How Music and Dancing can help bring people together

Thomas S. Curren is a writer, author, farmer, conservationist,
historian, and musician who wrote the book, "ALL JOIN HANDS",
Dudley Laufman & The New England Country Dance Tradition.

Thomas Curren discusses his motivation to write this book about
Dudley Laufman and how honored Thomas was to hear Dudley's stories,
write a biography, and be so delighted Dudley Laufman loved the
book!

We discussed who Dudley Laufman is and the wonderful contributions
Dudley has made to honor contra dance traditions, what contradance
music is, the history of contradance, folk music, and how music and
dancing bring people together in a community! Dudley Laufman
received the NEA's National Heritage Fellowship Award in 2009, the
nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts!

This is a very interesting interview and Betsy learned so much from
reading "ALL JOIN HANDS ". Betsy highly recommends reading "ALL
JOIN HANDS " to learn about Dudley Laufman and his wonderful
contributions and how he kept this centuries-old music and dancing
alive in New England and beyond!

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