fiddlehedz & friendz played tonight in the town of Kingfield at a community contradance. The organizer here is Kathy T, we met her and her family at a caller's workshop earlier this year. This was a totally fun evening... we did some car pooling from our house to Farmington where we had dinner at another band member's house... then continued on to Kingfield to the school where the dance was held. Though not well attended, we did have a good time learning some new tunes on the fly, as well as playing some tunes & sets that we've been practicing for quite a few weeks now. It was great to set up the sound system and to get the whole program ready to go, coordinating with the callers. We are getting more and more comfortable as a band, being able to try out new tunes that a caller wants, and saying "yeah, we can do this!". Everyone had a fabulous time! It's nice to have a committed group of band musicians who are willing to spend an evening out playing music for very little (if any) monetary gain... and that's what it's really all about, providing music for community dances!
Sugarloaf Schoolhouse comes from Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes.
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I think its so exciting that all these little dances are happening! Glad you are doing it and glad that it seems you are having so much fun.
The Racket Factory is playing at the Kingfield Days for a dance on Friday night, July 20 (evening until dark). I've done that event for the past two or three years with various musicians. If you want to show up there as dancers, it always goes even better when there are a few experienced folks in the crowd to help along and if we keep developing that area maybe they'll be able to get a regular dance going (I know Kathy T has expressed a desire for that to happen).
We are indeed having a good time playing these small dances... getting experience and confidence!
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