Volume 43 No. 6 June 2017

Summer Sing-alongs Resume Third Friday Evenings at Blue Mounds State Park A decade–long MadFolk tradition, the a vast repertoire of folk songs, from the a yearly State Park sticker, or a daily pass, Summer Sing-alongs at the Main Shelter silly to the profound, to appeal to young but once in the park, participation in the of Blue Mounds State Park will begin at and old, and can accommodate most re- Sing-along is free to folkies and campers 8 p.m. on Friday, June 16, led by the in- quests, from traditional to contemporary alike. The main shelter is at the top of the spired leadership of Madison’s Own Mac singer-songwriter’s songs. Children’s and hill. Only if thunderstorms or tornadoes Robertson, on banjo and guitar. Mark camp songs and show tunes are often in are threatened would the sing-along be your calendars for July 21st, when the the mix. moved to the enclosed Friends Shelter, to Sing-along will be led by Marli Johnson The setting, as the sun sets over the which the Park gatekeepers could direct and Rex Loker, and for August 18, when highest point in southern Wisconsin, is you. Mac Robertson will return to lead the last stunning. On a clear evening, the forest of the summer Sing-alongs. fire towers provide views to the Baraboo Bring your instruments, especially Hills in the northwest, and back to the your voice boxes! Copies of the books of glow of Madison to the east. If you come song lyrics Rise Up Singing & Rise Again early, there are well-marked nature trails will be available. Come early (@6:30 pm) traversing the mounds. and join other folkies in a potluck, fea- To get to Blue Mounds State Park, take turing summer produce from gardens 18-151 west past Mount Horeb and Cave and farmer’s markets. The picnic tables of the Mounds, then turn right (north) are then rearranged for the singing, usu- on County Highway F, and follow the ally in a circle, with space for dancing, if brown state park signs for Blue Mounds the spirit moves. The song leaders have State Park. Entrance to the Park requires Ken Lonnquist Geezer Palooza, June 30 Ken Lonnquist, veteran Madison over 30 years running. He’s performed all songwriters Tom Pease and Stuart Stotts, songwriter-performer celebrates his 60th over the U.S. and Canada, and relishes the topical rabble-rousers The Raging Gran- birthday with a party and concert at The chance to celebrate his 60th - with a little nies and Solidarity Singers, long-time Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave. on help from his friends! collaborators Kenny Aigen, Pete Burns June 30 from 7-10 pm. Songs from all If you grew up listening to “One Speed and John Wackman, The O’DARBY Irish facets of his career will be showcased in Bike” and “Nattie Of The Jungle”, or en- Folk Band, teen musical-theater perform- three sets - kids music, musical theater, joyed his CTM musicals “Alice In Won- ers Tess Lenzen, Savon Vanderbloemen, topical humor, Wisconsin & environmen- derland”, “A Christmas Carol”, “Cinderella” Althea Bernstein and Aiden, Declan and tal ballads, his irish folk band O’DARBY, and others, or loved his nature songs like Cian Dally! and songs from his musical friends and “Weave”, “In The Birchwood” and “North The public is invited - there’ll be no heroes! Wisconsin”, or topical-humor songs “Pee cover charge! Lonnquist began performing as a Pee In Jars”, “Kiss Your Ass Goodbye Polka” Friday, June 30 - Three Sets - at singer-songwriter while at UW-Madison, and “High Speed Rail - Low Speed Brain” The Brink Lounge - No Cover! formed the country-rock band Rowdy - come to The Brink! Ken’s on the brink Yates in the late-70s, joined his friend of 60!!! Pete Burns in the duo Burns & Lonnquist, A host of special guest performers toured widely for Wisconsin’s Environ- will perform, including folksingers Peter mental Decade as “Minstrel For The En- & Lou Berryman, multi-instrumentalist vironment” in K-12 schools, composed