| Wednesday, July
23 returning yet again to Blue
with Kittlish trio, 7:30-9 p.m. concert with
session afterwards. 650A Congress St., Portland, Maine, (207) 774-4111.
[download poster to print]
Thursday, July 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
will be our sixth session of the "Kid's Dance Party" at the
Children's Museum of
Maine in Portland. Children ages 5-10, accompanied by parents,
are invited to drop in and join the fun at this informal session of games,
creative movement and simple traditional dances with live fiddle and guitar
music. 142 Free Street, (207) 828-1234. Free with museum admission.
Friday, August 1 at 7 p.m. we'll return for another
concert of original and traditional tunes and ballads with Hope Hoffman
& Kittlish trio (www.kittlish.com)
at Rock City Books
& Coffee (formerly Second Read, near the Strand theater), 328
Main St,, Rockland, Maine. (207) 594-4123. Open session at 9 p.m.;
you can bring an instrument if you'd like to join in. Seating is
limited; you can arrive early to enjoy casual dining, beer and wine. [download
poster to print]
Saturday, August 16 strolling fiddle and guitar
music by Hope Hoffman and Jim Tolles, on Maine Street in downtown Brunswick,
ME. For the Brunswick Outdoor
Arts Festival, (207) 729-4439.
Friday, August 29 from 8-10 p.m. at Sweet
Leaves Teahouse in Brunswick, Maine. Hope Hoffman and Jeff
Trippe will play Scots-Irish and Americana fiddle tunes and ballads. At
22 Pleasant Street, (207) 725-1376.
Saturday, September 13 Hope
Hoffman will lead creative movment with live fiddle music at the St.
Lawrence Arts & Community Center 11 a.m.-noon. 76 Congress St
(on Munjoy Hill), Portland, ME 04101. 775-5568 [link
here to directions]
Saturday, Sept. 27 Hope Hoffman & Kittlish
trio (www.kittlish.com) will be
performing at 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at the Punkinfiddle festival (www.punkinfiddle.org),
a National Estuaries Day Celebration at the historic Laudholm Farm in
Wells, Maine. This annual fall festival features environmental
education, wholesome food, farm animals, and children's activities. Hope
will also be leading a creative movement session around 10 a.m. Rain
or shine at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, 342 Laudholm
Farm Road, (207) 646-1555. Admission is $10 a carload.
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Free Grange Productions presents
HARVEST MUSIC & DANCE SERIES
CONCERTS & CLASSES
1st Sundays this Autumn
September 7, October 5 & November 2
At HeartSpeak studio, Topsham, Maine
(Advance registration/payment required
by August 20 for group dance classes.)
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poster to print]
KIDS CREATIVE FOLK DANCE CLASS
2:00-2:45 p.m. for three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Group Dance Class: Children's Folk Dance and Creative Movement,
with instruction and live music by Hope Hoffman. Simple, lighthearted
folk dances done in pairs or circles, as well as Hope Hoffman's playful
creative movement games featuring traditional fiddle tunes. Explorations
of dance steps including waltzing, polkas and Scandinavian steps combine
technical instruction with freestyle dance movement. And, Americana singing
games provide fun, simple ways of incorporating movement and music.
Ages: ages 5-10 accompanied by parents
Fee: $45 per child for series of 3 dates
Class size: 5-11 children plus parents
~ Hope Hoffman has been a freelance dance teacher since 1999 and a full-time
performer including fiddle music since 2001. Her sessions of music and
dance for children have been presented at Children's
Museum of Maine in Portland, Curtis
Memorial Library in Brunswick, the Maine
Discovery Museum in Bangor, and the Long
Island Children's Museum in New York.
** Participants in the 2 p.m. class are welcome to join us for snacks
and the first half of the concert (3-3:30 p.m.) free of charge, or for
the whole concert with purchase of advance tickets at a special discounted
rate for class participants.
FIDDLE &
FARM CONCERTS
3:00-4:15 p.m. on three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Concerts of original and traditional New England fiddle tunes and
songs, presented by Hope Hoffman and her various bands. (Details and audio
samples at www.hopehoffman.org
and www.kittlish.com). Free farm-fresh
snacks will be served before and after the concert and at intermission,
compliments of Free Grange and farming organization www.OTFinc.org.
Admission fees: Free for ages 12 and younger; for ages 12 and over, $10
per concert per person at the door. Advance tickets for the series
of 3 concerts are $20 at Red
Dragon Toys or by mail.
~ A portion of CD sales at the concerts will go to www.OTFinc.org.
** Join us from 3:30-3:45 for the intermission/snack break; enjoy complimentary
local foods and learn about the farming organization www.OTFinc.org.
NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY DANCES
4:30- 5:45 p.m. for three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Group Dance Class: New England Country Dances with Live Music,
with instructor John McIntire and live music by Hope Hoffman
~ Learn traditional and modern New England social dances in contra,
square, and circle formations. Couples dances, waltz, schottische,
and polka will also be taught.
