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JaneJane Rothfield (fiddler, banjo player, teacher and composer) Jane has performed for many years in both the USA and Scotland and England playing Old Time and Celtic style music with her strong driving and swingy style of fiddling. As a dance fiddler, Jane has played at dances throughout the US and at numerous festivals such as Old Songs,Champlain Valley, Wheatland Traditional Music Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Dance Flurry Festival. Jane plays fiddle with her own band, Jane's Gang, JaneBob and Great Big Taters. She plays concerts with the new old time band Red Hen Stringband and with her husband (and Corachree Bassist) Scottish Traditional singer Allan Carr. Her tunes "Too Late for the Bacon" and “Red Hen” won the coveted award for Best Non-Traditional Tune at the 2006 and 2010 Clifftop Appalachian Mountain Music Festival Contest. www.janerothfield.com


AllanAllan Carr (double bass) is originally from Scotland and has deep roots in Celtic Music both as an instrumentalist (guitar and bass) and as an award winning traditional singer. Allan combines his Celtic musical sense with his 25+ years of playing Old Time music with wife Jane Rothfield, to contribute to the unique sound of Corachree: His bass playing provides the "bottom" that moves the dancers and he has been known to taking bass solo's with the band! Awesome! Allan performs with Red Hen Stringband and occasionally with Philadelphia based Raise the Roof. In addition to his dance music, Allan plays concert featuring his Scottish Traditional Songs and tunes. www.allancarrmusic.com

 

BillBill Quern (banjos, melodeon, mandolin)is a dance musician, tune-smith and dancer. His father filled the house with instruments for his 10 siblings to explore, so Bill developed into a multi-instrumentalist. Fiddle, banjo, melodeon, mandolin, and harmonica became his selection as an adult. He has a degree in Fine Arts from MA College of Art where he studied performance, sculpture and instrument making. He plays for Contra and Square dances, English Country dances, teaches Morris dancing and Scandinavian dancing, and plays for Philadelphia’s clogging group “Fiddlekicks”.

He dances with Kingsessing Morris Men (8 time winners in the Philadelphia Mummer's Parade) and plays for English Rapper and Longsword dance teams.

Other performances include; Sidmouth Folk Festival in England, Enscaded Festival in Holland, on Chinese television, the New England Folk Festival, the Butterball Dance Festival, FireAnt Festival in Austin, TX, Footfall Dance Festival in WV, and the Heritage Dance Festival in Philadelphia.

 

SarahSarah Gowan (guitar, concertina, feet) was raised in a household where art, music, dance, and performance were as much a part of daily life as breakfast. Some of her earliest memories are of the lively old-time fiddle music and spontaneous clogging sessions in the yard of her great-grandmother's house nestled in the Smokey Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. A performer at the age of six; she studied piano, cello, singing, and ballet. She fell in love with the stage when, in a local production of Oliver!, she was given a one line solo because she could sing louder than the rest of the 80 kids in the cast. In her teens, Sarah rediscovered the traditional music of her youth, leading her to international, square and contra dancing.

Sarah also performs with FiddleKicks Cloggers, plays guitar and English concertina with several dance bands, teaches traditional couple dancing, and composes the occasional tune. She lives with her two terrific teenagers, Garrett and Emma, who almost never complain about the clogging, squeezeboxes, and banjos, although the cats often do. www.sarahgowan.com

 

JoeJoe DePaolo is one of those rare drummer and percussionists who know just what to play to support the music and move the dancers to dance nirvana! He has been playing drums and percussion for a variety of top Contra Dance bands for over twenty years and also combines his passion for dancing as a caller! Throughout his career Joe has played in jazz, rock and funk bands- This eclectic musical past has influenced his current style of playing which the dancers and the bands he plays with LOVE! www.joedepaolo.com