Palouse Folklore Society

Palouse Folklore Society

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October 12th and 26th -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.

October 6th: 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 October 6th from 7 to 9 pm. In the Attic studio, at 314 East 2^nd 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!

October 12th: Saturday: CONTRA DANCE with music by Crooked Kilt and calling by a host of local callers, at the 1912 Center (Corner of 3rd St and Van Buren in Moscow). 7:30 PM. NOTE this is a SECOND SATURDAY.

As often happens, our regular dance this month will happen on the second saturday in order to accommodate our Halloween dance later in the month. We're very much looking forward to some great Celtic music from the band, Crooked Kilt. Masterful fiddle playing from Carla Carnegie, great rhythm guitar by Tom Carnegie, and percussion by the awesome Anna Carnegie-Vierra. We're thrilled to have this Spokane band make the trip down to play for us, so you won't want to miss this opportunity. And... we have a great line up of local callers with their interesting collection of dances to keep us moving and grooving. This promises to be a wonderful evening of dancing!

October 26th: Saturday: HALLOWEEN CONTRA DANCE with music by the Acrasians and calling by Joseph Erhard-Hudson, at the 1912 Center (Corner of 3rd St and Van Buren in Moscow). 7:30 PM. NOTE this is a FOURTH SATURDAY.

The Halloween dance is always one of our favorite dances during the year. Here’s our chance to dress up and whoop it up! We’re in for a treat as this band and caller make their way to Moscow all the way from Boise. The Acrasians are currently a 5-piece band and feature Tim Sommer on guitar, Monica Pollard on piano, and Ken Pollard, Barb Clickner and Lea Ann Bateman King on fiddles. They play a delightful mix of Scottish and American folk music. They are regulars at the Boise Contra Dance Society dances and they'll be joined by caller Joseph Erhard-Hudson, who is one of our favorite local callers. By way of expanding our vocabulary, Acrasia: the state of mind in which one behaves contrary to their own better judgment, possibly through a weakness of will. Socrates thought such behavior was impossible. Some of us have found it is not. We’ll be doing photos again during the mid-dance break. So plan to come on out and join us!

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: $10 for members, $12 for non-members, students $8 and new dancers get in for $5.

Extended Calendar:

October 12: Contra Dance with music by Crooked Kilt and calling by a bevy of local callers, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 26: Halloween Contra Dance with music by the Acrasians and calling by Joseph Erhard-Hudson, 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 bysomebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

April 19: Contra Dance with music by Wildgrass and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.