2008 NEFFA Festival
[E]: Entertainment (Entertainment) Events

Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2008 Festival. The events for the 2009 Festival will be put here in February 2009

Friday 7:00pm, High School Auditorium (0:50)
Hutchinson Family Singers [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Revels Repertory Company

Friday 7:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Buckskin Heroes [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- April Grant

Friday 8:00pm, High School Auditorium (1:20)
Bound for Glory [E]: Entertainment -- Folk Song Soc. of Greater Boston, Bound for Glory

Friday 8:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Pardon Our French [E]: Entertainment -- Ti' Acadie

Friday 8:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Ballads of Trickery [E]: Entertainment -- Sue West & Friends

Friday 9:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Music from the Republic of Georgia [E]: Entertainment -- Iveria

Friday 9:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Fiddle and Banjo Duets [E]: Entertainment -- Jane Rothfield & Paul Sidlick

Friday 9:30pm, High School Auditorium (1:30)
Spanish Civil War Songs & Letters [E]: Entertainment -- Molly Lynn Watt, Dan Lynn Watt, Tony Saletan, Sylvia Miskoe

Friday 10:00pm, High School Room 125 (1:00)
World Fiddle Groove [E]: Entertainment -- Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers

Friday 10:00pm, High School Room 188 (1:00)
Hurdy Gurdy Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Melissa Kacalanos

Saturday 9:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Ha'Penny Morris, The Black Jokers, Charm City Rapper

Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Kids' Songs [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Jean Schwartz

Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Scottish Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Strathspey & Reel Society of NH

Saturday 10:00am, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Ballads Migrant [E]: Entertainment -- Pamela Goddard & Colleen Cleveland

Saturday 10:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Banbury Cross Morris, Mulberry Morris, Candyrapper

Saturday 11:00am, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Concert [E]: Entertainment -- The Fireside Stringband

Saturday 11:00am, High School Room 188 (0:50)
West African Drum and Dance [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Kekeli Drum & Dance Ensemble

Saturday 11:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Muddy River Morris, Bassett St. Hounds, No Apologies Rapper, Snicker Snack

Saturday 12:00no, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Mountain & Hammered Dulcimer Duets [E]: Entertainment -- Lucy Joan Sollogub, Barbara Levine

Saturday 12:00no, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Wayfaring Stranger [E]: Entertainment -- Outrageous Fortune

Saturday 12:00no, High School Room 125 (0:50)
"Classic" Folk Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Jerry Epstein, David Jones

Saturday 12:00no, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- New Haven Morris and Sword, Harrisville Morris Women, Cutting Edge

Saturday 1:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Traveling On [E]: Entertainment -- Robbie Wedeen

Saturday 1:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
The Many Faces of Love [E]: Entertainment -- Suzanne Mrozak & Friends

Saturday 1:00pm, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Red Herring Morris, Heartwood Morris, Half Moon Sword

Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Stories that Rock [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Mark Binder

Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Southern Mountain Music [E]: Entertainment -- Ken Sweeney

Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Cece & Ruth Go Global [E]: Entertainment -- Cece Borjeson & Ruth George

Saturday 2:00pm, High School Auditorium (1:30)
Children's Dance Performances [E]: Entertainment -- Boston Chinese Folk and Classical Dance Troupe (China), Lithuanian School of Boston (Lithuania), Iskwelahang Pilipino (Philippines), Siroun Dancers (Armenia), Latvian Children's Folk Dance Group of Boston (Latvia), Academy of Serbian Folk Dancing (Serbia), Triveni Dancers (India), American Chinese Art Society Dance Studio (China)

Saturday 2:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
G & R In Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Pamela Goddard & Dave Ruch

Saturday 2:00pm, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Westerly Morris, Vineyard Swordfish, Pocket Flyers

Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Songs of the Next World [E]: Entertainment -- Woodwork

Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Bluegrass Duets Old & New [E]: Entertainment -- The Shaws

Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Chanteyman's Life [E]: Entertainment -- Chris Koldewey

Saturday 3:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Old Songs, New Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Deb O'Hanlon & Peter Fischman

Saturday 3:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Turkish Village Music [E]: Entertainment -- Turgay Ertürk & Friends

Saturday 3:00pm, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Green Mountain Morris, Jack in the Green Morris, Still River Sword

Saturday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Old West Mystique [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Lonesome Jack's Wild West Review & Horse Opera

Saturday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Traditional Songs of NY State [E]: Entertainment -- Dave Ruch

Saturday 4:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
A Parcel of Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Merle Roesler

Saturday 4:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Intervening Period [E]: Entertainment -- David Diamond

Saturday 4:00pm, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Great Meadows Morris and Sword, Ring O' Bells Morris, Orion Longsword

Saturday 5:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Oldtime Tunes & Ballads [E]: Entertainment -- Ralph Bodington

Saturday 5:00pm, High School Auditorium (0:50)
English Folk Songs [E]: Entertainment -- John Roberts

Saturday 5:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Remembering Phil Ochs [E]: Entertainment -- Joel Landy

Saturday 5:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Scandinavian Music [E]: Entertainment -- Stämbandet

Saturday 5:00pm, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Commonwealth Morris, Maple Leaf Morris, Scrambled Six Rapper

Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Yiddish Music Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky

Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
New Orleans - 1908 [E]: Entertainment -- The New New Orleans Jazz Band

Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Nyckelharpa Smorgasbord [E]: Entertainment -- Harpas Four

Saturday 6:00pm, High School Auditorium (2:50)
Dance Performances [E]: Entertainment -- Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society (China), Germantown Country Dancers (England), Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc. (Poland), Jhumka Dance Company (India), Sambüris -- Lithuanian Folk Dance Group of Boston (Lithuana), FiddleKicks Cloggers (Clogging), Igranka (Bulgaria), Dance Revelasian (China), Mladost (Bulgaria), Commonwealth Vintage Dancers (Vintage), New England's Norwegian Dancers (Norway), Tierra del Sol (Mexico), Igranka (Bulgaria), Marcie Van Cleave (as MC)

Saturday 6:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Grateful Dead Folk Roots [E]: Entertainment -- Dave Ruch

Saturday 6:00pm, High School Room 187 (0:50)
Ballad Singer [E]: Entertainment -- Colleen Cleveland

Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Lorraine and Bennett [E]: Entertainment -- Lorraine & Bennett Hammond

Saturday 7:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
1960s Greenwich Village [E]: Entertainment -- Steve Suffet

Saturday 7:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Inspired by History [E]: Entertainment -- Diane Taraz

Saturday 8:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Songs of Dangerous Times [E]: Entertainment -- The Short Sisters

Saturday 8:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Stone Soup [E]: Entertainment -- Suzanne Mrozak & Friends

Saturday 8:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Whaling & Sailing Songs [E]: Entertainment -- The Graybeards

Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Unheard Tunes! [E]: Entertainment -- Old New England

Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (1:00)
C, Shore, Above, Below [E]: Entertainment -- Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey

Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Soul of Scotland Fiddles [E]: Entertainment -- Boston Scottish Fiddle Club

Saturday 9:00pm, High School Room 187 (0:50)
Voices from New France [E]: Entertainment -- Les Bostonnaises

Saturday 10:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (1:00)
Dublin to Boston [E]: Entertainment -- Lindsay, Mulvaney, Cavanaugh

Saturday 10:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (1:00)
Old-Time Potpourri [E]: Entertainment -- Alan Friend & Bob Solosko

Saturday 10:00pm, High School Room 125 (1:00)
OLD Singer-Songwriters [E]: Entertainment -- Woodchucks' Revenge

Saturday 10:00pm, High School Room 188 (1:00)
Songs of the Seasons [E]: Entertainment -- Michael O'Leary, Kate Chadbourne

Sunday 9:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Hop Brook Morris, Snowbelt Morris and Rapper, Gay Blades Rapper Sword

Sunday 10:00am, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Jack, Jack & Jack O'Kent [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Janet Scudder

Sunday 10:00am, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Razzle Dazzle Autoharp [E]: Entertainment -- Drew Smith & Friends

Sunday 10:00am, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Transylvania Extravaganza [E]: Entertainment -- Trei Arcusi

Sunday 10:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Pipe Dream, The Points of Etiquette

Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Family Concert [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Tom Smith

Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Swedish Fiddle Old & New [E]: Entertainment -- Matt, Jane, Bruce

Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Undance Tunes [E]: Entertainment -- Off'n Ensemble

Sunday 11:00am, High School Room 188 (0:50)
In Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Mike Agranoff

Sunday 11:00am, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Hart's Brook Garland, Charles River Rapper

Sunday 12:00no, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Hardanger Fiddle! [E]: Entertainment -- Toby Weinberg

Sunday 12:00no, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Old Songs, New Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Jeff Davis

Sunday 12:00no, High School Auditorium (0:50)
Mostly English Folk [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- David Jones

Sunday 12:00no, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Bulgarian Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Zornitsa

Sunday 12:00no, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Country Old and New [E]: Entertainment -- Triboro

Sunday 12:00no, Main Entrance (1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing [E]: Entertainment -- Ladies of the Rolling Pin, Pokingbrook Morris, Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword

Sunday 1:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
New England Scots Songs and Tunes [E]: Entertainment -- Allan Carr

Sunday 1:00pm, High School Auditorium (1:50)
Dance Performances [E]: Entertainment -- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch (Scotland), Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword (Rapper), Triveni Dancers (India), Country Dance Society, Boston Centre (England), Highland Dance Boston (Scotland), Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Hansen-Keohane Irish Step Dancers (Ireland), Collage Dance Ensemble (Turkey)

Sunday 1:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Fancy Fiddling & Frantic Fretting [E]: Entertainment -- Notorious, Sam Bartlett

Sunday 2:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Peaceful Healing Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Constellations

Sunday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Dixieland Music! [E]: Entertainment -- Dixie Diehards Dixieland Band

Sunday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (1:00)
Original and its Parody [E]: Entertainment -- Paul Kaplan

Sunday 3:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Yiddish Songs of Social Struggle [E]: Entertainment -- Ruby Poltorak & Friends

Sunday 3:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Traditional Tunes & Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Joanie, Neal & Ann

Sunday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (1:00)
Tom Smith in Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Tom Smith

Sunday 4:00pm, High School Auditorium (1:00)
Boston's Global Harmonies [E]: Entertainment -- Boston Harmony

Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 125 (1:00)
Jewish Roots [E]: Entertainment -- Larry Milder

Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 187 (1:30)
Old Songs / New Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Pete Kraemer

Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 188 (1:00)
Norwegian Folk Songs From My Family [E]: Entertainment -- Sonja Savig


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