day	time	duration	hall	rating	short	verbose	performers
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Mostly Maggots--English Country Dance	Maggot (n): a whimsical fancy. English dances old and new that are maggots in name or in spirit.	Carmen Giunta, Windsor Knot
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	Israeli for All	Israeli Folk dances with simple patterns taught efficiently and cheerfully. You can do these! No partner needed.	Joan & Jim Savitt
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Songs from Around the World	We're so pleased to bring you a world of song Ð tunes from home and around the world, and some new arrangements of old favorites.Ê Although our "base camp" of global music lies in the Celtic arena, we've spiked our themed concert with beautiful songs presented in English, Spanish, Yiddish, a bit of Irish, Yaruban (Nigeria), and a Russian style lament by Jerree Small.Ê	Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Villains, Beasties, & Heartache	The Old Man sings stories about villains, beasties and drunken heartache. Accompanied by the Po' Buckra, the filthy talents he calls "friends," the Old Man makes a return to the art of storytelling through song.	The Old Man & his Po' Buckra
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	How's the Weather? Contras	Contra dances with a weather theme	Melanie Axel-Lute, Roaring Jelly
Friday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Ballads with Child	Ballads about pregnancy and childbirth.. and the subsequent complications.	Ruth Perry & Friends
Friday	7:30pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come and join us and learn the basics of contra dance! This will get you started, so you can join in on the fun in the large dance halls.	Beth Parkes, Ti' Acadie
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Scottish Country Dance	General Scottish Country dancing for adults and youth, with walk & talk through instructions. Experience required is ability to move to music and basic knowledge of contra dancing.	Andy Taylor-Blenis, The White Cockade
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	International for all: Heels &Toes	International (line) dances featuring toes and heels.	Jonathan Young, Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Woes of the Working Stiff	Songs about work gone bad, or sometimes gone away completely. Work songs can celebrate or complain, but if you want to feel really good about your work, listen to some of these stories from the mines, the sea, or the fields.	Ergo Canto
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	British Isles Ballads & Sea Songs	Julian Baptista is a Salem area musician with a Passion for traditional music. This event will incorporate many well known and lesser known music from the British Isles. Singing, dancing, and clapping along will be an important part of this concert.	Julian Baptista
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	Love, Murder, & More	Hunt Smith and Allison Aldrich will sing and play music of the US, British Isles and Ireland, and beyond. Fiddle, concertina, guitar, mandolin, accordion and more! Sing along, laugh along, and enjoy the unexpected.	Allison Aldrich & Hunt Smith
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Chris Page, Richard Fischer
Friday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	Teaching the Contra Workshop	Have you wondered how to teach an effective dance workshop? Come to this session and present your workshop ideas and questions, and we will have a discussion, which will include the presentation of a short workshop on contra basics.	Dave Colestock
Friday	8:30pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Come join us in learning the basics to this wonderful dance tradition!	Rebecca Lay, Brookline Country Players
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TS	Balkan Plus		Louise Brill
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	TS	Mezosegi-Hungarian Couple Dance	Hungarian couple dance from Transylvania. Fun, not easy yet excitingly coupled! Some prior experience with lead-follow type couple dancing would be helpful.	Stephen Spinder, Táncház Music Group
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	G	Pilgrim On This Road	Come and enjoy a variety of contemporary and traditional songs of traveling and roaming. The songs are drawn from folk, bluegrass, and bluegrass gospel and accompanied by guitar, mandolin, ukulele, harmonica, autoharp, recorder, and stand-up bass. We hope you'll join in on the choruses	October's Dream
Friday	9:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Cat Man Stew	Join the Cats for a concert featuring some favorites from their regular gigs. Drawing from all genres, you might be at a bluegrass festival, an Irish pub, a contra dance, a folk concert or anywhere in-between.	Three Cats and a Dog
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	G	Irish Songs of Freedom	Irish songs, mostly, with some tunes that traveled across the Atlantic and took root here, and from other sources as well, in the same general vein. A group sing, hopefully with a big a cappella chorus.	Richard Yospin
Friday	9:00pm	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley	No walk-thru contras called in succession, for experienced dancers only!!	Stunt Double
Friday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Many Happy Returns	After an absence of several years, Jennifer Woods returns to NEFFA, accompanied by her husband, multi-instrumentalist Bob Clayton, with a sampling of traditional and in-the-tradition songs that appeal to a wide audience. Expect some old favorites and a few surprises, too.	Bob Clayton & Jennifer Woods
Friday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	"A LIST" Contra Dances	A selection of some favorite dances....pleasing to dancers AND the caller!	Linda Leslie, CoinciDance
Friday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Zydeco Dance	Zydeco is a spicy partner dance hailing from Southwest Louisiana. Zydeco music emerged from the multiracial Creole population of the late 1800's, and was originally played on the button accorion and washboard. Today, the sound is enriched by elements of Afro-Caribbean music, blues,rock and roll and other genres. This class will introduce you to the fundamental Zydeco moves and encourage your creative, improvisatory spirit to emerge.	BostonZydeco
Friday	10:00pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	International Folk Dance Party	Music for familiar international folk dances announced and played without instruction, Requests from the floor are welcome. Dances will be a mix for all experience levels.	Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Friday	10:00pm	0:20	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Hungarian Tanchaz	Hungarian open dancing.	Táncház Music Group
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 103/104	GS	The Other Shaped Notes	Traditional Southern shaped-note singing from books *other* than the Denson revision of the Sacred Harp. We'll sing songs from the Cooper revision of the Sacred Harp, from oblong 7-shape books like Christian Harmony, and from the 7-shape "little books" that are at the heart of Southern Gospel music.	Midcontinental Harmony
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 108	E	Life, Death & Dessert	Original and traditional songs, with some sing-alongs, from a charismatic performer who is befuddled by the fact that the glass half full is also half empty! Her songs will make you laugh at times and also move you to tears. Some NEFFA regulars can be expected to sit in.	Joanne Davis
Friday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Room 176	G	Story Swap for Grownups	In a different place, and in a different time, we liked being told stories. In our hearts, we still do. But we are beset by the multiple monsters of jobs, commitments, and all the other demons that accompany adults. Let's swap some stories.	Not Your Typical Bard
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Zydeco Party	Zydeco is a spicy partner dance hailing from Southwest Louisiana. Come dance with us to some great hits! Check out the "Intro to Zydeco Dance" session during the preceding hour for some basic instruction.	BostonZydeco
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Dance Hall	DS	Contras by Committee	Zesty modern contras, each co-written by a group of at least five composers.	Jeremy Korr, Perpetual e-Motion
