Saturday, March 27 fiddle and banjo music from
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. by Hope Hoffman and Peter Proeller, at Goranson
Farm's pancake breakfast. 250 River Road (Rte. 128), Dresden,
Maine (207) 737-8834.
Wednesday, March 31 from 5-6:30
p.m. Series of acoustic dinner music at O'Naturals
restaurant in Falmouth, Maine. (A
Free Grange event.)
Saturday, April 3 from 7-9 p.m. festive instrumental
fiddle and guitar music by Hope
Hoffman & Jim Tolles, at a silent auction of Michael
Perkins' hand-crafted furniture benefiting The Midcoast Hunger Prevention
Program. At the Coleman Burke Gallery in Brunswick (next door
to the Frontier Café
in Fort Andross). For more info, [link
to poster] or contact Amanda at www.mainestreetevents.com.
Friday, April 9 concert of country
duet songs & fiddling with Jim Tolles at the Frontier
Café at 7:30 p.m. Purchase advance
tickets for $8 at (207) 725-5222; tickets at the door $10; doors
open 7 p.m. Located at 14 Maine St. in Mill 3
of Fort Andross in Brunswick, ME, 04011. [printable
poster] [small
printable flyer and
4-panel handout]
April 9, 14 and 30 at the Children's Museum &
Theatre of Maine in Portland, as part of "Dancing
with Books," a literacy program combining reading with music and
movement; professional dancers, musicians and storytellers will lead
children in singing and dancing their way through a story. Hope Hoffman's
creative movement workshops with live music
will be at 11 a.m. Located at 142 Free Street, (207) 828-1234, www.kitetails.org.
No registration is required, and participants are welcome to come to
one session or to all of them. Free with museum admission.
Saturday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to noon, fiddle
music and creative folk dance at Round Top
Farm in Damariscotta, Maine. As part of the Green Beginnings
Spring Celebration, which includes information about garden-related
skills, organizations and opportunities, food from Rising Tide, and
games, poetry and art. Free, donations appreciated. FMI: dbalant [at]
roadrunner [dot] com, (207) 563-1216. (A Free
Grange-partnered event.)
Saturday, April 10 free music lessons including
coaching for experienced students and introductory info for beginners.
On a drop-in basis between 12:30-1:30 p.m.; enjoy the waiting room and
local artwork and observe other visitors' lessons; each lesson is about
10-15 minutes long. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham.
[link to directions]
[print
a brochure]
Saturday, April 10 from 3:30-4:30 join Hope Hoffman
in an informal music session for intermediate to advanced levels of
experience. An opportunity to learn new fiddle tunes or try new arrangements
of old tunes and songs. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham.
Free. [link
to directions] [print
a brochure]
Saturday, April 10 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
come enjoy acoustic music provided by the teachers at Free Grange Music
Studio in Bowdoinham, and view samples of the studio's gallery
of visual art and fine crafts. [link
to directions] [print
a brochure]
Sunday, April 11 contra dance 3-6 p.m. in Rockland
with John McIntire calling and music by Hope Hoffman (fiddle) and Peter
Proeller (banjo). [link
to directions and details][download
a poster to print]
Wednesday, May 5 with guitarist Jeff
Trippe at Blue from 7:30-9
p.m., with an open music session afterwards. Hope
Hoffman (fiddle) and Jeff Trippe (guitar and octave mandolin)
are a well-matched, sensitive and subtly dramatic duo, creating fluid,
detailed interpretations of
jigs, reels, hornpipes, old songs and new songs. Hoffman and
Trippe's CD, to be released in May, showcases their elegant, spontaneous
settings of popular Irish tunes (as well as a couple of Hoffman's compositions).
Gracefully
improvised phrasing and a lush, emotional texture are hallmarks of this
duo -- some great musicianship not to be missed! (Blue
is a small, comfortable and classy place with quality wines and beers
and a nice menu ranging from pasta to hummus. The hat will be passed
around for tips but there is no cover charge.) Located at 650A Congress
St. (between High and State Streets), Portland, Maine, (207)
774-4111. [print
a poster]
Saturday, May 8 at 2 p.m. and 7
pm. live, original fiddle music accompanied by guitarist Jeff Trippe,
for performances by The
Ballet School.
Sunday, August 22 (2010) at 5:30 p.m., concert
of country duet
songs & fiddling with Jim Tolles at Coastal
Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine, as part of the
event "Down Home at the Gardens" which includes catering by
Beale Street BBQ.
Saturday, August 28 contra
dance at Simonton Corners in Rockport from 8-11 p.m. Hope
Hoffman (fiddle) and Putnam Smith
(banjo and guitar). The dance hall is west of Route 1 on Main Street,
at the corner Park Street. All ages and abilities welcome. Admission
$7. More info at (207) 832-5584, writer [at] midcoast [dot] com and
www.simontoncorners.com.
Saturday, September 25 contra
dance at Simonton Corners in Rockport from 8-11 p.m. The
dance hall is west of Route 1 on Main Street, at the corner Park Street.
All ages and abilities welcome. Admission $7. More info at (207) 832-5584,
writer [at] midcoast [dot] com and www.simontoncorners.com.
