Cogin-Chuggers Square Dance Club

Durham, Connecticut

8:00pm – 10:30pm

Brewster School, Tuttle Road, Durham, Connecticut.  

 

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Members of the Connecticut Association of Square Dance Clubs (CASDC) and the Eastern District Square & Round Dance Association (EDSARDA)

Dances usually held on the second and fifth Fridays of each month from September through June at the Brewster School, Tuttle Road, Durham, Connecticut.  

Plus level Dancing with a A-1 tip,  Round Dancing throughout the evening   8:00pm – 10:30pm

Club Caller/Teacher:    Ed Rutty     edrutty3@snet.net                               Club Cuer:      slucibello@msn.com            

Contacts:

· Evelyn Dean, president                               evyknitstwo@aol.com.

· June Barton, secretary/publicity                  june_barton@yahoo.com

· Alicia Morse, programs/asst treasurer        kittykrew6@sbcglobal.net

· John Sherman, treasurer                             jsherman80@cox.net

· Mim Pugh, publicity                                    mapugh@snet.net

· Armand & Betty Catelli, hospitality             bcatelli@sbcglobal.net

· David McElroy, webmaster                         dmcelroy@starband.net

 

Cogin-Chuggers? (Coginchaug)

Historically, it was the Native American name of the area used by the Mattabesset tribe for hunting. It is said to have meant "Great Swamp" or "Long Swamp."

According to William Chauncey Fowler's "History of Durham," land in Coginchaug was first deeded in 1662 to John Talcott by the General Court. In 1672, a deed was written between the native proprietors of the territory and Europeans who wished to purchase it from them. Entitled "Deed of Cawginchaug from Tarramuggus, &c.," we can read verbatim about the transfer of "one Tract of land comonly known by the name of Cawginchaug" from the native inhabitants to the European settlers.

 

 

Updated:  3/15/2010 3:01 PM