Ladies Chain
Large audio files--be patient
August 25, 1978 Rehearsal mp3 *** February 2, 1979 Rehearsal mp3
03/1977, Valley Women’s Union (Northampton) newsletter Ladies Chain
9/8/1977, Daily Hampshire Gazette, These Ladies have a Chain of their own..., by Laura Barr
9/28/1977, Amherst Bulletin, Ladies Chain picks up the contradance tempo, by Sarah Fader
4/8/1981, Valley Advocate, Contradancing is Nothing New, by Amy Singer
December 1, 2013 Memorial for Donna Grossman photos by Tom McCurry
September 28, 2010
Mary Lea in her garden
Brattleboro, VT
September 27, 2010
Karen Simon in her Field
Windsor, MA
September 26, 2010
Heather McLaughlin on clarinet & Tom McCurry's Orchids
Northampton, MA
September 26, 2010
Mary Lea • Heather McLaughlin • Barbara Stack • Karen Simon • Donna Grossman
June 13, 2009, Northampton, photo by Tom McCurry
June 13, 2009, Northampton: Donna Grossman. photo by Tom McCurry.
Barbara and Heather visit Bonnie in Wakefield, RI, July 27, 2007
October, 1980: Northampton: Donna Grossman. Barbara Stack photo.
Donna Grossman weaving
Mary Lea • Bonnie Blair O’Connor • Heather McLaughlin • Barbara Stack • Karen Simon • Donna Grossman
June 1978
June 1978: John Marcy photos (scanned from proof sheet)
Summer, 1977: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: Heather McLaughlin and Donna Grossman. Barbara Stack photo.
March, 1977: Valley Women’s Union (Northampton) newsletter
March, 1977: Valley Women’s Union (Northampton) newsletter
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Northampton's LGBTQ History_ a work-in-progress by Kaymarion Raymond
| Ladies Chain is the fifth band I find mentioned very briefly in the Chronology in the 1970s: “Feb. 4, 1977. Contradance with women musicians.” A wonderful description of what was the first gig and, I think, the beginning of Ladies Chain was included in the Valley Women’s Union mimeographed newsletter dated March 1977. The band might have been Northampton based and included at least one lesbian. More info welcome. Let’s at least save some pictures. |
December 8, 1978: The Threshold Benefit. Heather's copy.