October 9, Zombie
Pub Crawl, OBI at the
Acadia, Minneapolis, MN
October 2, OBI at the St.
Paul Farmer's Market
September 19, Woodbury
Library with OBI
September 18, *private
party*
September 11, OBI at Ethnic
Fest
Walker, MN
September 3, OBI at the
Minnesota
State Fair
St. Paul, MN
August 28, OBI at Minnesota
Renaissance Festival
July 19-26, Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International,
Santa Clara, CA
July 9-1, Door
County Folk Festival with
OBI
Sister Bay, MI
July 2, OBI at CONvergence
June 5, OBI at June Camp
Beloit, WI
May 12-16, OBI Midwest Tour
Madison, WI / Chicago, IL / Battle
Creek, MI
April 29 - May 2, Festival
of Nations
April 2 & 3, St.
Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ordway Center for the Performing
Arts
345 Washington Street, Saint
Paul, MN 55102
January 8, 10, 14, "The
Gold Rush" with the Minnesota
Orchestra
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet
Mall, Minneapolis, MN
December 27, OBI Solhanumas
Party
Audubon Coffee, 28th and Johnson
Street, Minneapolis
December 20, Mill City Accordions
Holiday Concert
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Minneapolis,
2 p.m.
December 9, Jewish Community
Center Orchestra, St. Paul,
MN
November 6 & 7, NE Accordion
Festival 2009, NE Minneapolis,
MN
September 26, OBI at the
30th
Anniversary Workshop,
Eau Claire International Folk
Dancers, Eau Claire, WI
September 25, Roland
US V-Accordion Festival,
Los Angeles, CA
September 20, American
Accordionists Association
Award Dinner, New York, NY
August 25-29, Coupe
Mondiale, Auckland, New
Zealand
August 13-16, 'Accordion
Renaissance' presented by the
Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International,
Hilton Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport
Mall of America
July 26, OBI
at Dakota
Jazz Club and Restaurant,
7 p.m.
July 2, OBI at CONvergence
Sheraton South, Bloomington, MN,
9-10 p.m.
June 21, Solo
San Francisco Accordion Club
South San Francisco, CA
June 6, OBI at June
Camp 2009
Beloit College, Beloit,
Wisconsin
April 28 - May 3,
Festival of Nations, St.
Paul, MN
April 25, Wild Hollow in
First Class at the "The
Great Steerage Party of 09"
March 19-22, Ethnic Dance
Theatre Spring Series, Fitzgerald
Theater, St. Paul, MN
March 11-15, NAA, Dallas,
Texas
March 5-9, AAMS Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
January 22- 23, Frank Marocco
Accordion Event, Mesa, Arizona
January 8, OBI at RAHS recital,
Roseville, MN
November 7 & 8, NE
Accordion Fest
October 25, OBI in the
Hosmer World Music Concert Series
, Hosmer
Library
October 23, OBI at Hell's
Ktichen in Minneapolis *GRAND
OPENING* 5-8 pm
September 24, 2008 Sage
Awards for Dance, Walker Art
Center
September 19, private reception,
Children's
Theatre Company
August 23, Great
River Folk Fest OBI, University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus
August 5, Cape May, New Jersey
July 29, OBI at L.E.
Philips Memorial Library,
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
May 23, Suzuki Assoc of the
Americas Conference
May 10, Guthrie
Theatre with Flying Foot Forum,
"French Twist"
May 7, Acadia
Cafe 9-midnught
OBI (Orkestar
Bez Ime) joins Pat Donohue
& Daddy Squeeze (Dan Newton) and
the Mill City Grinders for an
evening of great music and friends.
May 1-4, Festival
of Nations
April 18-20 "First
Love", EDT
March 29, OBI at
Tapestry Folk Dance Center
March 13-16 NAA,
Dallas, Texas
March 6-9 AAMS,
Philadelphia area
February 3, Greybach Trio
Advent Lutheran, Osseo, Minnesota
February 9, OBI
at SNOPA!
February 23 OBI with EDT,
"Zabava"
January 18 & 19 MN
Sinfonia
January 26, OBI at Madison
Folk Ball
December 7-9 EDT The Nutcracker!
E. M. Pearson Theatre
Concordia University
312 Hamline Ave, St. Paul, MN
55104
November 9, 10 & 11,
NE Accordion
Fest
TENTH ANNIVERSARY!
Fri 5-11 pm, Sat 9-5 pm,
Sun 9-5
Full
schedule for the festival
October 23, 24 & 28
Minnesota
Orchestra: Young People's Concert
1111 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis,
MN 55403
Ethnic
Dance Theatre and Orkestar
Bez Ime perform at the Young
People's Concerts with the Minnesota
Orchestra at Orchestra Hall.
October 13, 8-11:00 pm,
OBI CD Release!
Nice Driveway Vol 3: Rogarian
Baba-que
Cedar
Cultural Center, 416 Cedar
Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN
October 7, KFAI
Radio
OBI live on Century
Song
September 29, 8:30-11:30pm
Tapestry
Folk Dance Center
3748 Minnehaha Ave
S., Minneapolis, MN
612-722-2914
June 9, OBI, St.
Paul Farmers Market
290 E 5th Street St.
Paul, MN 55101
Corner of 5th and Wall Streets
June 2, Regional
"June" Camp with OBI
Beloit College, Beloit,
WI
May 3-6, Festival of Nations
RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minnesota
April 19-22,
Ethnic Dance Theatre Presents
"Land of Legends: A Journey
Through the Carpathian Mountains,"
Ritz Theatre, NE Minneapolis
345 13th Ave. NE
April 13, Cedar
Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55454
(612) 338-2674
Orkestar Bez Ime lights
up the night with an International
Balkan Dance. Dan Newton and
his Gypsy Cafe group opens.
March 24-April 3 Skylark
Opera
The Ritz Theater
345 Thirteenth Avenue NE,
Minneapolis
LOST IN THE STARS, Book and
Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson,
Music by Kurt Weill March
Based on Alan Paton's novel
Cry, the Beloved Country,
Weill's musical tells a compassionate
story of family tragedy, the
power of faith and the promise
of reconciliation.
March 8-11
National Accordion Association,
Dallas, Texas
OBI East Coast Wingding
March 2- AAMS, King of Prussia,
PA
March 3-4, Harrisburgh, PA
with Lee Otterholt
February 17, OBI at SNOPA!
Fun dance weekend, please
visit the SNOPA site for more
information. www.snopa.org/
February 14, OBI at the
Minnesota
Music Educators Association
Winter Clinic
January 26/27, OBI at Folk
Ball
Live Music Parties in the
Great Hall of the Memorial Union,
Madison, Wisconsin.
January 20, Crossings
at Carnegie
Zumbrota, MN
We had so much fun last time,
we’re doing it again – a freewheeling
jam session of headlining musicians
at Crossings! Accordion players
Dan Chouinard, Dee Langley (of
“Just Duet” and “Orkestar Bez
Ime ”) and Dan Newton (Café
Accordion Orchestra) and prodigy
Eric Ray will take the stage
for a one-of-a-kind Accordion-O-Ram-Again.
December, 15-17, St. Paul,
Minnesota
Concordia University, E.M. Pearson
Theatre, 312 N. Hamline Ave.,
St. Paul
Ethnic
Dance Theatre presents,
"The Nutcracker!"
November 10 & 11
The Ninth
Annual NE Accordion Festival
California Building, Aldo Moroni
Gallery
2205 California Street NE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418
Minnesota's finest celebration
of the free-reed instrument
family including both chromatic
and piano accordion, concertina,
button box, harmonium, and diatonic
accordion. Festivities include
concerts, workshops, jams, new
friends, and an evening dance!
Complete schedule for the NE
Accordion Festival
October 13 & 14.
