Apr-May-June 2017
Fiddle
Vol. 38 No. 2
Dance News
Fiddle & Dance News is a free publication, distributed quarterly by Ashokan Music & Dance Camps
Steps & Notes
ASHOKAN MUSIC & DANCE CAMPS FOR 2017—Our 38th Year!
• OLD TIME ROLLICK Mar 31–April 2
• TRAD STRING FLING May 5–7
• UKE FEST May 26–May 29
• WESTERN & SWING WEEK June 25–July
• GUITAR CAMP July 10–14
• NORTHERN WEEK July 16–22
• FAMILY CAMP August 7–11
• SOUTHERN WEEK August 13–19
For staff lists and registration details call 845-246-2121 or visit
www.ashokan.org
SPRING CONCERTS AT ASHOKAN—April 2, May 7 & May 27
Sun, April 2, 2pm MOLSKY’S MOUNTAIN DRIFTERS AND THE FARWELLS
Sun, May 7, 3pm ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS GALA CONCERT
Sat, May 27, 8pm JAMES HILL AND ANNE JANELLE - UKULELE & CELLO
For tickets and more details call 845-246-2121 or visit www.ashokan.org
SUMMER DANCES & DINNER PARTIES AT ASHOKAN / June 24, July 15 & Aug 12
Great music & dancing at Ashokan’s outdoor pavilion! Dinner 6–8pm. Bunk & Breakfast Available.
Sat, June 24, 8pm, $15 Swing Dance Party with SWINGOLOGY AND JAY & MOLLY Free beginners workshop at 7pm
Sat, July 15, 8pm, $15 New England Dance Party Contras, squares & waltzes! GEORGE MARSHALL w. WILD ASPARAGUS plus DAVID K AYNOR w. JAY & MOLLY. Free beginners workshop, 7:30pm
Sat, Aug 12, $15 Southern Dance Party Cajun, Squares & Contras! 8pm Squares: WILL MENTOR calling with JAY, MOLLY & FRIENDS and RACINES, an super-star Cajun band from Lafayette, LA. Free beginners workshop, 7pm.
Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Rd, Olivebridge, NY (dir. on back). 845-246-2121 / www.ashokan.org
CLEARWATER’S GREAT HUDSON RIVER REVIVAL / Sat–Sun, June 17–18
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival is back celebrating it’s 37th anniversary. Enjoy music,
storytelling, dancing, juried crafts and sailing the Hudson on the historic sloop Clearwater. Five
stages including a fully tented dance stage. This year features: JAY & MOLLY, JESSE LEGE & BAYOU
BREW, LAKE STREET DIVE, LOS LOBOS, TRIBUTE to BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO, TOM CHAPIN, LARRY
CAMPBELL & TERESA WILLIAMS, TOM PAXTON, CRY, CRY, CRY REUNION, ARLO GUTHRIE & many more! Camping available. Ticket info: 845-236-5596. The Clearwater Festival, 724 Wolcott Ave. Beacon,
NY 12508. 845-265-8080 / [email protected] / www.clearwaterfestival.org
37TH ANNUAL OLD SONGS FESTIVAL / Fri–Sun, June 23–25
Old Songs, at the Altamont Fairgrounds in Altamont, NY (10
mi. west of Albany), features a wide range of Folk, Traditional,
and World Music & Dance; 3 Concerts, 120 daytime workshops;
instrument vendors; a creative play area for kids. Lineup includes:
ATLANTIC CROSSING, FENNIG’S ALL-STARS, SEAGLASS w.
RACHEL BELL & ANDREW VanNORSTRAND, & more! Fri. indepth classes 3–4:30pm, free with All-Festval ticket. Day tickets available. Onsite parking. Camping onsite for $25 with the
All-Festival ticket (under 18 free with parent). Old Songs,
Photo Courtesy of festival.
