Smoke and Mirrors playing at an old fashioned barn dance at the Raite Farm Tractor Pull, Elliot, ME.

Deborah Gerstein - piano, email Deborah

Damaris Rohsenow - Hammered Dulcimer, email Damaris

Ryan Thomson - Fiddle, Flute, Banjo, email Ryan, Ryan's web site

Damaris Rohsenow has been performing folk music since 1963. She currently plays hammered dulcimer or piano for contra and English country dances, with a focus on early American, 17th century English, Irish, French-Canadian, and Scottish music. She is a member of Smoke & Mirrors and of New Boston Fancy, and previously was a member of various other New England contra dance bands including Whistler's Daughter, The Whistling Thieves, and Jump at the Sun. She previously played concertina and recorder for Morris dances and guitar for an Irish string band.

Deborah Gerstein is a classically trained piano player extraordinaire who has played with many different contra dance bands, including Smoke and Mirrors, Roaring Jelly, and others.

Ryan Thomson, known as "Captain Fiddle," has played contra dance music for over 30 years. He teaches fiddling and folk music at Phillips Exeter Academy, Kittery Adult Ed., and at music and dance camps nationally. He enjoys calling and teaching dances when the need arises. He has been designated a Master Traditional Artist by the New Hampshire Council on the Arts, and is a former Northeastern winner of the National Fiddle Contest.