Archive for the ‘weddings’ Category
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Come visit us at the Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase!
An eco-conscious wedding showcase for New England engaged couples!
Sunday, February, 14, 2010
12:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Hyatt Harborside Boston
101 Harborside Drive,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02128
Tel: +1 617 568 1234
Come to the Hyatt and spend the day -and night- with your honey. The Hyatt is offering a limited number of [...]
Boston’s First Green Wedding Showcase!
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase
Join us at the Hyatt in Boston this Valentine’s Day and meet New England’s finest eco-conscious wedding vendors. These are folks that can help you plan, organize, and green-up your big day… and your new life together. The Goodtime Stringband will be appearing as special guests, and will be providing our special [...]
Boston’s First Green Wedding Event!
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
We had the good fortune of performing at the wedding celebration of Joe and Amanda last weekend at a pretty cool place.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Camp Kiwanee in Hanson, MA is a former scout camp that has been converted into a state park. The grounds and lake are beautiful – and the [...]
Bluegrass Wedding at Camp Kiwanee!
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
We had a great time this past weekend performing for Amanda and Sean’s wedding ceremony and reception in Western Massachusetts. The ceremony took place in the beautiful Pines Theater in Look Park. The reception was held at the Garden House (next to the bumper boats and mini-golf).
Congrats to the couple and thanks to all the great [...]
Look “Who’s Dancing” Park
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Come Celebrate Spring!!! — Join us for the First Annual “Apple Blossom Festival”
Click here to download the flyer
Raven Hill Orchard (Certified Organic)
255 Ossipee Hill Rd.
E. Waterboro, ME 04030
(207)247-4455
The event will occur this Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) from 9am-6pm. The Goodtime Stringband will be providing fun live music from noon-3pm on Monday.
There [...]
Memorial Day – Apple Blossom Festival!
Tags: apple, Concert, event, fun, fun bluegrass swing music, maine, Memorial Day, Music, orchard, organic
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
We’ve recorded the band performing a couple of sample processional songs for upcoming ceremonies. So far, the tune Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór by the legendary Irish harpist Turlough Carolan is the most popular selection. Click here to listen to an MP3 of the Goodtime Stringband’s version.
http://www.goodtimestringband.com/mp3/ShebegandShemore.mp3
Here’s an MP3 of the band performing Jay Ungar’s [...]
Irish Wedding Processional
Tags: fun bluegrass swing music, irish, mp3, processional, song, Wedding
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Mandolin Masters Mike Compton and Skip Gorman come together for an intimate evening at Acoustic Outfitters. Mike Compton, Grammy award winner and former mandolinist with the Nashville Bluegrass Band,is internationally known as a master of the Monroe style technique. Skip Gorman, known for both his Monroe mandolin prowess and traditional fiddle playing, joins Mike on [...]
Mike Compton & Skip Gorman Monroe-style Mandolin
Tags: fun bluegrass swing music, gorman, mandolin, Mike Compton, monroe, skip
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Check out this crazy movie by Alan Lomax, featuring Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry and Woodie Gutherie. The narrative revolves around the renaissance of old time music and the post WWII folk boom. My, oh my – who knew the music was so popular with the young people!
Stringband Propaganda – All the kids are doing it!
Tags: Banjo, dance, fiddle, fun bluegrass swing music, movie, old time, seeger, video, woody
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