The Waterford Historical Society has scheduled its annual summertime music program for 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, July 7. The event will be held in the dance hall on the Waterford World’s Fair grounds, 36 Irving Green Road in North Waterford.

The musical performance, descriptive talk, and traditional contra dance will feature Greg Boardman and Friends, traditional music performers.

The event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

This musical celebration aims to appeal to all ages. Featured musicians — fiddler Boardman, Glen Loper on mandolin, and multi-instrumentalist David Stimson — are widely recognized for their musicianship, knowledge and creativity, according to a news release from the historical society.

In the first half of the event, the performers will discuss, demonstrate and play music drawn from actual 19th- and early 20th-century “dance cards,” artifacts found in the society collections. The musicians will then lead the audience in a traditional New England contra dance, a traditional activity not only common in the period of the dance cards but still widely popular today. No previous dance experience is required.

This evening of music and dance is presented by the society in partnership with the Waterford World’s Fair Association. Free-will donations to support the association will be accepted.

For more information, contact Andrew H. Dabczynski, Waterford Historical Society trustee, at adab@byu.edu or 801-318-8368.