day	time	duration	hall	rating	short	verbose	performers
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	An Acoustic Scottish Event	Jordan is an acoustic guitarist/vocalist who for over 40 years has performed Scottish and Irish music throughout the US, Canada and the United Kingdom.	Jordan Cannady
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	EF	Alaskan Story Songs	Traditional and original ballads, sea songs and humorous ditties from Alaska, the Last Frontier.	Mike Campbell
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Celtic Fiddle Concert	Tiffany is a Celtic Fiddler accompanied by her dad on guitar and her mom on bodhran. She has played at numerous venues and won many fiddle contest throughout the New England Area.	The Rozenas Family
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	International Folk Dance Party		Skorosmrtnica
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	"Trip To" English Country Dances	English country dances, all with "Trip to ___" as their title, a mix of dances from past centuries and more recent compositions	David Millstone, Pandora
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Contra Energizer		Chris Weiler, einstein's little homunculus
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	A Sampler of Ken's Favorites	Delightful instrumentals, and songs of love, labor and humor from the UK to the Western plains.	Ken Sweeney
Friday	7:30pm	0:50	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come and join us as we learn the basic calls that will get you started on your Contra dance journey!	Beth Parkes, JumpStart
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Cat Man Stew	Join the Cats for a concert featuring some favorites from their regular gigs. Drawing from all genres, you might be at a bluegrass festival, an Irish pub, a contra dance, a folk concert or anywhere in-between.	Three Cats and a Dog
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GS	Romanian Jam	Sight reading/playing of Romanian music selections	Ralph Iverson
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Life, Death, Dieting	Mostly original songs on a broad range of topics, frequently about love or food (or both).  Come and be entertained; try not to come hungry!	Joanne Davis
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DB	Seannos Irish Dance	Werner teaches Seannos, a 300+-year-old Irish dance. His extensive experience both dancing and teaching this style will provide a successful learning experience for both beginners and advanced dancers.	Werner Ceusters, Montage
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Scottish Country Dancing	Scottish Country dancing is the folk dancing of Scotland, danced by all, children through seniors. The dances will be taught and prompted, and are fun. The live music adds to the enjoyment.	Andy Taylor-Blenis, The White Cockade
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Pacific Edge Contras	Contras and squares from the West Coast, vibrant choreography with Pacific twists, three states of dancing.	Woody Lane, Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	GB	Lovely Latin Rounds	Come learn and sing beautiful rounds in Latin with us:   Ego Sum Pauper, Non Nobis Domine, Laudate Nomen Domine, Dona Nobis Pacem (Schickele), and Jubilate Deo.	Louise Brill & Friends
Friday	8:30pm	0:50	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	English Country Dancing at its most basic.  Learn figures and dances along with a little style and a snippet of history.  Fun, not stodgy!	Mary Jones, Paradise Bird
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	P	Wind Styles	A panel of windplayers demonstrate the wide variety of wind styles among genres and individuals.	Nadine Dyskant-Miller
Friday	9:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Jug Band Jubilee	Wild and wacky songs from the Jug Band craze of the 1930s and the 1960s revival. Blues and early jazz played in that fascinatin' jug band style. We'll be blowin' and clangin' jug band instruments including the jug, washboard, stovepipe and kazoo. Wow!	Outrageous Fortune
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	TS	A+ Contra Calling	In a sequel to last year's workshop on walk-throughs, learn the tricks and techniques to make your calling the best it can be. We might do a little dancing, but this is really a discussion session.	Dan Pearl
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	TS	Mezosegi - Hungarian Couple Dance	Hungarian couple dance from Transylvania. Fun, not easy, yet excitingly coupled! Some prior experience with lead-follow type couple dancing would be helpful.	Stephen Spinder, Táncház Music Group
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DB	Israeli Oldies	A selection of simple dances from before the modern era that are still current in Israel but that are rarely seen in the USA.	Larry Denenberg, Robin & The Deaf Girls
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Eye Contact Contras	Satisfying contras which feature or require good eye contact, with an emphasis on good connection and style.	Lisa Greenleaf, Nor'easter
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	TB	Bodhran Workshop	Bodhran workshop will introduce the techniques needed to produce a variety of sounds to enhance the accompaniment of melody instruments.	Joe De Paolo
Friday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to International Folk Dance	Basic folk dances anyone can do, from many countries.	Jonathan Young, Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Flute Feet Fiddle Piano	A joyful potpourri of traditional and original tunes from fiery/driving to silky/lyrical. Roots  from Quebec,New England, beyond.  Surprising juxtapositions, spectacular technique, with warmth and and impeccable musicianship.	Confluence
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 108	GB	Pub Sing	Bring a song to share, or just join in on the choruses!  Drinking songs, sea chanteys, Gospel songs -- anything with a chorus or refrain that people can pick up.	Jeff Keller
Friday	10:00pm	0:20	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Hungarian Táncház		Táncház Music Group
Friday	10:00pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	DB	Oli sto Horo!  Greek Dancing	A variety of Greek dances danced with a leader, some with walk-throughs - including both widely-known dances (e.g., Tsamikos, Kalamatianos, Syrtos) and regional dances (e.g., Ikariotikos, Rodhitikos, Tikfeskos).	Irene Savas, Meraki
Friday	10:00pm	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Square Dance Medley		Nor'easter
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 176	E	Irish Emigration Ballads	Follow our Irish ancestors' paths to Great Britain, America, and Australia, chronicled in songs from the late 1700's up through the American Civil War.  Participatory group singing encouraged.	Robert Tincher
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Swingin' to Singin'	"Three Cats and a Dog" adds horns and percussion to turbo-charge the Songs in their swing dance repertoire. East Coast and West Coast dance standards made popular by artists such as Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel. Come dance while we sing!	Three Cats, Some Sax & a Drummer
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Dance Hall	DS	Late Night Contras		Donna Hunt, Agnostic Fiddle Insurgency
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Rm. 125	NS	Open Scandi Dancing	Play for Scandi dancing	Gammaldansbandet
Friday	10:45pm	0:45	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Balkan Dance Party	Enjoy authentic village-style music while dancing to Boston's Friendly Neighborhood Bulgarian Band.	Zdravets
