For the second time in as many years Los Banos residents gathered to enjoy a night of folk music and square dancing at the Ted Falasco Arts Center.

The Oakland-based Evie Ladin Band performed Saturday.

The band, a husband and wife duo consisting of Evie Ladin and Keith Terry, describes its music as “contemporary folk” with strong roots in traditional American music. They were joined with their part-time bandmate Erik Pearson.

“It’s really nice to be invited back so soon, it feels like yesterday,” Ladin told the audience.

When the band first performed in Los Banos a year ago, it led a square dance. A few hours before the concert Saturday, Ladin held a mini-workshop on square dancing.

“I tell people human beings have been dancing together forever, until recently. It is one of my missions to get people back at it,” Ladin said.

Terry, an educator who specializes in making percussion sounds with his body and household items, played the spoons.

“Some people think this is cheap theatrics. I got a grant to do this,” Terry said, holding up a handful of what appeared to be wooden spoons.

Terry also pitched a book and DVD on teaching math to third- through fifth-graders by using music rhythms.

The band engaged the crowd with stories of being on and off the road as well as the inspirations for their music.

Ladin brought a few new songs to Los Banos that she had written while on a sabbatical. The band joked that the good part and the bad part for Los Banos audience was that they were the first to hear the tunes.

Ladin, who grew up in Baltimore, has been playing the banjo since she was 8 years old and writing songs for more than 20 years. She said her musical influences stretch from traditional folk to “inner city music.”