Palouse Folklore Society

Palouse Folklore Society

Hi folks,
Here's the monthly calendar for May, and it contains an extra dance this month, to celebrate the coming Renaissance Fair. This dance will be on a Friday, and will be at the Unitarian Church, which lies just behind the 1912 center.

After that our monthly dances will be moving out the Old Blaine Schoolhouse south of town.

We also have two concerts this month!
Here we go!

May 3rd: Thursday:

May 3rd, First Thursday Concert featuring Amy Bleu in the attic at 314 East 2nd St in Moscow. 7 PM. Admission by free-will donation.

Amy Bleu is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/ukulele player based in Portland, Ore. A Spokane native, Amy's earnest lyrics and raw, acoustic, folk-rock sound tie together tracks straight from the singer's soul. Armed with guitar and ukulele, she fires off original songs and covers with a voice like Grace Slick unaccompanied by psychedelics. A newlywed, vegetarian and advocate for homeless women, Bleu has staked her claim on the anti-folk industry of the Pacific Northwest with her own recording label, Bad Girl's Records. Amy grew up on the road, hearing relentless melodies and accompanying stories in her head. She fiddled around with the ukulele as a child in Hawaii, but didn't discover her true love – the guitar – until she was 19. She became a regular at several open mics in Portland just one year later. Now having released a few ablums, she is a versatile performer who enjoys entertaining at diverse venues such as book stores, a bank, the zoo, an amusement park, and a grocery store, as well as more traditional venues such as bars, coffeehouses, restaurants and festivals. Amy is currently touring solo and working on a new collection of songs that she will release sometime next year.

The Attic is at 314 E. Second St., Moscow, just up from the Moscow Public
Library (go up the long driveway and up the back stairs).

May 4th:Friday:

COMMUNITY CONTRA DANCE with music by Potatohead, and calling by Susan Dankovich, at the Unitarian Church (Corner of 2nd St and Van Buren in Moscow)

Note the change in location.

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.
Beginner's session at 7:30
8-11 Dance
Admission: $6 for members, $8 for non-members & $5 for first time beginners

May 12th and 26th-Saturdays: (May 26th is over the memorial day weekend, we'll decide about this date later)

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.

May 18th: Friday:

May 18th, Concert featuring the HRC Jazz Trio in the attic at 314 East 2nd
St in Moscow (up the long driveway and up the back stairs). 8 PM. Admission by free-will
donation.

HRC came together as a result of some jam sessions based on tunes most jazz
musicians have in common. These songs have long been the basis of impromptu
performances, often by musicians playing together for the first time. Following
the lead of the Bill Evans Trio, we found focusing on a finite number of well
known tunes allowed us to explore and develop performance practices beyond the
traditional roles of our instruments. This isn't new territory, but the freedom
afforded by the material invites the performance to be listenable, changeable
and intensely personal.

Dave Hagelganz (tenor saxophone) teaches jazz studies and saxophone at
Washington State University. He has also taught at the University of South
Florida, Whitworth College, and the University of Idaho. He has performed,
recorded, and toured with such jazz greats as Mal Waldron, Claudio Roditi,
Terance Blanchard, Kenny Drew Junior, Mulgrew Miller, David Friesen, Ben Wolfe,
Nancy King, Chris Botti,... Diane Shur, Lew Tabackin and Don Menza. In 1989, as
an undergraduate student at WSU, he was the overall winner in the jazz soloist
category of the 1989 Down Beat international student music awards. His music has
been heard around the world and has garnered praise in top jazz publications
including Downbeat, Jazz Times and Japan's Swing Journal.
Dave endorses Bari Reeds - www.bariwoodwind.com

Troy Robey (double bass) currently tours the country with the
`indie-gypsy-chamber-folk' string band Taarka (they will be performing at this
summer's Rendezvous in the Park in Moscow). He has been a sideman at the Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival for the last three years performing with such musicians as
Jimmy Heath, Terel l Stafford, Corey Christiansen, and Eli Yamin. He was
selected as the outstanding bass soloist at the Lionel Hampton Festival in 2007
and 2008 while a non-traditional student at WSU.

Joe Covill (drums) is the director of bands for Lincoln Middle School in Pullman
where he composes and arranges for middle and high school band. He has also been
a faculty member at Whitman College, where he recorded his first CD "Invitation"
with Brent Jensen on Freebop Records. Covill has performed with such jazz greats
as Frank Foster, Bill Watrous, Lionel Hampton, and John Stowell. He has
performed at many jazz festivals including the Lionel Hampton and Gene Harris
Jazz Festivals and the Washington State University Jazz Festival.

The Attic is at 314 E. Second St., Moscow, just up from the Moscow Public
Library (go up the long driveway and up the back stairs).

May 19th:Saturday:

COMMUNITY CONTRA DANCE with music by Out of the Wood, and calling by Ray Polhemus, at the Old Blaine Schoolhouse (corner of Eid Road and Blaine, map available on the website, palousefolk.org)

Potluck dinner at 6:30
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.
Beginner's session at 7:30
8-11 Dance
Admission: $6 for members, $8 for non-members & $5 for first time beginners

Other dates to make note of:
May 5 - 6: Moscow's 39th Annual Renaissance Fair from 10am to dusk in
Moscow's East City Park .

Oct 17: Concert with Bill Staines, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM.

EXTENDED CALENDAR

Date Venue
Band Caller

5/4/2012 Unitarian Church
Potatohead with Susan Dankovich

(our annual Ren Fair kick-off dance)

5/19/2012 Old Blaine School House
Out of the Wood with Ray Polhemus!

6/16/2012 Old Blaine School House
Captain Ludd's Rant with Tim Daulton

7/14/2012 Old Blaine School House
Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots with Joseph Erhard-Hudson!

8/18/2012 Old Blaine School House
Floating Crowbar with Gary Miller

9/15/2012 1912 Center
Bridgewater Boys with Nora Scott

10/13/2012 1912 Center
Floating Crowbar with Ray Polhemus

10/27/12 1912 Center
Halloween Dance
Coyote Hill and Caller TBA

11/17/12 1912 Center
Out of the Wood and Sandi Klingler!

12/15/2012 1912 Center
Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots and Caller TBA

12/31/12 1912 Center
New Year's Dance Band and Caller TBA