Calendar of Folk, Traditional and Roots Music and Dance Events in (or close to) Northern Vermont

Almost weekly event information and updates featuring folk, traditional, world and other roots oriented music and dance for about 4,000 recipients.

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23rd Annual DANCE FLURRY FESTIVAL

SARATOGA SPRINGS — FEBRUARY 12 – 14, 2010

www.danceflurry.org/festival

The Flurry Festival is a celebration of music and dance from America and around the world — Swing, Contra & Square, Tango, Waltz, Ballroom, African, Balkan, Celtic, Scandinavian and Salsa to name a few. Participants come to dance, watch, listen, or participate in a variety of workshops and jam sessions.  Over the course of the weekend, Flurry participants celebrate a variety of cultures from around the world. Engaging in other peoples’ cultures while creating one’s own community helps us understand and appreciate people who are different from us, rather than feeling threatened by them.

The top space in this calendar is dedicated to a paid advertisement as a way to help support this calendar.  Limited to no more than one listing per week, contributions should be associated in some way with the type of items that are listed in the calendar.  If you’re interested in purchasing the space, send a message to mrksustc@together.net

2/8/10

• Vermont Fiddle Orchestra rehearsal for the Spring Session at St. Augustine’s Church in Montpelier.  Jam sessions start at 6pm,, rehearsals start at 7pm.  Mondays from 1/25/10 through 4/1/10.  Contact 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddlecorchestra.org or www.vtfiddleorchestra.org
• Jacob Edgar on Profile with Fran Stoddard at 7:30pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org

Mondays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Music for a Monday Afternoon with Jackie Sauter from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://www.ncpr.org
• ‘Those Monday Blues’ with John ‘Onechord’ Conners from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Every Monday.  Contact www.wwpv.org

2/9/10

• Contra Dance Band Class with Jeremiah McLane from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Montpelier.  1/26/10 through 4/6/10.  Contact 802-765-9904, 802-272-5482 or jeremiah@sover.net
• Music Voyager with Jacob Edgar at 9:30pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org

Tuesdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• The Blue Note with Ellen Rocco from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Every Tuesday.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://www.ncpr.org
• The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa with Laima from 4pm to 6pm on WRUV FM.  World, classical, blues, rock, bluegrass. Contact 656-4399 or www.uvm.edu/~wruv/
• Shape Note Sing from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Ira Allen Chapel (usually) at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Hosted by the UVM Old Time Music Club.  Check for occasional changes in time, date and location.  Contact uvm.shape.note@gmail.com
• Bread and Puppet Theatre Shape Note sing at 6:30pm in Glover.  Every Tuesday in the summer.  Contact Linda Wells 586-0698 or craftsbury@hotmail.com or www.breadandpuppet.org
• Mostly Waltzing from 6:30pm to 8pm at Barrett Hall in South Strafford.  Every Tuesday.  Contact Gina Sonne 802-785-4220 or waltzlover@gmail.com
• Acoustic Coalition from 7pm to 11pm at Murphy Farm on Lake Pinneo in Quechee.  Every Tuesday.  Contact Kerry Rosenthal 203-856-0297 or kerryrose9@yahoo.com
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 10pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Tuesdays. Contact www.banjo.net

2/10/10

• Holy Devil at the Good Times Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.
• In Performance at the White House hosted by President and Mrs. Obama featuring Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Howard University Choir at 10pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contactwww.vpt.org.  Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah emcee.

Wednesdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Farmers and Artisans Market from 3pm to 7pm at the River Arts Center in Morrisville.  Every Wednesday. Contact www.riverartsvt.org.
• NIPs-West Open Potluck and Songs/Dance Tunes Session at Moshe’s house in Essex.  First and third Wednesdays.  Contact Moshe 879-0876 or www.groups.yahoo.com/NIPS-West.
• Irish Music Session hosted by Roger Kahle with guests from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at J.D. McCliments Pub in Putney.  Every Wednesday.  Contact Roger Kahle rjamesk@vermontel.net
• Old Time Session at Dan Wetmore’s home in Montpelier.  Every Wednesday.  Contact dwetmore@sover.net
• Old Time Music Session from about 7:30pm to 10pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond.  3^rd Wednesdays.  Contact www.ontherisebakery.net
• Irish Session at 9pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 or www.radiobean.com

