If you ride on Pavilion Road in East Thetford, just south of the bridge, you may notice an odd-looking building across the road from Cedar Circle Farm. The is Huntington's Pavilion, a dance hall that survives from the 1930s when dance halls were common in the Upper Valley. Contradances with live music are held there in the summer. Recommended as a delightful way to spend a summer evening. :-)
More history and posters are here: Huntington's Pavilion, E. Thetford, VT ยท Square Dance History Project
A video narrated by local dance historian David Millstone is here: Stepping Back in Time on Vimeo
September 20: Thetford Semiquincentennial Dance!
David Millstone calls selection of historic dances to mark the 250th anniversary of the United Stated.
Music by Carol Compton and Thal Aylward
Sponsoredby the Thetford SQC Committee
Info: ThelmaThompson thelma48thom@hotmail.com
East Thetford Pavillion, East Thetford, VT
140 Pavillion Road, across from Cedar Circle Farm