Big Moose will be the featured performers at Dolly’s Coffeehouse at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, Saturday, March 7th 7:00-9:00pm. While Big Moose is primarily a contradance band the group also performs at smaller venues, events, tributes, and even church services throughout the season. Fiddles, mandolin, flute, pennywhistles, and even banjos trade off on melody with support from a rousing rhythm section including guitars, piano, bass, and bodhran. Contradance repertoire draws heavily upon jigs and reels from Ireland, Scotland, Cape Breton, Quebec, and Old-time American traditions while smaller events may feature more polkas, waltzes, airs, and tunes from various ethnic traditions. Members come from Mount Desert Island as well as Ellsworth, Surry, and the Blue Hill Peninsula.
The first hour will be open mic, where everyone is welcome to perform: music, mime, poetry, dance, etc. Performers are requested to arrive a few minutes early to sign up. There will be a brief intermission with refreshments, followed by Big Moose.
Donations benefit the Dolly Fisher Emergency Fund, which provides emergency fuel, food, clothing, and utility help for households on the Blue Hill Peninsula and informing the public about other available resources. Held downstairs in Fellowship Hall, come listen and join the fun. Admission is by free-will offering. FMI: contact 374-2891.
Photo courtesy of Jesup Memorial Library 10/2023:
Back row: Anne Damm, piano, melodica; Susie Fay, fiddle; Mike Fay, guitar; Holly Hendricks, fiddle; Carolyn Rapkievian, guitar, mandolin; George Rossi, guitar; Catherine Bull, flute; David Quinby, upright bass.
Front row: Michael Marion, banjo, tin whistle, mandolin, and melodeon; Eddie Damm, tenor banjo; Bob McCormick, bodhran, Cape Breton step dancing and tin whistle; Jim Vekasi, mandolin.
Not pictured: David Rapkievian, fiddle; Charlie Richardson, guitar; David Reiley, fiddle; Steve Clement, fiddle; Fred Benson, bass ukulele, fiddle, bodhran; Jayme Lou Durham, guitar; Eloise Schulz, Flugelhorn, guitar; Moira O’Neill, bodhran; Cynthia Priem, fiddle; Eleta Sucsy, tin whistle; Peter Sucsy, guitar.