2/11/10

• (1/14/10 through 2/25/10) English Country Dance Class with David Millstone from 7pm to about 9:30pm in the Parish Hall at St. Barnabas Church in Norwich.  Please bring with you a pair of clean shoes that will not scuff the floor.  Contact millstone@valley.net
• The Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts presentation to Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass byGovernor James Douglas with Rob Mermin, Larry Hunt of Masque Theatre, Crabgrass Theater, and Sandglass Theater at 7pm at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.  Contactwww.vermontartscouncil.org/About/VACAnnualAwards/tabid/99/Default.asp and www.sandglasstheater.org
• John McCutcheon at 7:30pm at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro.  Presented by Red Horse Productions (Mary Lea).  Contact 802-257-1571.
• Patrick Fitzsimmons at Dan’s Place in Bristol.
• Ellen Jewell at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com
• Antara at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 802-540-0188.

Thursdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Folk Directions with Gerry Goodfriend from 9am to 11am on CKUT 91.3 (from McGill University in Montreal).  Contact www.ckutfolk.com
• String Fever with Barb Heller from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 orwww.ncpr.org
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri from 4pm to 4:30pm on Lake Champlain Access Television.  Thursdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• ‘The Folk Show’ with John Sheehey from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Every Thursday.  Contact www.wwpv.org
• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier. www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 8pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Thursdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Radioflyer Bluegrass and Beyond Show with John Civitello from 8pm to 10pm on WJSC 90.7 (Johnson State College).  Contact 635-1414.
• Francophondamental with Lucy Couture from 10pm to 12 midnight on WRUV 90.1 FM.  Contacthttp://www.wruv.org or couturelucy@gmail.com

2/12/10

• (2/12/10 through 2/14/10) The Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Contact www.danceflurry.org
• (2/12/10 through 2/15/10) A Cappella Winter Madness: Winter Wonderland Workshop In Ensemble Singing at All Souls Unitarian Church at the West Village Meeting House in Brattleboro.  Presented by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.  Contact Jerelyn Wilson jerelyn@buildinggreen.com or www.westernwind.org
• Contra Dance with Mark Sustic and Fiddleheads from 6pm to 8pm at the Folsom Educational Center in South Hero.  Sponosred by the South Hero Community Library.  Contact sohero@vals.state.vt.us
• Mayfly at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Contra Dance with Clyde Jenne and others (caller) and the Harold Luce Band and others at 7:30pm at the Tunbridge Town Hall.  Sponsored by the Ed Larkin Old Time Contra Dancers.  Contact Clyde Jenneclydo46@gmail.com, 802-436-2444 or 802-436-2104.
• The Mobius Trio (Beth Bahia Cohen, Mac Ritche and Todd Roach) at 7:30pm at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden in Brattleboro.  Middle eastern food at 6:30pm.  Presented by Friends of Music at Guilford.  Fundraiser for the Guilford School Music Enrichment Program.  Contact 802-254-3600 or www.fomag.org
• Contra Dance with Anna Rain (caller) and Pete Sutherland, Brian Perkins and Rick Klein at 8pm at Shelburne Town Hall in Shelburne.  Beginner’s session at 7:45pm.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Contact 802-371-9492, 802-343-7165 or www.queencitycontras.org/Home.html
• Johnny Winter at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com
• Bill Sims and Mark Lavoie at 8:30pm at the Art House in Middlebury.  Contact Mary Swansonmary@arthousevt.com, 802-458-0464 or www.arthousevt.com
• Zach duPont at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 802-540-0188.

Fridays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier. www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 3pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Fridays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Beat Authority with David Sommerstein from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or www.ncpr.org
• Shillelagh Safari Radio Show with Edward Burke from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Celtic, folk, world and variety.  Contact www.wwpv.org
• Old Time Music Jams starting at 5:30pm in the Billings North Lounge at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  1^st Fridays.  Sponsored by the UVM Old Time Music Club.  Contact kiemma@uvm.edu
• The Folk Show with Mike Alzo from 7pm to 8pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277,folkshow@ncpr.org or www.ncpr.org
• Square Dance (traditional singing squares, waltzes, polkas, fox trots and two-steps) with Lester Bradley (caller) and Musical Chairs (musicians) (sit-ins always welcome) from 8pm to 10:30pm at the Town Hall in Wentworth (New Hampshire).  1^st Fridays.  Contact Sue Hunt suehunt@cyberportal.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 9pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Fridays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Mud Party from 10pm to 2am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Friday.  Contact www.wmud.org

