CD of Live, Original Fiddle "Cows go Sailing"

FEATURED EVENTS:

[Print a Flyer about Free Events]

FREE Monthly Fiddle Q&A in Bowdoinham

Oct. 22nd Fiddle Music at Harvest Supper

FREE Family-Friendly Concert Nov. 13

FREE Knitting Circles with Live Music

FREE Fiddle & Song Circles

FREE Tune-of-the-Month Sessions Online

[Link to Full Calendar of Events]

CD of Live Barn Dances "FIDDLEDANCEMUSIC"

Partner your Business...

Plan an Event for your organization's profit and publicity, and/or for the joy of doing neighborly community activities

Retail Free Grange Products for your organization's fundraising and promotion

Parent-Child Creative Folk Dance with Live Music, including activities with themes of farm food; great for festivals, farm camps, library and school programs, and birthday parties!

Merrymeeting Fiddlers group of students provide informal music for markets and gatherings

Press Kit with audio, news release and newspaper photos

View Past Events such as concerts and community events by Hope Hoffman

 

... Past partnerships include:

Maine State Grange's Victor Grange in Fairfield, Maine

The Good Life Center in Harborside, Maine

Bath Farmer's Market

Lewiston Farmer's Market

Maine State Grange's Saco Grange #53 in Saco, Maine

Mother Oven Bakery in Bowdoinham, Maine

O'Naturals Restaurant in Falmouth, Maine

Good Tern Co-Op

Gardiner Farmer's Market

Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills, Maine

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Free Grange Productions

FIDDLES*FARMS*FOOD*FUN

What does Free Grange do?

* Invigorate, support, & promote groups which focus on social, logistical & political connections for local farmers & eaters

* Provide local entertainment at rural venues such as grange halls, town halls & community centers

* Share the beauty, vitality & playfulness of traditional & newly composed fiddle music in live performances & digital recordings, & visual arts relating to food & community

 

 

Join in the Fun!

Come to an Event including concerts, dances, suppers & classes; enjoy live music, good food & good company.

Food Links fresh, delicious, convenient and full of good cheer

Easy Recipes using local ingredients and very basic cooking

Buy Free Grange Music and Artwork from stores, organizations and farms which support local food and community

Learn to Play the Fiddle at teaching studios in Bowdoinham, Bath, Portland, Farmington & Rockland, Maine

 

See what-all is going on ~

Sign Up Here for our quarterly e-mail newsletter

Read our Online Newsletter for a quick summary of local music CDs and events

Download a Flyer to share and advertise events in your area

Listen to fiddle music; Look at photos

Resources for Fiddle Students including violin rentals, repairs, & groups

Tune-of-the-Month e-mails you sheet music, chords and audio links for newly composed fiddle music

Get in Touch to share ideas and ask questions

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Free Grange products and events are currently partnered with:

Maine Farmland Trust, preserving farmland througout Maine

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine

Fresh off the Farm in Rockport, Maine

Long Branch School in Bowdoinham, Maine

Morning Dew Natural Foods in Bridgton, Maine

Organization For Transformative Farming based in Portland, Maine

Pleasant Pond Orchard in Richmond, Maine

Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta, Maine

Willow Pond Farm in Sabattus, Maine

and we're planning events and retailing with
farmer's markets, downtown associations, farms, stores, restaurants, families and other groups throughout New England.

Contact Us

E-mail

Booking Form for Event Planners

c/o Hope Hoffman, PO Box 171, Bowdoinham, Maine 04008

Voicemail (207) 332-3459

Mailing List

Fan Page on Facebook

www.hopehoffman.org

 

 

Listen to Audio

Pay de Haut reel recorded live at the Victor Grange Hall in Fairfield, Maine, on the new CD "Fiddledancemusic: Field Recordings in Maine 2006-2008"

"Bean by Bean" waltz on live CD of original fiddle/viola tunes

New Maine dance tune "Superinsulated House" (© Hope Hoffman 2007), recorded live at its debut at Johnny D's

"Jenny Jenkins Eats Her Vegetables," a song Hope wrote, recorded live at its debut in Hope Hoffman & Kittlish's CD release concert at One Longfellow Square. [link to printable lyrics] (© Hope Hoffman 2007)

Barn dance/contra dance bands

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Supporting local foods, community & businesses through music & promotional partnerships.

Free Grange Productions offers flexible & professional music events, related merchandise & promotional partnerships to farms, restaurants, non-profits, towns & food-related businesses.

Organizations supporting local farms can retail Free Grange CDs and visual art, adding a profitable and promotional dimension to their merchandise and marketing.


www.freegrange.org

Supporting local foods through music

 

 

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Website design and content © Hope Hoffman 2008
photos/design/content/trademark copyrighted/all rights reserved
by photographers and Hope Hoffman

 

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