Inc., POB 466, Voorheesville, NY 12186. 518-765-2815 / oldsongs.org Old Songs Festival
[email protected] / www.oldsongs.org
of Traditional Music & Dance
FINGERLAKES GR ASSROOTS FESTIVAL / Thurs–Sun, July 20–23
Four days & nights of the best of Cajun, Reggae, Country, String Band, Latin, World Beat, African, Roots
Rock & more, on 4 stages including a spacious dance tent, and a performer list of over 60 bands. Held at
the Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY, 10 mi. north of Ithaca on Rt. 96.Day tickets available. Onsite &
offsite camping: check for fee. Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance, POB 941, Trumansburg,
NY 14886. 607-387-5098 / [email protected] / www.grassrootsfest.org
Jay & Molly’s Shows
Apr 8
Oswego
Music Hall
Oswego,
NY. 315342-1733 /
oswegomusichall.org/
Apr 22 Earth Day at Ashokan
Apr 28 Faith Lutheran Church
Lexington, KY. 859-266-7621 /
faithlutheranchurch.com
Apr 29 Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church 1528 Race
Street, Cincinnati, OH
June 18 Clearwater’s Great
Hudson River Revival Crotonon-Husdon, NY. 845-265-8080 /
clearwaterfestival.org
Info/tickets at jayandmolly.com
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Fiddle & Dance News
Apr-May-June 2017
Vol. 38 Issue 2
Editorial Staff: Jay Ungar, Barry Koffler
Layout: Lindsey Morano
F & D News is supported by our
members and Member Organizations:
FFD - Friends of Fiddle & Dance
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DFO - Dance Flurry Organization
OSD - Old Songs Dances
Ashokan Music & Dance Camps
PO Box 49
Saugerties, NY 12477
(845) 246-2121
Mid-Hudson Dance Calendar
All dances 8pm, 845 area code unless marked otherwise.
Sat, Apr 1, Hudson Valley English Dance
TBA w. TIDDELY POM Reformed Church
of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St, Port Ewen, NY.
Beginner lesson 7pm. HVCD 452-2483 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sun, Apr 2, new time 3:30 BERNSTEIN
BARD QUARTET (swing), Beg. lesson 3pm
Arlington Reformed Church, 22 Raymond
Ave, Poughkeepsie. HVCD 454-2571 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Fri, Apr 7, $15/$10 students KREWE DE
LA RUE Beginners lesson 7pm. White
Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave, Kingston. HVCD
914-388-7048 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Fri, Apr 7, 8pm, $15/$12 mbrs/$10
students LUSTRE KINGS Beg. workshop
7pm. Albany Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen St.,
Albany, NY. DFO Swing 518-292-0133 /
www.danceflurry.org
Sat, Apr 15, 7:30 TOM AMESSE w. GEORGE
WILSON & SELMA K APL AN St. John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 55 Wilbur
Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY. HVCD 473-7050 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sat, Apr 22, 9–11:30pm, BALLROOM
BY REQUEST w. JOE DONATO & JULIE
MARTIN Dance to DJ’d music. Lesson
8pm. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, 1151
Route 55 (Freedom Plains Rd.), 2nd floor,
LaGrangeville. HVCD 204-9833
Fri, Apr 28, 8:30pm, $15/$10 f/t
students EIGHT TO THE BAR Swing! 8pm
free Beg. Lesson; Workshops with Joe
& Julie Donato: $15 each/$20 both, Triple
Rhythm Demystified: 6:30–7:15pm; Foxtrot
Variation for 6-Count Swing: 7:15–8pm
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. HVCD
454-2571 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org /
[email protected]
Sat, Apr 29, 7:30 TED CRANE w.
ALAN THOMSON & Friends St. John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 55 Wilbur
Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY. HVCD 473-7050
/ www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sat, Apr 29, PLANET ZYDECO Lesson 7pm.
OSD Community Arts Center, 37 S. Main
St., Voorheesville, NY. Old Songs 518859-0092 / www.danceflurry.org
Fri, May 5, 8pm, $15/$12 mbrs/$10
students TBA Beg. workshop 7pm. Albany
Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen St., Albany, NY. DFO
Swing 518-292-0133 / www.danceflurry.org
Sat, May 6, 7pm Hudson Valley English
Dance TBA w. TIDDELY POM Reformed
Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St, Port Ewen,
NY. Beginner lesson 7pm. HVCD 452-2483 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Fri, May 12, $15/$10 students ZYDECO
CONNECTION Beginners lesson 7pm.