Ages: 12 and up
Fee: $45 per participant for series of 3 dates
Class size: 10-16 people
~ John McIntire has been dancing in the New England traditional style
for over 30 years. For the past 15 years he has been teaching dance to
all ages, and has been the caller for public dances around New England
and at major festivals from Boston to Seattle.
** Participants in the 4:30 p.m. class are welcome to arrive early and
enjoy snacks and the second half of the concert (3:45-4:15 p.m.) free
of charge, or for the whole concert with purchase of advance tickets at
a special discounted rate for class participants.
Directions to HeartSpeak Studio, 56 Elm St. (Route
24), Topsham, Maine: White building on west side of Route 24, just a short
distance north downtown Brunswick, and a bit past the Topsham town offices.
Across the street from the Feldspar Mill office complex. Drive into the
parking lot; studio space is in the side of the building away from street,
with its own entrance.
Class registration & advance ticket sales:
~ At Red Dragon Toys, 97 Maine St.. Brunswick, ME 04011 (207) 727-1041,
open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday - Saturday, (www.reddragontoys.com). Cash or
check only, payable to Hope Hoffman.
~ Or, checks can be mailed payable to Hope Hoffman, PO Box 171, Bowdoinham,
ME 04008.
Discounts:
~ Class registration gives participants free admission to half of each
concert, and 50% off concert tickets for full concert.
~ Advance tickets for series of concerts
For planning ahead ... SPRING 2009 SERIES: 1st Sundays
April 5, May 3, June 7
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Free Grange Productions
(www.freegrange.org)
supports local foods through music events, related merchandise &
and promotional partnerships with farms, towns and businesses.
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FIDDLES*FARMS*FOOD*FUN
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Upcoming Free Grange events
include:
Series of folk dance classes and fiddle concerts including
samples of local farm foods and information about the farms, on the first
Sunday of each month September-November in Topsham. Advance
registration/payment required by August 20 for group dance
classes.
Sunday, August 24 from 1-3 p.m. at North
Star Music Cafe Hope Hoffman and Jeff Trippe will perform original
and traditional fiddle tunes and songs. At 225 Congress St. (near Munjoy
Hill), Portland, Maine (207) 699-299. A portion of CD sales at
the concert goes to the Organization For
Transformative Farming.
Saturdays August 16 and 30 from 9-11 a.m.
we'll provide festive acoustic music at the Bath
Farmer's Market. The market is open Thursdays and Saturdays 8:30 a.m.-noon
through October, at the Waterfront Park on Commercial Street, Bath, Maine
(click here
for map).
Sundays September 7, October 5 and November
2, Harvest Series concerts of original and traditional New England
fiddle tunes and songs, presented by Hope Hoffman and her various bands,
from 3:00-4:15 p.m.. Free farm-fresh snacks will be served before
and after the concert and at intermission. At HeartSpeak Studio, 56 Elm
St. (Route 24), Topsham, Maine. Admission fees: Free for ages 12
and younger; for ages 12 and over, $10 per concert per person at the door.
Advance tickets for the series of 3 concerts are $20 at Red
Dragon Toys or by mail (payable to Hope Hoffman, PO Box 171, Bowdoinham,
ME 04008). Details and audio samples at www.hopehoffman.org,
www.freegrange.org,
and (207) 332-3459.
Friday, September 12 listen
for music by Hope Hoffman & Kittlish trio (www.kittlish.com)
and talking about Free Grange (www.freegrange.org),
live from 7:30-9 p.m. on WMPG's "Local
Motives" program.
Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Barn
Dance in partnership with the Organization For Transformative
Farming (www.OTFinc.org).
Fiddle music by Hope Hoffman and dance instruction by Bill
Olson, at Saco Grange #53, 168 North St. (Route 112 ), Saco,
ME 04072. Contact Bob Murray at (207) 838-0964 or e-mail bobmur[at]gwi[dot]net.
Sundays September 28 and October 19, returning
for more concerts at Café
Bon-Bon in Lewiston, Maine from 12:30-2:30 p.m.. Traditional
and original fiddle tunes and songs by Hope Hoffman, with Jim
Berrier on guitar and harmonica. The café's soup and sandwich
menu features native produce. 205 Main St/Route 202 (about a mile from
Lisbon St./Route 196), (207) 783-8200. A portion
of CD sales at the café goes to the Organization
For Transformative Farming. You can listen to audio of Hope and Jim's
dance music here.
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poster to print]
Friday, October 17 Barn Dance and
Harvest Supper with fiddle music by Hope Hoffman and dance instruction
by Bill Olson, at the
Saco River Grange Hall,
29 Salmon Falls Rd, Bar Mills, ME 04004. In partnership with
the Organization For Transformative Farming
(www.OTFinc.org). Contact Pat
Packard (207) 929-6472.
 A
percentage of the CD price goes to the OTFinc.org,
when purchased at: Cafe
Bon-Bon, Harvest Time
Natural Foods, Royal
River Natural Foods, Good
Tern Co-op, Fresh off the Farm,
and Rising
Tide Community Market.
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