An inspiring night at Common Fence Music

 Our students were invited to attend a performance of Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill's at Common Fence Music on March 3rd.  It was a beautiful setting inside the Channing Memorial Church in Newport, RI.  It sounded to me (Rachel) like Martin Hayes was weaving with golden thread as he played the fiddle.
Thanks so much to Tom Perrotti and everyone at Common Fence for providing such wonderful music and a welcoming environment for young fiddlers !

 On the bus ride home, I asked students,

"How did they communicate? How did the guitarist and the fiddler know what to do at the same time?"

Here are some of the answers I got:

• "They practiced a lot.  They remembered a lot."  -HC
  

• "They waited for the moment - they started at the same time - they were paying attention." -SP

• "They practiced and they practiced and they planned everything.  They said, 'if I do this, then you do that.'"  -AM

• "Instead of counting off, they just looked at each other." -AC

• "The guitarist was following - he kept looking up at him.  The guitarist was playing notes that could relate to the notes that the violinist was playing." -MB