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Callers, Musicians and Technical Staff Resources

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Callers

Who

Styles and Venues

Where

Warren Blier
831-624-5527

Contra dance Caller

Home is the Monterey Peninsula, but I've called all over the Western U.S.

Elizabeth Douglas
707-829-6666

Sebastopol Contra Dance

Contra dances for parties, weddings

Sonoma County

Charlie Fenton
415-282-5207

Contra Dance caller (and occasionally English Country Dance).

Generally _not_ available for private parties.

San Francisco Bay Area

Tina Fields
707-824-9318

Contra caller; plus easy longways sets, Sicilian circles, mixers, & medieval dances for barn/family dances, re-enactments, parties. Also leads singing groups..

North Bay & environs (Sebastopol-based)

Karen Fontana
650-691-9663

www.karenscontracorner.com

New England style Contra and Squares; Role Free/ Gender Neutral Contras; Social Folk dance for private parties and schools

SF Bay Area, California and across the U.S.

Erik Hoffman
Home/Office/Message:
510-444-4397
510-410-0456 (cell)

www.erikhoffman.com

Contras, Squares, One-Night-Stand, Circle, Sicilian Circles, Triplets, Whole Set Dances, Some English Country Dances, Bouree, Waltz, Hambo, Schottish, Polka,

Also, I teach school classes and dance residency programs in elementary schools and more.For schools and one-night stands, I often call dances while playing solo fiddle.

I live in the SF Bay Area, I call and teach mostly there, but will travel.

Mavis McGaugh
510-814-8118

Contra/Gender Free Contra/ Family dances/Parties (I do Circles/Squares/old time Longways/Contra - like working with Family groups)

Northern California/Nev.  - but I would consider travel out of the area

Joyce Miller
530-272-6498

Contras, squares, easy longways dances and mixers

Sierra foothills, Sacramento, Reno, Bay Area

Bob O’Brien
530-274-9551

Contra Caller

Based in greater Sacramento area

Ken Olcott
415-455-9205   

Contra dance Caller

Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties, San Francisco, East Bay

Susan Petrick
650-224-6428

Contra dances, couple dances

I live in Bay Area (Mt View, CA) and in Reno, NV, but travel a lot to call

Celia Ramsay
707-963-5667 (home/work)
707-337-0498 (cell)

Contras (and Waltzes)

As far north as Mendocino, as far south as Monterey and all reasonable points in between!

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Bands& Musicians

Who

Styles and Venues

Where

Contacts

Coyote ContraBand
Arlene Jamar (piano); Bill Trainor (fiddle); Char Berta (flute, whistle); David Wright (mandolin, fiddle, octave mandolin); Frank Gallardo (bass, guitar, percussion); Gary Mulcahy (percussion); Sue Jones (concertina, recorder); Bob O’Brien (caller, percussion, guitar)

Style: American old-time, Celtic, French Canadian

Venues: Contra-dances, parties, weddings

Based in greater Sacramento area

Bob O’Brien
530-274-9551

www.coyotecontraband.com

Flashpoint
Jon Berger (violin); Howard Booster (violin); Rebecca King (piano)

Style: Contradance  and English Country dance music, mostly Celtic

Venues: Contra dances and English Country dances, Family and Community Dances, weddings, parties

SF Bay Area and North Bay

Rebecca King
707-224-4437

Karl Franzen
(guitar pennywhistle, djembe, bodhran, melodian, harmonica, octave mandolin, banjolin)

Style: Celtic, American, English, French folk music. Like songs, dance tunes, background music. Usually play in groups.

Venues: Contra dances, concerts, farmer's markets, parties, weddings, re-enactments, classroom

San Francisco Area

Karl Franzen
650-856-6445

Harmon's Peak
Paul Clarke (banjo); Ernest Kinsolving (fiddle); Art Friedman (fiddle);Karl Franzen (guitar, melodian, etc.)

Style: Old Time American Dance Tunes

Venues: Contra dances, festivals, schools

San Francisco Bay Area

Karl Franzen
650-856-6445

www.harmonspeak.com

Susan Jones
(concertina, recorder, guitar)

Style: American old-time, Celtic, English country dance, international

Venues: contra-dances, English country dances, international dances, fairs, parties, weddings

based around Sacramento, Nevada City

Susan Jones
916-739-8906
www.balkanchoir.com
www.coyotecontraband.com 

Rebecca King
(piano)

Style: solo piano: English Country dance music, Irish,  Scottish, classical

Venues: Contra dances (see Bands Flashpoint and Luceo), English Country Dances, weddings, parties

SF Bay Area and North Bay

Rebecca King
707-224-4437

Dave Kistler
(guitar, mandolin, whistles, flute, banjo (tenor))

Style: Early American, Celtic, Old-timey, Contemporary Contra

Venues: Contra dances, weddings, social affairs

Central and Northern CA, primarily the foothill regions

Dave Kistler
530-272-8456

Luceo
Rebecca King (piano); Lee Anne Welch (fiddle); Karl Franzen (guitar, whistle, etc.)

