Northern New Jersey Square Dancers Association
NNJSDA
Square Dancing in the Northern New Jersey Area

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 encompasses the northern half of New Jersey and three clubs in New York. There are 19 member clubs.

If you find any errors or want to comment on the site, please contact the webmaster.

Here you will find:

• Sign up for the NNJSDA Event Announcement Email List
• Who's Who on the NNJSDA Exec Board
• Contact members of the NNJSDA Exec Board
• Send any suggestions to the NNJSDA
• NNJSDA History
• Calendar of Events
  
• ♥ Square Dance Lovers ♥
• 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
• *** NEW for 2012 ***Governor Chris Christie has officially proclaimed September as Square Dance Month in New Jersey. See the proclamation
• Watch a video taken at the Cross Trail Squares Valentine's Dance. This video was taken by The Caldwells Patch and can also be seen at that web site.
• Get Directions to the different NNJSDA Dance Locations:
  Show Directions
• See a list of Today's Dances
• See a list of Tomorrow's Dances
• 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
• 39^th Mini-Festival
  The 39^th Annual Mini-Festival will be held on Sunday, November 10, 2013
  • See pictures from past Mini Festivals (back to 1998).
• The Gathering
  The Gathering for 2012 has been cancelled.
  • Pictures from previous years
    • 2007
    • 2008
    • 2010
  • Handouts from previous years
    • 2007
    • 2010
• NNJSDA Documents
• Press/Publicity Releases
• See who were Patrons and Freeloaders in the past
• Pictures from dances at the NJ Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
  • Pictures from March 10, 2009
  • Pictures from April 17, 2010
  • Pictures from May 1, 2012
• 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:
  • County in New Jersey.
  • County in New York.
  • Dance program.
  • What day they dance.
• Photos from previous dances and other events
• *** Updated *** See the Winning Poster for Square Dance Month 2013 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 and Round Dance Foundation of Rhode Island
  • SquareDancing.com
  • dosado.com
  • *** New *** Where's the Dance
  • 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 Conventions
    • National Executive Committee(NEC) - The NEC is made up of former National Square Dance Convention chairmen. These people oversee all the National Conventions.
    • 61^st National Square Dance Convention -- Spokane, WA -- June 27 - 30, 2012
    • 62^nd National Square Dance Convention -- Oklahoma City, OK -- June 26 - 29, 2013
    • 63^rd National Square Dance Convention -- Little Rock, AR -- June 25 - 28, 2014
    • 64^th National Square Dance Convention -- Springfield, MA -- June 24 - 27, 2015
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Square Dance Calls – Animations/Videos
    • Taminations - Animated Square Dance Figures
    • Square Dance Lessons on Videos
    • Open Squares Figures
    • Square Dance Calls Animated
    • Online Video Square Dance Lessons
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