Doug Brown, percussionists Tony Cas- eight full-scale musicals for Children’s taneda and Kenny Koeppler, jazz vocalist Theater of Madison, released dozens of Kelly Dehaven, bassists Jeff Eckels, Henry recordings for adults and kids, award- Boehm and Jon Penner, actor-singers winning sign-language videos based on Mike Accardo and Joe Thompson, key- his songs, and the beloved holiday fa- board wizard Dave Adler, guitarists Andy vorite “Old Befana”, a musical he’s toured Ewen and Sean Michael Dargan, singer- June at Kiki’s House of Righteous Music I was more than a little jealous to a great show. His visit on June 17 is to is even more impressive than his dis- read in their March Mad Folk article celebrate the vinyl re-release of one cography. He has had music featured “Folks Hosting Folk” that Dave Wall- of his early records Rooster Nudes. It in films, and he’s starred in a few too. ner and Anne Katz have sold out ev- remains to be seen if he brings any He did both for Rambo. He played a ery show but one in their six years of with him. He’ll be joined by Brien Lilja member of Blueshammer in Ghost hosting house concerts. For every on drums. Opening will be local boy World and counts Steve Buscemi as a artist that fills the basement, the Bot- Marty Finkel. I’ve known Finkel since fan. He recently starred as Jake in The tle Rockets, Robbie Fulks, anything his first release, which I reviewed for Grace of Jake (80% fresh on Rotten To- Scott McCaughey is a part of, I have Rick’s Café a lifetime ago. His endear- matoes!). The man of a million bands, as many shows where I’m just hoping ing Elliot Smith obsession expresses Jon Langford, will bring his newest to get past the awkward number. (It’s itself in catchy songwriting and im- collaboration Four Lost Souls to town fourteen, in case you are wondering.) maculate production, without any of for a matinee show on June 4. This Despite my enthusiasm for criminally Smith’s depression. will be a preview of the record record- underappreciated musicians like Bea- After a quiet May (only Kinky Fried- ed in Muscle Shoals Alabama with the ver Nelson (his Macro/Micro multi- man played a show, and believe me, legendary Norbert Putnam produc- media show here was one of my very it was a show), this month will see a ing. Given the three other souls in favorite shows) and Will Johnson (a lot more activity. On June 3rd KHoRM question, John Szymanski, Bethany heartbreakingly gorgeous voice, and welcomes Jake La Botz and his band. Thomas and Tawny Newsome, the vo- some of the most hilarious between His new record Sunnyside was re- cals are going to be amazing. song banter the basement has seen), I leased on Jimmy Sutton’s Hi Style Also coming in June are Bobby can’t seem to convince even a fraction Records May 12th (see review this Bare Jr’s Young Criminal’s Salvation of my mailing list of their worthiness. issue), and he’s coming to the base- League, which I won’t even try to June performer Mike Nicolai is per- ment to celebrate. La Botz may not pass off as folk, on June 15, and the haps the epitome of this syndrome. have played Madison before, but his Secret Sisters, which filled up so fast To be fair, he doesn’t really tour like band- featuring drummer Alex Hall, I shouldn’t even mention it, on June a traditional artist. He doesn’t al- guitarist/keyboardist Scott Ligon 29. Who knows, maybe someday ways have a new release; in fact he (two fifths of the Flat Five) and up- Mike Nicolai will be as popular as the doesn’t even always have something right bassist Beau Samples (one third Secret Sisters, even if it is only in my to sell. However, he’s always engag- of Robbie Fulks’ Pussycat Trio)- should basement. E-mail me at ing and entertaining, a clever song- be familiar to festival goers and base- [email protected] writer, and committed to putting on ment dwellers alike. His IMDb entry for more info or to RSVP Jack Williams tour coming to Wisconsin

