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Please join us for a double dance at the Rose Room. Fiddler Oliver Scanlon brings along his fine friends, guitarist Everest Witman and flautist Grace Hendrickson-Jones. Together, they bring an exciting sound to our contra dance stage. Beloved throughout the country for her inventive playfulness, Pittsburgh’s Gaye Fifer will call the dances.

Schedule

  • Advanced contra at 1:00 – 4:00 pm
  • Gaye’s advanced waltz workshop at 4:15 pm
  • Dinner Break
  • Evening contra 7:30 – 10:30

Prices: $20 for the afternoon, $20 for the evening, $40 for both

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Caller

Gaye Fifer

Gaye Fifer

Gaye Fifer (Pittsburgh, PA) hasn’t stopped dancing since she found contras in 1979. Introduced to the community in St. Louis, she has found dancing wherever she goes. Gaye learned to call contras in Charlottesville, VA and has been traveling to call and dance for the past 25 years. After 15 years of dancing, she finally realized that someone had to be doing work to make the dances happen. She began serving on her local dance committee, organizing her local dance weekend, serving on the CDSS Board and leading workshops for other organizers. Gaye is also a passionate teacher and dancer of waltz, having led workshops with her partner, Wayne, at numerous dance weekends around the country. She participated in a course at Pinewoods several years ago to learn how to call English Country dances and now includes that in her repertoire of offerings. She now lives in Pittsburgh, PA. where she retired from a 30 year elementary school teaching career.

Bands

Oliver Scanlon

Oliver Scanlon (fiddle)

A soulful fiddler, mandolinist and spellbinding tunesmith, Oliver Scanlon co-founded in 2013 Pete’s Posse with Pete Sutherland and Tristan Henderson. Oliver played with Pete’s Posse for hundreds of contradances, concerts and festivals for their nine years as a trio, releasing eight recording projects along the way! Now based in Syracuse, NY, Oliver plays with Stove Dragon and gives music lessons.

Grace Hendrickson-Jones and Everest Witman seated with flute and guitar.

Everest Witman and Grace Hendrickson-Jones

Grace Hendrickson-Jones (flute), Everest Witman (guitar)

Everest Witman and Grace Hendrickson-Jones are each lovers of contra dance as well as traditional music. Each brings exciting new sounds to the dance. They have played together in Montréal’s Modern Birds. Grace has also played with Cojiro, and Everest is a member of the Irish trio, Kavaz.