From Cajun to Klezmer
26th Alaska Folk Festival features wide range of music
It's that time of year again.
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Some people see it as the first sure sign of spring, some rehearse all year for their fifteen minutes in the limelight while others look forward to the infamous jam sessions. Regardless of whether you're an amateur or accomplished musician, volunteer or drop-by listener - everyone seems to groove on the opportunity to mingle with their neighbors and listen to live music.
No matter what you love (or hate) about it, the 26th Alaskan Folk Festival kicks off at 7 p.m., Monday night at Centennial Hall and continues through April 16.
With 155 musical acts, more than 40 workshops, a dozen dances and performances by visiting guest artists; Folk Festival 2000 should lure just about everyone out of their dens to celebrate - what will hopefully prove to be - the advent of spring.
The following schedule should help people chart their course as they navigate through the festival's musical options:
Monday Evening, April 10 * Centennial
Hall
7:00 African Rain * Juneau
(Mary Hymer, TJ. Hovest, Bill Glude, Joyce
Levine, Alexis Burton,
Eric Ocasio, Jeff Watson, Kathy Brown, Lisa
Bogert, Jerry
Rounsley, David Jackson, and a surprise guest
or two)
Drumming for dancing.
7:15 Eric McDowell * Juneau
Folk and fun
7:30 Friday at Foster's * Juneau
(Paul Fuhs, John Bitney & Scott
Ogan)
Political junkies who like to
sing.
7:45 Hiram Henry * Juneau
Local boy returns from South Pole and Southern
World Tour to play
you a few inspired tunes.
8:00 J. Althea & the Lifters *
Juneau
(J. Althea, Jayne Andreen, Georgia Germunsson,
Sally Honse, & Ed
Schoenfeld)
Ragtime & blues piano gospel.
8:15 Riley Woodford * Juneau
My fun original songs about seduction and
foreign policy.
8:30 Panhandle Crab Grass Revival Band *
Juneau
(Maridon Boario, Sean Tracy, Eric Chadwell,
Johnse Ostman, Ethan
Abbott & C. Scott Fry)
Old time/ Bluegrass.
8:45 The Buckley Women * Juneau
(Linda Buckley, Cadie Buckley, and Jen Coots
Buckley)
Original songs about the sun, the moon, and
all the powder in between.
9:00 Fiesta Gatos * Juneau
(Jason Soza, J.B. Blankenship, and Rik
Romerein)
Yes! Drop the chalupa!
9:15 Odd Waters & Slammin' Salmon * Auke
Bay
(Odd Waters and Christa Salmon)
In the space between the rain drops, you'll
find the laughter of
the fish that stitches the water to the
land.
9:30 Patrice Helmar * Juneau
Man, it feels good to be home! Original
songs.
9:45 Live Bait * Juneau
(Lindy Dickson, Susan Lewandowski &
friends scrounged up at the
last minute)
Hurdy Gurdy Cowgirls singin' swing tunes in
the blue grass.
10:00 Grateful Celtics * Juneau
(Beth Leibowitz, Chris Pace, and Bill
Thompson)
Old, new and hybrid celtic music.
10:15 Like Sunlight on your Skin *
Juneau
(Jon Smith, Rick Bellagh, & Genevieve
Casey Smith)
Some nice music for you...
10:30 Tom Begich * Anchorage
Songs from his upcoming 3rd CD "Albuquerque
Road"
Emcee: Don Drew
Stage Manager: Laura Lucas
Tuesday Evening,
April 11 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Juneau Pride Chorus * Juneau
(Sara Boesser, Judy Crondahl, Lorie Daniels,
Mary Graham, Marilyn
Irwin, Kim Kiefer, Mo
Longworth,
Pat McLear, Bonnie Palmateer, Heidi Passer,
Gani Et Se, Jill
Sandleben, Jeanette St. George, Bonnie
Turner,
Linda Valle, Christina Wallace, Susan
Warner, Taffy Wells, Corin
Whittemore, Marcia Buck, Rachel Zahnd;
Beverly Haywood,
Piano, Kelly Henrickson, Percussion, Leslie
Wood, Director)
We are women who join our voices to celebrate
our diversity- a
chorus of mothers, daughters, sisters,
lovers, and
grandmothers. Our common bond is a love of
singing, creating a joy we carry
in our hearts.
