Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts
Music and Dance for the Maine community
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by Riptide and caller Ezra Smith at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. Riptide is Owen Marshall (guitar), Alden Robinson (fiddle), and Glen Loper (mandolin, banjo, percussion). See the PICD […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by Shandy and caller Liz Burkhart at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. Shandy is Rebecca McCallum (fiddle), Eileen Kalfass (fiddle), and Jane Knoeck (piano, accordion). See the PICD website […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages […]
There will be no contra dances at the State Street Church in Portland on November 12 and November 26, 2020. Come dance with us on November 5 and November 19! FMI: www.portlandintowncontradance.com
Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland Intown Contra Dance series. Dance roles are gender-free. New and experienced dancers of all ages are invited. $10 at the door. Enter through the courtyard. Lesson […]
There will be no contra dances at the State Street Church in Portland on November 12 and November 26, 2020. Come dance with us on November 5 and November 19! FMI: www.portlandintowncontradance.com
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. We invite you to a Mid-Winter's Dance of Universal Peace. Come find solace in song and dance. As Rumi wrote: "Let the beauty we love be what we do There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." […]
Virtual Contra and ECD dances specially designed for dancing by 1 or 2 people, and plenty of time to chat and interact. Glen Loper and Bethany Waickman will play the tunes on mandolin, tenor banjo, guitar, and piano. A mysterious caller from parts unknown will teach. Half English Country Dance, Half Contra Dance, all fun!
Sundays in the Park starts at 2:30 p.m. with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 p.m. percussive dance workshop, to help participants discover and practice exciting ways for their shoes to fly. Guest performers and workshop participants will strut their stuff at the […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Each event starts at 2:30 p.m. with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 p.m. percussive dance workshop, to help participants discover and practice exciting ways for their shoes to fly. Guest performers and workshop participants will strut their […]
Sundays in the Park starts at 2:30 pm with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 pm percussive dance workshop, to help participants discover and practice exciting ways for their shoes to fly. Guest performers and workshop participants will strut their stuff at the […]
Hailing from Vermont, Va-et-vient includes Carol Reed on voice, guitar and mandolins, Suzanne Germain on voice and percussion, and Lausanne Allen on voice, fiddles, flutes, and mandolins. With backgrounds rich in French cultures and language, through lifelong experiences living and traveling in French-speaking lands, they create beautiful harmonies, teaching and engaging audiences. Since 2001, this […]
As the colors change, light starts to diminish and it gets cooler here in Maine. This yearly dance of beauty, light and dark makes us long for togetherness, to turn and turn again. The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. If you would like the Zoom link to […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. "Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirit fly in and out." - from Rumi's poem Where Everything is Music. Come join the Portland Maine DUP circle on Sunday, November 21st at 4pm Eastern Time. […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. We dance this month in celebration of the Winter Solstice, heralding the return of more sun. Also happening is the Great Conjunction, when Jupiter and Saturn appear closest together in the sky. Let us turn together towards the light. Email […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. It is full on winter here in Maine. As we buckle down to ride out the storms, we are grateful to be able to offer Dances of Universal Peace via Zoom. In January, we celebrate the Urs (death anniversary in […]