With eight Thursday night dances canceled so far and The Portland Triple-Decker 2020 postponed (see other blog post from today), that’s a bunch of musicians, callers, and sound technicians who are not able to perform for us. Without admission income from those canceled dances, PICD is unable to compensate those performers, but YOU can support some of them directly in these ways.
Clara Stickney of Portland, Maine offers online lessons in fiddle, piano, music theory 101, and contra dance music. Folks can get in touch with her through her website, www.claraconstancemusic.com.
Clara was scheduled to help lead The Pic’d Up Orchestra on March 12 and play in the Portland Triple-Decker on May 2.
Katie McNally of Portland, Maine offers CDs on her website, www.katiemcnally.com/shop. If you are interested in commissioning a tune for a special occasion/person or for dance choreography that someone has devised OR scheduling a Skype fiddle lesson, you can reach her at mcnallykl@gmail.com.
Katie was scheduled to play with Neil Pearlman on April 30.
Jaige Trudel and Adam Broome of Quebec offer CDs at www.maivish.com/music/albums and www.crowfootmusic.com/shop. They are also available for commissioning original tunes by emailing jaige.trudel@gmail.com.
Jaige and Adam were scheduled to play as Maivish on April 2.
Bennett Konesni of Belfast, Maine offers membership through Patreon to support his Worksongs project: www.patreon.com/worksongproject
Bennett was scheduled to play guitar with Ellen Gawler on March 19.
Glen Loper of Portland, Maine offers CDs of his band, Riptide, through that band’s website: www.riptidedanceband.com. He also offers lessons on mandolin and tenor banjo, taught by ear, with a focus on traditional fiddle music including Irish, Old Time, and New England Contra tunes. You can reach him at glenloper@gmail.com.
Glen was scheduled to play March 26 with Steampacket and to run sound on March 12, March 26, and April 23.
Anna Patton of Vermont offers a solo CD at www.annapatton.com and CDs and Downloads of her band Elixir at www.elixirmusic.com/store. She also teaches online lessons in Ear Training/Aural Skills/Music fundamentals by ear. Lessons are $40 for 40 min or $50 for an hour. Contact annameryl@gmail.com.
Anna was scheduled to play at the Portland Triple-Decker.
Neil Pearlman of Portland, Maine offers CDs and downloads of his music at www.neilpearlman.com/looklisten.
Neil was scheduled to help lead the Pic’d Up Orchestra on March 12 and to play with Katie McNally on April 30.
Dugan Murphy of Portland, Maine offers online classes in contra dance calling. He offers both an introductory class as well as classes for active callers with a little or lots of experience. Class offerings are listed at www.portlandintowncontradance.org/workshops.
Dugan was scheduled to call and mentor new callers on March 26 and April 23.
Dela Murphy of Portland, Maine builds websites for people. Learn more about this service at www.nufsed.consulting or email her at dela@delahere.com.
Dela was scheduled to call on April 30.
Alex Deis-Lauby of New York City offers CDs of classic lullabies. To order, you can email Adeislauby@gmail.com or go to www.store.cdbaby.com/cd/liladeis.
Alex was scheduled to call at the Portland Triple-Decker.
THANK YOU if you are able to financially support any of these performers. With arts events around the country canceled for the foreseeable future, many artists are experiencing dramatically reduced income.