7:15 Tlingit Gospel Singers *
Juneau
Songs of the Presbyterian Navy.
7:30 Katie Henry * South Royalton,
Vermont
Newly northeastern mom does a happy little
bathroom dance and sings
the potty song
7:45 Joanne Erskine * Juneau
(with Jacque Farnsworth and Mystery
Man)
Some new ditties from Juneau.
8:00 Make Mine Decaf * Douglas
(Paula Rohrbacher, Winston Smith, Heidi
Johnson, and Ray Thibodeau)
Not too sweet-no foam, with whipped cream and
sprinkles. Originals
and covers from
Paula and Winston.
8:15 Decaf * Juneau
(Britt Arnesen,Becky Brubaker & Chris
Behnke)
Winners of the 2000 JDHS Talent Show,
performing original music
and, of course, smiling a lot.
8:30 Some Lovely Young Ladies *
Juneau
(Zoe Friesen, Irene Muller, Anna Percival, and
Nikki McCarthy)
Conrad and Nora's daughters and their
friends
8:45 Scott Miller * Juneau
50 years of accumulated wisdom in 15 minutes
or less.
9:00 Final Form * Juneau
(Frankie Pillifant, Bill Childers, and Odin
Brudie)
This band has been taking shape for
years.
9:15 Sunday Singers * Juneau
(Dave Stancliff and Pat Pourchot)
"A Set of Trains" (Picking for
fun)
9:30 Karla Oman * Seattle
A blend of old & new country folk,
inspired by legends like Bonnie
Raitt and Emmylou Harris
9:45 Carpe Diem * Juneau
(Justine Bishop, Cathy Allen, Jacque
Farnsworth, and friends)
An eclectic blend of soulful/upbeat
music.
10:00 Sonny & Stephanie Chandler * Auke
Bay
Acoustic guitar Instrumentals, vocals/all
original.
10:15 John Palmes * Juneau
It will happen again.
10:30 Douglas Delivery Company *
Douglas
(Ron and Manya Pungowiyi-Reed)
Original music & lyrics delivered to you
from the big island.
Emcee: Darius Mannino
Stage Manager: Cheryl Levitt
Wednesday Evening,
April 12 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Forget-Me-Not Fiddlers *
Juneau
(Anna Branch, Casey Guertin, Drake Skaggs,
Elias Daugherty, Erika
O'Sullivan, Elliott Pillifant,
Isaac Stark, Jason Roman, Jessie Beck, Karen
Hock, Kelsey Skaggs,
Lauren Hopson, Matt Callahan,
Morgen
Obersinner-Gage, Brittany Page, Nathan Ord,
Sofia Tenney, Tessa
Haralovich, and Weldon Else)
4th - 6th Grade Class violinists from the
Juneau Community Charter
School under the direction of
Xia Guohua
7:15 Tla Kut Naaxsati Yatx'i *
Juneau
(Children of All Nations) is a SE Native dance
group for children,
ages preschool through high
school
7:30 Andy Baker * Anchorage
Anchorage-based singer/songwriter
"I am sure I can sculpt her from clay by
memory alone"
7:45 The "We're Still in the 20th Century"
Bluescast * Juneau
(Laury Roberts Scandling, J. Althea, Karl
Ohls, Mo Hicks, Jeff
Brown, and Ron Clarke)
Political satire - we only report what might
have really happened
8:00 Lonny Eaton * Auke Bay
Singer/songwriter
8:15 Donnie & Dianne * Juneau
(Don Drew, Dianne Slater, Frank Grand, Gerry
Fiscus)
Traditional Country music vocal solos and
duets
8:30 The Moon Dogs * Juneau
(Jillian Clark, Nik Zymonas, and Albert
McDonnell)
Lunar influenced original tunes
8:45 Large Red Kings * Juneau
(John Church, Jim Griswold, Dan Minuskin, John
Palmes, Stuart Ely,
Gordon Sandy)
And the doctor said, "Give 'em jug band
music."
