The Ithaca Swing Dance Network and the Cornell Swing Dance Club are proud to sponsor the Hotfoot Club for a swing dance on Saturday, October 4 in the Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall, on the Cornell campus, from 8:30 PM to midnight. A favorite of the Central New York swing scene, Hotfoot Club is a 5-piece band that serves up impeccably arranged swing and rhythm and blues from the 1930s through the 1950s, played by some of the area’s most accomplished musicians. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. There will be an introductory swing lesson at 7:30 as part of the admission. For more information visit their website at www.ithacaswing.org or call (607) 277-4513. Ithaca Swing Dance Network is a not-for-profit organization run by dancers for dancers!

Master hammer dulcimer player Dan Duggan is coming to the Danby Town Hall on Sunday, October 5, for a free afternoon concert. The concert, sponsored by  the Danby Community Council, will start at 3 pm and is free for all ages. Based in New York’s North Country, Dan has been touring the country for more than twenty years and has been honored as a National Hammered  Dulcimer Champion. In concert, Dan mixes things up with songs, tunes,  and instruments. He will likely play the gamut from traditional Irish and French Canadian tunes to 19th  century dance halls to his own original and innovative compositions. Dan has produced more than thirty solo and joint venture albums and has played with Paul Simon on his “You’re the One” album. “The Pieces of our Life,” one of his children’s albums received a Parents Choice award.