NEFFA Festival Grid - Saturday

NEFFA Grid - Saturday April 25, 2020

Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2020 Festival. The events for the 2021 Festival will be put here in February 2021

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Room 106N

Room 136S

Room 144S

Room 224E

Room 228E

Room 232S

Commons B

Room 218E

Lower Gym

Student Center West

Upper Gym

Main Entrance

10:00am

Norumbega Tunebook Singing GS

Norumbega Harmony

Introduction to Contra Dancing DB

Greg Frock, Caravan

Clam Chowder & Kangaroos E

Balkan Accordion Treasures E

English Concertina Workshop TB

Ukulele Strum and Sing GS

Dan Lynn Watt & Molly Lynn Watt

Intro to Rotary Waltz TB

Rick Lightbody & Carol Johnson, Bob Pasquarello

International Women's Dances For All TS

Marcie Van Cleave

Family Barn Dance Fun! DF

Too Hot Mamas, Metrognomes

Great 21st Century Tunes ECD DS

Val Medve, Mulberry Garden

10:00am

10:15am

10:15am

10:30am

10:30am

10:45am

10:45am

11:00am

Waltz Melodies Jam Session GS

Three Quarter Time

A Family Cabaret E

Jackson Gillman

Yiddish songs of migration, immigration, and borders E

Harpapalooza Harp Jam GB

How to play the bones, TB

Stephen Brown & Friends

Family dance! DF

Tara Bolker, Sugar River Band

Sagebrush to Silver Screen-Cowboy Songs E

Intermediate Waltz Variations TS

Tom Roby, Diane Gonzales, Calliope

Cross Cultural Contras DS

Sue Rosen, Bruce Rosen, Eric Boodman

A Sworded Affair

11:00am

11:15am

Intro to International Dance DB

Janet Yeracaris, The Next Generation

Juggler Meadow Men

11:15am

11:30am

11:30am

11:45am

11:45am

12:00noon

Italian Music Open Session GS

Bob Alessio and Friends of Italian Music

A calendar of finger plays and movement songs for young children GF

Whistling Whorkshop TS

Jonathan Danforth, Ari Erlbaum

Open Discussion of CDSS's Work C

Country Dance & Song Society

Concertina and Autoharp Songs E

Scottish Traditional Music Concert E

Strathspey & Reel Society of NH

Waltz Across Stage and Screen NS

Handbell Ringing - An Introduction TB

Connecticut Handbell Musicians

Mescolanza Madness ~ 4 facing 4 dances! DS

Don Heinold, Chris Ricciotti, Calico

Bassett St. Hounds

12:00noon

12:15pm

12:15pm

12:30pm

Intro to Int'l Folk Dance TB

12:30pm

12:45pm

12:45pm

1:00pm

World Harmony Singing E

Songs for a Child's Heart GF

Open Song Circle with FSSGB GB

Folk Song Society of Greater Boston

Contra Tune Slow Jam GS

Chris Carpenter, Dave Miller

Concertina Master Class TB

Twin Harmonies E

Level Green Road

Refreshing Russian Dances TX

Murray & Randi Spiegel, Bjelalitsa Chorus

Mainely Contras DS

Bill Olson, Festival Orchestra

Jack in the Green

1:00pm

1:15pm

Intro to Appalachian Flatfooting TB

Diane Silver, Cathy Mason

1:15pm

1:30pm

Ladies of the Rolling Pin

1:30pm

1:45pm

Intro to English Country Dance TB

Sue Rosen, Bruce Rosen, Nora Smith

1:45pm

2:00pm

Larry Unger, Julie Metcalf

Family Improvisational CircleSinging GF

Tragic Ballads E

Lynn Feingold & Friends

Old Time Jam Session GS

How to Play the Irish Bodhran TB

Jeanne Hansberry, Dave Miller

Classic Contra Dance Chestnuts DS

Tod Whittemore, Free Association

Breton Line and Circle Dances TS

Marcie Van Cleave, Bagad New York

2:00pm

2:15pm

2:15pm

2:30pm

International Folk Dance Party NS

Swedish Couple Dance Party NS

Matt Fichtenbaum & Friends

2:30pm

2:45pm

2:45pm

3:00pm

Scottish Jam Session GS

Intro to Square Dancing DB

Tony Parkes, The Dead Sea Squirrels

Evy Mayer & Friends

Seated Square Dances DB

Songs from the Osterie (Italian taverns) GB

Italian Village Music and Dance

Harmony Improv Singing Made Easy TB

Kitchen Junket E

Lorraine & Bennett Hammond

Hello Again Contras DS

Diane Silver, Raise the Roof

DANCE PERFORMANCE

3:00pm

3:15pm

3:15pm

3:30pm

Johnny Jump Ups

3:30pm

3:45pm

Intro to Rapper Sword Dance TB

Michael Resnick, Niki Yeracaris

3:45pm

4:00pm

Balkan Kefana Sing-along GS

Intro to Contra Dancing TB

Anne Lutun, Calico

Tune Workshop: Bourr�es from France TB

Have A Gay Old Time E

