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Contra & Square Dance Band w/ Erik Hoffman
Mondays, 7:00-8:15 pm, beginning September 11 *Classes will not be held on 10/2, make-ups on 10/23
In the class we’ll discuss and learn: - Repertoire—fiddle tunes appropriate for the style - To medley or not - The differences between playing for Contras & Squares - Standard & not-so-standard musical ideas. - And More!
Traditionally, American contra dance, along with its British antecedent, English Country Dance, and American Square dance has used fiddle based music. We can explore the range of this style of music as well as modern adaptations. All instruments welcome!Erik Hoffman spends his time calling Old-Time Country Dancing and playing music (fiddle, guitar, voice, mandolin, bodhran, and other odds and ends). Erik became interested in traditional music and dance when he returned to his home town of Santa Barbara in 1980. Friends dragged him to the contra dances, and he became addicted. In 1985 he called his first dance.
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In 1987, Erik took up the fiddle. Three weeks later, on a dare, he competed in the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddle Contest and won third place in beginning fiddle in a field of three. The following year he placed first in intermediate fiddle. In 1990, Erik came in third in advanced traditional singing.
