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SUMMARY:Dancing with Steel en Plein Air
DESCRIPTION:From July 25th to August 4th\, Alison Chase/Performance and the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band will perform at seven sites throughout coastal Maine. Traveling from a field on Penobscot Bay to Portland’s Congress Square Park\, the series features family friendly repertoire favorites along with new works that bring humor\, illusion\, and athleticism to unique impromptu venues. After their successful Quarryography productions\, Alison and Nigel again collaborate to merge their expertise of dance and music to create an innovative series of outdoor performances. Alison Chase/Performance\, a company of six dancers\, will present works including Monkey and The White Bone Demon\, Devil Got my Women\, Tracings\, Femme Noir and Tsu-Ku-Tsu. Part performance\, part street dance\, come by land or sea with your own sit-upon for these unusual summer evenings.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/steel-en-plein-air/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Music
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SUMMARY:A Kornucopia featuring Tamar Korn
DESCRIPTION:Tamar Korn has been a New York-based vocalist for the last decade\, playing a repertoire steeped in traditional New Orleans and early jazz\, western swing\, and American roots music. Her formative years were with one of the pioneers of New York hot jazz revival\, The Cangelosi Cards\, and she now leads her own band\, A Kornucopia. Tamar is a founding member of both The Brain Cloud and The Grand St. Stompers and she often appears with Baby Soda jazz band\, Terry Waldo\, and on occasion joins the violinist Mark O’Connor as well as Irish folklorist and tenor banjo and bouzouki player Mick Moloney.  Her love is of singing songs both lyrically as well as playing her voice “instrumentally”.  Tamar has toured throughout North America\, as well as to Scandinavia\, France\, Lithuania\, China\, and the Caribbean and has appeared at venues all over New York ranging from establishments such as Cafe Carlyle and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola to retro-nouveau speakeasyish pop-up affairs such as Shanghai Mermaid and The Salon. www.tamarkornvoice.wordpress.com \nPortland Swing Project is a local organization with a passion for swing music and dances of the 1920s to today. We teach\, dance\, perform and provide live and DJ’d swing music spanning a century to local venues. We’re also some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet – we have a bunch of fun so come join us! For information on weekly classes and dances\, private lessons and special events\, check out www.portlandswingproject.com.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/kornucopia-featuring-tamar-korn/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Meet,Music
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SUMMARY:Community Event: Maine Hip Hop Summit
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy live art\, music\, performances\, and more at the 4th annual Maine Hip Hop Summit! \nCheck out the video from last year’s summit here!
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/hip-hop-summit/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Meet,Music
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SUMMARY:Contradance with Barefoot and Caller Maggie Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Contradance in the Square!\nCome join in the dance led by Caller Maggie Robinson and the band Barefoot playing driving fiddle tunes to keep your feet moving. With Ed Howe on 5-string fiddle and Jamie Oshima on mandolin\, keyboard\, and foot percussion\, Maggie Robinson will teach and cue the dances\, no experience necessary.\n\nNew England Contra Dance features live fiddle music\, and has been around for a couple hundred years. It is kept fresh with innovative new tunes and dance moves. You can come with or without a partner\, do bring some water and prepare to have fun!
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/910/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Music
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SUMMARY:Community Event: Swing Dance with Tuba Skinny and Portland Swing Project
DESCRIPTION:Formed in in 2009\, Tuba Skinny has steadily evolved from a loose collection of street musicians into a solid ensemble dedicated to bringing the traditional New Orleans sound to audiences around the world. Drawing on a wide range of musical influences—from spirituals to Depression-era blues\, from ragtime to traditional jazz—their sound evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home. The band has gained a loyal following through their distinctive sound\, their commitment to reviving long-lost songs\, and their barnstorming live performances.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nwww.tubaskinny.com\nhttps://tubaskinny.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Tuba-Skinny-198301143539894/?ref=hl\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/tubaskinny/
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/swing-dance-tuba-skinny-portland-swing-project/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Music
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SUMMARY:The Novel Jazz Septet
DESCRIPTION:The Novel Jazz Septet comes to Congress Square Park to feature the swinging music of the great American jazz composers\, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The band performs well-known compositions\, plus rare\, vintage gems\, recently unearthed from original scores at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and re-interpreted for you at Congress Square Park.  These guys travel far and wide\, keeping the spirit of Duke and Swee’Pea alive and swinging! \nCheck ’em out on FB @ Novel Jazz Septet or www.mainejazz.net
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/novel-jazz-septet/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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