Good News, HFDI is once again taking to the dance floor and invites you and your friends to join us.
Casey Murray and Molly Tucker play traditional folk tunes and songs and original compositions drawing from New England, Celtic, and Old Time traditions. With Molly on fiddle and Casey on guitar, cello, and banjo, they bring together engaging arrangements and artistry.
For this online concert, fiddler Tim Ball and pianist John Wobus will draw on repertoire from old-time upstate New York fiddlers as well as the surrounding Irish-American, New England, Canadian, and bluegrass traditions.
Sadly, this event has been cancelled. We hope to have Confluence play for us when we are able to resume normal activities.
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, the board of Hands Four Dancers of Ithaca has decided to cancel the Fiddlehead Frolic. We look forward to dancing with you again when this public health crisis is over.
Beloved Ithaca-based band The Contradictions (Rick Manning, Tim Ball, Dave Davies, and Tom Hodgson) offers an eclectic mix of blissfully danceable fiddle tunes from American and European traditions. Contras from 7:30 to 10:30, followed by a dessert potluck and an hour of couples dancing.
New Brew infuses special energy in dance music old and new: Breton, English, and Scottish country, Parisian café tunes, Renaissance bourrées, hot swing, and music rooted in Scandinavia, Canada, New England, and southern Appalachia.
The annual George Marshall-led double dance featuring Stomp Rocket, one of New England’s hottest new bands, with Dave Langford on fiddle, Glen Loper on mandolin and tenor banjo, and Bethany Waickman on guitar and piano.
We’re thrilled to welcome our old friend David Kaynor back to Ithaca, supported by two of Ithaca’s best contra dance musicians, fiddler/guitarist Tim Ball and pianist John Wobus.
HFDI members are encouraged to attend the annual meeting of the Hands Four membership! Did we mention there’ll be ice cream? Learn about how your organization is doing and what’s coming up in the year ahead.
After the meeting we’ll dance to an open band of wonderful local musicians headed by Tim Ball and Andrea Katz.
Caller Kathy Anderson from Dayton, Ohio, is making a rare appearance in Central New York! She’ll offer a square dance callers’ workshop during the day and call a contra dance for us in the evening. Mark your calendars!
Dance all day with Eloise & Co., Sarah VanNorstrand, Tim Ball and friends, and local callers!
An afternoon of relaxed contra dances with music by Eileen Kalfass (fiddle), Phil Robinson (guitar), Katrina Mackey (flute), and Michael Ludgate (mandolin).
CANCELLED because of predicted snowstorm!
Beloved Ithaca-based band The Contradictions offers an eclectic mix of blissfully danceable fiddle tunes from American and European traditions. Contras from 7:30 to 10:30, followed by a dessert potluck and an hour of couples dancing.
From Rochester, NY, Lake Effect features Matt Sloboda on fiddle, Chuck Abell on guitar, and Rowan Wolf on saxophone.
This year, George Marshall brings MAIVISH to play for our October double dance!
Gathering traditions from the British Isles, Ireland, and America with a mix of original compositions, this award-winning trio features Jaige Trudel on fiddle, Adam Broome on guitar, and Matthew Olwell on flute, bodhrán, and percussive dance.
This high-energy duo features keyboard player Eric Anderson from the Pacific Northwest and one of the region's most talented fiddlers, Eileen Nicholson Kalfass.
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