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Category Archives: music & dance

Choirmaster Power Play

Brother Joshua makes his move …

Posted byMarek9 February, 201618 October, 2018Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history, religionTags:1820s, church, joshua hutchinson, Milford, musicLeave a comment on Choirmaster Power Play

Empty Rooms

Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …

Posted byMarek27 January, 20169 February, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH historyTags:1820s, Milford, music, polly hutchinsonLeave a comment on Empty Rooms

The Twin Buglers

Milford’s most unusual marching band …

Posted byMarek19 January, 201611 February, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH historyTags:1820s, caleb hutchinson, joshua hutchinson, Milford, militia, music, polly hutchinsonLeave a comment on The Twin Buglers

Musical Family

Decades later, townsfolk fondly remembered one voice in the local church choir…

Posted byMarek9 December, 20154 January, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Mont Vernon, music & dance, religion, sabbathTags:Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Mont Vernon, Polly Leavitt Hutchinson, Sarah LeavittLeave a comment on Musical Family

Clean Living

The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:

Posted byMarek2 December, 20153 January, 2016Posted in1790s, corn, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & danceTags:Andrew Hutchinson, corn, dance, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford, tobacco, violinLeave a comment on Clean Living

Hutchinson Family Singers

Color portrait of the world-famous Milford, NH quartet… PLUS series source links!

Posted byMarek1 December, 201520 September, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1840s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & danceTags:Abby Hutchinson, Asa Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Judson Hutchinson, Milford, The Old Granite StateLeave a comment on Hutchinson Family Singers

An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…

Posted byMarek28 August, 20151 September, 2015Posted in1700-1799, death, guest artist, music & dance, Peterborough, religionTags:devil, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, fiddler, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, Old Baker Moore, PeterboroughLeave a comment on An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party

1862: Amidst tempest, terror, & rumors of a wreck, Dr. Esther’s ship somehow pulls into Hilton Head …

Posted byMarek31 January, 201327 March, 2014Posted in1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, music & dance, weatherTags:civil war, Esther Hill, Hilton Head, New York, south carolina, U.S.S. Delaware, Vanderbilt2 Comments on Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party

Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)

1603: Here’s a color cover image of Pring’s young guiternist…

Posted byMarek13 January, 20135 February, 2017Posted in1600s, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, music & dance, posters, seacoastTags:martin pring, musicLeave a comment on Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)

Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…

Posted byMarek7 January, 201322 August, 2015Posted in1820s, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, music & dance, Peterborough, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, War of 1812, WarnerTags:Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, Judge Darling, Perley Howe, Phineas Campbell2 Comments on Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

Pring 04 ~ Sassafras Dance

Quite possibly the first world-fusion dance party in New England history…

Posted byMarek2 November, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, deer, encounter & exploration, Journal of Martin Pring, music & dance, seacoast, snakes3 Comments on Pring 04 ~ Sassafras Dance

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