NEFFA Events - Saturday April 20, 2024
Preliminary Schedule — Subject to Change!
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Trade Center West
10:00amHot Music, Cool Dances (ECD) DS -- Ted Rudofker, Hidden River (50 min.)
11:00amGet in the Groove Contras DS -- Dereck Kalish, Festival Orchestra (50 min.)
12:00noonSquares for Contra Dancers DS -- Bob Isaacs, Raise the Roof (50 min.)
1:00pmWe Meet Again Contras DS -- Sue Gola, Autumn Rose Lester, Eric Eid-Reiner (50 min.)
2:00pmNext Level Folk Waltz TS -- Alyssa Adkins, Alias (50 min.)
3:00pmFestive Yet Tasteful ECD DS -- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Intuition (50 min.)
4:00pmKudos to Kynaston (ECD) DS -- David Millstone, Brylig (50 min.)
5:00pmContra Medley NX -- Not Enough Fiddles (20 min.)
5:30pmContra Chestnuts Plus DS -- Jeremy Korr, Not Enough Fiddles (50 min.)
6:30pmContras with Rum & Onions DS -- Steve Zakon-Anderson, Rum & Onions (50 min.)
7:30pmBeatles Contra DS -- Donna Hunt, Wissahickon Express (50 min.)
8:30pmBest Contras of the 2010's DS -- Greg Frock, Good Company (80 min.)
10:00pmStream of Contraness (Contra Hash!) NX -- Michael Karcher, Torrent (20 min.)
10:30pmContra Party! DS -- Michael Karcher, Torrent (60 min.)
Trade Center Tent
10:00amBreton and French Dances! E -- Ganivelle (50 min.)
11:00amWorld Music Concert E -- Boston Harmony (50 min.)
12:00noonProtest Songs: Sharing & Leading GB -- Nora Maynard (50 min.)
1:00pmConnecticut Sea Music Festival Chantey Sing GB -- Connecticut Sea Music Festival Singers (50 min.)
2:00pmMusic of Scotland and Cape Breton E -- Boston Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (50 min.)
3:00pmParlor Party - Sing and Jam GS -- Maury Stauffer (50 min.)
4:00pmShape Note Workshop TB -- Glen Wright & Friends (50 min.)
5:00pmSacred Harp Singing GS -- Norumbega Harmony (50 min.)
6:00pmIntroductory Hand Drumming Workshop TB -- Dave Curry (50 min.)
7:00pmPub Sing with Jack in the Green GB -- Jack in the Green Morris (50 min.)
8:00pmContra Tune Slow Jam GS -- Chris Carpenter, Dave Miller (50 min.)
Ballroom AB (Hotel East)
10:00amIntro to Folk Waltz TB -- Alyssa Adkins, Brookline Country Players (50 min.)
11:00amBretagne Dance DB -- Pardon My French, Box and String Trio (50 min.)
12:00noonDances of Anatolia DS -- Jeanne Clifford, Rakiya (50 min.)
1:00pmScottish Ceilidh Party DB -- Hila Lenz, Torrent (50 min.)
2:00pmIntroduction to Bollywood Dance TB -- Bolly Beatzz by Priya (50 min.)
3:00pmTricky Balkan Dances TS -- Ed Abelson, Tom Pixton (50 min.)
4:00pmInternational Folk Dance Party NS -- Panharmonium (50 min.)
5:00pmBalkan Dances in 11 and 22! TS -- Tom Roby, Tom Pixton (50 min.)
6:00pmBallo Liscio from Italy (Waltzes, Tangos, etc.) NS -- Vecchio Stile (50 min.)
7:00pmBeaucoup des Bourrées TB -- Lynn Baumeister, Lisa Tamres, Box and String Trio (50 min.)
8:00pmInternational Dance Party! NS -- Shining Moon (50 min.)
9:00pmIntro to Casino Rueda (Cuban Dance) TB -- Lauren Ingram (50 min.)
10:00pmJug Band Blues and Swing Dance NS -- Outrageous Fortune (90 min.)
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East)
10:00amIsraeli Oldies Dance Party NX -- Andrea Gwosdow, Israeli Oldies Dance Band (50 min.)
11:00amZwiefachers: EZ to Hard Z NS -- Ret Turner, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra (50 min.)
12:00noonLearn the ECD Medley Dances DS -- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Tom Roby, Northeast Extension (50 min.)
1:00pmDance Performances -- Iskwelahang Pilipino; Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.; Origins Folkloric Dance Company; Mladost Folk Ensemble; Samskrithi; Revontulet (50 min.)
2:00pmPhilly's Phinest Contras DS -- Liesl Jandrey, The Dixie Butterhounds (50 min.)
3:00pmTriplet Time (3 Cple Sets) DS -- Chris Page, Free Association (50 min.)
4:00pmQueer as Folk Dance (Contras) DS -- Qwill Duvall, Chimney Swift (50 min.)
5:00pmScottish Country Dancing DS -- Howard Lasnik, The Mad Katters (50 min.)
6:00pmBalkan Joy! Balkan Dances DS -- Balkan Fields (50 min.)
