Submitted Jan 24, 2012 at 13:36 — PRETTY SHORT NOTICE--BUT WE CAN DO IT!
Hi Chip,
It's that time again at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center for the Wednesday night
contra dances for the Road Scholar program. *( formerly Elderhostel). The
dates are Feb. 1 and Feb. 8, 2012.
Love to have you and the gang come over and play some music.
Let me know !
Heidi
Submitted Jan 15, 2012 at 14:48 — Our Wednesday, January 25 music gathering will be held at the Pope Library here in Danville--we met there once before and liked the space! We will meet to eat at 6 and start playing at 7, as before. This time we can leave instruments in the room at the right of the entry, then go upstairs to eat our dinner (turn left at the entry, go through a reading room to the stairway and up. I will get there early greet you!). After dinner we will go back downstairs to the "music" room to start playing (hopefully) at 7.)
The Pope Library is on Park Street, opposite the Town Hall, and there is ample parking there and around the Methodist Church which is near the Library. Hope to see you there!
~Lois
Submitted Dec 27, 2011 at 17:05 — Nips who are still ambulatory after the holidays can meet Wednsday Dec. 28 at 6 pm at Pat's house in Woodbury. 456-8940 Play at 7 pm
Submitted Dec 11, 2011 at 11:24 — Hope you can come to this, bring instruments!
Saturday January 14, 2012, from 5 – 8 pm: Celebration of Pat's Conservation Easement signing, (Wildlife are celebrating with us!) at Woodbury Town Hall, in downtown Woodbury, route #14, next to P.O. and Fire Dept. 802 456-8940 for more info.
Submitted Nov 23, 2011 at 19:02 — Reminder about Friday's dance--- it's from 7 to 10 so please get there around 6:45 to play. If you haven't been to this gig before, it's in the Peacham Town Gym, across from the church and just a little west of the center of Peacham, VT. You can get there by going directly south on the Danville Rd. from Rt. 2 in Danville at the Danville town green. You can also get there from exit 18 on I-91 by going west on the West Barnet Road, then following the paved road west to S. Peacham, turning right, and driving up the hill to the center of Peacham. There are other ways and some reliable shortcuts, but call Frank or Chip if you need more info on those.
Submitted Nov 07, 2011 at 08:52 — Hi!
Library gigs seem to be getting popular! This Wednesday's NIPS will occur at the Pope Memorial Library here in Danville--just across Route 2 from the Danville Town Hall where my great birthday party was held on October 29. From the west, turn right onto Park Street--there should be ample parking on both sides of Park Street--and more behind the Danville Methodist Church which is just beyond the Library.
We will eat at 6 and start playing at 7. I have invited local musicians to sit in with us at 7 and hope some of them will come! See you--Lois
Submitted Oct 15, 2011 at 12:36 — Hi all,
We are once again playing for the Peacham Contra Dance, Sunday October 16, 2011 - Peacham Town Gym - 7-10ish - Please pass along the word and I hope you can come to play. See you soon.
We are planning to hold a contra dance in Peacham on the second weekend of each month.
Frank Miller
Submitted Oct 14, 2011 at 17:15 —
PARTY!
NIPS musicians and friends are invited to a pot luck music party Nov. 5, Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Wolcott Town Hall to celebrate the marriage of Charlyn (Webster) Carriere, accordian player and sometimes NIPS attendee, to her college sweetheart, Alan March or Montana. This should be fun-- an old-time neighborly junket with singing and (possibly) dancing, judging from other junkets I've been to at Charlyn's house in Wolcott. Hope you can make it.
Andy Leader
Submitted Sep 11, 2011 at 20:34 �" From Lois: Hi, everyone--The Parsnips are scheduled to play again at the annual Danville Autumn on the Green on October 2 at 2:30. This is a paying gig!
HOWEVER we will not be on the Danville Green this year because of construction; rather, the event will be held at the Danville School playing fields. To get there, turn from Route 2 at the blinking light south onto the Peacham Road, go about a block, then turn west at the Danville School sign to go up to the school. You will see the performance stage on the left as you approach the school. I don't know yet whether there will be reserved parking space for performers. We should be there soon after 2. I'd like to know if you can make it--thanks!
Submitted Sep 08, 2011 at 19:07 � Late notice: Dance at Sterling College in Craftsbury 7:30 Friday 9/9.
Submitted Sep 06, 2011 at 05:50 � CONTRA DANCE! NIPS will be playing for a Contra Dance on Friday, September 23rd as part of the Monroe, New Hampshire Harvest Festival.� The dance will start at 7 PM and will be held at the Monroe Town Hall - in the center of Monroe village.� This is a lovely old building with a nice hardwood floor and a great stage for the band.