8pm
Minnesota Orchestras
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet
Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota
THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY
Markus Huber, conductor
September 30, 8:30pm, OBI
Tapestry
Folk Dance Center
3748 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis,
MN
612-722-2914
Join us for a great weekend
of dance and culture with a
Weekend of Armenian Dance with
Tom Bozigian Friday, September
29 – Sunday, October 1, 2006
Workshop Sessions on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Saturday
Night Dance Party with Orkestar
Bez Ime
August 21, Chicago, Illinois
Solo concert for the Chicago
Accordion Club
August 9, Cape May, New
Jersey
Dee in concert with the Westmont
Philharmonic Accordion Orchestra
August 5, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Just Duet at Loring Park
Art Fair
July 23, Minnesota
History Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
Life in Shadows:
Hidden Children and the Holocaust
The traveling exhibition Life
in Shadows: Hidden Children
and the Holocaust explores the
children who went underground
to escape Nazi persecution and
destruction, many of whom were
aided by non-Jews, and tells
their stories of desperation,
tragedy, courage, love and survival
in the darkest of times. Dee
Langley and Natalie Nowytski
who will perform "Songs from
the Lodz Ghetto;"
July 3, Orkestar
Bez Ime
Mini North by Northwest Tour
Mandan & Bismark, North
Dakota
Noon:
Watch for OBI in the BN park
for the "Mandan Arts in
the Park" during the Mandan
Rodeo Days Celebration.
7:30 p.m.:
Bismarck Trinity Community Center
Tickets available at Eckroth
Music and Stringbean
Music and Coffee
June 29-July 1,Bloomington,
MN
Ramada
Mall of America (Thunderbird)
The
Accordionists and Teachers Guild,
Int.
Join Minnesota accordionists
Larry Malmberg, Dan
Newton, Mark
Stillman, Dan Turpening,
Eric Ray, and of course Dee
Langley with Orkestar
Bez Ime at the ATG as they
welcome guests Viatcheslav
Semionov (Russia), John
Scaffeo (Canada), Mike Alongi
(Chicago), Stas
Venglevski (Milwaukee),
Murl
Sanders (Washington State)
as they celebrate the diversity
of the accordion at the 66th
Annual ATG Accordion Competition
and Festival.
June 2-4, E.M. Ethnic
Dance Theatre
"Beyond the Crescent Moon"
E.M. Pearson Theatre, Concordia
University
St. Paul, Minnesota
OBI forms the core of the EDT
Folk Orchestra as Ethnic Dance
Theatre takes a look behind
the headlines and through the
veil to share the joy and sorrows
of our Islamic neighbors around
the world. Smell the kabobs,
see the minarets and graceful
arabesques through the exotic,
exhilarating and romantic music
and dance of Uzbekistan, Indonesia,
Bosnia, Albania, Iran, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt
and Afghanistan.
March 18, OBI Cd release,
8 pm
Co-Presented by 90.3
and 106.7 KFAI
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave So.
Minneapolis, MN 612.338.2674
"Nice Driveway Vol. 2,
Lake Aquanyet Days"
CD release Orkestar Bez Ime
with Machinery Hill.
March 8, International
Women's Day Event
Hosted by: KFAI
FM Radio
Cedar Cultural Center, 7-10
p.m
All broadcast live on KFAI as
part of our 24 hours of special
women's programming.
Performers include:
Prudence Johnson, Dessa of Doomtree,Indie-rock
band Aviette, Ojibwe/Finnish
singer lyz jaakola, Orkestar
Bez Ime and more!
March 4, Madison
Folk Ball with OBI
Madison Friends of Folk
Dance invites you and yours
to enjoy a weekend of Folk Dancing
fun and Frolic in the Great
Hall of the Memorial Union,
Madison, Wisconsin.
website
for more information
February 22 & 23, 10am
& 11:35am
Dee Langley with the Minnesota
Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra, Young
People's Concert
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
¡Viva Latino!
Come hear the Minnesota Orchestra
showcase some of the greatest
music Latin and Hispanic cultures
have given us, including music
by deFalla, Ginastera, and more.
A brand new work by Minnesota
composer Daniel Kallman will
feature the Minnesota Orchestra
and student performers.
February 17, Orkestar
Bez Ime at SNOPA!
Minneapolis, Minnesota
SNOPA! 20: "The Roaring 20th!"
Annual Twin Cities, MN International
Folkdance Weekend:
web
site for more information
February 4, 7:30pm, Accordion-o-ram-again!
Crossings at Zumbrota
320 East Ave, Zumbrota, MN
Accordion-o-ram-again!
Rad Lorkovic, Dan Newton, Dee
Langley and Eric Ray!
(507) 732-7616
December 16-18
Ethnic Dance Theatre's, "The
Nutcracker!" Concordia University,
E.M. Pearson Theatre
Twin City-based EDT Folk Orchestra
provides the all-live, all-authentic
music soundtrack from Tchaikovsky,
Hungary, China, Egypt, Mexico,
Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, and
more.
December 11, 7 PM CD release
Minnesota Accordion All Stars
Cedar
Cultural Center
Minneapolis, MN
Rounder Records has finally
paid attention to the Upper
Midwest's defining family of
instruments. "Minnesota All
Stars: Great Accordion and Concertina
Performances from the Northstar
State" has been released, and
many of the participating artists
will grace The Cedar's stage.
November 5, Orkestar
Bez Ime & Just
Du-et
9pm-11:30PM, NE Accordion
Festival
California Building
Gallery, 2205 California Street
NE, Minneapolis, MN
The Eighth Annual NE Accordion
Festival will be held 10am -11:30pm
on Saturday, November 5th. OBI
closes the annual event with
a Balkan Dance. $10 admission
(includes entire day).
November 11 & 12 Birmingham,
Alabama
OBI joins forces with
Mila Vocal Ensemble for the
Orff-Schulwerk Association's
annual conference.
October 29th, OBI at Tapestry
Folk Center
Minneapolis, MN
Orkestar Bez Ime takes the
floor with music for another
exciting dance during Tapestry's
Folk Dance Workshop Weekend.
October 22,Orkestar
Bez ime
Crossings
at Carnegie, Zumbrota, Minnesota
Enjoy this intimate
look at one of the USA's most
unique and favorite Balkan Ensembles.
Don't miss this rare chance
to get to know them a little
better.
August 30th, Orkestar Bez
Ime
Minnesota History Center
Nine
Nights of Music Series
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dancing plays a large part
in the Bulgarian wedding reception
ritual. In some parts of the
country it is even customary
for the bride and groom to dance
to receive their wedding cake.
Instructor Don LaCourse of the
Ethnic Dance Theatre will lead
willing participants in simple
and lively line dances such
as Serbian Kolo, Pravo Horo,
and Ruchenitsa.
August 22, Squeezer Dee
Solo
Milwaukee
Accordion Club
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 6 & 7, Just Du-et
Loring Park Art Fair
The Loring Park Art Festival
is produced by Artists for Artists
LLP, an organization of three
experienced artists. The art
festival consists of 135 visual
artists displaying their orginial
work in 12x12 booths, strolling
musicians, scheduled stage performances,
children's activities and food
booths.
July 28, Camp Snoopy Northwoods
Stage
6 & 7 PM
Mall of America, Bloomington,
Minnesota
Ethnic Dance Theatre performs
for Mall of America's Global
Fusion: Multicultural Performances.
Bring the family!
July 17, Cafe Barbette
2:45 PM
1600 West Lake Street, Minneapolis
Celebrate Bastille Day (or
any day you choose!) at Cafe
Barbette with Squeezer Dee and
vocalist Margaret Kay.
July 15, Orkestar Bez
Ime
Marshall Fields Day of
Music
2:00 PM Peavey Plaza at Orchestra
Hall
1111 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis,
MN
Five versatile, virtuoso
Twin Cities musicians present
a fusion of Balkan and other
eastern European folk-music
styles The Minnesota Orchestra
launches Sommerfest with the
fifth anniversary of Marshall
Field's Day of Music. - Orchestra
Hall
July 8-10, OBI (Orkestar
Bez Ime)
Door County Folk Festival
Sister Bay & Ephraim, Wisconsin
Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI) will
be there to help make this 26th
Door County Folk Festival quite
an experience. Don't miss the
folk dances on Friday and Saturday
at 8 p.m. in Sister Bay!
July 6 & 7
American Acordionists Association
Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan
July 2, Just Du-et at
the St. Paul Farmer's Market
, 9 a.m. - noon 5th and Wall
Streets,
St. Paul, MN
The downtown Saint Paul
market has been in operation
for 150 years. Stop by any
Saturday or Sunday for fresh
food and good times for the
entire family! Saturday Market
Hours are 6am to 1pm. Music
runs from 9am to noon.
