This e-mail just morphed into the = following form,=20 starting with a brief update for this weekend, and ending with kinda the = usual=20 monthly missive, with a different appearance.  So, here's the = low-down,=20 primarily organized chronologically, starting with TODAY!
 
The Las Vegas Celtic Society is = sponsoring=20 the

2005 Las Vegas Celtic Gathering & Highland=20 Games
          Satu= rday=20 4/16/05 - Sunday 4/17/05

AT:  Floyd Lamb State Park (Tule=20 Springs)

Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 = PM
Tickets:=20 Available at the Gate

General Admission
$10.00
Seniors & Military
$8.00
Kids under 12
Free
Visit their website at www.lasvegasceltic.  The = weekend will=20 include competitions in highland dance, drums and piping, athletics = (throwing=20 hammers, trees, stones, etc....) at the park.  There's also = entertainment=20 provided by the WICKED TINKERS - ("Raging bagpipes, drums, didgeridoos = and pure=20 fun!") - apparently at Floyd Lamb. 
 
Then, Saturday night, there is a = CEILIDH at Fremont=20 Street:

"Everyone is welcome to attend our = Las Vegas=20 Style Ceilidh! Join us at the Fremont Street Experience, downtown in the = heart=20 of Las Vegas, for an evening of music, merriment & mirth. Hours are = 7:00 PM=20 to midnight. It's free, open to the public, and we hope to see you = there!=20 "

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Saturday, April=20 16
 
KIMARIE LYNN and 'Twas Jazz Trio will perform at Borders in Henderson, 7 to 9=20 pm. FREE
    Kimarie Lynn, the very = talented=20 singing daughter of our fiddle player, Regina Trojanowski, performs with = her mom=20 on         violin and Manny Gomez, from = the=20 C&G Conspiracy, on guitar.
 
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Acoustic Routes:  acoustic guitar player, = Adrian Legg, 8 pm, 2753 South=20 Highland Drive, $20 at the door.

Since the 1990 = release of his=20 first U.S. recording Guitars and Other Cathedrals , Adrian Legg has more than = lived up to=20 the expectations stirred by an ongoing avalanche of praise from critics, = fans,=20 top guitar mags and peers alike. Joe Satriani once said, =93He's simply = the best=20 acoustic guitar player I've ever heard.  He plays like he has = hammers for=20 fingers.=94

The genius that the = Boston=20 Globe has called =93technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's = tale-weaving=20 skill=94 led him from 1993-96 to be voted Best Fingerstyle Guitarist = four years=20 straight by the readers of Guitar Player magazine. On Inheritance, his second release for = Favored Nations=20 and ninth overall, Legg blends his extraordinary virtuosity on the = acoustic with=20 a lush sonic arena that harkens back to the musical textures of his = childhood=20 life before the guitar.=20

A colorful mix of = gentle=20 contemplative ballads, snappy and percussive jams, rock-edged = electricity and=20 hints of folk music, Irish jig and traditional church music influences,=20 Inheritance marks a radical contrast from the=20 unadorned, minimal production approach of the London born guitarist's = rootsy=20 2003 label debut Guitar Bones .

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Sunday, April=20 17

Israeli Folk Dancing with Amnon = Eilat
  • Instructor:  Amnon = Eilat, a=20 certified Israeli dance instructor and choreographer
  • Information:  254-5895 =
  • Sunday evenings, from 6:00 = to 8:15=20 pm.  $5.  NO dancing April 24 and May=20 1
At Lev HaShem Messianic = Congregation, 3644 N.=20 Rancho Drive, Ste. 102. The location is on the east side of = Rancho,=20 between Cheyenne Ave. and Craig Rd., north of W. Gowan Rd.  Take = 3rd=20 driveway on right north of Gowan, and go into the = business=20 office complex.  The Messianic Congregation is on the left, in = the 4th=20 building - look for Ste.=20 102.
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East Coast Swing Dance Lessons - FREE - (all=20 Sundays) - at the First Presbyterian Church, 1515 = W.=20 Charleston - it's just west of US 95, near Martin Luther King Blvd = (see map=20 and group description at their website,  = DanceGig.com . Donations are = accepted=20 and appreciated to pay for the room and expenses (like name tags and=20 supplies).  All extra = donations are=20 given to Las=20 Vegas area = shelters for=20 battered women.  Beginners and = veteran=20 dancers are welcome and do not need a partner. Each week the patterns = are=20 different. More than 100 = students=20 attend this class every Sunday. Most (80%+) are single adults.=20 Call Mark or = Cheryl at=20 (702) 648-6616, or e-mail: mark@turnaroundtech.com=20
 
Monday, April = 18=20
 
English Country Dancing at the Jewel Box = Theatre, Clark=20 County Library, 6:30 to 8:45 pm,  Free.  1401 E. Flamingo=20 Rd.
Future Jewel Box ECD = Dances:  May 5,=20 19; June
 
Tuesday, April = 19
 
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Wednesday, April=20 20
 
International Folk Dancing with the Ethnic = Express: =20
  • Wednesday nights, 6:30 to 9 pm, at Charleston Heights Arts Center = (see=20 directions above).  $4 general, $3 members of Ethnic=20 Express.   Information:  732-4871.
 
