Next LITMA Contradance May 10

The next LITMA Contradance will be on Sunday May 10, 2:00 – 5:00 PM at the Smithtown Brush Barn, Featuring the LITMA Contra Band, Chart Guthrie calling.
Special Mothers’ Day Dance – Moms with kids get in FREE!
All Dances Taught – Basic instruction at 1:45 PM
Beginners, Singles & Families Welcome
General Admission: $15
LITMA Members: $10
Students Half Price
Children under 16 Free with paid adult

Please bring a Friend (or two) and Snacks to share at the break.

For information e-mail me at chartg@optonline.net or call me at 631-369-7854
Chart Guthre, LITMA Smithtown Dance Manager.

We need folks to help with set up, take down, sound and sitting at the door. If you can come early or stay late, please do. See Chart about sitting at the door (there is a sign up when you come in)., See Dave or Hugh about helping with Sound.

LITMA Second Sunday Contradances

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

Remote Celtic Jam Most Days

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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jake11561@yahoo.com
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First Post!

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