Dear R

To remind you all, the R&O Halloween dance this year is scheduled for Saturday, October 28 with caller Beth Molaro from Asheville, NC. The location is still being finalized. This year, the dance will be held in the evening only, preceded by a pot-luck supper, starting at 6:00pm.

We will be having five rehearsals on Sundays in September and October. Note that the time of the rehearsal on October 15 has had to be changed because of a conflict for the rehearsal space in the evening. The last rehearsal on Sunday October 22 when we run through all the program will be longer than the others, starting in the afternoon with the usual pot-luck supper in the middle.

From I-95: From 95 N, take exit 7B and follow 206 N for several miles into Princeton. After the traffic light at Library Place, continue 0.1 mile, then turn left onto Monument Drive. (If you reach the traffic light where 206 meets Nassau Street [NJ 27], you've gone too far.) SPC is all the way back on the right.

From I-295: From 295 N, take 95 S to exit 7B (Route 206) and follow I-95 directions above.
From Route 1: take Alexander Road exit westbound into Princeton; turn right onto University Place, left onto Nassau St., and bear left through the light onto Stockton St./Route 206 South. Take first right into Monument Drive. SPC is all the way back on the right.

By train: take NJ Transit's northeast corridor line, get a ticket all the way to Princeton and change at Princeton Junction for the rail shuttle to Princeton (the "dinky"). From the dinky station proceed uphill on University Place toward Nassau; cross Nassau and turn left; proceed across Bayard Lane (Route 206) and past Princeton Borough Hall, toward the battle monument. When you reach the monument, turn right and walk past Borough Hall to the building in the rear - that's the SPC. It's a five- to ten-minute walk from the station.

Although we play tunes mainly from the contra dance repertoire, we always include a few surprises in tunes and special arrangements which is why we ask you attend most of the rehearsals; if you must miss one or two, let me know.

In addition to the Halloween dance, R&O will also perform for the weekly contra dance in Princeton on Wednesday October 25 8-10:30pm, once again at the Suzanne Patterson Center. You don't have to take part in this performance but it helps us all to appreciate that we are playing for dancing.

We have some great tunes to play and I am looking forward to working with you to make R&O XXVII a fun event for all!