Friday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Room 125	DB	Irish Two-Hand Dancing	Two-Hand Dances and Waltzes have become very popular at Irish Ceilis in recent years. Join us to learn the 'Peeler & the Goat' and other favorites!	Barry & Pat Callahan
Friday	10:45pm	0:45	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	International Folk Dance Medley	A medley, like the contra dance medleys, comprised of favorite international folk dances danced non-stop.	Marcie Van Cleave, Woods Hole Folk Orchestra
Saturday	9:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Ha'Penny Morris, The Black Jokers, Charm City Rapper
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Historical English Gems	Historical English Country Dances, most in recent, zesty reconstructions by Dancing Master Andrew Shaw. Efficient teaching for maximal dancing.	Tom Roby, Tea with Scream
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	TS	Santa Rita, Mexican Dance	Santa Rita is a lively & challenging polka-style couple dance from northern Mexico.	John Bartholomew, Julianne Harden
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	GB	You can TOO sing!	Sometimes called " Singing for the Confidence Impaired," this workshop features warm-ups, vocal techniques, simple songs and plenty of fun.	Lorraine Hammond
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GS	International Music Jam	Welcome! Enjoy exploring exotic modes and rhythms with your instruments and voices: Greek, Bulgarian, French, Romanian, etc.	International Music Club
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 108	EF	Clam Chowder & Kangaroos	Good songs cheap. Family silliness encouraged.	Jean Schwartz
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Sqs & Contras		Beth Parkes, Jetstream
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Ceilidh Dances	Fun dances from England, for everyone!	Jacob Bloom, Three Cats and a Dog
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium	E	NEW ORLEANS 1910	Music of Parades, Dances and Funerals as Played in NewOrleans in 1910	The New New Orleans Jazz Band
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 117	E	Georgian Folk Songs	Three men sing folk and sacred music of Georgia	The Other Georgia
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Outdoor Adventure Tales	Tales of Outdoor Adventure & Misadventure: Spirited true stories & genuine fabrications, for outdoor & armchair enthusiasts. Camp chair optional.	Bruce Marcus
Saturday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 177	GB	Great Chorus Medley II	All a capella, all the time: work songs and chanteys, lullabies and carols, chants and refrains, bits of ballads and snatches - 50 minutes of participatory singing. On your mark - get set - sing out!	Ridge Kennedy
Saturday	10:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Muddy River Morris, Heartwood Morris, Candyrapper
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TS	Intermediate Cross-Step Waltz	New moves and variations for those already familiar with basic cross-step waltz.	Susan de Guardiola, Jennie Worden, Harmonic Regression
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DF	Community Dance	Young and old, tall and small, moving to music and dancing for all, up to the middle and walk round the hall, hey diddle diddle, fun dances for all!	Ridge Kennedy, Sugar River String Band
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Bulgarian Concert	Men's Bulgarian singing with accompaniment on traditional instruments	Zornitsa
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Hammmered & Mountain Dulcimer Duets	A unique blending of the two different dulcimers, playing traditional, original and contemporary songs and tunes. Audience "Q and A" will be welcomed during the performance for demonstrating differences and commonalities between the two instrunments.	Lucy Joan Sollogub & Barb Levine
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GF	Family Cabaret	Interactive song, movement and stories are incorporated in a rollicking mix of comedy and music for all ages. With his sparkling energy, wit and whimsy, Jackson is sure to tickle your heart and warm your funny bone.	Jackson Gillman
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	TS	Contra Insider Secrets	How to enjoy popular but not always taught figures, diagonals and other fun aspects of intermediate level contras.	Lisa Greenleaf, Stunt Double
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Square Dance	Square dances suitable for beginning dancers. Fun to dance,easy to teach.	John McIntire, Raise the Roof
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium	TB	Shape Note Workshop	Singing School Early New England style. Six simple steps to singing sheet music in shapes. In just 50 minutes, this quick basic primer will have you singing the rich and powerful 4-part harmonies that brought colonial communities together. No experience necessary! Bring your friends and family.	Glen Wright, Susan Mampre, Anayis Wright
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 117	GB	Boing! Mouth Harps	Mouth harp, jews harp, maultrommel, doromb, munnharpa, khomus, dan moi. Whatever you call them, mouth-resonated instruments are ancient, diverse, and fun. Demonstration and presentation followed by show-and-tell and jamming. If you have one, bring it. If not, try one and enjoy the show.	Bob Wyttenbach
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Swedish Fiddle Originals	New traditional music on twin fiddles, and sometimes twin nyckelharpas. Original dance tunes in Swedish and Norwegian traditional folk styles. Sneak preview of our forthcoming album!	Bruce & lydia
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 177	G	The Songs That Bind Us	The Songs that Bind Us Together. Come lend your voice and join us on choruses when we host several NEFFA performers for a "Living Room" Singing Party.	The Beans
Saturday	11:00am	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Dyeing Fabric to Create Patterns		Dina Flockhart
Saturday	11:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Bubble Rapper, Mulberry Morris, Harrisville Morris Women
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DB	Traditional French Dance	Traditional French folk dances for all levels. Focus on Bouree, Mazurka and/or row dances of Brittany.	Maria & Werner, Montage
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	Old Time New England Barn Dance	Barn dances like Virginia Reel, Paul Jones, Grand March, Tempest, Portland Fancy, for all ages and abilities.	Two Fiddles
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	PB	Simple Contra Tunes	Sometimes simple tunes give the richest music. Come learn ways to enrich simple tunes into your newest favorites.	CoinciDance
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Swedish Wedding Tunes	Bridal marches, wedding polskas, gift-giving tunes and party music from the rich Swedish tradition of soulful, harmonious celebration music. Good enough to make you run to Sweden and get married!	Matt, Jane, Bruce
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GF	Japanese Children's Songs	Join in on the fun as you peek into childhood in Japan. Listen to the folk tales that give the songs context, play some games, and sing along (no knowledge of Japanese necessary).	Takako Nagumo
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Tony Saletan, Chrissy Fowler
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Balkan Dance		Louise Brill, Tom Pixton
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Auditorium	GB	Power Harmonies	Come to sing full-voiced a capella harmony with singers from Minnesota and Massachusetts. There will be many choruses, with songs mostly from the English and Southern traditions.	Power Harmonies
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 117	TX	Robert Johnson Teach-in	A class for guitar players who want to learn elements of Johnson's style. We'll concentrate on just one tune. By the end of class, you'll be able to see and do what the master recorded....	Richard Yospin
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Croatian Music Concert	Croatian "non-dance" music to listen to and perhaps even sing-along on the chorus!	Pajdashi
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Taking Leave	Songs that take us through the many separations in life. Included are songs of parting between lovers, families and friends; songs about leaving a way of life; and gospel tunes that seek a Better Land.	The Beans, Deb O'Hanlon & Peter Fischman
Saturday	12:00no	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Carving & Burning to Decorate Flutes		Kai Mayberger
