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Elftones (elf´· tohnz) pl.n. A popular, highly energetic North Carolina-based band composed of a fiddler (Mara Shea (formerly Mara Beamish) and a guitarist (Roger Gold).

Our music is a blend of Irish, Scottish, Canadian, old-time, and original tunes. We like to play for contra dances, weddings, parties, and just about anywhere people like to twirl and swing and have a great time.

Although our home base is in the Piedmont of North Carolina, you can find us playing in a large part of the U.S. (and elsewhere when invited). To see a schedule of our upcoming dances and performances, click here .

If you'd like to hear our music for yourself, we have two contra dance music CDs, The Moon and Seven Stars, and our first recording, appropriately enough called Elftones. If you like waltzes, you'll like our album of waltzes, Mist-Covered Mountains. We have a number of sound bytes on the Recordings page, now in MP3 format.