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
The Next NNJSDA Dance(s)
Grand Square Benefit Dance, Sunday, April 25, 2010Spring Dance, Friday, April 30, 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. Now with a Family Rate
- NNJSDA Documents
- Press/Publicity Releases
- See who were Patrons and Freeloaders in the past
- *** NEW *** NJPAC is proud to partner with NNJSDA for A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 3:15pm. Download the flyer and registration form.
- On March 10, 2009 over 200 dancers from the NNJSDA area danced at the NJ Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). See pictures and a video (on Youtube.com) from the event. These links open in a new window or tab depending on your browser configuration.
- See pictures from past Mini Festivals (back to 1998).
- See pictures from The Gathering
- Handouts from The 2007 Gathering
- 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 2009 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.
- 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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