Saturday	9:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Ha'Penny Morris, The Black Jokers, Gay Blades Rapper Sword
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	EF	Irish Trad for Harps	A lot of harps playing Traditional Irish dance tunes, ballads, and airs, and having a dang good time doing it!	The New England Irish Harp Orchestra
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Songs of Serbia and Macedonia	A Serbian native sings traditional songs from Serbia and Macedonia, with explanations and cultural history, on themes of war, love, and nature.	Olga Zaric
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	EF	Clam Chowder & Kangaroos	Good songs cheap, family silliness encouraged	Jean Schwartz
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DB	Faroese Social Dance	A workshop/participatory dance with social dances from our North Atlantic region (Faroes, Shetland, Orkney and Denmark)	Faroese Dancers
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TB	Learn Zwiefacher	We will teach Zwiefachers, wonderful turning couple dances to patterns.  We will cover pivot and waltz turns, how to combine them, and how to listen to the music.	Lisa Brooks, Ed Abelson, Little Mother Z
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	What the Hey Contras	Contras that feature heys, in various forms and configurations.	Deb Comly, Roaring Jelly
Saturday	10:00am	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Waltz	Learn the basic waltz step!	Tom Roby, Karen Edward, Tom Pixton
Saturday	10:00am	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Waltz	Learn the basic waltz step!	Susan de Guardiola
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	At Home w/ the Hammonds	The songs and tunes we  sing and play at home  for fun, with guitar and banjo, dulcimer and mandolin.	Lorraine & Bennett Hammond
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	Give me the Willys!	In traditional ballads "Willy" is a very common name. So this year we will search our memories for "Willy" ballads (and a few may give us the "Willys" as well)..	Sue West & Friends
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Story Telling in Song	Sharing ideas and techniques for telling great stories in traditional songs. Have 'em on the edge of their seats.	Jerry Epstein
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 177	TB	A Capella Techniques	Learn to power-boost your unaccompanied singing through song setup, body language, arrangements.  2nd half of session= audience members invited to present/perform, & group discussion.	Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
Saturday	10:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Muddy River Morris, Harrisville Morris Women, Candyrapper
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Singing EC & Orna Ball	If EC Ball had been willing to travel, he and his wife Orna could have achieved a fame equal to the Carter Family's. They chose to remain at home and run local singing conventions. Join us in singing some of the outstanding gospel songs for which they are remembered.	Dallal & Henry
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GS	Contra Tune Slow Jam	Dave & Chris will play tunes that are frequently played for contra dancing very slowly.  Players of all instruments are welcome to join in.	Dave Miller & Chris Carpenter
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	GF	Singing Games for Children	Come sing and play with Revels, as we do traditional children's play parties and singing games passed down through the ages.	Revels Education & Outreach
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DF	Family Contra Dance	Join us for contra dances that are fun for ages 5 years and older. We promise to keep everyone smiling!	Linda Leslie, Sugar River String Band
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TS	Czech Couple Dances	Jan Pumpr and Jitka Bonusová will teach traditional couple dances from the Bohemian region of Czech Republic.	Jan Pumpr, 9102, Kvítek
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Marvelous Contras	Marvelous euphoria-inducing contras, with fabulous music.	Rick Mohr, Jetstream
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	GF	Beatles Sing Along	This year let's sing and dance to "A Hard Day's Night," and other assorted songs from the Beatles' black and white film.	Rocking Horse People
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	Traditional Songs & Tunes	Traditional songs and tunes from North America and the British Isles, featuring pipes and concertina. Uilleann Pipes, Northumbrian Small Pipes, fiddle, citern, concertinas and voice will be used	Neal & Ann
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 176	GF	Sea Songs & Chanteys	Historic Sea Songs & Chanteys: this is an opportunity for everyone to sing along and have fun with great songs from the roots of this genre.	John Fitzhugh Millar
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 177	TB	How to Play the Bones	basic to intermediate instruction on how to play the traditional rhythm bones, with demonstration by a variety of players from around New England	Stephen Brown
Saturday	11:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Red Herring Morris, Jack in the Green Morris, The Plowshares
Saturday	11:30am	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Come explore connections in the many moods of English country dance: rowdy, stately, gentle, fierce...	Melissa Running, Windsor Knot
Saturday	11:30am	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Learn the basics you need to know in order to have fun on the dance floor.	Bob Golder, Wild Card
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Old Friends and Good Times	Old and new songs in glorious three part harmony.  Tales of vikings returned, ghosts, outlaws, presidents, love, economics, most with choruses, and some very clever rounds.	The Short Sisters
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GS	Waltz Melodies Jam	Please join "Three Quarter Time", a Boston area acoustic instrumental group that plays and leads traditional 3/4-time and folk waltz melodies.  You will be participating in an open-to-all-instruments jam that has been a NEFFA tradition since 2001.  You can play by ear, or use music notation that will be provided.	Three Quarter Time
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Concert Set	Contemporary string band filled with epic triple fiddles/nyckelharpa, catchy melodies and driving rhythms full of raw energy and mashy quirk!	Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DF	Family Dance	Easy dances from around the world - for the whole family!	Regina Laskowski, Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Saturday	12:00no	0:20	Middle School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley		Last Exit
Saturday	12:00no	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley		Termites' Delight
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	Classic Ballads	A selection of some of the great older traditional ballads.	John Roberts, Jerry Epstein
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 117	GB	Sing For Joy	Singing in harmony is wonderful for your physical, mental, and emotional health. Come sing with Allison Aldrich and members of Animaterra Women's Chorus of New Hampshire as they celebrate with songs of hope, joy, and just plain fun.	Animaterra Women's Chorus
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 176	P	Meet The Bagpipes	Demonstration and talk of bagpipes featuring Northumbrian Small Pipes and Uilleann Pipes and maybe some others.  Come and ask questions and hear some good tunes.	Neal MacMillan
