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Old-Time Barn Dance: Beth Hoven Rotto returns!

October 7, 2022

Old-Time Barn Dance: Beth Hoven Rotto, Jon Rotto, and the Scandinavian American Old-Time Dance Music Ensemble
Free and Open to the Public
Saturday, October 22, 2022
6:30-8:30 p.m.
The Old Barn on Capitol View, 4796 Capitol View Rd, Middleton, WI 53562

Poster for Old-Time Barn Dance featuring Beth Hoven Rotto, Jon Rotto, and the Scandinavian-American Old-Time Dance Music Ensemble, October 22, 2022. Illustration is of a man and woman dancing in front of a barn with a full moon above that includes text about the event

UW–Madison Spring 2022 Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto is returning from Decorah, Iowa, for another Old-Time Barn Dance with the Scandinavian American Old-Time Dance Music Ensemble she formed while on campus. Her husband Jon will be joining in the music making as well. The dance is happening at The Old Barn on Capitol View, where the dance they held in May 2022 happened. Expect a slightly rustic setting, with portable toilets, some original (and uneven) floorboards, and a cheerful, casual atmosphere! The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be provided.

Beth Hoven Rotto, a white woman wearing a short-sleeved dress, stands at a microphone inside a barn giving instructions to a group of dancers
Beth Hoven Rotto giving instructions to the dancers during Old-Time Barn Dance at The Old Barn on Capitol View, May 13, 2022. (Photo by Adam Blackbourn)

This event is sponsored by Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest project, Mills Music Library, Mead Witter School of Music, and the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+.