Saturday	12:00no	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Great Meadows Morris and Sword, Bassett St. Hounds, Half Moon Sword
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TB	Argentine Tango	Explore tango essentials and how to create a special connection in one's dance.	Hsueh-tze Lee, Notorious, Janet Cason
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DF	Family Folk Dance	Dances from around the world for everyone!	Regina Laskowski, Cambridge Folk Orchestra
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Nordic Music Concert	A unique vocal band presenting the best of traditional Nordic music, with a contemporary edge. Led by Allen LeVines, ST€MBANDET's captivating sounds and rhythms transcend all language barriers.	Stämbandet
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	In the American Tradition	Lorraine and Bennett Hammond picking and singing some of their favorite old and new American traditional songs and tunes.	Lorraine & Bennett Hammond
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GF	Sing, Dance, Laugh, Play!	An active, participatory song swap for all ages, featuring members of the Children's Music Network's New England region. Fun for all from babies to grandparents!	Children's Music Network (New England Region)
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	No Loitering! Squares for Contradancers	Squares in which you do not stand around!	Will Mentor, Raise the Roof
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Come and join us and learn the basics of English Country Dance! This will get you started, so you can join in on the fun in the large dance halls.	Val Medve, The Turning Stile
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	E	A Visit with Old New England	Join us for some tunes on piano, fiddle and flute from the New England contra dance tradition and their stories. We will include many tunes written by Bob McQuillen as well as some others that are traditional or contemporary.	Old New England
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	TB	Mountain Dulcimer Workshop	Come learn to play the mountain dulcimer! Experienced and total beginners are welcome to learn some basic strumming and dulcimer technique together while playing traditioanl tunes. "Q & A" will be encouraged, and Lucy will share info on the dulcimer's history and playing styles. Extra instruments will be available to share!	Lucy Joan Sollogub
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Bird Songs	Mostly traditional songs and tunes that feature our feathered friends.	Suzanne Mrozak & Friends
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Norwegian Songs Of My Family	Norwegian songs and folk songs, many learned form my immigrant parents in childhood, before I spoke English, with translations and anecdotes about Norwegian History and culture, my family and growing up in America during the Depression and WWII.	Sonja Savig
Saturday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Judging Guitar Quality		Tom Knatt
Saturday	1:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Pokingbrook Morris, Jack in the Green Morris, Pocket Flyers
Saturday	2:00pm	0:20	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Open Tango	A chance to dance to wo nderful live music, whether you are a seasoned tango dancer, or have just learned new skills.	Notorious
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	TS	Asymmetric Waltzes	Come learn 5-count, 8-count, and 11-count waltzes from the French bal-folk tradition.	Lynn Baumeister & Ted Hodapp
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	TB	Where's Your Drum?	This class will enable you to partner drumming with songs, dance, movement, storytelling, and theater arts. Bring your favorite drum, or play one of Bob's. You'll take away simple skills to: play musical percussion sounds; use spoken word to invent rhythms; lead others at interactive drumming sessions in settings including education, eldercare, disabilities, social work, recreation, and healthcare. PARTICIPANTS OF THIS CLASS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM TOGETHER AS BOB BLOOM'S BAND "THE DRUM RIDERS" DURING HIS SESSION "FOLLOW THE PIED DRUMMER" IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLASS.)	Bob Bloom
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Scottish Concert	Traditional Scottish Music	Strathspey & Reel Society of NH
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	P	Native American Flutes	The Native American flute was the primary melodic instrument of the Indians of North America. Almost extinct in the mid-20th century, it has seen a resurgence in recent years. This presentation will survey the history of the Native American flute and its contemporary styles with performances on historic and modern instruments.	Steve Bliven, George Penedo
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Vintage Balkan	Great balkan dances introduced at least 25 years ago. Expedient teaching for maximal dancing.	Tom Roby, Tom Pixton
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come and join us and learn the basics of contra dance! This will get you started, so you can join in on the fun in the large dance halls.	Chrissy Fowler, Ti' Acadie
Saturday	2:00pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Children's Dance Performances		Chinese Folk Art Workshop, Lithuanian School of Boston, Latvian Children's Folk Dance Group of Boston
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	G	NEFFA Annual Meeting -- ALL Weclome!	Join us to hear about how YOUR NEFFA organization is doing! Meet the Board members, both old and new! Open to ALL!	NEFFA Board
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Greek Music Performance	A performance of Greek music representing islands and mainland, village and urban music, dances and songs, and a variety of rhythms and modes. Remarks about cultural and/or musical aspects of the tunes. Although this is not nominally a dance event, dancing is allowed - and encouraged.	Meraki
Saturday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Funny (Ukulele) Lady	Humorous & novelty songs and Hawaiiana played on the ukulele. Lots of opportunity to sing along. Maybe some guests will appear.	Evy Mayer
Saturday	2:00pm	1:00	High School Crafts Hall	P	From Africa to the Pottery Studio		Ann Schunior
Saturday	2:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris Dancing		Ring O' Bells Morris, Red Herring Morris, No Apologies Rapper
Saturday	2:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Dances of Ted Sannella	Contras and squares from a versatile and inventive leader and choreographer, often called the Dean of New England Callers.	Tony Parkes, Full Tilt
Saturday	2:45pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Children's Dance Performances		American Chinese Art Society Dance Studio, Bubble Rapper, Mulberry Morris, Hansen-Keohane Irish Step Dancers, Academy of Serbian Folk Dancing
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DS	International Folk Dance Party	International Folk Dance Party	Panharmonium
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	GF	Follow The Pied Drummer	You'll get hands-on with BB's huge and inviting array of drums and percussion trinkets to play along as he launches the world's most engaging songs and the catchiest beats that the New England Folk Festival has ever heard.Ê	Bob Bloom
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	G	Waltz Melodies Jam	Open-to-all-musicians and dancers. You will be participating in an event that has been a NEFFA tradition since 2001. You can play by ear or use the written musical notation that will be provided.	Three Quarter Time
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GF	Revels Singing Games	Revels Teaching Artists host a Play Party full of traditional and contemporary songs and singing games. Adults and children of all ages invited!	Revels Education & Outreach
Saturday	3:00pm	1:20	High School Dance Hall	DS	Surprise & Delight English Country Dance	Beautiful music and friendly dancers -- welcoming all to a session of delightful English dances with occasional fun surprises.	Scott Higgs, Ted Rudofker, Northeast Extension
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to International Folk Dance	Easy folk dances that will get you moving on the right (or left!) foot. In honor of Lynn Levine, who taught and nurtured fledgling dancers, musicians and dance teachers for many years in the Hartford, CT area.	Val Medve
