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Schedule of Upcoming SPUDS Events
DATE.... EVENT
COMING UP
THURSDAY January 9, 2025

8:00 - 10:30PM
Fearless Leaders: Boxwood -
Sarah Gowan, Chloe Mohr, Rick Mohr, and Bill Quern
Commodore Barry Club / The Irish Center

Tunes here.
FRIDAY January 24, 2025
We have a special
CDSS BONUS GIG
at the Park Avenue Contra
Swarthmore, PA

Fearless Leaders: Boxwood -
Sarah Gowan, Chloe Mohr, Rick Mohr, and Bill Quern
Park Avenue Community Center
129 Park Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081

We will use the setlist from January 9. Tunes here.

Details:
The executive board of the Country Dance & Song Society is meeting in Philadelphia and the Park Ave Contra is hosting for day #1.

5:30: Picnic/potluck with CDSS board members. Bring your supper and optionally something to share. There are lots of take-out options within a block or two of the venue.

7ish: Pub singing!

7:30: Contra Dance

Snacks for break time appreciated.

More information here

   
Looking ahead - dates in 2025
(subject to change, please check back)
 
Thursday February 27, 2025  
Thursday April 17, 2025  
Thursday June 5, 2025  
Thursday July 24, 2025  
Thursday September 11, 2025  
Thursday October 30, 2025  
Thursday December 18, 2025  
   


ONLINE TUNE SWAPS

 


We have ended our regular online tune swaps, but hope to have occasional special online meet-ups.

Join the SPUDS Google Group Mailing List to be notified of online events.

Our Tune swaps have been great fun!
During the pandemic we met approximately every month on zoom to share tunes, chat, and keep our little music community connected. Because it’s zoom, only one household could play at a time (with everyone else muted), so it was more of a tune swap than a jam. And because a lot of people in SPUDS like to play from sheet music, we asked folks who are willing to share a tune over zoom to send it to us ahead of time so we could distribute the sheet music before the session. Each session had some kind of theme to spark ideas, but we weren’t particularly rigid about sticking to the theme. The result, besides loads of laughter, camaraderie, and staying connected to friends, is and an archive of the over 800 tunes we shared over the three years.