Trio introduces the world’s folk music and dances at the OPL
The musical troupe of Peter, Paul and George is coming to Oneida Public Library at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, to introduce to old and young family members, from 3 years of age on up, some of the traditional music and community dances performed for generations by ethnic groups from around the world.
Peter Davis, Paul Rosenberg and George Wilson have teamed up to keep alive the convivial music and dance steps of traditional contra dancing, which joins groups of people in ever-revolving sequences of circles, squares and alternating pairings of the dancers. They have included in their repertory the instruments, music and dance moves of many folk traditions from around the world.
Peter Davis, who has mastered a wide range of instruments and performed with leading folk groups nationwide, will liven up the dances with the music of clarinet, banjo, guitar and pennywhistle. Paul Rosenberg is a recorder player and the caller who, as in typical American square dancing, will guide the dancers through the dance steps and maneuvers. George Wilson plays the banjo and the fiddle in the Cape Breton and French Canadian style. He is also a singer, specializing in early twentieth-century folk and country songs.
The “Dance the World Around” program includes an entertaining introduction to the trio’s traditional folk instruments as well as a history of country dancing and its variations worldwide.
The “Dance the World Around” program is free and open to the public. For more information, drop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call the library at (315) 363-3050.