DANCERS! We have a treat in store for you on = Saturday=20 night! The Wild Mountain Tyme Band is performing Sunday at the = ArtWalk at=20 the Trails Village on Sunday, and were looking for something to do on = Saturday=20 night. We said we could give them an outlet for their desire to = play=20 music! So, you'll be dancing to this Celtic band, augmented = with some=20 of our Contrapoint band members, on Saturday night.

And, don't miss the opportunity to polish up your = slick=20 contra moves on earlier on Saturday, from 11am to 1:30 pm, in the contra = dance=20 workshop with Richard Albanese, from Reno. All this happens at the = Charleston Heights Arts Center.

Now, meet the Wild Mountain Tyme=20 Band:

The Wild Mountain Tyme Band

Performances
See the Wild Mountain Tyme Band in Las Vegas Nevada at the CHAC Old-Time Barn Dance, Apr. 23, and at=20 the* April 24, 2005 Mark Vranesh Fine Arts and Crafts Show=20 Summerlin
*modified from = The Wild Mountain Tyme Band /TABLE> The Wild Mountain Tyme Band has been playing together in one = configuration or=20 another for the past 11 years. Originally a contradance band called = "Turkeys in=20 the Straw" the band has entertained folks in the Eastern Sierra with a = variety=20 of Old Tyme American and Celtic music performed on traditional = instruments such=20 as fiddle, mandolin, guitar, flute, pennywhistle, hammered dulcimer, = bass,=20 recorder and what ever else people would drag in! The band would play contradances which are basically an old time barn = dance,=20 where circle dances, Virginia reels and squares and the traditional = contras were=20 taught by callers in just a matter of minutes. The band would tune up = while the=20 caller would teach the steps and everyone would be whooping and = hollering it up=20 until the dance would run its course or everyone would be ready to drop = with=20 exhaustion! The band started to reach toward other musical interests which = included=20 weddings, parties, and occasional jam sessions at local restaurants. In = the past=20 11 years the band has enjoyed several performances at Mammoth Lakes' own = Sierra=20 Summer Festival as well as their first indoor sit-down Christmas concert = at St.=20 Joseph's Catholic Church entitled "An Evening of Celtic and Christmas" = which was=20 held in December of 1999 and 2000. The current members of the Wild Mountain Tyme Band include Sue = Mehrhof on=20 flute, pennywhistle, banjo and vocals, "Bodie " Jack Shipley on = recorders,=20 guitar and hammered dulcimer, Bill Dick on the fiddle, and Legendary Big = Gerry=20 on rhythm guitar and occasional hammered dulcimer. Two new members = of the=20 band have added some spice to the sound of Wild Mountain Tyme: Vickie = Campbell=20 on violin and viola, and a wonderful flute and tin whistle player, = Nicolas=20 Buckmelter; round out the Wild Mountain Tyme "Wall of Sound." To hear = the whole=20 band in full performance mode is really quite memorable! SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!

Performances

See the Wild Mountain Tyme Band in Las Vegas Nevada

at the CHAC Old-Time Barn Dance, Apr. 23, and at=20 the*

April 24, 2005 Mark Vranesh Fine Arts and Crafts Show=20 Summerlin

*modified from = The Wild Mountain Tyme Band /TABLE>

The Wild Mountain Tyme Band has been playing together in one = configuration or=20 another for the past 11 years. Originally a contradance band called = "Turkeys in=20 the Straw" the band has entertained folks in the Eastern Sierra with a = variety=20 of Old Tyme American and Celtic music performed on traditional = instruments such=20 as fiddle, mandolin, guitar, flute, pennywhistle, hammered dulcimer, = bass,=20 recorder and what ever else people would drag in!

The band would play contradances which are basically an old time barn = dance,=20 where circle dances, Virginia reels and squares and the traditional = contras were=20 taught by callers in just a matter of minutes. The band would tune up = while the=20 caller would teach the steps and everyone would be whooping and = hollering it up=20 until the dance would run its course or everyone would be ready to drop = with=20 exhaustion!

The band started to reach toward other musical interests which = included=20 weddings, parties, and occasional jam sessions at local restaurants. In = the past=20 11 years the band has enjoyed several performances at Mammoth Lakes' own = Sierra=20 Summer Festival as well as their first indoor sit-down Christmas concert = at St.=20 Joseph's Catholic Church entitled "An Evening of Celtic and Christmas" = which was=20 held in December of 1999 and 2000.

The current members of the Wild Mountain Tyme Band include Sue = Mehrhof on=20 flute, pennywhistle, banjo and vocals, "Bodie " Jack Shipley on = recorders,=20 guitar and hammered dulcimer, Bill Dick on the fiddle, and Legendary Big = Gerry=20 on rhythm guitar and occasional hammered dulcimer. Two new members = of the=20 band have added some spice to the sound of Wild Mountain Tyme: Vickie = Campbell=20 on violin and viola, and a wonderful flute and tin whistle player, = Nicolas=20 Buckmelter; round out the Wild Mountain Tyme "Wall of Sound." To hear = the whole=20 band in full performance mode is really quite memorable!

SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!