Old Songs, Inc. is a not-for-profit, educational, 501(c)3 corporation
Virtual Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 11 am–4 pm.
PO Box 466 • 37 S Main • Voorheesville, NY 12186-0466
(518) 765-2815 • info@oldsongs.org
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November 2019
$8
Old Songs Community Barn Dance with Fennig’s All-Stars
1st Saturday of the Month (November–May)
Music by Fennig’s All-Stars with caller Melanie Axel-Lute
Fun, simple dances from the U.S. and around the world. For every age and ability. All dances will be taught and will include circles, contras and squares. Yummy desert potluck during intermission.
$8 per person, children 12 & under are free
In partner with Homespun Occasions
$25
Fàrsan
Màiri Britton, Elias Alexander, Katie McNally, & Neil Pearlman
Powered by four of the brightest voices in a new generation of traditional folk music, Fàrsan unites song, dance and instrumental music from the Gaelic traditions of Scotland and Cape Breton. Their unique blend of fiddle, pipes, whistles, piano and accordion with percussive stepdance and puirt-à-beul brings a sparkling energy to every performance.
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Refunds are not available for this event.
$25
Archie Fisher
Master guitarist, singer, and songwriter Archie Fisher is Scotland’s foremost troubadour. Archie was born in Glasgow into a large singing family, which yielded three professional singers—Archie and his sisters Ray and Cilla. Music was always in the house: his father’s appreciation of many musical styles (opera, vaudeville, and traditional ballads) proved to be a heavy influence on Archie’s own music, while his mother, a native Gaelic speaker from the Outer Hebrides, was a strong influence on the lyrical quality of his songwriting.
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December 2019
In Praise of Christmas
Carols, Songs, and Dances of Christmas & Mid-Winter Celebrations
with John Roberts, Lisa Preston & Armand Aromin
In Praise of Christmas returns this year with a mostly new program of Carols, Songs,and Dances from England, Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy, all in English translations. Performing will be John Roberts on hurdy-gurdy, English concertina, and vocals; Lisa Preston on baroque triple harp, gothic double bray harp, celtic harp, Irish button accordion, and vocals; and Armand Aromin on violin, viola, English concertina, tabor pipe, alto recorder, whistle, step dance, and vocals.
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Refunds are not available for this event.
January 2020
$8
Old Songs Community “Barn” Dance with Fennig’s All-Stars
1st Saturday of the Month (November–May)
with Fennig’s All-Stars and caller Paul Rosenberg
Fun, simple dances from the U.S. and around the world. For every age and ability. All dances will be taught and will include circles, contras and squares. Yummy desert potluck during intermission.
$8 per person, children 12 & under are free
In partner with Homespun Occasions
$25
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling”, and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. They thrill audiences with their virtuosic playing, their near-telepathic understanding and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physical presence of their music.
This seemingly unlikely pairing of fiddle and cello is the fulfillment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser. His search eventually led him to find a cellist who could help return the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music, where it stood for hundreds of years before being relegated to the orchestra.
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Refunds are not available for this event.
February 2020
$8
Old Songs Community “Barn” Dance with Tamarack
1st Saturday of the Month (November–May)
Music by Tamarack with caller Michael Kernan
Fun, simple dances from the U.S. and around the world. For every age and ability. All dances will be taught and will include circles, contras and squares. Yummy desert potluck during intermission.
$8 per person, children 12 & under are free
In partner with Homespun Occasions
$25
Joe Jencks
Joe Jencks is an international touring performer, songwriter, entertainer, and educator. Noted for his unique merging of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration, Joe weaves a diverse web of stories with brilliant musical skill, ensnaring even the most rigid of hearts and inviting them to open, and inviting all of us to live inside of our passions and our beliefs.
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Refunds are not available for this event.
Roaring 20s Jazz Jam
2nd Wednesday of the Month
Play and sing the popular music of the early 20th century from Ragtime to Dixieland to Blues to Swing. Share your your favorites and learn something new from original hotel orchestra sheet music. Improve your improvisation skills when it’s your turn to riff! Slow and sultry or fast and loose, there’ll be something for everyone. Strings, horns, clarinets, saxes, keyboard, drums and vocalists welcome! Led by the Megaband’s tuba player Carle Kopecky.
Email carle@playingintime.com for more information
$4 donation
$25
Poor Man’s Gambit
Poor Man’s Gambit is a trio of traditional artists: Corey Purcell (button accordion, cittern, vocals, bodhran, dance), Federico Betti (guitar, fiddle), and Deirdre Lockman (fiddle, vocals, dance). It’s their combination of musical styles that sets them apart: not only do they offer an array of instrumental combinations, but they also include the visual and audial element of dance. Building on their roots as traditional Irish musicians, the trio’s repertoire is also influenced by traditional music of other cultures, including France, Scotland, England, and America.
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Refunds are not available for this event.