NEFFA Festival Grid - Saturday

Preliminary Schedule — Subject to Change!

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10:00am

Zwiefachers - E Z to Hard Z’s NS

Ret Turner, The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra

Music of Scotland and Cape Breton E

Boston Scottish Fiddle Orchestra

Balkan Dances to Beautiful Balkan Voices TS

Sue Rose, Krasivi Perli

Intro to English Country Dance TB

Val Medve, The Uraniums

Intro to Contra DB

Sue Gola, Joy Factor

Tunes from Two Notable Women Fiddlers GS

Berlin Jam Friends

Breathwork Techniques for Vocal Health TB

Sarah Godwin Murdoch

Beginner/Intermediate Bluegrass Jam GB

Family Dance DF

Valerie Thomforde, Dandelion

Slow Jam: Traditional New England Dance Tunes GS

Jennifer McHone Villalobos

Muddy River Morris, WhistlePig Morris Dancers

10:00am

10:15am

10:15am

10:30am

Old Time Jam in A GS

Long Lost String Band

10:30am

10:45am

10:45am

11:00am

Festive Yet Tasteful ECD DS

Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Mulberry Garden

Norumbega Harmony Tunebook Singing GS

Norumbega Harmony

Dances from Far-Flung Places DS

Patricia Williams, Karen Havens

Contra Chestnuts DS

David Millstone, Sugar River Band

Introduction to International Dance DB

Marcie Van Cleave, Shining Moon

Songs Not In English GB

Lilting Jam - Singing the Tunes GB

Becca Mandel, Amanda Witman

Georgian Song Concert E

Iberia Georgian Children's Group

Family Scottish Country Dancing DF

Karen Sollins, Terry Traub, Malka Pomerantz

Silly Rounds GB

The Rounds Galore & More Singers

Camp Woodland: Unusual Community P

Pat Lamanna, Bill Horne

Ring O' Bells Morris, No Apologies Rapper, Marlboro Minnies Morris & Sword

11:00am

11:15am

11:15am

11:30am

Old Time Crooked Tune Workshop TS

11:30am

11:45am

11:45am

12:00noon

Contras I Wish I Had Written DS

Steve Zakon-Anderson, Festival Orchestra

Intro to Hand Drumming Workshop TB

Folk Dances beginning with "R" NS

The Joy of Sets ECD DS

David Millstone, The Scolding Chipmunks

Wonderful One-Figure Balkan Dances TB

Janet Yeracaris, Zdravets

Ukulele Off The Page GS

Heidi Slaney, Jess Accetta

Learn Breton Tunes TS

Whaling and Sailing in 19th C Song P

Still River Sword, Hart's Brook Garland, Jack in the Green Morris

12:00noon

12:15pm

12:15pm

12:30pm

Community Dance DF

Jennifer McHone Villalobos, Dogtown

Ballads: Stories Told and Sung E

Yiddish Songs of Immigration E

Khrain! [Horseradish!]

