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Loose Change and Friends performs an eclectic variety of traditional American string band and folk music, including instrumentals and vocal harmonies that are fun to sing and play, featuring: banjo, mandolin, guitar, autoharp, bass, ukulele, strumstick, and various other instruments. On frequent occasions, performance of authentic Appalachian clog dance is also featured along with the musical program. Loose Change and Friends is best described as "different." Audiences are always delighted with the music and showmanship of this "down home" group of entertainers, whose performances celebrate and preserve the historic songs and tunes of our American heritage. Our unique musical programs and concerts have been performed at local public libraries, senior residences, outdoor festivals, and private parties throughout the north, northwest, and western Chicago suburbs.
Debuting in April 2006, Loose Change and Friends has performed "Music of the Hills," a unique program of live Appalachian old time songs and instrumentals played while a DVD projector displays background images of Appalachian history and scenery, at many suburban Chicago libraries. Debuting in 2008, Loose Change and Friends is performing "Lincoln and Liberty," a program celebrating the American songs and tunes popular during President Lincoln's era.
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on our new, easy-to-remember URL, and bookmark this web site on your browser:
http://loosechangeandfriends.com
Marcy Novit (lead vocal, guitar), Doris Lee Dutton (vocal, clog dance, tambourine), Lee Mishkin (electric bass), John Daugherty (mandolin), Ron Novit (5-string banjo), Bill Tong (vocal, autoharp, 12-string & 6-string guitar, tenor guitar, tenor banjo, banjo uke, strumstick), Bruce Sedloff (vocal, fiddle, guitar) |
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Loose Change & Friends was
part of a video documentary produced by Mount Prospect TV, using interviews
and concert footage from our June 15, 2004 performance at Mount Prospect
Public Library; the program "Library Life" was broadcast over local
Mount Prospect cable television. (Video clip used by permission - courtesy
of Mount Prospect TV.) Click HEREto
watch the video clip, and HERE
for other concert clips.
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Loose Change & Friends were videotaped at Time-Warner Cable Telelvision studios on Februrary 16, 2008, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which was broadcast in the Kenosha area during March and April of 2008. Click HEREto watch a video clip.
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Loose
Change and Friends was honored to
be selected for the
Featured
Artist - Old-Time Music Category and as the
Featured
Artist of the Week at ezFolk.com
during the week of August 1, 2005.
Read about the history behind the music and instruments that we play
Read more about Appalachian clog dancing
Clog
dancer/singer Doris
Lee Dutton was selected Ms.
Senior Illinois in 2007
Loose
Change & Friends is featured on the Star Events World Class Festivals
calendar!
http://www.starevents.com/apple.html
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YouTube
CONCERT VIDEOS |
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jukebox below to hear selected concert recordings of our music
(opens new
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WHERE WE ARE PERFORMING NEXT:
(Check back often - this schedule is periodically updated with new events)
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 12:00 to 4:00 PM
Kenosha Civil War Museum
(Special event - public invited)
5400 1st Ave
Kenosha, WI 53140
Phone: (262) 653-4141
Web site: http://www.kenosha.org/civilwar/index.html
Sunday, February 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Glenview Public Library
