Dance Bands
Here is a list of bands that have played for the Southern California Community Dance Coalition
| Whirled Peas Bob Altman – keyboard and vocal David James – fiddle, mandolin, vocal Patty McCollom – banjo, whistle, fiddle, bodhran, vocal mccollomp@sbcglobal.net (714) 267-4567 | Contra Capers Belinda Thom – fiddle Tom Flaherty – banjo Cheryl Ooten – keyboard belindatho@gmail.com |
| Stepwise (Los Angeles) Olivia Breidenthal – fiddle Liam Lewis – guitar James Yoshizawa – bodhran stepwisemusic@gmail.com | Body Snatchers (Los Angeles) Frank Hoppe – fiddle Joe Wack – banjo fphoppe@sbcglobal.net |
| Anvil Sky Frank Hoppe – fiddle Laura Osborn – guitar and flute Jeff Spero – keyboard jeff@syncopaths.com | Chopped Liver (Santa Barbara/Los Angeles) Web Site Suzanne Duffy – flute Bill Flores – banjo, mandolin, dobro, tenor sax Michael Mendelson – fiddle, guitar Jeffrey Spero – piano fiddle@silcom.com |
| Free Raisins Web Site | Echo Mountain Jonathan Shifflet – fiddle Peter Linden – banjo Kelly Martin – guitar Jshifflett112@gmail.com |
| Interfolk Folk dance music, English Country, Contra, Balkan, Scandinavian Contact Kriss Larson at trekkspill@aol.com 949-448-9212 | Corwin and Grace Corwin Zekley – fiddle Grace Fellows – keyboard corwinzekley@gmail.com |
| Jax Christa Burch – bodhran Kira Ott – fiddle Jeff Spero – piano jeff@syncopaths.com | Kira and Jimmy Kira Ott – fiddle, vocals Jimmy Murphy – mandolin, guitar |
| Whole Hog Charletta Erb – fiddle Seth Andrey Oster – guitar Keith Frankel – banjo Corey Highberg – Bass sethandrey@gmail.com | Mariposa String Band Briana Bandy – fiddle Emil Olguin – guitar the5olguins@gmail.com (626) 280-7857 |
| Syncopaths (Los Angeles / Seattle) Web Site Christa Burch – bodhran, vocals Ashley Broder – mandolin Ryan McKasson – fiddle Jeffrey Spero – piano info@syncopaths.com | Tea for Three Amy Martin – violin Robyn Dolan – flute Lindsay Verbil – piano |
| Live Oak String Band Emil Olguin – guitar Sara Murphy – fiddle Julia Morse – fiddle the5olguins@gmail.com | Go Figure Ann Kosinski – violin Jim Kosinski – guitar Fran Malinoff – violin Brian Burd – mandolin jimannkosinski@gmail.com |
| Green Willow Frank Hoppe – fiddle Laura Osborn – guitar and flute Jeff Spero – keyboard jeff@syncopaths.com | Free Fall Ann Kosinski – violin Jim Kosinski – guitar Barbara Whitney – flute |