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Jack As a guitarist, he has accompanied Williams will play for a house concert Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, and Harry in Madison on June 25th, and at Cafe Nilsson. He has 11 CDs on Wind River Carpe in Ft. Atkinson on June 29th. Records. One of his songs, “A Natural Concert details at www.JackWilliams- Man” was featured in the March edi- Music.com. tion of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, SC-born, Jack lives in the Ozarks which also featured a live video of NW Arkansas and has toured in- performance in its on-line ternationally for 58 years, drawing edition. on years of playing jazz, rock, R&B, classical, folk and blues to create his southern-based music and stories. His songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas, Chuck Pyle, Cindy Mangsen, and Ronny Cox. Sunnyside - jake la botz hi style records ~ 2017

spite the fact that “the trouble is that he’s mood lightens. The former isn’t fooling my friend,” he concludes the only option anyone with her tears, while the latter is is “to put him in the cold, cold ground.” just a gateway drug to other inflatables, The best tambourine shake since the bed, raft, plane etc. The only problem? Monkees opens the similarly propul- “I can’t afford the pump. How will I blow sive “Hobo on a Passenger Train.” While it up? It’s taking all my breath. And I’ve it’s probably easier than roller skating got asthma.” And you thought addiction in a buffalo herd, La Botz contemplates was trouble. the inherent difficulty in trying to make someone into something they Mad Folk News is published monthly by the aren’t. “Can’t be controlled, can’t be contained, can’t put a hobo on a Madison Folk Music Society, a non-profit, passenger train,” he growls over lo- volunteer-led society dedicated to fostering Review by Kiki Schueler comotive rhythms. folk music in the Madison area. “If you like authentic blues, you really The title track is probably the Contact us at [email protected] gotta check out Blueshammer,” enthuses record’s most cryptic. “You set the about concerts, membership, scholarships, the clueless woman desperately trying table with silver linings. They’re pol- and volunteer opportunities at to make conversation with Steve Bus- ished and shining, but they can’t cut www.madfolk.org. cemi’s hopeless music nerd in the cult through vegetables, and they can’t www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-Folk- classic movie Ghost World. But when cut through animals, and they’ll Music-Society/34497984835 the band takes the stage it becomes im- never cut minerals, so the food lays there rottin,’” reads one through- mediately obvious that they are quite Madison Folk Music Society Board definitely not authentic blues. Howev- the-looking-glass verse. Even so, er, if you look closely you’ll see Jake La this more insinuating version (it also Botz stage left, enthusiastically playing appeared on previous release Get DarleneBuhler...... President,Concerts, his role as Blueshammer’s lead guitarist. Right) hums and echoes like it was Advertising Sunnyside, his eighth release and first on recorded in a silo, possibly in the 225-0710~ [email protected] Jimmy Sutton’s Hi Style label, is unlikely dark. On other songs, the haunted PegMichel….…...... Treasurer to be as grossly mislabeled as Bluesham- “The Hotel,” the smooth “Feel No 831-1876 ~ [email protected] Pain,” and the dark “Hard to Love mer was, simply because it defies cat- Tracy Comer ...... Membership & Web Site egorization. If you like Tom Waits, Hank What You Kill,” phrases that seem equally inscrutable eventually reveal 729-4498 ~ [email protected] Williams and Honeyboy Edwards, you NorbertWodke…...... …Secretary should check out La Botz. If you like tat- themselves as dark references to ad- 836-8422 ~ [email protected] toos, hobos, and misspent youth, again, diction. To wit- from the first, “Just you should check out La Botz. And if enough room for a man to hide. Un- DedeGoldberg...... Newsletter you like lead vocals that range from less he’s undersupplied. Oh, oh fix distribution gravel growl to croon, gorgeous backing me now,” and “Had my finger on the 246-4332 ~ [email protected] vocals, and addictive songwriting, well, trigger so long, seems like I’d shoot Neil Morris...... Newsletter you know. again by now,” from the last. An- editor The record’s first two tracks show the other hard luck story is the plight of 358-5855 ~ [email protected] the subway musician in “Nickels and most evidence of the similarly unclassifi- Meg Skinner.………...... Scholarships able Waits. “How I Wish She Was Mine” Dimes,” playing for folks so oblivious they “wouldn’t know if they were 238-6950 ~ [email protected] rewrites “Jessie’s Girl” as a much darker Marli Johnson...... tale, with better rhythm and cooler struck by Lightning Hopkins.” That 770-4643~ [email protected] backing vocals. The sing-song verses may be the record’s cleverest turn of rub shoulders with a gospel choir, as phrase. Ron Dennis …...... …...... ………. hand claps and high hat give the tune It isn’t all doom and drugs, “Dam- (608)228-5472 ~ [email protected] momentum. La Botz isn’t going to make sel in Distress” and “Inflatable Duck” Kaia Fowler …...... …...... ………. the same mistake Rick Springfield did; give the record the levity you didn’t 920-728-3004 ~ [email protected] he’s going to do something about it. De- even know you needed till the

