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7:30 Choro Na Cozinha
Choro is a genre of urban music born in Rio more than 100 years ago. It is syncopated, lyrical and fun, and is held in the strong arms of Brazilian rhythms familiar to those who love samba and bossa nova. The quartet has clarinet (Bill Pfender), mandolin (John Bliss), 7-string guitar (Spencer Doidge), pandeiro (hand drum) and vocals (Kimberly Cullen).
8:30 Sharon & Dave Thormahlen
Sharon and Dave Thormahlen have been making beautiful music together in Corvallis for decades. They perform traditional and new music written by Sharon, mostly on instruments made by Dave.
Best Cellar is held on the last Friday of each month of the school year.
Admission is pay-what-you-will, with a minimum of 2 dollars.
Kids are free and welcome.
Coffee, tea, and gluten free cookies are fifty cents each.
Masks are welcomed but not required.
We will be in the cellar for this show. Enter from the back of the church parking lot.
For more information contact Mark Weiss at [email protected]
Come to play or listen.
All instruments and abilities welcome.
Session leaders David Greenberg and Maria Blair have developed a list of Scottish tunes, but feel free to bring your favorites to share.
The Scottish session is every 4th Sunday.
Online Song Circle
Share a song, lead a song, request a song, or listen as we go around the circle. Song Circle is free and open to all who wish to participate. Play your instrument or just sing.
The song circle is conducted on Zoom (you can download the app to your laptop, tablet or smart phone at https://zoom.us/ ). You can play or sing along as others perform with your microphone muted. If you plan to sing, please set your audio settings to
- Original sound for musicians: on (if this is available on your Zoom version)
- Automatically adjust microphone volume: off
- Echo cancellation: checked
- Suppress background noise: low (if this is available on your Zoom version)
You can access the audio settings in a Zoom meeting by pressing the ^ next to the microphone icon and clicking audio settings.
You can join the song circle by clicking here.
Local Folk!
Local Folk! is the free, monthly, open mic (without the mic) program of the Corvallis Folklore Society, featuring local performers offering a wide variety of music, including traditional tunes and songs, covers of favorite artists, and original compositions. There is no requirement to play and anyone is invited to just come and enjoy the music.
Doors open at 6:45pm and folks can sign up to perform at that time.
Performances are from 7pm-9pm.
We conduct shared performances without a break. There is a restroom on site, and folks are free to get up and move around as needed.
This is an entirely acoustic event, without amplification. Each performer or performance group will have a maximum time allotment of 15 minutes to perform up to three songs, as in the past. There are many instruments, including a piano, available (it is a music store). Contact Shari for more information or if you would like to help.
We are at TROUBADOUR MUSIC CENTER, 521 SW 2nd St, Corvallis.
Shari Ame is the manager of the event. Contact her at [email protected].
Ryan Buys is the operator of the shop who is allowing the use of his place for this CFS offering.
This is a monthly event, usually the first Thursday of the month.
This is a free event, open to the public.
We do ask for a $5 donation to help defray the costs of the facility.
Come share your music with us!
Newcomers lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers encouraged)
Dance starts at 7:30pm.
Each dance is taught. No partner necessary
(it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner).
The Overtones
The Overtones is a Corvallis-based band whose sound was born in the rivers and woods of the lush Willamette Valley. Its musical versatility ranges from Irish to Quebecois, Old Time to funky modern tunes, and features Shari Ame kicking a serious backbeat on fiddle, Evelyn Idzerda wading deeply into rhythm and rhyme on piano, Bo Leydon rocking octave mando and wooden flute, Marjorie Sandor coaxing luscious new chords from DADGAD guitar and harmonium, and Tracy Daugherty keeping it steady on bodhran and cajon. Together, the Overtones whip up a danceable storm!
Stacy Rose
Stacy Rose is a passionate advocate for folk dancing and a dedicated educator. She began folk dancing in the early 1980s and expanded her repertoire in the early 2000s when she became a contra dance caller, sharing her love of dance at events around her state and beyond. Recognizing a need to revitalize her local folk dance community, Stacy began teaching a folk dance class at her community college in 2009. This effort not only kept the tradition alive but also inspired others to take up teaching folk dance themselves.
Stacy’s commitment to fostering new talent extends to her involvement with the National Folk Organization’s mentoring project. As a steering committee member and mentor to novice dance teachers, she helps nurture the next generation of folk dance leaders. She also co-facilitates “Dancing With Friends,” a weekly Zoom folk dance class, collaborating with skilled remote instructors to bring the joy of dance to a global audience.
We are still seeking new volunteers to help with dances in the fall! If you are interested in volunteering this fall, please see role descriptions and tell us how you would like to help by taking our volunteer survey at:
https://bit.ly/CorvallisContraVolunteering2022
For questions regarding contra dance volunteering, please contact Shari Ame at [email protected]
Online Song Circle
Share a song, lead a song, request a song, or listen as we go around the circle. Song Circle is free and open to all who wish to participate. Play your instrument or just sing.
