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Beth Hoven Rotto
Jon Rotto
Bill Musser
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Foot-Notes
Beth Hoven Rotto - fiddle
Jon Rotto - guitar, vocal
Bill Musser - acoustic bass, vocal
Foot-Notes formed in
1991 in large part to carry on a tradition of monthly old time dances
in a rustic two-room schoolhouse in Highlandville, Iowa, where area residents
have been gathering for years. The old time music we play reflects our
ties to Norwegian-American communities, including Decorah, where we now
live. Most of our repertoire consists of dance tunes that were popular
at house parties, barn dances, and "bowery" dances in northeast Iowa
around the turn of the century and into the first few decades of the 1900s.
We have also incorporated a number of especially danceable tunes from
a variety of other traditions-- including Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Russian,
Irish, and American folk-- into our repertoire, some of which are group/mixer
dances.
HIGHLIGHTS:
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Performed as part of
the "Masters of Tradition" series in 2008 on the Millenium
Stage program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington,
DC
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Represented Iowa at the
Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife on the
National Mall in Washington, DC
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Performed at the 1996
Festival of Iowa Folklife in Des Moines
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Featured on Iowa Public
Television's special program "Iowa Folks and Folklife"
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Featured in Iowa's Internet
"CARTS" folklife slideshow and in the Smithsonian multimedia
learning kit Iowa Folklife
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Featured on "Live from
Studio One" and "The Folk Show" on Iowa Public Radio station
KUNI; "Downhome Dairyland" and "Simply Folk" on Wisconsin Public
Radio
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Reviewed in Dirty Linen
magazine, the nation's premiere folk and world music publication
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Featured in The Iowan
magazine
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Featured on the Norwegian
National Public Radio (NRK) "Folketimen" program
- Fiddler Beth Hoven Rotto featured
in Fiddler magazine as the first in a series of articles on Norwegian-American
fiddlers
OFFERINGS:
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Monthly dances
in Winneshiek County, Iowa, which are a popular activity for all ages!
Let us know when you are in the area and we'll inform you of our dance
schedule or check our website calendar!
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Music for: special
events, including weddings, anniversaries, festivals, banquets, parties,
dances, concerts, meetings; programs in retirement centers, schools,
and at historical and Scandinavian heritage celebrations; performances
or dances arranged for bus tours to Winneshiek County
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Performance fees
beginning at $200
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Dance instruction
upon request
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Sound system available
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