If you are on Facebook, please consider (if you have not already) “friending” or is it “liking” this page. Then when you are on this page you can invite others to “like” this page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-Folk-Music-Society/34497984835 learned when I was about 16 or so, called peg and awl •• Pegs a hundred pair to Lay Down My Old Guitar, written by Alton my one, peggin' shoes was never fun •• ©2017 Delmore of the Delmore Brothers (©1933 Throw away my peg, my peg, my peg Peter Berryman Alton Delmore). The chorus goes: and awl

Retirement Songs Gonna lay down my old guitar •• Gonna When my mother was a child, she taught lay down my old guitar ••I wish I could tie herself piano by playing hymns. One that Amazing the way appropriate songs come it by my side •• And take it along with me caught my ear at a very young age was to you all by themselves to punctuate what- Work For The Night Is Coming, lyrics ever it is you're going through at the mo- The great Labor Songwriter Joe Glazer written in Canada in 1854 by Anna Louisa ment. I have mentioned that my music part- wrote the pro-union song Too Old to Work Walker when she was 18 years old. Like ner Lou and I have retired from national (©1950 Joe Glazer): Donovan, a bit early to think about retiring, touring. Though we're still playing around but this is definitely a retirement-prep song: Wisconsin, still writing songs, and still con- You work in the factory all of your life •• ducting a reduced business, existing re- Try to provide for your kids and your wife Work, for the night is coming •• Work tirement songs are popping into my mind. •• When you're too old to produce any through the morning hours •• Work while more •• They hand you your hat and they the dew is sparkling •• Work ’mid spring- Spurred on to Google, I didn't find many show you the door ing flowers songs specifically about retiring. There are plenty of songs about growing old, like the One of Utah Phillips' songs on the subject Work when the day grows brighter •• Beatles' When I'm 64, Silver Threads is the beautiful Goodnight Loving Trail Work in the glowing sun •• Work, for the Among the Gold from the 1800s, Sinatra (©1972 On Strike Music). This trail was the night is coming •• When man’s work is crooning Weill and Anderson's Septem- westernmost cattle trail going from El Paso done. ber Song, Pete Seeger's My Get Up And to Denver, established by a Mr. Goodnight Go Has Got Up And Went, Faith Petric and a Mr. Loving. According to Utah, "The But my current favorite end-of-working-life singing Peter Krug's Geritol Gypsy, and fellow that honchoed that kitchen, the bull- song is one by the Stanley Brothers, called so on. And in searching for songs about cook, well, they used to call him the 'old He Went To Sleep; The Hogs Ate Him: working, there are zillions of those, and woman' down in the southwest... they were many of them about quitting or wanting to hard-bitten old cowhands who got too He watched us work from where he set •• quit (David Allan Coe's Take This Job and busted up inside, too infirm, to be able to sit He watched so hard he'd work up a Shove It) or how hard and thankless is the a horse properly... and got sat out on the sweat •• At this my pa was hard to beat job (1800s trad. Cotton Mill Girls), or even chuck-gang... In addition to cooking, they •• He couldn't work, he got too fat •• He about how vital and important the job is as did doctoring and cleaning up and all sorts supervised from where he sat •• Then in The Work Of The Weavers (trad.): of minor tasks": pa'd get tired and go to sleep.