Living Local: Culture Treasures
In Your Own Back Yard - Loose Change
1930 Glenview Rd
Glenview, IL 60025-2899
(847) 729-7500
Web site: http://www.glenviewpl.org/
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Sedgebrook - Lincolnshire (private party)
(Music Of The Hills concert)
Lincolnshire, IL
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM
(On The Crooked Road with Loose Change & Friends)
Indian Trails Public Library
355 Schoenbeck Rd
Wheeling, IL 60090-4467
Phone: (847) 537-4011
Web site: http://www.wheelinglibrary.org/contact_information.htm
WHERE WE HAVE PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY:
1. Indian Trails Public Library
Wheeling, IL
September 14, 20032. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
October 4-5, 20033. Centennial Senior Apartments
Mount Prospect, IL
November 20, 20034. North Shore Retirement Hotel
Evanston, IL
January 28, 20045. Church Creek Independent Living Center
Arlington Heights, IL
January 31, 20046. Palatine Public Library
Palatine, IL
February 21, 20047. Cook Memorial Public Library
Libertyville, IL
March 18, 20048. Fremont Public Library
Mundelein, IL
April 3, 20049. Three Crowns Park Retirement Home
Evanston, IL
April 24, 200410. Poems, Pints & More - Barrington Area Arts Council
Barrington, IL
May 8, 200411. Indian Trails Public Library
Wheeling, IL
May 27, 200412. Church Creek Independent Living Center
Arlington Heights, IL
June 6, 200413. Prospect Heights Public Library
Prospect Heights, IL
June 14, 200414. Mount Prospect Public Library
Mount Prospect, IL
June 15, 200415. Rolling Meadows Public Library
Rolling Meadows, IL
June 18, 200416. Barrington Summer Art Festival
Barrington Area Arts Council
Barrington, IL
June 19-20, 200417. Long Grove Strawberry Festival
Long Grove, IL
June 26-27, 200418. Ela Area Public Library
Lake Zurich, IL
June 29, 200419. Vernon Area Public Library
Lincolnshire, IL
July 11, 200420. Niles Public Library
Niles, IL
July 13, 200421. Northwest Cultural Council
Rolling Meadows, IL
July 17, 200422. Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Arlington Heights, IL
August 12, 200423. Waukegan Public Library
Waukegan, IL
August 27, 200424. Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
August 28, 200425. The Park at Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills, IL
September 18, 200426. St. Theresa's Harvest Fest 2004
Palatine, IL
September 26, 200427. Dundee Township Public Library
East Dundee, IL
September 27, 200428. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
October 2, 200429. American Legion Post No. 791
Northbrook, IL
October 5, 200430. The Pavilion Senior Center
Wheeling, IL
October 16, 200421. Barrington October Harvest Festival
Barrington, IL
October 16, 200432. St. Mark Lutheran Church
Mount Prospect, IL
November 11, 200433. Wauconda Area Public Library
Wauconda, IL
November 14, 200434. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Buffalo Grove, IL
November 21, 200435. Clearbrook Residential Apartments
Rolling Meadows, IL
December 25, 200436. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Gurnee, IL
January 15, 200537. Lake Villa District Library
Lake Villa, IL
January 23, 200538. Arlington Rehabilitation and Living Center
Long Grove, IL
February 6, 200539. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Buffalo Grove, IL
February 20, 200540. Glenview Senior Club
Glenview, IL
February 28, 200541. Belmont Village
March 6, 2005
Buffalo Grove, IL42. Indian Trails Public Library
April 12, 2005
Rolling Meadows, IL43. Fremont Public Library
Mundelein, IL
May 21, 200544. Belmont Village
Glenview, IL
June 12, 200545. Three Crowns Park Retirement Home
Evanston, IL
June 18, 200546. Barrington Summer Art Festival
Barrington, IL
June 19, 200547. Long Grove Strawberry Fest
Long Grove, IL
June 25-26, 200548. Rotary Village Green
Buffalo Grove, IL
August 11, 200549. St. Edna Catholic Church
