audio sample (Deliciosa Polka; more samples on each CD page)
latest CD: Returning Heroes
for booking, email or call Bill at 413-442-9172
Spare Parts has performed for period events, contradances, English dances, weddings, parties, concerts, and dance camps from Alaska to Maine. Our historic dance music has been used worldwide in motion pictures (Bright Star) and theater productions as well as television programs including Mercy Street (PBS), Antiques Roadshow and numerous programs on the History Channel (even SpongeBob SquarePants!).
Bill Matthiesen on piano and Liz Stell on flute combine with one or more "spare parts du jour." Some of our favorite "spare parts" include fiddlers Eric Buddington, Ruthie Dornfeld, Naomi Morse, Frank Orsini, Mark Bagdon, Anne Hooper, Cathie Whitesides, Susan Conger, George Wilson, and Rebecca McCallum ... cornetist Peter Ecklund ... and bassists Ben Davis, Mark Murphy and Larry Unger.
2020 schedule:
February
- Friday Feb 14 through Sunday Feb 16, Saratoga Springs, NY (www.flurryfestival.org/)
DANCE FLURRY! schedule for Spare Parts:
Zwinging Zweifachers Friday 8:15-9:15pm City Center Rm A/B/C
Contra Chestnuts with David Millstone, Saturday 3:15-4:15 Excelsior Springs
Intermediate Waltz with Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Saturday 9:45-10:45pm City Center Rm A/B/C
Mostly Waltz Saturday 10:45-11:45pm City Center Rm. A/B/C
Waltz Book Jam Sunday 12-1pm Hilton Pavilion
March
- Saturday, March 14, Holliston, MA (www.vintagedancers.org)
Returning Heroes Ball: CANCELLED
April
- Saturday, April 4, Cromwell, CT (www.cromwellhistory.org)
Juleps & Viragoes Ball of the Rebellion: CANCELLED
- Sunday, April 5, Wethersfield, CT (www.hcdance.org/mostly-waltz/)
Hartford Mostly Waltz: CANCELLED
- Saturday, April 18, Scranton, PA (www.ScrantonCivilWarDay.com)
16th Annual Grand Civil War Ball: CANCELLED
- Sunday, April 19, Scranton, PA (www.ScrantonCivilWarDay.com)
Ragtime Brunch: CANCELLED
May
- Saturday, May 9, Wethersfield, CT (https://vintagedance2.wixsite.com/)
English Country Dances of the Jane Austen Era: CANCELLED
June
- Sunday, June 7, Colonie, NY (www.danceflurry.org)
Buhrmaster Barn contradance: CANCELLED
August
- Saturday and Sunday, August 10-11, Nahant, MA (www.vintagevictorian.com)
Nahant Victorian Weekend: CANCELLED
- Saturday, August 15, Lenox, MA (www.lenoxcontradance.org)
Contradance at the Lenox Community Center: CANCELLED
September
- Thursday, Sept. 3 North Bennington (preregister: tfohhg@gmail.com)
Outdoor concert with George Wilson in the gardens at the Park McCullough House; masks and social distancing required; preregistration required for limited spaces
SOLD OUT
- Saturday, Sept 26, Worcester, MA (www.vintagedancers.org)
Victoria and Albert Ball in the amazing 1857 Mechanics Hall: CANCELLED
- Sunday, Sept. 27 North Bennington (preregister: tfohhg@gmail.com)
Outdoor concert with George Wilson in the gardens at the Park McCullough House; masks and social distancing required; preregistration required for limited spaces
October
- Friday through Sunday, Oct. 9-11, near Cape May, NJ (info: 609-889-2168 or CpMyVicDan@aol.com)
Vintage Dancing in the Villas: CANCELLED
November
- Saturday, Nov. 14, Jamaica Plain, MA (lcfd.org/harvest-ball.html)
Annual Harvest Ball: CANCELLED
December
- Saturday, Dec. 12, Salem, MA (vintagedancers.org)
Annual Fezziwig's Ball: CANCELLED
- Sunday, Dec. 13, Albany, NY (https://www.danceflurry.org/event/stockade-assembly)
Winter Stockade Assembly: CANCELLED