2006 Schedule
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| 2006 San Francisco Free Folk Festival SATURDAY (June 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIME | Cafeteria | Music
1 Room 308 |
Music
2 Room 313 |
Music
3 Room 311 |
Songwriter Showcase Room 309 |
CHOIR ROOM (to right of Auditorium) | Dance
1 1 st Floor Gym |
Dance
2 3 rd Floor Gym |
Dance
3 Room 315 |
Family
Here & There |
TIME | |||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 |
Open Mic (sign up in the cafeteria!) |
Traditional
Acappella Song Session In Harmony's Way |
Cajun Music Jam Blair Kilpatrick |
Celtic
Mountain Dulcimer Peter Tommerup |
Celtic
Showcase Tinker's Damn |
Intimate
Embrace Tango pre-beginner Sonja Riket |
Bulgarian Carol Friedman |
Kids'
Dance Ann Brown |
Arts & Crafts all day by first floor gym Kids' dance: room 315 |
12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 |
Open Mic Exceptional Guest Performers! |
Playing
traditional music on the Harmonica Winslow Yerxa |
Skiffle
Band Music and Other Fun Stuff Quake City Jug Band |
Family
Concert Max Millard and Janet Sirett |
Israeli
Dances Yale Rosenblatt |
Irish
Ceili John Slaymaker & Starry Plough dancers |
Greek Edith Bourbin |
Family concert: choir room | 1:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 |
Open Mic This could be you |
French
Music Jam Gary Breitbard |
Outrageous Songs Faith Petric |
Concertina Daniel Hersh and Riggy Rackin |
Family Concert Robert Rodriquez and J. Byrd Hosch |
Finnish Anja Miller |
Palestinian
Folklore/Dance - Dabka Iyad Abuhajjaj |
Indonesian Michael Ogi |
Family concert: choir room | 2:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00 |
Café Cabaret |
Sacred
Harp Gary Breitbard |
Beginning
Swing Guitar Sylvia Herold |
Li'l
Ol' Opry 3:00 Julay Brandenburg and the Nightbirds 3:30 Deb Berne/David Murray and Gordon Clegg 4:00 Sam Misner and Megan Smith 4:30 Misisipi Cree 5:00 J. Byrd Hosch |
Hambo Bob Fraley |
International Carol Friedman |
Sabar (Senegal) Asan Azu |
3:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 |
4:15 Creeping Lovely |
Songs
of Women's Work and Protest Estelle Freedman |
Orkney
Tuning One Hour Immersion Steve Baughman |
French
Country Gary Breitbard & Jena Rauti |
Irish
Set Michael Murphy |
Hawaiian Michael Ogi |
4:00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 | 5:05 Shakey Bones |
Mouth
Music Around The World Pam Swan |
Italian
Mandolin Nicola Swinburne |
Cotswold
Morris Berkeley Morris |
Lancers & Other
Quadrilles Cathleen Myers |
Tap Natasha Haugnes |
Arts & Crafts Finishing Up |
5:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6:00 and on- wards |
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June
24th & 25th, 2006 Roosevelt Middle School 460 Arguello at Geary, San Francisco www.sffolkfest.org Everyone welcome at all events! Schedule as of 19-mar-07 |
Evening
Dances: 3rd floor Gym
6:00: International Dance! with VECERNICA International Folk Dance Band - music from Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, the Balkans, Greece, Israel, and the US. Meryl Lee Corcoran; Gary Breitbard; Ned Gault; Jena Rauti; Pete Showman; Sue Ellen Porter; Dave Bogdanoff. 8:00: A Vintage Ballroom Dance with Odile Lavault of the Baguette Quartette, James Langdell of the Divertimento Dance Orchestra, various musicians, and caller Cathleen Myers of PEERS for an evening of vintage ballroom dancing. Dance waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, one-steps, fox trots, tangos, reels, mixers, and other popular couple and set dances of the 19th and early 20th centuries. |
6:00 and on- wards |
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| 2006 San Francisco Free Folk Festival SUNDAY (June 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIME | Cafeteria | Music
1 Room 308 |
