| Friday, August 29 from
8-10 p.m. at Sweet Leaves Teahouse
in Brunswick, Maine. Hope Hoffman and Jeff Trippe will play Scots-Irish
and Americana fiddle tunes and ballads. At 22 Pleasant Street, (207) 725-1376.
Saturday, September 13 Hope
Hoffman will lead creative movement with live fiddle music at the St.
Lawrence Arts & Community Center 11 a.m.-noon. Advance tickets
available online at www.stlawrencearts.org,
and reservations by phone at (207) 775-5568. $8 adults; $5 for kids. 76
Congress St (on Munjoy Hill), Portland, ME 04101. (207) 775-5568.
[link here to
directions]
Saturday, Sept. 27 Hope Hoffman & Kittlish
trio (www.kittlish.com) will be
performing at 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at the Punkinfiddle festival (www.punkinfiddle.org),
a National Estuaries Day Celebration at the historic Laudholm Farm in
Wells, Maine. This annual fall festival features environmental
education, wholesome food, farm animals, and children's activities. Hope
will also be leading a creative movement session around 10 a.m. Rain
or shine at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, 342 Laudholm
Farm Road, (207) 646-1555. Admission is $10 a carload.
 A
percentage of the CD price goes to the OTFinc.org,
when purchased at: Cafe
Bon-Bon, Harvest Time
Natural Foods, Royal
River Natural Foods, Good
Tern Co-op, Fresh off the Farm,
and Rising
Tide Community Market.
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2007
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Upcoming Free Grange
events:
Series of folk dance classes and fiddle
concerts including samples of local farm foods and information about
the farms, on the first Sunday of each month September-November
in Topsham.
Advance registration for group dance
classes. Advance tickets for the concert series are $20 for all
three concerts and available in person from Red Dragon Toys, 97 Maine
Street, Brunswick. Advance tickets are also available by mail. Regular
admission to the concerts is $10 at the door and free for children
12 and under. Registering for the dance class gives a 50% discount
off the price of concert tickets, and also gives free admission to either
the first half or second half of each concert.
Saturday, August 30 from 9-11
a.m. we'll provide festive acoustic music at the Bath
Farmer's Market. The market is open Thursdays and Saturdays 8:30 a.m.-noon
through October, at the Waterfront Park on Commercial Street, Bath,
Maine (click here
for map). [download
poster to print]
All Wednesdays in September (3, 10, 17
and 24) from 4-6 p.m., original and traditional Maine fiddle music
at the farmer's market in downtown Gardiner, Maine. Veggies,
baked goods, flowers, apples, cider, berries, eggs, dairy, meat, maple
syrup, wild mushrooms, handmade soaps, and more. Vendors include Albee
Farming (Alna), Borealis Breads (Wells), Echo Ridge Organic Cheese (Mount
Vernon), Laughingstock Farm (Manchester), Long Meadow Farm (W. Gardiner),
Popp Farm (Dresden), Pudleduk Family Farm (Vassalboro), Snafu Acres Dairy
Farm (Monmouth) and Town House Cheese (Whitefield). Market held on the
town commons (on Rte. 201), rain or shine; music is in the gazebo. Sponsored
by Gardiner Family Chiropractic. Info at www.gardinerfarmersmarket.org,
(207) 582-3100.
Sundays September 7, October 5 and
November 2, Harvest Series concerts of original and traditional
New England fiddle tunes and songs, presented by Hope Hoffman and her
various bands, from 3:00-4:15 p.m.. Free farm-fresh snacks will
be served before and after the concert and at intermission. At HeartSpeak
Studio, 56 Elm St. (Route 24), Topsham, Maine. Admission fees:
Free for ages 12 and younger; for ages 12 and over, $10 per concert per
person at the door. Advance tickets for the series of 3 concerts are
$20 at Red Dragon Toys, 97
Maine St. in downtown Brunswick, or by mail (payable to Hope Hoffman,
PO Box 171, Bowdoinham, ME 04008). Details and audio samples at www.hopehoffman.org,
www.freegrange.org,
and (207) 332-3459.
Friday, September 12
listen for music by Hope Hoffman & Kittlish trio (www.kittlish.com)
and talking about Free Grange (www.freegrange.org),
live from 7:30-9 p.m. on WMPG's "Local
Motives" program.
Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. dance
with live music in partnership with the Organization
For Transformative Farming (www.OTFinc.org).
Fiddle music by Hope Hoffman and dance instruction by Bill
Olson, at Saco Grange #53, 168 North St. (Rte. 112), Saco,
ME 04072. Before the contra dance is a Farmer’s Harvest Roast
Beef & Turkey Supper to benefit the Grange and OTF. Tickets
(which include both the meal and dance) are $8 in advance, $10 at the
door. Children under 8 are free. For advance tickets or more info,
call Bob at (207) 838-0964 or Darlene at (207) 318-3553.
