Including the Rogue’s Ball
Fri 26th-Sun 28th April, 2019, Hobart Tasmania
Tickets: trybooking.com/BADSB
From the USA via the National Folk Festival, for the first time in Australia, the Roguery trio is composed of three highly versatile veteran musicians who have come together to enchant dancers and listeners alike. Their arrangements range from strictly traditional to soaring flights of imagination and improvisation. They have recorded 6 CDs, and have become favourites at events throughout the USA and England. The band’s varied influences include English, contra, early music, classical, Breton, Scottish, Irish, Cape Breton, Galician, French, Balkan, jazz-fusion, Greek, and a variety of song traditions. See: rogueryband.com.
See (and hear) Roguery in concert, learn from them in singing or music workshops, or dance to their inspiring music and the calling of Brooke Friendly, an energetic and highly experienced dance teacher popular throughout North America and England.
Roguery in Concert
Friday 26th April, 7:15 for 7:30pm, Caledonian Society Hall, 31 Homer Ave, Moonah
The Roguery trio are: Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen and Jim Oakden
Dave Bartley (Seattle) plays mandolin, guitar, cittern, and numerous other plucked string instruments. He can provide a quiet foundation, inject a fiery driving rhythm, or pull wicked licks out of thin air. His odyssey from flashy rock guitarist to classical musician to eclectic sideman to tunesmith filters through his fingers, making you wonder what he’ll do next, playing the tune, then playing around, inside, and beyond it.
Shira Kammen (Berkeley), a multi-instrumentalist (primarily violin and vielle) and vocalist, has spent most of her life exploring early and traditional music. She is one of a rare class of musicians that elevate the musicianship of those around her with her astonishing virtuosity and imagination. A favorite at dance and music camps and a member of many bands and ensembles, she is constantly performing and teaching nationally and internationally with the elite of the music world. She has appeared on 60-ish recordings in a variety of styles of music, and is considered a demi-goddess in early music circles.
Jim Oakden (Santa Cruz) started playing piano and clarinet at an early age and stumbled into early music from the classical music scene, from whence he discovered the world of traditional and ethnic music. Having diverse tastes (or a short attention span), he performs on an absurd number of instruments, from accordion to zurna (to name a few).
Together, their arrangements range from strictly traditional to soaring flights of imagination and improvisation. They have recorded 6 CDs, and have become favourites at events throughout the USA and England. The band’s varied influences include English, contra, early music, classical, Breton, Scottish, Irish, Cape Breton, Galician, French, Balkan, jazz-fusion, Greek, and a variety of song traditions.
Tickets: https://trybooking.com/BADSB or cash at the door: $25/ $22 concession. Limited seats. Booking advised. Discounted weekend and online tickets available.
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/483805548832713/
Rogue’s Ball
Saturday 27th April, 7:30-11:30pm
Venue: the magnificent Hobart Town Hall ballroom, 50 Macquarie St, Hobart
Raucous to serene trad-inspired music by Roguery (USA). A dance party with English country dance, contra, and ceilidh style dances. All dances taught by Brooke Friendly (USA). No dancing experience or partner required.
Tickets: https://trybooking.com/BADSB or cash at the door: $25/ $22 concession/ $20 member/ $15 f/t student. Discounted weekend tickets and online tickets available.
Please bring a plate of supper and dress as your favourite rogue
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/338717230190143/
Singing and Music Workshops
Sunday 28th April, 2019
| Workshop | Time | Artist | Description |
| Singing in a Circle | 10:00
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11:30 | Shira Kammen | Sing rounds, canons, catches, and other forms using musical imitation from the 12th to 17th centuries. The pieces will range from the simple and sweet to the complex and rich. For anyone who likes to sing, experienced and otherwise. Shira is one of a rare class of musicians that elevate the musicianship of those around her with her astonishing virtuosity and imagination. She is constantly performing and teaching nationally and internationally with the elite of the music world. |
| Beyond Boom Chuck: Accompaniment | 10:00
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11:30 | Dave Bartley | Expanding the kinds of backup done by rhythm players, for dances and other settings. It is difficult to count the number of bands of which Dave Bartley is a member. He plays mandolin, guitar, cittern, and numerous other plucked string instruments. He can provide a quiet foundation, inject a fiery driving rhythm, or pull wicked licks out of thin air |
| Galician and Breton music | 10:00
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11:30 | Jim Oakden | Learn some wonderful tunes from Celtic Spain and France with some cultural background, including some commentary on playing them for dances. Jim is a master multi-instrumentalist. |
| Popular Music of the English Renaissance | 12:00
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1:30 | Shira Kammen | Explore the wit, humour and melancholy of the High Renaissance in England. We’ll look at dance melodies, ballads, madrigals, rounds, drinking, love, and newsworthy songs from a number of different sources: ‘Pills to Purge Melancholy’, Ravenscroft, Playford, Shakespeare’s plays, among others. |
| The Broad Church of Contra Music | 12:00
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1:30 | Dave Bartley | To its Celtic base, modern contra dance music adds inspiration from all sorts of genres – Quebecois, Cape Breton, rock and roll, jazz, techno and even TV theme songs and symphonic music. Dave Bartley has written hundreds of tunes and played with numerous bands in various genres. He’ll use this workshop as an excuse to indulge in an eclectic menu of tunes and influences. All musicians welcome, with no intent to play for dances required. |
| Not Everything in 3 is a Waltz | 12:00
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1:30 | Jim Oakden | Explore the mysterious world of mazurkas, hambos, bourees and more. Jim started playing piano and clarinet at an early age and stumbled into early music from the classical music scene, from whence he discovered the world of traditional and ethnic music. Having diverse tastes (or a short attention span), he performs on an absurd number of instruments, from accordion to zurna (to name a few). A dancer himself, he specialises in playing for dancers in a bunch of bands and genres. This workshop is best for music readers. |
See rogueryband.com for bios for the band members. See also individual web sites, Shira Kammen, Dave Bartley and Brooke Friendly.