7:00pmECD Medley NX -- Tom Roby, Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Betwixt and Between (20 min.)
7:30pmRecent English Country Dance Delights DS -- Jenny Beer, Betwixt and Between (50 min.)
8:30pmECD Favorites with the English Open Band DS -- Cathy Hollister, The English Country Dance Open Band (50 min.)
9:30pmBulgarian & More Dance Party NS -- Zdravets (50 min.)
10:30pmDances of Yves Moreau NX -- Pinewoods Band (60 min.)
Marlborough (Hotel West)
10:00amIntroduction to Contras DB -- David Millstone, Cecilia Vacanti, Sam Zakon-Anderson (50 min.)
11:00amIntro to English Country Dance DB -- Sue Rosen, Bruce Rosen, Vince O'Donnell (50 min.)
12:00noonCouple Sequence Dances DB -- Alan Winston, Two Cousins (50 min.)
1:00pmIntro to International Dance TB -- Janet Yeracaris, Shining Moon (50 min.)
2:00pmContra for Big Kids (6-12s) DF -- Tamar Myers, The Midlings (50 min.)
3:00pmFamily Barn Dance DF -- Alex Cumming (50 min.)
4:00pmScottish Country Dancing for Beginners TB -- Flights of Fancy (50 min.)
5:00pmIntro to Balkan Dancing DB -- Sue Rose, Whatever Floats Your Goat (50 min.)
6:00pmAppalachian Flatfooting and Buck Dancing TB -- James Keenan, The Dead Sea Squirrels (50 min.)
7:00pmIntro to Colonial Dance DB -- Jacob Bloom, Nancy Bloom, The Colonial Minstrels (50 min.)
8:00pmSchottis from the Bright Side TB -- Joan & Jim Savitt, Marilyn Butler (50 min.)
9:00pmSwedish Couple Dancing NS -- lydia ievins (80 min.)
Sterling (Hotel West)
12:00noonFamily Fun Dance DF -- Don Veino, JumpStart (50 min.)
1:00pmFamily Barn Dance DF -- Jacob Bloom, Free Association (50 min.)
3:00pmMostly Celtic Tunes and Songs E -- Good Company (50 min.)
4:00pmSeated Square Dance DB -- Fred Wersan, Assabet Ramblers (50 min.)
5:00pmOttoman Turkish Makam Music E -- NEVA (50 min.)
6:00pmNot the SOS E -- Mark Belanger (50 min.)
7:00pmHypnotic Old-Time Jam GS -- The Dead Sea Squirrels (50 min.)
8:00pmFront Porch Busking E -- The Watertonics (50 min.)
9:00pmWoodbury Family & 1800s Parlor Songs GS -- Maury Stauffer, Nancy Stauffer Johnson (50 min.)
Sudbury (Hotel West)
10:00amKeeping Our Bodies Dancing As We Age GB -- Anna Rain (50 min.)
11:00amLittle People, Big Feelings GF -- Sandy Pliskin (50 min.)
12:00noonYou Can Count With Me GF -- Kim Wallach (50 min.)
1:00pmA Family Cabaret EF -- Jackson Gillman (50 min.)
2:00pmCome Sing Along! GF -- Bobbi Macdonald (50 min.)
3:00pmQueer Maritime Music E -- The Ranzo Boys (50 min.)
4:00pmFat Ton Trad - Bal Folk Tune Workshop GS -- Duo Thomas-Fownes (50 min.)
5:00pmLilting Jam: Singing the Tunes GB -- Becca Mandel (50 min.)
6:00pmHumor Us! E -- Plays Well With Others (50 min.)
7:00pmBallads: Stories Told and Sung E -- Mike Agranoff (50 min.)
8:00pmSad Song Swap GS -- Laurie Tupper (50 min.)
9:00pmFrench Jam GB -- Mark Vidor (50 min.)
Southborough (Hotel West)
10:30amA Guide to Harmony Singing TS -- Kim Wallach, Heidi Slaney (50 min.)
11:30amFolk and Religious Music from the Republic of Georgia E -- Iveria (50 min.)
12:30pmSuccession! C -- Scott Higgs, Lisa Greenleaf (50 min.)
1:30pmPre-dance Open English Band Practice TS -- The English Country Dance Open Band (50 min.)
2:30pm'Fishermen's Ballads' 150 Years On E -- Michael O'Leary (50 min.)
3:30pmDjango, Jazz, & Bluegrazz E -- Blue Jersey Band (50 min.)
4:30pmBalkan Singing Workshop TS -- Tatiana Sarbinska (50 min.)
5:30pmRoutes of the Blues E -- Cousin Louis (50 min.)
6:30pmSlow Jam: The Pulse of a Jig GS -- David Titus, Debby Knight (50 min.)
7:30pmMusic Concert of Unusual Instruments E -- Larry Unger & Julie Metcalf (50 min.)
8:30pmMike Kennedy Remembrance (1946-2023) GB -- Roll & Go (50 min.)
9:30pmWell, That Didn't End Well! Tragic Ballads GS -- Lynn Feingold (120 min.)
Westborough (Hotel West)
10:00amIntroduction to English Handbell Ringing TB -- Connecticut Handbell Musicians (50 min.)