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	E	Nyckelharpa Smorgasbord	The nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) is said to be the national instrument of Sweden. You'll hear our of them in one place, playing everything from baroque-ish traditional tunes to exciting new music!	Harpas Four
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	Gender-Free Callers	In this session we will go over some of the research I have done on gender and dance history, including photos and stories, share some ideas around gender-free dance calling, and then open the session to everyone to discuss the philosophy of gender-free calling, how this style of calling and dancing can be useful, share examples how to do it, translating dances, exploring the different styles to pick from and for callers to share their own stories and experiences. I will be providing manuals to borrow in class as a useful guide. These manuals will be the base from which a book will soon be written.	Chris Ricciotti, John Burrows
Saturday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	GF	Jug Band Workshop	Family-inclusive jug band workshop. Band will provide instruments.	Wheat Straw
Saturday	3:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Banbury Cross Morris, Snowbelt Morris and Rapper, Cutting Edge
Saturday	3:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Favorite Contradances	Dance your socks off- Swallowtail will choose from their favorite dance tunes and favorite contradances. We'll emphasize fun while dancing with our elbows in.	Swallowtail
Saturday	3:30pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	E	The Art of Parody	Four folk musicians present their favorite reworkings of earlier songs. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, parodies are an integral part of the folk process.	Paul Kaplan, Mike Agranoff, David Jones, John Roberts
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	Polish Non-Polka Polkas	Polish dances in 2/4 ime that may or may not have traditional polka steps	Regina Laskowski, Kapela
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	G	Barry Finn Tribute Sing	Barry Finn lived his life making friends, singing, laughing and sharing his exuberance with everyone. His unanticipated death in October was felt deeply by all who knew him. This tribute, hosted by singing friends from Gloucester, invites friends of Barry to come share songs in his memory.	Friends of Barry Finn
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Hard Times & Blues	Low-down songs of hard times and blues - "St. James Infirmary", "Come In My Kitchen", "Stealin'", etc.; leavened by uplifting sing-along spirituals with sweet harmonies - "A Closer Walk with Thee" and, well, "Hard Times Come Again No More".	Outrageous Fortune
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	In Concert	Traditional and tradition-friendly original songs by a folk veteran of four decades.	Tom Smith
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Ragtime Dancing	The easiest couple dance ever invented! 1910s couplde dance with many variations done to great ragtime music.	Susan de Guardiola, Irene Urban
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	TB	Clawhammer Banjo 101	Alan will teach the basics of playing the 5-string banjo in the southern old-time clawhammer style. At least one tune will be taught.	Alan Friend
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	Calling All College Students!	College students, this one is for you.  Love NEFFA and want to know what more you can do to support the Festival?  Want to meet some younger members of the NEFFA Board and hear what they do?  Wondering how you can ask your college to pay for you to come to NEFFA?  Come get the answers to these questions and more!	Julia Nickles
Saturday	4:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Civil War Songs	Songs from both Union and Confederate songwriters, detailing the heroic, tragic, and humorous aspects of the conflict, performed in costume and on period instruments--with opportunites for chorus singing!	Allen Hopkins
Saturday	4:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Ladies of the Rolling Pin, Vineyard Swordfish, Clownfish Rapper, Rapper D'or
Saturday	4:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Gender-Free Contra Dance	Explore dancing the other role, swapping roles while dancing, and gain insite about the whole dance, rather than just from the perspective of your own position. Some contra dancing experience is suggested. Everyone welcome! We will be using armbands to identify roles.	Chris Ricciotti, Nor'easter
Saturday	4:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	NS	Waltz Time!	Nat Hewitt, Liza Constable and their kids play traditional fiddle tunes and waltzes for dancing.	The Hewitt Family
Saturday	4:30pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	G	Elegant Round Singing	A variety of excellent rounds -- funny, beautiful, clever, easy, challenging, old and new.	Sol Weber & Friends
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DS	Czech It Out!	Czech dancing for all.	Marcie Van Cleave, Tom Pixton
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Traditional Ballads		John Roberts
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Bluegrass with Attitude!	ShoreGrass sings old classics, contemporary songs and originals, accompanying themselves on banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass and Dobro. Think traditional bluegrass, folk, old-time, gospel, early country. Known for their humor and "bluegrass with attitude."	ShoreGrass, Aldo Lavaggi, Chris Morrison
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	Irish/Celtic/Contra Blend	Listening to Last Night's Fun is like dropping into an Irish Pub and joining in with the musicians, playing for fun.	Last Night's Fun
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Balkan Dance	Learn basic dances you'll see again and again at folk dances everywhere!	Janet Yeracaris, Shining Moon
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	TS	Learn to play the Hambo	Rhonda Hotop (fiddle) teaches melody instrumentalists how to play for the Swedish Hambo. Tune(s) will be taught by ear with music provided at the end.	Rhonda Hotop
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	The Ewan MacColl Songbag	Limited to the songs of the fishing and traveling people written by Ewan MacColl. Some historical background is included.	Mike Kennedy
Saturday	5:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	GB	Open Sea Music Singaround	Open sea music sing for all who will, sponsored by www.nechanteysings.com.	Northeast Chantey Sing
Saturday	5:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris Dancing		Hop Brook Morris, On The Border Morris
Saturday	5:30pm	0:20	Middle School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley	No walk-thru contras called in succession, for experienced dancers only!!	Nor'easter
Saturday	5:30pm	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Advanced Contra Medley	No walk-thru contras called in succession, for experienced dancers only!! This session is for VERY experienced dancers!	Troll, Loper, & Marshall
Saturday	5:30pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	GF	Beatles Sing Along	Let's get together and through the magic of music be With the Beatles for a brief period of time.	Rocking Horse People
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Youth Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all 21 and under! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Steve Holland, Bill Olson
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	19th c. French Quadrille	Come to enjoy dancing some original early French Quadrille (formerly called Cotillon) that crossed the Channel after Napoleon s defeat. Come to discover "Le Quadrille" dance "ˆ la mode" in all Europe and even in the colonies ... during almost all the 19th century.	Arduina Alonzo, Les Arcanson
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	From Kipling to ???	John & George share a program of songs, using the songs of Rudyard Kipling as a jumping-off point.	John Roberts, George Stephens
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	G	Science Fiction Filk Sing	Come sing songs about spaceships, computers, sternwheel trolley cars, hobbits, exploration, and cats. You may recognize some tunes; the others you'll learn. Thanks to the generosity of the songwriters, we'll have free handouts for you to take home and teach to others.	M.A.S.S. F.I.L.C.
