Basket Landing: News

Amy's baby, Lewis John Smith, was born June 26th at 7:21 p.m., weighing in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. Mom and baby doing well. We're going to miss Amy at the Chapin Estates performance, but look forward to her return mid-summer. Congratulations, Amy and Paul!

Kevin graduated from the East Ridge School on Sunday, June 8th. Basket Landing was there, as well as Tom Powers, Jr. and the Basket Landing Dancers. Following the commencement exercises, everyone enjoyed a picnic supper and an evening of field games and swimming. Congratulations, Kevin!

We had a great but exhausting master class with Taras. In a roughly five hour workshop we learned a brand new Transcarpathian dance complete with props! We are working on smoothing it out, making new costumes, and preparing it for release at our summer concerts.

We have scheduled a master class with Taras Lewyckyj, the artistic director of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble in Philadelphia, PA, on April 6th. We are going to learn some more spectacular Ukrainian dances in this all-day workshop. Hopefully you'll be seeing the results soon!

Basket Landing is joined by its Basket Landing Folk Dancers at many of their performances. They perform a variety of traditional dance styles, including Ukrainian, Celtic, and Appalachian-American. For more pictures, visit our "Photos" page.

We released our new studio album Down The Road in March 2007! This CD showcases the new sound of the band, with the addition of John Powers (vocals and mandolin), Amy Smith (vocals and banjo), and Kevin Anderson (bass) since the last album. All of the songs on this recording have been in the folk tradition for many years -- ranging from classic Bluegrass tunes and Australian whaling songs to lilting Irish ballads. Thanks to all our friends for making this possible!