

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FREE DANCE Jan 3, Newman, Metcalf, Zakon-Anderson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 03 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 03 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Contra Dance in Peterborough NH on Saturday Jan.3rd.

Our musicians this month are Julie Metcalf and Max Newman, with Steve Zakon-Anderson calling
The dancing begins at 8:00 PM. 
Workshop for dance basics at 7:30 PM.

Admission is FREE THIS MONTH sponsored by the late Bob Jervis, as he requested, 

This dance will use the role terms of larks and robins
This is a mask optional event.

Contra dance is a fun, easy style of folk dance which has flourished in New England since the 1700s. Partners form lines and dance a short sequence of steps with their neighbors. Over the course of the dance, each couple travels the length of the line and dances with every other couple. Dancers are welcome to bring a partner or a group of friends but it’s not necessary – traditionally, dancers are encouraged to change partners throughout the evening.

Max Newman
I play traditional music, particularly the fiddle music of New England, where I live. I play guitar, mandolin, and few other things. My melodic and accompaniment style is informed by the fiddle styles of the Northeast, Irish music, and old-time. I’m known as a sensitive and adaptable “sideman”. Exploring connections of music and dance is one of my deep interests. Conveniently, I often play contra and square dances. I’ve played a lot of concerts and sessions, too.

I’ve traveled across the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. At large festivals and dance weekends, tiny New England grange halls, in the dusty Nevada desert, for the President of Ireland, and many a night with friends by a wood stove in the chilly north of Alaska. My playing has even been profiled in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.

I’ve been fortunate enough to play with many musicians I admire in various regular and ad hoc combinations. My primary projects are:
Stringrays A bit of a supergroup, featuring Rodney Miller (fiddle), Sam Bartlett (mandolin), Stuart Kenney (bass/banjo), and Mark Hellenberg (percussion). Have a listen. (BandCamp / Spotify)
Red Case Band Banjotrance with harp, accordion, drums, and electric guitar.
Stove Dragon Next-gen double-fiddle/double-rhythm party.

Julie Metcalf
Julie Metcalf, fiddler and violist, can often be spotted at contra and English dances in the Boston area, either on stage playing fiddle or on the dance floor. Coming from a family of musicians, she was encouraged to make music from an early age; Julie picked up the violin for the first time when she was 4 years old and has been playing ever since.
Julie holds a degree in Violin Performance from Berklee College of Music, where she studied traditional and contemporary styles music. She has played Celtic chamber music with the Folk Arts Quartet and Mexican music with Boston’s Mariachi Palenque.

Julie currently performs with her band The New Grown-Ups, blending traditional folk, country, blues, celtic, old-time, originals, and bluegrass, with joy! Julie is also an accomplished jawharp player. She plays jawharps from around the world, as well as other unusual instruments including the marxolin and mouth bow, in concert with Larry Unger.

Steve Zakon-Anderson
Steve wandered nervously into his first evening of contra dancing, in Francestown NH in 1980, completely unaware how it would alter his life.  He was instantly “addicted”,  began calling for contras three years after that, and has not slowed down in the 40 years since.  Steve has been a regular caller for dances at the Peterborough Town House since 1985, as well as traveling to dance events, camps, and festivals in almost every state and numerous other countries as well.   As the caller, Steve fully embraces his role as facilitator of the magic that occurs between the band and the dancers. He is appreciated by dancers for his skill at programming the right dances for the hall, for his clear and efficient teaching, and for his sense of humor, and is appreciated by dance bands for his considerate weaving of his calling with their music.

We have some free admission slots in exchange for home baked goods, contact kelly.strauss@gmail.com

The dance takes place in the historic Town House in Peterborough, NH at 1 Grove Street. For more information call 603-547-5831 or visit www.facebook.com/peterboroughcontra, or www.monadnockfolk.org. The Monadnock Folklore Society has presented contra dances and concerts of traditional music since 1982.
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- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, festivals, concerts, workshops, parties, it, dance
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 110

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Peterborough
- **state**: NH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03458
- **lat**: 42.87748
- **long**: -71.95074
- **full address**: 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03458

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Peterborough Contra Dance (https://allevents.in/org/peterborough-contra-dance/25952857)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 03 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03458
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Peterborough Contra Dance
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, festivals, concerts, workshops, parties, it, dance
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