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 177	TS	Clawhammer Banjo Workshop	Clawhammer Banjo Workshop focuses on fundamentals and mechanics. Right hand: a thorough exploration of the "drop-thumbing" and "double-thumbing" techniques. Left hand: fingering strategies, perfecting hammer-ons and pull-offs.	Ken Perlman
Saturday	12:00no	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Commonwealth Morris, Heartwood Morris, Ladies of the Rolling Pin
Saturday	12:30pm	1:05	Middle School Dance Hall	TB	Learn Argentine Tango	Explore tango essentials, partnering skills & musicality	Hsueh-tze Lee, Tango Mucha Labia
Saturday	12:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Jersey's Best Contras	A sampling from the Garden State's best dance writers; Don Flaherty, Melanie Axel-Lute, Mark Widmer, and Bob Isaacs.	Bob Isaacs, Termites' Delight
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	NEW ORLEANS 1911	 The actual music as it was played in Neworleans in 1911.	The New New Orleans Jazz Band
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Tongue in Cheek Songs	Humorous songs and parodies of traditional and trad-style songs.  Tom Smith joins us in a round robin that'll keep you laughin' !	Deb O'Hanlon, Peter Fischman & Tom Smith
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Trad-at-Heart Songs	Kathy Westra sings traditional songs--and newer songs that sound like they could  be traditional. Lyric songs, ballads and hymns from English, Scots, and North American sources, with guitar accompaniment.	Kathy Westra
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DF	Traditional New England Barn Dance	Traditional New England barn dances such as Virginia Reel, Grand March, Portland Fancy, Paul Jones, The Tempest, La Plogeuse.	Two Fiddles
Saturday	1:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Square Dance	Come and join us as we learn the basic calls that will get you started on your Square dance journey!	Janine Smith, Raise the Roof
Saturday	1:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Balkan Dance	Learn basic dances you'll see again and again at folk dances everywhere!	Janet Yeracaris, Shining Moon
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	G	English Music Hall & Sing Alongs	English Music Hall Songs from the 1890s and on.	John Roberts, Jerry Epstein
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	GF	Sing Along with Strings	A family-friendly sing-along of multicultural songs, with guitar or cello accompaniment. Sing old favorites and new gems; sing in languages you don't even speak!	Denise Gendron
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	PB	The BBC Radio Ballads	Presentation of Ewan MacColl songs written for the 1950's BBC radio show, and maybe a few taken from the sequel series done more recently.	Kennedy, Setari & McCandless
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	Hurdy Gurdy Concert	Medieval, renaissance, traditional, and original tunes played on a traditional Hungarian hurdy gurdy.	Melissa Kacalanos
Saturday	1:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris, Garland and Sword Dance		Westerly Morris, Mystic Garland Dancers, Charles River Rapper
Saturday	1:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	NS	Lively Croatian Dance Party!	 Grab your PAJDASHI ("buddies") and join the circle for a drmes!	Pajdashi
Saturday	1:45pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Open Tango		Tango Mucha Labia
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Our Favorite Tunes	Mini-concert of New England dance tunes including traditional and contemporary reels, jigs, airs and waltzes played on piano, fiddle, flute and piccolo.	Old New England
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GB	String, Wind & Reed Jam	ALL instruments are welcome in this jam! Everyone will have a chance to lead a tune or song with the group. Great experience for all levels. And, it's FUN!	Double Play
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Nyckelharpa Smorgasbord	Old and new tunes on one, two, or three nyckelharpas (Swedish keyed fiddles), along with some of the instrument's legends and traditions.	Harpas Four
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DF	Faroese Ballad Dance	Tradional Faroese Ballad Dance combines storytelling, song and dance.  Singers/dancers from the Faroe Islands demonstrate, explain and draw participants into an important part of Faroese culture since the Middle Ages.	Faroese Dancers
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	World Harmony Singing	60 powerful adult and teen voices led by Village Harmony Directors Patty Cuyler and Larry Gordon present a thrilling range of world harmony singing traditions.	Boston Harmony
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117		NEFFA Annual Meeting -- All Welcome!		
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	GB	Participatory Greek Jam	Participatory playing of traditional Greek music, all instruments/levels.  Sheet music for about a dozen tunes given out, representing a broad variety of Greek music.  Brief cultural and/or musical context remarks.	Meraki
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	Funny Ukulele Lady	Humorous & novelty songs and Hawaiiana played on the ukulele. Lots of opportunity to sing along. Maybe some guests will appear.	Evy Mayer
Saturday	2:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Half Moon Sword, Renegade Morris, Still River Sword
Saturday	2:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Youth Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all 21 and under! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Mary Wesley, Daniel Friedman
Saturday	2:30pm	0:35	High School Dance Hall	TX	Advanced Latin Waltz	Latin-style waltzes are up-tempo and exciting. The workshop material includes lunges, pivots and swivels with a "south of the border" feel.	Mostly Waltz, Calliope
Saturday	2:30pm	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Belly Dance	Anyone can Belly Dance. Great exercise and great fun!	Eve Tribal Belly Dance Company
Saturday	2:30pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Scandi Dance	Easy Scandinavian couple dances and mixers. Brief introductions and demonstrations. (Snoa, polka, schottis, vals, polska, hambo, Rørospols, Sønderhoning, mazurka, seksturs, etc.)	Eph Weiss, John Chambers & Friends, Linda Bernfeld
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	GF	Drumming About You	You'll get your hands on BB's mountain of percussion goodies as he ignites this interactive drumming play-along with the catchiest melodies and beats that Mansfield Massachusetts will ever hear.	Bob Bloom
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	G	Round Singing Jam	Rounds led by leaders AND members of AUDIENCE	Sol Weber & Friends
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Stories from the Heart	Stories for grownups of all ages.	Helen Engelhardt
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DB	Tarantellas from Southern Italy	Learn tarantellas from the southern Italian Mountains, dances still done today for carnival and other festivals.	Italian Village Music and Dance
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	GF	Kids Sing Freedom!	Songs of peace, freedom, and friendship for children and grown-ups alike. Lots of singing, moving, and clapping. Even some holding hands.	People's Music Network
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	EF	Terje Vigen & North Sea Songs	Ibsen's epic poem "Terje Vigen" will be presented along with poems/ballads of the North Sea region (Norse and Scottish in content.	Sonja Savig & Mike Kennedy
