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We entertain again!

The team was absolutely thrilled to be able to give a demo at our local Poet’s Seat Health Care Center!

Of course, with masks and in the parking lot!  I’m not sure who was more excited — the residents of the Center or the team members to once again enjoy each other’s company – albeit at a distance – but company nonetheless.

The smiles under those masks were very very obvious on both sides of the distancing spaces!

The team works hard — we work hard because it’s fun, we enjoy each other’s company, we love the thrill of memorizing new dances and step routines (they say it’s good for our brains too!).  We work hard so that we can perform a 50 minute different routine each year in order to bring joy and company and smiles to residents of Senior housing.  Pre-pandemic, and we plan post-pandemic, we perform upwards of 50 times a year at several local housing venues, not to mention the parades!

And, this year, in particular, we know how isolated our seniors have been —

For a few months in the summer, we practiced on the driveway of our teacher’s home; recently we have been able to practice in a pavilion on a lovely piece of property and even a town common.

We so look forward to doing more demos.  Keep dancing in your own homes!  It brings smiles, I promise you that!

 

 

Pandemic News

Hello friends,

It’s taken a few weeks as I think we were all hopeful that we’d see you sooner than later!

Like so much of the world, we dancers are staying home to protect our families, friends and neighbors.

We are practicing and have great plans to share our new dances with you sometime this year!

Stay well!

The Big E and the end of the 2019 Fair season for us! But we’re not done with 2019 yet!

The Big E — it’s BIG!    Take one look at the photo on this page, and you have just a little taste of the size of this place and the thousands that attend it!

They had their largest attendance ever –  1, 639,527 people!  What does that mean for us?  We are thrilled to be invited and to dance at such an event.   We always do our demo in the New England Center, where you’ll find the home of the 4-H,    as well as the most amazing pieces of handwork and quilts!

We did really well, the weather was a perfect late summer day, and we had a pretty decent sized audience, with a couple of toddlers who are always happy to bounce along to the music with us!

 

North County Line Dancers
A little blurry, but you get a sense of how fast our feet do go sometimes!

 

 

 

We generally go down a little early and enjoy the Fair ourselves – we take in some of the sights such as the famous butter sculpture, eat some fair food (baked potatoes and tater tots are some of the favorites), and maybe even get a little life advice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re not done with 2019 yet though!!   Stay tuned for more as we switch to our Holiday programming – learning new dances to holiday music and entertaining at several of our local Senior Housing Centers in the month of December!

 

Happy Fall!

Come catch us at the Big E…and happy to do what we do!

Maybe you missed us and maybe you didn’t at the Three County or the Franklin County Parade and Fair  — but, come catch us again anyways!

We’ll be at The Big E.  Tuesday, September 24 at 6:00 pm!

A few photos from the parade and fair so far this season:

“Sunshine Makes the Good Times Grow”
Friends and Family ride the back of the float to toss candy and wave and support us!
Franklin County Fair Fun!
Franklin County Fair 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And,   a note of appreciation arrived today that we’re proud to receive!  Several times a year, with a program of mixed music and dancing, and then another program at holiday time with holiday songs, we provide an hour of dancing demonstration for many Senior places.  We might go to day programs, or assisted living and everything in between, including the Veteran’s Home.  It’s a real favorite of ours.   One of the members of our audience recently passed away, and we received a lovely note from her son:

You, and the North Country Line Dancers, were one of the highlights in my view, of the GVNA entertainment offerings, based on what she had said about her experiences there.
These GVNA events were something I could not have done for her despite my efforts to keep her entertained!

So I am very grateful for your thoughtfulness and engagement with my Mom. Long Live the North Country Line Dancers!

It makes us proud and glad to work so hard to memorize dances, practice every week, and be super tired some days as a result, knowing that we make a difference, even just for an hour!