Thursday, April=20 21

Barrier = Canyon rock art=20 discussed

The Southern Nevada Rock Art Association will = meet on=20 Thursday April 21 at the Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas = Boulevard North.=20 Start time is 7 p.m.

The Barrier Canyon style of rock art found in = Utah will be=20 discussed by National Park Ranger Jim Blazik, with lots of slides. = They=20 are considered the oldest pictographs on the Colorado Plateau, = with the=20 best examples found in Canyonlands N.P.

Admission is free; anyone interested in rock art = is=20 invited to attend. For further information call 897-7878.=20

Friday, April=20 22

Ana = Vidovic=20 - 7:00 p.m. =95 General Admission $15, $10 = Seniors/children, $7 Jazz=20 & Guitar Society
Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod =95 455-7340

3D"AnaFeaturing the world-renowned = classical=20 guitarist, Ana Vidovic. Vidovic is an=20 extraordinary talent with formidable gifts, taking her place amongst the = elite=20 guitarists of the world today. By the age of only 24 she has won an = impressive=20 number of prizes and international competitions across the world, = including=20 first prizes in the Albert Augustine International Competition in Bath, = England,=20 the Fernando Sor competition in Rome, and the Francisco Tarrega = Competition in=20 Benicasim, Spain. Vidovic has also given over one thousand public = performances=20 since first taking the stage in 1988. Her international performance = career=20 includes recitals in London, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Budapest, = Warsaw,=20 Tel Aviv, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto, Baltimore, San Francisco, Houston, = Austin,=20 Dallas and St. Louis.

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Contra:
Contra Dance workshop, with Richard = Albanese=20 from Reno, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 11 am - 1:30 = pm.  $10.  Add zing, zip, turns & twirls to your = Contra=20 style!  This workshop will feature tips, techniques, and = embellishments=20 that everyone will find useful. 
 
Old Time Barn Dance, at = the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush Street, Las=20 Vegas. Try out the zing, zip turns, and twirls before they are = forgotten,=20 at the Old Time Barn Dance!
 
Contra dance instruction at 6:30 pm, dancing = from 7 to 10=20 pm.  (First-timers are encouraged to come early for the=20 lesson!). $6; members of SNOCD:$5; students = and active=20 military: $3.  Live fiddlin' music by=20 ContraPoint. Information:  656-9513, or = return=20 e-mail.  Co-sponsored by Southern Nevada Old-Time Contra Dancers = and the=20 City of Las Vegas Department of Leisure=20 Services.

Directions:  CHAC is one block = west of=20 Arizona Charlies, and 2 blocks northwest of the intersection of W. = Charleston=20 Blvd. and Decatur Blvd. From Highway 95, take the Decatur exit, go south = on=20 Decatur for 4 stoplights, and turn right on Evergreen St.  This is = the=20 street between the Arizona Charlie's Casino and their parking lot to the = south.  Go west on Evergreen, and at the first stop sign, turn left = onto=20 Brush St.  CHAC is the 2nd building on the right.
 
Future Old-TIme Barn Dances - at=20 CHAC:
Generally, the last Saturdays of the month - = currently=20 scheduled through August 2005
    May 28, June 25, July 23, August=20 27
Future Jewel Box Contra Dances at the Clark County=20 Library:  (generally, 3rd Tuesdays)    
    (none in April) May = 17, June=20 21, July 19, August 18, September 13, October 18, and=20
    November=20 15
 
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(STILL SATURDAY APRIL=20 23)
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International Food and Folklife Festival , = Clark=20 County Government Amplitheatre, 11 am - 9=20 pm.  Free. 
 500 S. Grand = Central Pkwy. =95=20 455-8200
 More than two dozen countries are showcased with ethnic food=20 vendors, live music = and dance,=20 cooking demonstrations, handmade craft sales, a children's area, and = ending with=20 a concert by local favorite Latin Breez =    =20           at 7:30=20 p.m.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, April=20 27
 