9:00 Bryce Edgmon * Juneau
Finger-style guitar originals with an Alaskan
flavor
9:15 Arran Rose * Juneau
(Janey Fadely, Charli Meacham, Cecily Morris,
and Sarah Hopkins)
Celtic Schmeltic
9:30 Dan Saddler * Juneau
Solo strummer/singer's selected
songs-sometimes serious, sometimes silly
9:45 Mitchell Franseth * Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Love songs and other infirmities
10:00 Steven "Pearly" Hettum * Gold Hill,
Oregon
Singer/songwriter performing original
folk/country tunes with a new
CD called "Fishermen's Ball"
10:15 Rainee Godwin & the BANDTOGETHERE *
Yakutat
Songs from Appalachia to Alaska
10:30 Ricky David * Port
Conclusion
It's great to be back in Juneau!
Emcee: Jim Grammel
Stage Manager: Ann Gifford
Thursday Evening,
April 13 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Greg Thomas * Ketchikan
Australian/Irish Folk Songs.
7:15 Shamrocks on Ice * Fairbanks
(Julie Baldridge, Erin Tilly, Hannah
Pendergrast, Marty Baldridge)
The um.."interesting" celtic band from
Fairbanks
7:30 River of Life Bluegrass Band *
Juneau
(Eldon Dennis, Jan Dennis, Heidi Johnson,
Keith Goering, George
Trani, Greg Lindsay)
3 or 4 songs of traditional or contemporary
bluegrass and bluegrass
gospel.
7:45 Will & Trudy * Fairbanks
(Will Putman and Trudy Heffernan)
Original songs (unless we can't find someone
to watch the kids in
which case it's 'Itsy Bitsy Spider',
etc.)
8:00 Charivari * Louisiana
(Mitchell Reed, J. Randy "Frisson" Vidrine,
and Jonno Frishberg)
The Guest Artists for the 26th Annual Alaska
Folk Festival!
8:45 Banjo Rebop * Haines
(Eric Holle, Patrick Murphy, John Hanson, and
Collette Costa)
A little rebop on the flip flop.
9:00 Mary DeSmet and Greg Burger * Juneau
& Boulder Creek, California
Traditional Music from the American
Southland
9:15 Long Gone Sean & Ari Ferrari *
Juneau
(Sean Tracy and Ari Rome)
2 jobless vagrants play it like it is. Shaves
and haircuts
optional- beers and ears
required.
9:30 Jim Wimmer * Santa Barbara,
California
Fiddle tunes from the World Traveler's
Trail.
9:45 Both Wild * Portland, Oregon
(Straford Wild and Andrea Wild)
Brother/sister duo from Liverpool performing
traditional British
folk music.
10:00 The Blue Jays * Juneau
(Hannah Lager, Jim Griswold, Jason Soza,
Jeremiah Blankenship,
Jacob Soboloff,
John Hanson, and John Lager)
Hot Rock tunes from the 50's &
60's
10:15 Buddy Tabor and Friends *
Juneau
The Singing House Painter. Call for free
estimate: 780-4492.