Tickets: https://trybooking.com/BADSB or cash at the door if available: $35/ $30 concession for two different workshops. Limited space. Booking advised. Discounted weekend tickets and online tickets available.
Workshops will be held at the Lenah Valley Community Hall, Creek Rd, Lenah Valley, or adjacent buildings. Please be at the venues 15 minutes before the workshops for registration.
Dances and Dance Workshops
| Dance | Time | Artists | Description |
| Saturday
27th April |
| English
Country Dancing: Lyrical to Boisterous, Silly to Sublime | 11:00
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1:00 | Brooke Friendly and Roguery | Experience the variety of
texture and mood as well as the qualities of movement and phrasing distinct
to English country dances old and new.
No dancing experience or partner required. |
| Impropriety
– the dances of Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett | 2:30
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5:00 | Brooke Friendly and Roguery | Enjoy a whole session focusing
on the dances of Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett, published in Impropriety
volumes 1-6, and perhaps some new, unpublished dances. Come dance to the
great tunes—old and new—that have inspired the figures, phrasing, progressions,
and nuances that are the signature of this duo’s work. No dancing experience or partner required. |
| Rogue’s
Ball – English Country Dance + Contra | 7:30
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11:30 | Brooke Friendly and Roguery | Raucous to serene trad-inspired
music by Roguery (USA). A dance party
with English country dance, contra, and ceilidh style dances. All dances taught. No dancing experience or partner
required.
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| Sunday
28th April |
| Dancing
the Whole Dance | 10:00
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11:30 | Brooke Friendly and Deanna Devers | Experience dancing all roles in
a dance. Enjoy a variety of fun, accessible English country dances while we
play with global/positional terminology — a great way to build community and
learn (and dance) the whole dance. No
dancing experience or partner required. |
| Dance
Here Now | 12:00
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1:30 | Brooke Friendly and Deanna Devers | Dance, laugh, and experiment as
we focus on dancing rather than dances. Build learning, helping, and
partnering skills. Be ready to accept
mistakes as an opportunity to get better at recovering. Dance more, worry less.
No dancing experience or partner required. |
| Rogue’s
Farewell | 3:00
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5:00 | Brooke Friendly and Roguery | A final chance to dance to the
raucous to sublime music of Roguery, featuring the English / American
connection – exploring the blurred area between what is defined as English
Country Dance and Contra (American) dance (and a little dash of Scottish) —
figures and styling that have crossed genres.
No dancing experience or partner required. |
Tickets: https://trybooking.com/BADSB or cash at the door if available: $15/$13 concession for each Saturday day time and Sunday afternoon dance. See above for ball. $35/$30 for the pair of Sunday dance workshops. Discounted weekend tickets and online tickets available.
Our caller, Brooke Friendly (USA) is known for her warm yet commanding personality, her clear and concise teaching, her creativity, her sense of humour and whimsy, and her attention to community. Brooke teaches throughout North America and England. A dance choreographer, she and Chris Sackett are publishing their sixth book of dances (Impropriety 6). See Brooke Friendly.
All Saturday dances will be held in the magnificent Hobart Town Hall, 50 Macquarie St, Hobart. All Sunday dances and dance workshops will be held at the Lenah Valley Community Hall, Creek Rd, Lenah Valley. Please be at the venues 15 minutes beforehand if you have a tickets for an individual dance (rather than a weekend or day ticket).
Weekend Schedule
Tickets and Info
Tickets: trybooking.com/BADSB
Info: folktas.org/roguery, 03 6273 2127 or folkdancetas@gmail.com
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