If it weren't for the weavers, what would With your snake oil and herbs and your Oh! he went to sleep and the hogs eat you do? •• You wouldn'a hae the clothes liniments, too •• You can do anything that 'im •• Hogs eat 'im, Hogs eat 'im •• He that's made of wool •• You wouldn'a hae a doctor can do •• Except find a cure for went to sleep and the hogs eat 'im •• a coat of the black or the blue •• If it your own god damned stew Now pa's gone forever •• Forever, •• For- weren't for the work of the weavers ever •• Now pa's gone forever. On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving But one or two genuine retirement songs Trail •• Our Old Woman's lonesome INCIDENTALLY did pop into my mind right away, the first tonight •• Your French harp blows like one being a 1966 song called Writer In the low bawling calf •• It's a wonder the Incidentally, speaking of endings, as I The Sun by Donovan. Donovan was hav- wind don't tear off your skin •• Get in apologetically explained to MadFolk presi- ing contract hassles which prevented him there and blow out the light. dent Darlene Buhler last year, Whither from releasing his music in the UK when he Zither's last episode will be the September wrote this. He was twenty years old, a bit There are songs about forced retirement 2017 column, making it exactly a twenty young to be worried about forced retirment due to technology, like John Henry year run of this nonsense. There have (©1966 Donovan Leitch): (Trad.), and Peg and Awl (Trad., from the been requests by certain masochists for a 1800s.) The peg and the awl were a shoe- collection of these in book form, and that I bathe in the sun of the morning •• maker's tools: may come to pass, because this has been Lemon circles swim in the tea •• Fishing more fun than I ever imagined it might be. for time with a wishing line •• And throw- They invented a new machine, peg and My deep thanks to past prez Mike Tuten, ing it back in the sea. awl •• They invented a new machine, peg current prez Darlene Buhler, The Madison and awl. •• They invented a new ma- Folk Music Society, and all you dear dar- And here I sit the retired writer in the sun chine, prettiest thing I ever seen •• Throw ling and long suffering readers for your •• The retired writer in the sun, and I'm away my peg, my peg, my peg and awl contributions and support. Now, stay tuned blue •• The retired writer in the sun... for three more episodes. Pegs a hundred pair to my one, peg and Another song that bubbled up was one I awl •• Pegs a hundred pair to my one, --WZ, June 2017 Appalachian Singing in Sacred Spaces

Saturday, July 8 10-2:30 Workshop 7-8 Concert 8:15 Barn Dance

Michael & Carrie Kline

Michael and Carrie Kline spent decades in the mountains Singing Workshop of West Virginia, documenting the music and stories of the • Learn to sing traditional songs of area’s residents. They have recorded thousands of inter- Appalachian families views and spoken testimonials that give voice to people • New & experienced singers welcome normally excluded from public conversations. As a per- • Gain insight into the complexity forming duet, the Klines mingle stirring harmonies with that is Appalachia interweaving guitar runs and cross-chording to produce • Delve into ancient ballads with deep an authentic sound that captures and conveys the spirit connections to the culture, land- of the people and mountains they love to sing about. They scapes and history of the Allegheny address mountain music as social history expressing a level Highlands and the coalfields of of truth seldom available on the printed page. Appalachia

10-2:30 Singing Workshop in the Plum Grove Chapel $60 adults/$30 ages 10-17 includes admission to the evening concert & dance. Registration required. Please bring a dish for the 12:00 potluck. Tickets: 608-924-4000 or http://appalachiansingingfv.bpt.me

7 - 8 Concert ~ Michael & Carrie Kline 8:15 Barn Dance ~ The Hicksville Debonaires, Catherine Baer, caller $10 adults, $ seniors/teens, $5 kids Tickets: 608-924-4000 or available at the door

Folklore Village 1/2 mile off Hwy 18/151 www.folklorevillage.org at 3210 County BB, Dodgeville June 2017

