Changing the face of contra dance music in a random way.

We are:
Dave Langford - fiddle/guitar
Bill Tomczak - clarinet/saxophone/banjo uke/dumbek
Peter Barnes - piano/guitar/flute/harmonica

Combined, we represent over 60 years of playing for contra dances, english country dance and a variety of miscellaneous musics often related to folk dancing of some sort or another (or not). Every time we played together we consistently had such a great time, we decided to name the band and even record a CD or two. And we're still having a blast!

 

I danced so hard my pants ripped!
— Ronald McDonald


Date Location Event woody
January 19 Concord, MA
Thursday Contra Dance
with Stuart Kenney
January 20 Greenfield, MA
3rd Friday Contra
with Stuart Kenney
January 21 Peterborough, NH
Snowball
with Stuart Kenney
February 3-5 Seattle, WA
Dancing Fool
with Ralph Gordon & Mark Hellenberg
February 23-26 Buena Vista, CO
Stellar Days & Nights
April 13-15 Eugene, OR Cascade Contras
with Mark Hellenberg & Stuart Kenney
June 28-July 1 Plymouth, MA
Pinewoods
4th of July Weekend
July 13-15 Coshocton, OH
River Rendezvous
August 24-26 Ann Arbor, MI Special Dance Weekend
August 31-September 3 Julien, CA Labor Day Dance Away
with Stuart Kenney
November 9-11 Atlanta, GA
Festival Weekend
with Stuart Kenney
2013
February 15-17 Maryville, TN
Cabin Fever
with Mark Hellenberg & Stuart Kenney