16th Farewell Reunion featuring Pete's Posse
25 MAY 2018
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Grace Episcopal Church in Sheldon
The 16th Annual Farewell Reunion will be presented on Friday May 25, 2018 at Grace Church in Sheldon, Vermont. Proceeds from the concert to the Tom Sustic Fund, which supports families with children with life-threatening/life-altering conditions. The concert is presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Grace Church as part of the Summer Music at Grace Series.
The concert begins at 7pm. Admission is a $20 suggested donation at the door. Everyone is asked to bring a dessert to share at intermission.
Vermont's own trad roots power trio, Pete's Posse, is composed of acclaimed musician Pete Sutherland (fiddle, piano, banjo, melodica and vocals), his talented protégé Oliver Scanlon (fiddle, viola, mandolin, foot percussion and vocals) and the uber-dynamic Tristan Henderson (guitars, mandolin, jaw harp, foot percussion and vocals). Twin fiddles in tight, wild harmony over high-powered guitar and pounding footwork with mandolin, clawhammer banjo, jawharp and rocking keyboards adding their voices to the mix. Songs and tunes, old and new, lyrical and driving: that's the multi-generational heart and mind of PETE'S POSSE, at work and at play.
Pete's Posse is three generations of musicians who have come together to create their own electrifying sound they call "multi-generational roots music." In 2013 Pete and Oliver, building on a long-time mentor/mentee partnership, asked Tristan to join them to play a contradance, and a match was struck! Gig by gig their chemistry grew, and the Posse quickly developed a reputation for being an innovative, driving, sought-after, can't-keep-your-feet-still power trio.
Within a year of their first performance, their self-titled album was out, and days later they were off on a nine week, 48-gig, 11,000 mile U.S. tour. It was on this odyssey that they began to add more vocals to the mix in a major way, expanding not only the dance floor experience, but also their desire for concerts. Their second album, "Down to the Core" was released in July 2015, a pure distillation of their first national tour. They completed their 5th CD in late winter 2018, and will returning from performing at the Shetland Folk Festival in the United Kingdom in early May 2018. With it they attracted the attention of festival promoters and concert series large and small, as well as finding themselves much in demand for contradance weekends in the Northeast and beyond.
The Posse continues to engage audience members of all ages with their distinct and expansive energies, and their intuitive feel for one another's playing. Being a restlessly creative bunch of self-styled 'rehearsal addicts', there are always new songs, dance sets, and concert arrangement in the works! So if you've heard them at a house concert or danced with them until 1 AM at a festival, you know there's always a new favorite to listen for. The steady flow of powerful uplifting energy across the age gap is the engine that drives Pete's Posse, and it shows no sign of letting up!