Harvest Square Dance

press release: Join Grandpa’s Elixir at the Wil-Mar Community Center (953 Jenifer St.) on Saturday, September 29, for a Potluck Dinner and Square Dance to support WORT Community Radio.

Potluck Dinner begins at 6:15. Please bring something to share.

Square dance begins at 7:00 with Grandpa’s Elixir providing the tunes.

Dances will be called by Jesse Downs and Liz Vaz.

Admission is $7/person or $20 for groups of 4. As in the past regarding adult beverages, this family-friendly event will be BYO.

Swing your partner over to the Wil-Mar for a great night of food, dancing, and fun to support WORT Community Radio.

Grandpa’s Elixir is a string-band trio based in Madison.  Band members are Peter Wertz on guitar, banjo, & fiddle, David Stabbe on mandolin, fiddle & guitar, and Brian Hirsh on bass.  Formed in 2011, Grandpa’s Elixir has been playing its unique mix of old-time music, country blues, jug band and fiddle tunes at dances, taverns, community centers, co-ops and private parties throughout South Central Wisconsin.  Playing square dances is a fun part of that mix.  In January of 2016, the band hosted its first self-funded event, the Cabin Fever Square Dance in Madison’s Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center.  The attendees declared the event to be a huge success!  More dances followed.  Grandpa’s Elixir has an ongoing monthly performance at the Malt House in Madison (the first Monday of every month).  The band's first recorded release, an EP titled Music For Squares, was released in 2017.