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	TB	Anyone Can Sing	Shy about singing in public?  Come have fun with simple songs, vocal warm-ups and easy techniques that will help you find your voice	Lorraine Hammond
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	GB	Boing! Mouth Harps	Mouth harp, jews harp, maultrommel, doromb, munnharpa, khomus, dan moi. Whatever you call them, mouth-resonated instruments are ancient, diverse, and fun. Demonstration and presentation followed by show-and-tell and jamming. If you have one, bring it. If not, try one and enjoy the show.	Bob Wyttenbach
Saturday	3:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Pokingbrook Morris, Marlboro Morris Men, Bubble Rapper, Mulberry Morris
Saturday	3:15pm	0:35	High School Dance Hall	NS	Waltz Time!	 Waltz to the sumptuous sound of a nine piece orchestra playing everything but the usual standards.	Calliope
Saturday	3:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Role-Free Contras	Gender role-free contra dancing is fun for anyone who wants to enjoy dancing from a new perspective. You choose to dance either the traditional gent's role or the lady's role, regardless of your gender. Colorful armbands indicate who's who on the dance floor.	Bob Golder, Free Raisins
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Turkish  Folk Music	We play Turkish Folk Music from previous Ottoman lands: Crimea, Hungary, Balkans, Anatolia, Caucasus and Kirkuk (Irak).	Turgay Ertürk & Friends
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Good Songs About Bad People	Why do Good Songs happen to Bad People? Find out as we follow our lyin', cheatin', thievin', dirty double crossin' heroes through several centuries of great songs like "Folsom Prison Blues", "St James Infirmary", "The Banks of the Ohio", "I Got Mine" and more, in the jug band style. Fun for the whole family! A cautionary tale for the children!	Outrageous Fortune
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	G	Songs of Stan Rogers	From the Canadian Maritimes, Stan Rogers was perhaps the best contemporary songwriter to weld life's joys and tragedies into songs steeped in the folk tradition.  Come join us on choruses.	The Beans, David Coffin
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	TS	Slow and Romantic Polish Dances	Slow, dreamy and romantic Polish dances, including Ada's Kujawiak.	Regina Laskowski, Kapela
Saturday	4:00pm	1:20	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festive  ECD	English dancing in its variety: old and new, lively and lovely, flowing and festive!	Joanna Reiner, Barbara Finney, Hot Toddy
Saturday	4:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come on and learn the fun you can have at contra dances.	Dan Pearl, The French Connection
Saturday	4:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Easy English dancing-- come learn the basics!	Sue Rosen, Dusty Miller
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	Leavings, Partings & Other Goodbyes	What more needs to be said?	Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	GS	Bulgarian Jam	Sight reading/playing Bulgarian music	Ralph Iverson
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	A Cappella Nordic Music Concert	Nordic music from the Middle Ages to contemporary, sung in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic and Mediaeval Latin.	Stämbandet
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	TX	Blues Guitar Teach-In	We'll explore a single piece by a blues master; with some help from chord charts and tablature, some demonstration, and lots of trial and error, you'll learn how to sound like the real thing. In one hour!	Richard Yospin
Saturday	4:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Bassett St. Hounds, Ring O' Bells Morris, Vineyard Swordfish, Clownfish Rapper
Saturday	4:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Gene Hubert's Squares	You've tried the rest, now try the best- dance the cream of the crop of the OTHER dances written by renowned contra dance choreographer, the late Gene Hubert.	Janine Smith, The Dixie Butterhounds
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Mtn and Ham Dulcimer Duets	A blending of two different dulcimers playing traditional, original and contemporary songs and tunes	Lucy Joan Sollogub & Barb Levine
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GB	Tango Jam	Come learn to play basic tango! This will be a jam facilitated by members of Tango Mucha Labia. Chord charts and sheet music will be provided, all instruments welcome!	Tango Mucha Labia
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	All in the Family	Brad and Suzanne are brother and sister. Together with their partners, Claire and Brian, they like to play and sing traditional music from Brittany (Claire's birthplace), Ireland, and North America.	Boucher, Cartwright, Hurley & Mrozak
Saturday	5:00pm	0:35	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DB	Learn French Dance	Werner Ceusters makes French dancing come to life with his ease of teaching and depth of understanding. Learn bourree, mazurka, an dro, and more while Montage provides energetic, authentic music.	Werner Ceusters, Montage
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	Sailors at Work, Rest, and Play	Being a survey of the many songs sung in, or about, the maritime trades over the last couple of hundred years.	Chris Koldewey
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	CatchyCountry/Bluegrass	A lively Country and Bluegrass stringband trio with exciting 3 part vocal harmonies and hot instrumentals.	Triple Play All-Stars
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Bulgarian Concert	Men's Bulgarian singing with instrumental accompaniment	Zornitsa
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	Women & The Sea	A musical look at women's relationships with the sea - and with sailors. Superb songs, salty to supernatural.	Judy Cook & Friends
Saturday	5:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Hop Brook Morris, Banbury Cross Morris, Pocketflyers
Saturday	5:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Star-Spangled Contras	Contra dances featuring different types of stars.	Melanie Axel-Lute, The Big Phat American K-Lee Band
Saturday	5:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	NX	Marianne's Favorite Dances	International line and couple dances we learned from Marianne Taylor	Tom Pixton & Friends
Saturday	5:30pm	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Seated Square Dances	Seated square dances are just like regular square dances, except you are sitting down! It is fun for everyone, but is particularly enjoyable for people with temporary or chronic mobility issues.	Fred Wersan, Assabet Ramblers
Saturday	5:30pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Int'l Folk Dance	Easy folk dances that will get you moving on the right (or left!) foot.	Val Medve, International Folk Sounds
Saturday	5:45pm	0:35	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DS	French Dance Party	Jump in and have fun at this authentic French Òbal folkÓ dance party! Guidance will be provided as needed, and music will be rich and exciting.	Werner Ceusters, Montage
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Irish/Celtic/Contra Music	We play uptempo Irish/Celtic/Contra Music, very suitable for dancing.	Last Night's Fun
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GB	Power Harmonies	Come to sing full-voiced a capella harmony. There will be many choruses, with songs mostly from the English and American traditions.	Power Harmonies