International Folk Dancing with the Ethnic = Express: =20
  • Wednesday nights, 6:30 to 9 pm, at Charleston Heights Arts Center = (see=20 directions above).  $4 general, $3 members of Ethnic=20 Express.   Information:  732-4871. =
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Acoustic Routes, Bruce Goldish,=20 guitarist:

Rounding out = April's Acoustic=20 Routes concerts is the second visit to Las Vegas of up-and-coming=20 fingerstyle guitarist Bruce Goldish.  Bruce's Guitar Style: Flashes of new age, echoes of=20 Americana...Slack key addict, farmer chord fan...Flamenco flourishes, = classical=20 twists, hypnotic harmonics, caffeinated percussives...Plus a few other = elements.=20 Other than that, it's pretty simple.  Bruce's = Guitars:=20 Takamine classicals, 1976 Guild F212XL 12-string, Taylor 814 ce. =

$11 advance, $15 at the=20 door.

Saturday, = April=20 30

Culture Fair and = Food=20 Festival, at the Sahara West Library, 10 AM.  FREE. =20 Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with various = Asian-Pacific=20 American groups who wil share their cultures through crafts, food, and=20 entertainment.

Thursday, May = 5

Dances of Univeral Peace  -  = Meet=20 on the first Thursday of the month, and about every other = month,=20 on the first Saturdays, in Pahrump.  Las = Vegas: =20 6:45 to 9:30 PM.  NEW LOCATION: Christ Our King Community,=20 4925 S. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV (southwest corner of = Tropicana and Torrey Pines).  $10 donation or whatever you = wish. =20 Everyone, even children (of reasonable age) can enjoy the=20 dances.  Typically there is a chaperone for children if they = choose=20 not to dance.  Information:  Jeanne   (702) = 631-4160,=20 or e-mail:  zoorevue1@prodigy.com.  Cell number if you = get lost:=20 (702) = 236-9411.
 
Home page for southern Nevada Dances of Universal=20 Peace:     http://raincloudpub.com/dupsn/
Home page for North American Network for the = Dances of=20 Universal=20 Peace:
          &nb= sp;       =20 http://www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org/na/
 
Future dates for 2005:  June = 2nd, July=20 7th, Aug 4th, Sept 1st, Oct 6th, Nov = 3rd

Saturday, May = 14

Kathy=20 Mattea at the Henderson=20 Pavilion, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Kathy Mattea is one of = Country Music=92s=20 most distinctive and critically acclaimed artists, with multiple Grammy = wins,=20 Country Music Association=92s Female Vocalist of the Year and CMA Single = of the=20 Year among her list of credits. This singer-songwriter is known for her=20 heartfelt interpretation of any song she sings. Whether is=92s = "Where=92ve You=20 Been," "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses," or "Walking Away a Winner," = she=20 delivers every song as a personal gift to each listener. Tickets: = Section O:=20 $25, Section A: $20, Section B: $15, Section C: $10, Lawn: $5. For more=20 information, call 267-4849.

Saturday and = Sunday, May=20 21-22

Creole Festival Internationale, 2:00 - 10:00 = p.m. =20 Clark County Government Center = Amphitheater,=20 500 S Grand Central Pkwy.=20 455-8200. Ticket prices: Adults $ 12, Children and Seniors = $5, Both=20 Days $20

This is a = celebration of=20 Creole world music and culture, and will feature Cajun and Zydeco music = along with a variety of = food that has=20 been influenced by the various ethnic groups that comprise the "Creole" = Culture.=20 Artists will display and sell their work, staff will provide an = educational=20 children's area and crafts will be displayed. The event is co - = sponsored by=20 Australian Creole Heritage Center, StarFactree Foundation, Inc. and = produced=20 Clark County Parks and Community Services. Please check the website for more=20 information. =

 

 

 

Saturday May=20 28

Old = Time Barn=20 Dance at CHAC, with = Special=20 Guest Caller - Bev Bernbaum - from "back East" = - =20 Bev has been calling in the upstate New York - Ontario, Canada area for = the last=20 few years, including at weekend dance camps.  So, we're really glad = that=20 she'll be in Las Vegas on a weekend of our dance (for a convention), and = willing=20 to do the calling for our end-of the month Barn Dance. =20

From the Web:  Bev = Bernbaum has=20 been addicted to all things contra since she was first introduced to it = at the=20 wonderful Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Albany, NY) in the summer of 1996. = Not=20 long afterwards, she made her debut as a caller: for a group of drunken = students=20 in a college pub! Seeing that things went much better than anticipated = that=20 night, she decided to keep at at. Since then, she has been in demand as = a=20 regular caller in Toronto (where she has been president of the Toronto = Country=20 Dancers), Hamilton, Buffalo and Owen Sound; she has also made calling=20 appearances in Southington CT and Peterborough, Ontario. Bev's = philosophy is to=20 call the dances that she likes to dance herself. She's always on the = lookout for=20 interesting figures or formations to mix things up. Her clear voice, = calm manner=20 and straightforward teaching style make contradancing a pleasure for = both=20 beginning and experienced dancers. Once you've danced to her calling, = you'll=20 know why Hamilton Country Dancers is delighted that she is = returning.

