Palouse Folklore Society

Palouse Folklore Society

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August 8th - Saturday: SLOW JAM (Second Saturday) 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.

August 15th: Saturday: PIE EXTRAVAGANZA and CONTRA DANCE with music by Under the Wire and calling by Andrew Faust, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse (Corner of Eid and Blaine Roads). Potluck dinner 6:30, dancing at 7:30 PM.

This will be our last dance of the summer season at the lovely old Blaine Schoolhouse. Summer sure went by quickly this year. And what a dance this promises to be! Not only do we get to enjoy the awesome music of Under the Wire and the calling of Andrew Faust, but there will also be..., yes..., PIE. So come on out and help us celebrate this bountiful time of year. Share some pie. And share some lively dancing. This month we have one of our favorite bands to keep us moving and grooving, 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 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. Holding down the bass duties will be Tina Hilding, whom you've heard playing and singing with the band Steptoe over the years. Andrew will bring his wonderful collection of dances to add to the fun. There really isn't a better way spend a summer evening on the Palouse. See you there!

You can find a map to the schoolhouse at our website, palousefolk.org, or in one of our newsletters in the bin on the Moscow Coop bulletin board. Remember that if you are taking highway 95, you must leave the highway just south of moscow if you're coming from the north, or near thorn creek if you are coming from the south and take the old road, now called Reisenauer road. The new highway does not connect to eid road! We just discovered that when coming from the south, there are no signs for the turn off to Reisenauer road, however, there is a large cell phone tower visible at the top of the hill just beyond the turn off. Watch for that and the center turn lane. Eid road comes up shortly after the turn off.

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:

August 15: Contra Dance and Pie Extravaganza with music by Under the Wire and calling by Andrew Faust, at the old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30 PM.

September 19: Contra Dance with music by Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots and calling by Nancy Staub, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 17: Contra Dance with music by Loose Palouse and calling by Nora Scott, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 31: Contra Dance with music by the Acrasians and calling by Pat Blatter, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

November 21: Contra Dance with music by the Wildgrass String Band and calling by Joseph Erhard-Hudson, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

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