Palouse Folklore Society

Palouse Folklore Society

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April 13th and 27th -Saturdays: SLOW JAMS (Second and fourth Saturdays) from 1-3 PM. 314 East Second St. attic (up the long driveway and up the back stairs.) For any interested folk musicians. All experience levels welcome, including raw beginners. We may go over a piece more than once.

Bring music or chords if you have them and share a little of what you are working on. There will not be an audience. We just go round in a circle picking a favorite tune, and others try to join in. Perfection not even considered! Come join us.

April 14th: Sunday: Caller's Workshop - If you've ever had the urge to call a contra dance, this is your opportunity to learn the technique. We'll be getting together with some experienced callers to work on some new dances and practice some old ones, and would be delighted to get you started. No experience necessary. We have cue cards for some simple dances. We'll hope for enough participants to make a very short contra line. Anybody that would like to come and help dance is also welcome. Sunday April 14th. We’re not sure what time as yet, probably in the early evening. We’ll keep you posted. In the Attic studio, at 314 East 2nd St. (Up the long driveway to the back, and up the outside stairs to the attic.) This is the 2nd house up from the Public Library on 2nd St. The city parking lot on the corner of 2nd and Jefferson is open on weekends. See you there!

April 20th: Saturday: CONTRA DANCE with music by the River City Ramblers and calling by a host of local callers, at the 1912 Center (Corner of 3rd St and Van Buren in Moscow). 7:30 PM. It’s been far too too many years since the River City Ramblers have played for us down here in Moscow. They have a been a mainstay at contra dances on the Palouse for many a year. That's because they're simply wonderful. This Spokane old-time string band features fiddler Judy Lungren, Bill Siems on mandolin, Dawn Holladay on guitar and Michael Gifford holding down the low end on bass. Lively dance music for contras is guaranteed. And we'll have our wonderful bunch of local callers trading off doing the calling for this dance. Familiar faces and fun dances. We always have a great time when we do this, so plan to drag some friends along to join in the fun! There’ll be some wonderful dancing!

In keeping with the times, masks and vaccines are optional. At this time few are wearing masks on our dance floor, and we love to see you if you are healthy, mask or no mask. If you are sick, or have been recently, or have potentially vulnerable folks at home, we would urge you to avoid coming to the dance. As we trust you know, it is quite possible Covid can be at any close public event such as this one.

Beginner? No problem- Arrive at 7:30 and there are free lessons.

No Partner? No worry. There are lots of dancers - many would like to dance with you. All dances are taught. Singles, families & beginners are always welcome. Children are always FREE

Free dance lessons at 7:30, 8-10:30 Dance. Admission: $6 for members, $8 for non-members and new dancers get in for $5

Extended Calendar:

Apr 20: Contra Dance with music by the River City Ramblers and calling by our awesome local callers, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

May 18: Contra Dance with music by Loose Palouse and calling by somebody cool, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30 and dancing at 7:30 PM.

June 15: Contra Dance with music by Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots and calling by Nora Scott, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30 and dancing at 7:30 PM.

July 20: Contra Dance with music by Banna Damhsa and calling by Kelsey Hartman, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30 and dancing at 7:30 PM.

August 17: Pie Extravaganza and Contra Dance with music by Loose Palouse and calling by somebody cool, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse, potluck at 6:30 and dancing at 7:30 PM.

September 21: Contra Dance with music by Reel Friends and calling by Nora Scott, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 12: Contra Dance with music by Crooked Kilt and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

October 26: Halloween Contra Dance with music by the Acrasians and calling by Pat Blatter, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

November 16: Contra Dance with music by Banna Damhsa and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

December 21: Contra Dance with music by Under the Wire and calling by somebody cool, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.