Submitted Jul 26, 2011 at 07:51 � YIPPEE! Look for another Peacham Dance on Friday, August 5th from 7-10 PM.� (The earlier start time is per request of several parents that wanted an earlier time to match up better with their kids sleep needs).� Frank and Patrice are securing the permissions and arranging for a unique "Peacham Dance" poster. Frank will also put an announcement on the Dance Gypsy.
STAY TUNED! And don't forget the Greensboro dances start this Sunday, 7/31. The others are 8/7 and 8/14.
Submitted Jul 08, 2011 at 02:23 �" Response to Chip's email-
Hi Nips,
I would be inclined to do the Greensboro Dances.They have been fun and usually well attended and appreciated. I assume the $50 would come out of donations at door[Greensboro recreation committee is contributing other $50 to Grange]. If they need the $50 up front I guess I can send a check and get reimbursed from door at first dance.
I think I can make all the dates except first one in August[family wedding out of town] so I guess I'd miss Peacham also.
Will not likely make it to music on Wed 13th.
Glad to hear Peacham dance was a success.
Hi from sunny California,
George
Submitted Jun 28, 2011 at 16:52 � Directions to Anita's-
From the North-
Either take I-89 to Exit 5(Northfield) - go right(towards Northfield) when you exit- go down long hill(RT 64) until the bottom- at stop sign go left(RT 12 South)-
or- take RT 12 South out of Montpelier- go through Northfield, pass Norwich Univ., in south Northfield you'll see a Mobil Gas station on the right set below the road- and you'll see signs pointing to the interstate- you're now at the same point as those who took I-89.
At this point- by the Mobil station, you'll go 3 miles south on RT 12(- will be leaving Northfield and entering Roxbury-)make a right on Steele Hill- before you get to this right turn there is a tannish house with a freestanding large garage also tannish, on the right, followed by a "school bus stop ahead" sign, and a beige trailer set below the road on the right at Steele Hill- go up Steele Hill to the top- the road winds to the right- go with it- then make an immediate left on Eagle Peak Road- that is my road- and you are now in West Brookfield- I'm the first place on Eagle Peak Rd on the left- you'll see the greenhouses, etc- house is natural hemlock with a green metal roof- 3748 Eagle Peak Rd, phone # 485-4622
Submitted Jun 27, 2011 at 12:28 �" Two events on Sunday, July 3rd -
Lois White's famous Hayfield Junket will take place at her "Camp" in West Barnet (across from the Harvey's Lake Beach parking area) starting around 2-3
PM--play for awhile--enjoy a potluck picnic about 5, then proceed up to Peacham to play for a contra dance about 7. By delaying the picnic we will not have to wonder about supper!!
And yes, it's confirmed - the Peacham 4th of July committee has invited NIPs to put on a Contra Dance as part of the town's Independence Day celebration.� The dance will be held in the Peacham Gym (above the Post Office, across from the Church).� Introductory/warm-up time will start at 7:30 PM with the main dance starting at 8 PM. Frank/Patrice will be decorating the gym and setting up sound around noon - please call Frank at 592-3278 if you can help (please)
Submitted Jun 19, 2011 at 20:54 � From Lois:
The upper part of Finley Drive, above my house, is still washed out because of the recent storms. Therefore if you are coming here next Wednesday, June 22, to the NIPS gathering, go straight through the blinking light on Route 2, by the Diamond Hill Store, down the hill to the 40 m.p.h. sign which is just before the dentists' office sign. Right after that turn right onto Mountain View Drive. Soon you will see the lower Finley Street sign--turn right onto that and drive up to my house. Park on the lower lawn if you wish--you will see my car there.
Submitted Jun 08, 2011 at 21:18 �" This time, Virginia's hosting in the Big House (in a little stand of trees out a ways in the meadow.) Directions:
FROM the EAST:
(1) Get to Moscow Woods Rd. in East Calais which leads west off Route 14. It's about 50 yards north of the E. Calais store.
(2) Turn west onto Moscow Woods Rd. (formerly known as the Dump Road) and start watching your odometer if you're into distances. Bear left, passing the mill, the Post Office, and a little triangular garden with a road sign--all on your right. Pass the recycling station on your left and follow Moscow Woods Rd uphill to Ledge Road on the left, usually marked with a NIPs sign, about 1.2 miles from Rt 14.
