Doors at 2:30 pm; Dance at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tickets are $6 Kids / $8 Adults / $25 Family of 4 or more
Sunday, September 22 - join us for a family dance on the final day of the Berkeley Oldtime Music Convention. It is has become a wonderful tradition; a great way for the whole gang to have fun dancing together in a casual setting. No experience is necessary, and all ages are welcome.
Caller Sue Hulsether teaches the dances from scratch and prompts the moves all the way through, with some dances that even babes in arms can do!
Foot-stomping old time music is provided by Sydney Roberts & Friends.
Special appearance by the BOTMC Kids Fiddle Band (participants in Saturday’s Children’s Fiddle workshop - see BOTMC website for info.)
This event is part of the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention - for a complete listing of BOTMC activities, please visit www.BerkeleyOldTimeMusic.org
Tickets will be available at the door.
Sue Hulsether
This year's guest dance caller, Sue Hulsether, is equally at home calling dances in a dance hall, school, barn, or camp. Her dance repertoire, gathered from callers across the country, includes squares, contras, circles, longways sets, contras, play parties, and singing games. Following a career in music education, she has been working as a full-time caller since 2003 and is nationally known for her clear teaching, welcoming manner on the mic, and engaging humor. She shares her beautiful farm in the hills of southwestern Wisconsin with her husband Steve and a crew of friendly barn cats, traveling far and wide to call and dance, while still finding time for the local community square dance, hosting house parties and raising enough food to eat, give away and preserve for winter.
Sue Hulsether will call the Saturday night dance and the Sunday afternoon family dance, both at Ashkenaz. She will also lead a free callers workshop at Ashkenaz on Saturday at 5pm, and call a free square dance in the downtown Berkeley BART plaza on Friday 5pm-7pm.
Sydney Roberts
Sydney Roberts started playing violin at the age of 3, studying with Bobbi Nikles. More recently, she’s studied with Karen Celia Heil, who will be part of the band that will be featured at the BOTMC Family Dance, along with banjo player Soheil Soliman. Sydney has gone to many music camps including Fiddle Tunes, Centralia, and FiddleKids, and loves to go to jams around San Francisco. She will begin her junior year of high school this September. Last year she started an old time music club at her school in an effort to bring fiddle music into that community; she also runs cross-country and track, and participates in the debate team and the feminism club. Sydney has been a long-time participant in the BOTMC string band contest and we are very pleased to be able to include her in this year’s BOTMC lineup!
Sydney Roberts and friends will play at the family dance at Ashkenaz on Sunday afternoon Sept. 22.