Common Chord (Michael Bryant & Tracy Jane Comer + friends) Dave & Anne Host Folk • Thu, June 15, 2017 @ 7pm - Tracy Jane Comer & Friends - The Brink Lounge, Madison Invitation & Advance RSVP required. • Sat, June 17, 2017 @ 7pm - Common Chord - Lakeside Street Coffee House, Madison • Sun, July 23, 2017, Time TBA - Common Chord - The Hop Garden - Verona, WI For full details or to request an invitation, contact Dave & Anne at • Sat, Aug 12, 2017 @ 7pm - Common Chord - Lakeside Street Coffee House, Madison [email protected] • Thu, Aug 17, 2017 @ 7pm - Tracy Jane Comer / Nelson Graham - The Brink Lounge, Madison • June 2nd @ 7:30 pm (doors at 7) Bill Camplin & Randy Sabien - $20 / $17 under 18 • Thu, Sep 7, 2017 @ 2pm - Tracy Jane Comer - The Heights at Evansville Manor, Evansville, WI • Sat, Oct 7, 2017 @ 7pm - Common Chord - Lakeside Street Coffee House, Madison • Thu, Oct 19, 2017 @ 7pm - Tracy Jane Comer & Friends - The Brink Lounge, Madison Kiki’s Righteous House of Music • Sat, Dec 9, 2017 @ 7pm - Common Chord - Lakeside Street Coffee House, Madison • Thu, Dec 21, 2017 @ 7pm - Tracy Jane Comer & Friends - The Brink Lounge, Madison Invitation & Advance RSVP required. For full details or to request an invitation, contact Kiki at [email protected] • June 3rd @ 8pm (doors at 7) Jake LaBotz & his band -- $10 • June 10th @ 7:30pm (doors at 6) Joe Jencks -- $15 to $20 • June 15th @ 8pm (doors at 7) Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminal’s Starvation Le -- $15 Old Time Jam • June 17th @ 8pm (doors at 7) Mike Nicolai / Marty Finkel -- $10 Monthly - 3rd Sunday of every month, 4 to 6pm • July 7th @ 8pm (doors at 7) Jon Dee Graham & the Fighting Cocks -- $15 EVP West 3809 Mineral Point Road • July 21st @ 8pm (doors at 7) The German Art Students -- $10 Coodinator: Al Wilson cell: 608-572-0634 Lou, Jenny, Brian and Deb [email protected] Invitation & Advance RSVP required.

For full details or to request an invitation, contact Jenny at Madison Area Ukulele Initiative -- Singalongs 3rd Sunday 11am - 1:30pm [email protected] or 608-770-0778 - for location visit www.MAUImadison.com • June 10th @ 7:30pm (doors 6pm) Joe Jencks - $15 to $20. Potluck before the show.