June 14-18, Accordionists
and Teacher's Guild, International
Dallas, Texas
June 12, Concours d'Elegance
Rice Park, St. Paul Minnesota
Mercedes Car Club
of America & St. Paul Sommerfest
June 11, Just Du-et at
Crossings
Crossings at Carnegie
Zumbrota, Minnesota
May 13th, Cedar Cultural
Center, OBI
(Orkestar Bez Ime) , 8pm
CD 'Nice Driveway Vol.1:Cheers
from the Land of the Freeze'
release Party
OBI simply had to honor their
CD release with a dance party
. . . there is no better way
to celebrate. Na zdrave!
April 21, 22 & 24 Festival
of Nations, St. Paul, Minnesota
The Festival of Nations is one
of the nation's largest and
longest-running multiethnic
events. It showcases Minnesota's
ethnic diversity, celebrates
ethnic traditions and encourages
ethnic understanding. Squeezer
Dee & OBI clarinetist Katrina
Mundinger will be representing
Albania Thursday and Friday.
Orkestar Bez Ime and guest Nikolay
Gueorguiev will be presenting
Bulgaria on Sunday.
April 14th,
Just Du-et at the Fitzgerald
Theater, 7 p.m., Pre-show cocktail
concert
10 E. Exchange St. St. Paul
The Series of American Humorists:
Roy Blount, Jr.
Don't miss this opportunity
to enjoy Dee & Greg warming
up the stage for you to experience
this storyteller's unique brand
of southern humor on stage.
A prolific author with numerous
writing credits and awards,
Blount appears regularly on
MPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell
Me, and he's also been a guest
on A Prairie Home Companion.
Roy Blount, Jr.'s appearance
is part of Minnesota Public
Radio's Series of American Humorists.
April 2, OBI
(Orkestar Bez Ime) 7:30-11:30
p.m., Appleton, Wisconsin
International Folk Dance
Workshop and Dance Party
Please join the Folk Dancers
of the Fox Valley for their
13th annual International Folk
Dance Workshop and Dance Party
with Yuli Yordanov and Mary
Garvin. The Dance Party will
feature Orkestar Bez Ime and
will be held at the South Greenville
Grange located just west of
Appleton, Wisconsin. The Grange
has a large wooden dance floor
upstairs, kitchen and dining
facilities downstairs.
March 19, OBI
(Orkestar Bez Ime),7:00
pm. to 11:00 pm
Spring Equinox Fling with
Ethnic
Dance Theatre (EDT)
The Spring Equinox Fling! Saturday
March 19th, 2005 At the historic
CSPS Hall at 383 Michigan Street
in St. Paul, (located one block
east of St. Clair Ave. on West
7th St.)Take a spin with your
favorite Ethnic Dance Theatre
dancer, learn folk dances taught
by Artistic Director Donald
LaCourse, or kick back and tap
your toes to the live music
of the EDT Folk Orchestra. Eat,
Drink, Whoop and Stomp. This
event is family friendly!
March 10-12, Texas
Accordion Association, Richardson,
Texas
Richardson Hotel, 701 E.
Campbell Road at Highway 75
This year, the TAA Convention
welcomes you the in Richardson,
Texas. Enjoy jam sessions, concerts,
workshops and a festival orchestra!
March 4-6, American
Accordion Musicological Society,
Philadelphia, PA
Wyndham Valley Forge Suites,
Wayne, PA
The American Accordion
Musicological Society announces
the AAMS 2005 Accordion Festival
to be held from March 4th -
6th, 2005.. Accordion enthusiasts
from the United States and Canada
will gather together for a great
weekend of concerts, workshops,
and competitions.
Dee Langley will join many fine
accordionists in concert including
this year's featured performer,
Betty Jo Simon from Kansas.
The 2005 Honoree into the AAMS
Accordion Hall of Fame is Tony
Ettore, accordionist, teacher,
conductor, past-president of
AAA and an outstanding person.
A dinner will be held in his
honor on Saturday evening, March
5th.
February 19, Orkestar
Bez Ime (OBI) 8pm
SNOPA!
or "Annie Get Your Gaida" February
18-19-20, 2005
What's SNOPA? It's 'Opa!'
In The Snow -- a value-packed
annual getaway for banishing
midwinter blues, with Dance
workshops, Dance parties with
Saturday again features Orkestar
Bez Ime live AND Balkan singing,
music jamming, socializing,
winter fun, and general silliness!
Yeeehah!
***Strike Up The Band***
Orkestar Bez Ime ("band without
a name") is the Twin Cities'
hot new ethnic dance band. OBI
features Ethnic Dance Theatre
members and alums Katrina Mundinger,
Dee Langley, Colleen Bertsch,
Tim Wahl and Natalie Nowytski.
OBI's dance gigs include Door
County Folk Festival, Madison
Folk Ball, Tapestry's Fall Workshops,
and last year's SNOPA!
January 19, Burroughs Choir
with a Squeeze
Downtown Minneapolis
What other accordionist has
this much fun? Squeezer Dee
accompanies the 5th Grade Choir
from Burroughs School on their
concert tour of Downtown Minneapolis.
Thanks Mr. Hoffman!
January 14 & 15, OBI
at Madison
Folk Ball
Orkestar
Bez Ime 7-8pm
You are invited to enjoy
the 17th annual celebration
of dance and camaraderie. Look
forward to a weekend full of
workshops and dance parties.
Set aside January 14-16, 2005
for another wonderful event
Folkball is FREE and open to
the public.
January 12, Boom! Wednesday,
8-11pm
Boom,
401 East Hennepin Avenue - Minneapolis
Start the New Year right with
big hair and accordions! You've
never heard anything like Just
Du-et with Dix as Dixie
Cups and Luke Warmwater boogie
it down with Dee and Greg at
Boom!
December 17, 18, 19 Ethnic
Dance Theatre Nutcracker,
Friday and Saturday, 7:30
p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2
p.m.
Concordia University, E.M. Pearson
Theatre, 312 N. Hamline Ave.,
St. Paul
Join OBI (orkestar Bez Ime)
as they move into the orchestra
pit to help
Ethnic Dance Theatre tell
this classic tale as only EDT
can tell it! No ballet here,
folks! EDT brings E.T.A. Hoffman's
original folk tale to life with
dances and music from all over
the world, interwoven with Tschaikovsky's
famous score. Klara is delighted
with Drosselmeier's gifts of
dancing dolls Ukrainian tin
soldiers, Appalachian cloggers,
music-box Austrian darlings
and a Hungarian nutcracker.
In a winter's dream she travels
to the Land of the Sweets where
dancers swirl Chinese ribbons,
twirl Egyptian canes and caper
in Mexican masks. Magical dances
and music from Bulgaria, Germany,
Russia and Sweden.
December 4, Mila and (OBI)
Orkestar Bez Ime Holiday Concert
Unity Church, 732 Holly Ave.,
St. Paul
This concert was recorded
live for the CD "From
a Dark Night....."
November 5 & 6, The Seventh
NE Accordion Festival
Kramarczuk's Eastern European
Deli and Sausage Company, 215
East Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis
Relax into two exciting days
of accordion family music. Just
Du-et, the Minnesota Accordion
Orchestra Chamber Group and
Orkestar Bez Ime join in the
celebration of the accordion
on Friday & Saturday. Remember,
November is National Accordion
Month! For a full schedule of
events visit the Minnesota Accordion
Club web site: http://www.mnaccordion.org
October 30, Just Du-et
at Crossings
Accordion-O-Rama! 8pm
Crossings' last jam session
of headliners proved so popular,
they're doing it again, this
time with 5 virtuoso accordion
players! Dan Newton, Rad Lorkovic,
Paddy O'Brien, Dee Langley &
Greg Dagoumas meet at Crossings
for a one-of-a-kind accordion-o-rama!
The concert will be a round
robin of performances, with
each talented performer showcasing
their specialty of music from
around the world - from Cajun,
to Tex Mex, to Irish and French
Cafe. But don't expect to hear
'Lady of Spain' or the 'Beer
Barrel Polka' - as the night
unfolds, you'll hear duets,
trios and improvisations in
an enlightening evening that
proves yes, accordions can rock!
($19/17 advance)
October 23, 8:30-11:30pm,
Orkestar Bez Ime at the Tapestry
Folk Center
3748 Minnehaha Ave S.,
Minneapolis, MN
August 28, St.
Paul's Farmers Market, 8:00-10:00
am
Mila
Vocal Ensemble welcomes
their accordion accompanist,
Dee Langley, for a morning filled
with song.
