What a perfect way to spend your St. Patrick’s Day! Come hear some live piano, fiddle and dulcimer music!

John Potocnik is an alumni of the American Folk Culture Program in Cooperstown N.Y. where he began playing contra dances in the area. As well as performing old time music concerts on street corners and concert halls. Along with fiddling, the Appalachian mountain dulcimer has been a lifelong love, constructing as well as playing them. His day job was as a performer and co-founder of the Catskill Puppet Theater which toured internationally for over 40 years.

For St.Patrick's Day, John will be joined by Kathy Shimberg on piano. Kathy is a lifelong musician who plays many instruments. She especially loves old-time rural American and traditional Irish music, and is happiest when playing with others. She has played for contra and square dances locally and elsewhere for many years. She is a graduate of the Cooperstown Program in American Folklife Studies, interested especially in people's ingenuity in everyday life, local/regional variation in trad music & other expression, community sharing, and informal learning process characteristic of folk tradition everywhere.

John and Kathy will provide some traditional tunes on Piano, Fiddle and Dulcimer to sip coffee to and browse the Gatehouse's gifts and goodies from 1-3pm. Hope to see you there!