Catskills Folk Connection Back in Action July 28

The Tremperskill Boys play for a square dance at the Vega Hall, Roxbury.

 

After several months without programing, Catskills Folk Connection has again begun to initiate events, first a square dance on July 13 at the Vega Hall in Roxbury and then this weekend at the Pine Hill Community Center. 

On Sunday, July 28, from 1-4 p.m. Hilt Kelly and His Sidekicks will offer a Master's Class at the Pine Hill Community Center on Main Street in Pine Hill, NY.  There will be square dancing during which Mr. Kelly and his band will pass on traditional tunes and calls to their protégés, the Tremperskill Boys.

Thanks to increased funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Art Program, and the New York Folklore Society's project with the National Endowment for the Arts, the O'Connor Foundation and private and community funders, there will be two events per month for the next few months instead of just one.

On August 10, Mr. Kelly and members of his band will appear at the 200th anniversary of the Town of Lexington where a plaque will be dedicated to them and displayed on the Westkill Community Hall where Mr. Kelly has been calling dances for over 70 years.  The Tremperskill Boys will again play with Hilt and his Sidekicks, with John Jacobson calling dances alongside Mr. Kelly.  The event begins at 4 p.m. with a potluck supper, and includes a fiddle jam, a demonstration of the Cotillion - the dance that preceded the square dance - as well as square dancing. 

Then again on August 18 there will be a dance and master's class at the Pine Hill Community Center.

Hope to see you at any and all of our events!