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: |
| 10/25/09 | Brattleboro Contra Dance: Special Benefit for Rural Vermont! Brattleboro, VT |
Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle Anna Patton, clarinet Peter Barnes, piano/guitar |
| 11/8/09 | Brattleboro English Dance Brattleboro, VT |
lydia ievins, violin Karen Axelrod, piano Doug Creighton, melodeon, flute and fellow callers Dan Popowich & Alisa Dodson |
| 11/9/09 | Amherst English Dance Amherst, MA |
Joanna Morse, violin Pat MacPherson, piano Doug Creighton, melodeon, flute and Robin Hayden, calling |
| 11/20/09 | Contra Dance at St. Michael's College Burlington, VT |
Katie Trautz, fiddle Julia Wayne, guitar/mandolin |
| 11/27/09 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
Peter Siegel, mandolin/guitar Mary Cay Brass, piano/accordion Stuart Kenney, bass fiddle TBA |
| 12/4/09 | Greenfield Contra Dance Greenfield, MA |
The Moving Violations Van Kaynor, fiddle Ron Grosslein, mandolin/fiddle Becky Ashenden, piano Chuck Corman, guitar/bass |
| 12/12/09 | Montague Gender-Free Contra Dance Montague, MA |
Tony Pisano, guitar and friends... |
| 12/13/09 | Brattleboro English Dance Brattleboro, VT |
Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, violin Peter Barnes, piano and fellow callers Dan Popowich & Robin Hayden |
| 12/24/09 | Thursday Boston Contra Dance Concord, MA |
Emily Troll, fiddle/accordion Glen Loper, mandolin Owen Marshall, guitar |
| 12/27/09 | Brattleboro Contra Dance Brattleboro, VT |
Nightingale Becky Tracy, fiddle Keith Murphy, guitar/mandolin/feet Jeremiah McLane, accordion/piano |
| 1/2/10 | Montpelier Contra Dance Montpelier, VT |
Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, fiddle Anna Patton, clarinet Owen Marshall, guitar Garrett Sawyer, bass |
| 1/10/10 | Brattleboro English Dance Brattleboro, VT |
lots of super people... |
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