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An = Evening in=20 Spain - Henderson Pavilion, 8 - 10 pm:  The Margo = Torrea=20 Dancers perform to the sounds of the Nevada Chamber Symphony = under the=20 baton of Maestro Rodolfo Fernandez, as they play beautiful Spanish = classics.=20 Tickets: Section O: $10, Section A: $7, Section B: $5, Section C: $3, = Lawn: $2.=20 For more information, call 267-4849.

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For the = musicians:

Nevada Old-Time=20 Fiddlers'  Association=20 (NOFA)
 
For more infor, contact = Mike Farrow=20 at 565-7253 or Darla Sorensen, 452-7453, or visit their website=20 at http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/, under Nevada Old Time = Fiddlers
  • 1st and 3rd Saturdays, = NOFA Fiddle=20 and Old-Time Music Workshop and Jam: workshop from 10 to 11 am,=20 and jam from 11 to 1pm, at the Multigenerational Center, 250 S. = Green=20 Valley Parkway - next to the Henderson Pavilion, SE of the = intersection=20 of Green Valley Parkway and I-215.
  • Every Thursday, at 1 = pm, Slow=20 Jam/Workshop at the Cora Coleman Senior Center, 2100 Bonniie Lane, one = mile=20 east of Nellid Blvd off of Lake Mead Blvd.
  • Every Tuesday:  = Open Acoustic=20 Jam, Valley View Rec Center, 500 Harris St., Henderson.  7 pm. =
  • 3rd Wednesdays, NOFA = Fiddle and=20 Old-Time Music Jam, Henderson Library, 280 S. Water Street, 6:30=20 pm.
The = Las Vegas=20 Guitar Society of Las Vegas is open to anyone interested in the = study=20 and performance of guitar music. All ages and music styles are = represented in=20 the society. For more information, call = 656-6475.
 
Las = Vegas=20 Mandolin Orchestra -   Mandolin, mandola, = mandocello,=20 and mandobass players of any skill level are welcomed to form a = orchestra of=20 mandolin family instruments. The goal is to resurrect for the = Southern=20 Nevada community the wonderful sounds that were so common in the United = States=20 at the turn of the 20th Century. Music will include Italian, ragtime, = Celtic,=20 old-time, marches, classical, World Music, and other genres as the=20 repertoire develops. Practice sessions will include workshop and = instructional=20 with formats to develop skill at reading music and mandolin = technique. =20 Contact Dave Carroll at (702) 262-9989 or CarrollD@ix.netcom.com=20 if you're interested."
 
Arizona=20 Dancing:
 
Saturday April 23 - Phoenix Spring Frolic = Contra=20 Dance
Note:=20 The ticket prices will = be $12.00=20 per dancer before April 17th and $14.00 per dancer after April = 17th.=20
 
The=20 First Annual "Phoenix Spring Frolic Contra Dance" featuring = International Caller=20 Kathy Anderson with music by Tucson's Privy Tippers will take place on = April 23,=20 2005 at the Kenilworth School from 7:00 =96 10:30 p.m.. This dance will = be a great=20 time to try out some festive dance wear such as decorated dance = shoes,=20 fun hats, a cool vest, a colorful feathery boa =97 you get the idea! = You can=20 also register by mail by looking for the Spring Frolic flyers at the = upcoming=20 Phoenix Contra Dance or go to this web page, ht= tp://www.members.cox.net/pfotm/contradance/SpringFrolic.pdf,=20 and then print out the form and mail to the address shown on the form.=20 Please take note that = a baby sitter=20 will be available for dancers with non-dancing children at $3.00 per=20 child.

Volunteers Needed! = If you are coming to the Spring Frolic Contra = Dance=20 please consider coming at 5:00 p.m. and assisting with some decoration = set-up=20 for the dance. We will also need people to help strike the decorations = and sound=20 equipment at the end of the dance. This is an excellent opportunity for = you to=20 meet your fellow dancers outside of the dance line and to contribute = some of=20 your time to the Phoenix Friends of Old Time Music. Your help will be = greatly=20 appreciated! E-mail phoenixcontradancer@cox.net or call Joe at (602) = 564-6620=20 with any questions you may have.
 
