The Flatland Ramblers
photo by d.j.
The Flatland Ramblers, a traditional old-time band based in Polk County, Iowa, play a lively mix of American mountain tunes and Celtic instrumentals. If you like music of the 1800s as it was played in 1975, you'll love this band! Funky enough for a barn dance, hip enough for the coffeehouse, we play 19th century music for the 21st century. Perfect for farmer's markets, Civil War reenactments, Renaissance fairs, céilís, keggers, political rallies, weddings, wakes, hog roasts, hoolies, hoedowns, shindigs and shivarees! The band consists of:

HARVEST_HOME.mp3
Harvest Home
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Scott Ross: 5-string banjo, cittern

Jeanne Witt: flute, piccolo, pennywhistle, mandolin

Barbara Shultz: mandolin, octave mandolin, tenor banjo

Donna Ritchie: guitar, Jew's harp

THE FLATLAND RAMBLERS: Toe-Tappin' Tunes


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Sally in the Garden
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HILLS_OF_IRELAND.mp3

Hills of Ireland
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...and keep posted on our ever-changing schedule:
The Flatland Ramblers
2009 Iowa Performance Calendar:

Tuesday, March 17- Iowa State Historical Museum Irish Festival, 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
(Free admission.)
(Iowa State Historical Museum, 600 Locust, Des Moines.)

Wednesday, April 22- Group Birthday Party, 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
(Private.)
(Wesley - The Village, 1203 North E Street, Indianola.)

Saturday, May 2- DemiCon XX, Noon - 1:00 P.M.
(Membership required.)
(Hotel Fort Des Moines, 10th & Locust, Des Moines.)

Sunday, June 14- 5th Annual Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
($5 admission, children 8 & under free.)
(Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel.)

Saturday, June 20- Summer Solstice/Birthday Bash, 1:00 - ? P.M.
(Private.)
(Des Moines.)

Sunday, September 20- 39th Annual Fiddler's Picnic, Noon - 6:00 P.M.
($5 admission.)
(Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City.)

Saturday, October 10- Wedding & Reception, 1:00 P.M.
(Private.)
(Ahquabi Lodge, Indianola.)


The Flatland Ramblers will play music in exchange for money:
Contact us here.
Or phone: 515-277-3787

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