10:30 Brennan Halterman and other local Satyrs
* Juneau
Fun songs for the humorous spirit
Emcee: Riley Woodford
Stage Manager: Rachel Beck
Friday Evening,
April 14 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Thrush Hill Music *
Juneau
(Hans Felkl, Michael Sarkesian, Trevor Fritz,
Sam Melville, Evan
Fritz, Charlotte Lenox, Ted Heidersdorf,
Helena Benedict, Edward Mertz, Sam Bush, Jane
Hartle, Ariel Lyon, Tesia Mead, Erin Mead,
Callie Conerton, Caitlin Chalmers, and
Teslin Benedict)
7:15 Chillberries * Anchorage
(Jim Wolfe, Carol Anne Hogins-Wolfe, Meg
Wolfe, and Nathan Wolfe)
Fine fiddle tunes from Anchorage's musical
Wolfe pack
7:30 Skagway Beach Picnic *
Skagway
(Barbara Kalen, Ardy Miller, Gene Bartell,
Mary Beattie, Pete
Beattie, Mike Wanner)
Remembering some War Songs and Tom
Paxton
7:45 Dan Coleron * Anchorage
Born & raised in Boston. Now a traveling
Alaskan musician playing
original music.
8:00 FIDDLERS CONVENTION * RON KLEIN
PHOTO
8:15 Clifford Hardesty * Ohio
Master Ohio Fiddler/Fiddle Maker. Fine Square
Dance Music.
8:30 Under Taking Daddies * Carcross, Yukon
Terrotory
(Kevin Barr & friends)
8:45 Pat Henry * Juneau
Refried songs from Jeanie's
kitchen
9:00 Rank Strangers * Anchorage
(Joe Page, Frank Solovan, Greg Booth, Joel
Kadanauch, and Berny
Glansocek)
Bluegrass
9:15 Rex Blazer & Friends *
Juneau
Pseudo-traditional fiddle tunes
9:30 Maynard and Sara Johnson (The Kitchen
Musician) * Cincinnati, Ohio
Husband-wife duo playing hammer dulcimer,
cittern and recorder.
Publisher of the Kitchen Musician tune
collections, with an album
"Pass'd Times"
9:45 Lou Nathanson * Eagle River
Lou-2000, the long-promised upgrade. The
features you demanded and
finally, a new CD!
10:00 Cliff Landis & Julia Hersh *
Bolinas, California
Gonna feast here tonight while the southern
moon is shinin' bright
10:15 Olga * Vladivostok, Russia (Juneau
Sister City)
(Olga Sednina, Oleg Naumov, Evgenii
Fomichev)
Russian Blues Ensemble
10:30 Michael Truax * Juneau
Objects on the stage are hairier than they
seem
10:45 Paul and Melissa Zahasky *
Juneau
Guitar, mandolin, violin/fiddle, vocals and
hopefully we'll get a
few friends to join us
Emcee: Collette Costa
Stage Manager: Nora Muller
Saturday
Afternoon, April 15 * Centennial Hall
12:00 Time Capsule * Juneau
(Ms. Canapary's 2nd & 3rd Grade
Class)
Second and Third Graders back together for the
third year! You can
see the fun.
12:15 Emeralds * Anchorage
(Mathew Crimp, Ethan Barske, Martha Leffek,
Matthew Smith, Amanda Kerr)
Irish/Old timey music from 4 young fiddlers
aged 11-14 and a pianist.
The Emeralds have played at the Anchorage Folk
Festival 4 years running.
12:30 Reel Tchunes * Douglas
(Henry Hopkins and friends)
Traditional Irish tunes.
12:45 Dick Person * Teslin, Yukon
Territory
Traditional folk
1:00 3D * Sitka
(Kermit Whittemore and Denise
DenHeider)
Music from the sea, music from the heart of
Southeast Alaska.
1:15 Polar Drive * Fairbanks
(Nancy Bayer, Charlie Hunt, Betty Connor, Bill
Connor and Lynn Basham)
Music from various styles & countries
carefully selected
and arranged for your listening
pleasure.
1:30 Fireweed * Anchorage
(Sherri Hadley, Linda Zeigler, Patty Hamre,
Bruce Bookman)
Sweet old-time tunes wild and
free.
1:45 Liberty String Band * Ashland,
Oregon
(Larry Thompson and Roscoe Morris)
Traditional American old-time Folk
Music
2:00 Invisible Circus * Juneau
(Brian Sullivan, Scott Fry, and Ari
Rome)
One Hand Clapping
2:15 Bear Paw Pickers * Hoonah
(Stephanie Harold, Ben McLuckie, Bob
Hutton)
Back porch tunes for 2000
2:30 Ann McBeth * Fairbanks
(Ann McBeth and Alex Clarke)
Carve off the blue fuzz and it's still
Velveeta inside.