August 8, Loring
Park Art Fair, Just Du-et,
2-4pm
Loring Park, Oak Grove
Street and Hennepin Avenue August
7th and 8th, Saturday, 10-6,
Sunday 10-5.
July 28, Just Du-et in
the Northup Noontime Concert
Series
July 21-25 Just Du-et at
the Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International
in Milwaukee
July 11-14 Just Du-et at
American
Accordionists Association
in Boston, Massachusetts
July 9 & 10 Orkestar
Bez Ime at Door
County Folk Festival
Sister Bay & Ephraim, Wisconsin
June 2, Wednesday, 8-11pm,
Boom,
401 East Hennepin Avenue - Minneapolis
Unbelievable! Dee & Greg
are joined by Dixie and her
little darlin' Luke (from "Dixie
Cups & the Little Darlins')
for an unforgettable evening
of rock, country and accordion
music! You've never heard anything
like "Just Du-et with Dix"!
May 2, Festival
of Nations, St. Paul, Minnesota
Enjoy a rare look at the mysterious
world of Bulgarian music as
Dee Langley, Katrina Mundinger
anf Tim Wahl (members of Orkestar
Bez Ime & Ethnic
Dance Theatre)are joined
by Nikolay Gueorguiev. Check
the entertainment schedule at
http://www.festivalofnations.com/
for times.
May 6-9, Ethnic
Dance Theatre Spring Series,
The EDT Folk Orchestra
30th Anniversary Retrospective
- witness the journey
Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday,
3 p.m.
Concordia University, E.M. Pearson
Theatre, 312 N. Hamline Ave.,
St. Paul
Three decades of cultural devotion
and sheer dramatic chutzpah!
This landmark journey through
the years celebrates universal
truths of courtship and love,
work and home. Greatest hits
include a Costa Rican polka,
Egyptian belly dancing, Croatian
tribal rituals, and exotic works
from Moldova, India, China,
Bulgaria, Appalachia and Pakistan.
April 29 & 30, Festival
of Nations, St. Paul, Minnesota
Dee Langley and Katrina Mundinger
(members of Orkestar
Bez Ime & Ethnic
Dance Theatre) represent
the beautiful and a bit wild
music of Albania. Check the
entertainment schedule at http://www.festivalofnations.com/
for times.
April 25, Sunday, Superior
Wisconsin (right across the
bridge from Duluth, MN)
World's of Accordions Museum
Celebrates Grand ReOpening!
The Minnesota Accordion Orchestra
continues the celebration on
the special "Celebration
Concert" with honored guest
Dr.
Carmelo Pino, "Newfoundland
Irish:" Sue Spencer, Jim Ofsthun,
and Llake McCorison Accordion
Concertina Music: Carolyn Carver
and Helmi Harrington
Tickets: $15.00
April
24, Saturday, Superior Wisconsin
(right across the bridge from
Duluth, MN)
World's of Accordions Museum
Celebrates Grand ReOpening!
Join Dee and Greg and the
Minnesota Accordion Orchestra
during their performances
at this two day celebration!
April 7, Wednesday, 8-11pm
Boom,
401 East Hennepin Avenue - Minneapolis
Dee & Greg are joined by
Dixie and her little darlin'
Luke (from "Dixie Cups
& the Little Darlins') for
an unforgettable evening of
rock, country and accordion
music! You've never heard anything
like "Just Du-et with Dix"!
March 27, Ethnic Dance
Theatre Dance Party
Sokol Hall, 383 Michigan
St. Saint Paul, Minnesota
Orkestar Bez Ime morphs into
The EDT Folk Orchestra for an
evening of music from around
the world. Dances are simple
and teachers available for no
charge. No partners are required,
come alone or with your friends.
March 6 & 7 American
Accordion Musicological Society,
Philadelphia, PA
Festivities include 3 major
concerts, a banquet, 60 competitive
and non-competitive events,
12 workshops, displays, vendors
and an on-going accordion repair
service. For more information
visit their website: http://www.aamsaccordionfestival.com
February 29, Minnesota
Accordion Orchestra Benefit
Concert, 3pm
Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran
Church
27th & Johnson Street NE,
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Accordion Orchestra invites
you to join us for a special
Leap Day Celebration. Spend
your “extra” day with a group
of virtuoso accordionists as
we play everything from Copland
to music of the Balkans.
February 14, Orkestar Bez
Ime at Snopa
18th Annual SNOPA!
International Folkdance Weekend
"Little Shope of Horos" February
13-14-15, 2004 FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
SUNDAY At Totino Grace Renewal
Center.
January 22, All District
World Music Festival
with Orkestar Bez Ime, Roseville
Area Schools
Orkestar Bez Ime joins in for
an all schools concert focusing
on World Music.
January 18, *private party*
Dee's Weird Music Night &
Potluck
with Orkestar Bez Ime &
the Minnesota Accordion Orchestra
A unique cross pollination of
two professional groups and
a lucky group of accordion students
that have been studying Balkan
rhythms. The purpose of the
get together is to not only
expose students to professionals
performing Balkan related music,
but also to have a heck of a
good time!
December 18-21, Ethnic
Dance Theatre NUTCRACKER
Concordia College, E.M. Pearson
Theatre 312 N. Hamline Ave,
St. Paul, Minnesota
The classic tale as only Ethnic
Dance Theatre can tell it!
No ballet here, folks! EDT beings
E.T.A Hoffman's original folk
tale to like with dances and
music from all over the world,
interwoven with Tschailovsky's
famous score. editor's note:
The classical Tschaikovsky score
has been orchestrated for two
violins, clarinet and free bass
accordion....astounding. The
EDT Folk Orchestra joins in
for the dances!
Klara is delighted with Drosselmeier's
gifts of dancing dolls-Ukrainian
tin soldiers, Appalachian cloggers,
music box Austrian darlings
and a Hungarian nutcracker.
In a winter's dream, she travels
to the Land of the Sweets where
dancers swirl Chinese ribbons,
twirl Egyptian canes and caper
in Mexican Masks. Magical daces
and music from Bulgaria, Germany,
Russia and Sweden.
November 2, 2pm, Superior,
Wisconsin, World's of Accordions
Museum Concert Hall
If you missed the Bedford Street
House Concert here's your chance
to hear Just Du-et again in
a concert setting. Dee
& Greg's concert repertoire
will include classical works
that the duo can not perform
in their usual "Deli"
surroundings.
October 26, Sunday, 3:00
PM, St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
Benedicta Arts Center Petters
Auditorium, St. Joeseph Minnesota
The St.
Cloud Symphony Orchestra
features Dee Langley as a soloist
in Argento's Valentino Dances
October 4th, Kovbasa
Festival, Easter
European Oktoberfest Sausage
Festival,
Kramarczuk's
Deli, 215 E. Hennepin Ave
in Minneapolis
Orkestar Bez Ime takes the stage
for European Dancing. Enjoy
the last hurrah of outdoor entertainment
and treat yourself to one of
the many varieties of kovbasa
(sausages) Kramarczuk's have
prepared especially for this
event!
September 5, Friday, 7:15
- 8:00 Rheinfest on the Mississippi
Gala Event
US Trust Center 180 East
5th Street, Saint Paul.Just
Du-et willl be performing
in the "Rathskeller". Ach Du
Liebe! Join them! Ja!
September 7, Sunday,
2:00-3:30 PM, Hotel Soffitel
in Bloomington
"Concours d' Elegance
Rheinfest continues with Just
Du-et and a wine tasting sponsored
by Mercedes-Benz.
August 22 & 24, Bedford
Street House Concert Series,
Minneapolis
Just Du-et on Bedford
Street, Summer Camp
Steve Pauling and Tom Skogstrom
are hosts to the Bedford Street
House Concerts which in several
seasons have offered access
to an assortment of professional
performers in a front-row-center
setting. Please email bedfordconcerts@aol.com
for seating availability, to
make a reservation request and
receive payment information
and directions to the concert
location in the Twin Cities.
July 27, 6:00-9:00 PM,
Plum's (Snelling at Randolph)
in St Paul
Tim Gadban's Monthly Artist
Showcase
July's Edition - The Accordion
Zone - No Cover
Six Accordion Acts - on
the half hour.... good food...
good fun. Bring a friend!