The song circle is conducted on Zoom (you can download the app to your laptop, tablet or smart phone at https://zoom.us/ ). You can play or sing along as others perform with your microphone muted. If you plan to sing, please set your audio settings to
- Original sound for musicians: on (if this is available on your Zoom version)
- Automatically adjust microphone volume: off
- Echo cancellation: checked
- Suppress background noise: low (if this is available on your Zoom version)
You can access the audio settings in a Zoom meeting by pressing the ^ next to the microphone icon and clicking audio settings.
You can join the song circle by clicking here.
Newcomers lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers encouraged)
Dance starts at 7:30pm.
Each dance is taught. No partner necessary
(it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner).
The Hat Band
Featuring Jon Neff on guitar, Syd Newell on fiddle, and Meg Tapley on flute, The Hat Band plays for contradances throughout Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Dancers love their diversity (traditional, rags, blues, swing, klezmer), their three-part harmonies, and their unique chemistry. Jon, Syd, and Meg also play in The Portland Megaband and various other local bands.
Koren Wake
Koren Wake has only been calling contra dances since 2022, but she has been dancing, loving, and obsessing about contra since she was a child. Originally from New England, she spent decades analyzing the art and flow of contra and developing a deep understanding of the dance before she finally picked up a microphone in Seattle, where she is now based. She has already shared stages with some of the hottest bands in the Pacific Northwest, and has quickly proven that’s exactly where she belongs. She loves nothing more than to help dancers discover the patterns and connections of well-crafted choreography. Koren’s primary goal as a caller is to combine exquisite dance selection with clear and accessible teaching in order to bring dancers of all skill levels together on the floor.
We are still seeking new volunteers to help with dances in the fall! If you are interested in volunteering this fall, please see role descriptions and tell us how you would like to help by taking our volunteer survey at:
https://bit.ly/CorvallisContraVolunteering2022
For questions regarding contra dance volunteering, please contact Shari Ame at [email protected]
Youth Family Contra Dance Dance! 6 -7 pm
Newcomers lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers encouraged)
Dance starts at 7:30pm.
Each dance is taught. No partner necessary
(it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner).
The Hat Band
Featuring Jon Neff on guitar, Syd Newell on fiddle, and Meg Tapley on flute, The Hat Band plays for contradances throughout Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Dancers love their diversity (traditional, rags, blues, swing, klezmer), their three-part harmonies, and their unique chemistry. Jon, Syd, and Meg also play in The Portland Megaband and various other local bands.
Koren Wake
Koren Wake has only been calling contra dances since 2022, but she has been dancing, loving, and obsessing about contra since she was a child. Originally from New England, she spent decades analyzing the art and flow of contra and developing a deep understanding of the dance before she finally picked up a microphone in Seattle, where she is now based. She has already shared stages with some of the hottest bands in the Pacific Northwest, and has quickly proven that’s exactly where she belongs. She loves nothing more than to help dancers discover the patterns and connections of well-crafted choreography. Koren’s primary goal as a caller is to combine exquisite dance selection with clear and accessible teaching in order to bring dancers of all skill levels together on the floor.
We are still seeking new volunteers to help with dances in the fall! If you are interested in volunteering this fall, please see role descriptions and tell us how you would like to help by taking our volunteer survey at:
https://bit.ly/CorvallisContraVolunteering2022
For questions regarding contra dance volunteering, please contact Shari Ame at [email protected]
Come to play or listen.
All instruments and abilities welcome.
Session leaders David Greenberg and Maria Blair have developed a list of Scottish tunes, but feel free to bring your favorites to share.
The Scottish session is every 4th Sunday.
Online Song Circle
Share a song, lead a song, request a song, or listen as we go around the circle. Song Circle is free and open to all who wish to participate. Play your instrument or just sing.
The song circle is conducted on Zoom (you can download the app to your laptop, tablet or smart phone at https://zoom.us/ ). You can play or sing along as others perform with your microphone muted. If you plan to sing, please set your audio settings to
- Original sound for musicians: on (if this is available on your Zoom version)
- Automatically adjust microphone volume: off
- Echo cancellation: checked
- Suppress background noise: low (if this is available on your Zoom version)
You can access the audio settings in a Zoom meeting by pressing the ^ next to the microphone icon and clicking audio settings.
You can join the song circle by clicking here.
7:30 Tom Rawson and
Elle Van Der Hoeven
This international duo of Ellen van der Hoeven, from Vancouver BC, and Tom Rawson, from Orcas Island WA are armed with banjo, mandolin, penny whistle, and other weapons of mass delight. Ellen and Tom love to strike up hootenanny fun on both sides of the 49th Parallel. Their humorous stories, user-friendly songs, and acoustic folk philosophy are guaranteed to have you singing along in no time and to leave you smiling. Tune up your vocal chords; you’ll need ‘em!