White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave,
Kingston. HVCD 914-388-7048 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sat, May 20, 7:30 BOB ISAACS w. AMBROSE
VERDIBELLO, LAUREN MacDONALD & SUSIE
DEANE St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 55 Wilbur Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY.
HVCD 473-7050 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sun, May 21, new time 3:30 TBA (swing),
Beg. lesson 3pm Arlington Reformed Church,
22 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. HVCD
454-2571 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Fri, May 26, 8:30pm, $15/$10 f/t students
PAULA BRADLEY & THE TWANGBUSTERS
Swing!
8pm
free
Beg.
Lesson;
Workshopswith Barry Koffler & Margo
Bloom: $15 each/$20 both, Intro Texas
Two-Step: 6:30–7:15pm, Intermediate Texas
Two-Step: 7:15––8pm. Poughkeepsie
Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. HVCD
454-2571 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org /
[email protected]
Sat, May 27, 9–11:30pm, BALLROOM
BY REQUEST w. JOE DONATO & JULIE
MARTIN Dance to DJ’d music. Lesson
8pm. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, 1151
Route 55 (Freedom Plains Rd.), 2nd floor,
LaGrangeville. HVCD 204-9833
Fri, June 2, 8pm, $15/$12 mbrs/$10
students TBA (swing) Beg. workshop
7pm. Albany Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen
St., Albany, NY. DFO Swing 518-292-0133 /
www.danceflurry.org
Sat, June 3, 7pm Hudson Valley English
Dance TBA w. TIDDELY POM Reformed
Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St, Port Ewen,
NY. Beginner lesson 7pm. HVCD 452-2483 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sat, June 11, 3:30–6:30pm, $12/$6
students SWING DANCE w. TBA Beginners
lesson 3pm. Arlington Reformed Church,
22 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. HVCD
454-2571 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Fri, June 23, 8 : 3 0 p m , $ 15 / $ 10 f/ t
students FLEUR SEULE QUARTET Swing!
8pm free Beg. Lesson; Peabody Workshops
with Gene Eagle: $15 each/$20 both,
6:30–7:15pm, 7:15–8pm Poughkeepsie
Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. HVCD
454-2571 / www.hudsonvalleydance.org /
[email protected]
Sat, June 24, 9–11:30pm, BALLROOM BY
REQUEST w. JOE & JULIE DONATO Dance
to DJ’d music. Lesson 8pm. Hudson Valley
Dance Depot, 1151 Route 55 (Freedom Plains
Rd.), 2nd floor, LaGrangeville. HVCD 204-9833 /
www.hudsonvalleydance.org
Sat, June 24, 8pm, $15 ASHOKAN ALLSTAR SWING BAND with JAY & MOLLY
and Friends Dance & BBQ $30 with reservation,
overnight accommodations available. Ashokan
Center, 477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge, NY. FFD
246-2121 / ashokan.org
Dance Locations
Arlington Reformed Church
Rt. 44/55E, east of Poughkeepsie
Park on Raymond or in the lot
behind the pizza shop.
Ashokan Center
477 Beaverkill Rd, Olivebridge
Take NYS Thruway (I-87) to Kingston exit 19. Take first right off traffic
circle on 28 West towards Pine Hill.
Follow 28 for about 12 miles. Go left
at Winchell’s Pizza onto Reservoir
Rd. Cross reservoir & take left at “T.”
Bear right downhill. Merge onto Rt
28A West. Go 1/4 mile and take left on
Beaverkill Rd. Go 1 mile to Ashokan
Center entrance on right. Take the
right fork of the driveway and follow
signs.
Elks Lodge
25 S. Allen St., Albany
Hudson Valley Dance Depot
1151 NY-55, Lagrangeville
2nd floor of the Dunkin’ Donuts building,
above Lorenzo’s Pizza in the back.
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club
135 S Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie
Tennis Club is the gray building.
Reformed Church
of Port Ewen
160 Salem St, Port Ewen
St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Wilbur Ave., Poughkeepsie
White Eagle Benevolent
Society
487 Delaware Ave., Kingston