DESCRIPTION:
07/10/2015: Maia McCormick calls while "The Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" plays at Glen Echo, MD's Spanish Ballroom.

TUNES:
(0:00 - 3:33) "Huntsmen's Chorus" (G) (Carl Maria von Weber)
(3:33 - 5:44) "Dedicado a' Joe" (Bm/D)
(5:44 - END) "Reel de St. Antoine" (A)

DANCE: "The Nice Combination" (Gene Hubert, duple improper)
A1 – Neighbor Balance & Swing (16), end in a line of four facing down
A2 – Down the Hall (6), Turn as Couples (2), Come Back (6), Bend the Line (2)
B1 – Circle Left 3/4 (8), Swing Partner (8)
B2 – Ladies Chain (8) Star Left (8)

BAND: "The Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band" (http://www.openbandonline.com/)

Any musician can join the Open Band at 8pm on the 2nd Friday of every month in the Spanish Ballroom. The Open Band has some of the Washington DC area's best musicians and makes new musicians feel very welcome. Over 30 musicians typically play, making for a very full sound. Musicians:

Front Row L-R: Boe Walker (banjo), Robin Wilson (flute), Bruce Henderson (accordion), Carl Friedman (fiddle), Liz Donaldson (accordion), Emily Aubrey & Charlotte Ann G (fiddles x2), Barbara Gorin (cello), Jim Besser (concertina), Damian Kiska (bones/shaker egg), Catherine Chapman & Steve Hickman (fiddles x2), Charlie Pilzer (piano)

Second Row L-R: TBA (harmonica), TBA (guitar), TBA (bodhrán), Betsy Hooper & John Sauer (fiddles x2), Augie Fairchild (wood flute), Heather Martley (flute), Rachel Lachow (mandolin), Lloyd Lachow (fiddle), Jim Stahler (tin whistle), Mark Lynch (banjo), Ralph Barthine (guitar), Tom Sanford (bass), Shari Nelson (fiddle)

Third Row L-R: Ken Cantor (fiddle), Betsy Proch & TBA (mandolins x2), Susan Epes & Jean McKay (fiddles x2), Jeff McKay (harmonica), TBA (guitar), Linda Rowan & Phil McQueen (fiddles x2), Greg Ederer (banjo)

Way in Back: Jane Ziki (keyboard), TBA, Barbara Fakoury & Suzanne Murray (fiddles x3), Carl Minkus (xylophone), Kathleen Davis (fiddle - not visible in video)

INSTRUMENTATION SUMMARY: 43 Musicians - WOW!
● STRINGS: 18-Fiddles; 3-Banjos; 3-Mandolins; 3-Guitars; 1-Bass; 1-Cello
● WINDS: 2-Flutes; 2-Harmonicas; 1-Wood Flute; 1-Tin Whistle
● KEYBOARDS: 2-Piano/Keyboard; 2-Accordions; 1-Concertina; 1-Xylophone
● PERCUSSION: 1-Bones/Bodhran; 1-Bodhrán

CAMERA: Canon S120, 1280x720, 30 FPS

REMARKS: The Spanish Ballroom is a superb dance venue. Built in 1933 and restored in 2003, the art deco style ballroom has a wonderful 7,700 SF sprung maple floor which can easily handle 6 lines of contradancers.

This was the last dance in the first half. There were 4 lines of dancers before and 3 after the break.

MORE INFO ABOUT GLEN ECHO CONTRAS:
● http://fridaynightdance.org/
● http://fsgw.org/

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO, YOU’LL LIKE THESE LINKS!
More Glen Echo contradance videos:
● http://www.youtube.com/greatcontravideos/
Contradance advanced moves:
● http://www.youtube.com/contrasyncretist/

VIDEO: JS Fischer