Dancers, fiddlers, and pickers will parade down Flatbush Ave playing old-time tunes while flat footing, a form of percussive dancing from Appalachia. Led by dancer Megan Downes and the City Stompers, the parade steps off at 5:00 pm in front of the Barclays Center, with stops along the way to play, dance, and sing.
Never flat footed before? No tap shoes? No problem! Join Megan for a workshop/performance at 4:00 pm across from the Barclays Center (604 Pacific Street). Learn the fundamental steps of this rhythmic Appalachian dance form and practice your moves with the Flat Foot Flatbush string band! The event will end at 6:30pm with a happy hour at Ideya Brooklyn, featuring special bourbon mojitos to keep you warm and music from the Mark Kilianski/Alex Kramer Duo!
Interested in playing? You’re invited to be a part of the Flatfoot Flatbush Band! Guitarists, mandolin player, fiddle players, banjo players and other stringed instrumentalists are welcome. Email Nick Horner by December 18 to receive a copy of the scores, transcribed and prepared by Ken Kolodner.
Flat Foot Flatbush Band Repertoire (click to listen)
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss — uptempo and slow
Cluck Old Hen — uptempo
Breaking Up Christmas — on YouTube
Email Nick Horner to receive PDFs of the charts!
Produced in association with the North Flatbush Business Improvement District