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Join award-winning Celtic musicians Karen Ashbrook (hammered dulcimer, Irish flutes) and Paul Oorts (harp guitar, cittern, accordion), alongside special guests, traditional singer Eileen Estes and Grammy-nominated fiddler Andrea Hoag, for a one-hour Celtic Christmas concert. The performance promises an evening of exceptional artistry, with finely crafted traditional tunes and heartfelt renditions that celebrate the season with warmth and authenticity. Free but there will be a free-will collection for charities supporting local housing and food insecurity.

Holiday dance party! Andrea will also lead the spelmannslag practice and performance.  

$10, $5 spelmannslag members

3:15 pm – 5:35 pm; Sign-in with music for dancing starting at 3:15 pm; spelmannslag practice 3:30-4:30.


You must enter through the main entrance in the front, on the street side and not the west side entrance that we used to use.

http://www.scandiadc.info

Institute of Musical Traditions presents Nordensong (with Loretta and Andrea opening).
Tickets : $20 advance (+$2 box office fee) / $25 door | children / students $15/20. 
http://www.imtfolk.org

Drawing on the history of Scandinavian, Celtic, and American folk music, Nordensong’s rich musical world breathes new life into these ancient traditions. Composer/guitarist Karl Lundeberg has written two albums worth of music featuring his own 12-string guitar, as well as GRAMMY-nominated Loretta Kelley on Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and Laura Hummel on Swedish nyckelharpa, resulting in Nordensong’s bold, exciting sound that is a completely new re-imagination of musical eras and genres. Andrea Hoag and Anders join as special guests.

Loretta Kelley and Andrea Hoag celebrate their new CD Hambo in the Garden.

Doors open at 7:00pm; $15.

7:30 – 10:00pm. one-hour concert followed by dancing. You are invited to
stay to dance or listen.

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

A celebration of Maggie’s Music with seasonal music from Maggie Sansone’s last recording Cold Frosty Morn at West River with Pat Egan-vocals and guitar, Andrea Hoag-fiddle, Sharon Knowles-Celtic harp, and Karen Ashbrook-hammered dulcimer and whistle. A reception with the artists will follow the concert. A free will offering will be collected.

Jubilee Community Arts and Tuesday evening Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers present:

Thirteen Strings from Scandinavia (Loretta Kelley and me)

$10 suggested

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

For details email Howard Carlberg:

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

Suggested donation $20-30; children free.

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

$20 at the door

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

Kansas City Scandinavian dancers host a concert and dance party from 6:30-8:00.
$10 donation.

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

Specialty Workshop!

Scandinavian Fiddle Tunes

with Grammy nominees Andrea Hoag and Loretta Kelley

Saturday, November 30, 2:00-3:30pm. $30.

Register now.

Meet the rich and surprising tradition of Swedish and Norwegian music! Sometimes ethereal, sometimes infectiously danceable, this tradition goes back hundreds of years. We’ll look at older forms of music such as the 3/4-time polska and långdans, as well as 19th-century forms like schottische, polka, and waltz. The workshop is focused on fiddlers, though other melody instruments are welcome, and you’ll get a chance to hear the multi-stringed Hardanger fiddle. You’ll come away with some delectable tunes and new ideas for how to make dancers and listeners happy.

http://www.queenbeemusicassociation.org/

Loretta Kelley and I start our album release tour with a house concert in the Catalina Foothills. $25 suggested. To reserve a seat, email

Loretta is America’s best-known player of Norway’s beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway’s greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won the D (senior) class at Norway’s national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

We have enjoyed playing together for 30 years and 5 previous album collaborations!

Solo informal concert of Swedish music in the beautiful historic courtyard. Bring a lunch or find one in the courthouse café. Free!

Pùca and the WIld Ones (Andrea with Claire Zucker, Dave Firestine, and Keith Reins) perform Celtic songs and tunes, from heartfelt to hilarious.

Sets at 12:00 and 3:30, and we host a jam session at 2:30!

http://tucsoncelticfestival.org

Pùca and the WIld Ones (Andrea with Claire Zucker, Dave Firestine, and Keith Reins) perform Celtic songs and tunes, from heartfelt to hilarious.

http://tucsoncelticfestival.org