2/13/10

• (2/12/10 through 2/14/10) The Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Contact www.danceflurry.org
• (2/12/10 through 2/15/10) A Cappella Winter Madness: Winter Wonderland Workshop In Ensemble Singing at All Souls Unitarian Church at the West Village Meeting House in Brattleboro.  Presented by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.  Contact Jerelyn Wilson jerelyn@buildinggreen.com or www.westernwind.org
• Family Band Open Mic from 3pm to 4pm at the Woodridge Nursing Home.  Youth Jam Session from 2pm to 3pm.   2^nd Saturdays.  Hosted by Woodbury Strings and Sap Run Fiddlers.  Contacthttp://woodburystrings.home.att.net, 223-8945 x2 or woodburystrings@att.net
• Jacob Edgar on Profile with Fran Stoddard at 4:30pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org
• Contra Dance and Waltzing featuring Chip Hedler (caller) and the Parsnips from 7pm to 9:30pm at the Worcester Town Hall.  Part of a Benefit Dance Series for the Worcester Town Hall.  Collecting non-perishable items for the Worcester Food Shelf.  Contact 802-229-9468
• 2^nd Annual WOOL-FM Mardi Gras and Valentine Ball featuring Lil’ Orphans Cajun Express and the Black Sheep Brass Band from 7pm to midnight at 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls.  All proceeds benefit operations and expansion of WOOL, 100.1 FM.  Contact www.woolfm or Maya Costley 802-518-4101.
• Eilen Jewell and her band at 7:30pm at the Tunbridge Town Hall in Tunbridge.  Part of the MountainFolk concert series.  Contact www.mtnfolk.org, folkbloke@hotmail.com or 802-431-3433.
• Jeffrey Foucault and Anders Parker at 7:30pm at Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery in Brattleboro.  Contact 802-254-9276.
• Didgeridoo concert at 7:30pm at the Town Hall in Shelburne.  Monthly from November through May.  Verify before traveling if weather is bad.  Contact 802-309-2812.
• Hawaiian Night Contra Dance with David Millstone (caller) and Northern Spy at 8pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Contact Rick Barrows 785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu
• One Morning Fair with Carol Hausner and Spencer Lewis House Concert at 8pm in Montpelier.  Contact 802-229-1403 or hendrixfiddle@gmail.com
• Contra Dance with Lisa Sieverts (caller) and Carey Bluhm and Gordon Peery
• at 8pm at the Nelson Town Hall in Nelson, New Hampshire.  Presented by the Monadnock Folklore Society.  Contact www.monadnockfolk.org
• Dar Williams at 8pm at the Barre Opera House.  Part of the Celebration Series.  Contact 802-476-8188 orwww.barreoperahouse.org
• Patrick Fitzsimmons at Parima Restaurant in Burlington.  Contact patrick@patrickfitzsimmons.net
• Salsa Dancing Lessons with DJ Spin Doctor at 8:30pm followed by Latin music and salsa dancing until midnight at the Gusanoz Mexican Restaurant in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
• Grass Gypsys at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 802-540-0188.
• Jamie Masefield and Doug Perkins with Tyler Bolles at the Black Door in Montpelier.

Saturdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 6am on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 9am on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Radio Rangers at 10:30am on WDEV AM 550 or WDEV FM 96.1 (Waterbury). Contact Mark Struhsacker or Dave Rowell 800-299-9436 or www.wdevradiorangers.com
• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier. www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 1pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook hosted by Rik Palieri from 4pm to 5pm on VCAM-TV.  Contact www.banjo.net
• Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis on WGDR (91.1 FM) from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.  Alternating Saturdays.  Contact 454-7762, www.wgdr.org or www.acoustic-harmony.com
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from 6pm to 8pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contacthttp://www.vpr.net
• Shillelagh Safari radio show with Edward Burke from 8pm to 10pm on ‘the Radiator’ WOMM-LP 105.9.  Contactwww.theradiator.org
• Eastern Style Square Dance with Adam Boyce (fiddler/caller) at 8pm at the Community Hall on Tyler Farm Road in West Newbury.  4^th Saturdays.  Includes traditional singing squares, waltzes, polkas, foxtrots, two-steps, Virginia Reel, Portland Fancy, Paul Jones and others.  Contact 429-2316, 484-7719 or adamrboyce@juno.com
• The Mud Party from 10pm to 2am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Saturday. Contact www.wmud.org