Check out the newly = updated PFOTM=20 website and bookmark it:  http://www.= members.cox.net/pfotm/contradance/phoenix=20
 
Friday May = 6 - SPECIAL=20 Contra Dance in Cottonwood
Sad to be missing the = regular first=20 Friday dance in Prescott??  DON'T DESPAIR!! =20 Prescott's dance will be in Cottonwood!!  Guest caller = Richard=20 Wilson (Santa Fe) and Flagstaff's Frayed Knots = will=20 present the season's finale at Cottonwood - and it will be GREAT! This=20 dance will be preceded by a potluck PICNIC dinner from 5:30 to = 6:30 outside the hall, with a pre-dance lesson from 6:30 - 7:00 and = dance=20 from 7:00 - 10:00.   Dance features live music = by Flagstaff's=20 Frayed Knots and calls by Richard Wilson.  Dance is at the = Cottonwood=20 Civic Center (also known as the Clubhouse) 805 N. Main Street in Old = Town=20 Cottonwood.  From I-17, Exit #287 to Cottonwood on Hwy 260, left on = Hwy 89A=20 to the Civic Center.  $5 per dancer. Call Deb at 928 = -774-5936 or=20 email debmike@npgcable.com to learn more.  There are carpooling = options from=20 Flagstaff; come on down.  It's beautiful in Cottonwood these=20 days. 
 
Dance schedule=20 and contacts for Arizona Dances:  don't hesitate to call ahead to confirm dates and location = if in=20 doubt... regular dates do occasionally change due to extenuating = circumstances=20
 
PRESCOTT:=20 Folk Happens!  Contra Dance - First Friday of each=20 month
Grace Sparks (Prescott) = Activity Center=20 (AKA "The Armory"), 824 E Gurley Street.  Go to www.sharlot.org/madness = or call=20 Leslie Loomis at 928-776-8699.  Dance is from 7:30 - 10:30, new = dancers are=20 encouraged to arrive at 7:30 for the teaching session.  Precott's = Folk=20 Happens! also sponsors May Madness Contrafest, this year on May 20 - 22=20 featuring George Marshall and Wild Asparagus.
 
FLAGSTAFF:  Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional Music=20 Contra Dance - First Saturday of each month
Flagstaff Friends of = Traditional Music=20 Contra Dance is in NAU's Ashurst Hall.  Pre dance lesson from 7:30 = - 8:00=20 with dancing from 8:00 - 11:00. Suggested donation of $6, $5 = for=20 members. For more info visit  www.ffotm.net or call Laura at 928-526-6757 or Deb at=20 928-774-5936
 
PHOENIX:  Phoenix Friends of Old Time Music Contra = Dance -=20 Second Saturday of each month
Phoenix dances = are held at=20 the Kenilworth School, 1210 N. 5th Ave. (near I-10 and 7th Ave.)  = The=20 pre-dance lesson is at 7:00 with the dance from 7:30 - 10:30.  $8, = $6 for=20 members.  $3 for under 18 (includes childcare).  Need more = info? =20 Call Carl at 602-268-7181, Ron or Linda at 480-893-3328, go to=20 members.cox.net/contradance  or email 
phoenixcontradancer@cox.net
 
COTTONWOOD: = AZ We Dance Contra Dance - Third Saturday of each month, = September=20 through April
Cottonwood dances are held at the Cottonwood = Civic=20 Center (also known as the Clubhouse) 805 N. Main Street in Old Town=20 Cottonwood.  From I-17, Exit #287 to Cottonwood on Hwy 260, left on = Hwy 89A=20 to the Civic Center.   Dances are preceded by a potluck dinner = from=20 5:30 to 6:30 at the hall, with a pre-dance lesson from 6:30 - 7:00 and = dance=20 from 7:00 - 10:00. $5 per dancer. Call Deb at 928 -774-5936 or = email=20 debmike@npgcable.com to = learn=20 more
 
TUCSON: Tucson Friends of Traditional Music Contra Dances- First, = Third and many Fifth=20 Saturdays!!!
First Church United = Methodist, 915=20 E 4th St (between Park and Tyndall, just west of UA campus, parking on = West=20 side) $7, $6 members, $5 students with ID.  Refresher/introductory = session=20 at 7:45, dance from 8:00 - 11:00.  To learn more=20 email   contradance@tftm.org  or check out = www.tftm.org
 
WE MAKE HISTORY: =
Sponsors historic dances and balls throughout = the year,=20 throughout the state.  Interested?  Visit  www.wemakehistory.com for=20 details and photos of = balls!!!