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Contra Dance: Heliotrope + Alex MacLeod
Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Beginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St., Fairhaven
Entry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation)
Band: With great breath and great scope, it’s Heliotrope. From Bellingham is Robin Brown, fiddle; Paul Englesberg, flute and concertina; Michael Hobart, guitar; and from Mt. Vernon is Greg Sherman, bass.
Caller: Hailing from Seattle, Alex MacLeod is a dance caller and musician who calls, performs, and instructs across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Over the last 12 years Alex has developed his calling style while calling for all kinds of dances – from festivals to farms, weddings to bat mitzvahs, in barns, on boats, in fields and in grange halls, in churches and bars and schools. He has been influenced by community dance calling greats like Bill Martin, Bob Dalsemer, Susan Michaels, and Phil Jamison. His dances are always full of laughter and learning, with practical instruction that engages novice and experienced dancers alike. Alex also plays old time fiddle music, often for square dances, and plays drums in the Seattle country band Paradise Drifters.
Heliotrope: L to R – Michael, Paul, Robin, Greg
Alex MacLeod at the Bellingham Contra