December 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, i
ncluding 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 jo
in in. Perfection not even
considered! Come join us.
December 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 li
ke to come and help dance is also
welcome. Sunday December 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 c
an send an email to radavich@mos
cow.com. Thanks. See you there!
December 21st: Saturday: CONTRA
DANCE with music by Under the Wire and calling by a host of local callers, at
the 1912 Center (Corner of 3rd St and Van Buren in Moscow). 7:30 PM.
We're excitedly looking forward to
this chance to showcase some of our wonderful local callers, all in the same
evening! And we have one of our favorite bands to liven up the evening, Under
the Wire. This awesome band is made up of John McInturff on fiddle
, a long time staple of contra
dance bands in this area. You've heard is masterful fiddle playing with the
Hired Hands band and more recently with Coyote Hill; amazing
multi-instrumentalist, Gretta Hodapp, will be playing banjo, concertina and
perhaps some
whistle this time around; David Christian from Captain Ludd's Rant
and Barefoot Saturday will provide the rhythm guitar. Joining the band for this
solstice evening dance will be special guest, Michael Gifford on bass. He’s a
wonderful bassist, whom we’ve
heard play down here with the
River City Ramblers. He’ll keep us all moving to the same beat. There's no
better way to spend your solstice evening!
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 ar
e 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:
December 21: Contra Dance
with music by
Under the Wir
e
and calling by a bevy of local
callers
,
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.
April 19: Contra Dance
with music by
Wildgrass
and calling by somebody cool
,
at the 1912
Center, 7:30 PM.
May 17: Contra Dance
with music by
Banna Damhsa
and calling by somebody cool
,
at the old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30
PM.
June 21: Contra Dance
with music by a groovy band
and calling by somebody cool
,
at the old
Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30 PM.
July 19: Contra Dance
with music by
Under the Wire
and calling by somebody cool
,
at the old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30
PM.
August 16: Pie Extravaganza and
Contra Dance
with music by
Reel Friends
and calling by somebody cool
,
at the old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30
PM.
