Northeast Missouri Friends of Traditional Music and Dance Website

CONTRA DANCES & JAM SESSIONS

Northeast Missouri Friends of Traditional Music and Dance

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NEMOFOTMAD Contra Dance 2008 Spring Schedule

CONTRA DANCES - '08 SPRING SEASON
MAR 14, APR 11, and MAY 9
No Dance in February.

7-10pm
NOTE: Experienced and novice dancers welcome! Singles or Pairs.
The dance begins at 7pm, with a short instructional session for beginners.
at FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH GUILD HALL
1101 BROADWAY, HANNIBAL, MO 63401
(parking and entrance around the back, from Church St. at 10th St.)
$5 Requested donation.
Music Provided by "RalûGerri" and "the Monday Night Jam Session folks" and friends
For more information, call Dale or Sarah at McUmber-House Computers - 573-985-4141

Contra Dances are fun for young and old, novice or experienced dancers. Performed to traditional tunes from Celtic, American, Canadian and other heritage, these dances involve patterns and steps similiar to Square Dances. Participation can be a strenuous or as gentle as the dancer prefers, and is a great form of exercise.
Comfortable shoes and cool clothing are recommended.

NOTE: For the time being, the dances are scheduled only for the fall and the spring. Winter and summer tend to present too many weather related problems and event conflicts.

SCHEDULE for SPRING 2008:
March 14th - caller: Eric Schreiber
April 11th - caller: Jim Thaxter
May 9th - caller: Deborah Hyland

For more information, call Dale or Sarah at McUmber-House Computers - 573-985-4141
email us at NEMOFOTMAD@sassafrassgrove.com
Come join us for a 'kick up your heels' good time!
If you are planning on traveling to a dance in bad weather, particularly during the winter months,
be sure to check on dance status before 5pm at 573-985-4141.
If for any reason a dance has to be canceled, a message will be posted on that answering machine
by 4PM on the day of the dance.
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Traditional Music
JAM SESSIONS
NOTE: Experienced and novice muscians welcome!

Acoustic JAM
Each Monday evening 7 - 9PM
NOTE: If a major holiday falls on Monday, there is usually no jam, though a few folks may be there anyway.
LOCATION: Breadeaux Pizza
200 North Main Street, Hannibal, MO 63401
(Across the street from the Java Jive )
Free - an eclectic mix of Irish Traditional, Appalacian and Old-Timey string band music is the norm.

For more information, call Dale or Sarah at McUmber-House Computers - 573-985-4141

Recommended Links:
The Old-Time Music Home Page - Visit - You'll be glad you did!
FolkJam.ORG - "Find jams. Post jams. Play well with others."
MMTD - Mid-Missouri Traditional Dancers - Columbia, MO.
Deborah Hyland - Dance Mistress - St. Louis, Missouri

NEMOFOTMAD and BHP mechandise - A portion of all BHP and NEMOFOTMAD item sales goes to support community music!

BBC Virtual Session - join a virtual session, Requires Flash5 Plug In. This site allows you to see the music, listen to the players, and play along, repeating as you need it. Very good for learning and practicing tunes between our own sessions
What is Contra Dance? - from Gary Shapiro
Chords to Folk Songs - chord changes for many traditional tunes
SlowPlayers Music List - with PDF files, gifs and audio files
Tunes at Ceolas - notation for several hundred traditional tunes, in various formats, along with music software and an index of most published tune sources and links to other sites with tunes and songs.
Learning tunes by ear - Chris Smith did a Mel Bay book, "Celtic Backup for all Instrumentalists", and shares tips and techniques on this arguably most valuable method of learning tunes.
TradLessons.com - a collection of self-produced short instructional videos and other materials for learning to play a variety of Traditional Irish instruments.
Irish Music and Whistle Resources - Fonts, Tutorials, Virtual Sessions, Theory, Exercises, Software... in short - Loads of good stuff
Songs Sorted By Type - from TinWhistler dot com - sorted into catagories of Reels, Jigs, Polkas, Strathspeys, etc. - particularly helpful for whistle players, with sheet music and audio files
the BanjoHangout - Online community for all things banjo - three-finger, clawhammer/frailing, tenor... you name it... if it's got to do with banjos, there's someone there talking about it. Discussion forums and resources.
Sugar in the Gourd - online community of folks into Old-Time, Traditional Music. Discussion forums and resources.
The Portland Collection - Contra Dance Music in books and on CD