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Second Sunday Folk Dance planned

Norah Rendell and Brian Miller to perform Sunday at Second Sunday Folk Dance concert.

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Second Sunday Folk Dance will present special guests Norah Rendell and Brian Miller for a concert of Irish music Sunday at the Fortune Lake Camp in Crystal Falls.

Music starts at 4 p.m., with an opening set by White Water and an hour concert by Rendell and Miller. The second half of the evening is a 90-minute dance with music by White Water and dance caller Steve Kickert.

Dean and Bette Premo organize and host the Second Sunday concert/dance series. The music also will include fiddling and step-dancing by Atlantic Mine native Carrie Dlutkowski.

Norah Rendell and Brian Miller are at the vanguard of Irish music in North America. Both have formal music training and enormous experience as touring musicians.

Rendell is the executive director of the Center for Irish Music in St. Paul, Minn., where she teaches. Miller has taught at the center since 2006.

Rendell has been named “Best Female Vocalist” two years in a row in the Live Ireland Awards and three times by the Chicago Irish American News. She has a master’s degree in Irish traditional music performance from the University of Limerick in Ireland and also is a fine Irish flute player.

Miller’s work as an accompanist on guitar and bouzouki has been called “superb” by no less an authority than the Irish Times. A highly visible character in the Twin Cities Irish music scene since 1998, he often sneaks away to his adopted home of Ireland, where he has been featured on television and radio. He also is a member of a number of international touring groups and duos including The Lost Forty — a Second Sunday Folk Dance guest act in 2018.

Admission is $7 for adults, with ages 15 and younger admitted free of charge.

The line-up of guest musicians for the remainder of the 35th season includes Stas Vanglevski and Misha Litvin on March 8 and May Erlewine on April 5.

Those who would like to sponsor the SSFD with a tax-deductible donation can contact Bette Premo at 906-822-7889.

A full season schedule is available at www.secondsundayfolkdance.com.

The Fortune Lake Camp is between Iron River and Crystal Falls, 2 miles west of Crystal Falls on U.S. 2. To get to the camp, turn south onto Bible Camp Road and drive for less than a quarter-mile, then turn right on Fortune Lake Camp Road and just drive a short distance.

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