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Old Time Banjo & Dance Performance with Ben Nelson & Becky Hill
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Becky Hill
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Workshop Admission: $20.00 Workshop and Performance: $35.00

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Description:
The Floyd Country Store presents an Old Time Banjo & Dance Performance with Ben Nelson & Becky Hill on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00-7:00 PM: Flatfooting From Scratch Dance Workshop
• 7:30-8:30 PM: Old Time Banjo & Dance Performance with Ben Nelson & Becky Hill

The Handmade Music School presents an Old Time Banjo & Dance Performance with Ben Nelson & Becky Hill. The concert will follow Flatfooting From Scratch: An Appalachian Percussive Dance Workshop with Instructor Becky Hill.

Becky Hill and Ben Nelson have been friends for over a decade, and recently started crafting banjo and dance duets together. Ben grew up in southwest Virginia in a family of old-time musicians, and now makes his home in the North Carolina mountains. Becky is musically rooted in West Virginia, where she studied with percussive dance luminaries and elder square dance callers. Their arrangements of traditional tunes from southern Appalachia re-envision percussive dance as a primary instrument to explore the nuanced conversation between melody and rhythm. The goal of the project is to celebrate the traditions of Appalachian old-time music and dance, while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of those traditions. They have performed on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the Baltimore Old-Time Festival, Blackpot Festival and numerous others.

For the workshop, learn the Appalachian percussive dance basics to invigorate you to get you up on the dance floor at the Floyd Country store, a square dance or in your kitchen. We will spend an afternoon together working on the clogging fundamentals and Robert Dotson’s Tennessee Walking Step. No prior experience necessary. Come ready to dance in either leather bottoms or smooth soled shoes.

The workshop is $20.00 and the combo price for the workshop and performance is $35.00.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/1g9g746e98.

Proceeds benefit The Handmade Music School.

The Floyd Country Store is located at 206 South Locust St in Floyd, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/zGB5nf5h/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/old-time-banjo-dance-performance-with-ben-nelson-becky-hill or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or https://www.instagram.com/thefloydcountrystore/ or call 540-745-4563.