NEFFA Festival Grid (by hall) - Saturday April 16, 2011

Preliminary Schedule -- Subject to Change!

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Middle School Rm. 103/104
  10:00am    Irish Trad for Harps [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- The New England Irish Harp Orchestra
  11:00am    Singing EC & Orna Ball [E]: Entertainment -- Dallal & Henry
  12:00no    Old Friends and Good Times [E]: Entertainment -- The Short Sisters
  1:00pm    NEW ORLEANS 1911 [E]: Entertainment -- The New New Orleans Jazz Band
  2:00pm    Our Favorite Tunes [E]: Entertainment -- Old New England
  3:00pm    Drumming About You [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- Bob Bloom
  4:00pm    Turkish Folk Music [E]: Entertainment -- Turgay Ertürk & Friends
  5:00pm    Mtn and Ham Dulcimer Duets [E]: Entertainment -- Lucy Joan Sollogub & Barb Levine
  6:00pm    Irish/Celtic/Contra Music [E]: Entertainment -- Last Night's Fun
  7:00pm    Life at Sea: A Voyage in Song [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- David Coffin
  8:00pm    Celtic Meets New-Age [E]: Entertainment -- Birch Creek Band
  9:00pm    Banjo & Guitar Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Ken Perlman
  10:00pm    Scottish Music Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Boston Scottish Fiddle Club
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Rm. 105/106
  10:00am    Songs of Serbia and Macedonia [E]: Entertainment -- Olga Zaric
  11:00am    Contra Tune Slow Jam [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Dave Miller & Chris Carpenter
  12:00no    Waltz Melodies Jam [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Three Quarter Time
  1:00pm    Tongue in Cheek Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Deb O'Hanlon, Peter Fischman & Tom Smith
  2:00pm    String, Wind & Reed Jam [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Double Play
  3:00pm    Round Singing Jam [G]: Group Participation -- Sol Weber & Friends
  4:00pm    Good Songs About Bad People [E]: Entertainment -- Outrageous Fortune
  5:00pm    Tango Jam [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Tango Mucha Labia
  6:00pm    Power Harmonies [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Power Harmonies
  7:00pm    International Music Jam [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- International Music Club
  8:00pm    Quebecois Kitchen Party [E]: Entertainment -- Le Coin Volant
  9:00pm    The Return of the Homunculi [E]: Entertainment -- einstein's little homunculus
  10:00pm    Songs of Road and Rail [E]: Entertainment -- Steve Suffet
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Rm. 108
  10:00am    Clam Chowder & Kangaroos [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Jean Schwartz
  11:00am    Singing Games for Children [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- Revels Education & Outreach
  12:00no    Concert Set [E]: Entertainment -- Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers
  1:00pm    Trad-at-Heart Songs [E]: Entertainment -- Kathy Westra
  2:00pm    Nyckelharpa Smorgasbord [E]: Entertainment -- Harpas Four
  3:00pm    Stories from the Heart [E]: Entertainment -- Helen Engelhardt
  4:00pm    Songs of Stan Rogers [G]: Group Participation -- The Beans, David Coffin
  5:00pm    All in the Family [E]: Entertainment -- Boucher, Cartwright, Hurley & Mrozak
  6:00pm    The Raucous Renaissance [E]: Entertainment -- Diabolis in Musica
  7:00pm    Shape Note Workshop [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Glen Wright & Friends
  8:00pm    FSSGB Song Swap [G]: Group Participation -- Folk Song Society of Greater Boston
  9:00pm    Ravenscroft Workshop [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Cantabile Renaissance Band
  10:00pm    Early Country Duets [E]: Entertainment -- Matt Levine & Janine Smith
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
Middle School Auditorium Stage
  10:00am    Faroese Social Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Faroese Dancers
  11:00am    Family Contra Dance [DF]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Family-oriented -- Linda Leslie, Sugar River String Band
  12:00no    Family Dance [DF]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Family-oriented -- Regina Laskowski, Cambridge Folk Orchestra
  1:00pm    Traditional New England Barn Dance [DF]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Family-oriented -- Two Fiddles
  2:00pm    Faroese Ballad Dance [DF]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Family-oriented -- Faroese Dancers
  3:00pm    Tarantellas from Southern Italy [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Italian Village Music and Dance
  4:00pm    Slow and Romantic Polish Dances [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Regina Laskowski, Kapela
  5:00pm    Learn French Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Werner Ceusters, Montage
  5:45pm    French Dance Party [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Werner Ceusters, Montage
  6:30pm    Introduction to Ragtime Dance [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Susan de Guardiola, Calliope
  7:30pm    Tricky Balkan Dances [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Ed Abelson, Tom Pixton
  8:30pm    Norwegian Dance [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Boston Spelemannslag
  9:30pm    Dag-namic Pols [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Røroslaget
  10:30pm    Couple Dance Variety [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Gypsy Minor
 
