Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts
Music and Dance for the Maine community
The Cherryfield Contra Dance will be happening on Saturday, April 20th from 7 to 10pm as the Cherryfield Academy welcomes multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Foss and Friends to come fill the Hall with music and caller John McIntire sets the room in motion! Everyone is welcome! All ages, all abilities! All the dances are taught. No need […]
Sorry, no Contra Dance in Cherryfield this month! We will try again on the third Saturday in April!
YOU are cordially invited to a Fun and Fabulous February Frolic at our customary third Saturday Contra Dance in Cherryfield on February 17th at the Cherryfield Academy, 53 Main Street from 7 to 10pm! Gus LaCasse and Pepin Mittelhauser will be raising the roof with their immense talent for making lively and spirited music! Chris […]
December 16, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10 Reel excitement is coming to Cherryfield on Saturday, December 16th from 7 to 10pm at the Third Saturday Cherryfield Contra Dance held at the beautiful and historic Cherryfield Academy Community Center! There we will be privileged to host the Moose Island Contra Etc (MICE:-) band, a talent […]
Holy Smokes Folks! It looks like the Cherryfield Academy will once again be filled with the sounds of sparkling tunes and stomping feet as a third Saturday Contra Dance comes to town on Saturday, November 18th from 7 to 10pm! Thanks to the musical superpowers of Shepsie Eaton on Keys, Bennett Konesni strumming up a […]
Allison and Hunt Smith are making a pilgrimage to Cherryfield, Maine on Saturday, October 21st Allison and Hunt Smith are making a pilgrimage to Cherryfield, Maine! They are returning to the Down East Contra Dance that they helped create 5 years ago. And they are bringing with them Some […]
Sadly this Dance has now been Cancelled!
The venerable and beautiful hall of the Cherryfield Academy Community Center will be hosting a Contra Dance on Saturday, August 19th from 7 to 10pm! Everyone is welcome! This Dance will feature the fiddling phenom Gus LaCasse as our driving force! The wonderful caller Pat Danscen will provide the direction and will be teaching […]
On Saturday, July 15th from 7 to 10pm the Cherryfield Academy is delighted to welcome the trio Springtide with caller Chris Ricciotti to play for our 3rd Saturday Contra Dance! Springtide consists of Willy Clemetson on fiddle and rhythmic fancy footwork, Elsie Gawler on cello, fiddle and banjo, and Ethan Tischler on guitar and fiddle! […]
If you're not at Fiddle Camp there is only one other place you should be on this particular Saturday night. On Saturday, June 17th from 7 to 10pm the Cherryfield Academy will be hosting a Contra Dance! Blessed by the music of the Big Moose Band from MDI, and exalted by the calling of Chrissy […]
So, please take note! This time slot is the new home of the Cherryfield Contra Dance, which will forevermore take place on the 3rd Saturday of each month. And to celebrate the change.....The Cherryfield Academy Community Center is excited to welcome the venerable group Calliope to perform for this inaugural Contra Dance on Saturday, May […]
Calling all Larks and Ravens, Robins and Red Winged Blackbirds! You are cordially invited to join us for a Spring Fling Cherryfield Contra Dance on Saturday, May 6th from 7 to 10pm. The Cherryfield Academy Community Center is excitedly hosting a first time appearance by the world traveling and world famous, gifted musician Larry Unger, […]
Bring your foolish self and some foolish friends and find yourself where the fun is at the Cherryfield Contra Dance taking place on Saturday, April 1st from 7 to 10pm at the Cherryfield Academy Community Center! The triple fun talents of Shepsie Eaton, Molly Gawler and Bennett Konesni will be on full display playing and […]
Here is something to put on your calendar that should pull you away from that hungry woodstove. Get on out and bring yourself to another First Saturday Cherryfield Contra Dance happening February 4th from 7 to 10pm! The host venue for the Dance is still uncertain but the two candidates are right next door to […]
Come for some great rollicking fun to the Cherryfield Contra Dance on Saturday, December 3rd from 7 to 10pm! The American Legion Hall in Cherryfield will see the convergence of 3 great friends and musical collaborators for this event - Shepsie Eaton, Molly Gawler, and Bennett Konesni will be playing, calling and teaching all the […]
The Cherryfield Academy Community Center is pleased to announce a Contra Dance taking place on Saturday, November 5th from 7 to 10pm! The night will feature Gus LaCasse on fiddle and foot percussion, with the fabulous John McIntire reprising his famous role as "The Caller"!! Everyone is welcome! Even those who don't choose to […]
The Cherryfield Contra Dance invites YOU to come and welcome musicians Tamora Goltz and David Stimson with caller Chrissy Fowler, to beautify and exalt our American Legion Hall in Cherryfield with their talent and gifts on Saturday, October 1st from 7 to 10pm. This Dance will be held, NOT in our traditional home at the […]
The Cherryfield Academy Community Center, at 53 Main Street in Cherryfield, will be hosting a Contra Dance on September 3rd, 2022 from 7pm to 10pm! The fabulous Gus LaCasse and his fiddle will be making magic, motivational music! Shepsie Eaton will be directing and teaching the motion! All ages and abilities are welcome. Watchers, who […]