DONNA HEBERT

Donna Hébert

GREAT GROOVE BANDS

Great Groove Band

ARTISTS' ROSTER

Donna Hébert: Franco-American, Northern, Contradance fiddler
Fiddling Demystified for String Players: with Donna Hébert, cellist Renata Bratt, Groovemama
The Beaudoin Project: with Donna Hébert, George Wilson and Beaudoin family members
Chanterelle: Franco-American Heritage Group with Donna Hébert, Josée Vachon, Liza Constable
Groovemama: with Donna Hébert, Jane Rothfield, George Wilson, Stuart Kenney, Max Cohen - Great Groove Band workshops at Old Songs & Philly Folk Fests

FIDDLE CALENDAR

Fiddling around at concerts, dances, camps and residencies with Donna Hébert, Jane Rothfield, George Wilson, Stuart Kenney, Max Cohen and cellist Renata Bratt and bands Groovemama, Chanterelle and The Beaudoin Project

 
4/14 Greenfield MA 8 pm Guiding Star Grange Four fiddlers! Donna Hébert, George Wilson, David Kaynor, Van Kaynor - Mary Cay Brass, piano. Tophill Contradance.
4/22 Troy NY 8 pm Brunswick Grange George Wilson - contradance w/John Kirk & Trish Miller
4/22 Mansfield MA - NEFFA Festival Jane Rothfield with Jane’s Gang  www.neffa.org
4/22 Milford NY Jane Rothfield with Jane’s Gang - contradance
4/29 Weston MA - MA ASTA Chapter.  12-5 pm - Jane Ezbicki contact Donna Hébert teaches Fiddling Demystified for String Players. Learn a whole tune by ear, with chords, bowings, harmonies and variations! ASTA members free
5/4 Cumberland RI - 8 pm Blackstone River Theater CHANTERELLE in concert: Donna Hébert, Josée Vachon, Liza Constable and Alan Bradbury
5/4-6 Dallas TX - Contradance weekend Stuart Kenney with Latter Day Lizards (Bill Tomczak, Peter Barnes)
5/6 Fitchburg MA - Fitchburg Public Library CHANTERELLE in concert: Donna Hébert, Josée Vachon, Liza Constable
5/6 Albany NY - contradance Burhmaster Barn Contra Dance www.danceflurry.org with Jane’s Gang
5/10 Niskayuna NY - Jane Rothfield Fiddle Studio Donna Hébert teaches Fiddling Demystified for String Players: workshop, private lessons. Contact Jane Rothfield to register.

5/12 Greenfield MA - TopHill Contradance Guiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney, Sarah Blair, Mary Kay Brass, Marko Packard
5/18-20 Lowell MA - Banjo Camp North Jane Rothfield teaches beginning banjo at Banjo Camp North, Lowell, Mass www.mugwumps.com/bcn.html
5/19-21 - Prescott AZ Contradance weekend Stuart Kenney & Latter Day Lizards
5/26 Greenfield MA - TopHill Contradance Guiding Star Grange Extravadance - Stuart Kenney, Clew Bay, Latter Day Lizards
6/1 Concord MA - contradance Stuart Kenney w/ Airdance
6/9 Greenfield MA - contradance Guiding Star Grange TopHill Music Contradance
6/9 Amherst MA - contradance Munson Library Dance with Jane’s Gang
6/9-10 Mystic CT - Mystic Seaport, Sea Music Festival CHANTERELLE in concert: Donna Hébert, Josée Vachon, Liza Constable and Alan Bradbury
6/11-23 Vail CO - Colorado Suzuki Institute Renata Bratt: Instructor in jazz and fiddling for cellists

6/15-17 Asheville NC Dance Soirée

Stuart Kenney w/Burning Gods

6/16 Poughkeepsie NY - contradance

George Wilson with pianist Selma Kaplan
6/16 Lenox MA - contradance Jane Rothfield with Bill Mathiessen and Liz Stell www.lenoxcontradance.org
6/21 Concord MA contradance Stuart Kenney, Mary Kay Brass, Lissa Schneckenberger
6/22-24 Altamont NY Old Songs Festival Groovemama (Donna Hébert, Jane Rothfield, George Wilson, Stuart Kenney, Max Cohen) coaches Old Songs Festival Great Groove Band
6/23-7/1 Nevada City CA  summer camp Renata Bratt at Alasdair Fraser's Fiddle Camp
7/7 Grafton NY Bicentennial George Wilson with Whippersnappers - contradance

