The Fourth Annual University of Chicago
Dance Weekend 2010
featuring
Elixir

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From their website: Elixir is a high energy dance band and caller combination that combines superb calling, driving fiddle and guitar playing, and the rich texture and rhythmic excitement of a full horn section. Elixir performs tightly crafted music drawing on a wide range of styles and evoking a variety of moods. Elegant melodies evolve into raucous dixieland horn riffs; transcendent harmonies, playful improvisations, and rock, swing and reggae-inspired rhythms weave in and out of traditional and original Irish, French Canadian and New England tunes. Elixir plays for dances, festivals, camps, weddings and other events, with a repertoire that includes music for contra, square, English and swing dancing; waltzing; couples dancing; and concert programs.

Elixir is:

  • Nils Fredland, calling / trombone
  • Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle
  • Jesse Hazzard-Watkins, trumpet
  • Anna Patton, clarinet
  • Owen Morrison, guitar / feet

Here's a sample of their music; see their website for more!