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World Fiddle Day Celebration!!

Come celebrate World Fiddle Day with a fiddle concert and Old Time Fiddle Jam session.

The North Country Fiddlers will host a performance by The Madstop Fiddlers featuring fiddle tunes from around the globe. Then, audience members are welcome to grab their instrument for a community jam session full of of North Country fiddle favorites!

A 2:00, The Madstop Fiddlers, under the direction of Gretchen Koehler, will be kicking the afternoon off with a performance followed by a community jam session open to all acoustic musicians who want to join in. Bring your fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, concertina, tin whistle, harmonica, etc., and play along with us!

The World Fiddle Day Celebration is FREE and open to the public!

In addition, we will have several FREE JAMMING WORKSHOPS in Canton/Potsdam for anyone who would like to learn the art of old time jamming, and/or practice the tunes ahead of the day! More info to come...

You can also practice on your own ahead of time with recordings and sheet music of these tunes at www.gretchenkoehlermusic.com/world-fiddle-daypotsdam

Community Jam Set List
Boil em Cabbage A
Cindy D
Liza Jane A
Hundred Pipers A
Off She Goes D
Chase Me Charlie A
Black Velvet Waltz C
St. Anne’s D
Gaspe Reel D
Old Joe Clark A
Flop Eared Mule D/A
Red Wing G
Snow Deer (G & D)
Tom Bigbee Waltz G


Earlier Event: May 4
Contra Dance / Madstop Fiddlers
Later Event: June 5
Fiddling With Traditions