Portland: Trio Tsuica plus Gin & Pontic @Podkrepa Hall this Saturday, March 21, 7-10pm

[Kathy Fors]

$20 Suggested donation
Optional  potluck 

Gin & Pontic will begin the evening with some Pontic Greek Dances, followed by Trio Tsuica till about 10pm or a bit later.

Trio Tsuica will play dance music from the Balkans, Romania, and Greece. 

There will be folks who will lead dances if you are unfamiliar with any of them! Come and join us for a great community event!

Trio Tsuica
Portland's only four-member trio, with music from Romania, Hungary, and nearby countries.
Tsuica in its English-friendly spelling, is Romanian brandy made from plums.Trio Tsuica brings you a fiery distillation of music from eastern and central Europe, played on violin, accordion, bass and cimbalom.

Brent Geary - violin
Kathy Fors - accordion
Paul Beck - cimbalom
Peter Whitmore - electric bass

Gin & Pontic
The remote northeastern coast of Turkey is bordered by the steep Pontos Mountains and the Black Sea. Here Greek-speaking people lived for many centuries and created a special type of dance music often played on the bowed kemence with the rhythms of the daouli (tupan drum.) Brent & Maria have been part of Portland's Balkan music scene for many years before traveling to Greece & learning Pontic music. We hope you enjoy it.

Brent Geary - kemence
Maria Noel - daouli