12:30pm

12:45pm

12:45pm

1:00pm

Rising Contra Callers of the Mid Atlantic DB

Midatlantic Callers, Dave Langford & The Second Floor

Open Drum Circle Jam GB

Jane Austen's Squares DS

Susan de Guardiola, The Mad Katters

Bulgarian Village Dances NS

Divi Zheni, Zornitsa

Intro to Casino Rueda TB

Folk Song Singalong GF

Howie Rashba, Mel Green

Masters of Darkness and Delight. E

Renaissance Jukebox

Re-Imagining Folk Song Nostalgia E

Renegade Morris, Pokingbrook Morris, Firebird

1:00pm

1:15pm

1:15pm

1:30pm

Learn to Dance the Hornpipe DF

Yves Corbiere, A.J. Wright

How to Play the Irish Bodhran TB

Jeanne Hansberry, Dave Miller

Waltz Melodies Jam GS

Three Quarter Time

1:30pm

1:45pm

1:45pm

2:00pm

CT Sea Music Festival Chantey Sing GB

Connecticut Sea Music Festival Singers

Beaucoup de Bourrées TB

Lynn Baumeister & Lisa Tamres, Box and String Trio

Longsword Dancing For All TF

Kappy Laning, Alex Cumming

Mostly Swedish Jam GS

SAC Spelmanslag

Japanese Children’s Songs GF

Renaissance Music Jam GB

The Mad Katters

Creative Arranging for Acoustic Guitar P

Juggler Meadow Morris Men, Johnny Jump Ups, Hop Brook Morris

2:00pm

2:15pm

2:15pm

2:30pm

Dance Performance E

Iskwelahang Pilipino; Mladost Folk Ensemble; Neha Kumar; Wayside Inn Steppers; Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.; Taara Banerjee; Chinese Folk Art Workshop; Dance for Joy Dance Troupe; Priya Bangal; Legends Georgian Dance

Classic NEFFA Squares DS

Jeremy Korr, Roundtuit

Better Dancing is More Fun! C

Scott Higgs, Jenny Beer

Rehearsal for The English Country Dance Open Band TS

Vince O'Donnell, Carol Compton

2:30pm

2:45pm

2:45pm

3:00pm

Balkan Kefana Sing-along GS

Old Time Couple Dancing DB

Brad Sayler, Diane Gonzales, Patrick Yacono & Friends

Simcha! Yiddish Dance for Joy TB

Yaron Shragai, Klezmer Standard Time

Intro to Teaching Folk Dance TS

National Folk Organization Mentoring Project

Nyckelharpa Jam GS

Nautical Critter Songs GF

Modern Contra Tunes Slow Jam GS

Steve Bittenson, Len Bittenson

Traditional Songs and Irish Fiddle Tunes E

Bob & Jen Strom with Cindy McIntire

Marlboro Morris M, Handsome Molly, Great Meadows Morris and Sword

3:00pm

3:15pm

3:15pm

3:30pm

Favorite Contras and ECD DS

Sue Rosen, Half & Half

Leanbh: A Child in Ireland GF

Hammered Dulcimer Potpourri E

Hammered Dulcimer Consortium

3:30pm

3:45pm

3:45pm

4:00pm

Songs with Boisterous Shouting!! GS

Dances in "Challenging Times" TX

Jeanne Clifford, Rakiya

Scottish Country Dancing for Beginners DB

Flights of Fancy

Seated Square Dance DB

Fred Wersan, Assabet Ramblers

Joyful Rounds GS

Nobscot Singers

Rocking Old-Time Jam GS

The Dead Sea Squirrels

Global Tapestry of Middle Eastern, Jazz, & World Traditions E

Mystic Valley Morris, Ladies of the Rolling Pin, On The Border Morris

4:00pm

4:15pm

(strike chairs)

