SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2015
SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2015
This Friday night (Sep 25 at 8pm) two of our favorite world music groups will be performing: DakhaBrakha and Huun Huur Tu.
Drones and beats, crimson beads and towering black lambs-wool hats all serve as a striking backdrop for an unexpected, refreshingly novel vision of Eastern European roots music. This is the self-proclaimed “ethno-chaos” of Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha. They craft stunning new sonic worlds for traditional songs, reinventing their heritage with a keen ear for contemporary resonances.
The whistling of the high-mountain wind that forms eerie overtones; the repeated thrum of a string against wood and hide; a meditative, evocative music straight from the avant garde. Huun Huur Tu – the descendents of isolated Siberian herdsmen from Tuva, a Russian Federation republic situated on the Mongolian border – make serious, strangely universal music out of some of the planet’s quirkiest acoustics.
Ukrainian Block Party featuring Firebird Balalaika Ensemble… Come early (6:30pm) and join the musicians and dancers from Firebird Balalaika Ensemble, part of the amazing Los Angeles Balalaika Orchestra. Raise a glass, bring your dancing shoes and have a piroshki!
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP-UCLA) at Royce Hall. Tickets!
A WEEKEND OF CONTRADANCE
Thursday, September 17
Balch Auditorium, Scripps College
1030 N. Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Caller: Becky Nankivell
Band: Tom Sauber and Contraband (Laura Osborn, Steve Lewis
Friday, September 18 – 8:00pm – 11:00pm (7:00pm= light supper; 7:30pm – instruction)
3rd Friday Contradance (CDC)
War Memorial Building
435 Fair Oaks South Pasadena, South Pasadena, CA 91030
Caller: Ginger Alberti
Band: High Strung String Band (Belinda Thom, fiddle – James Flaherty, banjo – David Hostetler, guitar
Saturday, September 19 – 8:00pm-11:00pm (7:30pm – instruction (dance free to new dancers who attend lesson)
Third Saturday Contradance (CDC)
Woman’s Club of South Pasadena
1424 Fremont Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030
Caller: Jeremy Korr
Band: Bonnie Insull (flute), Frank Hopppe (fiddle), and Jeffrey Spero (keyboard)
Sunday, October 20 – 4:00-7:00pm (3:30pm instruction)
Contra Pedro (CDC)
People’s Yoga, Health & Dance / People’s Place & Palace
365 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731
Caller: Susan Michaels
Band: Gibberish (Kira Ott (fiddle); Jeff Spero (Keyboard, Bass); Jimmy Murphy (Guitar, Mandolin)
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Sunday, October 20 – 6:30-9:30pm (6:00pm instruction)
Santa Barbara Contradance (SBCDS)
Carrillo Recreation Center
100 E Carrillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Caller: Jon Southard
Band: Rhythm Method – Brin Bandy (fiddle), Emil Olguin (guitar), Steve Shapiro (tenor banjo, mandolin, fiddle)