NEFFA Festival Events - Sunday

NEFFA Events - Sunday April 23, 2023

Preliminary Schedule -- Subject to Change!

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10:00am

High-Energy Circle and Partner International Dances TB -- Mladost -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Zwiefache! NX -- Tom Roby, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Songs for the Seasons E -- Stuart Ryerse -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Intro to International Folk Dance DB -- Yaron Shragai -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Jiggety Jig Jam GS -- Cindy Harris -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

West Gallery Music GS -- The West Gallery Quire -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

ECD Hot Music, Cool Dances DS -- Ted Rudofker, Hidden River -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

10:30am

Play Bulgarian Tunes GS -- Ralph Iverson -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

11:00am

Scottish Ceilidh Party DB -- Hila Lenz, Torrent -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Israeli Dances of Moshe Eskayo TS -- Larry Denenberg, Robin Sparr & Friends -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

How to Apply to NEFFA C -- NEFFA Program Committee -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Expand Your Sound for Contra TS -- Alias -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Welcome to Contra Dancing DB -- Michael Karcher, Black River Ironworks -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Songs of Work and Freedom from the Coal Fields of West Virginia E -- Michael & Carrie Kline -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Fiddle Without Pain C -- Carol Kycia -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Family Barn Dance DF -- Don Veino, JumpStart -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Shape Note Workshop TB -- Glen Wright & Friends -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Where've You Been Contras DS -- Sue Gola, The Orphans -- Trade Center West (80 min.)

11:30am

Waltz With Your Autoharp TS -- Cindy Harris -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Pastime with Good Company GB -- Cantabile Renaissance Band -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

12:00noon

Argentine Tango ca. 1916 TS -- Tim Lamm, Martha Griffin -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

DANCE PERFORMANCE E -- Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.; Boston Scottish Country Dancers -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (20 min.)

Finding Your Way Around The Hammered Dulcimer TB -- Keith Prairie -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Contra Tune Slow Jam GS -- Chris Carpenter, Dave Miller -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Intro to Balkan Dancing DB -- Sue Rose, NEFFArious Goats -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

-- Midnight Capers Morris & Sword, Whistlepig Morris Dancers, Banbury Cross Morris -- Ritual Dance (Outside Hotel) (50 min.)

NEFFA Annual General Meeting C -- NEFFA Board -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

One String More Clawhammer E -- Steve Bittenson, Bob Solosko -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Improv Dance Session NF -- Terpsichore Eats the Banana -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Humor Us! E -- Evy Mayer -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

12:30pm

Shadow Waltz Variations TB -- Susan de Guardiola, The Mad Katters -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Jewish Papercut Art Class TB -- Rachel Asarnow -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Evolutionary Contras DS -- Carl Levine, Not Enough Fiddles -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

Techniques of Memorizing Songs T -- Mike Agranoff -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

1:00pm

Remarkable Romanian Dances DS -- Tom Roby, Tom Pixton -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

How to Play the Irish Bodhran TB -- Jeanne Hansberry, Dave Miller -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Hypnotic Old-Time Jam GS -- The Dead Sea Squirrels -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

English Country Dance: A Gentle Introduction DB -- Alan Winston, Darlene Hamilton, Brookline Country Players -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

-- Half Moon Sword, Johnny Jump Ups, And Sometimes Y -- Ritual Dance (Outside Hotel) (50 min.)

Nyckelharpa Smörgåsbord E -- lydia ievins -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Sea Chanteys, Songs, and Ballads E -- Three Sheets to the Wind -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Family Dance DF -- Andy Taylor-Blenis -- Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Gospel Jam GB -- Dallal & Henry -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

1:30pm

Open Waltzing NB -- The Mad Katters -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (20 min.)

Why Do I Never Hear It Anymore? G -- Heidi Slaney, Jason Baker -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Contra Medley! NX -- Two Roses & a Thorn -- Trade Center West (20 min.)

New Classic Banjo Project E -- Michael Nix -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

2:00pm

Allemande:The Couple Dance TB -- Susan de Guardiola, Pandora -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Fest-Bretagne DB -- Marie Wendt, Le Bon Truc -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

5 Things: Grow Your Community C -- Darlene Hamilton -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

How to Talk to Your Sound Engineer P -- Michael Bergman -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Swedish Couple Dancing NS -- lydia ievins -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

-- No Apologies Rapper, Ha'Penny Morris, Red Herring Morris, Orion Longsword -- Ritual Dance (Outside Hotel) (50 min.)

Folk Adjacent Pub Music E -- The Penniless Jacks -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

American Roots Jam GS -- Green Heron -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Croatian Music Sing Along G -- Pajdashi -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Cracking Chestnuts (Contras) DS -- Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Sugar River Band -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

2:30pm

Cajun Fiddle Workshop TS -- Cathy Mason -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Chantey Talk C -- Jerry Bryant -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

3:00pm

Polish Dances - North, South, East & West TB -- Andrea Haber -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)

DANCE PERFORMANCE E -- Country Dance Society, Boston Centre; Samskrithi -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (20 min.)

Success Stories From Your Dances C -- Scott Higgs, Lisa Greenleaf -- Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Beatles Sing Along GF -- Rocking Horse People -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Appalachian Flatfooting and Buck Dancing TB -- James Keenan -- Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Tunes from Cape Breton and Elsewhere E -- Northern Mix -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

New England Jam GS -- Contranella -- Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Music of Scotland and Cape Breton E -- Boston Scottish Fiddle Orchestra -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Wavy Contras DS -- Susan English, Black River Ironworks -- Trade Center West (50 min.)

3:30pm

English Country Dances to Unexpected Tunes DS -- Melanie Axel-Lute, Melusine -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Harpapalooza GS -- Jay Michaels -- Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)

Banjo For Old Hands E -- Cece Borjeson -- Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

4:00pm

Bulgarian Dancing NS -- Zornitsa -- Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (90 min.)

Trouble, Trouble Everywhere: Fiddle Tunes & Broadsides E -- High Strung Strummers -- Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)

High Octane Bluegrass! E -- Southern Rail -- Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)

Closing Sing-Around GB -- Allen Hopkins -- Trade Center Tent (50 min.)

Festival Orchestra Contras and Squares -- Merry Go Round at 4:35! DS -- Dereck Kalish, Bob Isaacs -- Trade Center West (90 min.)

4:30pm

ECD: Farewell Favorites DS -- Val Medve; Eleanor, Kristen & Micah -- Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (60 min.)

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