2026 Wednesday Summer English Dance & Ice Cream Socials
Mark your calendars for dancing Wednesday evenings, starting on July 8th and finishing on August 26th, from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m., every week. Also English Dance Basics, starting at 7:00pm.
The venue is air-conditioned and there’s ice cream during the break. All dances are taught, no experience is necessary, and you don’t need to come with a partner. English Dance basics are available starting at 7pm; speak to the person at the door if interested. Masks are optional. Admission is $10 ($5-$15 sliding scale). Please bring your own water bottle. All dances in the summer series will be called without gender references.
We have an exciting lineup of callers and musicians!
July 29 Sue Rosen (Catherine Miller, Bruce Rosen) Gender Free
August 5 Brad Foster (Karen Burciaga, Dan Meyers, Jacqueline Schwab) Gender Free [larks/robins may be used as needed]
August 12 Joanna Reiner (Dave Langford, Steven Bluestein, Robert Penny, Jacqueline Schwab) Gender Free [larks/robins may be used as needed]
August 19 Luanne Stiles (Catherine Miller, Cecile Leroy, Jacqueline Schwab) Gender Free
August 26 Gaye Fifer (Dave Langford, Julie Metcalf, Jacqueline Schwab) Gender Free
Summer dances are held at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUSSN), 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA. It is the striking stone church in West Newton center, with a lovely hall, a great wood dance floor, wood paneling and beams, and air conditioning. It is conveniently located in West Newton center, right at exit 16 off the Pike, located just a short walk from the West Newton commuter rail station. There is parking on nearby streets and in parking lots nearby. Please enter the church through the Washington Street entrance.
Directions to the church (pdf file) and a map of the area including parking lots (pdf file). Parking: The bank lot is no longer available. There is a public lot off Cherry Street, to the west behind the stores that front on Washington Street. Street parking is available on the surrounding streets (across the bridge on Highland Street on the downhill-facing side (but NOT beside the church), and Inis Circle on the right as you drive up Highland). MBTA lots and municipal lots are also available, as well as the Family ACCESS of Newton lot on Waltham Street, just a short walk from FUUSN behind the CVS parking lot, and can be used on Wednesdays after 6:30pm. For more details from the church about parking, see http://fusn.org/about-us/location.
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