We're hoping to be one of the many Great Northern Bands by the end of the summer. We've got a pretty heavy schedule ahead of us, including some community contradances, some dinner & lunch concerts and some calling. Our spare time is spent practicing tunes, putting sets together, reading and re-reading books about calling contradances, and oh, did I mention practicing? It's a lot of work, but it's also becoming a huge, joyous focus in our lives. It is helping us to formulate a vision of where we want to be in five years, what we want to be doing... the picture we're formulating has us organizing and presenting community contradances in and around the area where we live. We've been collaborating with Paul (guitar) and Sandy (flute & whistle) and developing a great sound with lots of energy. We don't expect to hit the big time overnight, but we are living into the vision of being a lively contradance band with a distinctive sound!
Great Northern Bands is a tune we collected, probably from Fiddle Camp which we will be attending next weekend!
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