Dan & Faith

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. In many cities and towns across the country, there are celebrations of the arts. In some places, it’s called First Night. In the town of Needham, Massachusetts, it’s called New Year’s Needham. The celebration in Needham is in several venues around the town center. Outdoors there will be ice sculpture. Indoors, marionettes, music and dance.

We’ve been involved in one way or another for the last several years. We’ve played as part of our friend Jerry Wasserman’s band, and more recently had our own performance slots for our Dan & Faith duo act. This year we’re only doing our duo thing, but expect to be in the audience for lots of our friends who are playing.

We play at 6PM at the Christian Science Church sanctuary. Come early, though and catch our friend Beth DeSombre at 4PM, and our friends Kirsten & Dave at 5PM. After we play, catch Carolyn Waters at 7PM, then pop over to the Unitarian Church and catch Jerry Wasserman at 8PM. It promises to be a great evening!

The next event on our music calendar is right at home in Bolton. Every month (with a few exceptions for July and August, and last month because of Thanksgiving), we host an open mike at the Bolton Public Library. In an informal setting, without sound system, microphones or amplifiers, we gather to share songs, stories and poetry. All are welcome to come and play, come listen or both.

We get started at 7PM. Please come a few minutes early if you’d like to perform so you can get on the list. We start out the night, then look forward to listening to everyone else. Once everyone has had their turn, we form a big circle and play some more. We invite everyone, listeners and musicians, into the circle. Play a song or request someone else play a song you’d like to hear or sing.

The open mike is all about building community. We support one another and grow together. This is what the library is all about, and it’s what the music, poetry and spoken word are all about as well. We hope to see you soon!