Spring Celebration! Caller: Gaye Fifer; Band: The Johns. Potluck starting at 5:30 at Central United Methodist Church.
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: River Abel; Band: Asking for Trouble
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Maeve Devlin; Band: Pimento Mori
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Laurie Pietravalle; Band: Banjo Tramps
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Rick Szumski; Band: Tana and the Tall Boys. PLEASE NOTE the location is ULC!
Bob Stein’s 90th Birthday All Day Dance
Bob Stein’s 90th Birthday Bash begins at 2pm with the English Country Dance. 5-7 Potluck dinner, 7-10 Contras and Squares. Caller: Gaye Fifer; ECD Band: Alchemy; CD Band: The Stringrays
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: River Abel; Band: Banjo Tramps
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Carol Steiner; Band: Scarlet Runner String Band
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Julie Levy Weston; Band: Asking for Trouble
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Maeve Devlin; Band: Pimento Mori
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: River Abel
Band: Pimento Mori
New Years Eve Contra and Square Dance
Chicago Caller Moose Flores
Band: Banjo Tramps
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Martha Vanderkolk
Band: The Curb Climbers (Midwest) (Mike Ross, John Hatton, Sam Herman)
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Laurie Pietravalle
Band: Purple Martins
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Rick Szumski
Band: Tana and the Tall Boys
Contra and Square Dance
Birthday Dance for Abby Schwartz and Hanno Meingast
Caller: Darlene Underwood
Band: Big Fun
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: Carol Steiner
Band: Banjo Tramps
Contra and Square Dance
Caller: River Abel
Band: Tana and the Tall Boys
Jake Blount and Nic Gareiss and Simon Chrisman
Lansing’s Nic Gareiss travels the world both performing and teaching dance. Each season, Nic gathers very talented friends and plans a Michigan tour, making a Friday night stop at The Ten Pound Fiddle. This year, Nic and Old Time musician Jake Blount and hammered dulcimer player Simon Chrisman will combine their sound and talent to present a night of exceptional performance pieces.
The Very, Very Last and FINAL Used CD and LP Fund-Raiser for Fiddle Scouts
Your last opportunity to sift through thousands of classic folk, blues and Americana CDs and LPs, most for $1 each. All proceeds go to fund Fiddle Scouts, a program where musicians play music with children.
Liz Carroll, Nic Gareiss and Allison de Groot
Chicago Irish fiddler Liz Carroll joins Old Time banjoist Allison De Groot and percussive dancer extraordinaire Nic Gareiss for a night of music and dance exploration.
April Verch and Cody Walters
The Fiddle welcomes a world-class duo of virtuosic fiddle, dance, banjo & song from the Ottawa Valley to the Hills of Appalachia.
Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss & Laurel Premo + Fiddle’s Annual Membership Meeting
Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss and Laurel Premo, award-winning folk performers, have joined forces in a bewitchment of rich tones, deft movements and stories long untold. Through traditional songs familiar and arcane, this new trio celebrates the deep rhythms and subtle harmonies of America’s eldest musics.
Annual Ten Pound Fiddle Membership Meeting, 6 pm – 7 pm. All are welcome. (Only) Fiddle members vote on any issues. Meet the Fiddle Board of Directors. Held at the UUMC before the concert.
MWSFF Concert: House of Hamill, and Liz Carroll with Nic Gareiss and harpist Maeve Gilchrist
Chicago’s premier Irish fiddler Liz Carroll is joined by harpist Maeve Gilchrist, and Lansing’s own dance phenom Nic Gareiss. Opening the night will be intricate, unpredictable arrangements of traditional songs and fiddle tunes; compelling and catchy original songs and completely unexpected covers, by Philadelphia’s House of Hamill.