DOUBLE DANCE

Alex Deis-Lauby

Annie Kidwell

Grand Picnic

This Saturday, June 1st

Saturday, June 1st 3:45—10:30pm

DOUBLE DANCE: ALEX DEIS-LAUBY AND ANNIE KIDWELL & GRAND PICNIC

Michael Gorin—fiddle; Bill Peek—piano; Marco Brehm—bass; Sam Zygmuntowicz—fiddle; Jody Kruskal—Anglo concertina

3:45 – 5:45 pm Afternoon Advanced Contras with Alex Deis-Lauby $15 adults/$5 students

5:45 – 7:00 pm Dinner Break at the many walkable Chatham restaurants

7:00 – 7:30 pm Beginners’ Workshop

7:30 – 10:30pm All-Level Evening Dance with Annie Kidwell $15 adults/$5 students

Grand Picnic will play for both sessions.

All dances at Swingin’ Tern are called to Larks & Robins

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 200 Main Street, Chatham, NJ

Our hall is air-conditioned! Vaccination and Masks Optional

Hams that they are, Grand Picnic shows their rye humor as they sandwich in tunes as long as we can mustard the strength to ketchup. The toast of the town, Alex and Annie assemble a double dance double decker of Wonder-filled no-loaf contras. The best thing since sliced bread, Grand Picnic rises to the occasion with tunes you knead to get your dogs dancin’ and your buns cookin’. Roll in with your bun and only, it’s the yeast you can do. Don’t be sconed, leave your muffin the car and wear a flour in your hair.

The Afternoon Advanced Contra Dance is for experienced dancers with a working knowledge of heys, petronellas, Rory Amore, etc. with minimal prompting.

The Evening Dance is for All Levels with a Beginners' Lesson at 7pm.

Visit one of the 16 Restaurants

at the Dinner Break--all are within Two Blocks of the Dance

Our dances are held on the first and third Saturday year-round, plus NYEve. Regular dances run from 7:30 to 10:30pm with a beginners' lesson at 7pm.

Click here for complete information on our upcoming dances.

June 15 - Bob Isaacs + Zach Kaplan & Box and String Trio

July 6 - Sue Gola & Midnight on the Water

July 20 - Michael Karcher & Hot Wasabi

August 3 - Jennifer Jasenski & Unbowed

August 17 - Sunny Lawrence & Wry Bred

September 7 - DOUBLE DANCE: Gaye Fifer & The Orphans

September 21 - Carl Levine & French Toast

October 5 - DOUBLE DANCE: Angela DeCarlis & Sycamore

October 19 - Greg Frock & Good Company

November 2 - Qwill Duvall & Dead Sea Squirrels

November 16 - TBA & Bosnick & Bittel

December 7 - Sue Gola & Brooklyn Swing Ensemble

December 21 - TBA & Torrent

December 31 - NEW YEAR'S EVE: Donna Hunt & TBA

Mass Transit from NYC and beyond

We are thrilled to once again have our dance easily accessible by mass transit. The Chatham train station is just two and a half blocks from the dance hall. Use New Jersey Transit from Penn Station in NYC and take the Morris & Essex line terminating at Morristown or Dover. Convenient train times to Chatham are lv 5:11/ar 6:15pm or lv 6:11/ar 7:15. Return trips leave Chatham at 10:35 and 11:35.

Will You Be a Hospitality Host?

You can help us out! We have been booking more distant talent as our calendar below reveals. Some of our talent travel hours to play and call for us. Being able to offer a place to stay after the dance is greatly appreciated by our bands and callers, which entices them to book with us. A bed or sofa, and a simple breakfast are all that is required. In return, you'll get to know some really sweet folks and perhaps get some insight into their music or calling. You will certainly receive their gratitude. If you would like to be on our hospitality host list, contact Doug at chair@swingintern.org.

Swingin' Tern Video Vault

This video featuring Alex Deis-Lauby goes back seven years. Jody Kruskel of Grand Picnic appears here with Strumbow Squeezeblow You can find over 160 other contradance videos on Doug Heacock's Contradance Channel.

All Dances Called to Larks & Robins

Swingin' Tern Dances exclusively uses the non-gendered role terms Larks and Robins.

Order Your Name Button

Do you have your Swingin' Tern Name Button? Name buttons are available for $3 apiece on an ongoing basis. You may order buttons online or at any dance.

Bringing Back the Baked Goods

Back in Tern, BC [before Covid], we had quite the spread of tasty treats at the break. We welcome the return of home-baked goods [or your favorite store-bought treat] to share at the break—you'll be hungry after all the great dancing.

Please bring your own labeled water bottle which can be refilled at the kitchen sink.

Updated Covid Policy

Covid Vaccination and Masking are longer required.

Although vaccines are recommended, we are no longer checking vaccine status. Masks are optional in all dance lines.

For those callers and bands interested in being booked at Swingin' Tern, email booking@swingintern.org