Palouse Folklore Society

Palouse Folklore Society

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September 14th and 28th -Saturdays: SLOW JAMS (Second and fourth Saturdays) from 1-3 PM. 314 East Second St. attic (up the long driveway and up the back stairs.) For any interested folk musicians. All experience levels welcome, including raw beginners. We may go over a piece more than once.

Bring music or chords if you have them and share a little of what you are working on. There will not be an audience. We just go round in a circle picking a favorite tune, and others try to join in. Perfection not even considered! Come join us.

September 15th: Sunday: Caller's Workshop - If you've ever had the urge to call a contra dance, this is your opportunity to learn the technique. We'll be getting together with some experienced callers to work on some new dances and practice some old ones, and would be delighted to get you started. No experience necessary. We have cue cards for some simple dances. We'll hope for enough participants to make a very short contra line. Anybody that would like to come and help dance is also welcome. Sunday September 15th from 7 to 9 pm. In the Attic studio, at 314 East 2nd St. (Up the long driveway to the back, and up the outside stairs to the attic.) This is the 2nd house up from the Public Library on 2nd St. The city parking lot on the corner of 2nd and Jefferson is open on weekends. Please let us know if you plan to attend, that way we'll know if we have enough people to make it work. You can send an email to radavich@moscow.com. Thanks. See you there!

September 21st: Saturday: CONTRA DANCE with music by Reel Friends and calling by Nora Scott, at the 1912 Center (Corner of 3rd St and Van Buren in Moscow). 7:30 PM.

We'll be back in the 1912 Center and we're very much looking forward to some great music from the band, Reel Friends. This awesome band from spokane is relatively new, however it features some long time favorites at our area contra dances. Tashi Dial is a piano accordion player extraordinaire, and has played at dances for most of her life. Seriously. Ken Raymond's mandolin and button accordion playing has likewise been a familiar presence in contra bands for many years, as part of the Bridgewater Boys, Up All Night, and Starry Nights way back in the day, and more recently, joining some of the folks from the InTentCity band from Sandpoint, in Red Herring. Brendan Biele will be backing them up on guitar. Brendan is also currently the president of the Spokane folklore society. Add in Nora Scott's fun collection of dances, and this promises to be a wonderful evening of dancing!

In keeping with the times, masks and vaccines are optional. At this time few are wearing masks on our dance floor, and we love to see you if you are healthy, mask or no mask. If you are sick, or have been recently, or have potentially vulnerable folks at home, we would urge you to avoid coming to the dance. As we trust you know, it is quite possible Covid can be at any close public event such as this one.

Beginner? No problem- Arrive at 7:30 and there are free lessons.

No Partner? No worry. There are lots of dancers - many would like to dance with you. All dances are taught. Singles, families & beginners are always welcome. Children are always FREE

Free dance lessons at 7:30, 8-10:30 Dance. Admission: $6 for members, $8 for non-members and new dancers get in for $5

Extended Calendar:

September 21: Contra Dance with music by Reel Friends and calling by Nora Scott, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 12: Contra Dance with music by Crooked Kilt and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 26: Halloween Contra Dance with music by the Acrasians and calling by Pat Blatter, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

November 16: Contra Dance with music by Banna Damhsa and calling by Joseph Erhard-Hudson, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

December 21: Contra Dance with music by Under the Wire and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

January 18: Contra Dance with music by Frogtown and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

February 15: Contra Dance with music by Moscow Celtic and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

March 15: Contra Dance with music by Under the Wire and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.