Did you know: Legend has it that in the 10th century,
a Vulgarian prince visited what is now Showdiv and later remarked about
his travels, "I have never seen such a big rock."
OBI's past performances
2007
KFAI Century Song
Minnesota Orchestra: Young People's Concert, with the Ethnic Dance Theatre,
Orchestra Hall
Cedar Cultural Center, CD Release Party for Nice Driveway vol. 3: Rogarian
Baba-que
Tapestry Folkdance Center's fall workshop
St. Paul Farmer's Market
June Camp, St. Charles, IL
Ethnic Dance Theatre, The Nutcracker!
Unity Unitarian Church
NE Accordion Fest 2007, Cedar Cultural Center
Normandale College International Festival
Kramarczuk's Eastern European Deli
Minnesota Orchestra: Free Target Family Concert , with the Ethnic Dance
Theatre, Orchestra Hall
Roseville Area Schools Faculty Recital & Fund Raising Concert
Festival of Nations
Ethnic Dance Theatre, Land of Legends
Rogarian Leap Day, Cedar Cultural Center
Wentworth Library
American Accordionists Musicological Society (workshop and performance),
Philadelphia, PA
Susquehanna Folk Music Society, with Lee Otterholt, Harrisburg, PA
SNOPA
Minnesota Music Educators Association (workshop), Minneapolis Convention
Center
House Concert
Ethnic Dance Theatre dance party Zabava!
Madison Folk Ball
2006
Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show
North Dakota Public Radio
Mandan Arts in the Park, Mandan, ND
Trinity Community Center, Bismarck, ND
KFAI's International Women's Day Celebration, Cedar Cultural Center
Tapestry Folkdance Center benefit
Dick Crum memorial
Fred Kedney memorial
Jonathan Frey memorial
Northeast Accordion Festival
University of Minnesota's Northrup Mall
Tapestry Folkdance Center's fall workshop
Ethnic Dance Theatre's Beyond the Crescent Moon
Festival of Nations
Emperor's Ball, Landmark Center
University of Minnesota's Humphrey Center
SNOPA
Ethnic Dance Theatre dance party
Cedar Cultural Center, CD release party for Nice Driveway vol. 2: Lake
Aquanyet Days
Madison Folk Ball
Accordionists' and Teachers' Guild (workshop and performance)
Fox Valley Folkdancers, Appleton, WI
Roseville Area Schools Faculty Recital & Fund Raising Concert
2005
Madison Folk Ball
Roseville Area Schools Faculty Recital & Fund Raising Concert
SNOPA
Ethnic Dance Theatre Dance Party
Fox Valley Folkdancers, Appleton, WI
Augsburg Appreciation Dinner
Tapestry Folkdance Center benefit
Festival of Nations
KFAI Fubar Omniverse
Cedar Cultural Center, CD Release Party for Nice Driveway vol. 1:Cheers
from the Land of the Freeze
Door County Folk Festival
Marshall Field's Day of Music
Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered, Interview with Dan Olson
Minnesota History Center's Nine Nights of Music
Center for Victims of Torture benefit
Crossings at Carnegie
Tapestry Folkdance Center Dance Party
NE Accordion Festival
National Orff-Schulwerk Association of America conference, Birmingham, AL
New York Mills
2004
Roseville Area Schools Faculty Recital & Fund Raising Concert
Roseville All-District String Recital
Roseville All-District String Festival Residency
SNOPA
Door County Folk Festival
Mill City Coffee
Stonehenge on Hennepin with Mila Vocal Ensemble
NE Accordion Festival
From a Dark Night with Mila Vocal Ensemble, Unity Church Unitarian
Kramarczuk's Eastern European Deli
2003
Kramarczuk's Eastern European Deli
House Band Festival of Nations
Plum's in St Paul
Benefit for Dave Thune with Mila Vocal Ensemble
RBC Dane Corporate Festival of Nations
2002
OBI's "coming out" gig at Kramarczuk's Eastern European Deli