Arlington Heights, IL
August 12, 200550. Rolling Meadows Public Library
Rolling Meadows, IL
August 14, 200551. Dundee Township Public Library
East Dundee, IL
August 27, 200552. American Legion Post No. 791
Northbrook, IL
August 31, 200553. A Fair To Remember, at Belmont Village
Glenview, IL
September 11, 200554. Rolling Hills Place
Zion, IL
September 30, 200555. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
October 1, 200556. Long Grove OktoberFeast
Long Grove, IL
October 15, 200557. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Buffalo Grove, IL
November 20, 200558. Libertyville Civic Center Seniors Luncheon
Libertyville, IL
November 21, 200559. Lincolnwood Public Library ("Music of the Hills")
Lincolnwood, IL
April 23, 200660. Long Grove Chocolate Festival
Long Grove, IL
May 5, 200661. Long Grove Chocolate Festival
Long Grove, IL
May 7, 200662. Hillcrest Inn (private concert)
Lanesboro, MN
May 21, 200663. Belmont Village
Glenview, IL
May 31, 200664. Three Crowns Park Retirement Home
Evanston, IL
June 10, 200665. St. Edna Catholic Church
Arlington Heights, IL
June 14, 200666. Barrington Area Arts Council Art Fair
Barrington, IL
June 18, 200667. Huntley Area Public Library
Huntley, IL
June 24, 200668. Lake Zurich Promenade
Lake Zurich, IL
July 5, 200669. Taste of Park Ridge
Park Ridge, IL
July 15, 200670. Waukegan Antique & Collectable Show
Waukegan, IL
July 16, 200671. Long Grove Open Stage ("Music of the Hills")
Long Grove, IL
July 28, 200672. Rolling Meadows Library ("Music of the Hills")
Rolling Meadows, IL
August 13, 200673. Indian Trails Library (Music of the Hills)
Wheeling, IL
August 23, 200674. Milwaukee Public Market
Milwaukee, WI
September 9, 200675. Dundee Township Republican Hayride & Family Picnic
West Dundee, IL
September 23, 200676. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
September 30, 200677. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Buffalo Grove, IL
October 6, 200678. Wilmette Public Library ("Music of the Hills")
Wilmette, IL
October 8, 200679. Gold Rush Saloon, aboard the cruise ship Pride of America,
Sailing near the coast of Hawaii
October 25, 200680. St. Mark Lutheran Church Senior Brunch
Mount Prospect, IL
November 9, 200681. Niles Public Library
Niles, IL
November 11, 200682. Roselle Public Library
Roselle, IL
November 19, 200683. Milwaukee Public Market
Milwaukee, WI
December 2, 200684. Sun City
Huntley, IL
January 24, 200785. Sunrise Senior Living Center
Buffalo Grove, IL
February 14, 200786. Our Savior Free Church
Wheeling, IL
February 15, 200787. Ela Area Public Library (:Music of the Hills")
Lake Zurich, IL
March 11, 200788. Belmont Village
Glenview, IL
March 18, 200789. Grace Lutheran Church
LaGrange, IL
April 11, 200790. Long Grove Chocolate Festival
Long Grove, IL
May 6, 200791. Beans & Leavess Coffee Shop Gazebo
Long Grove, IL
May 19, 200792. Algonquin Area Public Library - Eastgate Branch (Music of the Hills)
Algonquin, IL
May 26, 200793. Dundee Township Public Library
East Dundee, IL
June 9, 2007
View or download library's events brochure94. Crystal Lake Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Crystal Lake, IL
June 14, 200795. Barrington Area Arts Council Art Fair
Barrington, IL
June 17, 200796. Long Grove Strawberry Festival
Long Grove, IL
June 23, 200797. The Wealshire Center
Lincolnshire, IL
July 12, 200798. Barrington Area Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Barrington, IL
July 13, 200799. Lake Forest Senior Barbeque
Lake Forest, IL
July 27, 2007100. Lake Zurich Promenade
Lake Zurich, IL
August 1, 2007101. Harbor House
Waukegan, IL
August 4, 2007102. Rolling Meadows Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Rolling Meadows, IL
August 12, 2007103. Indian Trails Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Wheeling, IL
August 12, 2007104. Long Grove Irish Days Festival (Beans & Leaves gazebo)