April Grant, Rebecca Maxfield

Sea Shanties & Pirate A Capella E

Marxophone & More E

Katherine Rhoda

Descendants of the Schottische - Int'l Couple Dances DS

Susan English, NEFFA Sit-In Symphony

Pete Seeger: Celebration in Song GF

Annie Patterson & Peter Blood

Larks/Robins Contra Lab DS

Dela Murphy, Youth Festival Orchestra

4:00pm

4:15pm

4:15pm

4:30pm

And Sometimes Y

4:30pm

4:45pm

4:45pm

5:00pm

South African Singing Workshop GB

Cape Breton Ceilidh Concert E

Gawain Thomas, Andrew Boyd

A-Plus - Fiddle Tunes in Cross-A Tuning TS

Matthew McConeghy, Paula Wheeler

Published in Boston E

The Proper Ladies, Deborah Goss

Mystic Seaport Chantey Sing for All GB

Mystic Seaport Chantey Singers

Left Handed Fiddling C

Ballo Liscio from Italy (Couple Dances) NS

Larks & Robins Medley NX

Rags to Riches DB

Joan & Jim Savitt

Contra Medley NX

Not Enough Fiddles

5:00pm

5:15pm

5:15pm

5:30pm

Stops Along the Way E

George Stephens & Kathy Westra

Intro to Scottish Country Dancing DB

Boston Teachers of SCD, Gunns & Thistles

Crafty Contras DS

Don Veino, Not Enough Fiddles

5:30pm

5:45pm

5:45pm

6:00pm

The Many Faces of Justice E

Shetland fiddle workshop TS

Becky Miller, Avi Randall

Mountain Blues E

Music that Builds Community GB

Communities of Song

Shanties with the Alumni of ARRR!!! GB

Crusty Alums of ARRR!!!

Dance Organizer's Chat C

Beranche: Basic and Bodacious Balkan DS

Tom Roby, No Borders Beranche Band

Connect with Bal Folk DB

Robin Banerji, Maria Cramer, Bourrée Beau Temps

6:00pm

6:15pm

6:15pm

6:30pm

ECD: A Fresh Bouquet DS

Scott Higgs, Jenny Beer, Northeast Extension

Rock'em Sock'em Singing Squares DS

Too Hot Mamas, Tune-nado

6:30pm

6:45pm

6:45pm

7:00pm

Mbira - Traditional Music of Zimbabwe P

Solomon Murungu

The Solstice Sisters E

The Solstice Sisters

Leadbelly Songs You Already Know GB

Pete Kraemer, Howard Stith

Here's to the women song collectors C

Chris Setari, Lynn Noel

Songs With Boisterous Shouting! GS

Becoming a Better Harmonica Player TS

Balkan Dance! NX

DANCE PERFORMANCE

Cajun Open Jam, dancers invited GS

Open Cajun Jam Band

7:00pm

7:15pm

7:15pm

7:30pm

Best Contra Dances of the Decade DS

Greg Frock, Julie Metcalf & Friends

7:30pm

7:45pm

7:45pm

8:00pm

Klezmer Extravaganza E

A spectrum of songs E

Matt Fichtenbaum, lydia ievins

Halfway Across the Pond E

Trad Song Swap Party! GS

Learn a Haunting and Easy Cajun Fiddle Tune TS

Running the Goat - Newfoundland Running Set DS

Tara Bolker, Bill Nesbitt, Ben Bolker

Father and Son in Concert E

Brennish Thomson, Ryan Thomson

Blues Dance Boston

8:00pm

8:15pm

8:15pm

8:30pm

Rum and Onions XLI Contras DS

Dugan Murphy, Rum & Onions

8:30pm

8:45pm

8:45pm

9:00pm

McQuillen Tune Slow Jam GS

Chris Carpenter, Dave Miller

The Piano as a Folk Instrument TS

Latvian Folk Songs from the Krisjanis Barons Collection TB

Stories for Grown-ups E

Helen Engelhardt

Rounds Tribute to Sol Weber GB

The Rounds Galore & More Singers

Scots in Revolt! Alistair Hulett's "Red Clydeside" P

Anne Kazlauskas, Ishmael Stefanov-Wagner

Jug Band Swing & Blues Dance NB

Outrageous Fortune

Original Works Fiddle Trio E

Balkan and Int'l Dance Party NS

Colonial Contras DS

Dance History Alive!, The Colonial Minstrels

9:00pm

9:15pm

9:15pm

9:30pm

Larks/Robins Contra Party LIVE! DS

Dereck Kalish, Polaris

9:30pm

9:45pm

9:45pm

10:00pm

"For Fear of Little Men" E

Power Harmonies GS

Power Harmonies

Uncommon Drinking Songs GB

English Country Dance: Pleasures and Treasures DS

Dan Blim, Intuition

Roros Polsinella - Norwegian Couple Dancing NS

10:00pm

10:15pm

Balkan Dance Party NS

10:15pm

10:30pm

Go With the Flow Contras Larks/Robins DS

Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Polaris

10:30pm

10:45pm

10:45pm

11:00pm

11:00pm

11:15pm

11:15pm

11:30pm

Festival Closed for the Day

11:30pm

Room 106N

Room 136S

Room 144S

Room 224E

Room 228E

Room 232S

Commons B

Room 218E

Lower Gym

Student Center West

Upper Gym

Main Entrance

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