Jugtown Mountain Spring Band Performs In Mercer County Friday Night

The Jugtown Mountain String Band will team up with caller Sue Dupre for Howell Living History Farm’s annual summer barn dance on Friday night, July 7, 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 7 p.m. A $5 donation is welcome.

The event will be held inside the Charles Fish barn, a circa 1850 timber frame building attached to the farm's Visitor Center. The air-conditioned barn is fully accessible, and it has a wooden floor, open bays and acoustics that make it ideal for dances.

Beginners are welcome at the dance and visitors are encouraged to try their hands, and sometimes feet, at an earlier way of life. During the evening, a variety of easy and more challenging dances will be called. Dances involve a combination of square, circle and contra-dances typical of the times.

Howell Farm is owned by the County of Mercer and maintained by the Mercer County Park Commission. It is located on Valley Road, just off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. The GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township, NJ 08530. Parking and admission are free.

For more information, call the farm office at 609-737-3299 or visit www.howellfarm.org or www.mercercountyparks.org.

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