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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: Open Band Orchestra + Joe Micheals
DESCRIPTION:Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nBand: The intrepid. The Interstellar. The Inventive. Bellingham Open Band Orchestra led by Dave Andrews on fiddle and Michael Hobart on Guitar. \nHear tunes written by locals! It’s fun! It’s grand! It’s a bird in the hand in this wacky land. \nOpen band and calling! Email board@bellinghamcountrydance.org for more information. There will be weekly band practices and opportunities for calling practice. \nCaller: From Seattle we have Joe Micheals \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \n\nMore about the band and caller:\n \nOpen Band Orchestra \nOpen Band Orchestra \nOpen Band Orchestra: The Bellingham local\, traditional dance community has been dancing “contras\, squares\, and circles” at the Fairhaven library for 40 years. After starting with monthly dances\, it wasn’t long before there were to 25 to 35 dances a year. Bands and callers from Bellingham and beyond supply a variety of music and dances. Early on\, some dance events in the schedule were designated as open band/open mic dances\, usually two or three a year. \nThe open band dances are where musicians can just show up to play and where new callers can try their hand at calling. There are designated people to lead the band on melody and rhythm and also a caller to support callers by handing over the mic and offering guidance. For the last dozen or so years\, the open band regulars have maintained a set list that they add to and subtract from for any given evening’s dance. There are many open band regulars\, so they now refer to themselves as the Open Band Orchestra (OBO). Generally\, weekly practices are held for the six weeks leading up to each open band dance. There is a mailing list that updates folks about the open band schedule and to announce any practice sessions. \nOver the last dozen years\, the OBO has exuberantly played from a repertory of about 150 jigs and reels (and 20 waltzes) for energized dancers. The list continues to grow as players share their newest favorites. The initial list was compiled at a magical\, weekend dance camp where there were no organized\, professional bands. Instead\, it was a bunch of folks showing up with their instruments\, happy to play together\, and many more folks showing up with their feet\, ready and eager to dance together. \nThe music in the set lists is available as sheet music for musicians who sight-read\, but since most of the music is traditional music\, most of it is widely known\, and experienced players will do fine to drop in. Just be early enough to make sure the space and sound equipment can accommodate everyone comfortably. \n-Info compiled by Sally\, a long time contributor to the OBO. \nJoe Micheals \nJoe Micheals: started calling in 1964 teaching for the Spokane City School District. Snagged as host caller for the 1968 Washington State Square Dance Convention teenage dance. He has been calling Contras in the Pacific Northwest since 1982.\nHighlights: Calling at the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle and at the Road House in Portland as part of the Cascade Promenade.\nMain Goal: to introduce the joy of traditional dance and make it accessible for as many people as possible.\nOther stuff:\nI play guitar with bands like “Red Crow” and “the Electrodes” and…I do voice-overs…Like “the Announcer” in Portal 2. and bit parts for KING 5’s Almost Live and Bill Nye the Science Guy.\nJoe likes spinach but not squash.
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/open-band-orchestra-joe-micheals/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA
CATEGORIES:Open Band
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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: Wild Rosin (Claire\, Rosie\, Elise) + Suzanne Girardot
DESCRIPTION:Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nBand: From Bellingham and Seattle: Claire Furtwangler on Cello\, Rosie O’Neill on fiddle\, and Elise Snoey on fiddle \nCaller: From Seattle we have Suzanne Girardot \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \n\nMore about our band/caller: \n  \nWild Rosin \nWild Rosin: Elise Snoey on fiddle\, Rosie O’Neil on guitar\, and Claire Furtwangler on Cello \nSuzanne Girardot  \nSuzanne Girardot: from Seattle\, WA\, Suzanne is a caller known for her enthusiastic\, clear\, and concise calling\, and gets everyone moving and smiling before they know it. Her relaxed teaching style leaves everyone with a sense of fun and accomplishment. She is a caller\, musician\, and step dancer who has been calling and teaching dance around the country since 1981. Dancers all over the country love her diverse selection of contras and squares. \n 
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/contra-dance-claire-rosie-elise-suzanne-girardot/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA
CATEGORIES:Contra
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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: Blueberry Jam + Eric Curl
DESCRIPTION:Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nBand: Bellingham locals Blueberry Jam with Sky Leuba on piano and concertina\, Liam Weydert on guitar\, and Brain Anderson on Bodhran. \nCaller: Seattle’s Eric Curl \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \n\nMore about the band/caller: \nBlueberry Jam \nBlueberry Jam: is the passion project of Sky Leuba\, a local Bellingham musician who grew up just across the border in Langley\, BC. It features a somewhat rotating cast of musicians with the aim to provide a platform to introduce local musicians to the dance scene and have a jolly good time. The music is well established in tradition\, but with a propensity for some improvisation\, arrangement\, as well as the infusion of original piano compositions that speak to Sky’s formative education in classical and jazz. \nSky: Sky is a local Bellingham folk musician deeply rooted in the Contra Dance and folk music community. He was raised  coming to the Fairhaven Library dances\, his parents having met at a dance in Ohio. Growing up he longed to play in the bands and through much persistence that dream became a reality. He enjoys taking part in the weekly tune jams at Menace brewery and Uisce and started a traditional singing “pub” session that is also hosted at Menace. \nBrian: Brian Anderson is a percussionist hailing from Bellingham\, Washington. Anderson began his musical study playing wind instruments in school then quickly expanded into the world of drums and percussion. Through the last 25 years he has performed in bands and ensembles ranging in genres from jazz to punk rock\, cabaret to Celtic. Anderson is very connected to his ancestral lines back to Ireland and Scotland. Through that connection he found his passion for playing Celtic music\, the bodhran and session culture. \nEric Curl \nEric Curl: Eric started calling in 1996 and called in California and Colorado before moving Seattle in 2007 and Olympia in 2019. A retired mechanical engineer from Boeing\, he now enjoys being a flight instructor as well as calling in Washington and Oregon on a semi-regular basis.
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/blueberryjam-ericcurl/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA
CATEGORIES:Contra
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