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GB	String, Wind, & Reed Jam	ALL instruments are welcome in this jam! Everyone will have a chance to lead a tune or song with the group. Great experience for all levels. And, it's FUN!	Drew Smith, Robbie Wedeen
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	NS	Marianne's Favorite International Dances	Favorite international dances we all learned from Marianne Taylor.	Tom Pixton & Friends
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Schottis (Scandi)	A brief introduction to schottis basics for beginners, followed by instructions (with demonstrations) in many delightful and easy schottis variations.	Eph Weiss, John Chambers, Linda Bernfeld
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	GS	For Callers: A+ Walk-Thrus	In my mind, the walk-through might be the most important aspect of contra dance leadership. This is a group discussion where we swap ideas about what works and what doesn't. Perceptive dancers are welcome to participate.	Dan Pearl
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	GS	Italian Village Tunes	Come sing with us and play traditional tunes from Italian villages.	Italian Village Music and Dance
Saturday	6:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Stories for Grown Ups	I tell stories from traditional sources as well as personal stories enhanced by mime and occasionally by music. Children are welcome but the stories are usually on mature themes.	Helen Engelhardt, David Diamond
Saturday	6:30pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Germantown Country Dancers, Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society, Monique Legaré International Dance Company, Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.
Saturday	7:00pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	TB	Hambo with Us!	Hambo the Swedish way, with smooth turns and good balance. It's less work than you thought! Session features careful instruction, frequent partner changes, and instructors who will dance with as many participants as possible.	Joan & Jim Savitt, Bruce & lydia
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Open Swing Dance	In a small band setting, with smoky wild vocals, fiddle, guitar and bass present the music of the swing era as if it never left. "Sublime phrasing."	Liza & the Swing Thing
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	G	50 Years of Good Folk	We're celebrating our 50th anniversary by doing a song swap that features songs from each of the past five decades: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's.	Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GS	Old Time Music Slow Jam	Old time string band tunes and songs played at moderate tempos. Some instruction provided.	Wheat Straw
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	Songs of Crossing Over	Songs of borders, walls, oceans, relationships, passages, and that final frontier, from a variety of cultures and times. A fascinating women s sextet performs a cappella and with guitar, flute, violin, and percussion. Come join us to sing along, or just to be inspired!	Constellations
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	NS	Balkan Dance Party	Music for dance from Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia...	Balkan Express Boston
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Seated Square Dancing	Seated square dances are just like any other square dance - except that you are sitting down! Dancers use torso and arm movements that are analogous to traditional dance figures. Fun for all, but particularly for persons with temporary or permanent limitations in their mobility.	Fred Wersan, Assabet Ramblers
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	C	Big Themes: Connection in Dance Community	This discussion session considers some of the big themes related to traditional music and dance. Our focus this year: Connection. Meet with others who care deeply about such themes. Join the conversation !	Scott Higgs, Lisa Greenleaf
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	Where Did I Learn That?- Part II	Talk about and songs from the large number of mentors and sources who have brought me to where I am with this music. Extension of the workshop from 2008.	Jerry Epstein
Saturday	7:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Turkish Village Music	Turkish village music from Anatolia, Balkans and Caucasus played on the long necked instrument saz. We play Turkish folk music from previous Ottoman territories Crimea, Hungary, Balkans, Caucasus and Kerkuk (Iraq). This year, we will play Ottoman Balkan songs on the oud.	Turgay Ertürk & Friends
Saturday	7:15pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		JT Lotus Dance Company, Sambüris -- Lithuanian Folk Dance Group of Boston, Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.
Saturday	7:45pm	0:35	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Open Scandi Dancing		Bruce & lydia
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	Oli sto Horo! Greek Dances	Accessible Greek dances from various regions presented with walk-throughs. Likely dances include both basic widely-known dances (e.g., Tsamikos, Kalamatianos, Syrtos) and regional dances (e.g., Ikariotikos, Leventikos, Omal). The program would include some dances covered in previous years and some new ones.	Antonio Dominguez, Meraki
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	TB	Round Sing for All	We will learn interesting new rounds (handouts will be provided) including: Buddies & Pals, These Woods Are Lovely Dark & Deep, Breathe the Air Around You, Behold by Moondog, and others.	VT Women's Round Sing, Joanne Hammil, Barb Siftar
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GF	Singing The Carter Family	Join in singing Carter Family favorites. Some old favorites will sound new again when sung the way AP, Maybelle, and Sara recorded them. We'll also sing some new favorites that remained to be rediscovered, even after 60 years, among the 250+ commercial sides recorded by the Carter Family.	Falls By An Arrow
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	The Seeds of Love	Folksongs and ballads are rich with stories of love won, lost, misplaced, unrequited, gone awry, happily-ever-after, or ended too soon. Kathy Westra shares some of her favorites, both traditional and contemporary, ranging from poignant to dramatic to just plain silly.	Kathy Westra
Saturday	8:00pm	1:20	High School Dance Hall	DS	Salute to Bob McQuillen	Contras, squares, and reminiscences, honoring Bob McQuillen's many decades of contributions to the New England Folk Festival and the dance community.	Jeremy Korr, Steve Zakon-Anderson, David Millstone, Bob Golder, Old New England, Sugar River String Band
Saturday	8:00pm	3:30	High School Room 125	E	Saturday Ritual Dance Teams--In Case of Rain Only!!		
