Russet Trio at Sunday’s Owego Contradance

Russet Trio is the featured band for the contradance on Sunday, Sept. 17, held from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Countryside Community Center located at 9 Sheldon Guile Blvd. in Owego. 

With Aldo Lavaggi on fiddle, Peter Madison on guitar and Seth Travis on upright bass, the Russet Trio, from New Paltz, N.Y., lights up dancers with a broad range of original and traditional acoustic music. 

Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, they perform for contradances, music festivals, weddings, and parties throughout the Northeast and beyond. Their music has traditional Celtic and Appalachian roots played with generous swing, high energy and groove. However one describes this music, people’s feet will move and their spirits soar. 

Nancy Spero will be teaching and calling contradances to the music of Striking Strings. Contradancing, like square dancing, is done to a walking step and is easy to learn. No experience is necessary. Each dance is taught and prompted. Bring friends, family, or come by yourself. Both beginners and experienced dancers alike happily share same set. No partner required.

General admission is $7, $5 for students and seniors 55 and older, and the family maximum is $15.

For more information, call Stu Johnson at (607) 687-4034 or Dean Thelen at (607) 654-3185.

The next dance will take place on Oct. 15 with the band Wry Bred and caller Michael Kernan.