8:30 Sweet Melange
Sweet Mélange prides itself in a wide mix of music with a special attraction for harmonies. Doug Crotty on vocals, guitar, and ukelele, Stephanie Higgins and Kory Riseley on vocals and percussion, Warren George on acoustic bass, with Pat Megowan joining on guitar and mandolin.
Best Cellar is held on the last Friday of each month of the school year.
Admission is pay-what-you-will, with a minimum of 2 dollars.
Kids are free and welcome.
Coffee, tea, and gluten free cookies are fifty cents each.
Masks are welcomed but not required.
We will be in the cellar for this show. Enter from the back of the church parking lot.
For more information contact Mark Weiss at [email protected]
Newcomers lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers encouraged)
Dance starts at 7:30pm.
Each dance is taught. No partner necessary
(it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner).
The Euphemists
The Euphemists are not your ordinary contra dance band. Yes, they have fiddle, piano, and whistle (Alan Snyder, Dave Goldman, and Greg Martin). But they also have HORNS! (Greg Martin and Stephanie Shea on various saxophones, and Kaye Blesener on trombone.) In addition to familiar Celtic, Québécois, and old-time tunes, the band plays lively jazz standards that feature the horn section. Throw in some ragtime era tunes, a little klezmer, and even a Sousa march, and it all adds up to a highly entertaining dance
Frannie Marr
Frannie Marr began contra dancing in 1998 when she went looking for a new form of dance to bring back to the elementary school where she was teaching. She quickly fell in love with the music and dance scene and became an organizer as well as a caller of contra, English country, and square dances. Frannie is known for choosing wonderful dances and her clear, precise walkthroughs, which make her easy to understand and follow. Can you tell she was a kindergarten teacher? Frannie’s joy of dance is so present in her exuberant calling, you’ll think you’re at a dance party. Which is exactly where you’ll be when you arrive at the any dance she’s calling.
We are still seeking new volunteers to help with dances in the fall! If you are interested in volunteering this fall, please see role descriptions and tell us how you would like to help by taking our volunteer survey at:
https://bit.ly/CorvallisContraVolunteering2022
For questions regarding contra dance volunteering, please contact Shari Ame at [email protected]
Local Folk!
Local Folk! is the free, monthly, open mic (without the mic) program of the Corvallis Folklore Society, featuring local performers offering a wide variety of music, including traditional tunes and songs, covers of favorite artists, and original compositions. There is no requirement to play and anyone is invited to just come and enjoy the music.
Doors open at 6:45pm and folks can sign up to perform at that time.
Performances are from 7pm-9pm.
We conduct shared performances without a break. There is a restroom on site, and folks are free to get up and move around as needed.
This is an entirely acoustic event, without amplification. Each performer or performance group will have a maximum time allotment of 15 minutes to perform up to three songs, as in the past. There are many instruments, including a piano, available (it is a music store). Contact Shari for more information or if you would like to help.
We are at TROUBADOUR MUSIC CENTER, 521 SW 2nd St, Corvallis.
Shari Ame is the manager of the event. Contact her at [email protected].
Ryan Buys is the operator of the shop who is allowing the use of his place for this CFS offering.
This is a monthly event, usually the first Thursday of the month.
This is a free event, open to the public.
We do ask for a $5 donation to help defray the costs of the facility.
Come share your music with us!
Newcomers lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers encouraged)
Dance starts at 7:30pm.
Each dance is taught. No partner necessary
(it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner).
The Electrodes
From Seattle:
Joe Micheals – guitar
Joe Bowbeer – electric fiddle
Marcy Kubbs – piano
Eric Curl
Eric started calling in 1996 and called in California and Colorado before moving Seattle in 2006. A mechanical engineer working for Boeing, he now enjoys calling in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia on a semi-regular basis. In his spare time, he likes to hike, snowshoe, camp, visit friends and family, play music, and of course, dance and call.
We are still seeking new volunteers to help with dances in the fall! If you are interested in volunteering this fall, please see role descriptions and tell us how you would like to help by taking our volunteer survey at:
https://bit.ly/CorvallisContraVolunteering2022
For questions regarding contra dance volunteering, please contact Shari Ame at [email protected]
Online Song Circle
Share a song, lead a song, request a song, or listen as we go around the circle. Song Circle is free and open to all who wish to participate. Play your instrument or just sing.
The song circle is conducted on Zoom (you can download the app to your laptop, tablet or smart phone at https://zoom.us/ ). You can play or sing along as others perform with your microphone muted. If you plan to sing, please set your audio settings to
- Original sound for musicians: on (if this is available on your Zoom version)
- Automatically adjust microphone volume: off
- Echo cancellation: checked
- Suppress background noise: low (if this is available on your Zoom version)
You can access the audio settings in a Zoom meeting by pressing the ^ next to the microphone icon and clicking audio settings.
You can join the song circle by clicking here.