The next LITMA Contradance will be part of the Smithtown Historical Society’s annual Heritage Country Fair on Saturday, September 19 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. The LITMA house band will be playing for the dancing inside the Brush Barn, Chart Guthrie calling. In case of rain, the Fair will move to Sunday Sept 20, and so will the dance.
For information e-mail or call Chart Guthre, LITMA Smithtown Dance Manager: chartg@optonline.net 631-369-7854
Dances from 2:00–5:00 PM with Basic Instruction at 1:45
Smithtown Brush Barn – 211 E Main St
2026 Winter/Spring Dance Dates
Date Band Caller
February 8 Wild Thistle David Harvey
March 8 LITMA Contra Band Carter North
April 12 Dance All Night Ted Crane
May 10 LITMA Contra Band Chart Guthrie
Special Mothers’ Day Dance – Moms with kids get in FREE
June 14 John Kalinowski & Mickey Koth Rich Sbardella
All Dances Taught
Beginners, Singles & Families Welcome
General Admission $15
LITMA Members $10
Students Half Price
Children under 16 Free with paid adult
For more information call 631-369-7854
A downloadable, printable LITMA membership form is available at the link
Members of the LITMA Contra Band run an open remote Celtic jam Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 5:30 – 7:00 PM. You can arrive late, leave early, etc as you like.
We use Sonobus, the best free on-line jamming platform we’ve tried; We can all hear each other in close to real time (typical delay: 15 milliseconds).
Notation for all tunes via website (link provided when you join), or you can play by ear/memory.
To stay in touch, you can join the LITMA and Friends Remote Jam group on FaceBook Messenger. Or message me if any questions.
First-Time Setup:
(1) You will need broadband internet service, usually this means cable or fiber (eg, FIOS).
(2) Your computer needs to be connected (with Ethernet cable) to your router or cable modem; WiFi will lead only to frustration.
(3) Install Sonobus on your computer from www.sonobus.net
Regular use:
(1) Run Sonobus
(2) Connect to the private group LITMA (case-sensitive, all caps, not “Litma”, not “litma”, etc).
Optional Video via the link in Sonobus – don’t worry, we’ll talk you through it.
If you’re not sure your setup works, please try to arrange a time with me beforehand to test.
Please let me know if you’d like help, or of any questions or suggestions.
Jake
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This post marks the start of a new WordPress based LITMA website.
The old website was ‘static’ with only a single point of contact for adding or changing content. The new site allows for Editors, Authors and other user categories, with each user having their own login credentials.
Needless to say, the starter web site needs a lot of work to make it useful – hopefully many hands will result in light work
Dave – the Webmaster
