Pale Cowboy

From a concert I went to in Northampton, MA at the beginning of December (Pale Cowboy and Sun Parade). Some of my favorite photos I've taken.

My life...

Now that I've recovered from being deathly ill, it's back to the practice rooms. Woooo!

 

Busking and Ballet Dancers

Wow. I want this to be my everyday life.

I don't even...

On common ground.

 Middle of September. Beautiful weather. Music. Fun. Fiddles. Late nights. Friends! Delicious food. Contra dancing.

Commonground Fair.

The Sun Parade

My friend Jefferson Lewis plays mandolin and electric guitar in a great band, The Sun Parade. I got to see them live at The Red Door in Portsmouth, NH at the end of August. They play all original songs, and have a really cool solid sound. The lead singer and Jeff have an awesome musical chemistry when they're performing, and seem really in synch.

Check them out on Facebook HERE.

We're goin' to the chapel...

Silas, Seth, my Father and I played a contra dance for a wedding earlier in the summer. It was just the most lovely thing. The wedding took place on a big farm, with the ceremony on the lawn, dinner/dancing to Big Band Jazz under a towering white tent in the middle of a field, and then a contra dance in the newly renovated barn. . . If I'm being honest it was practically my dream wedding. 


I didn't get any photos of the bridal party but everyone please just envision a beautifully cut, cream colored gown, simple pale grey/purple bridesmaid dresses, and groomsmen in classic black suits looking quite dashing all the way down to their Converse sneakers.

Cute little Flowergirls

 The Dance floor!

 Maple Cotton Candy...what more could you ask for?

 My Band Brothas!!!

 Contra dancin'

This little man was ROCKIN his suspenders/shorts/short sleeve combo. 

Please oh please hold on to your sense of style buddy!

 The Best-man lookin' fly, dancing with his date :)
  

Blurry photo, but I was especially proud of myself for successfully (I think) pairing stripes and dots.

 

We didn't have a band name (the four of us have been doing a lot of gigs and contras lately) but at this wedding the groom came up with "The Band by The Bar in The Barn". But sadly, it was a one-night-only kind of name. We're now really called "Hot to Trot". . .because we love playing for dances!

Hello Again!

  I'm back from having an absolutely fantastic time being in the summer mode of music, general festivities, sun and...not blogging. I'm about to head off to school in Boston (ahhh!) on September 2nd, but before I do there is so much from summer that I have neglected to share! 

    To get back into the swing of it, I'm taking an idea from a blog that I admire (cupcakes and cashmere) and posting 5 photos of what I've been thinking about, what's been inspiring me, essentially ANYTHING that I like right now.

 {Lake George in upstate NY, where my family has a summer house}

 {My Mum's garden has been looking superb this summer}

 {Music!}

  {I've been thinking a lot about tattoos lately}

{Sunsets, Rivers and Friends...}

It takes two.

The crazy-talented Chris Thile just released a duo album with guitar player Michael Daves. I haven't heard it yet, and hadn't heard about it until Dad made me watch this video when I got home yesterday and oh my!...I love it. They just blew me away, and I could not stop smiling while we were watching. They're playing a sold-out show on Wednesday in Portland at One Longfellow Square. (Check out the One Longfellow calendar for fabulous folk/acoustic music) 


Watch another great video of these two here. 


And a video of Chris Thile's band Punch Brothers here. Their live show earlier this fall at One Longfellow was one of the best concerts I've ever seen!

Blacklight Dance.

Yes. Our school put on a dance centered around blacklights. Everyone seemed to be having a crazy fun time, but I left early...though not before taking these pictures!

When I Grow Up...

Thank you to First Aid Kit and Abby Flanagan for the discovery of this staggering video.

Al Corey...Part 1

This past Saturday, the wonderful big band jazz Al Corey dance took place. If you've never been swing dancing, I highly recommend that you put that high on your to-do list.

Lack of male partners..

Addie really enjoys, ummm, tricky dancing, I guess you could say.

Our spiffy Peter Coleman, giving us something to dance to with the Mt. Blue Jazz Band

Just too cute

Gorgeous woman

Another of our spiffy friends

Zombie eyes!