2008 NEFFA Festival
[M]: Mixed Level (Mixed Level) 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 Dance Hall (0:50)
Balanced Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Beth Parkes, Roaring Jelly

Friday 7:00pm, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Greek Jam [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Ensemble Aperiskeptos

Friday 8:00pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Lindy Hop/Swing Class [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Tony & Aurelie Tye

Friday 8:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Learn Reka [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Louise Brill, Rent a Reka

Friday 8:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Contra Percussion [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Melissa Kacalanos

Friday 8:00pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Yin/Yang Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Chrissy Fowler, Rabble

Friday 9:00pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Oli sto Horo -- Greek Dancing [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Antonio Dominguez, Ensemble Aperiskeptos

Friday 9:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Royal Scotch Quadrilles [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Susan de Guardiola, Cal Howard & Friends

Friday 9:00pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Contras Unleashed! [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Dan Pearl, Notorious

Friday 10:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:35)
Gammaldans [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Gammaldansbandet

Friday 10:00pm, High School Dance Hall (1:30)
Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Lisa Greenleaf, Chris Weiler, Bob Isaacs

Friday 10:45pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:45)
Folk Dance Party [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Cambridge Folk Orchestra

Friday 10:45pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:45)
Open Cajun Dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Louisiana Jammers

Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Gender-free English [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Michael Cicone, Shandy Hall String Quartet

Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Tone Deaf? You CAN Sing! [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Lorraine Hammond

Saturday 10:00am, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Cross-Step Waltz [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Susan de Guardiola, Calliope

Saturday 10:00am, High School Room 188 (0:50)
5-Sring Banjo Workshop [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Bennett Hammond

Saturday 11:00am, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Fluid Drive Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- George Marshall, Tim Van Egmond, Swallowtail

Saturday 11:00am, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Romany Dances [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Leora Berns, Rakiya

Saturday 11:00am, High School Auditorium (0:50)
Waltz Melodies Jam [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Three Quarter Time

Saturday 11:00am, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Maritime Songs [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Mark Ryer

Saturday 12:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Vintage Balkan [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Tom Roby, Clare Stanley, Tom Pixton

Saturday 12:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Youth Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Dan Black, Diane Silver

Saturday 1:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Blazing Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Ron Buchanan, Raise the Roof

Saturday 2:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Hands Six! Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Bob Golder, Old New England

Saturday 2:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Italian Village Dance [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Italian Village Music and Dance

Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Asymmetric Waltzes [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Lynn Baumeister, Ted Hodapp

Saturday 3:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Keen Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Rick Mohr, Night Watch

Saturday 3:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
International Folk Dance Party [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Panharmonium

Saturday 4:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Step (not so) Stately -- English Country Dance [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Michael Barraclough, Roberta Sutter and Friends

Saturday 4:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:20)
Open Waltzing [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Night Watch

Saturday 4:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Big Phat American K-Lee [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Scott Higgs, The Big Phat American K-Lee Band

Saturday 5:00pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Croatian Dance Party [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Pajdashi

Saturday 5:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Swingin' to Singin' -- Open Swing Dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Three Cats, Some Sax & a Drummer

Saturday 5:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
New Tunebook Singing [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Norumbega Harmony

Saturday 5:00pm, High School Room 187 (0:50)
Story Swap [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Bruce Marcus

Saturday 5:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Rum & Onions XXVIII Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Ron Buchanan, Rum and Onions

Saturday 6:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Exquisite New Rounds [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Louise Brill & Friends

Saturday 6:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Favorite Singing Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Tony Saletan, Square Roots

Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Balkan Dance Party! [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Druz(h)ina

Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Scottish Country Dancing [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Evelyn Murray, The White Cockade

Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Contra Tune Slow Jam [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Dave Miller & Chris Carpenter

Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Effort-Less Fiddling [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Toby Weinberg

Saturday 7:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Ted Hodapp, Bev Bernbaum

Saturday 8:00pm, Middle School Dance Hall (1:20)
Harmony in Motion -- English Country Dance [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Joanna Reiner, Scott Higgs, A Joyful Noise

Saturday 8:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Balkan Gypsy Dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Rakiya

Saturday 8:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Ragtime Dance [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Michael Bergman, The New New Orleans Jazz Band

Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Swedish Couple Dances [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Matt Fichtenbaum & Friends

Saturday 9:00pm, High School Auditorium (0:50)
South African Singing! [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Boston Harmony

Saturday 9:00pm, High School Room 188 (0:50)
Folk Songs for All [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Folk Song Society of Greater Boston

Saturday 9:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Left Coast Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Woody Lane, Three Cats and a Dog

Saturday 9:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Balkan Dancing with Xopo [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Xopo

Saturday 10:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:35)
Norwegian Telemark Dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Boston Spelemannslag

Saturday 10:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (1:00)
Romanian Dance Party [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Pinewoods Band

Saturday 10:30pm, High School Dance Hall (1:00)
Many Happy Returns Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Linda Leslie, The Moving Violations

Saturday 10:45pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:45)
Cajun Dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Jimmyjo & the Jumbol'ayuhs

Sunday 10:00am, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Zwiefachers [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Sam Rotenberg, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra

Sunday 10:00am, High School Auditorium (0:50)
Sacred Harp Singing [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Norumbega Harmony

Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
English Trips [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Barbara Finney, Earl Grey, Hot

Sunday 11:00am, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Russian Cossack Dances II [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Murray & Randi Spiegel, Bjelalitsa Chorus

Sunday 11:00am, High School Room 125 (0:50)
Klezmer Jam [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Shver un Shviger

Sunday 12:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
All-Active Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Tony Parkes, LocoMojo

Sunday 12:30pm, High School Dance Hall (0:20)
Open Waltzing [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Notorious, Sam Bartlett

Sunday 1:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Moonlight Dancing [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Shining Moon

Sunday 1:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Bulgarian Jam [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Ralph Iverson

Sunday 1:00pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Fun Modern English [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Ted Rudofker, Windsor Knot

Sunday 1:00pm, High School Room 187 (0:50)
The English Concertina [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Ken Sweeney

Sunday 1:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Gender-Free Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Chris Ricciotti, Heathen Creek

Sunday 2:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Hungarian Tanchaz [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Tom Roby, Trei Arcusi, Clare Stanley

Sunday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Balkan Choral Sing [GM]: Group Participation, Mixed Level -- Henry Goldberg & Friends

Sunday 2:00pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Men in the Middle Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Donna Hunt, Apple Crisp

Sunday 2:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Bourrees du Jour! [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Marcie Van Cleave, Mike MacNintch & Friends

Sunday 3:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Dances That Cross Borders [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Jonathan Young, Barb's Band

Sunday 3:00pm, High School Dance Hall (0:50)
More Good Contras [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Sue Rosen, B.A.D.

Sunday 3:00pm, High School Room 187 (0:50)
Guitar of Peter, Paul & Mary [TM]: Teaching featured, Mixed Level -- Howie Rashba

Sunday 3:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Bulgarian Dance Party [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Zdravets

Sunday 4:00pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:35)
Røros Brekk'dance [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Røroslaget

Sunday 4:00pm, High School Dance Hall (1:30)
Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Lynn Ackerson, Lisa Sieverts, Tony Saletan

Sunday 4:30pm, Middle School Dance Hall (1:00)
Macedonian Dance [DM]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Mixed Level -- Gogofski Trio, David Skidmore, Tom Roby

Sunday 4:45pm, Middle School Auditorium (0:45)
Waltz & Couple Dancing [NM]: No teaching provided, Mixed Level -- Barbara and Friends


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