As always, more information about events and locations can be found at www.southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com.
Second Sunday Sing-Along
Sunday, Feb.
8, 4-6
p.m., at the North Bend Library. We've got the Rise Up Singing songbooks.
Contra Dance Saturday, Feb. 14
At
Greenacres Grange at 7 p.m.
Caller: Stacy Rose of Coos Bay. Band: Mad Robin (they're hot!). Admission: General
$7, students w/ID and seniors over 60 $6, members $5, and supervised children
under 6 free. First-timers who arrive in time for the 7 p.m. lesson will receive a ticket for free admission to
their second dance. The dances are alcohol- and fragrance-free. Bring your
Valentine, find a new one or just have fun being your own Valentine.
Celtic
Session
First
and third Wednesdays (Feb. 18, March 4) 7-9 p.m. at Liberty Pub, 2047 Sherman Ave, North Bend. Play or listen!
International
Folk Dance
Friday,
Feb. 27. Starts at 7 p.m.,
Greenacres Grange. Teaching, followed by requests. Admission is $4, or $3 for
members of SCFS.
Want
more folk dancing? Take lessons with Stacy Rose on Tuesday nights: visit http://stacyrose.weebly.com.
Celtic
Fest is coming!
The
fifth South Coast Celtic Fest is coming May 2. It's growing into a multi-day
event -- check out the growing list of "fringe events" before and
after at southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com/south-coast-celtic-fest/.
But the main event is still Saturday May 2 at SWOCC. There will be workshops
all day; free entertainment on the Hales Center Stage all day; and an evening
concert with The Stomptowners (Maldon Meehan, Andrea Wild, Sean Earnest and
Preston Howard) and Hanneke Cassel with Mike Block and Chris Lewis. Visit our
website for ticket locations, or get them on Eventbrite.
We love
Celtic Fest because it's the Folk Society's biggest fundraiser of the year. It
subsidizes the contra dance. So bring your friends and make a day and a night
of it!
Crafty?
Share your talent
Craft
workshops have been popular at Celtic Fest, and we still have a couple of slots
to fill in the daytime workshop schedule. If you think you could teach a
45-minute craft workshop, check out the attached flyer.
Folk
Week update from coordinator Stacy Rose
Plans continue
to take shape for South Coast Folk Week – a week-long series of activities
scheduled for October 4-10. Mark your calendars – you don’t want to miss any of
the wonderful activities we are planning for musicians, singers, and dancers in
the community!
We’ll kick off
the opening evening, Sunday, October 4, with a concert featuring Firefly Family
Band. Coming to us from North Carolina, members of Firefly have been making music together for
20 years. Firefly specializes in reinterpreting older music of the rural
and urban south: Appalachian fiddle tunes, gospel, blues, swing, and old time
country. In addition all four members are accomplished percussive dancers
and often incorporate traditional step-dancing at live shows. A short
sound clip (Ragtime Annie/Greasy Coat) to whet your appetite is attached. Plan
to come out and welcome our band to Coos Bay!
Immediately
following a short concert, renowned dance caller Bob Dalsemer will join the
band and call an opening night contra/square dance. Here’s a short video of Bob
calling a dance at an event last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpI-fC9Dofo
As plans continue to develop, the entire
schedule of activities will continue to unfold. Thank you to the many friends
of SCFS who have already volunteered to
participate in South Coast Folk Week! More help is needed. Reply to this email
to let us know we can call on you for help! For more information about South
Coast Folk Week, “like” and follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southcoastfolkweek
or ask any of the members of the steering committee: Gail Elber, Jennifer
Sordyl, Karen Olsen, Lynn Danner or Stacy Rose.
Not a Folk Society event but fun anyway
Coastal
Celtic Society presents Burns Night at The Mill, Saturday, Feb. 7, 6 p.m.
Tickets $35 at Ko-Kwel Gift Shop. A celebration of the poetry of Robert Burns
and all things Scottish.
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