Ten Pound Fiddle Events

Saturday December 6 6:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Contra and Square Dance

This dance is co-sponsored by The Fiddle and Looking Glass Music and Arts Association. All dances taught – no partner needed. Wear loose clothes, comfortable shoes, and be prepared to have a good time! Come early – at 6:30 – for a quick workshop on easy contra dance mov......More

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Sunday December 7 3:00pm - 5:00pm EST

The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI, 48901, United States

Bill Bartilson

Bill Bartilson: Folk Songs That Brought Us HereFrom the soundboard to center stage, Bill Bartilson’s journey has been deeply shaped by Michigan’s folk and music communities—through both performance and production. With his father, beloved local musician Stan Bartilson, ......More

The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI, 48901, United States

Friday December 12 7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

University Lutheran Church (ULC), 1020 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823, United States

Annual Holiday Sing

For 22 years, hundreds of people who love to sing attend this annual community Holiday Sing to share seasonal songs with friends, new and old. You are invited! Bring family and friends to the Holiday Sing and add your voice to a few hundred other voices of people who love to sing this wonderful music – together. No official music to read lyric sheets for all songs are passed out – in case some third verses are a little rusty… Song leader Sally Potter will guide singers through a wide variety of selections surrounding themes of Winter, Solstice, Peace, Home, Christmas, and the New Year. Acclaimed pianist Doug Austin will accompany most songs and help fill that gorgeous room with many octaves of beautiful sound. Doug Berch will add the seasonal sounds of the hammered dulcimer to many pieces. Spoken word artists Ruelaine Stokes will present a few poignant poems and stories. This is an opportunity to kick off your holiday season in a very personal, musical way. Hope to see you at The 23rd Holiday Sing! – SP Watch the New York Times video about community singing in Lansing: Read the New York Times article. Learn more about community singing at www.singingfestival.com. Sally PotterWhen Sally Potter isn’t directing the Mid-Winter Singing Festival, leading the Fiddle’s Annual Holiday Sing, leading the Monthly Community Sings, singing with Sistrum, or providing special music at The Mayflower Church, she is tutoring Economics students at the Learning Commons at Lansing Community College. Sally’s grandmother, Lillian Paulson Potter was an opera singer, and later, a church choir director, producing countless community events over a fifty-year span. Her uncle, Brian Shanley, played jazz clarinet with Bob Scoby’s band in Chicago in the 50’s. Yet it was when her brother Tom taught her Old-Time tunes on his back-up banjo that Sally settled into the folk music world. A mainstay in the Mid-Michigan folk music community since 1984, Sally was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from FARM, Folk Alliance Region Mid-West. From 1989 – 2001, Sally, Betsy Clinton and Pat Madden were members of the very popular folk trio, Second Opinion. In 2005, Sally released her fifth CD, this one together with Madden, entitled, “it’s about time.” This past year, Sally released her first solo CD, “Summer’s Child.” In 2003, Sally organized the first Mid-Winter Singing Festival, now an annual event where hundreds of people get together on the first weekend in February – just to sing. (www.singingfestival.com) Since then, she has continued to perform, song lead, and help produce numerous music events, including this annual Holiday Sing. She is also the volunteer concert booking manager for the 50 year-old Ten Pound Fiddle Concert and Dance Series. www.sally-potter.comDoug Berch By day, luthier Doug Berch makes mountain dulcimers in Haslett, Michigan. By night, multi-instrumentalist Doug Berch can be found on stage and in the studio, playing a wide variety of styles. He has been performing, teaching and making dulcimers since the mid 1970’s. During the 1980’s, he toured throughout the United States and performed at many folk festivals, dulcimer festivals and concert venues. He recorded two solo recordings for Kicking Mule Records. In 1983, Doug took first place in both the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship and the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship in Winfield, Kansas. In the early 1990’s, he recorded a tune he composed on hammered dulcimer called, “Ocean of Wisdom” that has been performed and recorded by several other hammered dulcimer players. His work appears on dozens of albums and soundtracks as a support musician. For ten years, he performed, recorded and toured with the Celtic ensemble, Colcannon, and taught at The Swallow Hill School of Music in Denver. “Musically I am inspired by the traditional music of the world, the rock and roll I grew up with and anything else that comes along,” Doug says. Doug has added hammered dulcimer pieces, stories and inspired commentary to the annual Holiday Sing for 10 years.www.dougberch.com Ruelaine Stokes Ruelaine Stokes serves as the current Lansing Poet Laureate (2024-2026.) In addition, she is a member of the spoken word group, Voices of the Revolution, and the president of the Lansing Poetry Club. A collection of her poetry, Jar of Plenty, was published in 2021, and in 2023, she and former Lansing Poet Laureate Laura Apol co-edited the book, My Secret Lansing, a collection of poetry and prose about hidden treasures in the Greater Lansing Area. ruelainestokes.com

