The Fireants, Wyoming Arts Council roster artists, will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m., at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper. The Fireants hail from Buffalo, Wyoming, and vicinity. They play Carribean Basin dance music, USA-two-steps and waltzes from Cajun and Creole Louisiana; polkas, waltzes, chotises, huapangos, boleros, and cumbias from the conjunto tradition of Texas, calypsos from Trinidad, sones from Cuba, cumbias and vallenato from Colombia. Now and again, they play a little frolic from the North Carolina black stringband tradition, reels from Quebec, a fandango or two from the Basque Country, and original tunes and songs that have been inspired by their love of traditional music.
David Romvedt, Wyoming Poet Laureate, plays the button accordion. He writes some of the music and lyrics that the band performs and is known to ad-libbed lyrics for any occasion. Cindy Baker, from Sheridan, plays the bass and also works as an ayurvedic practitioner and yoga instructor. Percussionist Margo Brown and guitar player Courtney Caplan are potters when they are not playing in the band. All four members of the group sing.
The Casper event is sponsored by ARTCORE. FMI: http://www.artcorewy.org/.
For more info about how to bring The Fireants to your community with a WAC Arts Across Wyoming grant, go to http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/