Saturday	8:00pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Dance Revelasian, Africa-China, JT Lotus Dance Company, Mladost
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	E	Songs For New England	Such well-known songs as Song for Gale, Old Zeb, John, Connecticut Twister, Song for the Bowdoin have become familiar favorites of many repertoires. Here is an oppportunity to hear these and other original songs in Larry's tribute to the enduring spirit of New England.	Larry Kaplan
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Potpourri	Ti' Acadie is often referred to as "schizophrenic" - we like to think of it as "eclectic".. French Canadian, Cajun, Old Timey songs and tunes, Sea Chanteys and Maine songs. Lots of three part harmony. You get the idea!	Ti' Acadie
Saturday	8:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Railroads & Hoboes	Songs of the lure of the railroad, and tales from personal experience." (I mean to read some excerpts from my journals written while hoboeing around the country during '68 - '81	Ken Sweeney, Karl Button
Saturday	8:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Romanian Dance Party	Romanian dances for all.	Pinewoods Band
Saturday	8:45pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Charles River Rapper, Dance Revelasian, Tierra del Sol, Mladost
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Open Cajun Dance	Based in Phippsburg, ME, the Jumbol'Ayuhs serve up music from Cajun Louisiana with a Downeast accent. Featuring Jim Joseph on accordion, second fiddle, and vocals, and Pam Weeks on lead fiddle and vocals, the Jumbol'Ayuhs play waltzes that tug at your heartstrings and lively two-steps to keep you dancing!	Jimmyjo & the Jumbol'ayuhs
Saturday	9:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Jug Band Jubilee	Wild and wacky songs from the Jug Band craze of the 1930s and the 1960s revival. Blues and early jazz played in that fascinatin' jug band style. We ll demonstrate homemade jug band instruments including the jug, washboard, spoons, stovepipe and kazoo. Wow!	Outrageous Fortune
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	C	Moods and Melodies - Choosing Tunes for Contras	Members of the contradance band CoinciDance will lead a discussion and demonstration of how to feel out the mood of a contra dance and adapt music on the fly.	CoinciDance
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	C	C. Fox Smith - Sea Songs & Poems	An in depth presentation of the poems of C. Fox Smith that have been adapted into the maritime tradition by the addition of music.. also will include those sea songs that she personally collected.	Mike Kennedy, Charlie Ipcar
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	G	Cat, Bit & Capstan	Come join us for an illustrated look at the work done on sailing ships while singing different kinds of shanties. We will project drawings by Stan Hugel from his book Shanties of the Seven Seas while leading shanties with, of course, choruses.	The Graybeards
Saturday	9:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Bluegrass, Blues & More	This trio backs its vocal harmonies with guitars, mandolin, bass, and banjo, playing blues, bluegrass, country and old-time music...	Jenny, Don & Frank
Saturday	9:00pm	1:00	High School Room 177	E	Triple Spiral in Concert	Triple Spiral is an ensemble that fuse Celtic and European styles using unusual instruments such as hurdy gurdy, English bagpipes, dijeridu, viola and more. They sing in English, French, Breton and Scottish Gaelic. Their five part vocal harmonies have to be heard to be believed!	Triple Spiral
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Croatian Dance Party	Lively and Lovely Croatian Dances for everyone!	Pajdashi
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Rum & Onions XXX Contras & Squares		Steve Zakon-Anderson, Rum and Onions
Saturday	9:30pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	NS	Norwegian Folk Dance - Couple Dancing	The Boston Spelemannslag play hardanger fiddle tunes for Telespringar, Telegangar and Bygdedance forms of traditiomal Norwegian dance. All levels are welcome, no instruction will be given.	Boston Spelemannslag
Saturday	10:00pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	TB	Travelin' Blues Dancing	Blues moves from the early 20th century that will send you slinking around the dance floor!	Susan de Guardiola, Notorious, Irene Urban
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Eat Local Tunes!	Local tunes are fresher and better for you. We will play tunes written by us and our friends in the Berkshires. Recording devices are allowed.	CoinciDance
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 108	E	Old Time Songs & Tunes		Wheat Straw
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Room 117	E	Political Satire	In the tradition of Tom Lehrer, Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs, Joel Landy leads this session of political poking and prodding. You are invited to express yourself. Sing along and join the fun!	Joel Landy
Saturday	10:00pm	1:00	High School Room 176	GB	Open Story Swap	Open story swap lead by an experienced storyteller & story event host. All are welcome: young & old, beginner, intermediate & professional raconteurs. Come spin a yarn, or just relax & listen!	Bruce Marcus
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Moonlight Dancing-International	International and Balkan dancing with Shining Moon	Shining Moon
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Dance Hall	DS	Music Makes the Dance -- Contras	This session will make transparent the conversations that bands and callers have when matching dances with tunes. We'll let you in on the decision-making process. Come participate in the discussion, or just come dance some favorite contras to fantastic tunes.	Rebecca Lay, Anadama
Saturday	10:30pm	1:00	High School Auditorium	NS	Gammaldans - Scandinavian Couple Dancing	Scandinavian couple dancing: polka, shottish, waltz, hambo, mazurka, etc.	Gammaldansbandet
Saturday	11:00pm	0:30	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Swingin' Blues Dance Party		Notorious
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	DB	Philly's Favorite International Dances	Workshop for favorite folk dances in the Philadelphia area with the International Folk Sounds.	International Folk Sounds
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DB	Irish Sets are Easy & Fun!	We'll do some Irish Set Dancing the way it was done 200 years ago - for FUN! No fancy footwork needed, and no experience. Come join us, and bring a smile!	Barry & Pat Callahan, The Humans of Tulla
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Therefore We Sing	The duo Ergo Canto ("therefore we sing") performs an eclectic mix of original, traditional, and contemporary folk songs accompanied by guitars, flute, fiddle, and more. Expect anything from Willie Dixon to O'Carolan, Leonard Cohen, or the sequel to Matty Groves.	Ergo Canto
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GS	Contra Tunes Slow Jam	Dave & Chris will lead a slow jam of tunes commonly played for contra dancing. Players of all instruments & levels welcome.	Dave Miller & Chris Carpenter
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 108	TB	In Harmonica's Way	Showing a variety of models, and how to play them.	Ken Sweeney
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Zwiefachers	an exhilarating combination of waltz and pivot steps in the each dance - a NEFFA classic - usually addicting after one session	Sam Rotenberg, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Tanz! Intro to Klezmer Dancing	Easy dances to klezmer music, which can be followed with a minimum of teaching. Klezmer is the traditional folk music of Eastern European Jews.Ê Mostly circle dances, and one or two couple dances, such as the freylakhs, bulgar, slow hora, chusidl, and grand march.	Jacob Bloom, Shver un Shviger, Max Newman
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium	GS	Sacred Harp Singing	Join us for shape-note singing from the Sacred Harp in the traditional hollow square.	Norumbega Harmony
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 117	E	Songs from Georgia	Iveria is a men's a capella chorus from the Boston area. They perform liturgical and folk songs that reflect the unique three part polyphony and harmonies of traditional Georgian music.	Iveria
