The Free Raisins are a Boston area contra dance
band playing energetic New England dance music:
- Audrey Knuth — Fiddle
- Amy Englesberg — Piano
- Jeff Kaufman — Mandolin, Octave Fiddle
Would you like to have us organize a dance? We can talk to callers, bring a sound system, and help you find a hall.
The Free Raisins have played for weddings, parties, concerts, festivals and public dances, including:
- Glen Echo (Sunday Night)
- Scout House (Thursday Night)
- Concord NH
- Amherst MA
- Scout House (Monday Night)
- Scout House (Friday Experienced Dance)
- Tony Parkes
- Linda Leslie
- Quena Crain
- Jim Kitch
- Sue Rosen
- Lisa Greenleaf
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| date | time | venue | caller | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Fri | Jul 27 | 8:30pm-12:30pm | Glen Echo Friday | Michael Barraclough |
| 2012 | Sun | Jul 29 | 7:30pm-10:30pm | Glen Echo Sunday | Ann Fallon |
| 2012 | Mon | Jul 30 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Knoxville TN | ? |
| 2012 | Tue | Jul 31 | 8:00pm-10:30pm | Winston-Salem NC | ? |
| 2012 | Wed | Aug 1 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Baltimore MD | ? |
| 2012 | Thr | Aug 2 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Rochester NY | ? |
| 2012 | Fri | Aug 3 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Ithaca NY | ? |
| 2012 | Sat | Aug 4 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Syracuse NY | ? |
| 2012 | Sat | Sep 8 | 7:30-10:30pm | Jamaica Plain | ? |
| 2012 | Sat | Oct 27 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Mystic CT | Jeff Kaufman |
The First Friday Experienced Dance at the Concord Scout House, Nov 4 2011:
Other videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
Live recordings from our 2011-09-24 dance, in Mystic CT: