Hope Hoffman -past performances

Events listed here are public venues such as festivals and restaurants; we also play often for weddings and private parties.

(For résumé of dance performance, choreography, production and studies, please click here.)

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~ DANCES ~

Including original compositions of New England dance music

Solo fiddle and duo with guitar for several barn dances at the Norlands Living History Center, Livermore, ME.

Contra dances at the Trenton Grange and Somerset Grange with John McIntire calling.

Series of contra dances in Fairfield, Maine and Strong, Maine, with Jim Berrier on guitar and harmonica.

Contra dance at Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival in Cornish, Maine, with dance caller Lisa Sieverts.

Contra dances in Brunswick, ME 2006 and 2007

Contra dance as part of a Family Fitness Festival, put on by the Auburn/Lewiston YMCA and L/A Trails.

Contra dance, Seeds of Peace International Camp.

Family contra dance at the Downeast Country Dance Festival.

~ MUSIC for THEATER ~

Fiddle and cello for Winter Solstice mummer's play at Portland Friends' Meeting.

Dancer and violinist, performance of new work choreographed by Marianela Boán and performed by students of the Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, Maine.

Duets with Robert Earle on piano were the sound score for the musical "Quilters" at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Live music composition, arrangement and performance for Town Hall Theater Group performances in Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Bath, Farmington and Baily Island, Maine.

~ CONCERTS ~

CD release concert with Kittlish at One Longfellow Square (formerly the Center for Cultural Exchange), Portland, ME.

House concert of Hope's original fiddle tunes with Kittlish at The Two Echo Common House, Brunswick, Maine.

Concert of original tunes with Kittlish trio at the Common Ground Fair, Unity, Maine.

Concert of old chestnuts and original Maine dance tunes with Fred White on guitar, at the Downeast Country Dance Festival, Topsham, Maine.

Concerts of original tunes on viola and fiddle with Kittlish at the Rockland Public Library.

Several concerts of original and traditional fiddle tunes with Kittlish at Blue in Portland, Maine.

Concert of original and traditional tunes and ballads with Kittlish at Rock City Books & Coffee, Rockland, Maine.

Concerts of original fiddle tunes at Johnny D's club in Somerville, MA with Larry Burkett and Doug Protsik in 2006, and with Kittlish in 2007.

With guitarist Larry Burkett as part of the Waldo County Fiddlers' Showcase, a benefit for the Maine Fiddle Camp scholarship fund, at the Blue Goose dance hall in Northport.

Old-time fiddle and some singing as part of performances by Ken Waldman, the Alaskan fiddling poet, at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA, The Living Room in Manhattan, and at the Puffin Cultural Forum in New Jersey.

~ COMMUNITY EVENTS, FESTIVALS & RESTAURANTS ~

Dinner music for the Samoset Resort's member's banquet; Main Street Bath gala fundraiser event; Maine Downtown Center's conference.

Dinner music/concert for the town of Bowdoinham's Chicken BBQ at the Bowdoinham Community School; and for a couple of years, we were the wandering minstrels at the Celebrate Bowdoinham festival and at the annual Bowdoinham Plant Sale.

Acoustic string band music on the sidewalks downtown, as part of Bath Heritage Days.And, acoustic music for a few years at the downtown sidewalk art sales in Freeport, Maine, organized by Freeport Merchants Marketing Association, and also for the Camden, Maine sidewalk arts festival.

Festive acoustic music at the Crystal Springs farmer's market in Brunswick, Maine; Rocky Ridge Orchard in Bowdoin, Maine; the outdoor Bowdoinham Farmer's Markets; and a local foods festival at the Morris Farm.

Concert as part of the Barn Party, potluck and live music fundraiser for Goranson Farm.

Solo fiddle/violin at opening receptions for art exhibits at Eleven Pleasant Street Center for the Arts, Brunswick, Maine and Bowdoinham Gallery of Fine Artisans opening reception. Solo fiddle for Rotary Club International Dessert and Silent Auction, Brunswick; and at an open house at Quarry Hill in Camden, Maine.

Wandering minstrel-style solo fiddle for the Fourth of July celebration, at Old Fort Western historical center in Augusta, Maine.

String band music at the Brunswick Family Arts Festival, and in later years as part of Arts Downtown and All Around, in Brunswick and Bath, Maine.

Series of evening music performances at the Manic Cafe in Lewiston, Maine and at the Blackhawk Tavern in Wiscasset; series of lunch music at Cafe Creme in Bath, Maine; series of dinner music for the Vegetarian Delight Dinner at the Swedenborgian Church, Portland, Maine. And, St. Patrick's Day music at Freedom Café & Publick House at the Causeway in Naples, Maine.

~ CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS ~

Dance workshops and performances with live music for parents and children at the Long Island Children's Museum.

Workshop in creative movement and folk dancing with live fiddle and banjo music, Amhi Lodge, North Windham, Maine.

Traditional acoustic music and childrens' music and movement activities at the Old Port Festival in Portland, Maine.

Solo fiddle and narrative presentation for Upward Bound students, at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Family music workshop of creative movement and songs with fiddle and guitar at the Downeast Country Dance Festival, Topsham, Maine.

Concert at Family Arts Festival in Brunswick, Maine.

Old-time fiddling and some singing as part of children's performances by Ken Waldman in Manhattan at The Living Room, and in NY at the Long Island Children's Museum.

Series of Kids' Dance Parties (live fiddle and guitar music and an informal session of games, creative movement and simple traditional dances) at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick and the Children's Museum of Maine in Portland, Maine.