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Now Playing
- Read our Fall Newsletter
- Fall Newsletter now available as a PDF. See what's happening!
- Concert Series Brochure Online
- 2010-2011 Concert Series Brochure now available as a PDF. Awesome entertainment on tap!
- September 4 — Contra Dance
- Latter Day Lizards is the band, Carol Ormand our caller. See our dance page for details.
- September 25 — PourParler
- A special FREE dance featuring a group of callers from far and wide who come together as the PourParler Community to share their skills with each other and you! The evening is geared for all ages and experience levels, with something new for everyone. The dance is free (although contributions are gratefully accepted), so it's a good time to bring someone new to the dance for a trial run at contra dancing and other fun dances.
- Looking Ahead...
- October 30: A special Halloween Eve dance, costumes encouraged!
November 6: NO DANCE
December 4: Our annual holiday potluck & dance
- Concert Season begins September 10
- Our first concert, the Mountain Music Project, features artists Tara Linhardt on mandolin and Danny Knicely on fiddle. Here is wonderful must see video clip from the Mountain Music Project -- wonderful video and music.
Visit our concerts page for ticket and location information, and for more information on the Mountain Music Project. Don't miss it!
If you are a musician, whether newly-minted or experienced, our music weekends offer the opportunity to learn from many of our concert series performers. Visit the Upper Potomac Music Weekends site for details.
General Info
- Contra Dances
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Held on the first Saturday of each month and occasionally on a fifth Saturday. See upcoming dances.
- Morris Dance
- Dance with the Hicks with Sticks Regular rehearsals are held on Tuesdays from 6:30-8PM at the Train
Station. New members are welcome.
Call 304.263.2531 or
email updf@earthlink.net for more info.
- The Hicks and the Northwest Ladies perform around the region and beyond. Visit our galleries to share their adventures.
- Music Weekends and Concerts
- The theme of this year's Concert Series is Roots & Branches of Appalachian Music. We'll explore the roots of Appalachian music in the traditional music from England, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, France and Africa, and its synthesis into distinct regional styles.
Download our current concert brochure and order form or visit our concert page for dates, times, and ticket info, as well as concert overviews and links to performer sites.
- A Sampler of 2009 – 2010 concerts online
- Totally awesome performances from the Fiddle Summit are now available. Videos from our January Squeeze the Bag! concert, including the unforgettable finale of bagpipes and belly dancing, are now online. The wonderful Cape Breton Fiddle Fest is yours with the click of a mouse. Hear here – for past concert video clips.
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