Sundays September 28 and October 19,
returning for more concerts at Café
Bon-Bon in Lewiston, Maine from 12:30-2:30 p.m.. Traditional
and original fiddle tunes and songs by Hope Hoffman, with Jim
Berrier on guitar and harmonica. The café's soup and sandwich
menu features native produce. 205 Main St/Route 202 (about a mile from
Lisbon St./Route 196), (207) 783-8200. A portion
of CD sales at the café goes to the Organization
For Transformative Farming. You can listen to audio of Hope and Jim's
dance music here.
 [download
poster to print]
Friday, October 17 Barn Dance and
Harvest Supper with fiddle music by Hope Hoffman and dance instruction
by Bill Olson, at the
Saco River Grange Hall,
29 Salmon Falls Rd, Bar Mills, ME 04004. In partnership with
the Organization For Transformative Farming
(www.OTFinc.org). Contact Pat
Packard (207) 929-6472.
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Free Grange Productions
(www.freegrange.org)
supports local foods through music events, related merchandise &
and promotional partnerships with farms, towns and businesses.
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FIDDLES*FARMS*FOOD*FUN
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Free Grange Productions presents
HARVEST MUSIC & DANCE SERIES
CONCERTS & CLASSES
1st Sundays this Autumn
September 7, October 5 & November 2
At HeartSpeak studio, Topsham, Maine
(Advance registration for group dance classes.)
[download
poster, or brochure, to print]
KIDS CREATIVE FOLK DANCE CLASS
2:00-2:45 p.m. for three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Group Dance Class: Children's Folk Dance and Creative Movement,
with instruction and live music by Hope Hoffman. Simple, lighthearted
folk dances done in pairs or circles, as well as Hope Hoffman's playful
creative movement games featuring traditional fiddle tunes. Explorations
of dance steps including waltzing, polkas and Scandinavian steps combine
technical instruction with freestyle dance movement. And, Americana singing
games provide fun, simple ways of incorporating movement and music.
Ages: ages 5-10 accompanied by parents (parent and child register
as one)
Fee: $45 per child for series of 3 dates
Class size: 5-11 children plus parents
~ Hope Hoffman has been a freelance dance teacher since 1999 and a full-time
performer including fiddle music since 2001. Her sessions of music and
dance for children have been presented at Children's
Museum of Maine in Portland, Curtis
Memorial Library in Brunswick, the Maine
Discovery Museum in Bangor, and the Long
Island Children's Museum in New York.
** Participants in the 2 p.m. class are welcome to join us for snacks
and the first half of the concert (3-3:30 p.m.) free of charge, or for
the whole concert with purchase of advance tickets at a special discounted
rate for class participants.
FIDDLE &
FARM CONCERTS
3:00-4:15 p.m. on three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Concerts of original and traditional New England fiddle tunes and
songs, presented by Hope Hoffman and her various bands. (Details and audio
samples at www.hopehoffman.org).
Free farm-fresh snacks will be served before and after the concert
and at intermission, compliments of Free Grange and farming organization
www.OTFinc.org.
Admission fees: Free for ages 12 and younger; for ages 12 and over, $10
per concert per person at the door. Advance tickets for the series
of 3 concerts are $20 at Red
Dragon Toys or by mail.
~ A portion of CD sales at the concerts will go to www.OTFinc.org.
** Join us from 3:30-3:45 for the intermission/snack break; enjoy complimentary
local foods and learn about the farming organization www.OTFinc.org.
NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY DANCES
4:30- 5:45 p.m. for three Sundays: September 7, October 5 and November
2
Group Dance Class: New England Country Dances with Live Music,
with instructor John McIntire and live music by Hope Hoffman
~ Learn traditional and modern New England social dances in contra,
square, and circle formations. Couples dances, waltz, schottische,
and polka will also be taught.
Ages: 12 and up
Fee: $45 per participant for series of 3 dates
Class size: 10-16 people
~ John McIntire has been dancing in the New England traditional style
for over 30 years. For the past 15 years he has been teaching dance to
all ages, and has been the caller for public dances around New England
and at major festivals from Boston to Seattle.
** Participants in the 4:30 p.m. class are welcome to arrive early and
enjoy snacks and the second half of the concert (3:45-4:15 p.m.) free
of charge, or for the whole concert with purchase of advance tickets at
a special discounted rate for class participants.
Directions to HeartSpeak Studio, 56 Elm St. (Route
24), Topsham, Maine: (1.2-mile walk from downtown Brunswick) White building
on west side of Route 24, just a short distance north downtown Brunswick,
and a bit past the Topsham town offices. Across the street from the Feldspar
Mill office complex. Drive into the parking lot; studio space is in the
side of the building away from street, with its own entrance.
Class registration & advance ticket sales:
~ At Red Dragon Toys, 97 Maine St.. Brunswick, ME 04011 (207) 729-1041,
open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday - Saturday, (www.reddragontoys.com). Cash or
check only, payable to Hope Hoffman.
~ Or, checks can be mailed payable to Hope Hoffman, PO Box 171, Bowdoinham,
ME 04008.
Discounts:
~ Class registration gives participants free admission to half of each
concert, and 50% off concert tickets for full concert.
~ Advance tickets for series of concerts
For planning ahead ... SPRING 2009 SERIES: 1st Sundays
April 5, May 3, June 7
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