Friends! Join us for an amazing evening of Contra and Irish Ceili dancing with live music from Meghan Mette’s fiddle and Brendan Hearn’s guitar and cello. We’ll have Irish teaching and calling from the team at the Brooklyn Irish Dance Company (who runs NYC’s popular Gayli series!) and Contra calling from our very own Carl Levine!
Originally from Portland, Maine, Meghan has been immersed in a rich confluence of fiddle and dance traditions within the Irish and American Old-Time genres, studying with the likes of Seamus Connolly, Matt Cranitch, Connie O'Connell, and Rhys Jones. Meghan studied Irish Traditional Music at the University College Cork in Ireland, before attending Oberlin College, where she co-founded bands Sweet Potato Spoon and Miss Rosie. Meghan now resides in Baltimore, Maryland, where she participates in multiple music projects, including The Good Folk, Big Cricket String Band, and the annual "Across the Harbor" performances.
Brendan Hearn is from Maryland where he grew up playing both classical and traditional music on the cello. Following in the footsteps of great folk cellists like Natalie Haas, Rushad Eggleston, Eric Wright, Tristan Clarridge, Mike Block, and so many others, Brendan found his own voice and developed his personal “chop” technique. He has performed with dozens of groups across the United States as a freelance cellist, and specializes in tunes and accompaniment of different folk genres. In 2022, his Old Time project Hemlock and Hickory with fiddle player Dakota Karper was awarded first place in the Neo-Traditional Band competition at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop). He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, and travels up and down the East Coast (and now the West Coast) for gigs, recording projects, and workshops.
Sunday, March 16th, 5-8 pm
Lesson at 4:30 pm
Camp Friendship, 339 8th St. Park Slope
Important Dance Information:
Please do not attend if:
You have any symptoms that may be related to covid-19 or other viruses
You have come in contact with anyone in the 2 weeks prior to the dance who is suspected to have covid-19
Cost of entry
Free for sustaining members and volunteers, $9 for supporter members and students, $15 for non-members. Kids under 12 are free!