This Year’s Music & Calling
This weekend will feature Cojiro (Jess Newman and Mark Price) playing for contras with calling by Hannah Chamberlain, and Jacob & Audrey (Jacob Chen and Audrey Jaber) playing for English Country Dancing with calling by Harris Lapiroff. We will also have Kat Dutton teaching Scottish Country Dance and Blue Joy (Steven Bluestein and Abe Joyner-Meyers) playing for the techno contra.
Lottery Registration
Lottery registration will open June 3rd and close July 12th.
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Summer Benefit Dance
We are also working on putting together a summer benefit dance! All are welcome. This will take place on July 11th at the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, MA. All proceeds will go towards Youth Dance Weekend in order to ensure we can continue providing low-cost registration and scholarships, and paying our staff as our cost of operation continues to grow. Stay tuned for more info!
Facilities
Here is a map of the facilities: Hulbert Map
And here is a map of the main building that we will be using: Hulbert Main House
Example schedule
Curious how the weekend flows? See the full schedule from 2025.
About
YDW is an awesome youth-focused traditional dance and music gathering in rural Vermont featuring lots of contra, English, and couples dancing, as well as singing, jamming, and opportunities to get to know cool people from near and far. Our goal is to help and inspire the next generation from across North America to connect with each other and develop skills for participating and leading in all aspects of our vibrant dance community.
The weekend is open to anyone 18 or older, and is designed to be affordable and accessible, especially to younger dancers. You can read more about the history and mission of YDW, or meet our organizing committee.
To read about the members of the Youth Dance Weekend comittee please see the About Page
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