Sharing steps, tunes and stories with Armand Aromin and Penny Bossom-Seeger

On Thursday, May 22, we had a visit with Armand Aromin and Penny Bossom-Seeger. Armand is a terrific fiddle player and step dancer, who also is a violin maker. I met him when he was in high school, and had just started playing fiddle. I recently met up with him again at a party at the Bossom-Seegers.  Penny was one of my first fiddle students many years ago.  The three of us jammed for hours, along with Armand step -dancing when the spirit moved him. It was a treat to have Armand and Penny to come and share a few tunes and dance steps with our students. Alexander and Armand were able to trade some dance steps as well. I was thrilled for Armand to see how Alexander's modern dance style fits with traditional fiddle music. And also for Alexander to see what the old-style step dancing looks like live to the same tune.