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New Mexico Folk Music & Dance Society • FolkMADS  

 
The New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society - FolkMADS - is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and teaching traditional music and dance. FolkMADS sponsors Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos contra dances, Megabands, concerts, camps, and other special events.
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FolkMADS videos & photos on YouTube, Facebook, etc.
FolkMADS Road-Trip Blog
Alibi article, September 2010
Hoku's FolkMADness 2009 Camp Rap  Click here for image or here for .pdf
 
Links to New Mexico Resources
Albuquerque Folk Festival
Albuquerque Square Dance Center
Albuquerque Swing & Country Dance Club
Irish American Society of Albuquerque
Merri's Folk eNews
New Mexico Rail Runner Express 
Santa Fe International Folk Dancing (Balkan, Greece, Middle East (not belly dancing), & more)
SNMMDS (Southern New Mexico Music and Dance Society)
SouthWest International Folk Dance Institute (SWIFDI)
Southwest Traditional & Bluegrass Music Association (AKA Southwest Pickers)
Zoukfest

Ongoing Events in New Mexico & Beyond
Non-FolkMADS activities we happen to know about (list of events)
¡Globalquerque!  (September)
Klezmerquerque  (February)
Music and Dance Groups in Neighboring States
Durango Contra Dances
Durango Bluegrass Meltdown
Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (CFOOTMAD)
AZ We Dance - Cottonwood, AZ (and Northern, AZ)
Four Corners Folk Festival - Pagosa Springs, CO
Stellar Days & Nights - Buena Vista, CO
Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music
Phoenix Traditional Music and Dance
May Madness - Prescott, AZ
Prescott, AZ Contra Dance  (Folk Happens)
Tucson Friends of Traditional Music (TFTM)
Utah Contradance Information Page
Austin Friends of Traditional Music
Traditional Austin Area Dance Association


Assorted Web Resources
ABC Music Notation (everything you've ever wanted to know, plus links to software)
Bruce's Megaband ABC music archive
Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS)
CDSS-Affiliated Groups List
Ceolas (Celtic Music Resources)
Ted Crane's Dance Database
Contradancelinks.com
Dwayne Johnson's Contra Corners Map
Fasola Home Page
Folk Music - Index to Recorded Resources
The Fiddler's Companion  (search titles alphabetically for lots of info)
Mudcat Café
Old Time Herald Online
Old Time Music Home Page
Michael Dyck's Contra Dance Index
(100's of Contra Dances by author, title, formation, etc.)
The Dance Gypsy
Centralia Old-Time Music Campout (Second Full Week in August)
Instrument Jokes! (occasionally offensive)
FolkMADness
Music & Dance Camp
Boo Camp
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