Princeton Country Dancers
Pick Up Band (PUB) and Mixed-Age Dance (MAD) band
schedule and event details

The Pick-Up Band band plays about once per month for the weekly contra dance.  It is open to players at all skill levels on any acoustic instrument.  Please try to arrive by 7:30 PM to facilitate setup. 

The Mixed Age Dance (MAD) band plays on Sunday afternoons (directly after an optional rehearsal) for community dances focused especially on children and their parents.  It is open to players at all skill levels and of any age.

Upcoming open band dates: (and previous dates)

Here are some of our previous tunelists.

To be notified by email about future pick-up bands (or be removed from the email list), please email Pat Palmer at . 

MUSIC:

The band leader tries to bring some sheet music to the dance, but please bring your own music if you wish to be certain of having music in front of you.  Some tunes are now online:

• Our own versions of some tunes are here.  See frequently asked questions.
• More tunes may be found on the Spuds site.

Fiddle tune books available from CDSS contain many of the tunes; recommended books include:

• The Fifer's Delight
• New England Fiddler's Repertoire
• The Portland Collection
• The Portland Collection Volume 2
• The Waltz Book
• The Waltz Book II
• The Waltz Book III

Here are some memories about the band: LaRue to pickup band, Robert, Annie and Richard, and At the fountain.  Send us your memory!

We have a rehearsed Rum & Onions Band during fall and spring.  Due to copyright issues, tunes played by Rum & Onions in the past have been removed from this site.