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Folk Show Calendar 3.31.13

Tuesday, April 2

>>>The Hardtacks present their "Rally Round the Flag: Civil War through Folk Song at 6:30pm at the Pease Public Library, Plymouth, NH.  http://www.peasepubliclibrary.org/pease/

     

Wednesday, April 3

>>>Andrea Beaton at the Skye Theatre ~ South Carthage, ME ~ 7pm ~ 207-491-0273www.necelticarts.com

Thursday, April 4

>>>Dala at the Flying Goose Pub ~ New London, NH ~ 8pm ~603-526-6899, www.flyinggoose.com

Friday, April 5

>>>Peter Yarrow at the Claremont Opera House ~ Claremont, NH ~ 603-542-4433       

>>>Tim O’Brien (Old Man Luedecke opens) at the Me & Thee Coffeehouse ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987 www.meandthee.org

>>>Joshua James (Folksy Roots, Rock, and everything else) at the Music Hall ~Portsmouth, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.themusichall.org 603-436-2400

Saturday, April 6

>>>Jammin’ Divas(Aoife Clancy, Kath Buckell & Becky Chace) at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse  (U.U. Church) ~ Wakefield, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-246-2836  www.lindentreecoffeehouse.org

>>>Tim O’Brien at Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com 207-935-7292

>>>Long Time Courting at the Tillotson Center ~ Colebrook, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-246-8998, 603-237-9302  www.gnwca.org

Sunday, April 7

>>>Strathspey & Reel Society Scottish Music Concert at Bass Hall ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 3pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Tuesday, April 9

>>>The Tannahill Weavers at the Rialto Theater ~ Lancaster, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-246-8998, www.gnwca.org

Wednesday, April 10

>>>The Tannahill Weavers  at the Skye Theatre ~ South Carthage, ME ~ 7pm ~ 207-491-0273  www.necelticarts.com

Thursday, April 11

>>>Willy Porter at the Flying Goose Pub ~ New London, NH ~ 8pm ~603-526-6899, www.flyinggoose.com    

Friday, April 12

>>>Hot Club of Cowtown (Jon Shain opens) at the Me & Thee Coffeehouse ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987 www.meandthee.org

>>>Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer w/ Eamon O’Leary at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 7:00 and 9:00 PM

www.twilightmusic.org ~ 802-254-9276

Saturday, April 13

>>>Ellis Paul at the Peterborough Players Theater ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 8pm ~ http://pfmsconcerts.org

>>>Matt & Shannon Heaton at The Ivy Chord CoffeeHouse ~ UU Church ~ Reading, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.uureading.org 781-229-9394

Sunday, April 14 & Monday April 15

>>>Carolina Chocolate Drops at Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com 207-935-7292

Dances

Note: Most dance locations require clean soft-soled shoes and do not allow street shoes. Partners not required.

Every Monday

 

>>>Contra dance at the Town Hall, Nelson, NH, 8PM, 603-827-3044 or www.monadnockfolk.org  Callers & musicians include Don Primrose, Jeffrey Petrovitch, Lisa Sieverts, Rich Hart, Bob McQuillen, Gordon Peery, Harvey Tolman, Lloyd Carr & Roger Treat

>>>Clogging  at Dance In Motion Dance Studio ~ Randolph, Vt. ~ 6:45 PM, workshop 6:00 PM ~ 802-522-2935, Greenmtnclogger@aol.com

 

Every Wednesday

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Loren Wright leading at The Church of the Good Shepherd ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-891-2331 or nashuascd@comcast.net

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Bernard McGrath leading at The Westminster Center School ~ Westminster, Vt ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-9371 or 802-463-3078

>>>Contradance at the Richard W. Black Center, Hanover, NH, 6:45 PM,  781-385-1480

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w John Bartholomew leading, Bill Tobin and Gary Apfel at The Town Hall ~ Fairlee, Vt. ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-353-4647 or GaryApfel@MyBluelight.com

Every Friday

>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Community Parish House ~ Greenland, NH ~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-773-9795 or ljstravel@attibi.com