7/7-14 Mendocino CA Bay Area CDSS camp

Stuart Kenney w/ Airdance
7/9-13 Voorheesville NY - summer camp Great Groove Band Summer Day Camp coached by Groovemama members Donna Hébert, Jane Rothfield, George Wilson, Max Cohen - register Old Songs Inc.
7/13-16 Southern Tour - Jane Rothfield Jane Rothfield on tour with Barb Kirchner and Susan Burke  (The Sensations) down south! Dates TBD
7/15-20 Greenville SC - SC Suzuki Institute Renata Bratt: Instructor in jazz & fiddling for cellists at Furman University

7/22-28 Ashokan NY Fiddle & Dance Camp

Stuart Kenney, bass/banjo - Northern Week
7/28-9 Lowell MA - Lowell Folk Festival The Beaudoin Project performs - Nina Beaudoin, Carmen & Glenn Bombardier, George Wilson, Donna Hébert & others

7/28-9 Hillsdale NY Falconridge Folk Festival

Stuart Kenney w/Tidal Wave and The Sevens
7/30-8/3 San Diego CA Renata Bratt:Instructor in jazz & fiddling for cellists at Strings by the Sea
8/4-5 N. Ferrisburg VT - Champlain Valley Festival The Beaudoin Project performs - Nina Beaudoin, Carmen & Glenn Bombardier, George Wilson, Donna Hébert & others
8/6-10 Greenfield MA - Fiddling Demystified Camp Guiding Star Grange George Wilson, Donna Hébert teach Fiddling Demystified for String Players
8/10 NYC - Contradance Jane Rothfield with Barb Kirchner & The Sensations www.cdny.org

8/11 Greenfield MA TopHill contradance Guiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney & friends
8/16-19 Schwenksville PA Philadelphia Folk Festival Groovemama coaches Great Groove Band at Philly Folk Festival
8/24-9/1 Boulder Creek CA Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School Renata Bratt: Instructor in cello grooves and fiddle tunes for cellists

8/25 Greenfield MA TopHill contradanceGuiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney & friends

9/8 Greenfield MA TopHill contradance Guiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney & friends
9/10 Amherst MA Fiddle/Improv Class begins Donna Hébert teaches Fiddling Demystified Fiddle/Improv class through Mon. Dec. 10
9/12 Amherst MA Novice Fiddle Class begins Donna Hébert teaches Fiddling Demystified Novice Class through Weds. Dec. 12
9/21 St. Johnsbury VT Catamount Arts The Beaudoin Project - concert

9/21 Greenfield MA TopHill contradance Guiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney - Ralph Sweet's All-Stars

9/22 Greenfield MA TopHill contradance Guiding Star Grange

Stuart Kenney & friends
9/23 Amherst MA or Sunapee NH - Fiddling with a French Accent workshop Donna Hébert teaches Fiddling with a French Accent - French tunes from Canada and New England.
9/28-10/9 - CANADA New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia tour Donna Hébert and friends
9/28-30 Lake George NY Adirondack Dance weekend Stuart Kenney and friends
2/27-3/1/2008 Albuquerque NM - ASTA/NCOA National Conference, area concert/workshop ASTA Conference - Donna Hébert, clinician: Franco-American and French-Canadian fiddling; area workshop/concert with Donna and Jane Rothfield. Publication date Cello/viola eds. Fiddling Demystified and The Waltz Book, Vol. I.

Coming in September . . .

Look for a tune of the month from the repertoire of Albany area Old-Time and dance fiddler Jane Rothfield!

Update - Fall classes and lessons, CANADA tour - N.S., PEI, N.B.

CD and book releases from roster members - Max Cohen: Saltwater Color CD; Stuart Kenney: Undertoe CD, Donna Hébert: Novice Practice CD, FD Jam CD.

CONTACT US: (info@fiddlingdemystified.com) or call 413-253-4058

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Kathi Bangert writes this month's feature about  fiddler Donna Hébert, "Fiddling Down the Rabbit Hole"

Kathi Bangert

Kathi Bangert joins us after recently retiring from a 34 year career in public service as the Communications Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast Region. As editor of Fiddling Demystified's monthly newsletter, Kathi will combine her love of fiddle music with her extensive experience in communications and community outreach to keep you informed about Fiddling Demystified workshops, performances and resources. Contact Kathi.

String wizard Darol Anger in his foreword to A Practical Guide for String Players:

"Donna gets it all right. I suspect that the general level of fiddle knowledge and playing will take a major uptick soon after [Fiddling Demystified] is published, just as other great music books such as Earl Scruggs’ original banjo book, O’Neill‘s great Irish fiddling reference and the infamous jazz Real Book influenced the course of musicians’ lives and work."

Fiddling Demystified A Practical Guide for String Players

Table of Contents & Lesson List Sample lesson: Swallowtail Jig

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70 pages, 31 Celtic and North American tunes with chords, bowings, style lessons, 20-page left-right hand guide to fiddle techniques, two 65-minute lesson CDs