2:45 Robin Dale Ford * Fairbanks
Ain't that skippin' and flyin'?
3:00 Been in the Timber * Juneau
(Sara Boario, Jen La Roe, and Maridon
Boario)
If we play in the forest and no one is around,
do we sound like
falling timber?
3:15 Diane Hall * Anchorage
Anchorage
singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (currently
playing just one) - Do come!
3:30 Two Steps Up * Wasilla
(George Paul and Karen Rosene)
Traditional Celtic piano, flute, and
song.
3:45 The Young Fogies * Anchorage
(Michael Young, Doyle Burnett, Roxanne Young,
Danielle Young, Kent
Ireton, and Landon Burgess)
An eclectic mix of music, from spiritual to
ballads to folk.
Emcee: John Lager
Stage Manager: Barbara Pavitt
Saturday Evening,
April 15 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Alaska Youth Choir * Juneau
(Missouri Smyth, Music Director; Lorrie Heagy,
Accompanist)
Resident Training & concert Choir (Grades
4-9) Children's Choral
music
7:15 Rain and Sarah Sea * Juneau
(Sarah C. Hanson and Rain Van Den
Berg)
Two Alaskan dames share 15 minutes of home
grown songs, signs and
heart rhythms.
7:30 Bearfoot Bluegrass * Cordova
(Angela Oudean, Annalisa Tornfelt, Malani
O'Toole, Mike Mickelson,
Jason Norris, Kate Hamre)
These hot picking teens invite you to check
out what a few years
of summer camps,
private lessons, folk festivals and lots of
practice can do.
7:45 Last Night's Fun * Eagle
River
(Dan Possumato, John Walsh, Tom Walker, Mark
Ward, and Gerald
McDonnell)
Traditional Irish folk music
8:00 Art Johns & friends * Tagish, Yukon
Territory
8:15 Pokrov * Vladivostok, Russia (Juneau
Sister City)
(Sergei Makarkin, Anastasiya Ivenchenko, and
Elena Kotova)
Traditional Russian folk music
ensemble
8:30 Otter Limits * Ketchikan
(Bill Anthes, Terry O'Hara, Tom Le Compte, Don
Pennington, Mary
Larsen, Peggy Pennington, Anunth
Anthes)
Eclectic string band from Ketchikan. Peggy's
mom says, "Y'all are
gittin a lot bettah."
8:45 Clark County, Fairbanks
(Jeremy Kane, Nathan Swartz, George
Gianakopoulos, Carl Hoffman)
Straight ahead Bluegrass
9:00 Robin Hopper * Chugiak
Why is this woman smiling? Her new CD Pass It
On is finally done!
Look for it in the lobby!
9:15 The Improbabillies * Homer
(Grant Dermody, Scott Meyer, and Forrest
Gibson)
Stretching the boundaries between blues and
old-time music
9:30 Northern River * Fairbanks
(Gary Markley, Joe Page, Gary Schultz, and
Carl Hoffman)
Traditional bluegrass- Alaskan
style
9:45 Pearl Django * Seattle
(Neil Andersson, Shelley Park, and Michael
Gray)
Gypsy Jazz & new Metropolitan
Swing
10:00 Larry Zarella * Talkeetna
Singer/songwriter from Denali Cooks Band.
Performs tunes from his
newest solo album, Stay Alive
10:15 Tetrafiddles * Fairbanks
Fiddle tunes to make the spitit
dance
10:30 Ron Wise * Willow
Finger style solo guitarist
10:45 Rocky Del Arnold * Juneau
Share a few of my diamonds. Original lyrics
& music, acoustic
performance.
