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TRADITIONAL  MUSIC  WEEKEND
Traditional  Western Swing
March 12-13, 2011

Get out your cowboy boots and put on your 10-gallon hat – this year’s traditional music weekend will feature the joy of Western swing music. The event, hosted in partnership with the North Shore Music Association features a concert with a Western swing band and accompanying coursework, as well as demos, family programs & more!

Featured Performance by Swiddlin' Fling
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 7 pm
* performance includes concert and dance
* tickets at the door $14/adults, $6/18 & under 
* hosted by North Shore Music Association
* for more info on the band, see below

Event Features
* Western Swing concert and dance - Sat, March 12, 7 pm
* Saddle-making demo - Sat, March 12 at noon
* Free Western Swing Dance Lessons - prior to Saturday evening dance
* Family Programs and Dance - Sat March 12
   Drop in Family Program, Build Your Own Limbertoy - 10-11 am, $5
   Children's Dance with Terrence Smith - 11 am-noon, donations welcome
* Take A Class
   Jazz Roots of Western Swing Guitar - March 12
   Cooking with Chiles - March 13
  

More on Swiddlin' Fling:
Swiddlin’ Fling is a talent-packed new western swing band, comprised of these nationally acclaimed performers:

Kevin McMullin is the co-founder and fiddle player for Duck for the Oyster, a traditional dance band founded in 1989. He’s also a member of the group Take 3 and plays frequently with jazz violinist Randy Sabien. He has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, and Canada and has performed at Big Top Chautauqua. He is the co-founder of the Joining the Circle Dance Camp and the Northern Heritage Fiddle Contest.

Randy Sabien, dubbed “the past, present and future of jazz violin” by NPR’s Jazz Profiles, is a regular at Big Top Chautauqua and has performed on A Prairie Home Companion. His instrumental skill on the violin, guitar, mandolin, and piano, in the genres of both jazz and country/rock, is legendary.  He also plays in a fiddle duo with Kevin McMullin, bowing up a foot-stomping storm on traditional folk favorites, clever originals, and an occasional jazz surprise.

Andy Dee, guitarist and dobro player, is a founding member of Warner recording artists Molly and the Heymakers. Andy is an in-demand multi-instrumentalist, session musician, producer and writer for national artists such as Soul Asylum, The Proclaimers, Johnny Lang, Robby Vee, and G.B. Leighton.

Brian Barnes, guitarist, is best known in the U.S.for his work with Stoney Lonesome and the Café Accordion Orchestra. He’s toured Europe, Asia, and North America as a bluegrass, country, and folk musician. He has worked as a core musician onA Prairie Home Companion, and as a musician and orchestra director for the nationally renowned Ethnic Dance Theater.

“Solid Joe”Lindzius began his career backing up many of the big names in the blues and jazz clubs of Chicago. Seeking the peace and quiet of the northwoods, he headed for Iron River, WI, and began playing for the country band Molly and the Heymakers in Hayward. 

Jim Chenoweth has played bass professionally for more than 30 years, studying with world-renowned bassist Anthony Cox, and recording and performing with local luminaries like Irv Williams, Debbie Duncan, Phil Aaron, and Benny Weinbeck. Jim has also been featured multiple times at the West Bank School of Music Jazz Composers Series, and his compositions appear on the 1997 release Dream of the Serpent Dog with Clint Hoover, and Bobby E.