Seating before or by 6 PM – 8:30 PM
$90 per person plus tax & gratuity
…. includes 3-Course Dinner and a glass of wine
Join us with Mary Vanhoozer and The Cosmic Otters
… for an evening of traditional French dance music while enjoying a delicious French meal: become immersed in the sounds and tastes of France!
We are thrilled to bring to you Mary Vanhoozer and the ensemble Mary put together for our next “dinner concert” at Froggy’s. The team will bring a very distinct experience for us all, and we hope you will join us on Friday the 26th September. Book your seats now! The last sold out.
About Mary Vanhoozer
Multi-instrumentalist Mary Vanhoozer grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she learned to play the Scottish fiddle and developed an enduring love of folk music. Traditional noëls from southern France played an equally formative role as they introduced her to the hurdy gurdy. Since acquiring her first gurdy, Mary has eagerly continued to research and perform a variety of repertoire on the instrument, from medieval dances to French baroque suites and sonatas. Her published anthology, Playford's Wheel, features 70 English country dance tunes, including second voice parts (her own compositions) transcribed and transposed for the hurdy gurdy. She is a member of the critically acclaimed Ciaramella ensemble. Her hurdy gurdy debut with Ciaramella featured a concert of renaissance dances broadcast live in southern California on KUSC radio.
A passionate educator and hurdy gurdy advocate, Mary curates concerts for educational institutions: her programs contain a variety of repertoire and are accompanied by slides and spoken introductions to musical selections. She also serves as a co-director of the Wheel Song Hurdy Gurdy Festival.
www.maryvanhoozer.com
About Bal Folk
Bal Folk refers to the popular music played at traditional French community dances: these include scottishes, waltzes, mazurkas, polkas, and bourrees. Traditional instruments that are often seen at these dances are the hurdy gurdy, accordion, violin, and bagpipes. Our musicians are excited to bring this traditional music to Froggy’s!
About The Cosmic Otters
We make people dance.. We start with a solid rhythmic foundation of guitar and piano, add inventive fiddle harmonies, and finish with juicy, pulsing accordion playing and tasteful percussion.
The tunes are from the British Isles and its relatives – Ireland, England and Scotland with side trips to Cape Breton and Quebec – but definitely our own, with an unshakable drive and playful improvisations that make dancers smile. We play for contra dances, Irish set dances, English country dances, and square dances, in dance halls, in houses, at parties, at house parties.
www.thecosmicotters.com
Froggy’s French Cafe
306 Green Bay Rd - Highwood, IL 60040
847 433 7080
Call or email us at froggysrodrigo1980@aol.com
