Syracuse Contra Dance - O'Shanigans w/ Evan De Smitt

Name: Syracuse Contra Dance - O'Shanigans w/ Evan De Smitt
Start: 2025-09-20T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T22:00:00-04:00
Location: United Church of Fayetteville

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

United Church of Fayetteville | Fayetteville, NY

FAYETTEVILLE NY - Saturday night June 7th 2025, the band is the O’Shanigans Quartet from Ithaca. Calling by the fantastically fun Evan De Smitt. Dance 7:00 – 10:00. Musicians: Margaret Ball (fiddle), Philip Robinson (guitar), Michael Ludgate (mandolin, feet), Katrina Mackey (flute, fiddle). This is "The Syracuse Contra Dance". https://syracusecountrydancers.org/upcoming-dances/
The O’Shanigans contra dance band perform Celtic, American and world fiddle tunes suitable for contra dancing, general entertainment and weddings. Fiddle and dance tunes from: New England, Southern Appalachia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Finland, Sweden and the Middle East! We have our own sound gear and a publicity network to help gain attention for your event. We love to play our music for weddings and especially for contra dances!
About our caller Evan De Smitt - One of Rochester’s seasoned callers, Evan brings great timing from his experiences playing saxophone in marching bands. His lovely, clear, resonant voice carries well, and he is very attentive to the dancers.
The contra dance band O’Shanigans was originally formed by Phil Robinson to fill a fun gig for Saint Patrick’s Day in March of 2009. The members shift and change a bit, but Phil and Mike are usually at the core. Yes, you guessed the name was coined as a spin off on the word shenanigans and that first Irish gig! But we play way more than Irish! We have not lost our sense of humor even when we hit a few bumps in the road!
About the “stickers” – The “SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC: GO CONTRA DANCING” sticker is a Canaan Institute / Michael Ludgate / O’Shanigans ORIGINAL 🙂 Come to the dance: get your own free sticker.