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	The Raucous Renaissance	Renaissance Music for the Rest of Us  Leave your courtly manners behind!  We'll tune up our bagpipes, shawms and rauschpfiefs and get cranking on the  hurdy-gurdy.  Raucous authentic medieval and renaissance music played on period instruments that will have you dancing, laughing and clapping.	Diabolis in Musica
Saturday	6:00pm	0:35	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances	Dances from around the world, performed to traditional music and in traditional dance costumes.	Germantown Country Dancers, Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society, Dvorana, Monique Legaré International Dance Company, Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society, Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	G	Singin' on the Porch	Come join us on the "back porch" and sing choruses with several NEFFA performers once again.	The Beans & Friends
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Croatian Music Concert	Enjoy the harmonies and rythms of Croatia as this group performs choral and traditional tunes.	Pajdashi
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	Half the Sky	Come listen and sing along to songs of women in struggle, sorrow, joy, and triumph--from handsome cabin boys to mountain women to grandmothers who protest injustice.	Constellations
Saturday	6:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	TB	Introduction to Ragtime Dance	A friendly introduction to the basics of the fun and accessible ballroom dance of the 1910s -- one-step, two-step, foxtrot.	Susan de Guardiola, Calliope
Saturday	6:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Take Hands Six (Contras)!	Triple minor dances, where you take hands 6, not hand 4.  Yes, you still get to swing your partner!	Adina Gordon, Rock the Boat
Saturday	6:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	TB	Brilliant Moon International Folk Dance	Slow, beautiful dances from Macedonia, Bulgaria and beyond, will be taught by Louise Brill with live music by Shining Moon.	Louise Brill, Shining Moon
Saturday	6:45pm	0:35	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Ludo Mlado, Dance Revelasian, Dvorana, Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc., Candyrapper, Dance Revelasian
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	GF	Life at Sea: A Voyage in Song	Come sing the whaling and fishing songs of the deep water sailors. There is a chorus to EVERY song. Bring your voices and a full set of lungs!	David Coffin
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GS	International Music Jam	Welcome! Enjoy exploring exotic modes and rhythms with your instruments and voices: Greek, Bulgarian, French, Romanian, etc.	International Music Club
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	TB	Shape Note Workshop	Singing School Early New England style.  This quick primer will have you singing the  powerful 4-part harmonies that brought colonial communities together. No experience necessary! Bring your friends and family.	Glen Wright & Friends
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 123	GF	Parlor Party - Sing Along	Parlor songs were played at home or after church, with family & friends singing & playing whatever instruments were handy.  Songs ranged from pathos to comedy, often with rollicking choruses.  Explore 1800's songwriters Isaac Baker Woodbury, Hattie Nevada, Stephen Foster, Henry Clay Work, and others.  Bring your voice, an instrument, a song to share.	Maury Stauffer & Richard Mungo
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 125	E	Early Country Music	Songs from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Lots of harmony/Lots of sing-alongs.	Triboro
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	The Web of the World	Some of the best traditional songs celebrate birds, beasts, the moon and stars, oceans and forests, and other natural wonders. This group of singers will share some of their favorites.	Kathy Westra & Friends
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Story into Song	Diane Taraz presents songs based on wild and wonderful events from New England's past, with dulcimer and guitar.	Diane Taraz
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	GB	Mountain Dulcimer Workshop	What is a Mountain dulcimer? Come learn about this friendly American instrument, its history and playing styles. Extra instruments will be available so all participants can play some simple tunes together	Lucy Joan Sollogub
Saturday	7:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	TS	Tricky Balkan Dances	Some dances from the Balkans are easy and quite accessible; others are tricky. In this workshop I will teach some trickier dances, but in a way that makes them accessible--and fun!	Ed Abelson, Tom Pixton
Saturday	7:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	English Country Dance of the Pirate Era	English Country Dances of the Pirate Era: some of the most fun dances were first published just before or just after 1700, and this event explores a mix of easy and more difficult dances of that period.	John Fitzhugh Millar, Northeast Extension
Saturday	7:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Frannie Marr, Rachel Shapiro
Saturday	7:30pm	0:35	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Highland Soles, Dvorana, FiddleKicks Cloggers
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Celtic Meets New-Age	Appalachian & Celtic instrumentals with a new-age twist, on guitars, flute, dulcimer, mandolin, bodhran.  "An ancient Celtic otherworld is conjured... blockbuster fantasy soundtracks" (Celtic MP3 Music Magazine).	Birch Creek Band
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Quebecois Kitchen Party	Traditional Quebecois music: straight & crooked tunes, call & response songs, & a hint of step dancing.  a trio of fiddle, piano & accordion, & fretted instruments.	Le Coin Volant
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	G	FSSGB Song Swap	Join us for a folk song swap; we'll go around the room and take turns requesting and leading songs, traditional and contemporary.  Instruments are welcome and we'll have copies of "Rise Up Singing" to borrow.	Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 123	GB	Death & Destruction	Alan will sing songs of death and destruction and invite everyone to contribute their own favorites on this topic.  Unaccompanied songs or those with instrumental backups are welcome.	Alan Friend
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 125	E	International Ballads	Come enjoy Ballads from Norway, Denmark, Serbia, France and Brittany! A very special treat!	International Ballad Singers
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	In Between Continents	David  sings his own and other people's songs, many with choruses. His British modesty forbids him from confirming the rumor that some of these songs are funny.	David Diamond
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Old Friends & New Loves	Old Friends are our longtime favorite touchstone songs, and New Loves are our exciting new discoveries.  Old friends and New loves also inhabit and animate the stories that our songs tell.	Robbie Wedeen & Friends
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	GS	Parody Song Swap	Do you know a good song parody?  Come and share it.  Do you like good song parodies?  Come and enjoy!	Paul Kaplan
Saturday	8:15pm	0:45	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Tierra del Sol, Dance Revelasian, Ludo Mlado, Highland Dance Boston, Dvorana
Saturday	8:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Norwegian Dance	Traditional Norwegian Telespringar and Telegangar dance tunes played by the Boston Spelemannslag.  The group plays the music on traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddles.	Boston Spelemannslag
