Dancing, fiddle, food and fun!
This Saturday, March 10, 7:45 pm
No experience? No partner? No problem!
Enjoy the toe-tapping rhythms of the four-piece "Contra-Kleznik" Band as renowned caller, Eric Hollman, gets us whirling and twirling through square and contra dances, swing, klezmer and Israeli dancing. No experience or partner necessary! Delicious desserts and non-alcoholic beverages included.

Don't want to dance? Come enjoy good music, food and friends.
Meet the Performers:
Eric Hollman, caller, loves the energy and social camaraderie of traditional American dance.  He is a Contra and Square dance caller and swing, Cajun, Zydeco, waltz and family dance teacher. Rooted in New England traditions since childhood and transplanted to the Hudson Valley, Eric has called and danced from Maine to North Carolina. His dance calling and teaching credits include Lincoln Center, the Ashokan Center, and the Mohonk Mountain House. He is a veteran of the annual Saratoga Dance Flurry, New England Folk Festival, and Old Tones Festival.  
Danny Elias   is a founding member of the “Elias Ladino Ensemble” and appears often with the “Brooklyn Swing Ensemble” and “Swing Dance Gang.”  The grandson of Rabbi David Elias Cassorla and the son of Joe Elias, he has performed music of the Sephardic Jews since the age of 15.  In 1992, the “Elias Ladino Ensemble” toured Spain at the invitation of the Spanish government to commemorate its rescission of the 1492 Edict of Expulsion of the Jews.  He resides in Westchester County and plays clarinet and saxophone for contra dances, weddings, and parties with performing artists and bands too numerous to count. 
Marnen Laibow-Koser  is a founding member of  The Flying Romanos, an innovative metro-NY folk music ensemble that has toured California, Japan and Great Britain.  He  plays violin, viola, keyboards and flute, performing and composing classical and Anglo-American folk music with forays into gamelan, opera, and podcasts.  The breadth and depth of his inventive musicology is simply astonishing.
Norman Plankey  is a guitarist based in Western Connecticut and rooted in punchy, swinging rhythm styles. He currently performs with fiddler Ambrose Verdibello and bassist Patricia Plankey in “3 Left Feet,” as well as the “North Brooklyn Swing Ensemble” with the addition of clarinetist Danny Elias, the Gypsy swing quartet “ Swing du Jour,” and New Haven based “The Fiddleheads.”  He has shared the stage with folk legend Pete Seeger, Austin TX based fiddler Alvin Crow, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John McEuen, Hudson Valley favorite Bob Stump, and many others. 
Marco Brehm  plays bass with the “Grand Picnic,” the “North Brooklyn Swing Ensemble,” “Pandora,” and the Mullets Over Broadway Band.”  His rockin’ bass rhythm puts a solid floor underfoot for dancers. 
TBE members - $12; Non-members - $15
Children - $5
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