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last updated July 22, 2010 | |
Bill Fischer
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Bill has been calling
dances for over twenty-five years, starting out in New Haven, Connecticut,
with the contra dance series that has been a fixture of the folk music and
dance scene there for nearly thirty years. In addition to contra dances in
and around the northeast, he has called at various festivals and dance camps
regionally and nationally. Bill also calls several maypole dances each year
in May. (Click
here
for pictures of the 2009 Celebration of May!) Somewhat accidentally, he has focused on groups which include a lot of beginners--of all ages--and has done events at schools, parties, special occasions, and nursing homes, including square dances for people in wheelchairs! Additionally, every year he does several local maypole dances in the New Haven area. Besides calling, he plays several folk instruments--primarily penny whistle--and has danced in and played music for performing dance groups at many events and festivals in and around the northeast. Bill and his wife, Mickey Koth (the fiddler in the bands Wild Notes and Wry Bred) are Out On A Whim, which plays for family and contra dances as well as for special events. Contact Bill: e-mail; phone: 203.393.3464 Click here for a list of Bill's past dances See CONNtra CONNection for for everything related to contra dancing in Connecticut |
Bill's schedule:
| 2010 | |
| Friday, July 30 | BMAD, 7:30 PM |
| Saturday, July 31 | Stratford Cat Project event, Stratford, CT, afternoon; sitting in as guest musician with Wry Bred |
| Saturday, August 7 | Dance, Stafford Springs Public Library, Stafford Springs, CT, evening; with Wry Bred |
| Saturday, August 14 | Hartford Contra Dance Come-all-ye, 8:00 PM; with HCD Contra Jammers |
| Saturday August 28 | Mystic Contra Dance, Mystic, CT, 8:00-11:00; with First Time String Band |
| Saturday, September 4 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Sunday, September 19 | Wedding, Spencer, MA; with the Berlin Country Orchestra |
| Thursday, September 23 | Autumnal Equinox |
| Saturday, October 2 | Berlin Contra Dance, Berlin, MA, 8:00 PM; with the Berlin Country Orchestra |
| Sunday, October 3 | Dance, Friends of East Rock Park Fall Festival; rain date: Sunday, October 17; with Wry Bred |
| Saturday, October 9 | Private Dance, Goshen, CT, PM; with Wild Notes |
| Saturday, October 16 | AMC Dance, Charlton, MA, 9:00-11:00; with Myra Macleod Band |
| Sunday, October 17 | Family Dance, Berlin, MA, 3:00 PM; with the Berlin Country Orchestra |
| Saturday, October 23 | Westford Family Dance, Westford, MA, 3:00-5:00; with Au Contraire! |
| Sunday, November 14 | Westford Contra Dance, Westford, MA, 7:30-10:00; with Au Contraire! |
| Sunday, November 21 | Dance, Wallingford Grange Hall, Wallingford, CT, 2:00-5:00; with Wry Bred |
| Saturday, December 4 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Tuesday, December 21 | Winter Solstice |
| Friday, December 31 | 225th Celebration, Phillipston, MA, evening; with Wry Bred |
| 2011 | |
| Sunday, January 2 | Berlin Family Dance, Berlin, MA, 3:00-5:00 PM; with the Berlin Country Orchestra |
| Saturday, January 8 | Hartford Contra Dance, 8:00 PM; with Wild Notes |
| Saturday, February 5 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Sunday, February 13 | Dance, Wallingford Grange Hall, Wallingford, CT, 2:00-5:00; with Wild Notes |
| Saturday, March 5 | Quiet Corner Contra Dance, Hampton, CT, 8:00 PM; with The Cicadas |
| Saturday, March 19 | Northboro Contra Dance, Northboro, MA, 8:00 PM; with Jumpstart Band |
| Saturday, April 2 | Berlin Contra Dance, Berlin, MA, 8:00 PM; with the Berlin Country Orchestra |
| Saturday, May 7 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Sunday, May 8 | Celebration of May, with Maypole dance, with Maypole dance, at Out On A Whim Farm, Bethany, 2:30 PM; with Out On A Whim |
| Saturday, June 4 | Quiet Corner Contra Dance, Hampton, CT, 8:00 PM; with Wry Bred |
| Saturday, September 3 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Saturday, December 3 | Contra Dance, Cornwall, CT, 7:00-9:30 PM; with Still the Homegrown Band |
| Click here for a list of Bill's past dances |
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