(3) Turn left on Ledge Road. Bear right at the fork (plunging into the woods). About .6 mile from Moscow Woods Rd. you come out from the woods near a ramshackle but welcoming dwelling with a big screened-porch. Follow the track through the meadow past this place, bearing right toward a stand of trees where the Big House will be found.
FROM the WEST:
(1) Coming through Maple Corner and/or Kent's Corners, come down the Kent Hill Road to the North Calais Road.
(2) Turn left (northward) on the North Calais Road. Pass Dugar Hill Road on the left and take the next right onto Moscow Woods Road. Cross Jack Hill Road. Take the next right turn, Ledge Road.
(3) Follow the directions on Ledge Road from step 3 above.
Submitted Jun 06, 2011 at 11:04 �" Hey all you NIPS: My annual Hayfield Junket (potluck picnic) will be held on Sunday, July 3, from noon until whenever, at my hayfield in West Barnet across from the Harvey's Lake Beach parking lot. There was some damage during the deluge at the end of May--the porta-potty floated downstream--and soil was washed out from under the structure. There was about 2 inches of silt on the platform floor. But it is being cleaned up and I hope for great weather the first weekend in July!! And hope to see many of you there! (Chuck and Nancy Milch--will you be up here then??) Call me at 802-684-3991 or email me at loisnek@myfairpoint.net if you need directions or other information. Lois
Submitted May 31, 2011 at 05:59 �" PEACHAM DOUBLE-HEADER!! Wednesday at the Library and Friday, a NIPS Contra Dance - June 3, 2011 from 7:30-11:00 at the Peacham Gym, 79 Church St. 05862. (Over the Post Office and Town Office - across from the Church).� We hope to establish a nice summer contra dance series in Peacham similar to the Greensboro dances.� Come on out and help get the summer celebration started. Questions - call Frank at 592-3140.
Submitted May 18, 2011 at 05:41 �� NIPS gig: Sunday, May 29, 2011 from 4 - 7 pm - at Whitewater Gallery in downtown East Hardwick (just before bridge over the river) Maybe some of the Bear Mountain String Band will join us, in playing for an Art Opening reception 4 - 7 pm. Refreshments. James Teuscher is gallery owner (802) 563-2037).
Submitted by Pat deGogorza < pat@degogorza.com> Please let me know if you can play, need to make sure there's a crew! 456-8940.
Submitted Apr 10, 2011 at 14:03 � Directions to Anita's-
From the North-
Either take I-89 to Exit 5(Northfield) - go right(towards Northfield) when you exit- go down long hill(RT 64) until the bottom- at stop sign go left(RT 12 South)-
or- take RT 12 South out of Montpelier- go through Northfield, pass Norwich Univ., in south Northfiield you'll see a Mobil Gas station on the right set below the road- and you'll see signs pointing to the interstate- you're now at the same point as those who took I-89.
At this point- by the Mobil station, you'll go 3 miles south on RT 12(- will be leaving Northfield and entering Roxbury-)make a right on Steele Hill- before you get to this right turn there is a tannish house with a freestanding large garage also tannish, on the right, followed by a "school bus stop ahead" sign, and a beige trailer set below the road on the right at Steele Hill- go up Steele Hill to the top- the road winds to the right- go with it- then make an immediate left on Eagle Peak Road- that is my road- and you are now in West Brookfield- I'm the first place on Eagle Peak Rd on the left- you'll see the greenhouses, etc- house is natural hemlock with a green metal roof- 3748 Eagle Peak Rd, phone # 485-4622
Submitted Mar 21, 2011 at 15:40 �" Lois White will have NIPS again this week, March 23 and she lives close to the pavement. Submitted by Jean D. on her behalf.
Submitted Mar 10, 2011 at 15:08 � hi, hope you can make it-in case of extreme/weird weather check this site or call about pass-ability of the driveway-George
Submitted Mar 10, 2011 at 15:03 �
Submitted Feb 19, 2011 at 15:13 � John has a new tune on the tunes to go page, called "Franny Power" in honor of you-know-who.� Check it out!
Submitted Dec 08, 2010 at 05:41 � ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY at LOIS'S DEC. 15!
Submitted Sep 27, 2010 at 00:32 � Nips Reminder-we� have a commitment to play October 10-Sunday-in Hardwick[at Hazen Union high school]for the 350.Org event[international event to raise awareness about climate change[Bill McKibben,etc].We will play sometime between 5:30 and 8 PM.Whoever can make it please contact me via e-mail [George@GeorgeRay.net] or phone[472-6292] so they will know how many of us to expect. Thanks, George
Submitted Sep 19, 2010 at 11:10 � CONCERT ON THE GREEN in Danville Oct. 3 at 2:30---arrive around 2 to help set up and warm up. Hope for sunshine and warm temperatures.