- Tim Gadban (guitar)
& Tom Sullivan Bluey/Booley
Duet
- Tom "Covered in Romance"
Sullivan
- Dan "Daddy Squeeze"
Newton
- Patrick "Heart Throb"
Harison
-
Just Du-et - Dee "Queen
of the Accordion" Langley
and
Greg "Not Postal Yet"
Dagoumas
- and last but not least
the Soulful East Euro
Sounds of Orkestar Bez
Ime
July 11, 5 PM, Marshall
Field's Day of Music
Peavey Plaza North Stage
in front of Orchestra Hall
The Minnesota Accordion Orchestra
with Dee Langley and Greg
Dagoumas takes their place
among the Summer fun for Marshall
Field's Day of Music at Orchestra
Hall! Remember...if one accordion
is good, nine are exquisite!
July 10, Philadelphia,
PA, American
Accordionists Association's
Annual Festival
Just Du-et represents the
State of Minnesota during
a performance at the AAA annual
luncheon.
June 26-29, Chicago, Illinois,
Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International's
Annual Festival
Trio Bez Ime (Colleen
Bertsch, Katrina Mundinger
and Dee Langley) present Classical
and folk music from around
the world at the ATG in Chicago.
*Premiere*
June 12, 13, 14, 15,
& 19, 20, 21, 22, Southern
Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Flying
Foot Forum and the Enchanted
Pudding Pot. (Yup, Squeezer
Dee's in "the pit"
again!)
Foot-stomping music and dance
drives the Flying Foot Forum’s
latest dance spectacle, a
wild and crazy romp through
the Czech folktale, “Boil
Little Saucepan.” In this
musical fable of a pudding
pot gone mad — a comic and
timely story of greed, rampant
consumerism, and hunger for
power — the Flying Foot Forum
unleashes its trademark percussive
dance and drumming. Inspired
by tap dance, Romanian and
Hungarian slap dancing, Taiko
drumming, German drinking
songs, and Appalachian hambone,
this is a show the whole family
will love. Venture into this
wonderland of colorful costumes
and zany characters, and witness
a fairy-tale, space-age, retro-industrial
battle between the forces
of “good and evil” unlike
anything you’ve ever seen!
June 1, 6 PM, Cedar Cultural
Center
413 Cedar Avenue South Minneapolis
West Bank School of Music
Faculty CD Release Party
Trio Bez Ime is first in the
line-up for this fundraising
concert. The CD is an eclectic
compilation of music performed
by West Bank School Faculty
and Friends, and features some
of the Twin Cities' finest artists.
It includes jazz, folk rock,
experimental, traditional, and
children's selections.
May 18, Northrup King Building,
NE Minneapolis
Art-a-Whirl
with Mila Vocal Ensemble
from Ethnic
Dance Theatre
May 17, California Building,
NE Minneapolis
Art-a-Whirl
with Trio Bez Ime and The
Minnesota Accordion Orchestra
May 1-4, Festival
of Nations, RiverCentre,
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Festival of Nations is a
"must attend" event
for everyone! Costumes, music,
dance, cultural exhibits, an
International Bazaar and fantastic
food from around the world!
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Thursday
& Friday, May 1
& 2,
Albanian Music
(Katrina Mundinger,
clarinet & Dee Langley,
accordion)
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Saturday,
May 3
International Dance
Music
Orkestar Bez Ime
is the House Band all
day in the Roy Wilkins
Auditorium
(Gordy Abel, Bass;
Colleen Bertsch, violin;
Dee Langley, accordion;
Katrina Mundinger, clarinet;
Tim Wahl, brac, guitar,
kaval, tambura)
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Sunday,
May 4
Traki,
Bulgarian group
(Nikolay Gueorguiev,
gadulka; Nikolai Nikolov,
gaida; Tim Wahl, tambura;
Dee Langley, accordion;
special guests Mila
Vocal Ensemble from
Ethnic
Dance Theatre)
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March 7-9, Philadelphia,
PA 16th
Annual A.A.M.S Accordion Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March
7th, 8th, & 9th, 2003
Holiday Inn, 260 Mall Boulevard,
King of Prussia, PA
Competitions, Concerts and
Workshops! 2003 Guest of Honor
CARMELO PINO (MD)
Don't miss the Parade of Accordion
Artists including:
December 28th, 7:30-9:30
PM, RiverCentre in St. Paul,
Minnesota
Ring in the New Year with
Just Du-et at the annual New
Year Celebration "Bremer Capital
Holiday" at RiverCentre....and
yes, the State of Minnesota
is celebrating New Years early
on the 28th of December!
The annual event began in
1996 as "A Capital New Year"
and has attracted as many
as 30,000 people downtown
on New Year's Eve with fireworks,
performers, musicians and
other entertainment at various
venues.
December 12-15, Thursday-Sunday
at 8 PM This
production will be presented
again June of 2003!
The Flying Foot Forum's Holiday
Cabaret Percussive Dance & Music
Theater
Southern Theatre, 1420 Washington
Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55454
Breathe new life into your
holidays with The
Flying Foot Forum’s imaginative,
hard-stomping percussive dance
and music, in an evening filled
with holiday vignettes, guest
performers and Swedish glogg.
Enjoy the old-world charm
of cabaret seating, with tables
on stage close enough to the
performers to feel the percussive
rhythms in your own feet.
In a wild, new work-in-progress,
Flying Foot Forum offers its
own theatrical interpretation
of a Czech folk tale, “Boil
Little Saucepan,” drawing
heavily from Slavic music
and dance. Please join us
for this unique holiday entertainment
with lots of stories and unusual
characters, delivered in the
Flying Foot Forum’s colorful,
charming and uplifting style.
December 6 & 8, Just
Du-et Holiday House Concerts
, 7 PM each evening
Just-Du-et Holiday Style
on Bedford Street
An intimate evening with
Dee Langley and Greg Dagoumas
with and without their accordions.
November 10-21
Just Du-et just does Europe!
Destinations include "accordion
mecca" Castelfidardo, Italy
and Athens, Greece. Look for
a travelogue of their adventures
on Just
Du-et's web site.
November 8 & 9, NE Accordion
Festival
Kramarczuk s Deli, 215 E
Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis,
MN
Just Du-et joins other area
accordionists for a weekend
of fun, kielbasa and accordion
music at Kramarczuk's Deli
for the NE Accordion Festival!
Dee & Greg will take the stage
Friday, November 8th at 7:30
PM. And what's this we see?
More accordions? That's right,
they will be joined by more
accordionists to form the
Minneapolis Accordion Orchestra!
Rock down the house! A full
schedule of events can be
found on the Minnesota Accordion
Club web site. Don't miss
this accordion extravaganza!
November 9 brings Squeezer
Dee out with The
EDT Folk Orchestra for
performance at 8:15 PM.
A full schedule of events
can be found on the Minnesota
Accordion Club web site.
Don't miss this accordion
extravaganza!
September 27, 28, & 29,
Friday and Saturday performances
at 8:00, Sunday performance
at 2:00 PM
O'Shaughnessy Theater
at the College of St. Catherine,
2004 Randolph Avenue, Saint
Paul
The Margolis Brown Theater
Company is gearing up for
its world premiere of SLEEPWALKERS.
Watch closely and you'll find
Dee Langley and her accordion
right in the middle of a scene.
September 15, Sunday, Valley
Grove, Minnesota
Join Just
Du-et for an afternoon
of fresh air, beautiful scenery
and great accordion fun in this
historical setting!
The Second Annual
Valley Grove Country Social
featuring a Quilt Show and
Sale, Prairie Walks, Music,
Refreshments and Horsedrawn
Wagon Rides...........and
a traditional Jell-O Contest!
Valley Grove Church Nerstrand,
Minnesota
September 8, Sunday, 2-3
PM
Ethnic Dance Theatre at Rheinfest,
Harriet Island in St. Paul
Harriet Island Regional Park
St Paul, MN 55101 (651) 223-4700
Fax: (651) 223-4707 tfetsch@winter-carnival.com
Ethnic
Dance Theatre presents,
Refelctions down the Rhine
River at Rheinfest.Please
see notation above for more
information on the event.