Ed Ticket House Concert Please join Mona Wasow at her home, 2110 Chadbourne Ave in Madison for a House Concert with Ed Trickett on Wednesday, June 14. on Wisconsin Public Radio w/ Stephanie Elkins- , The concert starts at 7 pm with doors opening at 6:30. The suggested donation is $15 Simply Folk Host If you have questions give Mike Tuten a call at 608 274-6340 Sun 5:00-8:00pm or contact him at [email protected] Concerts recorded in Wisconsin, music and dance of people Silverwood Park Barn Dance wpr.org the world over. For playlists, calendars, station listings, and more, visit www.wpr.org/simplyfolk. • Sat, Jun 10 - Featuring Tim Jenkins and the Kettle Creek String Band Adults - $10 / Ages 12-20 - $5 / < 12 - free WORT 89.9 FM community radio 5pm to 8:30pm - For more information www.silverwoodpark.org Sun -- 3:00-5:00pm wort-fm.org Tickets are available online at: http://silverwoodbarndance.brownpapertickets.com • “On the Horizon” w/ Ford Blackwell, Paul Novak, Gloria Hays & Helena White Weekdays 9:00am-noon • Mon - Global Revolutions (folk from the world over) w/ Dan Talmo & Martin Alvarado Cafe Carpe • Tue -- One Fine Morning w/ P.C. Allen All shows at 8:30pm unless indicated otherwise. • August 19, 20, 21, -- Wild West Days -- 25 Nelson Parkway, VIroqua WI Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve. • Wed -- Back to the Country (country music on a www.thewildwestdays.com theme) w/Bill Malone 18 S. Water St. • Thu, Jun 1, Mike Mangione - @8pm • Thur -- Diaspora (folk and international) w/Terry O’ Ft. Atkinson, WI • Fri, Jun 2, Amerancouche cafecarpe.com • Fri -- Mud Acres (bluegrass and acoustic) w/Chris 920-563-9391 • Sat, Jun 3, Rick Thum / Steve Seifert - $10 Powers • Thu, Jun 8, New Pioneers - @7pm • Fri, Jun 9, Brian, Starr, & Ben feat. Mark Hembree - $12 WMUU 102.9 FM • Sat, Jun 10, Katie Scullin All Acoustic Band - $10 - @7pm • • Wed, Jun 14, Peter Mulvey / Bill Camplin / Sista Strings - $30 - @8pm Sat - Exiles Return with Elizabeth Delaquess • Thu, Jun 15, $hitunauts aka The Occasional Quartet - $30 - @8pm - 4-6am and again from 10am-noon • Fri, Jun 16, $hitunauts aka The Occasional Quartet - $30 • Sat, Jun 17, $hitunauts aka The Occasional Quartet - $30 • Sun, Jun 18, Peter, Paul, Willy & Billy - $30 - @7:30pm • Thu, Jun 22, Song Circle w/ Tricia Alexander - $5 - @7pm • Fri, Jun 23, The Home Fires • African/African-American Dance classes with live drumming -- Sun, 7:00-9:00pm -- • Fri, Jun 30, Tricia Alexander / Donna Frost / Cassandra Vohs- Metro Dance, 3009 University Ave. -- 255-3677 / 251-4311 Demann - $10 • SpiritMoves Ecstatic Dance 2nd and 4th Weds, 7:00-9:00 pm -- The Center for Conscious Living, 849 East Washington Ave. -- $7 min. donation Folklore Village • English Country Dance taught -- 1st and 3rd Mon, 7:30-9:30pm -- Wil-Mar Center, 3210 Cty Hwy BB Dodgeville, WI • Sat, Jun 3rd -- Healthy Hoedown - potluck @6 dance @7:15pm 953 Jenifer St. -- 238-9951 or 238-9951 folklorevillage.org • Tue, Jun 6th -- Open Mic @7pm • International Dancing -- Wed and Sun; classes 7:30-8:30pm, request dancing 608-924-4000 8:30-11:00pm -- The Crossing, 1127 University Ave. -- 241-3655 • Irish Dancing -- Monthly Ceili and set dance events are posted at celticmadison.org/dance Mother Fool’s • Italian Dancing -- Tue, 7:00-9:00pm, no experience or partner necessary -- Wil-Mar Mother Fool’s Center, 953 Jenifer St. -- 838-9403 (Philana) Co eehouse • Sat, Jun 17th - Steel City Jugs Slammers - $6 - @8pm 1101 Williamson St. • Madison Contra Dance Cooperative -- Tue; 7:30 jam band practice, intermediate motherfools.com level dancing 7:45-9:40pm -- $5 for non-members -- Gates of Heaven, 302 E. Gorham -- 608-259-1030 238-3394 (Steve) • Morris Dancing -- Wed, 7:00pm -- call for location -- 238-9951 • Scottish Country Dancing -- Sun, 7:00pm -- Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. -- 233-2956 Madison Folk Music Society Nonprofit Org P.O. Box 665, Madison, WI 53701 U.S. Postage Address Service Requested PAID ……………………………… Madison, WI ……………. Permit No. 2278 Renew your membership today at www.madfolk.org https://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-Folk-Music-Society/34497984835 Madison Folk Music Society

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