11:00 Just for Fun * Whitehorse and
Juneau
(Mike Wanner, Luc Lafferte, and Jerry
Fiscus)
International musicians making waltz time
popular
Emcee: Deb Marshall
Stage Manager: Anne Fuller
The guest artists Suzanne Thomas, Don Rigsby and Friends perform at last year's festival. This year's guests, the Cajun group Charivari will perform concerts on Thursday and Sunday this week, as well as a dance and workshops Saturday.
MICHAEL PENN / THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Sunday
Afternoon, April 16 * Centennial Hall
12:00 Just Met Band * Anchorage
(Rick Miller, Bill Allen, Mary Ann Schallert,
John Michaud, Anne
Stewart, Celine Vaillancent)
A reunion set for this popular but recently
defunct Anchorage group
12:15 Amanda Kerr * Anchorage
(Amanda Kerr and Jim Kerr)
Award-winning young fiddler warms up for
national contest
12:30 TwoCan * Juneau
(Corin Whittemore and Gani Et Se)
Harmony is a spice of life; this music is
curry!
12:45 Richard Gumm * Ester
Acoustic fingerstyle 6 and 12 string
guitars
1:00 Greg Maloney * Juneau
Singer/Songwriter of songs dealing with
meaning of life. Folk,
alternative, covers, originals.
1:15 The rain drops * Juneau
(Hillary Buck and Molly Trostel)
1:30 D'zantik'i Heeni Treble Ensemble *
Juneau
(Erin Thompson, Sarah Cole, Ashley Stansell,
Shira Trick, Alix
Curtain, Caila Peterson,
Becky Howard, Rachel Wolfe, Heidi Geist, Lexi
Olsen, Hailey
Diamond, Sharon Chilton;
Laurie Clough, piano)
12 middle school girls singing in three
parts
1:45 Alaska City Folk Arts -
Anchorage
(Cooper Galvin, Sean Galvin, Rowan Kurtz, Reio
Kurtz, Matthew
Crimp, Matthew Smith,
Jamie Crimp, Kalia Yeagel, Forrest Allen,
Miles Allen and more...
.Director: Mary Schallert)
Anchorage youth perform their greatest
hits.
2:00 Hannah Wolf, 12 years old *
Juneau
Jazz tune, folk tune. Been in Alaska Youth
Choir for 2 years. I
love to sing.
2:15 Sophie * Juneau
Sophie Marguerite Lager (13 years
old)
Patsy Cline does Woody Guthrie/a cappella
shower songs.
2:30 Afternoon Sax * Juneau
(Doug Bridges and Jenna
O'Fontanella)
Unpredictability is our forté,
saxaphone duo
2:45 Sons of Norway and Juneau International
Folk Dancers * Juneau
(Terry Hoskinson, Chuck Meacham, John Laskey,
David Moe, Russell
Strandtman,
Elfrida Nord, Amy Randolph, Judy Regan, Sondra
Stanway, Beth
Leibowitz, Charli Meacham, Chris
Pace)
A great set of Norwegian dances and robust
music
3:00 Nik Zymonas * Juneau
Contemporary, improvisational
Lithuanian-American folk raga.
3:15 Gastineau Buddies * Juneau
Traditional Songs performed in Sign
Language
3:30 Patrick Murphy * Douglas
Traditional style Country. Original songs.
Singer/Songwriter.
3:45 Michael Stackhouse *
Fairbanks
Original folk, blues, country and backwoods
boogie
(But mostly, it's just stuff)
Emcee: Susan Fitzgerald
Stage Manager: Susan Phillips
Sunday Evening,
April 16 * Centennial Hall
7:00 Simple Messengers * Woodpecker Pt, Yukon
Territory
(Pete, Mary and Sue Beattie)
Fortified by moose meat
7:15 Ed Schoenfeld and the Empty Oil Barrel
Band * Douglas
(Ed Schoenfeld, J. Althea, and Corin
Whittemore)
Ed and friends take the tricksters to task.
And yeah, there's a
Douglas song too.