Long Grove, IL
September 1, 2007105. Arlington Heights Historical Museum
Arlington Heights, IL
September 16, 2007106. Vernon Area Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Lincolnshire, IL
September 18, 2007107. Libertyville Presbyterian Seniors
Libertyville, IL
September 19, 2007108. Crystal Lake Seniors
Crystal Lake, IL
September 24, 2007109. Beans & Leaves Showcase
Long Grove, IL
September 28, 2007110. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
October 7, 2007111. Autumn Drive at Cherry Lane Farm
Marengo, IL
October 21, 2007112. Luther Village
Arlington Heights, IL
November 7, 2007113. Kenosha Public Library - Southwest Branch ("Music of the Hills")
Kenosha, WI
November 18, 2007114. The Park at Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills, IL
December 9, 2007115. Lake Villa District Library ("Music of the Hills")
Lake Villa, IL
February 10, 2008116. Time-Warner Cable TV Studios (videotaped for future broadcast)
Kenosha, WI
Februrary 16, 2008117. Deerfield Public Library ("Music of the Hills")
Deerfield, IL
March 2, 2008118. Private house party
Kenosha, WI
March 29, 2008119. Park Ridge Public Library ("Music of the Hills")
Park Ridge, IL
April 6, 2008120. Gail Borden Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Elgin, IL
April 27, 2008121. Lake County Retired Teachers Association Luncheon
Wauconda, IL
May 13, 2008122. Sedgebrook Retirement Community
Lincolnshire, IL
June 1, 2008123. Bloomin' Days Festival
Kenosha, WI
June 7, 2008124. Long Grove Strawberry Festival
Long Grove, IL
June 22, 2008125. Park Ridge Public Library
Park Ridge, IL
July16, 2008126. Hyatt Classic Retirement Community
Glenview, IL
July 23, 2008127. Indian Trails Public Library
Wheeling, IL
August 4, 2008128. Fox Lake District Library
Fox Lake, IL
August 6, 2008129. Rotary Village Green
Buffalo Grove, IL
August 7, 2008130. Beans & Leaves Showcase
Long Grove, IL
August 22, 2008131. Harbor House
Waukegan, IL
August 23, 2008132. Arlington Heights Historical Museum
Arlington Heights, IL
September 7, 2008133. Prime Timers Seniors Luncheon
Libertyville, IL
September 8, 2008134. Antioch District Library ("Music of the Hills")
Antioch, IL
September 21, 2008135. Belmont Village
Buffalo Grove, IL
October 12, 2008136. Autumn Drive at Cherry Lane Farm
Marengo, IL
October 18, 2008137. Lincolnwood Public Library ("Lincoln & Liberty")
Lincolnwood, IL
January 18, 2009138. Indian Trails Public Library ("Lincoln & Liberty")
Wheeling, IL
February 12, 2009139. Evanston Public Library ("Lincoln & Liberty")
Evanston, IL
February 15, 2009140. St. Paul Of The Cross School ("Lincoln & Liberty")
Park Ridge, IL
February 20, 2009141. Kenosha Public Library - Northside Branch ("Lincoln & Liberty")
Kenosha, WI
March 14, 2009142. Lake Bluff Public Library ("Music America Grew Up With")
Lake Bluff, IL
April 18, 2009143. Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Shop Gazebo
Long Grove, IL
May 31, 2009144. Bloomin' Days Lakefront Festival (Rhode Opera House)
Kenosha, WI
June 6 2009145. St. Francis de Sales Parish Keenagers
Lake Zurich, IL
June 13, 2009146. Ela Public Library
Lake Zurich, IL
June 20, 2009147. Fremont Public Library
Mundelein, IL
July 1, 2009148. Sedgebrook Retirement Community
Lincolnshire, IL
July 27, 2009149. Taste of Wisconsin
Kenosha, WI
August 1, 2009150. Beans & Leaves Showcase
Long Grove, IL
August 22, 2009151. Arlington Heights Historical Museum
Arlington Heights, IL
September 13, 2009152. Rolling Meadows Public Library
Rolling Meadows, IL
September 23, 2009153. Long Grove Apple Festival
Long Grove, IL
October 3, 2009154. Lake Barrington 50th Anniversary - Freier Farm Barn Stomp
Lake Barrington, IL
October 10, 2009
Video from the event: http://www.viddler.com/explore/LakeBarrington/videos/5/155. Wheaton Public Library
Wheaton, IL
October 18, 2009
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