Palouse Folklore Society

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The Palouse Folklore Society is a volunteer organizationdedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich cultural traditions offolk music, dance and traditional arts and crafts.

Our annual New Year’s Eve Dance will be on Saturday December 31st. This dance runs from 9:00pm to midnight with newcomer instruction at 8:30pm.  There will be a potluck from 7 to 8pm.  The band is Captain Ludd’s Rant with caller Roberta Radavich.

$5 for members, $7 for non-members, and $4 for first-time dancers.

Event Calendar for January, 2012

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GENERAL INFO ABOUT DANCES

The 1912 Center is at 412 E Third St in Moscow, Idaho.

All dances are taught. Singles, families & beginners are always welcome.

Starting in January: Admission is $6 for members, $8 for non-members &

$5 for first time dancers

Lessons start at 7:30 p.m.  Dances begin at 8 p.m.

 Our website is http://www.palousefolk.org/

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Special Concert in January

 

Dick Hensold, master piper

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

in the attic at 314 East 2nd St in Moscow.

7 PM. Admission by donation.  

 

Northumbrian smallpipes and other strange beasts

The concert will feature Hensold on Northumbrian smallpipes (a quiet bagpipe from Northeast England), reel pipes (an indoor version of the Scottish Highland pipes intended for Scottish dance music), seljefløyte (Norwegian willow-flute), säckpipa (Swedish bagpipes), pibgorn (Welsh hornpipe), and several other instruments. He will play music in several traditional and historical styles, with particular emphasis on Cape Breton, early Scottish, and Northumbrian, but also including Scandinavian, medieval, Irish, and original music. The program also includes a couple of songs, neither of them in English, and a limited amount of dancing while seated.  Join us for a unique musical evening with one of America’s finest and most unusual traditional bagpipers.

Dick Hensold is the leading Northumbrian smallpiper in North America, and for the past 20 years has performed and taught in England, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and across the United States.  He has released numerous CDs as a member of the groups Piper’s Crow, Way Up North, The New International Trio, the Lyra Baroque orchestra, and with Ruth MacKenzie’s Kalevala.  His solo Northumbrian smallpipes CD Big Music for Northumbrian Smallpipes was released in 2007, featuring original works based on the traditions of the Northumbrian pipes.  In 2006, he received the prestigious Bush Artist Fellowship.

Artist website: www.dickhensold.com

Artist contact: hensold@world.oberlin.edu

 For additional press kit refer to:

http://www.dickhensold.com/pkbio.html

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Special Concert in February

 

Bryan Bowers, autoharp master

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

1912 Center at 412 E Third St in Moscow, Idaho

3 PM. $10 PFS members, $12 non-members  

 

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January 5th - First Thursday Concert

featuring someone yet to be announced

in the attic at 314 East 2nd St in Moscow.

7 PM. Admission by donation.  

 

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Palouse Folklore Society - Celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2011

CONTRA DANCE Schedule

 

New Year’s Eve Dance

12/31/2011            1912 Center            Captain Ludd’s Rant            Roberta Radavich

Potluck 7 to 8 pm, dance from 8:30 to midnight

 

01/21/2012            1912 Center            Barefoot Saturday            Tim Daulton

2/18/2012            1912 Center              Potatohead            Emily Faulkner

3/17/2012            1912 Center            Ebb and Flow            Karen Wilson-Bell

4/21/2012            1912 Center            Ebb and Flow            Nora Scott

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SLOW JAMS on second and fourth Saturdays from 1-3 PM 

314 East Second St. attic (up the long driveway and up the back stairs.)

All experience levels welcome, including raw beginners. We may go over a piece more than once. Bring music or chords if you have them and share a little of what you are working on. There will not be an audience.  

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Dec 31st band info

Captain Ludd’s Rant features Doug Park on mandolin, Brian Zabriskie on bass and David Christian on guitar and bouzouki.

 

Jan 21st  band info

Barefoot Saturday features Roberta Radavich on banjo and David Christian on guitar.