That's my contradance band, excited about doing some traveling and performing this fall. Celticladda is a trio with fiddle, guitar and piano. We play hard-driving dance music, mostly reels with some jigs, marches, & waltzes. Tempos for the reels vary from about 112 to 118.
A typical 3-hour contra dance will have about a dozen dances. We'll play a 3-tune medley for each dance, going through one tune 6 or 7 times before switching. We'll play roughly 36 tunes for the evening.
I've posted some of our medleys with tune titles on Celticladda's website. There are some fantastic tunes which I learned right here at thesession.org as posted by other musicians. This site has been a great resource!
This fall we will be in upstate New York, Illinois/Indiana, then on to North Carolina/Virginia. More travel next spring. For a complete schedule, with photos of the band and the tune list, please visit http://www.randymillerprints.com/celticladda.htm
If you are in the area where we are playing, please stop by and say hi! Oh, and if you care to recommend a good contra dance tune, please post the title.
Hi "celticladda" - I had a look at your list of tunes. You include "The Repeal Of The Poll Tax". I think it would be nice if you gave credit to the composer, Scottish fiddle-player Sandy Mathers.
Good luck with the tour.
Where in Bloomington, IL will you be on Nov 1-2? I'm three hours from there and have a daughter who goes to school at ISU in Normal (just north of Bloomington).
Kenny - thanks for reminding me about the composer. I knew it was Sandy Mathers but forgot to put his name into the list. The web page has been corrected. Do you know Sandy? I tried getting in touch with him a couple of years ago but had no luck finding a phone number or address. Anyway, it's a great tune.
pn5jn asked about Bloomington and Normal, ILLINOIS
and the reply had to do with Bloomington, INDIANA.
I now live in the Indiana one, but I lived in, and attended college in the Illinois one, so I'm somewhat accustomed to the conflation of the two... <GG>
Best of luck with your tour, and I hope to be able to come and hear you here in Indiana!
Celticladda hits the road
Celticladda hits the road
That's my contradance band, excited about doing some traveling and performing this fall. Celticladda is a trio with fiddle, guitar and piano. We play hard-driving dance music, mostly reels with some jigs, marches, & waltzes. Tempos for the reels vary from about 112 to 118.
A typical 3-hour contra dance will have about a dozen dances. We'll play a 3-tune medley for each dance, going through one tune 6 or 7 times before switching. We'll play roughly 36 tunes for the evening.
I've posted some of our medleys with tune titles on Celticladda's website. There are some fantastic tunes which I learned right here at thesession.org as posted by other musicians. This site has been a great resource!
This fall we will be in upstate New York, Illinois/Indiana, then on to North Carolina/Virginia. More travel next spring. For a complete schedule, with photos of the band and the tune list, please visit http://www.randymillerprints.com/celticladda.htm
If you are in the area where we are playing, please stop by and say hi! Oh, and if you care to recommend a good contra dance tune, please post the title.
celticladda
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by celticladda
Re: Celticladda hits the road
Hi "celticladda" - I had a look at your list of tunes. You include "The Repeal Of The Poll Tax". I think it would be nice if you gave credit to the composer, Scottish fiddle-player Sandy Mathers.
Good luck with the tour.
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by Kenny
Re: Celticladda hits the road
Where in Bloomington, IL will you be on Nov 1-2? I'm three hours from there and have a daughter who goes to school at ISU in Normal (just north of Bloomington).
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by pn5jn
Re: Celticladda hits the road
Kenny - thanks for reminding me about the composer. I knew it was Sandy Mathers but forgot to put his name into the list. The web page has been corrected. Do you know Sandy? I tried getting in touch with him a couple of years ago but had no luck finding a phone number or address. Anyway, it's a great tune.
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by celticladda
Re: Celticladda hits the road
to pn5jn - we are playing the Wednesday night contra dance at the Harmony School in Bloomington. It's at 909 East 2nd Street. David Ernst is calling.
The dance starts at 8:30. Website:
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~botmdg/monthly.html
Nothing definite yet for November 2 but there are rumors of a jam with Sam Bartlett and others somewhere in town.
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by celticladda
Re: Celticladda hits the road
It seems there's a little disconnect here...
pn5jn asked about Bloomington and Normal, ILLINOIS
and the reply had to do with Bloomington, INDIANA.
I now live in the Indiana one, but I lived in, and attended college in the Illinois one, so I'm somewhat accustomed to the conflation of the two... <GG>
Best of luck with your tour, and I hope to be able to come and hear you here in Indiana!
Thanks,
stv
http://cdbaby.com/Culchies
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by stv culchie
Re: Celticladda hits the road
stv culchie - yeah, it's Indiana's Bloomington. Hope to see you there.
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by celticladda
Re: Celticladda hits the road
Ooops -- thanks for the clarification! Good thing you didn't say "Springfield." That covers all but about three states in the US.
Nonetheless, enjoy the tour and hope it all goes well!
Paul
# Posted on October 16th 2006 by pn5jn