(BRS)
Washington, DC
This is an ad hoc group
formed to play for fun in the Northern Virginia area. All musicians
are welcome - music will be provided. Get-togethers are generally held
from 2:30 - 5:30 on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
Contact for
details:
(NOF)
San Francisco Bay
This is a
spelmanslag that meets in the South Bay and plays for dances held in
Palo Alto, CA. New members are welcome. Dances are generally held
from 8:00 - 11:00 PM on the 1st Saturday of the month during the school
year. There are rehearsals on most Friday evenings.
Contact for details:
or check the Bay area information for
the
San
Francisco Bay
Nattergal members play and sing
traditional Scandinavian folk music with unique harmonies and
arrangements. Performances include dance tunes, wedding music, mischievous
songs, ballads, soulful listening tunes, and hymns. Instrumentation
includes: fiddle, hardingfele, accordion, cittra, guitar, recorder, and
munnharpe, with vocals in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Icelandic.
Contact for
details:
(NHP)
Most
of these tunes are playable on nyckelharpa, and a few are best played on that
instrument. I have indicated some of these with the abbreviation "NHP",
but this is only a sampling of good tunes for 'harpa.
(SDC)
Washington,
DC
This is a spelmanslag that meets
in the Washington DC area and plays for dances held in Greenbelt, MD. New
members are welcome. Dances are generally held from 8:00 - 11:00 PM on the
3rd Saturday of the month during the school year. There are rehearsals
from 7:00 - 8:00 before the dance.
Contact for
details:
(BRB)
San Francisco Bay
NOT CURRENTLY
ACTIVE. This is an ad hoc group formed to play for
dances held in Brisbane, CA. All musicians are welcome - music will be
provided. Dances are generally held from 2:00 - 5:00 on the 2nd Sunday of
the month during the school year. There are occasional
rehearsals.
Contact for details:
