My Links to Music, Dance, and other essential fun
This page provides handy links to some of my favorite music and dance resources as well as other sources of fun and recreation. -- Sandy Ward
Balkan music 
- Amherst International Folkdancing. Ken and I play music (in the band “Panharmonium”) for AIFD at the Bang's Community Center in Amherst on the 1st Friday of each month. All are welcome. Free!
- Balkan Music & Dance workshops run by the East European Folklife Center (EEFC). See photo of me happily playing my drum for dancers at the 2003 camp -->
- Balkan Camp photo albums.
- New England Folk Festival (N.E.F.F.A.) Ken and I attend this annual festival of dance and music. My NEFFA photos.
- Photos of Panharmonium (band).
- We often travel to California visiting relatives and enjoy Balkan folk dance events there:
- Balkan Music Night, Concord, MA. Another annual treat.
Other fun
- I enjoy rowing on the Connecticut River in an Alden Star single, which I can borrow at anytime as a member of Holyoke Rows. See my photos of activities at Holyoke Rows.
- P.A.C.E Theater (Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton)
- Majestic Theater, West Springfield, MA
- www.lexulous.com/. My sister and I love to play Scrabble whenever we are together, and LEXULOUS via email when we are apart.
- Ideas Worth Sharing: Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) I thank Carlos Vega for bringing this site to my attention.
- “Parties with a Purpose” by C.R.U.S.H. www.crushonholyoke.org
- Gardening, inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
