Cascade Contras 2009
dance weekend at SKY camp
April 3-5, 2009
Cascade Contras 2009 will feature the wonderful music of
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Nightingale
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Keith Murphy
— voice, guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion;
Jeremiah MacLaine
— accordion, piano; and
Becky Tracy — fiddle
Hailed in Sing Out! Magazine for their "impeccable playing...danceable and
exciting, with a reflective approach to the music", Nightingale has
fashioned a fresh and distinctive sound that is innovative while rooted in
Celtic and Northern European folk traditions.
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and
The American Cafe Orchestra
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Ruthie Dornfeld — fiddle;
Mark
Roberts — flute, banjo;
and
Morten Alfred Høirup — guitar
Seattle fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and Copenhagen guitarist Morten Alfred, met
in Denmark over 20 years ago and sparked a musical collaboration. Ace
Seattle musician Mark Roberts will join them. With a powerful swinging
rhythm, a splendid selection of tunes ranging from Oldtime to Irish and
French Canadian, these stellar instrumentalists and seasoned dance musicians
will keep you on your dancing feet.
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with calling by
Nils Fredland
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Nils Fredland has been making music, leading dances, and bringing people
together for 20 years. He shares his skill, charisma, grace and goofiness
with contra dancers coast to coast every weekend. Nils is known for his
technical skill, disarming friendliness, comfortable stage presence, and
soothing voice.
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and
George
Marshall.
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George's specialty is teaching and calling the New England-style contra
dances he has collected throughout the country. He is renown for his knack
of matching music to dance and for his smooth, concise teaching and
presentation. Also a talented musician, he plays concertina and bodhran.
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Annie Johnson
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and her crew will be providing
delectable food beginning with Friday night snacks and ending with Sunday
lunch.
You can download and print
the full Cascade Contras 2009 flier
(760kB PDF).
You can also just download
a simple registration form
(33 kB PDF).
We'll have more information here Real Soon Now.
We had a great time in 2008. Check out our
2008
Cascade Contras Photos.