Set List for August 21 Performance

Angeline the Baker (D)
Flop-Eared Mule (G)
Julianne Johnson (D)

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
Old Grey Cat (Em)
Staten Island Hornpipe (D)

Waiting for Nancy (A)
Liza Jane (A)
Cluck Old Hen (A modal)

Old Mother Flanagan (G)
Mississippi Sawyer (D)
Little Dutch Girl (A)

Ten Penny Bit (Am)
du Petit Sarny (G)
Indian Point (Am)

Reel de Montreal (G/D)
Old French (D/A)
Glise de Sherbrooke (G)

John Stenson's #2 (A)
Shoes and Stockings (G)
Johnny Cope (D)

Jig of Slurs (D)
Swallowtail Jig (Em)

Julia Delaney (Dm)
Father Kelley (G)

Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em)
Moon and Seven Stars (D)
Hundred Pipers (A)

Off She Goes (D)
Gary Owen (G)
Devlin's Jig (Bm)

Korolenko 1st Part (G)
The Frost is All Over (D)
The Kerry Jig (D)

Waltzes:
Fanny Poer (G)
Bonnie at Morn (Am)
Midnight on the Water (D)

Set List for May 2010 Gig

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
Old Grey Cat (Em)
Staten Island Hornpipe (D)

Ten Penny Bit (Am)
du Petit Sarny (G)
Indian Point (Em)

Jig of Slurs (D)
Devlin's (Bm)

Liza Jane (A)
Waiting for Nancy (A)
Sandy Boys (Am)

Reel de Montreal (G/D)
Old French (D/A)
You Married My Daughter...(G)

Julianne Johnson (D)
Rakes of Mallow (G)
Bus Stop Reel) (Am)

Out on the Ocean (G)
Moon and Seven Stars (D)
Hundred Pipers (A)

Angeline the Baker (D)
Flop Eared Mule (G)
Buffalo Gals (A)

Atholl Highlander's (A)
The Frost is All Over (D)
Swallowtail Jig (Em)

Off She Goes
Smash the Windows
Dancing Bear

Glise de Sherbrooke (G)
John Stenson's #2 (A)
Johnny Cope (D)

Waltzes
Gentle Maiden (G)
Planxty Irwin (D)

Set List for January 2010 Gig

Old Joe Clark (A)
Angeline the Baker (D)
Julianne Johnson (D)
Old Joe Clark (D)

Child Grove (Am)
Over the Waterfall (D)
Rakes of Mallow (G)

Liza Jane (A)
Waiting for Nancy (A)
Sandy Boys (Am)

Swallowtail Jig (Em)
Smash the Windows (D)
Devlin's Jig (Bm)

Out on the Ocean (G)
Moon and Seven Stars (D)
Hundred Pipers (A)

The Flowers of Edinburgh (G)
Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle (G)
Doon the Brae (Am)

Reel Fireflies
Hobart's Transformation
Old Gray Cat

Atholl Highlanders (A)
The Frost is All Over (D)

John Stenson's (A)
Flop Eared Mule (G)
Buffalo Gals (A)

Star of the County Down (Am)
Cold Frosty Morn (Em)
Bus Stop Reel

Fiddler's Dream 2009 - 2010

Neil, Elaine, Shelley, Jane, and Janis all headed North to ring in the New Year at Mimi's excellent dance, Fiddler's Dream. They were met by old band members, Gary Blankenship, Joe Barziza, and David Salonimer. We all joined together to provide the music for a 2 hour contra on Saturday afternoon, and the dancers were greatly pleased with our sound. We played a nice selection of our very old favorites. Nobody fell down on the dance floor, and the dancers all gathered around the band at the end of the dance to applaud us, so a good time was had by all. Thanks to our old band members for helping us out with our sound!

Members Come and Go

Well, a fond (and late) farewell to Waldo, who played delightful banjo with us for nigh on a year. We will miss your dulcet voice, Waldo!

And farewell to Gabrielle, as well, who graced our little band with her nimble fingers on the keyboard, and strumming the harp, not to mention the tunes she tinkled out on my glockenspiel from time to time, and the harmonies she improvised on her Alto Recorder. Her sweet disposition, and her musical expertise will be greatly missed!

Welcome back to old members, the two Davids...Christakos on the bazouki, and Salonimer on the guitar! We always need some good rhythm!

Farewell, Joe! We Will Miss You!

It was a wonderful time at Fiddler's Dream. We danced a lot, we played music every day, most of the day, and many of us into the weee hours (I'm not saying 4:00 a.m. is too late to be playing, Tim, I just heard...) Good times, except for one thing...

Joe let us know that he would no longer be playing with the band. Seems he has some high maintenance tomatoes (no, not Jennie) at home in Corsicana, along with a book he wants to write, and he wants to take a break from learning new tunes.

Well, that was sad news for all of us, but we wish you well, Joe! Best fortune with your book, and with your tomatoes. We will miss you. Come back, when you get tired of the 'maters, and the writing!

Proposed Set List for January Gig

St. Lawrence Jig with Kesh Jig and Rory O'More

Juliane Johnson with St Anne's Reel and Old Joe Clark

Whiskey Before Breakfast with Spotted Pony and Reel Fireflies

Redwing and Seneca Square Dance

Ms McCloud's Reel with Red Haired Boy and Soldier's Joy

Smash the Windows with Hundred Pipers

Waiting for Nancy with Cluck Old Hen

Gary Owen with Jump at the Sun

Road to Lisdoonvarna with Out On the Ocean

Angeline the Baker with the Girl I Left Behind Me

Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle with Cold Frosty Morn