Square Dance at Raleigh City Museum featuring Southern String Band

Square Dance Featuring Southern String Band
Saturday, December 5, 7-10 p.m.
Raleigh City Museum, 220 Fayetteville St
Tickets on sale now-call 919-832-3775
$8 PineCone members & City Museum members; $10 general public

Southern String Band will play a night of square dance music, with band member Ron Raxter calling the dances for the night at the Raleigh City Museum. The evening will feature simple square and round dances (not Western or contra). (Also note: please NO tap shoes!)

New and inexperienced dancers are welcome, and no partners are necessary. Refreshments will be available throughout the evening. If the dance goes well, it could become a regular event at the Museum!

Raxter was one of PineCone's founders, and PineCone began by sponsoring dances in and around Wake County. Now, in our 25th Anniversary year, we are thrilled to be part of another fledgling dance event right in Raleigh!

Southern String Band has performed at a variety of events at the City Museum, including First Night concerts and Museum fundraisers. After many discussions about the possibility of collaborating to offer a traditional dance night, the organizers decided to try offering a dance at the City Museum itself.

We hope you will make plans to head downtown for a night of dancing and camaraderie at the Raleigh City Museum and Southern String Band Square Dance!

About Southern String Band
The Southern String Band is a group of nine friends in Raleigh, North Carolina, who play old time string band music for fun in whatever combination shows up for the weekly session, usually on Thursday nights. The group also does an occasional public event, playing background music at informal receptions, picnics, and so forth. They play mostly traditional tunes and songs from the upper south collected from older musicians, old recordings, and their many old time music friends across the state.

Band members are: Kurt Eichenberger (mandolin, fiddle, tenor banjo); Becky McElroy (banjo); Anne Miller (fiddle); Vicky Montague (fiddle); Charley Nelson (tenor guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin, bass); Bob Peter (guitar); Ron Raxter (bass); Wade Smith (fiddle); and Mike Southern (fiddle).

Their session is not an open jam, but once in a while they do welcome visitors, so if you're in the area and would like to join them sometime, or if you want more information, you can e-mail the band.

You can also visit the Southern String Band website to learn more about them and see what other performances they have coming up.

The Raleigh City Museum opened its first exhibit in 1993, becoming a reality based on the dream of Raleigh historian Beth Crabtree and, after Beth's death, the vision and perseverance of Mary Cates. It was in 1990 that Mary Cates began bringing together a group of advocates for a Raleigh City Museum.

The Raleigh City Museum is the only home for artifacts of the city and its people. It is an educational center that uses exhibits, lectures and programs to help residents and visitors learn about the diverse aspects of the city's people, places and events, as well as its rich heritage.