SARANAC LAKE – Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn will perform a Harvest Dance and concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Saranac Village at Will Rogers.

“Dan and Peggy combine original and traditional songs with masterful harmonies and inventive arrangements,” said Will Rogers’ Activities Director Debbie Kanze. “On stage, their enthusiasm and humor charm audiences. They also have dynamic songwriting and instrumental virtuosity.”

Dan and Peggy will perform a one set concert featuring original songs and tunes with hammered dulcimer, guitar, and concertina and a one set country dance featuring circle mixers, line dances, square dances and contra dances.

High School and Middle School students are invited and encouraged to attend to dance with the seniors. Students will be admitted at no charge. This dance is co-sponsored with the Franklin County Office of the Aging. A $5 donation is requested from all non-students.

Duggan is known nationally for his wizardry on hammered dulcimer and flat-picking guitar, and is the recipient of the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship.

Duggan recently released an album of original tunes called “For the Love of Friends. ” He and Peggy have released two trio albums with Dan Berggren, the more recent titled “Jamcrackers,” and as a duo have released three previous recordings: “Keeping Christmas,” “A Stitch in Time,” and “Be the Light.” Duggan’s children’s album, “Pieces of Our Life,” earned a Parent’s Choice Award in 1998. His dulcimer work can also be heard on Paul Simon’s CD, “You’re the One,” released in October of 2000 and “The Paul Simon Collection” released in 2004.

Peggy Lynn, referred to by poet Maurice Kenny as “The Voice of the Mountains,” is recognized for her songwriting and vocal versatility. She is known for ballads of strong women, children’s songs about nature, and bluesy songs of life and love.

With a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies, and a master’s degree in history, Peggy’s work is grounded in traditional instrumental and vocal styles, but exhibiting a critical and philosophical perspective.

She is passionate about her work with Creative Healing Connections, leading songwriting workshops for women’s retreats. For this work, she was named a recipient of the Altes Prize by SUNY Empire State College in 2013.

Peggy champions the addition of women to the record of history with “Breaking Trail: Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks,” co-authored with Sandra Weber, for which the Adirondack Mountain Club honored her with their Arthur E. Newkirk Education Award in 2005.