Music
2 Room 313 |
Music
3 Room 311 |
Songwriter Showcase Room 309 |
CHOIR
ROOM (to right of Auditorium) |
Dance
1 1 st Floor Gym |
Dance
2 3 rd Floor Gym |
Dance
3 Room 315 |
Family
Here & There |
TIME | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 |
Open Mic (sign up in the cafeteria!) |
Folk
Vocals & Harmony Lauren Sheehan |
Kids' Songwriting Laurie Story Vela |
Irish
Whistle Tim Hart |
Doug Jones |
Songs
of the Sea & Sea Shanties Richard Adrianowicz & Peter Kasin |
English Country Alan Winston |
Bhangra
(from Punjab, India) Vicki Virk |
Children's
Dances Laura Rice-Hall |
Arts & Crafts Kid's Songwriting: room 313 Children's dance: room 315 |
12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 |
Open Mic Exceptional Guest Performers |
1950's
Blues Rose & Jim Hudson |
Song, Movement and Jam
for Preschoolers of All Ages Melisse Leib |
Django
Jam: Gypsy Guitar Tom Murray |
English
Regency Alan Winston |
Clogging Jennifer Eggers |
Belly Dance Antionette |
Song, Movement, Jam: room 313 | 1:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cirf Hashins |
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| 2:00 |
Open Mic This could be you |
Songs
of Industry and Union Malcolm Rigby |
Harmonica
Tunes Paul Herzoff |
Body Rhythms Brook |
Israeli
Cha Cha Marguerite Fishman |
Gypsy/Rom
Dances Done in a Circle John Bear |
Leading
and Following Skills Phillip Garrison |
Family concert: choir room | 2:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00 | Café Cabaret |
Rounds Lani Herrmann |
Contradance
Band Joe Cadora and Art Peterson |
Tutti Frutti
Commedia Jim Letchworth |
Croatian Edith Bourbin |
Waltz Richard Callicrate |
Irish
Step McBride Irish Dancers |
Tutti Frutti Commedia: choir room | 3:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 | 4:15 Radio Rail |
Songs
of Social Significance Faith Petric |
Bluegrass
Jam Etiquette Patricia Garber |
Family Concert / Kid's
Open Mic Lisa Atkinson |
Salsa JM Hughes |
Scottish Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers |
Romanian Lone Coleman |
Family concert / kids' open mic: choir room |
4:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donna Hyatt |
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| 5:00 | 5:15 Coyote
Moon |
How
to Read Music Angeline LeLeux |
Polyrhythm Choir Tony Elman |
Harp Showcase | Cajun Yael Schy |
Contra Karen Fontana |
Free
Movement Dance Heidi Sapere |
Arts & Crafts Finishing Up
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5:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6:00 and on- wards |
|
June
24th & 25th,
2006 Roosevelt Middle School 460 Arguello at Geary, San Francisco www.sffolkfest.org Everyone welcome at all events! |
BASS Irish Slow Session: room 118 2:30 - 6:00: Irish slow session for beginning and intermediate players who enjoy playing music in a fun, non-judgemental and supportive environment. All instruments are welcome (not restricted to "traditional" Irish instruments). All abilities are welcome (if you can play a tune by yourself you can play with us). Must be willing to play slowly, the pace is set by the person who starts the tune. OK to read music. Follow session etiquette For more information, see www.slowplayers.org |
6:00 and on ..plus more |
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Evening Dance: 3rd floor Gym 6:30: Newcomer's contra dance instruction led by Karen Fontana 7:00: Contra and Square Dance! Until 10pm. Modern American Contra and Square Dance: flowing and fun moves, danced to Early American and Celtic live music. No partner needed. All dances taught and prompted. All experience levels welcome. Calling by Karen Fontana, Mavis McGaugh, Jim Saxe: (SF Bay Area); Rae Newoman (Miami, Florida). Open Band led by Tinker's Damn. |
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