Rick Mohr

I'm currently taking a sabbatical from full time work, traveling, catching up on projects, and musing on what's next. Here are some pictures from my winter at Cobb Hill, my summer 2007 travels, and some Lake Michigan pictures for you Great Lakes lovers and skeptical coastalists. Online evidence of my software career include Vocola (which helps control computers by voice) and a song about fonts.

Much of my creative energy is devoted to traditional music and dance, particularly New England Contra Dancing and playing the fiddle, but also harmony singing, Morris and rapper dancing, and playing other instruments.

Many weekends find me traveling around New England and beyond to call and play for contra dances, a source of great pleasure and friends. Here is a schedule of upcoming calling dates and recent calling dates. And I'm delighted to be fiddle-healthy again and playing dances; recently some guest spots with The Contraptions.

Some may also know me as a dance composer; one of these days I will surely publish a book of dances. In the meantime here are some that have made it into the world on their own. A recent enthusiasm is squantras and contrares.

A1 Anna's Reel Ballad of 30,000 Feet The Barn Mixer The Birds and the Bees California Clover Chuck the Budgie Comfort Deluxe The Connectrix Crow Flight Dance All Night Dr. Bluhm's Delight Earth and Sky Ellen's Yarns A Fair Wind Home

Grand Picnic The Grass Valley Glide House of Pigs The Joy of Six Lads of Ohio Larry's Listening Laura's Zigzag Love Sting My Marbles Have Many Moods Night Sail Oatmeal Creams Pensacola Rollaway The Phantom Tollbooth Propeller Promenade Retronella

Rick's Triplet #1 Rick's Triplet #2 Rockin' Robin Rosen at the Wheel Spoot the Dog Starshadow Steel Anniversary Reel Sue's Cruise Sunset Limited Synchronicity Taconic Stars The Ten Pound Snowflake Trip to Peterborough Trip to Troy Warp and Weft

Or see them all on one page.

A few of my fiddle tunes are also at large in the world. Here are the good ones, in ABC format or in PDF. The jigs are Indian Point and Willow's; the reels are History Reel, Perigord, The Plank House, and Pleasant Street (with Mike Bell).

(Chris Walshaw's ABC Home Page describes this simple and widely used format for sharing tunes, including links to online tune collections plus software to play and print them. On my PC I use AbcPlay to hear tunes and abc2ps with GSView to print scores; all are free.)

I'm proud to have founded the Commonwealth Morris Men, an inspired bunch of guys who can jump pretty high all at the same time. Other Morris and rapper teams I've danced with include New Haven Morris and Sword, Greenwich Guard, and Minnesota Traditional Morris.

You're welcome to email me, Rick at RickMohr.net.

Last updated September 2, 2007