September 7, Saturday,
6:30-7:30 PM
Minneapolis Accordion
Orchesra at Rheinfest, Harriet
Island in St. Paul
Harriet Island Regional Park
St Paul, MN 55101 (651) 223-4700
Fax: (651) 223-4707 tfetsch@winter-carnival.com
Experience the Rhine River
in Germany without leaving
Minnesota! This event features
music, arts and crafts and
good food! Rheinfest is open
Saturday, September 7,
2002, from 11:00 AM to 7:00
PM. Sunday, September 8, 2002,
from noon - 5 PM. The Minneapolis
Accordion Orchestra with Dee
Langley & Greg Dagoumas
as Just Du-et will be featured
in the Rhine River Tent for
one hour only. Come and sing
along!
September 6, Friday,
6 PM, Orchestra Hall in downtown
Minneapolis
LATIN RENAISSANCE CELEBRATION
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Two
local Twin Cities non-profit
organizations will host
Latin Renaissance, a
variety musical showcase
by Latin composers and
renowned Twin Cities'
performers which includes
Dee Langley on accordion..
This first-of-its-kind
event will kick off
National Hispanic Heritage
Month by spotlighting
the diversity and breadth
of musical talent in
the Twin Cities Latin
communities and raising
money to benefit Casa
de Esperanza and the
Minnesota Orchestra.
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Giancarlo Guerrero, Associate
Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra,
will host the Latin Renaissance
concert. This unique musical
program - put together and directed
by Roma Calatayud Stocks, composer
and producer - will feature
the music of classic and local
Latin composers, in popular
Latin musical genres since the
late 19th century (waltz, tango,
bolero, flamenco, salsa, samba,
Latin Jazz, and more), performed
by local artists.
July 23, 7:30 PM
Prospect Park Summer Concert
Series, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Just Du-et is the flavor
du jour for this fun evening.
Dee & Greg will be performing
music for your listening and
dancing pleasure. Place: Pratt
School (Malcolm & Orlin Avenues,
at the base of the Witches'
Hat water tower)
July 14, 2 PM, Heights
Theater, sponsored by the American
Accordionists' Association
40th and Central Avenue,
Minneapolis
"Skeets" Langley
will host the concert for
accordion and orchestra with
the Minneapolis Philharmonic
conducted by Shelley Hanson.
Dee Langley, Mark Stillman,
Carmelo Pine, The "K"
Trio and Peter Soave will
be the soloists. The AAA will
be premiering two new works
for accordion at this concert!
The event is open to the public
and tickets can be purchased
at the AAA registration booth
or call 612-781-8192.
Tickets are $12, $10 children
and seniors.
July 13, 7 PM, Saturday,
American Accordionists' Association
annual Festival (July 10 - 14,
2002)
The Ethnic Dance Theatre
presents works from Tadjikistan,
Albania, Bulgaria and Ossetia
as after dinner entertainment
for the American Accordionists'
Association's annual banquet.
The public is invited to join
them for dinner, banquet tickets
may be purchased in advance
at the AAA registration booth
prior to July 12, 2002. Call
the Hotel for the number of
the AAA registration booth.
July 12, 8 PM, Friday ,
American Accordionists' Association
annual Festival (July 10 - 14,
2002)
Holiday Inn Ballroom at Hwy
394 & Hwy 169
The American Accordionists'
Association will present a
Gala Concert featuring a fabulous
array of accordion artists
including Dee Langley &
Greg Dagoumas as Just Du-et.
For more information on ticket
prices and the entire extended
weekend of concerts, competitions,
workshops and other spectacular
accordion events visit their
website. http://www.ameraccord.com
June 28, 6:30-8:30 AM
KFAI Radio
That's right, 6:30 AM, in
the morning, when all musicians
should really be sleeping!
Just Du-et joins Fubar Omniverse
host, Blanche Fubar, for a
couple of hours of early morning
live accordion music and jokes
to help end the month long
celebration of June as Accordion
Awareness Month. Listeners
will be very aware of these
two accordionists!
June 14, Friday 8 PM &
June 16, 3 PM
Just Du-et on Bedford Street
You've laughed and clapped for
them in the fun and clatter of
"Accordion Saturday Night" at
Kramarczuk's Deli in Minneapolis.
Now you have a chance to hear
the popular "Just Du-et!" performers
Dee Langley and Greg Dagoumas
in a quietly intimate house-concert
environment. Dress up just a little,
shake off your day and share an
enjoyable couple of hours in the
living room listening to a diverse
and unusual mix of accordion music
with an intermission of beverages
and light sweets.
Steve Pauling and Tom Skogstrom
are hosts to the Bedford Street
House Concerts which in several
seasons have offered access to
an assortment of professional
performers in a front-row-center
setting.
Please email bedfordconcerts@aol.com
for seating availability, to make
a reservation request and receive
payment information and directions
to the concert location in the
Twin Cities.
May 30-June 2
MOUNTAIN ECHOES
28th Annual Spring
Concert Series by Ethnic
Dance Theatre
Concordia University E.M. Pearson
Theater
312 S. Hamline, St. Paul, MN
What do mountain cultures
around the world have in common?
Find out at EDT's new show
as the full company of 35
talented dancers, singers,
and musicians present traditional
music, dance, and costumes
from the Himalayas, Andes,
Pamir, Carpathians, Dinaric,
Balkan, Julian Alps, Caucasus,
Telemark, and Pyrenees.
May 19, 2 PM, Philomusica
of Minnesota Concert Series,
Folk Dance Connections
Theatre
de la Jeune Lune,105 North
First Street Minneapolis, MN
map and directions
A very special event free
and open to the public. Join
Philomusica in welcoming accordion
soloist Dee Langley along
with the Romamian Dance Ensemble,
Izvorasul directed by John
Omorean. Philomusica of Minnesota
is a chamber orchestra - with
a difference. Philomusica
is one of the few self-directed
(conductorless) orchestras
in the world. It is also one
of the very few successful
cooperatively managed professional
orchestras in the United States.
March 10-30, Ethnic Dance
Theatre's Early Spring Tour,
"Reflections on the Danube"
Concert Tour Five shows in five
different cities Cruise along
an ancient river highway from
the Black Forest to the Black
Sea with works from Germany,
Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
March 15 - Little Falls,
MN Concert ~ 7:30 p.m "Ethnic
Heritage" school performances,
1:00 & 2:00 p.m. Little Falls
High School, Charles Martin
Auditorium, 1001 SE 5th Ave.,
Little Falls, MN Tickets: $12/adults,
$10/senior, student Information:
Great River Arts Association,
320-632-0960
March 17 - Hastings,
MN Concert ~ 3:00 pm Hastings
Middle School Auditorium, 11st
Street & Pine Street, Hastings,
MN Tickets & Information: 651-437-3843
March 21 - Marshfield,
WI Concert ~ 8:00 pm Master
Dance Class ~ TBA University
of Wisconsin - Marshfield, Helen
Connor Laird Fine Arts Building
For tickets and information,
go to www.marshfield.uwc.edu/arts
or call 715-389-6534
March 22 - Wisconsin
Rapids, WI Concert ~ 7:30 Performing
Arts Center of Wisconsin Rapids
Lincoln High School, 1801 16th
Street South, Wisconsin Rapids,
WI Ethnic Festival "Dance Around
the World" Performance ~ TBA
Wisconsin Rapids, WI For tickets
and information, call 715-421-4552
March 28 - Hopkins,
MN Concert ~ 7:30 Mainstage
Theater, Hopkins Center for
the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins,
MN For tickets and information,
call 952-979-1111
March 1, 2, & 3, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania
All events will be held at
the Holiday Inn – 260 Mall Blvd,
King of Prussia, Pa. .
The American
Accordion Musicological Society
will present its 15th annual
Accordion Festival and symposium
March 1-3, 2002.
ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE:
three major concerts, competitions,
including the selection of
a millennium festival champion,
workshops, musicales, demonstrations,
accordion repairs, displays,
accordion related paraphernalia,
accordion flea market (New
and used instruments) etc.
This year's events and Banquet
will be in Honor of Mr. Charles
Nunzio-accordion pioneer,
teacher, composer, and performer.
