The monthly Hokum Hoedown
square dance and old-timey music series returns at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.
6, at the Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St. in Downtown Boise's Linen
District. $7 per person. All ages, full bar (I.D. required), Pie Hole
pizza. Plenty of free, off-street parking is available at the Linen
Building.
The popular Hokum Hoedown - back in the saddle after a
two-month summer break - is a modern take on the old-time hootenanny
featuring the infectious swing of the Hokum Hi-Flyers acoustic string band.
At each Hoedown (first Friday of every month), the Hokum boys perform a
diverse assortment of traditional folk-dance and string-band tunes
while a cast of colorful callers directs the dances.
In
addition to square dancing, the Hokum Hoedown features some good
old-fashioned, swingin’, two-steppin’ western dancing. Young and old,
couples and families, tattooed hipsters and ten-gallon cowboys ... the
Hokum Hoedown is a come-as-you-are, hand-clappin’ hootenanny for all.
ABOUT HOKUM HI-FLYERS: We play Appalachian old-time mountain music, as
well as other forms of unplugged 1920s/30s American roots music (Cajun,
swing, traditional country). Our high-energy fiddle tunes will get you
on your feet and hollerin' at the rafters. We serve up Hokum and we
serve it hot!
THE HOKUM HI-FLYERS ARE:
Scott Knickerbocker: banjo, guitar, fiddle, vocals Jonah Shue: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals Travis Ward: guitar, vocals Gary Shue: guitar, mandolin Patrick Harren: harmonica Mike Waite: bass
The
Second Chance Square Dance will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, June 21, at
the Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St. in Downtown Boise’s Linen
District. $7. All ages, full bar (I.D. required), Pie Hole pizza. Plenty
of free, off-street parking is available at the Linen Building.
Modeled after the popular Hokum Hoedown and featuring many familiar
faces, the Second Chance Square Dance is a modern take on the old-time
hootenanny featuring the infectious swing of an authentic acoustic
string band. Providing music for the dance will be Idyltime (http://idyltimemusic.com/).
At each dance, a live band performs a diverse assortment of traditional
folk-dance and string-band tunes while a cast of colorful callers
directs the dances.
In addition to square dancing, the event
features some good old-fashioned, swingin’, two-steppin’ western
dancing. Young and old, couples and families, tattooed hipsters and
ten-gallon cowboys ... the Second Chance Square Dance is a
come-as-you-are, hand-clappin’ hootenanny for all.
ABOUT
IDYLTIME: Idyltime is a dynamic four-piece acoustic string band playing
original Americana music out of Boise. Idyltime was conceived in the
Summer of 2010 in Glasgow, Ore., when four musicians collided by chance.
What was intended as an afternoon jam quickly spun out of control. The
twister worked its way through Coos County, blistering fingers, emptying
whiskey bottles and leaving all in its path tuckered out from dancing
long into the brisk coastal nights. In 2011, half of the band (Beth and
Tate Mason) moved to Boise and a short hiatus ensued. Recently they've
teamed up with Boise old-time favorites Ava Honey and Dave Daley and as a
four-piece are continuing to bring the music to the Treasure Valley.