NEFFA Festival Events - Friday

NEFFA Events - Friday April 19, 2024

Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2024 Festival. The events for the 2025 Festival will be put here in February 2025

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7:00pm

Israeli Dancing for All DB -- Joan & Jim Savitt -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Welcome to NEFFA ECD! DS -- Barbara Finney, Caravan -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

A Cappella Coachfest TS -- Colleyospin -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Intro to International Folk Dance TB -- Val Medve -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Sound Basics TB -- Nick Loy -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Contemporary Sea Songs of Survival and Distress GS -- Charlie Ipcar -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

A Tale or Two E -- Tampico -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Favorite Old Time Tunes Slow Jam GS -- Berlin Jam Friends -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Smooth and Crunchy Contras DS -- Carl Levine, Roaring Jelly -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

Romanian Jam/Teach GS -- Ralph Iverson -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

7:30pm

Fiddle without Pain C -- Carol Kycia -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

8:00pm

Greek Dance DB -- Platana -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Remembering Christine Helwig (ECD) DS -- Sam Rotenberg, GCD Demo Team Band -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Echoes of Caledonia E -- Anna Seda and the Scottish Cello Revivalists -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Contra for Beginners DB -- Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Cojiro -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Songs from All Over E -- The All Girl Band -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Exploring Beyond the Traditions E -- Casey Murray & Molly Tucker -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Old Time Backup Guitar Basics TS -- Chris Reckling -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Sea Chanteys 101 TB -- Chris Maden -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Songs with Boisterous Shouting!! GS -- Red Kovatch -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Keen Contras DS -- Rick Mohr, Dogtown -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

FSSGB Song Swap GB -- Folk Song Society of Greater Boston -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

8:30pm

Southern New England Fiddle Tunes P -- Southern New England Fiddlers -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

9:00pm

International Folk Dance NS -- Cambridge Folk Orchestra -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Beautiful Waltzes NS -- Confluence -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Tunes from Old England TS -- Tim Cunningham -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

English Country Dance: A Gentle Introduction TB -- Alan Winston, Alias -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

The Irish Tradition Influence E -- Jim Sharkey -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Ginger Sea 'Neath the Celtic Moon E -- Harbortown -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Folk & Fusion Music & Dance E -- Meraki Caravan -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Supernatural Songs and Stories GB -- Heidi Slaney, Jess Accetta -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Pub Sing GB -- Jeff Keller, Mike Gibson -- Trade Center Tent (150 min.)

Contra Medley NX -- Kingfisher -- Trade Center West (20 min.)

Whistling Whorkshop TS -- Jonathan Danforth, Ari Erlbaum -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

9:30pm

Old Time Fiddle and Banjo Duets E -- Long Lost String Band -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Go with the Flow! Contras DS -- Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Kingfisher -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

10:00pm

Bulgarian Line Dances NS -- Divi Zheni, Zornitsa -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (90 min.)

The Gaze in the Dance: Challenging ECD DX -- Anna Rain, Pandora -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (90 min.)

Fusion Dance DB -- Boston Fusion Dance Community -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (90 min.)

10:30pm

Will They, Won't They Contras DS -- Dylan Simpson, The Orphans -- Trade Center West (60 min.)

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