GUEST ARTISTS:
Vitaliy Pirog – Ukraine, Carmen
Carrozza – NY, Joe Cerrito-MS,
Dee Langley-MN
January 13, 2002, 4:00
PM
First Lutheran Church Concert
Series
1555 40th Ave NE, Columbia Heights,
MN
The EDT Folk Orchestra and
Mila Vocal Ensemble represent
Ethnic Dance Theatre with
beautifully costumed singers
and talented musicians in
a 90-minute musical field
trip around the world. The
concert will feature a new
suite of traditional music
from Afghanistan (prepared
especially for this show,
as well as music from Albania,
Saudia Arabia, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Armenia, Pakistan,
Finland, Bulgaria, Ukraine,
plus traditional American
music from Appalachia. Ever-changing
rhythms and sounds, mysterious
melodies, and exotic vocal
acrobatics will delight music
lovers of all ages.
December 31, 5-7 PM
Once again Squeezer Dee
Langley serenades the happy
people at Capitol New Year in
St. Paul's River Centre.
November 30, Saturday,
7 PM
Tapestry
Folkdance Center
Holiday Family Dance Party
Kickoff the holiday season
with EDT and Tapestry Folkdance
Center at our family dance
party. EDT's Artistic Director
Donald LaCourse is your host
for this fun-filled evening
as he demonstrates and teaches
simple folk dances (no partner,
nor experience necessary).
Plenty of dancing for beginners
and experienced dancers alike
with international favorites
throughout the evening, plus
old favorites like the waltz,
polka, and schottische.
The EDT Folk Orchestra under
the direction of Dee Langley,
will provide live music for
the evening, plus the EDT
Dancers and Mila Vocal Ensemble
will perform. Come hungry,
ethnic treats will be available
in the hospitality room. Click
here for directions and
parking information
November 17, Saturday,
3 p.m. "Fabled Silk Road" Concert
Ethnic
Dance Theatre will present
a special encore performance
at the Minnesota History Center.
St. Paul, MN
In a high-spirited blitz
of costumed dancers, musicians
and singers, Ethnic
Dance Theatre follows
the fabled Silk Road from
China to the Empires of the
West. Featuring internationally
renowned Tibetan choreographer
and vocalist Sherap Wangmo,
this virtual, visual tour
celebrates the dance and music
traditions of Armenia, Georgia
and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and
Tibet, Pakistan and Tajikistan
in a spectacle of color and
energy. Orchestra Director;
Dee Langley
November 9 & 10, Friday
and Saturday, NE Accordion Festival
Kramarczuk's East European Deli,
215 Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis
Friday, November 9, 2001
*5 PM Workshop by Dee Langley
& Greg Dagoumas
The "ins and outs" of
playing with your partner.
That’s right, hints on how
to play accordion duets from
“Just Du-et”.
*7:00 PM Dee Langley & Greg
Dagoumas, “Just Du-et”
*7:30 PM Squeezers Accordion
Orchestra
Saturday, November 10,
2001
*6:30 PM The EDT Folk Orchestra
*7:00 PM Mpls Accordion Orchestra
*7:30 PM Squeezers Accordion
Orch.
Join Squeezer Dee and the
Minnesota Accordion Club for
two days of display, concerts
and workshops.
TRIPLE TREAT: Friday, October
26 ~ 8:00 pm
Cedar
Cultural Center 416 Cedar
Avenue South, Minneapolis
- Fabulous Dance Show,
"Eight Minnesotans and a
Bulgarian"
- EDT Folk Orchestra Concert
- CD Release Dance Party!
"Dahlings! You simply must go
see Olenka, Ukraine's answer
to all the Gabor sisters rolled
up in one borscht-fed package!
She's the mistress of ceremonies
during this high-spirited "goulash
to glamour" salute to the dance
and music of Albania, Macedonia,
and Romania (with a little gypsy
and Cajun flavor thrown in,
plus some Bulgarian scatting).
As always, EDT's performers
are on top of their game, and
the costumes, clearly authentic,
are dazzling. . . ." (Palmer--City
Pages) This eclectic evening
features an encore performance
of Ethnic Dance Theatreís comic
Minnesota Fringe Festival show
"Eight Minnesotans and a Bulgarian."
After the show, enjoy the music
of The
EDT Folk Orchestra as they
perform favorites from their
newly released self-titled CD.
Mila Vocal Ensemble will join
the orchestra with astonishing
vocal acrobatics. Then, put
on your dancing shoes for a
little international folk dancing
with simple steps demonstrated
and taught...no partner nor
experience necessary! Doors
open at 7:00, show starts at
8:00. See you there, dahlings!
October 20, Saturday, 8
pm "Fabled Silk Road" Concert
Sheldon Theatre 443 3rd Street
(at East Avenue) Red Wing, Minnesota
In a high-spirited blitz
of costumed dancers, musicians
and singers, Ethnic
Dance Theatre follows the
fabled Silk Road from China
to the Empires of the West.
Featuring internationally renowned
Tibetan choreographer and vocalist
Sherap Wangmo, this virtual,
visual tour celebrates the dance
and music traditions of Armenia,
Georgia and Saudi Arabia, Turkey
and Tibet, Pakistan and Tajikistan
in a spectacle of color and
energy. Sponsored by 89.3 WCAL.
Orchestra Director; Dee Langley
September 8, Accordion
Day 200111 AM, Castle
Accordion Weekend
Massed Band at the Castle
Accordion Weekend, All of the
events will be held at the corner
of 33rd and Lyndale @ Castle
Accordion. For more info call
612-821-8766 or e-mail Randy:
Rlmcpeck@aol.com.
12 PM, noon, Castle Accordion
Minneapolis Accordion
Orchestra at the Castle Accordion
Weekend
That's right, the Minneapolis
Accordion Orchestra will be
performing at the Castle free
of charge. Members include accordionists
Dee Langley, Greg Dagoumas,
Joanna Arnold, Becky Swanson,
Tom Sullivan, Jackie Fitzgerald,
and Patrick McPeck. Guest conductor:
Stanley Darrow
3-5 PM, Rheinfest on Harriet
Island in St. Paul, Minnesota
Enjoy the sounds from
the area around the Rhine
River in Germany, right here
in the Twin Cities. St. Paul
hosts Rheinfest on Harriet
Island. All events are free
and open to the public.
3 PM Ethnic Dance Theatre
with orchestra director, Dee
Langley presents "Reflections
of the Rhine" , a trip down
the Rhine in dance, music and
song.
4 PM Minneapolis Accordion
Orchestra Premiere
Enjoy the sounds of the classical
accordion orchestra that is
all the rage in Germany.
August 4-12, Ethnic Dance
Theatre at Fringe Festival
Ethnic
Dance Theatre puts tradition
to the test with "Eight Minnesotans
and a Bulgarian."
Your glamourous hostess
Olenka, (Minneapolis' own Ukrainian
Vanna White), will be your guide
on this outrageous romp through
ethnic traditions with a twist.
Don’t miss: Bulgarian scat.
A flirtatious Albanian dance.
Vintage ball-gowned vocalists.
A funky electric-bass Gypsy
duet. Hot Cajun tunes. Ethnically-flavored
Country Western songs. Fast
and fiery Bulgarian footwork.
"Ethno-pepper" is the best way
to describe this pack of highly
acclaimed dancers and musicians
who have come together from
as far away as the Louisiana
bayous to the Balkans.
July 22, IronWorld, Chisholm,
MN
The Ethnic Dance Theatre
at the IronWorld Scandinavian
Days Festival
May 20, 2:00 - 2:30 and
2:45 - 3:00, Northrup King Building
in NE Minneapolis
May 20, 4-6 PM, EDT Studios,
2337 Central Ave. (3rd floor
Latvian House)
Join members of the Ethnic
Dance Theatre Vocal
Ensemble, Siren, and Accord!
Folk Orchestra at Northeast
Minneapolis' Art-A-Whirl. The
Vocal Ensemble will perform
works from Bulgaria and Ukraine
with accordionist Dee Langley.
Costume display and Ethnic Dance
Theatre full company show at
the EDT studio only.
May 3-6 Festival
of Nations, RiverCentre
in St. Paul
Dee will be representing
Bulgaria and Poland this year.
The Festival of Nations is a
unique experience in music,
dance, shopping and food.
April 19-22, BALLAD OF
THE BALKANS,
Concordia University's E.M.
Pearson Theater 312 South Hamline
Avenue, St. Paul
New Choreographies! New
Costumes! New Songs! New Music!
Ethnic
Dance Theatre presents an
exuberant celebration of Balkan
dance, music, and culture featuring
works from Croatia, Bosnia,
Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Albania,
Bulgaria, and Greece.