Submitted Aug 17, 2010 at 19:21 � NIPs members, if you are free then, please consider helping to provide music for a book release party September 11 at 1 p.m. at the Red Hen Cafe in Middlesex for Andy Leader's newly published little book of poems, "Back From The Land."� Andy and Janet will do a few songs, and, hopefully, some NIPS will be able to attend and play a few tunes in between readings from the book.� Snacks will be provided, and the whole deal shouldn't last must longer than an hour or so.� Please let me know if you can make it, and I'll suggest an informal schedule alternating reading and music.� Thanks.
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Submitted Jul 27, 2010 at 09:26 � Directions to Virginia's place:
FROM the EAST:
(1) Get to Moscow Woods Rd. in East Calais which leads west off Route 14. It's about 50 yards north of the E. Calais store.
(2) Turn west onto Moscow Woods Rd. (formerly known as the Dump Road) and start watching your odometer if you're into distances. Bear left, passing the mill, the Post Office, and a little triangular garden with a road sign--all on your right. Pass the recycling station on your left and follow Moscow Woods Rd uphill to Ledge Road on the left, marked with a NIPs sign, about 1.2 miles from Rt 14.
(3) Turn left on Ledge Road. Bear right at the fork (plunging into the woods). About .6 mile from Moscow Woods Rd. you come out from the woods near a shack.
FROM the WEST:
(1) Coming through Maple Corner and/or Kent's Corners, come down the Kent Hill Road to the North Calais Road.
(2) Turn left (northward) on the North Calais Road. Pass Dugar Hill Road on the left and take the next right onto Moscow Woods Road. Cross Jack Hill Road. Take the next right turn, Ledge Road.
(3) Follow the directions on Ledge Road from step 3 above.
Submitted Jul 20, 2010 at 11:07 � Hey, NIPs! Because of the increase in BOGUS EMAIL, and the less-than-airtight security of our site, I'm going to make the NIPs list temporarily disappear from the public page. We'll probably need to institute more rigorous measures in a number of ways, but we can talk about that at the next couple of meetings.
GREENSBORO DANCES should be starting this Sunday--stand by for definitive word.
ALSO: Remember Chuck and Nancy Milch? They were faithful NIPs back in the days when we were doing the Lyndon Grange Hall dance. Nancy could tell you a pretty interesting story about one of those dances. They've been living down in Massachusetts for a while but have always stayed in touch and come to a fair number of hayfield junkets. Come greet them Wednesday!
Submitted Jul 14, 2010 at 08:58� Directions to Frank's family camp from Peacham Village are as follows:
From Peacham Village center
a. From the Peacham Store take the dirt road past the store and up the hill past the Church
b. At the top of the hill bear left and go past the Cemetery on your left (the Peacham Fire station is across a green on the right). (0.2 m from Peacham Village center)
c. Continue and go down the steep hill (Academy Hill), then across a short flat to a STOP sign. This is the intersection of Maple Tree Lane and the Green Bay Loop. (0.6 m from Peacham Village Center)
d. Go straight through the intersection and you will be on Green Bay Loop.
e. Go 1.4 miles where you will come to the crest of a hill. There is a brown sign that says "Devil's Hill Trail Head". There will be a paper sign posted that says Bayley Camp with an arrow.Turn right here and follow the road for the Devil's Hill Trail Head. (2.0 m from Peacham Village Center).
f. Travel 0.8 miles on the Devil's Hill Trail Head road� there will be a turn to the left on to a camp road. There will be another paper sign posted that says Bayley Camp with an arrow (you are now 2.8 m from Peacham Village Center) Follow this road to the camp� app. 0.5 m. Keep to the left until you run out of road.
Submitted Jun 23, 2010 at 22:03� This year's hayfield junket will be on a Wednesday for the first time! It will go from 2:00 or so p.m. until whenever! Call me if you need more info at 802-684-3991. Thanks--Lois
Submitted Apr 15, 2010 at 19:44� NIPS stalwart George Ray has had his knee replacement surgery and is recovering nicely. His mailing address is P.O. Box 92, Woodbury, VT 05681
Submitted Apr 04, 2010 at 18:25�
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Submitted Mar 20, 2010 at 11:51� NIPS member Andy Leader and Calais poet Geoff Hewitt will be reading some of their poems in Hardwick at the Memorial Building (where the police station is located, and no, they haven't been arrested) on Tuesday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m. Any available NIPS, and anyone off the street, are most welcome to attend.
