A Man for All Instruments

Spring is a time of preparation, planting, and ftrst blooms. The ftrst bloom of our spring season is the Playford Ball, although like the snowdrops coming up at the same time, we often have to push through snow to fmd it. The ball will be held on Saturday, March 7, at Monument Hall in Concord. It turns out that the Weston Town Hall is being used, close to the date of the Ball, by a drama group which has built a large extension to the stage. Since the space available to dancers would have been seriously diminished by the extension, the committee thought it best to look for another site. The pre-ball First Friday English Dance for Expe­ rienced Dancers will be held on March 6. This is always a special evening, because so many of our out.-Df-town friends who come for the Ball also come to thls dance. We still hope to put the Ball dances on the web. Unfortunately, we are also still trying to resolve some copyright issues to make this possible. This is another' case where technology has given us capabilities we aren't sure how to handle yet. Barbara Finney has graciously agreed to answer questions about the dances bye-mail at [email protected]. The New England Folk Festival is the highpoint of our April calendar. The 54th festival will be held at Natick High School on Apri124-26. Helene Cornelius is again leading a demonstration group of English dancers. Besides the enjoying the festival, NEFFA offers us a chance to show a lot of dancers how much fun English Country dancing can be.