Please join us for a really Fun Fiddler's Feast with Frank Ferrel. Dance
music that will really send you to another dimension.

CONTRA DANCE
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 8-11 with a lesson at 7:30
Marin Masonic Hall, Lootens between 4th and 5th in San Rafael
$8 members, $10 general, $5 FT students with ID

FIDDLE WORKSHOP
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 1-3 pm at Nanette Fynan's home. Call for more
info. 707-569-0565. $15 general, $10 student. Please reserve your spot
by mailing check to: Nanette Fynan, 5500 Crystal Dr. Santa Rosa, CA
95404

FIDDLE HOUSE CONCERT
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 7-9 pm. Call for more info. 707-569-0565. $15
general, $10 for students. Please reserve your spot by mailing check to:
Nanette Fynan, 5500 Crystal Dr. Santa Rosa, CA 95404. If we get enough
people, we may be at a different location than the workshop so please
give me plenty of contact information.

All About Frank Ferrel:

Widely regarded as a composer - the classic Cape Breton jig, Spin-N-Glo,
is one of his compositions - Frank Ferrel is considered to be one of the
leading North American fiddlers performing today. In a recent Boston
Globe article, music critic Scott Alarik referred to Mr. Ferrel as “One
of the finest living masters,” of that genre.

Frank began his fiddling at age 8, influenced first by his grandfather,
a traditional musician and native of Ohio and West Virginia. His
grandfather's family originally came from the Longford area of Ireland
via Maritime Canada. Frank rekindled his interest in traditional
fiddling under the influence of local Irish, French-Acadian, and
Canadian Maritime fiddlers.

Over the years, Frank has appeared on the nationally broadcast popular
American radio series, A Prairie Home Companion, and is included on
their anthology recording, “PHC Tourists.” He has performed on numerous
occasions with the legendary Celtic group, The Boys of the Lough, both
as guest artist on their Scottish Highlands and Islands tours, as well
as in concert performances in North America. The Library of Congress
chose his major label CD release, Yankee Dreams, for inclusion in their
Select List of 25 Recordings of American Folk Music. Mr. Ferrel lives in
Maine where he is a regular fiddler at local area dances, as well as
Cape Breton and Maritime dances in the greater New England area.

Cheers,
Nanette