Submitted Mar 15, 2010 at 23:12� Irish Night on St. Patty's 3/17 at Langdon St. Cafe: 7-9pm concert with Pete Sutherland, and Benedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington, followed by an open Irish Session. Kenric will host potluck and music for anyone who wants to eat, then go to the session, or stay and play at his house. Some folks are already planning to attend the concert. ADDITIONAL NOTE: Dance in Glover on Saturday, 3/20!
Submitted Feb 25, 2010 at 20:55� On 3/24, I was in Norwich because my school was on winter break. But planning to work at school and go to music, I had actually started driving northward on I-89 with snow falling very heavily. Seeing many vehicles off the road was fairly ominous. But then I came up behind a VERY long line of cars and trucks at a standstill with other vehicles coming up and halting behind me. There was no telling whether some semi had jackknifed or what, so it was a real possibility that people could be trapped there indefinitely. Fortunately, I was able to drive along the shoulder to one of those crossovers you're not supposed to use and escape to the southbound lanes. Still, I sorely missed my weekly Wednesday music fix! ~Chip
Submitted Feb 12, 2010 at 13:40� WORCESTER DANCE is Saturday Feb. 13, a Valentine's Day contra Dance featuring more waltzing than usual from 7:00 - 9:30 pm in the Worcester Town Hall. Gonna play? get there around 6:30-6:45 to tune up and warm up.
Submitted Feb 01, 2010 at 23:32� Monday night, Heidi called me from the Craftsbury Outdoor Center --- VERY short notice but we can eat and play with George Wilson and Dave Kaynor Wed. 2/3 and 2/10. Dave would split the calling with me. Whaddya think?
Submitted Jan 27, 2010 at 05:05� Directions to Anita's-
From the North-
Either take I-89 to Exit 5(Northfield) - go right(towards Northfield) when you exit- go down long hill(RT 64) until the bottom- at stop sign go left(RT 12 South)-
or- take RT 12 South out of Montpelier- go through Northfield, pass Norwich Univ., in south Northfiield you'll see a Mobil Gas station on the right set below the road- and you'll see signs pointing to the interstate- you're now at the same point as those who took I-89.
At this point- by the Mobil station, you'll go 3 miles south on RT 12(- will be leaving Northfield and entering Roxbury-)make a right on Steele Hill- before you get to this right turn there is a tannish house with a freestanding large garage also tannish, on the right, followed by a "school bus stop ahead" sign, and a beige trailer set below the road on the right at Steele Hill- go up Steele Hill to the top- the road winds to the right- go with it- then make an immediate left on Eagle Peak Road- that is my road- and you are now in West Brookfield- I'm the first place on Eagle Peak Rd on the left- you'll see the greenhouses, etc- house is natural hemlock with a green metal roof- 3748 Eagle Peak Rd, phone # 485-4622
Submitted Jan 11, 2010 at 19:53� DIRECTIONS TO BRIAN'S: Come north from Montpelier or south from Worcester on Rt. 12 to Shady Rill (about the same location as the Wrightsville Reservoir). Turn west on Shady Rill (take a left coming from Montpelier, a sharp right from Worcester). Drive 2+ miles just past Rumney Memorial School on your left. The paved road goes left, you go sharply right to the first house on the right. click HERE for a map; call 802-229-2161 if you get lost.
Submitted Jan 08, 2010 at 16:28� Dance at Worcester town hall 7 pm Saturday--if you're not already there for Fran's potluck birthday party, get there before 6:45 to tune up and warm up.
Submitted Jan 01, 2010 at 16:04� On Saturday, Jan. 2, Janet and Andy Leader will present a program of traditional ballads, old time songs, and country music at the Red Hen Cafe and Bakery in Middlesex from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. We'd love to see some fellow NIPSTERS there if the weather's ok.
Submitted Dec 13, 2009 at 06:11� And save 12/16 to join everyone at Lois's for her annual holiday NIPs session!
Submitted Nov 07, 2009 at 08:41� Advance info---music will be at Tom and Charlotte's on Nov. 18, we don't usually try for an official session the day before Thanksgiving, and *** on Dec. 2 we are invited to Kate Abram and Ron Langley's home in Barnet!!! ***
Submitted Oct 09, 2009 at 23:12� Hi All,
We are committed to play at a 350 event on October 24 at Hazen Union HS in Hardwick-[350 parts per million carbon awareness event- there will be 350 minutes of music] We will be playing at 7:30 for about half an hour. [Andy and Janet will be performing at 7:10]. If you know for sure that you will or will not make it please let me know so that I can let the organizers know about how many of us to expect. email or 802 472-6292. Hope to see ya there.
George
