ASHKENAZ, Berkeley
Wednesday, November 4
Balkan
HELLADELICS
Doors at 7:00 p.m.; Balkan dance lesson at 7:30 p.m.; Show at 8:30 p.m.
$10
The Helladelics return to Ashkenaz for a night of Greek and Balkan dance music. The Helladelics (hellas, Greece and delos, clear, visible) are a Bay Area band that plays traditional Greek music. The members also play in numerous other Balkan groups. In the Helladelics they especially like the slow, slinky stuff from Epirus, but also cover peppy and sultry tunes from all over Greece, and a few nearby areas as well. The group is Mary Hofer Farris on clarinet, singer and percussionist Michele Simon, violinist and oud player Gari Hegedus, and Tom Farris on laouto. www.helladelics.com
