The Folklore Society of Greater Washington has a regular English country dance on Wednesday night. There's a contra dance every Friday and Sunday night. All the dances have good live music. There's a great house concert of American old-timey music featuring Bill and Libby Hicks (Bill was in the original Red Clay Ramblers)on Saturday the 22nd. None of these are in Alexandria, but there are loads of Mudcatters in the greater D.C. area, and if any of this stuff interests you, a ride can probably be arranged. Also there's lots of Irish music in various clubs/bars too numerous to mention. Cates in Alexandria has good jazz almost if not every night. When you get to D.C., you can call the Folklore Society hotline at (202)546-2228 for a recording on the week's events. Before you leave, you can check the FSGW website at www.fsgw.org, which lists everything going on.

Send me a personal e-mail message and let me know where you're staying. If you'd like to get together while you're here, maybe we can arrange something. I can also arrange for a copy of the FSGW newsletter to get to you at your hotel. Have a good trip!

Kathy Westra