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RODNEY
and ELVIE MILLER
Contra Dance musicians of extraordinary talent.
Rodney has led the AIRDANCE contra dance Band on their previous UK tours.
Hear them live at…….
St. Margaret’s Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.
SATURDAY March 29th 2008. 7.30pm – 10.45 pm.
 UK Caller
RHODRI
DAVIES
(One of Britain’s leading Contra Dance Callers.)
Tickets £7 (£8 on the door) available from
Dave Brown 07753 821153
Anne O’Bryan 01225 858886.
Click on the BUY NOW button to Book your tickets
Online:
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RODNEY AND ELVIE MILLER
 In
1983, Rodney Miller was designated a "Master Fiddler" by the National
Endowment for the Arts. He is widely considered to be the foremost exponent
of New England style fiddling, a uniquely American blend of French Canadian
and Celtic influences. Over the past 35 years, he has toured the U.S.,
British Isles, Australia and Denmark, performed
and taught at hundreds of music and dance festivals, and recorded over ten
fiddle albums. In 1999, Rodney was invited to represent the state of New
Hampshire and play at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington,
D.C. He has also appeared on Garrison Keillor's National Public Radio show "A Prairie
Home Companion," performed live with the Twyla Tharp
Modern Dance Company, played at the Kennedy Center in NYC and recorded for
the National Geographic Society. In 2007, Rodney
and his daughter Elvie Millerrecorded a beautiful waltz cd, Spyglass Waltzes,
which has already been described as "Reiki for the World."Rodney is
a master violin-maker employed by Stamell Stringed Instruments in Amherst,
Ma.
Elvie Miller provides the powerful, seemingly effortless, sometimes
mischievous half of the Miller duet, on piano and piano accordion. Elvie has
been playing music since she was very young, and over the years she has
shifted from classical piano to folk accordion and piano. She grew up going
to contra dances in New England and now she performs at contra and English
country dances all over the U.S. In 2005 she was selected as a Thomas J.
Watson Fellow and travelled through Ireland, England, Scotland, Finland,
Sweden, France and Cape Breton, studying accordion and traditional music and
performing internationally alongside Karen Tweed, Timo Alakotila and Maria
Kalaniemi, among others. She currently tours with Rodney Miller, Airdance,
Irish fiddler Denis Liddy and with Night Watch.
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If you’ve enjoyed Line Dancing or you’ve enjoyed
the thrill of an English Ceilidh or Barn Dance, then come along and enjoy the
driving music and hypnotic groove of the CONTRA
DANCE.
All dances are taught on the night, so if you’ve
never done any Contra Dancing before you will be able join in and have fun.
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BATH EASTON
CONTRADANCE CLUB
 BATHEASTON, CHURCH HALL, BATH, B&NES. 7 – 9.30pm
The new Batheaston
Contra Dance Club meets on the first Sunday of every month
Why not Email Batheaston Contra and add your name to the
mailing list for further information.
Contact: Dave
Brown on 01985 847417 or 07753 821153
or Anne O’Bryan on 01225 858886.
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Halsway
Manor Contra Club
Details from Alan Corkett:
01278 732202 or email the club.
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