Orngards'

Orngards' (mp3) (pdf)

Back in September Contratopia gathered at the Orngard family farm, near Pilot Mound, Iowa, to play an outdoor contra dance the evening before the wedding of our good friend (and sometimes Contratopia fiddler) Ehler Orngard and his fiance Emily. I wrote this little polka the week before, not just for Ehler, but thinking of the whole Orngard family, musicians and dancers extraordinaire.

I finally got around to recording it last week although we played it at the wedding dance and in Decorah, with the Western Home String Band, a week or two after that.

The lovely autumn weather is gone now and winter has arrived earlier than it should. The photo above was taken on November 23 near Cresco, Iowa on a rare dry and sunny afternoon.

Hope you enjoy the music.