7:30 Nelson, Nelson & Nelson *
Juneau
(Alex Nelson, Haley Nelson, and Steve
Nelson)
Two, four and six-handed piano
7:45 Burl Sheldon and Haines friends *
Haines
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter with acoustic
combo
8:00 Daughters of the New Moon and El Sehr *
Juneau
(Phoenicia, Xan, Pilar, Aymelek, Jamaica,
Janan, Sahara, Selene,
Katiyga, Cinefra, Lelia Zaher,
Diana, Matt Gamble and friends)
Middle Eastern dance performed to compelling
percussive rhythms
8:15 Pam Bearden and Maya Raschel *
Juneau
Folkish tunes
8:30 Karen Boylan * Anchorage
Eagle River songwriter with stories about
ordinary people from the
last two centuries
8:45 Joe and Kendall * Whitehorse
(Joe Bishop and Kendall Sullivan)
Original Appalachia harmonies from the hills
of the Yukon
9:00 Charivari * Louisiana
(Mitchell Reed, J. Randy "Frisson" Vidrine,
and Jonno Frishberg)
The Guest Artists for the 26th Annual Alaska
Folk Festival!
10:00 Good Night, Irene
Emcee: Jeff Brown
Stage Manager: Louanne Christian
Hootenanny Uke! (Roblin Davis, Dawn and Maya Pisel) performs at the 25th Alaska Folk Festival.
MICHAEL PENN / THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Dance
Schedule: Thursday Evening, April 13 * National Guard
Armory
9:00 Andy's Old Time Band * Juneau
(Andy Ferguson, Jack Fontanella and Albert
McDonnell)
Caller: Larry Edelman
Plain, simple, southern old time fiddle tunes
on fiddle,
banjo & guitar - Drivin'
10:00 The Jig is Up * Juneau
(Chow Taylor, Jacque Farnsworth, and Lis
Saya)
Caller: Brian Demarcus
Irish tunes that swing!
11:00 The Ripinski Mountain Boys *
Haines
(Len Feldman, Nancy Metashvili, Rob Goldberg
and friends)
Traditional Klezmer dance music of the Jews of
Eastern Europe
Dancemaster: Sally Donaldson
Dance
Schedule: Friday Evening, April 14 * National Guard
Armory
7:00 The Whatnots * Juneau
(Jamie Hale, Joe Veusy, and Spud
Niemi)
A three piece rock band from
Juneau
8:00 Peabody's Monster * Juneau
(Doug Fanyak, Josh Lovett, Simon Taylor, Ryan
Stanley,
and Bill Kozlowski)
Alternative Rock - Alaska style
9:00 Swang * Ester
(Alex Clarke and Will Putman, Erin Graves,
John Carnahan,
Pat Fitzgerald, and Robin Dale
Ford)
Featured Guest: Bob Banghart,
fiddle
Swang with a Bang
10:00 Denali Cooks * Talkeetna
(Larry Zarella, Jim Sandy, Dave Woody and
Harvey Mills)
Celebrating 10 years together. Legendary
Alaskan Band.
Roots, Rock, Soul, Blues. "It's
Good."
11:00 The Bluesband * Gustavus &
Juneau
(Justin Smith, Steve Nelson, Adrian Minne, and
Vern Fowler)
Funky blues
Dancemaster: Buzz Ritter
Dance
Schedule: Saturday, April 15 * National Guard
Armory
7:00 Salsa Borealis * Juneau
(Russell Sandstrom, Dale Wygant, Mike Stanley,
Albert McDonnell,
Mike Fieldhouse, Marc Ramonda)
Hot and spicy blend of contemporary and
traditional Afro-Latino music
8:00 Ladies Choice * Juneau
(Odette Foster, Cecily Morris and Charli
Meacham)
Caller: Lynn Basham
Upbeat northern tunes for your dancing
delight
9:00 Fat Weasel * Eagle River
Brian DeMarcus, Jason Bent, Steve Montooth,
Aileen McInnis
and Christy Williams)
Caller: Tom Paul
Driving old-time music to make you get up and
dance
10:00 Feline Groovy * Portland,
Oregon
(Sue Songer, Lanny Martin and Jim
Bell)
Caller: Larry Edleman
Contra dance band from Portland
11:00 Syrup Lickers * Fairbanks
(Tonya Goldenberg, Sally Freund, Scotty
Meyer,
Gretchen Kerndt and Brian
DeMarcus)
Caller: Larry Edleman
12:00 Charivari
Guest Artist Dance
Songwriter's Showcase
Saturday and Sunday
3 - 6 p.m.