11:00amUkulele Off the Page GS -- Ken Mattsson (50 min.)
12:00noonTraditional Music of E. Europe, Georgia, & the Balkans E -- Yale Slavic Chorus (50 min.)
1:00pmThe Ultimate Parody Jam! GB -- Joel Landy, Sandy Pliskin (50 min.)
2:00pmSongs of Mine and Mill E -- Steve Suffet, Valentine Doyle (50 min.)
3:00pmHow to Play the Irish Bodhran TB -- Jeanne Hansberry (50 min.)
4:00pmArgentine Tango Jam GS -- Orquesta Tipica Mermelada (50 min.)
5:00pmUke Power G -- Evy Mayer, Allen Hopkins (50 min.)
7:00pmSongs of Road and Rail E -- Steve Suffet (50 min.)
8:00pmStories for Grownups E -- Helen Engelhardt (50 min.)
9:00pmHammer Dulcimer - Making Sense TB -- Keith Prairie, David Neiman (50 min.)
Princess (Hotel East)
10:00amCommunity Dance Party with Margaret Bary and Tabbies' Delight DF -- Margaret Bary (50 min.)
11:00amFamily Scottish Country Dancing DF -- Karen Sollins, Tom Pixton (50 min.)
12:30pmJam Session: English Country Dance Tunes GS -- Betwixt and Between (50 min.)
1:30pmWest Gallery Music GS -- The West Gallery Quire (50 min.)
2:30pmBalkan Kefana Singalong GS -- Balkan Kefana (50 min.)
3:30pmStellar Hits from the First 20 Years! E -- Constellations (50 min.)
4:30pmShetland Fiddle Workshop TS -- Becky Miller (50 min.)
5:30pmCeltic Harp - From the Past to the Present E -- The Harper and the Minstrel (50 min.)
6:30pmWaltz Jam GS -- Three Quarter Time (50 min.)
7:30pmHow to Talk to Your Sound Engineer C -- NEFFA Sound Committee (50 min.)
8:30pmDouble the Fun! E -- High Strung Strummers (50 min.)
9:30pmSong Swap Party GS -- Nicole Singer, Becky Wright (120 min.)
Duchess (Hotel East)
10:00amSocial Singing 101 C -- The Ranzo Boys (50 min.)
11:00amStart and Grow a Dance Series C -- Rob Matson (50 min.)
12:00noonFox Library Open Jam GS -- Bob Solosko (50 min.)
1:00pmThe Food of Love Hurts E -- Renaissance Jukebox (50 min.)
2:00pmWatch Out!: Warnings, Wrongdoing, and Wrath E -- Nicole Singer, Becky Wright (50 min.)
3:00pmMostly Swedish Jam GS -- SAC Spelmanslag (50 min.)
4:00pmHow to Play the Bones TB -- Steve Brown & Friends (50 min.)
5:00pmSongs from the Osterie (Italian Taverns) GB -- Vecchio Stile (50 min.)
6:00pmSongs of Earth, Moon, & Beyond E -- Jackson Gillman, JillianEstelle Gillman (50 min.)
7:00pmPioneering Women of Old-Time E -- Marylou Ferrante, Anne Rouillard (50 min.)
8:00pmNEFFA Funny Song Swap Hour! GB -- Joel Landy (50 min.)
9:00pmRemembering Phil Ochs GB -- Joel Landy (50 min.)
10:00pmDjango Jazz Jam GS -- Django Jazz (90 min.)
Seminar (Hotel East)
11:00amSagebrush to Silver Screen: Cowboy Songs GB -- Allen Hopkins (50 min.)
12:00noonThe Secret History of Chanteys P -- Craig Edwards (50 min.)
1:00pmMissouri Fiddling: The Little Dixie Region TS -- Richard Shewmaker (50 min.)
2:00pmClawhammer Banjo Concert E -- Ken Perlman, Ruth Rappaport (50 min.)
3:00pmPower Harmonies E -- Power Harmonies (50 min.)
4:00pmHow to Apply to NEFFA C -- NEFFA Program Committee (50 min.)
5:00pmHomecoming Album Launch E -- Alex Cumming (50 min.)
6:00pmMaritime Ballads: Context from Content P -- Chris Koldewey (50 min.)
7:00pmOriginal Acoustic Songs E -- Jeremy Van Cleave, Nathaniel Diamond-Jones (50 min.)
8:00pmABCs of American Roots Music E -- Craig Edwards (50 min.)
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center)
10:00am -- Midnight Capers Morris & Sword, Harbour Steel, No Apologies Rapper (50 min.)
11:00am -- Muddy River Morris, Renegade Morris, Newtowne Morris Men (50 min.)
12:00noon -- Vineyard Swordfish, Hop Brook Morris, Ha'Penny Morris (50 min.)
1:00pm -- Great Meadows Morris and Sword, Ladies of the Rolling Pin, Hart's Brook Garland (50 min.)
2:00pm -- Pinewoods Morris Men, Firebird, Charles River Rapper (50 min.)
3:00pm -- Jack in the Green Morris, Half Moon Sword (50 min.)

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