Saturday May 12th, The Carousel Museum welcomes the locally renowned "Chaparrals" for your listening and dancing pleasure. Come enjoy the ambiance of our museum along with the best in Country Western and Soft Rock while dancing on our recently refinished large dance floor. This is a BYOB event. Snacks and setups will be available for purchase. Singles are welcome. Tickets are $12 per person at the door. Make your reservations for tables of 8 or for more information call the museum at 860-585-5411. Doors will open at 6:30 Saturday evening. The Chaparrals will entertain from 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM.

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Dancing at the New England Carousel Museum. May 18th from 7:00pm to 10:30pm

Bring your buddies, bring your dancing shoes and take a spin on the beautiful hardwood floor at the New England Carousel Museum. Enjoy ballroom, swing and everything in between, dancing and music from 7-10:30PM. Beginners are welcome and encouraged. Dances will be held regularly on the third Friday of the month at the Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave, RT 72 Bristol. Entry cost is $10.00 per person.

The Crocodile Club is Back Again!

The Crocodile Club is back again this year and will be held at Lake Compounce on Friday, September 7, 2012. Lake Compounce General Manager Jerry Brick continues to support this event in the tradition established by the Norton family for Lake Compounce, the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the country. The Crocodile Club will celebrate its 131st reunion dinner with its unique gathering of individuals who put aside their political differences to celebrate this commitment by the park owners. Please join us on Friday, September 7, 2012, as a capacity turnout is expected. As a special treat from our generous hosts, free rides on the carousel will be available from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.

As usual, the festivities will begin with the social hour at 1:00 P.M. (when crocodile tears are shed!) For early arrivers, a cash bar will be available from 12:00 noon onward upstairs in the ballroom. The traditional dinner of lamb and fried corn with all the trimmings, which was first served in 1875, will commence promptly at 2:00 PM. During dinner, Crocodile Club President, Ray Dunaway will preside over a lively and interesting program. Good speeches and bad jokes are limited to three minutes per person, and NO serious political speeches are allowed.

Guests will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis. A payment made payable to Crocodile Club for fifty dollars each must be received for each participant by August 20, 2012. Mail to the Crocodile Club, c/o Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave, Bristol, CT 06010. The dinner registration form can be downloaded by clicking HERE.

Upon receipt of your payment, your name will be entered into the guest database and your ticket(s) will be mailed to you or they can be picked up at “will call” at the front gate. Transportation will be provided from the Lake Compounce parking lot to the main gate. You must have your ticket with you in order to get into the ballroom and get fed. For tickets contact the New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010. 860 585-5411.

The New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, CT, which displays one of the most extensive collections of carousel horses and menagerie figures in the U.S. is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. To help commemorate this special event in a big way, the Museum worked in partnership with The Connecticut Press to publish a new illustrated history of carousel horses entitled Flying Horses: The Golden Age of American Carousel Art, 1870 –1930 by historian Peter J. Malia and photographer Bryan Page, both from Connecticut.