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 176	E	Old Time Songs & Banjo	Old time music for all levels	Ralph Bodington
Sunday	10:00am	0:50	High School Room 177	GF	Parlor Party - Sing Along	Parlor songs were family entertainment in the days before recorded music. People would gather at home or after church, playing whatever instruments were handy. Explore songs by Isaac Baker Woodbury, Hattie Nevada, Stephen Foster, Henry Clay Work and others. More 'unpublished' Hattie Nevada songs again. Bring an instrument, your voice, a song.	Maury Stauffer & Richard Mungo
Sunday	10:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Four Corners Morris, Arlington Northwest Morris, New Moon Sword
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TS	Thrilling Russian Dances	Enjoy exciting and challenging dances of Russia, featuring the music and movements of the Cossacks. Each dance is accompanied by the beautiful and thrilling choral music from the region.Ê	Murray & Randi Spiegel, Bjelalitsa Chorus
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DF	Family Contra Dance	For Children 5 and older and their families! Lots of fun for everyone!	Linda Leslie, LocoMojo
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	GS	Contra Tune Jam with Mac!	Basics of back-up New England contra dance piano from the Johnny Trombly tradition.	Bob McQuillen
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GB	Sing for Joy	Singing in harmony is wonderful for your physical, mental, and emotional health. Come sing with Allison Aldrich and members of Animaterra Women's Chorus of New Hampshire as they celebrate with songs of hope, joy, and just plain fun.	Animaterra Women's Chorus
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	Work and Ways of Life	This presentation will be traditional songs referring to work, trades, working conditions and attitudes toward work. Many songs will have choruses for all to sing.	Peter Hamlin & Friends
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	The Joy of Sets (ECD)	In the first edition of Playford, the majority of the dances were set dances for two, three, or four couples, with only one-third of the dances longways for as many as will. Set dances offer lots of choreographic variety, and in this session we ll explore set dances both old and new.	David Millstone, North-East Delights
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to International Folk Dance	Join us for some easy, fun dances!	Leora Berns, Hijaz
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Auditorium	GS	West Gallery Music	Come join us to sing and play music from English rural churches, from the time of Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, and King George III. For all voices and melodic instruments.	The West Gallery Quire
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 117	TB	Left Handed Dance Fiddling	Demonstration of left and right handed violins and a chance to try out a left handed violin. Bowing and fingering tips for ornamenting left handed fiddle tunes for dances. (also right handed tunes) Bring your fiddle!	Ryan Thomson
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 176	TB	Mid-East Drumming Rhythms	Learn Middle Eastern drumming rhythms on the darabukka/doumbek (the hour-glass shaped drum). We will be practicing a variety of rhythms and techniques, especially as used for folk dancing. Bring your own drums! I have a few extras to use for practice.	George Kirby
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Harmony! Harmony! Harmony!	We love arranging and singing songs with great harmonies, ranging from the Carter family to Irving Berlin to Iz. Lots of them have great choruses for you to sing along with us.	Triboro
Sunday	11:00am	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Fun and Magic with Polymer Clay		Lenora Kandiner
Sunday	11:00am	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Maple Leaf Morris, The Points of Etiquette, Still River Sword
Sunday	12:00no	1:20	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	Notoriously Good Contras & Squares	Need we say more??	Bob Golder, Bob Isaacs, Notorious
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DF	Dances of Celtic Brittany		Trouz Bras
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	E	Traditional Songs	Traditional songs and ballads from the Anglo/American tradition with maybe something contemporary thrown in.	David Jones
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	GS	Italian Music Session	Open to all musicians, singers,and supporters of Italian music. Participants will take turns leading or singing an Italian tune or song of their choice while others sing and play along as they feel appropriate. Folk, pop, opera, and "tenor" songs in the Italian language are welcome.	Italian Folk Tune Jammers
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	Southern Mountain Music	Songs, Tunes, and Humor from the Southern Mountains	Ken Sweeney, Karl Button, Ralph Bodington
Sunday	12:00no	0:35	High School Dance Hall	NS	Bulgarian Dance Party	Enjoy authentic village-style music while you dance to Boston's Friendly Neighborhood Bulgarian Band. This is a _party_ so teaching's at a minimum, but we'll help you get started if you need it.	Zdravets
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Contra Dance	Come on down and learn the ropes in a friendly, fun setting.	Dan Pearl, Rumpus
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Auditorium	G	Round Singing Jam	A few excellent rounds by Sol & Friends (Rounds Galore Singers) but YOU all get to lead rounds at the BIG JAM. (Or just bring us rounds that may be new to us.) This is YOUR event.	Sol Weber & Friends
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 117	TB	Workshop for Singers	Voices-on workshop for singers of traditional songs. Every aspect of singing: placement, power, narrative, decoration, diction, dialect -- all of it tailored to the needs of individual singers. Works for all levels of singers.	Jerry Epstein
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 176	GB	Maritime Songs	Group singing of songs with maritime connection. Participation and leading of songs by group encouraged. Very lienient definition of "maritime".	Mark Ryer
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Room 177	E	Rascals, Rakes & Ramblers	Rascals. Rakes & Ramblers can dismay and sometimes delight us in songs that run the gamut from supernatural ballads to heart-broken blues or quirky broadsides to country calamities.Ê Love them or hate them; come sing about them.	Robbie Wedeen
Sunday	12:00no	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Making a Simple Children's Shoe		Sharon Raymond
Sunday	12:00no	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Charles River Rapper, Commonwealth Morris, Flesh Wound
Sunday	12:45pm	0:35	High School Dance Hall	NS	Bulgarian Dance Party	Simple Bulgarian line dances with music by Zornitsa, a men's Bulgarian singing group.	Zornitsa
Sunday	1:00pm	0:35	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Swedish Turning Dances	A session of Swedish village polskas with an occasional hambo, schottis, waltz, etc. See how captivating three-quarter rhythm can be!	Matt Fichtenbaum & Friends
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	GB	Participatory Klezmer Jam	Participatory playing of klezmer tunes, all instruments, all levels. Sheet music will be provided, including various klezmer forms: hora, bulgar, terkish, sirba, sher, klezmer swing, etc.	Shver un Shviger
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	G	Remembering Sandy Paton	Join us in remembering Sandy, and celebrating the many gifts and talents that he shared with the folk music community.	Kathy Westra, Caroline Paton
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	TB	Brother Duet Workshop	For duet newbies and pros. Lyrics and duet parts taught for Everly, Louvin, Delmore and other great brother duet acts.	Phyllis & Don
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to Square Dance		Beth Parkes, JumpStart