Middle School Dance Hall
  10:00am    Learn Zwiefacher [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Lisa Brooks, Ed Abelson, Little Mother Z
  11:00am    Czech Couple Dances [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Jan Pumpr, 9102, Kvítek
  12:00no    Contra Medley [NX]: No teaching provided, Experienced -- Last Exit
  12:30pm    Learn Argentine Tango [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Hsueh-tze Lee, Tango Mucha Labia
  1:45pm    Open Tango [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Tango Mucha Labia
  2:30pm    Youth Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Mary Wesley, Daniel Friedman
  3:30pm    Role-Free Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Bob Golder, Free Raisins
  4:30pm    Gene Hubert's Squares [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Janine Smith, The Dixie Butterhounds
  5:30pm    Star-Spangled Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Melanie Axel-Lute, The Big Phat American K-Lee Band
  6:30pm    Take Hands Six (Contras)! [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Adina Gordon, Rock the Boat
  7:30pm    English Country Dance of the Pirate Era [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- John Fitzhugh Millar, Northeast Extension
  8:30pm    Bulgarian Dances [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Zornitsa
  9:30pm    Folk Dance Medley [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Marcie Van Cleave, Woods Hole Folk Orchestra
  10:30pm    Romanian Dance Party [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Pinewoods Band
 
High School Dance Hall
  10:00am    What the Hey Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Deb Comly, Roaring Jelly
  11:00am    Marvelous Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Rick Mohr, Jetstream
  12:00no    Contra Medley [NX]: No teaching provided, Experienced -- Termites' Delight
  12:30pm    Jersey's Best Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Bob Isaacs, Termites' Delight
  1:30pm    Lively Croatian Dance Party! [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Pajdashi
  2:30pm    Advanced Latin Waltz [TX]: Teaching featured, Experienced -- Mostly Waltz, Calliope
  3:15pm    Waltz Time! [NS]: No teaching provided, Some experience helpful -- Calliope
  4:00pm    Festive ECD [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Joanna Reiner, Barbara Finney, Hot Toddy
  5:30pm    Marianne's Favorite Dances [NX]: No teaching provided, Experienced -- Tom Pixton & Friends
  6:30pm    Brilliant Moon International Folk Dance [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Louise Brill, Shining Moon
  7:30pm    Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Frannie Marr, Rachel Shapiro
  8:30pm    Bill Pope Contras [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Lynn Ackerson, Pizzazz
  9:30pm    Rum & Onions XXXI Contras & Squares [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Tony Parkes, Rum & Onions
  10:30pm    HotContrasSweetWaltz [DS]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Some experience helpful -- Bill Olson, Ti' Acadie
 
