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Habaneras, Maxixes & Tangos
for booking, email or call Bill at 413-442-9172
Spare Parts has performed for dance camps, concerts, period events and social dances from Alaska to Maine. Bill Matthiesen on piano and Liz Stell on flute combine with one or more "spare parts du jour." Some of our favorite "spare parts" include fiddlers Frank Orsini, Eric Buddington, Ruthie Dornfeld, Naomi Morse, Mark Bagdon, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Anne Hooper, Cathie Whitesides, Jane Rothfield, Lissa Schneckenburger, Donny MacLean, Susan Conger, Dave Langford, Hanneke Cassel, George Wilson, Rebecca McCallum, Britany Orlebeke and Matt Glaser ... cornetist Peter Ecklund ... and bassists Stuart Kenney, Corey DiMario, Carol Hamm, Cal Howard and Larry Unger.
(photo: Sharon Lips)Performing schedule:
August
- Saturday, Aug. 7, Montpelier, VT (www.contracopia.net/sites/montpelier/)
Contradance with fiddler Eric Buddington and caller Rachel Nevitt
- Saturday, Aug. 14, Adams, MA
Private wedding with music by Liz, Bill, Tony and Josh Pisano, and Jeremy Wilmer
- Saturday, Aug. 21, Lenox, MA (www.lenoxcontradance.org/)
Contra Dance at the Lenox Community Center, Liz and Bill with fiddler Rodney Miller and caller Jim Fownes, 8:00-11:30 pm
September
- Thursday, Sept. 9, Seattle, WA (seattledance.org/contra/lake.city.community.center)
Lake City contradance with fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and calling by Jennifer Youngman
- Friday, Sept. 10, Seattle, WA (www.tangoseattle.com)
Waltz Night at Sonny Newman's Dance Hall with romantic couples dances including waltzes, tangos and blues; Ruthie Dornfeld on fiddle.
Couples dance workshop at 7:30 pm followed by dancing from 8:30 to 11:30
- Friday, Sept. 17, Seattle, WA (seattledance.org/contra/emerald.city)
Emerald City contradance with fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and calling by Laura Me'Smith
- Saturday, Sept. 18, Takoma, WA (www.tacomacontradance.org)
Septemberfest contradance with fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and calling by John Gallagher
7:30 - 8 contra workshop
8 to 11 contradance with an extra waltz or two
- Fri. Sept. 24 through Sun. Sept. 26, Silver Bay, NY (www.danceflurry.org/hmtd.silverbay/html)
Adirondack Dance Weekend on beautiful Lake George featuring contras, English country, waltzes and couples dances. Spare Parts plays contras and couples dances this year with Eric Buddington and Stuart Kenney. Also playing at the weekend will be Bare Necesseties (English) and Jay and Molly with Peter Davis (contra, couples dances); callers are Scott Higgs, Will Mentor and Steve Zakon-Anderson.
October
- Saturday, Oct. 2
Private party with music by Liz, Bill, and Naomi Morse
- Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10, Cape May, NJ (www.capemaymac.org/)
Victorian Dance Weekend in Cape May's beautiful Victorian setting (part of the 38th annual Victorian Week) with Eden MacAdam-Somer on violin and Larry Unger on bass; teaching by Martha Griffith
- Saturday, Oct. 16, New Haven, CT
Seventh annual Regency Assembly: formal Jane Austen-era ball, with Eric Buddington on violin and precepting by Susan de Guardiola, 7:30-11 pm
preceeded by afternoon workshops on Regency dances (cost is included in price of ball)
- Saturday, Oct. 30, Melrose, MA (www.vintagedancers.org)
Black Cat Speakeasy: an evening of music and dancing from the Ragtime era and Roaring 20s, sponsored by the Commonwealth Vintage Dancers, with Eric Buddington on violin, 7:30-11 pm
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