Welcome to the Square Dance Information Site for the Northern New Jersey Area, presented by the Northern New Jersey Square Dancers Association (NNJSDA). The NNJSDA currently encompasses the northern half of New Jersey and two clubs in New York. There are currently 21 member clubs.
If you find any errors or want to comment on the site, please contact the webmaster.
Here you will find:
- NEW President E-Letters
- Who's Who on the NNJSDA Exec Board
- Send a message to members of the NNJSDA Exec Board *** NEW ***
- Send any suggestions to the NNJSDA *** NEW ***
- Calendar of Events
- *** NEW *** Watch a half-hour cable TV interview about what square dancing is with NNJSDA President Lise Greene, and watch 4 video clips taken at NNJSDA and club dances. Program taped in 2009 for Jefferson Highlights Community Television. Note: There's no action in the movie for the first 12 or 13 seconds
The Next NNJSDA Event(s)
All Mainstream Dance, Sunday, September 12, 2010The Gathering -- "Evolve, or Die And Thrive ...", Saturday, October 09, 2010
Fall Dance, Saturday, October 30, 2010
36th Annual Mini Festival, Sunday, November 14, 2010
- Sign up for the NNJSDA Event Announcement Email List
- NEW Get Directions to the different NNJSDA Dance Locations:
- See a list of Today's Dances
- See a list of Tomorrow's Dances
- The "Grand Square". The official publication for the NNJSDA and the clubs of the NNJSDA is now available on line. Each online issue is available as a very large PDF formatted file
- Register for the 36th Mini Festival to be held Sunday, November 14, 2010.
- The Gathering
- Register and More Information about The Gathering 2010 to be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010
- Pictures from previous years
- Handouts from The 2007 Gathering
- NNJSDA Documents
- Press/Publicity Releases
- See who were Patrons and Freeloaders in the past
- Pictures from dances at the NJ Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- See pictures from past Mini Festivals (back to 1998).
- List of clubs and possible links to the member pages and their schedules.
- A list of Square Dance classes in the area.
- New way of finding clubs. This uses the Google Maps interface. It is still under development and will improve with time. Please send any comments about this way of finding
- Find Clubs by:
- Photos from previous dances and other events
- See the Winning Poster for Square Dance Month 2010 and previous years
- More information about the State Square Dance Outfit
- More Information about dancing inside and outside the immediate area, please see:
- Square Dance Council of New Jersey
- Square Dance Callers' Council of New Jersey
- Northern NJ Round Dance Leaders Council
- Federation of Delaware Valley Square & Round Dancers
- Hudson Valley Council Homepage
- Square Dance Links
- DOSADO.COM
- Square Dancing around the World
- CALLERLAB - International association of square dance callers; largest callers' communication organization.
- National Square Dance Campers Association (NSDCA) -- Nonprofit organization combining camping with dancing; the Garden State Square Dance Campers (GSSDC) is Chapter 001.
- National Square Dance Convention - Begins fourth Thursday in June annually for four days; run entirely by dancers in different cities that bid for the privilege.
- ROUNDALAB - International association of round dance teachers and cuers providing a framework for standardizing various aspects of the activity such as dance figures, cue terms, cue sheet format, and teaching methodology.
- ARTS - Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance Inc.
- You 2 Can Dance - America's Best Resource for Recreational Dancers
- National (and International) Square Dance Directory - Worldwide listing of thousands of clubs in all dance activities.
- United Square Dancers Of America(USDA) - Organization formed by and for dancers to represent square, round, contra, clogging, line, and heritage dancers in decisions made at the national level.
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