NEFFA Festival Grid (by hall) - Sunday April 17, 2011

Preliminary Schedule -- Subject to Change!

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Middle School Rm. 103/104
  10:00am    Carter Family Favorites [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Poor Valley
  11:00am    Golden Country Songs [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Planet Banjo
  12:00no    Old-Time & Cowboy Songs. [E]: Entertainment -- Martha Burns
  1:00pm    Scottish Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Strathspey & Reel Society of NH
  2:00pm    Victorian Delights [E]: Entertainment -- Judy Cook
  3:00pm    Traditional Music, in English and Gaeilge [E]: Entertainment -- Liam Hart
  4:00pm    New Tunebook Singing [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Norumbega Harmony
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Rm. 105/106
  10:00am    Django Djazz Bluegrazz [E]: Entertainment -- Blue Jersey Band
  11:00am    Klezmer Jam [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Shver un Shviger
  12:00no    Sing Brother Duets! [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Phyllis & Don
  1:00pm    Tunes to Spin By [E]: Entertainment -- Spinning Lily
  2:00pm    Mostly from Bulgaria [E]: Entertainment -- Zdravets
  3:00pm    Celtic Refrains & Rebels [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Tyler Buck & Friends
  4:00pm    Closing Sing-Around [G]: Group Participation -- Allen Hopkins
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Rm. 108
  10:00am    Songs of Brittany and Serbia [E]: Entertainment -- Claire Boucher, Olga Zaric
  11:00am    The Test of Time [E]: Entertainment -- George Stephens
  12:00no    Italian Music Session [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Italian Folk Tune Jammers
  1:00pm    Favorite Songs and Ballads [E]: Entertainment -- Caroline Paton
  2:00pm    American Banjo Tunes & Ballads [E]: Entertainment -- Ralph Bodington
  3:00pm    Remembering Phil Ochs [E]: Entertainment -- Joel Landy
  4:00pm    Whoa Oh! Listen to the Music [E]: Entertainment -- The French Connection
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Auditorium Stage
  10:00am    Flatfooting for Fun! [TF]: Teaching featured, Family-oriented -- Woody Lane, The Dixie Butterhounds
  11:00am    Community Fun Dance [DF]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Family-oriented -- Deb Comly, Apple Crisp
  12:00no    Moonlight Dancing International Folk Dances [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Shining Moon
  1:00pm    Rousing Rom Dances [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Leora Berns, Rakiya
  2:00pm    Vintage Balkan [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Tom Roby, Tom Pixton
  3:00pm    Swedish Couple Dances [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Matt Fichtenbaum & Friends
  4:00pm    Cajun Dance Workshop and Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Jimmyjo & the Jumbol'ayuhs
  5:15pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Dance Hall
  10:00am    Israeli for All [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Joan & Jim Savitt
  11:00am    Contra Medley [NX]: No teaching provided, Experienced -- Stunt Double
  11:30am    Gotta Dance Contras! [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Chrissy Fowler, Steve Holland, Stunt Double
  1:00pm    Cross-Step Waltz [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Susan de Guardiola, Calliope
  2:00pm    Spring into English [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Melissa Running, Brookline Country Players
  3:00pm    Wild Bulgarian Dances [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Divi Zheni
  4:00pm    International Folk Dance Party [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Cambridge Folk Orchestra
  4:45pm    Balkan Gypsy Dance Party [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Rakiya
 
High School Dance Hall
  10:00am    Zwiefachers! [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Ret Turner, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra
  11:00am    Contra Medley [NX]: No teaching provided, Experienced -- Agnostic Fiddle Insurgency
  11:30am    Dances from the CDS/NEFFA Archives [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- CDS & NEFFA Band
  1:00pm    The Spiral Dances of Celtic Brittany [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Ray Price, Montage
  2:00pm    Cruisin' Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Sue Rosen, Cuckoo's Nest
  3:00pm    Not Just Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Jeremy Korr, Free Association
  4:00pm    Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares--Merry Go Round at 4:30pm!! [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Beth Parkes, Tony Saletan, Linda Leslie
 
