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26th Annual ALASKA FOLK FESTIVAL Centennial Hall, Juneau, Alaska April 10 - April 16, 2000

 

Guest Artists for the 26th:
(Check out our guest artist page)

 

Charivari pronounced "shah ree - va ree" the name for the old Cajun custom in which the friends of a newlywed couple throw a loud raucous party at the home of the new couple on the night of their marriage. This party was a common occurrence in the prairie region of Cajun Louisiana when one of the wedding party was getting married for the second time to a person who had never been married. A wild party is anticipated but just what will occur is an uncertainty.

 

Larry Edelman : Dance Caller, Teacher and Musician

Larry Edelman has traveled widely in the United States from Florida to Alaska, and in Europe, including Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Russia, and Czechoslovakia, delighting both novice and veteran dancers with his humor,enthusiasm, skillful teaching, knowledge of dance history, and colorful calling.

The Final (sort of) SCHEDULE: Here it is. This will of course change a bit, and there are already changes since the final schedule has gone to print. The absolute final word will be found in the dailies at the festival.

Evenings:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Dances:

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Afternoons:

Saturday

Sunday

Workshops:

Saturday

Sunday

 

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 thelast 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

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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 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 Ford James

Original jazzy tunes (with Robert Cohen)

 

Emcee: Darius Mannino

Stage Manager: Cheryl Levitt

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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

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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

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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 Michael Truax * Juneau

Objects on the stage are hairier than they seem

10:30Paul 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

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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

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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 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."

8:30 Clark County, Fairbanks

(Jeremy Kane, Nathan Swartz, George Gianakopoulos, Carl Hoffman)

Straight ahead Bluegrass

8:45 Robin Hopper * Chugiak

Why is this woman smiling? Her new CD Pass It On is finally done!

Look for it in the lobby!

9:00 The Improbabillies * Homer

(Grant Dermody, Scott Meyer, and Forrest Gibson)

Stretching the boundaries between blues and old-time music

9:15 Northern River * Fairbanks

(Gary Markley, Joe Page, Gary Schultz, and Carl Hoffman)

Traditional bluegrass- Alaskan style

9:30 Pearl Django * Seattle

(Neil Andersson, Shelley Park, and Michael Gray)

Gypsy Jazz & new Metropolitan Swing

9:45 Larry Zarella * Talkeetna

Singer/songwriter from Denali Cooks Band. Performs tunes from his newest solo album, Stay Alive

10:00 Tetrafiddles * Fairbanks

Fiddle tunes to make the spitit dance

10:15 Ron Wise * Willow

Finger style solo guitarist

10:30 Rocky Del Arnold * Juneau

Share a few of my diamonds. Original lyrics & music, acoustic performance.

10:45 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  

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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 Joe Precort.

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

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

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Songwriter's Showcase

Saturday and Sunday

3 - 6 p.m.

The Back Room at the Silverbow Inn

Hosted by Betsy Sims

 

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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

 

Saturday Workshops

 

 

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Sunday Workshops

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