Debuting Band #3: Dannsair

Flutist Suzanne Duffy writes in and tells us she is…

bring[ing] in another band to the contradance community, the Santa Barbara-based Celtic band, Dannsair, led by guitarist Russell Doherty. Dannsair has had longstanding performance engagements at two much-loved Irish pubs in Santa Barbara, Sunday evenings at the James Joyce and Thursday evenings at Dargan's. And for some time, contradancers have stopped by for a listen and encouraged the band to consider performing for a contradance. So here we go! We're delighted and honored to be partnered with caller Susan Petrick from the Bay area for our debut dance. Hope you'll come close out your Thanksgiving holiday weekend with us on Sunday, November 25th.

We'd also like to apologize for misspelling the band's name in the Dance Star. If you download it now, though, it's been corrected.

Debuting Band #2: Aolian

[Waiting for any of our intrepid reporters to land some info.]

Debuting Band #1: Atlantic Crossing

From their website:

This band was started in 1987 to share traditional music from both sides of the Atlantic and points beyond. Over the years, we have played traditional American music from the Appalachians and Louisiana, the Balkans and Middle East, and now, we are playing primarily contra dance music.

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