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Band news:
June 2009: We enjoyed a busy fall and winter (see the updated calendar page), and we're cooling our jets a bit now and working on some new tunes and arrangements.
Bette wrote a new song ("Planxty Jo"), and we're having a great time figuring out how to play it as it sounds in Bette's mind!
Cathy T. and Cathy H. had a great time at the recent Irish dance festival in Santa Fe.
Martin, Cathy H. and Gordon are heading to Zoukfest in Albuquerque on June 12-14.
Bette and Sky are heading out to the Sierra Fiddle Camp in California. Time for some serious rejuvination!
Who are we?
We're a group of folk musicians who play celtic and old-time tunes in the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico. Our bread and butter is accompaniment for Scottish country dancing (RSCDS) and contra dances, though we've been known to play an occasional gig at a pub on St. Patty's or for an occasional bar mitzvah (Hava Naguila anyone?).
We're an open group (come join us!) who jam on Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Los Alamos. We assemble a subset of the jam group for any given gig.
Our name comes from one of our standard tunes, also known as "Smash the Windows". And we're not to be confused with the venerable "other" Roaring Jelly band in the Boston area! (Think of us as bearing the torch in the wild West...)
Contact info:
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