High School Rm. 123
  10:00am    Intro to Waltz [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Tom Roby, Karen Edward, Tom Pixton
  11:15am    unscheduled
  11:30am    Intro to English Country Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Melissa Running, Windsor Knot
  12:45pm    unscheduled
  1:00pm    Intro to Square Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Janine Smith, Raise the Roof
  2:15pm    unscheduled
  2:30pm    Intro to Belly Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Eve Tribal Belly Dance Company
  3:45pm    unscheduled
  4:00pm    Intro to Contra Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Dan Pearl, The French Connection
  5:15pm    unscheduled
  5:30pm    Seated Square Dances [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Fred Wersan, Assabet Ramblers
  6:45pm    unscheduled
  7:00pm    Parlor Party - Sing Along [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- Maury Stauffer & Richard Mungo
  8:00pm    Death & Destruction [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Alan Friend
  9:00pm    Songs of Irish Immigration [E]: Entertainment -- Allen Hopkins
  10:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 125
  10:00am    Intro to Waltz [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Susan de Guardiola
  11:15am    unscheduled
  11:30am    Intro to Contra Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Bob Golder, Wild Card
  12:45pm    unscheduled
  1:00pm    Intro to Balkan Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Janet Yeracaris, Shining Moon
  2:15pm    unscheduled
  2:30pm    Intro to Scandi Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Eph Weiss, John Chambers & Friends, Linda Bernfeld
  3:45pm    unscheduled
  4:00pm    Intro to English Country Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Sue Rosen, Dusty Miller
  5:15pm    unscheduled
  5:30pm    Intro to Int'l Folk Dance [DB]: Participatory Dancing [with a leader], Beginner friendly -- Val Medve, International Folk Sounds
  6:45pm    unscheduled
  7:00pm    Early Country Music [E]: Entertainment -- Triboro
  8:00pm    International Ballads [E]: Entertainment -- International Ballad Singers
  9:00pm    High Lonesome Harmonies [E]: Entertainment -- Blue Around the Edges
  10:00pm    unscheduled
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Auditorium Stage
  10:00am    At Home w/ the Hammonds [E]: Entertainment -- Lorraine & Bennett Hammond
  11:00am    Beatles Sing Along [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- Rocking Horse People
  12:00no    Classic Ballads [E]: Entertainment -- John Roberts, Jerry Epstein
  1:00pm    English Music Hall & Sing Alongs [G]: Group Participation -- John Roberts, Jerry Epstein
  2:00pm    World Harmony Singing [E]: Entertainment -- Boston Harmony
  3:00pm    Kids Sing Freedom! [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- People's Music Network
  4:00pm    Leavings, Partings & Other Goodbyes [E]: Entertainment -- Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey
  5:00pm    Sailors at Work, Rest, and Play [E]: Entertainment -- Chris Koldewey
  6:00pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Germantown Country Dancers (England), Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society (China), Dvorana (Czech), Monique Legaré International Dance Company (Russia), Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society (China), Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc. (Poland)
  6:45pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Dance Revelasian (China), Dvorana (Czech), Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc. (Poland), Candyrapper (Rapper), Dance Revelasian (China)
  7:30pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Highland Soles (Scotland), Dvorana (Czech), FiddleKicks Cloggers (Clogging)
  8:15pm    Dance Performances [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Tierra del Sol (Spain), Dance Revelasian (China), Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Highland Dance Boston (Scotland), Dvorana (Czech)
  9:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 117
  10:00am    Give me the Willys! [E]: Entertainment -- Sue West & Friends
  11:00am    Traditional Songs & Tunes [E]: Entertainment -- Neal & Ann
  12:00no    Sing For Joy [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Animaterra Women's Chorus
  1:00pm    Sing Along with Strings [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- Denise Gendron
  2:00pm    NEFFA Annual Meeting -- All Welcome!
  3:00pm    Terje Vigen & North Sea Songs [EF]: Entertainment, Family-oriented -- Sonja Savig & Mike Kennedy
  4:00pm    Bulgarian Jam [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Ralph Iverson
  5:00pm    CatchyCountry/Bluegrass [E]: Entertainment -- Triple Play All-Stars
  6:00pm    Singin' on the Porch [G]: Group Participation -- The Beans & Friends
  7:00pm    The Web of the World [E]: Entertainment -- Kathy Westra & Friends
  8:00pm    In Between Continents [E]: Entertainment -- David Diamond
  9:00pm    Open Shanty Sing [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Kennedy, Setari & Ipcar
  10:00pm    Historic Pub Songs [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- John Fitzhugh Millar
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 176
  10:00am    Story Telling in Song [E]: Entertainment -- Jerry Epstein
  11:00am    Sea Songs & Chanteys [GF]: Group Participation, Family-oriented -- John Fitzhugh Millar
  12:00no    Meet The Bagpipes [P]: Presentation -- Neal MacMillan
  1:00pm    The BBC Radio Ballads [PB]: Presentation, Beginner friendly -- Kennedy, Setari & McCandless
  2:00pm    Participatory Greek Jam [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Meraki
  3:00pm    Anyone Can Sing [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Lorraine Hammond
  4:00pm    A Cappella Nordic Music Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Stämbandet
  5:00pm    Bulgarian Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Zornitsa
  6:00pm    Croatian Music Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Pajdashi
  7:00pm    Story into Song [E]: Entertainment -- Diane Taraz
  8:00pm    Old Friends & New Loves [E]: Entertainment -- Robbie Wedeen & Friends
  9:00pm    South African Songs & Dances [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Boston Harmony
  10:00pm    unscheduled
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
High School Rm. 177
  10:00am    A Capella Techniques [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
  11:00am    How to Play the Bones [TB]: Teaching featured, Beginner friendly -- Stephen Brown
  12:00no    Clawhammer Banjo Workshop [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Ken Perlman
  1:00pm    Hurdy Gurdy Concert [E]: Entertainment -- Melissa Kacalanos
  2:00pm    Funny Ukulele Lady [E]: Entertainment -- Evy Mayer
  3:00pm    Boing! Mouth Harps [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Bob Wyttenbach
  4:00pm    Blues Guitar Teach-In [TX]: Teaching featured, Experienced -- Richard Yospin
  5:00pm    Women & The Sea [E]: Entertainment -- Judy Cook & Friends
  6:00pm    Half the Sky [E]: Entertainment -- Constellations
  7:00pm    Mountain Dulcimer Workshop [GB]: Group Participation, Beginner friendly -- Lucy Joan Sollogub
  8:00pm    Parody Song Swap [GS]: Group Participation, Some experience helpful -- Paul Kaplan
  9:00pm    Schottische vs Strathspey [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Ed Pearlman
  10:00pm    An ACE in Your Sleeve [TS]: Teaching featured, Some experience helpful -- Bennett Hammond
  11:00pm    unscheduled
 
Main Entrance
  9:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Ha'Penny Morris, The Black Jokers, Gay Blades Rapper Sword
  10:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Muddy River Morris, Harrisville Morris Women, Candyrapper
  11:00am    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Red Herring Morris, Jack in the Green Morris, The Plowshares
  12:00no    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Commonwealth Morris, Heartwood Morris, Ladies of the Rolling Pin
  1:00pm    Morris, Garland and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Westerly Morris, Mystic Garland Dancers, Charles River Rapper
  2:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Half Moon Sword, Renegade Morris, Still River Sword
  3:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Pokingbrook Morris, Marlboro Morris Men, Bubble Rapper, Mulberry Morris
  4:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Bassett St. Hounds, Ring O' Bells Morris, Vineyard Swordfish, Clownfish Rapper
  5:00pm    Morris and Sword Dance [E]: Entertainment -- Hop Brook Morris, Banbury Cross Morris, Pocketflyers
  6:00pm    unscheduled

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