Style: Celtic and Old Time American Dance Tunes

Venues: Contra dances

San Francisco Bay Area

Karl Franzen
650-856-6445

Old Time Confusion
Al Lubanes (fiddle); Barbara Lubanes (guitar); Miguel Melbin (accordion, piano); Keith Cook (Bass)

Style: Old time and some swing tunes

Venues: contras, weddings, parties, historical events

I can email a sound sample

Mother Lode, Sacramento

Al Lubanes
530-333-1109

The OpporTunists
Alan Snyder (fiddle, piano, guitar); Erik Hoffman (guitar, fiddle, percussion); Topher Gayle (mandolin, bass, guitar, percussion)

Style: Mostly Celtic with some Old-Time:  reels, jigs, waltzes, contra music, some swing repertoire

Venues: contra dances, weekends, parties

Greater Bay Area

Alan :650-493-6023

Erik: 510-444-4397

afiddle.com
demo

Celia Ramsay
(vocalist)

Style: Vocalist: Celtic, Old Timey, Madrigals and Torch Songs
Venues: Bale Grist Mill Days, wherever needed.

San Francisco Bay Area at large

Celia Ramsay
707-963-5667 (home/work) 
707-337-0498 (cell)

The Roadoilers
John Pedersen (banjo, fiddle, Irish pipes); Mike Drayton (fiddle, vocals); Perry Fly (guitar, concertina, piano, vocals); John Pedersen (banjo, fiddle, Uillean Pipes, vocals)

Style: Old time (squares, contras), Irish

Venues: Contra Dances, Square Dances, Parties

North Bay, East Bay, San Francisco

John Pedersen
415-456-0414

Mike Drayton

www.roadoilers.com

Alan Snyder
(fiddle)

Style: Scottish/Cape Breton, Irish

Greater Bay Area

Alan Snyder
650-493-6023

afiddle.com
demo

Star Thistle
Chetani Cheryl McKinney (piano); Dave Kistler (mandolin, guitar, flutes, whistles, banjo); David Wright (fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, percussion); Lonna Whipple (fiddle)

Style: Celtic, American old-time, new contra tunes, waltzes

Venues: contra-dances, parties, weddings

Based around Auburn, CA

Lonna Whipple
530-346-0099

3 O'Clock Shadow
Erik Hoffman (fiddle); Chris Grampp (guitar) Adam Cavan (bass); Peter Langston (mandolin); Mike Stadler (mandoin and banjo)

Style: Mostly Old-Time sort of Bluegrassy, with some Celtic and Swing: Reels, Jigs, waltzes, occasional swing tunes with a jazzish or swingy feeling

Venues: Contra dances and parties

Greater Bay Area

Erik Hoffman
Home/Office/Message: 510-444-4397
Cell: 510-410-0456

www.erikhoffman.com

Whirlin' Merlin
(a.k.a. Broceliande)
Margaret Davis (flute and harp); Kristoph Klover (12 string); Karl Franzen (mandolin, drum etc.)

Style: French, Irish and English done contra style.

Venues: Contra dances, weddings, concerts.

San Francisco Bay Area

Karl Franzen
650-856-6445

www.broceliande.org

David Wright
(fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, percussion)

Style: Celtic, American old-time, French Canadian, English country dance

Venues: contra-dances, English country dances, fairs, parties, weddings

based in Sacramento

David Wright
916-739-8906

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Sound Techs and other Logistical Support

Who

Notes

Where

Leon Bumanglag
831-458-1340

~Sound Tech: has own sound gear

Monterey Bay Area, Silicon Valley

Doug Clark
831-726-2322

~Sound Tech: has own sound gear

Monterey Bay area

Karl Franzen
650-856-6445

~Sound Tech: has some gear
~Web and graphic design for artists and wholistic health professionals.
~Music Instruction in guitar, pennywhistle, bodhran, mandolin, percussion.
~Event Promotion

 

Al Lubanes
530-333-1109

~Sound Tech: has own sound gear

Mother Lode, Sacramento

Ken Olcott
415-455-9205

~Sound Tech:

Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties, San Francisco, East Bay

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