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Sat Sept 17 & Sun Sept 18, 2011
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CONCERT FOR KIDS & PARENTS

Sat Sept 17, 2011 10:15am

with Roots Revue

Berkeley Public Library
Main Branch, Community Meeting Room (3rd floor)
2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley

FREE

Roots Revue is a tour through American traditional music and dance, with fun participation for all ages.  From English clog dancing through Southern Appalachian step dancing, stringband music, harmony singing and hambone body percussion, to the swinging rhythms of Jazz and Tap dance, Roots Revue provides comprehensive history on the unique traditions in American music, dance, and instrumentation with striking chemistry, playfulness, and humor.  Allegra Yellin - guitar, banjo, saxophone, Ray Bierl - fiddle, guitar, and Evie Ladin - banjo, dance.


youth showcase STRING BAND CONTEST
Sat. Sept. 17, 2011 11am
Civic Center Park/Berkeley Farmers Market
MLK between Center and Allston, Berkeley
FREE







FAMILY SQUARE DANCE
Sunday Sept 18, 2011 3pm to 4:30pm

caller Susan Michaels
music by the New Omatics

Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman), Berkeley, CA
$4 kids, $6 adults, available at the door
http://www.ashkenaz.com

The BOTMC Family Dance is a great way for the whole gang to have fun dancing together in a casual setting. No experience is necessary, and all ages are welcome. Caller Susan Michaels will teach the dances from scratch and prompt the moves all the way through, with some dances that even babes in arms can do! Foot-stomping fiddle-and-banjo music provided by the New Omatics.

Caller Susan Michaels, who hails from southern California, has been calling dances since 1980, at local evenings, weekend workshops, week-long elementary school programs, week-long family camps and dance weekends throughout the U.S. and Canada.  She says: “I believe it is my mission to get people to hold hands in a circle and move to music.”  http://family-dance.com/

The New Omatics took first place in the 2010 BOTMC String Band Contest with their southern old-time music. The band members are Dane Miller (fiddle), Rusty Holleman (banjo), Sarah Wilson (guitar), and Karen Sonnenblick (bass.)


Sun. Sept. 18, 2011 3pm 
OLD TIME CABARET
Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
All ages welcome!  
FREE.