April 6, 8 PM, Janet Wallace
Concert Hall
Macalester College, St.
Paul
Macalester College
and the Music and French Departments
Present 4UARTE,
a saxophone quartet from Paris.
Their music, composed by Carleton
Macy, includes Elusive
Dreams with Dee Langley,
accordion. For further information
call 651.696.6186
March 12, Landmark Center,
7:30 PM
Carole Selin presents
Time Frames: Songs on the Polish
Immigrant Experience
In 1860, Selin's family,
along with thousands of fellow
Europeans, left their homes
on Prussia's Hel Peninsula and
made their way to Milwaukee
to find a new life. In a tribute
and love song honoring the immigrant
experience, composer Selin uses
traditional folk music, newly
composed work, spoken word,
and electronics to create tableaux
rich in nostalgia and hope.
Dee Langley; accordion
March 1-4, Holiday Inn
at King of Prussia, Pennsylvannia
The American
Accordion Musicological Society
will present its 14th annual
Accordion Festival and symposium
March 2 -4, 2001. All events
will be held at the Holiday
Inn - 260 Mall Blvd, King of
Prussia, Pa.
GUEST ARTISTS Vitaliy Pirog
- Ukraine, Carmen Carrozza
- NY, Tony Dannon-MI, Joe
Cerrito-MS, Dee Langley-MN.
Also performing are: Rita
Davidson-NJ, Msg. Kloskowski
-NJ, Bobby Rae-PA, Sam Fire-Pa,
Ron Onda-MD, Lenny Feldmann-NY,
Stanley Darrow-NJ, Frank Hodnicki-NJ,
Joanna Arnold-NJ, Westmont
Philharmonia Accordion Orchestra-NJ,
Rick Kaplan-Wash DC, John
Opiela-PA, Joe Grum-PA, Fred
Kitchen-PA and more.
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE:
- Fri - March 2, 7:00 -
10:00 Concert: Cajun - Classical
- Zydeco - Polka
- Sat - March 3, 2001 8:30
AM - 10:00 PM (Banquet-
6:30 PM) (Concert 7:30PM)
- Sun- March 4, 2001 8:30
AM - 5:00 PM (Awards Concert-2:00
PM)
- The awards concert will
feature a MASSED ACCORDION
BAND conducted by Dee Langley
of Minnesota.
February 26, 7:30
PM, Landmark Center, St. Paul,
MN
The Ancia
Saxophone Quartet appears
in concert at Landmark Center
(Room 317) in Downtown St. Paul
in the Elizabeth Willet Musser
New Music Series, sponsored
in part by the American Composers
Forum and the Schubert Club.
A highlight of the evening is
St. Paul composer Carleton Macy’s
Elusive Dreams for accordion
and saxophone quartet featuring
accordionist Dee Langley. The
Quartet will also perform Peter
Blauvelt's From Another World,
Jennifer Higdon's Short Stories
both of which were composed
for the Ancia Quartet. The program
will close with David P. Jones'
funk influenced Mass Transit
which is a musical portrayal
of three modes of transportation.
Tickets are $5 general admission.
For more information, call 612-729-4759.
February 24, 7 PM, Ethnic
Dance Theatre Family
Dance Party
Mardi Gras!
FAMILY DANCE PARTY
2337 Central Avenue N.E., Minneapolis
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Let the good times roll at our
Mardi Gras dance party. We'll
dance the old favorites like
the polka, schottische, and
waltz. Learn new dances demonstrated
and taught by EDT's Artistic
Director Donald LaCourse, all
accompanied by the live music
of our fabulous folk orchestra
(Dee Langley, accordionist &
director). Come hungry--ethnic
cuisine will be in the kitchen
January 21, 3 PM, Minnesota
History Center, 345 Kellogg
Blvd. St. Paul, MN
HISTORICAL NOTES
Ethnic
Dance Theatre Folk
Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble
Concert
Dee Langley, accordionist &
Orchestra Director
An afternoon's journey around
the world in music and song,
this performance will showcase
our highly acclaimed Folk
Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble.
Mike Steele, the late "Star-Tribune"
dance critic, described the
Folk Orchestra as "superb,
often witty . . . filled with
virtuosity and an easy going
charm." Read more about the
Folk Orchestra in our Newsletter.
Several members of the Vocal
Ensemble attended workshops
in Bulgaria this summer with
master instructors and sharpened
their already astonishing
vocal techniques. Don't miss
this opportunity to hear both
ensembles in the acoustically
superb 3M Auditorium at the
Minnesota History Center.
December 31, 5-7 PM
Squeezer Dee Langley serenades
the happy people at Capitol
New Year in St. Paul's River
Centre.
November 12, 4 PM
United State premiere of "Shadows"
by compoer Peter
Blauvelt with members of
the Ancia
Quartet and accordionist,
Dee Langley at Augsburg College.
Email Dee
Langley for more information.
The concert was free and open
to the public.
November 10 & 11 ,
Northeast Accordion Festival,
Minneapolis, Minnesota My
goodness! Dee and Greg as Just
Du-et joined other local accordion
talent at Kramarczuk's East
European Deli for two days of
accordion worshop, display and
performances. The full schedule
of events can be found at the
Minnesota
Accordion Club
October 26-29
REFLECTIONS ON THE DANUBE
Southern Theatre, 1420 Washington
Ave. South, Minneapolis
Cruise along an ancient river
highway from the Black Forest
to the Black Sea as Ethnic
Dance Theatre presents dance,music
and song from Germany, Austria,
Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria,
and Romania.
September 23, 7 PM - 11
PM
Ethnic Dance Theatre hosts
a Dance House with the EDT Orchestra
(Dee Langley, accordion) and
the EDT Vocal Ensemble. Artist
Director Donald LaCourse will
be teaching fun, easy to learn
ethnic dance steps so you can
dance your heritage (or someone
else's!) to a live ethnic orchestra.
Call
Ethnic Dance Theatre 612.781.3970
for more information.
September 16, 5-5:30 PM,
Faribault, Minnesota
SKWEEZERGRABBIT hops up
on stage at the Tree Frog festival
in Faribault, Minnesota. Enjoy
Squeezer Dee Langley, Liz Bell,
and Sara Macdonald, on accordion,
violin and woodwinds outdoors
in the fresh air of Minnesota.
The Tree Frog Festival is one
of the finest commuity celebrations
in our state. We hope you can
come and enjoy a real Minnesota
experience!
July 21-24, Chicago, Illinois
Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International
Festival held their 60th Anniversary
Festival in Naperville, Illinois.
For more information visit the
ATG's
web site.
July 14-16
Washington, D.C. for theAmerican
Accordionists Association's
National Festival.
July 5-9, Montreal, Quebec
Dee Langley joined the Ancia
Saxophone Quartet at the
World
Saxophone Congress to perform
the world premiere of Shadows
(Accordion, Saxophone, Cello)
by composer Peter Blauvelt.
The Ancia Quartet and Ms. Langley
also be performed Elusive
Dreams for accordion and
saxophone quartet by Carleton
Macy.
Contact the Ancia Quartet
for more information.
June 28, 12 noon-1 PM
SKWEEZERGRABBIT returns
to the University of Minnesota
St. Paul Campus Melodious Lunch
Series.
June 23 7-9 AM
KFAI radio FM 90.3 in Minneapolis
and 106.7 in St. Paul featured
Squeezer Dee Langley and Mark
Stillman on a live broadcast
celebrating June as Accordion
Awareness Month. KFAI is part
of a world-wide cyber accordion
concert at Rootsworld.
June 23 7-9 AM
KFAI radio FM 90.3 in Minneapolis
and 106.7 in St. Paul featured
Squeezer Dee Langley and Mark
Stillman on a live broadcast
celebrating June as Accordion
Awareness Month. KFAI is part
of a world-wide cyber accordion
concert at Rootsworld.
June 16, 7 PM Ruby's Roadhouse,
Bloomer Wisconsin
(intersection of Hwy. 53 & Hwy.
40)
Dee Langley and the Northwoods
Classical Players (members of
the Chicago Symphony) in a concert
sponsored by the Bloomer Chamber
of Commerce.
June 15th, 6 AM, KFAI Radio
The Fubar Omniverse celebrates
June as "Accordion Awareness
Month" with Squeezer Dee live
in the studio with Blanche Fubar.
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