Saturday	8:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Bulgarian Dances	One figure Balkan dances, village style, with varying degrees of difficulty	Zornitsa
Saturday	8:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Bill Pope Contras	Contras written by Bill Pope.	Lynn Ackerson, Pizzazz
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Banjo & Guitar Concert	Fiddle Tunes from Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, & the Appalachians on Clawhammer Banjo & Fingerstyle Guitar	Ken Perlman
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	The Return of the Homunculi	A mixture of slightly skewed original songs and rockin' arrangements of jigs, reels, and other melodies from the British Isles and beyond.	einstein's little homunculus
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	GB	Ravenscroft Workshop	Thomas Ravenscroft was one of the first people to collect and publish English Folk Music, including rounds and ballads.  This workshop will be a chance for participants to sing (or play) some of this music.	Cantabile Renaissance Band
Saturday	9:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 123	E	Songs of Irish Immigration	Songs of the Irish immigrant experience in America -- arrival, employment, discrimination, conflict, with final success/acceptance tempered by nostalgia for the "old country."  Familiar and obscure songs, many choruses, participation invited.	Allen Hopkins
Saturday	9:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 125	E	High Lonesome Harmonies	 Female ensemble rooted in the sounds traditional old timey, gospel music (with a hint of bluegrass), sung in two and three part harmonies.	Blue Around the Edges
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	GS	Open Shanty Sing	Full audience participation singing whatever shanties come up..	Kennedy, Setari & Ipcar
Saturday	9:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 176	TB	South African Songs & Dances	Patty Cuyler, Larry Gordon and members of Boston Harmony will teach several thrilling South African folk, struggle and church songs in four part harmony.  Accessible to anyone who likes to sing, ages 10 and up.	Boston Harmony
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	TS	Schottische vs Strathspey	Fiddle workshop exploring the difference between the schottische and the strathspey, even though they use the same kind of tune.	Ed Pearlman
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Dag-namic Pols	Featuring dances from the Røros area of Norway, pols tunes as well as more general favorites: reinlander, waltz, polka, and snoa.	Røroslaget
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Folk Dance Medley	Non-stop folk dance fun!  Segue from one favorite folk dance to another with nary an interruption!	Marcie Van Cleave, Woods Hole Folk Orchestra
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Rum & Onions XXXI Contras & Squares	Contras for all, to the music of one of the biggest bands in the galaxy.	Tony Parkes, Rum & Onions
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Scottish Music Concert	Enjoy a variety of lively tunes played in the Scottish, Cape Breton, and related traditions, including tunes performed by Boston-area composers.	Boston Scottish Fiddle Club
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Songs of Road and Rail	Songs of railroaders, truckers, boomers, tramps, hoboes, and others whose employment (or lack of employment) took them from one place to another.	Steve Suffet
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Early Country Duets	Songs of joy, heartache, devotion, disaster, and drinkin' from notable brother and sister harmony duos such as the Louvin Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Davis Sisters, Acorn Sisters, and more.	Matt Levine & Janine Smith
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 117	GB	Historic Pub Songs	Historic Pub Songs: these audience-participation songs are always fun to sing, and this program takes them back to their roots.	John Fitzhugh Millar
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 177	TS	An ACE in Your Sleeve	Guitar and banjo chords belong to 3 chord families: A, C and E. Learn  the "ACE's" in a few open position keys and you'll be at home anywhere up the neck.	Bennett Hammond
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Couple Dance Variety	Play for couples dancing	Gypsy Minor
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Romanian Dance Party	Favorite old Romanian line dances	Pinewoods Band
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Dance Hall	DS	HotContrasSweetWaltz		Bill Olson, Ti' Acadie
Sunday	9:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Snowbelt Morris and Rapper, Orion Longsword
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	GB	Carter Family Favorites	Join us in singing Carter Family gems.  There'll be some songs you know and love and some songs you want to learn. Lyric sheets will be provided.	Poor Valley
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Django Djazz Bluegrazz	Eclectic mix of swing, gypsy jazz & bluegrass played on mandolin, guitar & bass with outstanding vocal harmony.	Blue Jersey Band
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Songs of Brittany and Serbia	Traditional songs from Brittany (the Celtic region of France) and Serbia; some simple Breton dances will also be taught, accompanied by singing.	Claire Boucher, Olga Zaric
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	TF	Flatfooting for Fun!	Flatfooting is a rhythmic percussive dance. Flatfooting to music is great fun! Learn the basic steps, how they go with the music, and more. For dancers 5 years and older.	Woody Lane, The Dixie Butterhounds
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DB	Israeli for All	Family-friendly Israeli folk dances, mainly older ones with one or two figures, taught and prompted as necessary. No partners needed.	Joan & Jim Savitt
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Zwiefachers!	Dancing to a selection of Zwiefachers, easy to hard.	Ret Turner, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra
Sunday	10:00am	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Balkan Dance	Learn basic dances you'll see again and again at folk dances everywhere!	Janet Yeracaris, Zdravets
Sunday	10:00am	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Easy English dancing-- come learn the basics!	Val Medve, Old Stage Road
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	GS	Sacred Harp Singing	Join us for shape-note singing from the Sacred Harp in the traditional hollow square.	Norumbega Harmony
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 117	P	Native American Flutes	The Native American flute was the primary melodic instrument of the Indians of North America. Almost extinct in the mid-20th century, it has seen a resurgence in recent years. This presentation will survey the history of the Native American flute and its contemporary styles with performances on historic and modern instruments.	Steve Bliven & George Penedo
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 176	C	Intergenerational Contra Dancing--A Success Story!	How do we combine youthful energy with the experience of long-time dancers in a dance community? Join us in conversation about making intergenerational dance events and building intergenerational community.	Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates (BIDA)