University Lutheran Church (ULC), 1020 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823, United States

Saturday December 20 6:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Contra and Square Dance

This dance is co-sponsored by Looking Glass Music and Arts Association and The Ten Pound Fiddle. All dances taught – no partner needed. Wear loose clothes, comfortable shoes, and be prepared to have a good time! Come early – at 6:30 – for a quick workshop on easy contra......More

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Wednesday December 31 7:30pm - Thursday January 1 12:15am EST

TBA, United States

New Years Eve Contra and Square Dance

This Celebration dance is co-sponsored by the Fiddle and Looking Glass Music and Arts Association. 6:30PM Potluck – bring a dish to share, with labeled serving utensil, plus your place setting(s) if possible7:30PM New dancer lesson8PM Contra dance party begins9:45PM Br......More

TBA, United States

Saturday January 3 6:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Contra and Square Dance

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Thursday January 8 7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI, 48901, United States

TUNE IN

TUNE IN is an inclusive music showcase for performers and songwriters from Greater Lansing. You are invited to share a song, or just enjoy great music from your friends and neighbors. The evening will consist of ~12 artists, one directly after another no breaks. Open to......More

The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave, Lansing, MI, 48901, United States

Friday January 16 7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner Street, Lansing, MI, 48906, United States

Twyla Birdsong

Title of Show: “Don’t Waste Time” Walk down memory lane with a night of songs that evoke thoughts of romance and the hope of “Love” as expressed in the songs sang by both modern as well as legendary performers : Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Nat King Cole, and more.Tw......More

UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner Street, Lansing, MI, 48906, United States

Saturday January 17 6:30pm - 10:00pm EST

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Contra and Square Dance

Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933, United States

Friday January 23 7:30pm - 10:00pm EST

University Lutheran Church (ULC), 1020 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823, United States

Garnet Rogers

“A brilliant songwriter. One of the major talents of our time.” — The Boston Globe “The greatest interpreter and vocalist performing in the contemporary folk scene.” — Sing Out “I have found strength and comfort in his songs. This is good and rich and big music. Welcome one and all. Come on in. Get down.” — Greg Brown In a darkened bedroom, lit only by the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay in their beds, listening to the country music broadcasts from the Grand Ol’ Opry, and practiced their harmonies. Two years later, the youngest one was playing the definitive 8-year-old’s version of “Desolation Row” on his ukulele. He soon abandoned that instrument to teach himself the flute, violin and guitar. Within ten years, and barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full-time working musician with his older brother Stan. Together they formed what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential acts in North American folk music. Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time”. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match. With his “smooth, dark baritone” (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs “give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart” (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again. Rogers has been the featured performer on numerous television and radio programs including Much Music, Mountain Stage, and All Things Considered. He has been a headliner at concert venues and festivals such as Wolf Trap, Lincoln Center, and Art Park sharing the stage with performers such as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Billy Bragg, Bill Monroe, Ferron, Greg Brown, and Guy Clark. Though Garnet has enjoyed much popularity over the years, he remains resolutely independent, turning down offers from major labels to ensure that he continues doing music his own way. “Garnet Rogers is capable of awe-inspiring and unpredictable stuff – and that includes more than just music” Resolutely independent, Garnet Rogers has turned down offers from major labels to do his music his own way. https://garnetrogers.com/

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