Bill Olson and T- Acadie (Sunday Contra)

Back to Glen Echo from their home in Maine, T-Acadie is a dance band and folk trio from the region, including the Canadian maritime provinces, known as Acadia (T-Acadie means "a little Acadia"). Band members are Pam Weeks on fiddle, mountain dulcimer, singing; Jim Joseph on button accordion, 5-string banjo, jaw harp, percussion, feet; Bill Olson on guitar, calling. Tonight they will be joined by the AMAZING Ralph Gordon on bass! They play traditional French Canadian and New England dance tunes; Cajun waltzes, two steps, Cajun blues and Zydeco tunes; old time southern tunes and songs often sung a capella in 3 part harmony; original tunes written by Pam, the band's "tunesmith", which range from sizzling reels and jigs to mesmerizing aires and sweet waltzes. In a contradance setting, Bill calls AND plays and they will get everyone moving to the beat with Quebecois reels and old timey southern "hoedowns", but the evening will often be punctuated by Pam singing a Cajun waltz, or by a contradance done to a set of old time Cajun reels started off with just fiddle and ti' fer (triangle); and when these guys REALLY get going, with fiddle howling, guitar pulsing, accordion pumping, bass slapping, feet tapping.... LOOK OUT!!