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Auditorium	GB	Singing EC & Orna Ball	EC & Orna Ball would have been as popular as any old time singers if they chose to travel. They stayed near home, performing on local radio and at revivals. Like AP Carter, they had an instinct for choosing great songs. Join us in singing some of their most engaging recordings.	Dallal & Henry
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 117	E	Stories for Grownups	A medley of stories intended for grownup people (older than 12). Stories are not for children anymore. These stories will remind us all of what it is to be alive.	Not Your Typical Bard
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	C	Reaching Loved Ones with Dementia--How Music Helps!	Learn how to help loved ones with dementia through music--singing, playing, dance, all can help reach the real person even in late stages. A music therapist PhD, a nursing home musician, and a nurse/health researcher/singer provide useful tips, answer questions, and guide meaningful discussion in a workshop setting.	Jan Maier, Kathleen Howland, Marcia Feldman
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	GB	Open Sea Shanty Sing	Come join this enthusiastic group of singers who love sea shanties. Everyone is encouraged to sing along - no experience needed!	Mike Kennedy
Sunday	1:00pm	0:50	High School Crafts Hall	P	Building on the Spanish Solera		Alan Carruth
Sunday	1:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris and Sword Dancing		Hart's Brook Garland, Pipe Dream, Gay Blades Rapper Sword
Sunday	1:30pm	0:20	Middle School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medley	No walk-thru contras called in succession, for experienced dancers only!!	Notorious
Sunday	1:30pm	0:20	High School Dance Hall	NX	Contra Medlley	No walk-thru contras called in succession, for experienced dancers only!! This session is for VERY experienced dancers!	Rumblestrip
Sunday	1:45pm	0:35	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Healthy Borderline Pols	Our pols is uneven and borderline, yet so healthy and robust! Featuring dances from the Norwegian/Swedish borderline, including uneven-rhythm pols from the Røros and Finnskog regions, as well as more general favorites: reinlander, waltz, polka, and snoa.	Røroslaget
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Dance Hall	TS	Romanian Couple Dances	Lovely couple's dances from Romania. Not too fast, not too slow--but lots of fun!	Ed Abelson, Tom Pixton, Sally Brooks Moore
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	P	Writing Contra Tunes	Bob McQuillen has composed more than 1,300 tunes-- reels, jigs, hornpipes, marches, waltzes... This session will feature Bob discussing how he goes about composing tunes.Ê	Bob McQuillen
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 105/106	E	In Concert	Eclectic mix of songs, tunes, and spoken word from both traditional and contemporary camps of the Folk World. Lots of humor.	Mike Agranoff
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	GS	New Tunebook Singing	Sing from a new shape-note tunebook "The Norumbega Harmony". We have rescued old tunes in 4-part harmony from the New England Singing School tradition and have added some new ones, all in the style of "The Sacred Harp" and the old shape-note books.	Norumbega Harmony
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Contra/English Hybrids	Contra(-style) dances that English dancers may like, plus English(-style) dances that contra dancers may like, plus mixed style hybrids!	Jim Kitch, Rumblestrip
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 125	DB	Intro to English Country Dance	Join Laurie and Andy for a fun-filled introduction to ECD!	North-East Delights
Sunday	2:00pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Sucaria, KUD Boston Sevdah Teen Group, Cutting Edge, Hui Lehua
Sunday	2:00pm	1:00	High School Room 117	EF	Life of Robin Goodfellow	Puck is the naughty sprite of Shakspeare's play, but he has a wider history. Come hear the "Hist. of Robin Goodfellow, his Mad Pranks and jests" (a hit 1628 pamphlet), which tells of his birth and adventures, and older tales of the Pwca, Phouka and Hobgoblin.	Janet Scudder
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 176	EF	Funny Songs Swap	Funny songs, silly songs, and songs to make you laugh.	Joel Landy
Sunday	2:00pm	0:50	High School Room 177	GS	Bulgarian Jam	Bring an instrument! Sight read Bulgarian Music (unusual rhythms)!	Ralph Iverson
Sunday	2:00pm	1:00	High School Crafts Hall	P	Guitar String Craft		Julia Friend
Sunday	2:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris Dancing		Renegade Morris, Jug End Mountain Morris, Snicker Snack
Sunday	2:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	TS	Italian Village Dances from the Resia Valley	Come dance traditional dances still being done in the Resia Valley for carnival and other village celebrations.	Italian Village Music and Dance
Sunday	2:45pm	0:35	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Zikukim, Still River Sword, KUD Boston Sevdah Group I, Katzefet, Elm City Waltz
Sunday	3:00pm	1:20	Middle School Dance Hall	DS	An English Interlude	English dancing in its variety: old and new, lively and lovely, flowing and festive!	Joanna Reiner, Paradise Bird
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 103/104	GB	Celtic Refrains	Add your voice, harmony, or ear to refrains, as we leap, linger, and laugh with some of our favorite songs from Scotland, Ireland, and across the pond.	Tyler Buck & Friends
Sunday	3:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 105/106	E	Fiddle Concert	Old time,Eastern European,and swing fiddle tunes and songs.	Notorious
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	Middle School Room 108	E	RazzleDazzle Autoharp!	A demonstration of what the AUTOHARP is capable of. From Blues to Bluegrass, to music from around the world.	Drew Smith, Mike Herr, Glenn Scott, Allen Hopkins, Robbie Wedeen
Sunday	3:00pm	0:50	High School Dance Hall	DS	Darn Fun Contras	Let's just dance and have fun.	Lynn Ackerson, LocoMojo
Sunday	3:00pm	2:30	High School Room 125	E	Sunday Ritual Dance Teams--In Case of Rain Only!!		
Sunday	3:00pm	1:00	High School Room 176	E	Jewish Love Songs	From Babylon to the Book of Ruth, the wedding canopy to the wandering Jew, Jewish songs that come from the heart, filled with longing and laughter.	Larry Milder
Sunday	3:00pm	1:00	High School Room 177	E	Mostly From Bulgaria	A concert of village-style music from Bulgaria (and possibly some of her neighbors). ZDRAVETS uses traditional Bulgarian folk instruments and vocal styles. In this conceert you will hear selections for listening, as well as some of our dance music.	Zdravets
Sunday	3:00pm	1:00	Main Entrance	E	Morris Dancing		Westerly Morris, Millstone River Morris, Newtowne Morris Men
Sunday	3:30pm	0:50	Middle School Auditorium	DS	Atanas' Appealing Dances	Many of Atanas Kolarovski's dances aren't well known except by those who specialized in learning them well. I would like to share some dances that are in the Hartford group's repertoire that other dancers of New England would enjoy.	Leora Berns, Hijaz
Sunday	3:30pm	0:30	High School Auditorium	E	Dance Performances		Flesh Wound, Studio 3 Flamenco, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch, Ma'adanim of Temple Emanuel
Sunday	4:00pm	1:30	Middle School Room 103/104	G	Closing Sing Around	All voices, styles, instruments and musical orientations welcome!	Allen Hopkins
Sunday	4:00pm	1:00	Middle School Room 108	GS	Easy 4-Part Gospel	Gospel gems -- Rousing, beautiful, sentimental	Sol Weber
Sunday	4:00pm	1:30	High School Dance Hall	DS	Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares--Merry Go Round at 4:30pm!!	These sessions have become a true NEFFA tradition! Contra and square dancing to the music of a Contra dance band consisting of many Festival participants -- open to all! If you'd like to join the band, there is no need to pre-register. Just show up with instrument in hand, and play! Conductors and lead musicians will be picking tunes from The Portland Collection and the New England Fiddler's Repertoire, both of which will be available to the Orchestra.	Dan Pearl, Tony Parkes, Linda Leslie
Sunday	4:30pm	1:00	Middle School Dance Hall	NS	Balkan Gypsy Dance Party	Balkan and Rom (Gypsy) folk dances with music by Rakiya	Rakiya
Sunday	4:30pm	1:00	Middle School Auditorium	NS	Mostly Waltz	Your favorite couple dance tunes.	Gypsy Minor