NEFFA Festival - Sunday April 27, 2008

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

Morris and Sword Dancing -- Hop Brook Morris, Snowbelt Morris and Rapper, Gay Blades Rapper Sword -- Main Entrance (1:00)

10:00am

Zwiefachers -- Sam Rotenberg, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Family Dance -- Jacob Bloom, The Contraptions -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Jack, Jack & Jack O'Kent -- Janet Scudder -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Stuntology -- Sam Bartlett -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
NEFFA Annual Meeting -- NEFFA Board -- Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Dances of Celtic Brittany -- Trouz Bras -- High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Sacred Harp Singing -- Norumbega Harmony -- High School Auditorium (0:50)
Razzle Dazzle Autoharp -- Drew Smith & Friends -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
Leadbelly 12-String Blues -- Howard Stith -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
Transylvania Extravaganza -- Trei Arcusi -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
Morris and Sword Dancing -- Pipe Dream, The Points of Etiquette -- Main Entrance (1:00)

11:00am

English Trips -- Barbara Finney, Earl Grey, Hot -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Clogging for Kids -- Diane Silver, Amy & Jonathan Larkin -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Family Concert -- Tom Smith -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Swedish Fiddle Old & New -- Matt, Jane, Bruce -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Undance Tunes -- Off'n Ensemble -- Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Russian Cossack Dances II -- Murray & Randi Spiegel, Bjelalitsa Chorus -- High School Dance Hall (0:50)
West Gallery Music -- The West Gallery Quire -- High School Auditorium (0:50)
Klezmer Jam -- Shver un Shviger -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
Working With Seniors -- Allen Hopkins -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
In Concert -- Mike Agranoff -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
What is a Fiddle? -- Dave Golber -- High School Crafts Hall (0:50)
Morris and Sword Dancing -- Hart's Brook Garland, Charles River Rapper -- Main Entrance (1:00)

12:00no

Contra Medley -- Bring It On! -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:20)
Sing & Dance Together! -- Janet Yeracaris -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Kids Sing Freedom! -- MacDougal Street Rent Party, Marilyn Suffet -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Hardanger Fiddle! -- Toby Weinberg -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Old Songs, New Songs -- Jeff Davis -- Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Contra Medley -- 42 -- High School Dance Hall (0:20)
Mostly English Folk -- David Jones -- High School Auditorium (0:50)
Bulgarian Concert -- Zornitsa -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
Clawhammer Banjo 101 -- Alan Friend -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
Country Old and New -- Triboro -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
Fine Carving: Rosette Soundholes -- Dwain Wilder -- High School Crafts Hall (0:50)
Morris and Sword Dancing -- Ladies of the Rolling Pin, Pokingbrook Morris, Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword -- Main Entrance (1:00)

12:30pm

All-Active Squares -- Tony Parkes, Locomojo -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)
Open Waltzing -- Notorious, Sam Bartlett -- High School Dance Hall (0:20)

1:00pm

Moonlight Dancing -- Shining Moon -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Bulgarian Jam -- Ralph Iverson -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
New England Scots Songs and Tunes -- Allan Carr -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Humor Song Swap -- Joel Landy -- Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Fun Modern English -- Ted Rudofker, Windsor Knot -- High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Dance Performances -- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch (Scotland), Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword (Rapper), Triveni Dancers (India), Country Dance Society, Boston Centre (England), Highland Dance Boston (Scotland), Ludo Mlado (Bulgaria), Hansen-Keohane Irish Step Dancers (Ireland), Collage Dance Ensemble (Turkey) -- High School Auditorium (1:50)
Fancy Fiddling & Frantic Fretting -- Notorious, Sam Bartlett -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
The English Concertina -- Ken Sweeney -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
Easy 4 part Gospel -- Sol Weber -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
Ins and Outs of the Concertina -- The Button Box -- High School Crafts Hall (0:50)

1:30pm

Gender-Free Contras -- Chris Ricciotti, Heathen Creek -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)

2:00pm

Hungarian Tanchaz -- Tom Roby, Trei Arcusi, Clare Stanley -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Where's Your Drum? -- Bob Bloom -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Balkan Choral Sing -- Henry Goldberg & Friends -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Celtic Singaround -- Tyler Buck & Friends -- Middle School Room 107 (0:50)
Men in the Middle Contras -- Donna Hunt, Apple Crisp -- High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Peaceful Healing Songs -- Constellations -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
Bleecker Street -- Allied Folk -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
Brother Duets -- Phyllis & Don -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
Selecting a Guitar -- Thomas Knatt -- High School Crafts Hall (0:50)

2:30pm

Bourrees du Jour! -- Marcie Van Cleave, Mike MacNintch & Friends -- Middle School Dance Hall (0:50)

3:00pm

Dances That Cross Borders -- Jonathan Young, Barb's Band -- Middle School Auditorium (0:50)
Dixieland Music! -- Dixie Diehards Dixieland Band -- Middle School Room 103/104 (0:50)
Will Be Traditional -- Rick Lee Trio -- Middle School Room 105/106 (0:50)
Original and its Parody -- Paul Kaplan -- Middle School Room 107 (1:00)
More Good Contras -- Sue Rosen, B.A.D. -- High School Dance Hall (0:50)
Rounds Jam -- Sol Weber & Friends -- High School Auditorium (0:50)
Yiddish Songs of Social Struggle -- Ruby Poltorak & Friends -- High School Room 125 (0:50)
Guitar of Peter, Paul & Mary -- Howie Rashba -- High School Room 187 (0:50)
Traditional Tunes & Songs -- Joanie, Neal & Ann -- High School Room 188 (0:50)
Traditional Felting: The first fabric -- Susan Tornheim -- High School Crafts Hall (1:00)

3:30pm

4:00pm

R�ros Brekk'dance -- R�roslaget -- Middle School Auditorium (0:35)
Closing Sing-Around -- Allen Hopkins -- Middle School Room 103/104 (1:00)
Tom Smith in Concert -- Tom Smith -- Middle School Room 105/106 (1:00)
Festival Orchestra Contras & Squares -- Lynn Ackerson, Lisa Sieverts, Tony Saletan -- High School Dance Hall (1:30)
Boston's Global Harmonies -- Boston Harmony -- High School Auditorium (1:00)
Jewish Roots -- Larry Milder -- High School Room 125 (1:00)
Old Songs / New Songs -- Pete Kraemer -- High School Room 187 (1:30)
Norwegian Folk Songs From My Family -- Sonja Savig -- High School Room 188 (1:00)

4:30pm

Macedonian Dance -- Gogofski Trio, David Skidmore, Tom Roby -- Middle School Dance Hall (1:00)

4:45pm

Waltz & Couple Dancing -- Barbara and Friends -- Middle School Auditorium (0:45)