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	The Wellsprings of the Blues	Classic Delta and Piedmont Blues in the styles of the Masters; John Hurt, Son House, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, and the likes of Sleepy John Estes, Tommy Johnson and Tommy McClennan	Pete Kraemer, Howard Stith
Sunday	10:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Maple Morris, Four Corners Morris, Flesh Wound
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	GB	Golden Country Songs	Sing-a-long to country songs from the 30's to the 60's with Planet Banjo, a real country band. This is country before it went pop. All words are provided.	Planet Banjo
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GB	Klezmer Jam	Participatory playing of klezmer tunes, all instruments, all levels. Sheet music will be provided, including various klezmer forms: hora, bulgar, terkish, sirba, sher, klezmer swing, etc.	Shver un Shviger
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	The Test of Time	Songs of endurance, and songs that endure through "the general flow of balderdash", with strong vocals, choruses, and workmanlike guitar accompaniment.	George Stephens
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DF	Community Fun Dance	Fun and easy dances for dancers of all ages and abilities!	Deb Comly, Apple Crisp
Sunday	11:00am	0:20	Middle School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley		Stunt Double
Sunday	11:00am	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley		Agnostic Fiddle Insurgency
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	GS	West Gallery Music	Come join us to sing and play music from English rural churches, from the time of Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, and King George III. For all voices and melodic instruments.	The West Gallery Quire
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	Poems Set to Music	Dan and Peter will sing "Poems..." accompanied by guitars, mandolin, and other instruments or unaccompanied. Poets will include some of Cicely F. Smith, Kipling, Henry Lawson, and others.	The Greybeards
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 176	TS	Workshop for Singers	A voices on workshop for singers of traditional songs, covering all aspects of the effective communication of songs, use of the voice with power and accuracy, story telling, narrative, style	Jerry Epstein
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Rm. 177	P	Old-Time Banjo Styles	Different styles of old-time, 5-string banjo playing will be demonstrated and discussed by three versatile banjo players.	Friend, Solosko & Bodington
Sunday	11:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Pipe Dream, Handsome Molly, A Sworded Affair
Sunday	11:30am	1:20	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Gotta Dance Contras!	Need we say more?	Chrissy Fowler, Steve Holland, Stunt Double
Sunday	11:30am	1:20	High School Dance Hall	DS	Dances from the CDS/NEFFA Archives	English Country Dance & Contra; A celebration of the establishment of the CDS/NEFFA archives at the Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire.	CDS & NEFFA Band
Sunday	11:30am	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Scandi Dancing	Join us in learning some of the basics in order to join in on Scandinavian dances.	John Bartholomew, Marilyn Butler & Amy Parker
Sunday	11:30am	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come on and learn the fun you can have at contra dances.	Linda Leslie, Full Tilt
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Old-Time & Cowboy Songs.	American songs in the old-time southern tradition, including ballads, comic songs, sentimental songs, love songs, songs chronicling historical events, protest songs, work songs, nonsense songs, play party songs and others, sung with old-time-style guitar and (occasionally) unaccompanied.	Martha Burns
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	TB	Sing Brother Duets!	For duet newbies and pros. Lyrics and duet parts taught for Everly, Louvin, Bailes, Delmore and other great brother duet acts.	Phyllis & Don
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	GB	Italian Music Session	Open to all musicians, singers, and supporters of Italian music.  Participants will take turns leading or singing an Italian tune or song of their choice while others sing and play along as they feel appropriate. Folk, pop, opera, and "tenor" songs in the Italian language and tradition are welcome.	Italian Folk Tune Jammers
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Moonlight Dancing International Folk Dances		Shining Moon
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Funny Songs Swap	Funny songs, silly songs, and songs to make you laugh.	Joel Landy
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 117	GB	Yiddish Songs of Social & Political Struggle	Yiddish Songs of Social and Political Struggle	Khrain!
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 176	GB	Maritime with a Chorus	Group chorus singing with a maritime flavor. Lead one or join in the chorus.	Mark Ryer
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Rm. 177	E	Tasty Swedish Tunes	Soulful, exciting Swedish tunes with traditional twin-fiddle harmonies.	Matt F & Jane O
Sunday	12:00no	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Wake Robin Morris, On The Border Morris, The Points of Etiquette
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Scottish Concert		Strathspey & Reel Society of NH
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Tunes to Spin By	 Jolly reels, lilting jigs, bouncing polkas, even a waltz or two -- Spinning Lily mixes fiddle, piano, autoharps, guitar, mandolin and more to set your toes tapping and your head spinning!	Spinning Lily
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Favorite Songs and Ballads	Songs and ballads collected over the years, sung a cappella or with autoharp or mountain dulcimer accompaniment.	Caroline Paton
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DS	Rousing Rom Dances	Dances associated with the Roma with a hot modern twist.	Leora Berns, Rakiya
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TB	Cross-Step Waltz	Learn the basics of this beautiful, flowing modern waltz style perfect for slow waltz tunes.	Susan de Guardiola, Calliope
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DB	The Spiral Dances of Celtic Brittany	For thousands of years, the people of Brittany have performed these simple, hypnotic, spiral and circle dances. Now it's your turn!	Ray Price, Montage
Sunday	1:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 123	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come on and learn the fun you can have at contra dances.	Chrissy Fowler, White Squall
Sunday	1:00pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Intro to Ceilidh Dances	Fun dances from England, for everyone!	Jacob Bloom, The Pitch-Hikers
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium Stage	E	Sea Songs and Shanties	Sea Songs and Shanties.	John Roberts, Peter Souza, Joanne Souza
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	The Raging Canal	Songs of the Erie Canal, and of the canal era, with background and history, performed in costume on restored period instruments.  Many choruses, familiar and less-familiar songs, audience participation encouraged.	Allen Hopkins
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	TB	Mid-East Drumming Rhythms	Learn Middle Eastern drumming rhythms on the darabukka/doumbek (the hour-glass shaped drum). We will be practicing a variety of rhythms and techniques, especially as used for folk dancing. Bring your own drums! I have a few extras to use for practice.	George Kirby