The Back Room at the Silverbow
Inn
Hosted by Betsy Sims
All-Day Coffee & Jam
McPhetres Hall (4th & Gold Streets) *
Friday, 9 am - 3 pm
Potluck breakfast and lunch provided by Juneau
contradancers.
Enjoy the food, a huge open band,
dancing, sweet reunions, and if weather
cooperates,
fill the streets with music outside the dance
hall.
Bring your instrument & dancing
shoes.
Juneau folks bring a dish to share
with our out-of-town dancers and
musicians
TENTATIVE WORKSHOP
SCHEDULE
(This is not up
to date. Will update ASAP)
Saturday
Workshops
Hammond
Room
10:30 Gospel to
Ragtime...sing along with J. Althea
12:00 Chet Atkins style
guitar...Ron Wise
1:00 Klezmer
Music....Len Feldman
2:30 Beginning Hammered
Dulcimer.....Sara Johnson
3:30 Fingerpick Guitar
(blues).....Pat Henry
Hickel Room
10:30 Cajun
Accordion.....Guest Artists
12:00 Illian
Pipes......Henry Hopkins
1:00 Songwriting...
Mitch Franseth... among others
2:30 Cajun
Fiddle-Double Fiddle....Guest Artists
4:00 Instrument Swap
Meet.....J. Garcia
Dancer Leila Zahra of the Daughters of the New Moon belly dances her way through the audiences at last year's Folk Festival.
MICHAEL PENN / THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Egan Room
10:30 Performing
......Larry Zarella
11:30 Autoharp....the
friendly instrument ..... A.Fuller / B.Kalen
12:30 Intermediate
Flatpick Guitar.......Burl Sheldon.com
1:30 Involving Youth in
Folk Music......M. Schallert / B.Mickleson
3:00 Hair
Songs....Humorous Song Swap...K.Henry /
J.Pigott..others
Sheffield I
10:30 English Country
Dance...Odette Foster and the Dominos
12:00 Clogging
......Anchor Town Cloggers
1:00 Cajun
Dance.........Sally Freund
3:00 Contra
Dance......Leader?? Shamrocks on Ice.... others
Sunday
Workshops
Hammond
Room
11:30 Beginning
Finger-style Guitar.....Rick Trice
12:30 Gypsy Jazz
....... Pearl Django
2:00 Storytelling
......Anne Fuller / Becky Bear and....
3:30 Fiddle
Styles......Jim Wimmer
Hickel Room
10:30 Gospel Sing Along
.....Barbara Kalen and others
11:30 Harmonica Styles
....Jim Griswold
12:30 Bird Calls
.....Daryl Dzurilla
1:30 Harmony Singing
.....John Palmes
3:00 Russian Folk
Music.....???
Egan Room
11:00 Tinwhistle
Tips....penwhist, flute...K. Rosene / M. Johnson / T.
Baker
12:00 Rounds ......
Barb Kalen / Anne Fuller
1:00 Melodeon ......Dan
Possumato
2:00 Fiddle Tunes from
Ohio.....Clifford Hardesty
3:00 Open 6 &12
string Guitar, Fahey-Kottke slide ..... Richard Gumm
Sheffield I
10:00 Dances of
Universal Peace....Nina Massey
12:00 Clogging
Anchortown Cloggers .....Rhea McDonald
1:00 Couples Dance
......Sheri and Charli
2:30 Last Dance .....To
Be Announced