Thursday, December 9, 2010

Contra dance tomorrow - Dec. 10th

There's a Contra Dance on Campus
Tomorrow!

Friday, December 10th, 2010
8-11pm
in Beckham Hall

Calling by Hannah Bary (Wes '09)
Live music by Emily Troll (Wes '10), Rebecca McCallum (librarian at Olin), and Linda Henry (from Amherst, MA)

Sit-in musicians will be welcome for the second half of the evening!
If you play fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, or anything else you think would fit in, bring it along, and play with us! Here are the sets we'll choose from:

Reels

Galen’s Arrival (G) / St. Anne’s Reel (D)

Needlecase (D) / Speed the Plow (A)

Greasy Coat (Am) / Liza Jane (A)

Far from Home (G) / Brenda Stubbert (Am)

Reel de Mattewa (Em) / Lady Anne Montgomery (D)

Old Gray Cat (Em) / Kitchen Girl (A)

Scotland the Brave (G) / Highland Laddie (A)

Jigs

Maison de Glace (D) / Korolenko (G)

Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em) / Hundred Pipers (A)


Many of these tunes are in the Portland Collection volumes 1 and 2.

For those who are dancing:
All dances are taught, beginners are welcome, and it's free!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Contra dance next week - on December 10th


There's a Contra Dance on Campus
Next Friday!

Friday, December 10th, 2010
8-11pm
in Beckham Hall

Calling by Hannah Bary (Wes '09)
Live music by Emily Troll (Wes '10), Rebecca McCallum (librarian at Olin), and Linda Henry (from Amherst, MA)

Sit-in musicians will be welcome for most of the second half of the evening! If you play fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, or anything else you think would fit in, bring it along, and play with us! We'll post on this blog again early next week with a list of tunes that we'll play....

All dances are taught, beginners are welcome, and it's free!