Williamstown Community Contra Dance

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass — On Nov. 9, North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance with calling by Andy Davis, and live music by Mary Cay Brass and Laurie Indenbaum.
 
The dance will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church, 906 Main St., Williamstown. Admission is pay-as-you-can, $12 to $20 suggested, and barter is also welcome.   
 
For more information, visit www.NorthBerkshireDance.org.
 
According to a press release:
 
Contra dancing is the contemporary face of a living tradition. The music is live, the dances are taught, and anyone is welcome, with or without a partner — people change partners fluidly for each dance.  The caller teaches dance moves and skills as needed.
 
The caller, Andy Davis, will teach all the dances in an inclusive and welcoming style, using gender-free phrasing. 
 
Mary Cay Brass has been a performer and teacher in the traditional dance and music community for many years. She has played with the The Greenfield Dance Band with David Kaynor, and Airdance with Rodney Miller.  
 
Laurie Indenbaum has been fiddling for dances in Vermont and surrounding states since 1976, with many callers and bands, including Applejack and The Full Catastrophe.  
 
Andy Davis has been a part of Nowell Sing We Clear, and on staff at Country Dance and Song Society summer camps for many years. He also plays accordion for a Morris dancing team and frequently while calling for contra dances. 
 
Each of these musicians has been playing for contra dances for over forty years, and frequently together.  
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Six Running for Four Seats on Mount Greylock School Committee

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters will have choices for all four Mount Greylock School Committee seats on the Nov. 3 ballot.
 
Three Lanesborough residents, including one incumbent, have submitted signed nomination papers for the two seats up for grabs for residents of the town.
 
In Williamstown, both incumbents and one newcomer have submitted papers for two of that town's four seats on the four-member committee.
 
Curtis Elfenbein returned papers to Lanesborough Town Hall by Tuesday's deadline to run for a four-year second term on the committee. He first joined the body in 2020 when he was chosen to fill the last two years of an unexpired term, and he was elected in his own right two years later.
 
He is joined on the ballot by newcomers Melissa Zuroff and Jodi Szczepaniak-Locke.
 
All three prospective Lanesborough candidates' nomination papers will be certified when Town Clerk Ruth Knysh returns from vacation on Aug. 3.
 
In Williamstown, all three candidates' nomination papers have been certified by Town Clerk Nicole Beverly.
 
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