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SPECIAL CONTRADANCE - SAT. May 31
GROOVEMONGERS, STUART KENNEY and KATHERINE "BLACK KAT" WEDDERBURN
 4-6pm - Experienced Dancer Session    |    6-8pm - dinner break      |      8-11pm - Main Dance session
"This should be our hottest dance of the year"
Jane Knoeck Rebecca McCallum C.W. Abbott Stuart Kenney

Jane's musical beginnings were in classical piano and voice studies.  Contra dance bands followed and she's been playing for dances ever since on piano and accordion, weaving a variety of musical influences into her style.

Rebecca grew up playing classical violin, but began to transform from a "violinist" to a "fiddler" shortly after college.  She favors northern styles of music in her contra fiddling, but also indulges her Mediterranean roots.

C.W. is the band's improvising mandolinist extraordinaire. He comes from a more southern musical tradition, but has embraced new styles such as French Canadian reels and Irish jigs with abandon.

One of the most in demand upright players on the contra circuit, A former 13 year member of Wild Asparagus, currently playing with Airdance, The Sevens, The Greenfield Dance Band, Small Tatoo and at least a half dozen other top contra bands
 
Calling both sessions will be Katherine "Black Kat" Wedderburn who has been called the Mick Jagger of Contrdance callers.  Kat is one of the regular callers at the largest dance events such as the Dance Flurry and Falcon Ridge.  If her great calling doesn't have you dancing down the aisles then her phenomenal sense of humor will have you rolling down them. 4-6pm Experienced Dance Session- Member $11 / Non-Member $12

8-11pm Evening Dance Session- Member $14 / Non-Member $15

Both Sessions- Member $18  / Non-Member $20