Specialist in English "West Gallery" music and English & American dance music; also Medieval, Renaissance, and Early American music.

Member of: Ad-Hoc Waltz & Quadrille Band, Calliope, NEFFA Sit-In Symphony, Norumbega Harmony (also group contact), Roaring Jelly, Roaring Jelly (on Dynamite), Square Roots, Two Cousins, The West Gallery Quire (also group contact)
Contact:
ERASETHISmelismata AT hotmail DOT com
+1-978-373-5852, 978-387-2192 (cell)
218 Broadway
Haverhill MA 01832
Scheduled to appear at NEFFA 2025:
Contra ClassicsDS Friday April 25, 7:00pm to 7:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Great contras from before the year 2000!
Sacred Harp SingingGS Saturday April 26, 11:00am to 11:50am, [Show on Grid]
Join us for shape-note singing from the Sacred Harp, in the traditional "hollow square."
All Ages Barn DanceDF Saturday April 26, 3:00pm to 3:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Easy dance sequences for dancers of any experience level. We'll get you moving to the music and smiling in no time!
Forget Me Nots: Classic Couple DancesDB Saturday April 26, 4:30pm to 4:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Learn the dances that were done between contra sets all over New England such as the Salty Dog Rag, Gay Gordons, and Road to the Isles. Then dance them at the following Waltzes and Beyond session!
Waltzes and Beyond NS Saturday April 26, 5:00pm to 5:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Lots of waltzes, but also schottische, polka, maybe a tango, *plus* the beloved "break standards" taught at the preceding workshop: Gay Gordon's, Road to the Isles, & Salty Dog Rag.
West Gallery MusicGS Sunday April 27, 11:00am to 11:50am, [Show on Grid]
Sing and play music from rural English churches, from the time of Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, and King George III. For all voices and melodic instruments.
Singing the American RevolutionGS Sunday April 27, 2:00pm to 2:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Sing shape-note music from the time of the American Revolution, from our tunebook, "The Norumbega Harmony."

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