4:15pm

4:30pm

Saturday Contra Medley NX

Various Callers; Aaron Marcus, Milo Pierick, and Rebecca Weiss

Waltzes and Beyond NS

Shantying Space Sailors at Work E

Appalachian Country Living and Coal Mining Songs E

4:30pm

4:45pm

4:45pm

5:00pm

Stomp and Go Contra DS

Charlie Turner, The Moving Violations

NEFFA Funny Song Swap Hour GB

Greek Island Brass & Strings from Lesvos NS

Beginning Appalachian Flatfooting TB

James Keenan, The Dead Sea Squirrels

Sing it with Flowers E

Jackson Gillman, JillianEstelle Gillman

How to Play the Bones TB

Rhyme Time! Recitations E

Jam Session: English Country Dance Tunes GS

Four Raccoons in a Trenchcoat

Tunes of the 21st Century E

The Star Charters

5:00pm

5:15pm

5:15pm

5:30pm

Scottish Country Dancing DS

Howard Lasnik, Terry Traub, Malka Pomerantz

Arranging Vocal Harmony TS

Best Current Protest Songs GB

5:30pm

5:45pm

5:45pm

6:00pm

Switch It Up Contras DS

Hannah Johlas, Here on the Hill

Balkan Brass Dance Party NS

Conical Cacophony

Class in Traditional Georgian Dance TB

Legends Georgian Dance

Kentucky Mountain Square Dancing DB

Tim Lamm, The Dixie Butterhounds

New Songs, Old Forms E

Songwriters in the Round

Shetland Fiddle Workshop TS

Chanteys and Shenanigans GB

Propper Debauchery

Contradance Music of the Pioneer Valley GB

Tunes & Songs, Winds & Strings, Nods & Smiles E

Bouzouki & The Beast

6:00pm

6:15pm

6:15pm

6:30pm

Zesty Playford ECD DS

Charlie Turner, The Turn Signals

Contemporary Harp E

Stephanie Babirak

Teasing the Cat in Ragtime E

Turkey Hill Ragtime Orchestra

6:30pm

6:45pm

6:45pm

7:00pm

Contras with Rum & Onions DS

Greg Frock, Rum & Onions

Queer Maritime Music E

Balkan Dance NX

Intro to Colonial Dance DB

Jacob Bloom, Nancy Bloom, The Colonial Minstrels

Strong Sound Workshop TS

The Smith Family

Lullaby and Goodnight GF

Contra Dance Musicians Slow Jam GS

The New Haven Jammers

Songs Related to the Atlantic E

7:00pm

7:15pm

7:15pm

7:30pm

ECD Favorites DS

Jenny Beer, The English Country Dance Open Band

Songs of the Eastern Slavs E

Klezmer Jam Session GS

Klezmer Jam Band

7:30pm

7:45pm

7:45pm

8:00pm

Eye Love Contra DS

Qwill Duvall, Grace Hendrickson-Jones & Cojiro

Pub Sing with Jack In The Green GB

Jack in the Green Morris

Dance by Moonlight! NS

Intro to Swedish Polska TS

Tom Roby, Laura Stern, lydia ievins

Cape Breton Tunes & Gaelic Songs E

Matt, Terry & Laura

Well, That Didn't End Well - Tragic Trad Ballads GS

Exploring the Travis Pick TS

Introduction to Balkan Scales TB

Vocal Couple Dancing E

Power Harmonies

8:00pm

8:15pm

8:15pm

8:30pm

Bagad New York Plays Breton Dances DS

More Songs from All Over E

The All Girl Band

SCD Musician Tune Jam GB

8:30pm

8:45pm

8:45pm

9:00pm

Flowing Contras DS

Donna Hunt; Sidman, Walters, & Eid-Reiner

Fusion Dance DB

Boston Fusion Dance Community

J’Amuse! A Tom Lehrer Singalong GS

Robert Penny, Marnen Laibow-Koser

Lost in Ireland: Irish Songs of Place GB

The Return of Gigs From Hell C

Learn an Easy Cajun Two-Step or Waltz Tune TS

The Life and Music of Pete Seeger GB

Green Mountain Radish Revival

9:00pm

9:15pm

Mostly Gammaldans NX

SAC Spelmanslag

9:15pm

9:30pm

International Dance Favorites NX

Tis Music, Methinks! E

Music of the Menaht E

9:30pm

9:45pm

9:45pm

10:00pm

Stream of Contraness NX

Michael Karcher, Torrent

D is the Key - Old Time Jam GS

Long Lost String Band

Cecily Mills, Abraham Joyner-Meyers

Atlantic Canada Campfire GB

English Folk Tunes TS

10:00pm

10:15pm

Contra Party! DS

Michael Karcher, Torrent

Jug Band Blues and Swing Dance NS

Outrageous Fortune

10:15pm

10:30pm

Smooth Moves English Dancing DS

Dereck Kalish, Linda Nelson, Hidden River

Balkan & International Dance NS

Pirate Sea Shanty Singalong E

10:30pm

10:45pm

10:45pm

11:00pm

11:00pm

11:15pm

11:15pm

11:30pm

Festival Closed for the Day

11:30pm

New England Folk Festival Association