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	GB	Irish Sing-Along	Join Mulligan's Fancy in singing a some favorite Irish songs. Selections will include Clancy & Makem classics, toe-tapping songs of seafarers and highwaymen, and songs of unrequited love. Lyric sheets will be provided.	Mulligan's Fancy
Sunday	1:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Jug End Mountain Morris, Rapport D'or, Charm City Rapper
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Victorian Delights	Delight in the famous heroes, grand adventures, and great sentimentality of the Victorian Era.  Songs from 19th Century Britain and America.	Judy Cook
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	E	Mostly from Bulgaria	A concert of village-style music from Bulgaria (and possibly some of her neighbors). ZDRAVETS uses traditional Bulgarian folk instruments and vocal styles. In this concert you will hear selections for listening, as well as some of our dance music.	Zdravets
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	American Banjo Tunes & Ballads	Banjo tunes and ballads learned from old friends.	Ralph Bodington
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DS	Vintage Balkan		Tom Roby, Tom Pixton
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Spring into English	Dances to put a spring in your thoughts and your steps.	Melissa Running, Brookline Country Players
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Cruisin' Contras		Sue Rosen, Cuckoo's Nest
Sunday	2:00pm	0:20	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Rancho Folclorico do Alto Minho de Norwood, Sambüris -- Lithuanian Folk Dance Group of Boston, The Plowshares, Mladost
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	TS	English Concertina Workshop	How to play from beginning to advanced for sessions  and songs. Improving your technique.	Ken Sweeney
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	By the Sea	A sampling from "Ti'Acadie: By the Sea"!	Ti' Acadie
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	P	RazzleDazzle Autoharp	A demonstration of what the AUTOHARP is capable of. From Blues to Bluegrass, to music from around the world.	Drew Smith & Friends
Sunday	2:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		Great Meadows Morris and Sword, Maple Leaf Morris, New Moon Sword
Sunday	2:30pm	1:15	High School Rm. 125	DB	Tanz! Intro to Yiddish Dancing	Easy dances to klezmer music, which can be followed with a minimum of teaching. Klezmer is the traditional folk music of Eastern European Jews.  Mostly circle dances, such as the freylakhs, bulgar, slow hora, chusidl, and terkisher.	Jacob Bloom, Shver un Shviger
Sunday	2:30pm	0:20	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Handsome Molly, Triveni Dancers, Commonwealth Vintage Dancers
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 103/104	E	Traditional Music, in English and Gaeilge	Liam Hart explores the ballad tradition, in English and Irish, with a particular emphasis on songs of emigration and songs in praise of home.	Liam Hart
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 105/106	GB	Celtic Refrains & Rebels	Join-in as we leap, linger, and laugh with some of our favorite songs from Scotland, Ireland, and Across-the-Pond.	Tyler Buck & Friends
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Remembering Phil Ochs	Join us as we celebrate the life and music of Phil Ochs, whose topical songs are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago. Personal stories shared by audience participants always make this a special session.	Joel Landy
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium Stage	NS	Swedish Couple Dances	A session of Swedish polskas and gammaldans (schottis, hambo, waltz...) to traditional fiddle music.	Matt Fichtenbaum & Friends
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Wild Bulgarian Dances	Participatory dancing with Divi Zheni Women's Bulgarian Chorus and Band.	Divi Zheni
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Not Just Contras	Just what it sounds like. We'll start with a contra dance and diversify from there.	Jeremy Korr, Free Association
Sunday	3:00pm	0:20	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Flesh Wound, Mladost, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 117	E	Ballads Through Time	Cece and Ruth LOVE ballads, and bring you some favorite story-songs from ancient to modern times, with harmony & humor...  Sing along with us at NEFFA.	Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 176	E	Songs & Ballads from the Adirondacks	Colleen sings songs & ballads from her family's collection of traditional material from the British Isles & America. She learned songs from her grandmother, Sara Cleveland, a well known ballad singer in the 1960's, and is continuing a 5 generation legacy of keeping this music alive.  Her songs range from Child ballads to local upstate New York based tunes, both funny & tragic.  Mostly unaccompanied, but  maybe a bit of guitar, banjo or mtn. dulcimer.	Colleen Cleveland
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Rm. 177	EF	New England & Old England, Past and Present	A mixture of songs from the British Isles and New England, with new songs of Family, friends, and songs of the sea. Performed with guitar, banjo, and acapella.	Bob Stuart
Sunday	3:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dance		No Apologies Rapper, Snicker Snack
Sunday	3:30pm	0:30	High School Auditorium Stage	EF	Dance Performances		Eve Tribal Belly Dance Company
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 103/104	GS	New Tunebook Singing	Sing from a new shape-note tunebook "The Norumbega Harmony".  We have rescued old tunes in 4-part harmony from the New England Singing School tradition and have added some new ones, all in the style of "The Sacred Harp" and the old shape-note books.	Norumbega Harmony
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 105/106	G	Closing Sing-Around	Finishing up NEFFA '11 by singing together; all welcome to participate, emphasis on songs with choruses, instruments welcome.	Allen Hopkins
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	Middle School Rm. 108	E	Whoa Oh! Listen to the Music	Sit this one out and really listen to the traditional contra dance music harmonies of strings and reeds as played by The French Connection: Deck Nieforth on Harmonica, Feet and Spoons; Dan Lanier on Fiddle and Guitar; Mike Fischman on Guitar and Mandolin.	The French Connection
Sunday	4:00pm	1:15	Middle School Auditorium Stage	DB	Cajun Dance Workshop and Dance	Learn the Cajun 2-step and waltz and stay to dance!	Jimmyjo & the Jumbol'ayuhs
Sunday	4:00pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	International Folk Dance Party		Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Sunday	4:00pm	1:30	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares--Merry Go Round at 4:30pm!!	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Beth Parkes, Tony Saletan, Linda Leslie
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 117	TB	Doumbek Workshop	Covers basic fingering techniques plus rudimentary drumming patterns. Gain insight into the wonderful sounds/tones the doumbek has to offer. Come and enjoy this lively and rhythmical workshop.	Joe De Paolo
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 176	P	Songs of C.Fox Smith	A round robin presentation of C Fox Smith poems set to music.	Kennedy, Ipcar & McCandless
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	High School Rm. 177	E	Songs of Hope and Peace	Gary Blanchard presents original and traditional songs that promote peace and unity.	Gary Blanchard
Sunday	4:45pm	0:45	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Balkan Gypsy Dance Party		Rakiya