2008 Schedule
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2008 San Francisco Free Folk Festival SATURDAY (June 21) | ||||||||||||||
TIME | Music
1 Tap Dance Studio #102 |
Music 2 room 321 |
Music 3 room 323 |
Music
4 Lounge #305 |
Malvina Reynolds (family/music) Athletic room #103 |
Dance
1 Yoga Studio #310 |
Dance
2 Techniques Studio #307 |
Dance
3 / Faith Petric Stage Performance Theatre #301 |
Woody Guthrie Stage |
Pete Seeger Stage near room 323 |
TIME | |||
12:00 | Traditional
A Cappella Singing Session In Harmony’s Way |
How
to Build & Play
Jug, Washboard & Washtub
Bass CA Jug Band Assn. |
Political Songs Carol Denney |
Blues Guitar Joe Cadora |
Sing-A-Long
Concert & Song Swap Children's Music Network |
Klezmer Yael Schy & Ellis Island |
Country
Western Line Dance Donna Frankel |
Greek Edith Bourbin |
Open Mic (sign up near the stage!) |
12:00 | ||||
1:00 | Acoustic
Bass Matt Small |
How Jug Band Music Influenced
the Blues and Rock CA Jug Band Assn. |
Cross-Tuned A Fiddle Jam Carol Denney |
A Cappella Harmony Styles Ellen Robinson |
Jane
Austen's Waltzes Cathleen Myers |
Samba Claudia Swanson |
Children's
Dances Mavis McGaugh |
1:00 | ||||||
2:00 | Thumb-Picking Guitar Clem Small |
Birthday Songs Ed Silberman |
Concertina Daniel Hersh, Jack Gilder, & Carol Denney |
Learning by Ear Harmon’s Peak |
Musical
Storyteller |
English
Ceilidh Jonathan Coxhead |
Chinese Kimberly Jian |
Dances
of Universal Peace Yaquin Sufi |
2:00 | |||||
3:00 | Beginning
Tin Whistle (provided!) Autumn Rhodes |
The
Craft of Songwriting John Craigie |
Barbershop Harmony Charles Feltman |
Interactive
Family Concert Faith Petric & Ingrid Noyes |
Irish
Ceili John Slaymaker & Starry Plough dancers |
Partner
Dancing with Style Ken Chin |
3:00 Misisipi
Rider
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3:00 | ||||||
3:40 Five
Dollar Suit
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4:00 | Irish Slow Session Ann McChesney-Young |
Not Necessarily
the Blues Harp Paul Herzoff |
Songs
of Women’s
Work & Protest Estelle Freedman |
Tunes
for Mother Earth Bonnie Lockhart & Fran Avni |
Cotswold
Morris Berkeley Morris |
Hambo Bob Fraley |
4:00 | |||||||
4:20 Axton
Kincaid
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5:00 | Acoustic
Beatles for the Folk Musician Roan Michaels |
Harmonica
Jam Paul Herzoff |
About Unaccompanied Singing Bill Moore |
Beginning
Performers Chuck Poling |
Square
Dance Jim Saxe |
Algerian Janine Ryle |
5:00 Fancy Dan Band | 5:00 | ||||||
5:40 Calaveras
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6:00 and on |
June
21st & 22nd, 2008
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Evening
Dances (Techniques Studio #307):
6:00: International Dance! with VECERNICA International Folk Dance Band - music from Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, the Balkans, Greece, Israel, and the US. 8:00: A Vintage Ballroom Dance. Join Frank Beau Davis & The Brassworks Quintet and callers James and Cathleen Myers of PEERS for an evening of vintage ballroom dancing. |
6:00 Golden
Gate Clogging Company |
6:00 and on |
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6:20 Culann’s
Hounds |
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2008 San Francisco Free Folk Festival SUNDAY (June 22) | |||||||||||
TIME | Music 1 Tap Dance Studio #102 |
Music 2 room 321 |
Music 3 room 323 |
Music 4 Lounge #305 |
Malvina Reynolds (family/music) Athletic room #103 |
Dance 1 Yoga Studio #310 |
Dance 2 Techniques Studio #307 |
Dance 3 / Faith Petric Stage Performance Theatre #301 |
Woody Guthrie Stage |
Pete Seeger Stage near room 323 |
TIME |
12:00 | Ukulele Basics and Hawaiian
Songs Erich Sylvester |
TBA | Beginning Guitar for Kids AND Adults Hali Hammer |
Gospel Sing Jerry Michaels & Marian Gade |
Songs Max Millard |
Argentine
Tango Carol Hom |
Palestinian
Folklore/Dance - Dabka Iyad Hajjaj |
English
Country Dance Alan Winston |
Open Mic (sign up near the stage!) |
12:00 | |
Book Bugs Laurie Story |
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1:00 | Contra Dance Band Art Peterson & Ann McChesney-Young |
Favorite American Chorus Songs Sadie Damascus |
Instant Connection -
Vibrating Together Brook |
Country Rock Rose & Jim Hudson |
Campfire Songs
of Yesterday And Today "Ranger" Bob Keller |
Gypsy/Rom John Bear |
Cajun/Zydeco Dana DeSimone |
French
Country Dancing Gary Breitbard and Jena Rauti |
1:00 | ||
2:00 | Traditional Ballads Sadie Damascus |
Russian
Folk Songs & Beyond Jonnie Pekelny |
Rounds Lani Herrmann |
Puppet Show Doris Williams |
Swing
/ Lindy Hop Carla Heiney & Rye Crowen |
Indonesian
Dance Michael Ogi |
Flamenco Nemesio Paredes |
2:00 | |||
Kids Open Mic Jeremiah |
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3:00 | Beginning Button Accordion (provided!) Paul Kostka |
Traditional Singing
Styles Sharyn Dimmick |
Guitar: A Dozen Ways
to Work a Flatpick Ray Bierl |
Utah Phillips Songs Ed Hilton |
Merengue Dana DeSimone |
Breton Fabien Goulay |
3:00 Go
Van Gogh
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3:00 | |||
Malvina Reynolds
Songs Carolyn Jayne |
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3:40 Kally
Price and Band
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4:00 | The
Ins & Outs
of the Piano Accordion Art Peterson |
Songs from the Little Red Songbook Marcus Duskin |
Polyrhythm Singing Circle Tony Elman |
Percussive Guitar Techniques & Ethnic Rhythms Brook |
Songs of the
Sea and Sea Shanties Peter Kasin & Richard Adrianowicz |
Scottish Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers |
Irish
Set Michael Murphy |
4:00 | |||
4:20 The
Johnny Starlings
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5:00 | Croatian Edith Bourbin |
Guitar: Lead Playing
for Beginners Mac McCurdy |
Mokale Rhythmsong Circle Tony Elman |
Celtic
Harp Chris Caswell |
Contra Karen Fontana |
Bollywood Archana Sachdev |
5:20 World Harmony Chorus | 5:00 All My Pretty Ones | 5:00 | ||
5:40 Devine's
Jug Band
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6:00 and on |
June
21st & 22nd, 2008 Schedule as of 23-jun-08 |
6:00 Jubilee
American Dance 6:40 Matt Lax and the Nearly Beloved 7:20Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers 8:00 Rick Di Dia & Aireene Espritu 8:40 Alan Smithline 9:20 Faith Petric |
6:00 and on |
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Evening Dance (Techniques Studio #307): 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. |