>>>Scottish Dance /w Bill Tobin leading at The Town Hall ~ Lancaster, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 802-751-7671 or 1btobin@together.net

Every Sunday

>>>Circle Dance at Neskaya ~ Franconia, NH ~ 3:30pm ~ www.neskaya.com  603-823-5828

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Thursday, April 4

>>>Contradance w/ Peter Yarensky, Sarah Mason & The Lamprey River Band at the City Hall, Dover, NH, 8pm, 603-664-2513, www.nhcountrydance.com Email: peter.yarensky@unh.edu

 

Friday, April 5

>>>Traditional Square Dance at the Town Hall, Wentworth, NH, 8 PM,  603-764-9993
>>>Contra & Scandinavian Dance w/ Steve Zakon-Anderson & Moving Violations at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA , Scandi 8pm, contra 8:30pm, 403-549-1913, www.themovingviolations.com

>>>Keene Family Dance at Heberton Hall ~ Keene Public Library ~ Keene, NH ~ 6:30pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Saturday, April 6

>>>Fifth Annual Play Ball w/ Will Mentor, Steve Zakon-Anderson, Nor’easter, and The Figments at the PeterboroughTown House ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 6pm-midnight ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

>>>Contra w/ George Marshall & Wild Asparagus  at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, wkshp 8pm, dance 8:30pm, www.wildasparagus.com

>>>Contradance at the Town Hall ~ Deerfield, NH ~ 8PM ~ 603-463-4182, 603-679-1915

>>>Contradance w/ Rebecca Lay at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances

Thursday, April 11

>>>Circle Dancing  at 7:30 p.m. at the Milford Unitarian Church . Every dance is taught and beginners are welcome. No partners needed. Contact is Mary Kuhn and her phone number is 603-487-2732. Email maryfloyd@mfire.com

Friday, April 12

>>>Contradance w/ David Kaynor & The Greenfield Dance Band at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-367-9380 or www.davidkaynor.com

>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Unitarian Church ~ Keene, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-3237 or tantrim@keene.edu

>>>Contradance w/ Alice Morris, Randy Miller & Roger Kahle at the Londonderry Senior Center, Londonderry, NH, 8pm, 603-529-1586, Email:weareampm@gsinet.net

>>>Contradance at the Edmunds Middle School ~ Burlington, VT ~ 8pm ~ 802-496-2523 www.queencitycontras.org

Saturday, April 13

>>>Contradance w/Linda Leslie & Arigana Highway at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-773-1671, www.guidingstargrange.org ,Email: tophillmusic@aol.com

>>>Contra at The Academy Building ~ Gilmanton, NH .~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-267-7227

>>>Contra /w Rickey Holt and Stone Soup at The First Unitarian Society ~ Exeter, NH ~ 8:00 PM with workshop at 7:30 PM ~ 603-679-1915

>>>Contradance at the Town Hall, Nelson, NH workshop:7:30PM, dance 8PM, www.monadnockfolk.org

>>>Contradance w/  Northern Spy, David Millstone calling, Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT., 8 PM All Dances are taught, beginners welcome clean, soft-soled shoes required, 802-785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu

>>>Contradance at the Wescustogo Hall, North Yarmouth, ME, Potluck at 7:30, Dance at 8:30pm, 207-233-4325 or fiddle103@yahoo.com

>>>Contra w/Mary Wesley at the Town Hall ~ Cornwall, VT ~ 7pm ~ 802-453-2856

Sunday, April 14

>>>English Country Dance /w Dave Bateman & Justine Paul at Presidential Oaks ~ Concord, NH ~ 5:30 PM ~ 603-433-2735 or dave.bateman@verizon.net

>>>Contradance  at the Stone Church ~ Brattleboro, VT  ~ 7:30pm ~ www.brattcontra.org  802-257-9234

>>>English Country Dance at the Town Hall ~ Fitzwilliam, NH ~ 2pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Kate has been hosting The Folk Show since 1995. In addition to her studio work, Kate emcees festivals and concerts throughout the Northeast.

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