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Cellist Casey Murray, known to us from the Kanack School and Ginger Majority, is bringing her new Boston-based band, Corner House, to Harmony House for the dance, as part of their tour through WNY. Margaret Mathews will be calling from her vast repertoire, pairing interesting and accessible dances with the driving rhythms.
Beginner lesson at 7:15 before the dance. Entrance fee is pay what you can, with a suggested amount of $10.
Caller
Margaret Mathews
With more than 35 years experience as dancer, musician and caller, Margaret’s easy-going, engaging style gets everyone out on the dance floor. Her ability to smoothly adjust the dances to the experience level of the dance community make it a fun and accessible evening for everyone. In addition to contra dances, she calls for traditional Old Time square dances, Civil War reenactments, hoedowns, weddings and other joy filled occasions. Her dance calling has taken her up and down the East coast, from the Carolinas to Vermont, as well as the Northwest and Canada. When not calling, Margaret plays bass in Wild Root String Band, a Southern Old Time band.
Band
Corner House
Ethan Hawkins on Guitar, Louise Bichan on Fiddle, Ethan Setiawan on Mandolin, Casey Murray on Cello
Corner House is Ethan Hawkins on Guitar, Louise Bichan on Fiddle, Ethan Setiawan on Mandolin, and Casey Murray on Cello.
Originally hailing from Boston, MA, Corner House takes their name from the place where the four young band members found musical family in one another – their shared home in Brighton, as students at Berklee College of Music. Emerging from varied genre backgrounds, the quartet’s unique strength is their desire to learn from one another, not only in musical skill and style, but in life experience; such that every challenge overcome by one band member becomes part of the group’s shared musical and personal DNA. On their debut full length album How Beautiful It’s Been the band reveals the sublime result of that growth mindset, with a singular sound that incorporates old time, Scottish, progressive bluegrass and folk.