Wednesday, January 23
Pilgrims’ Progress: Music of the Plimoth Colony Settlers
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice.
oin us for an hour-long concert in Boston’s historic North End. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists. They brought with them music experiences as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World, and the Plimoth Colony heard not just solemn English psalms, but also catches, ballads, and dance tunes, to which we add instrumental music of the English court and countryside. Hosted by The Friends of the North End Library with a generous grant from the City Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library.
6:30pm - North End branch of the BPL, 25 Parmenter St. Boston MA
FREE admission
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice.
oin us for an hour-long concert in Boston’s historic North End. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists. They brought with them music experiences as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World, and the Plimoth Colony heard not just solemn English psalms, but also catches, ballads, and dance tunes, to which we add instrumental music of the English court and countryside. Hosted by The Friends of the North End Library with a generous grant from the City Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library.
6:30pm - North End branch of the BPL, 25 Parmenter St. Boston MA
FREE admission
www.seventimessalt.com
Friday, January 25
English Country Dance
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; and Christine Robb, caller
Seven Times Salt will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance. You’ll hear tunes popular from 1650 up to the present; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Caller Christine Robb will teach all the dances–beginners are welcome! Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; and Christine Robb, caller
Seven Times Salt will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance. You’ll hear tunes popular from 1650 up to the present; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Caller Christine Robb will teach all the dances–beginners are welcome! Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance