new potatoes on a drizzly day
Meet the Farmer
Rebecca Lay owns and runs Ten Speed Farm. Before starting this farm in 2008, Rebecca grew vegetables and milked cows as an apprentice at Guidestone Farm in Loveland, CO, and then at Sidehill Farm in Ashfield, MA. She also spent one season managing the market garden at Brook's Bend Farm in Montague, MA. Enough moving, already! Rebecca is happy to have settled in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Rebecca calls for a contra dance in Greenfield, MA
(with much cleaner hands)
Off the Farm
When she's not wrangling tomatoes, squishing potato bugs, or fixing her giant red rototiller, Rebecca works as a dance leader. She calls and teaches contra dances, square dances, English Country Dances, and family/community dances. Rebecca is available to lead dances for weddings, commitment ceremonies, and other special events. to discuss options for including dancing at your event!
Below is a list of Rebecca's upcoming performances.
Rebecca's upcoming gigs
| Date | Event | Appearing with: |
| 4/9/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
David Kaynor, fiddle Lissa Schneckenburger, fiddle Mary Cay Brass, piano/accordion |
| 4/10/10 | Montpelier Chestnuts Dance! Montpelier, VT |
the fabulous Open Band |
| 4/17/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
Notorious Eden Macadam-Somer, fiddle Larry Ungar, guitar/banjo |
| 4/18/10 | Special Benefit for ReNew! Brattleboro Contra Dance Brattleboro, VT |
The Brattleboro All-Stars! plus, fellow callers Nils Fredland and Quena Crain |
| 4/23 & 4/24/10 | NEFFA (The New England Folk Festival) Mansfield, MA |
Anadama and many other fine folks |
| 4/25/10 | Brattleboro Contra Dance Brattleboro, VT |
The Figments Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle Anna Patton, clarinet Owen Morrison, guitar/feet |
| 5/7/10 | Contra Dance at Middlebury College Middlebury, VT |
Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle Owen Morrison, guitar/feet |
| 5/9/10 | Special Mother's Day Dance! Whately, MA |
Van Kaynor, fiddle Marnen Laibow-Koser, piano, viola Phil Darrow, guitar Zoe Darrow, fiddle |
| 5/14/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
Alden Robinson, fiddle Mary Cay Brass, piano/accordion Stuart Kenney, bass |
| 5/17/10 | English Dance at Munson Library South Amherst, MA |
Joanna Morse, violin Doug Creighton, melodeon/flute Susan Janssen, piano Robin Hayden, co-leading |
| 6/5/10 | Montpelier Contra Dance Montpelier, VT |
Rodney Miller, fiddle Gordon Peery, piano |
| 6/17/10 | Boston Thursday Contra Dance Concord, MA |
Anadama Amelia Mason, fiddle Emily Troll, accordion Bethany Waickman, guitar |
| 6/18/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
Anadama Amelia Mason, fiddle Emily Troll, accordion Bethany Waickman, guitar |
| 7/3/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
Wild Asparagus Becky Tracy, fiddle Ann Percival, guitar/piano David Canteini, flute/whistles Keith Murphy, piano/guitar/feet |
| 7/17/10 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
The Figments Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle Anna Patton, clarinet Owen Morrison, guitar |
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