mostly to recorded music), at the YWCA, 44 Washington Ave. For details call Joan 489-7996.

Every Wednesday evening at the Sons of Italy Hall, 415 Liberty St. (Mostly to recorded music) Irish and Scottish web page: www.ceolas.org/dance Info Brendan 736-1761.

Every Mon 7:30 pm at the Salvation Army, 222 Lafayette St., entrance on Smith St. (oppositie OTB). Irish and Scottish web page: www.ceolas.org/dance Info 377-8792.

With the Society for Creative Anachronism 7pm Thursdays, upstairs in the RPI Union (recorded music). Call Terry at 370-1883 link

The Folk Times has a web page and publishes a bi-monthly dance and music calendar for the capitol region and southern Adirondack mountains of NY. Send $10. to Addie Boyle, 969 Co. Rt. 10, Corinth, NY 12822; or call her at 696-2221

The Dance Gypsy web page and monthly calendar of dance-related events within an hour's drive of Vermont. $12./year from The Dance Gypsy, 57 Sleepy Hollow Road, Essex Jct, VT 802-899-2378
Web page:http://www.dancegypsy.com/ (new url 3/99)
 e-mail  Tom and Val Medve, Editors  at dancegypsy@dancegypsy.com. <--old?
 **(new update March 2001)
  Web:    http://www.theDanceGypsy.com
  Email:  thedancegypsy@theDanceGypsy.com
Greg Scragg             2518 Sunset Lake Rd
(802) 257-4478          Dummerston, VT 05301

The Fiddle and Dance News, a bi-monthly dance and music calendar for the Mid-Hudson region and Catskill Mountains of NY. You can subscribe by sending $6. to Fiddle and Dance News, 987 Rt 28 A, West Hurley, NY 12491, or call Jay and Molly at 914-338-2996. Web page: www.jayandmolly.com/friendsfd.html

Dancing in the Capitol District web page: http://home.earthlink.net/~bertleft/dance/danceinfo.htm

Country Dance and Song Society: //www.cdss.org

** Hudson Mohawk Traditional Dancers web page is at //gemini.berkshire.net/~flurry

Hudson Valley Folk Guild  has its web site up now, at http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/7222

Want to find a dancer you met?  Need a dance band for your event?  Going out of town and want to find a dance? If so, visit Ted Crane's dance database: http://tedcrane.com/DanceDB/

Ever wondered who goes to Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp, and what goes on there?  http://www.tedcrane.com/Ashokan/1998/Tour.com

Genderfree dance link: http://www.tiac.net/users/latte/lcfd/

Troy Society for Creative Anachronism:  http://www.wrpi.edu/dept/union/sca/homepage/shire/html

German Folk Dances: http://www.rpi.edu/~barnee2/GermaniaHall/dance_german.html (stale link, sorry - )