2/14/10

• (2/12/10 through 2/14/10) The Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Contact www.danceflurry.org
• (2/12/10 through 2/15/10) A Cappella Winter Madness: Winter Wonderland Workshop In Ensemble Singing at All Souls Unitarian Church at the West Village Meeting House in Brattleboro.  Presented by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.  Contact Jerelyn Wilson jerelyn@buildinggreen.com or www.westernwind.org
• Rebecca Padula from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Healthy Living Cafe in South Burlington.  Contactwww.rebeccapadula.com
• Summit Singer’s Reunion from 1pm to 3pm at the Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex.  2^nd Sundays.
• Jacob Edgar on Profile with Fran Stoddard at 1:30pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org
• International Folk Dance at Tracy Hall in Norwich from 3pm to 6pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.   Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Contact John Bartholomew and Julianne Harden 436-2151 julianne@vermontel.net orbarthoj@vermontel.net
• Northern Harmony (Larry Gordon, Patty Cuylar, Isobel Arthen, Mia Bertelli, Lizzie Henle, Joel Knopf, Ned Milly, Maisie Newell, David Ree, Ruby Ross, Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Julie Shapiro, and Adam Simon) at 4pm at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier.  Part of the Northern Harmony East Coast Tour.  Contact 802-426-3210.
• Love In Shakespeare Elizabethan Dinner with entertainment at the River Run in Plainfield.  Cash bar at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:15pm and entertainment to follow.  Presented by Echo Valley Community Arts.  2^nd annual fundraiser for the Shakespeare In the Hills Project.  Contact 802-223-3599, 802-229-4191 orPansygirl113@aol.com
• 2^nd Sunday English Country Dance Music Session with Carol Compton (leader) from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  Contact david.w.beaufait@hitchcock.org or 603-632-5137.
• Jacob Edgar on Profile with Fran Stoddard at 11:30pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org

Sundays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Crossroads with Tim Downey and Todd Tyson (alternating hosts) on the Point (WNCS) at 104.7 FM (Burlington/Montpelier), 103.1 and 107.7 (Lebanon, White River Junction/Hanover) and 95.7 FM (St. Johnsbury/Danville) from 6am to 10am.  Contact crossroads@pointfm.com
• Sunday Morning Cafe from 6am to 10am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Sunday.  Contact www.wmud.org
• L.J.’S Dream with L.J. Palrady (WRUV 90.1 FM) from 9am to 12.  Contact lpalardy@uvm.edu orhttp://wruv.com/
• The Back Porch with Jim Olson from 9am to 12 noon on WRSI 101.5 FM (Brattleboro).
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from 11am to 1pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contacthttp://www.vpr.net
• Sacred Harp Sing from 1pm to 4:30pm at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury.  Second Sundays.  Contact Deb Moody 388-5410 or moody.debby@gmail.com
• Old Time Session at 1pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 or www.radiobean.com.
• Summit Singer’s Reunion from 1pm to 3pm at the Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex.  2^nd Sundays.
• All the Traditions with Robert Resnik from 1pm to 4pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contact rresnik@vpr.net orhttp://www.vpr.net
• Champlain Valley Scottish Fiddle Club meeting from 2pm to 5pm at 13 South Street in Middlebury.  First Sundays.  Contact Jeannie Van Order 802-388-2142 or jeansvan@gmail.com or www.CVSFC.org
• Bluegrass Time with Nick Barr from 2pm to 3pm on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio.  Contacthttp://www.wamc.org/station.html
• Irish Music Session from 2pm to 5pm at McKibbin’s in Montreal.  Sunday afternoons.  Contact 514-228-1580 orwww.belfastandi.com
• Traditional Irish Sessions from 3pm to 6pm at the Irish Embassy in Montreal.  Contact 514-875-8777.
• ‘Blue Mountain Greengrass’ with Duncan Fletcher from 6pm to 8pm on WRUV 90.1.  Contactripplescan@globalnetisp.net
• Into the Blue with Tony Herd from 6pm to 7pm on WLVB 93.9 FM (Morrisville).  Contact 888-4294 or 800-299-9436.
• The Folk Show with Kate McNally (evenings) on New Hampshire Public Radio.
• Shape Note Sing from 6:30pm to 9pm at the Community Center in Plainfield.  Winter months only.  Contact Pat Mayhew 426-3849.
• Bluegrass Ramblings with Ross Harvey at 7pm on CKUT 91.3 (from McGill University in Montreal).
• Mike Lynch at 7:30pm at PK’s Pub in Bellows Falls.  Contact www.flyingunderradar.com
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri from 8:30pm to 9pm on Lake Champlain Access Television.  Sundays.  Contact www.banjo.net

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