High School Rm. 123
  10:00am    Intro to Balkan Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Janet Yeracaris, Zdravets
  11:15am    unscheduled
  11:30am    Intro to Scandi Dancing [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- John Bartholomew, Marilyn Butler & Amy Parker
  12:45pm    unscheduled
  1:00pm    Intro to Contra Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Chrissy Fowler, White Squall
  2:15pm    unscheduled
  2:30pm    unscheduled
  3:45pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 125
  10:00am    Intro to English Country Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Val Medve, Old Stage Road
  11:15am    unscheduled
  11:30am    Intro to Contra Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Linda Leslie, Full Tilt
  12:45pm    unscheduled
  1:00pm    Intro to Ceilidh Dances [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Jacob Bloom, The Pitch-Hikers
  2:15pm    unscheduled
  2:30pm    Tanz! Intro to Yiddish Dancing [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Jacob Bloom, Shver un Shviger
  3:45pm    unscheduled
 
High School Auditorium Stage
  10:00am    Sacred Harp Singing [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Norumbega Harmony
  11:00am    West Gallery Music [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- The West Gallery Quire
  12:00no    Funny Songs Swap [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Joel Landy
  1:00pm    Sea Songs and Shanties [E]: Entertainment -- John Roberts, Peter Souza, Joanne Souza
  2:00pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Rancho Folclorico do Alto Minho de Norwood (Portugal), Sambüris -- Lithuanian Folk Dance Group of Boston (Lithuania), The Plowshares (Rapper), Mladost (Greece)
  2:30pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Country Dance Society, Boston Centre (England), Handsome Molly (Molly Dancing), Triveni Dancers (India), Commonwealth Vintage Dancers (Vintage)
  3:00pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Flesh Wound (Sword), Mladost (Italy), Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch (Scotland)
  3:30pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Eve Tribal Belly Dance Company (Belly Dancing)
  4:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 117
  10:00am    Native American Flutes [P]: Presentation -- Steve Bliven & George Penedo
  11:00am    Poems Set to Music [E]: Entertainment -- The Greybeards
  12:00no    Yiddish Songs of Social & Political Struggle [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Khrain!
  1:00pm    The Raging Canal [E]: Entertainment -- Allen Hopkins
  2:00pm    English Concertina Workshop [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Ken Sweeney
  3:00pm    Ballads Through Time [E]: Entertainment -- Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
  4:00pm    Doumbek Workshop [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Joe De Paolo
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 176
  10:00am    Intergenerational Contra Dancing--A Success Story! [C]: Chat/Discussion -- Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates (BIDA)
  11:00am    Workshop for Singers [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Jerry Epstein
  12:00no    Maritime with a Chorus [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Mark Ryer
  1:00pm    Mid-East Drumming Rhythms [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- George Kirby
  2:00pm    By the Sea [E]: Entertainment -- Ti' Acadie
  3:00pm    Songs & Ballads from the Adirondacks [E]: Entertainment -- Colleen Cleveland
  4:00pm    Songs of C.Fox Smith [P]: Presentation -- Kennedy, Ipcar & McCandless
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 177
  10:00am    The Wellsprings of the Blues [E]: Entertainment -- Pete Kraemer, Howard Stith
  11:00am    Old-Time Banjo Styles [P]: Presentation -- Friend, Solosko & Bodington
  12:00no    Tasty Swedish Tunes [E]: Entertainment -- Matt F & Jane O
  1:00pm    Irish Sing-Along [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Mulligan's Fancy
  2:00pm    RazzleDazzle Autoharp [P]: Presentation -- Drew Smith & Friends
  3:00pm    New England & Old England, Past and Present [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Bob Stuart
  4:00pm    Songs of Hope and Peace [E]: Entertainment -- Gary Blanchard
  5:00pm    unscheduled
 
Main Entrance
  9:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Snowbelt Morris and Rapper, Orion Longsword
  10:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Maple Morris, Four Corners Morris, Flesh Wound
  11:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Pipe Dream, Handsome Molly, A Sworded Affair
  12:00no    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Wake Robin Morris, On The Border Morris, The Points of Etiquette
  1:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Jug End Mountain Morris, Rapport D'or, Charm City Rapper
  2:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Great Meadows Morris and Sword, Maple Leaf Morris, New Moon Sword
  3:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- No Apologies Rapper, Snicker Snack
  4:00pm    unscheduled

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