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Guest
Artists for the 30th:
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- The
Hot Club of Cowtown
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- Dance
Band:
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- Maya
Soleil
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- Guest
caller:
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- Bill
Martin
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THE
OFFICIAL ALASKA FOLK FESTIVAL PHONE NUMBER IS:
907-463-3316
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Monday,
April 12 * Centennial Hall
- 7:00 Ursa Minor String Ensemble & Aurora
String Ensemble Juneau
- Auri Clark, Maggie Ross, Jacob Sanders, Colin
Zheng, Rebekah Badilla,
- David Miller, Denali Wents,Denali Hyatt,
Lindsay Clark, Lorri Heagy, Guohua Xia
- Fun ensemble music
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- 7:15 Eric McDowell Juneau
- Family
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- 7:30 Don't Go, Stey Juneau
- Jim and Martha Stey
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- 7:45 Irene Muller Juneau
- She just won't stay away!
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- 8:00 Tim Huffman Juneau
- Tim Huffman, Katherine Davey, Hollin
Stevens
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- 8:15 Invisible Circus Juneau
- Brian Sullivan
- One hand clapping
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- 8:30 The Bellwether Social & Supper Club
Auke Bay
- Eclectic string and vocal group
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- 8:45 John Palmes Juneau
- About 5'10˜, 165 lbs., grey hair, blue
eyes, mouthbow in left hand
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- 9:00 Fiery Gypsies Juneau
- Steve Tada, Dale Wygant, Karen Blue, John
Staub, Bruce Simonson
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- 9:15 Ashley Ahrens Juneau
- Solo finger-style acoustic guitar
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- 9:30 Toni & Pat Fagg (DA777)
Juneau
- Pat Fagg, Toni Fagg, Bill Paddock, Mark
Everett
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- 9:45 Lee Zimmerman - The Celloman Hot Springs,
Montana
- Solo cello/vocalist
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- 10:00 Zahasky String Band Juneau
- Laura Zahasky, Quinn Zahasky, Paul Zahasky and
Melissa Zahasky
- American Bluegrass/folk tunes
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- 10:15 Debbie Filori Burrous
Douglas
- Debbie Burrous, Sam Burrous
- Singer Folk Blues Rock - I've been singing all
my life - professionally
- at times & for fun all the time -
played locally in Juneau & Ketchikan
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- 10:30 Daughters of the New Moon & El Sehr
Juneau
- Matt Gamble and Friends, Phaedra, Leila
Zahara, Anaan, Katiyja, Majida,
- Diana, Eliza, Pilar
- Middle Eastern dance performed to exciting
percussion rhythms
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- Emcee: Sean Tracy
- Stage Manager: Adrienne Bosworth
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Tuesday,
April 13 * Centennial Hall
- 7:00 Alaska Youth Choir Juneau
- The Alaska Youth Choir celebrates its 10th
year
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- 7:15 Laurie Clough, Wendy Byrnes, Cricket
Curtain Juneau
- Fiddle, harp & guitar - Some tunes from
the Orkney Islands & also some vocals
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- 7:30 Naomi Hooley Juneau
- Solo artist performing original
compositions
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- 7:45 Doyle Burnett and Friends
Anchorage
- A flash from the past - it"s 29 years since my
first (then) Juneau Folk Festival. What Memories!
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- 8:00 Light at the End of the Tundra
Juneau
- Aldyn Brudie, Adrienne Bosworth, Lindsay
Clark, Logan Miller, Hannah Wilson, Robin Woodby
- Six of Juneau's next generation back for more
fiddlin'
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- 8:15 Masha Herbst Juneau
- Girl with purple guitar
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- 8:30 The Bluescast Juneau
- Laury Roberts Scandling, J. Althea, Ron
Clarke, Jeff Brown, Ed Schoenfeld
- Humor and songs for the politically
reclined
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- 8:45 Dave Stancliff & Friends
Tok
- Becky Miller, Laurie Miller, Floyd Seigler,
Dave Stancliff
- Alaska music artists having fun!
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- 9:00 Seward Family Band Juneau
- Anna Seward, Marian Seward, Rob
Seward
- Old time harmony - we ain't from Seward, we
ARE the Sewards!
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- 9:15 Rainee Godwin and the Bantogether
Juneau
- Rainee Godwin, Terri Gallant, Melissa Zahasky,
Henry Hopkins, Albert McDonnell
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- 9:30 Jerry Grant Juneau
- Acoustic guitar and singing
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- 9:45 Green Wood Haines
- Eli Jones, Lindy Dickson and
Friends
- Bluegrass flavored original songs
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- 10:00 Daniel Trail Wrangell
- A verdantatious blend of dumbek and voice.
Captivating rhythmic
- interplay. Join me in the zone.
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- 10:15 Tribe Wise Juneau
- Alex Bloomfield, Chloe Watkins, Lacey
Leskovas, Allen Nichols, Meghan
- Williams, Nick Foster, Caleb Wylie
- Fusional Reggae jam
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- 10:30 Earthen Vessel Juneau
- Winston Smith, Lee Ray Clements, John
Schauwecker, Chris McDowell,
- Ray Thibodeau, Rick Thibodeau, Kelly King,
Nathan Parmelee, Vincent Lew
- Folk group performing contemporary Christian
praise songs.
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- Emcee: Susan Fitzgerald
- Stage Managers: Rachel Beck & Greg
Beck
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Wednesday,
April 14 * Centennial Hall
- 7:00 Juneau Pride Chorus Juneau
- Leslie Wood, Jacque Farnsworth, Kelly
Henrickson, Marsha Buck, Chris
- Blust, Kathy Buss, Cheryl Cook, Judy
Crondahl, Lorie Daniels, Katherine Davey, Eve Dillingham, Jean
Findley, Pamela
- Finley, Mary Graham, Stacey Harper, Kathy
Hocker, Kim Kiefer, Maureen Longworth, Pat McLear, Marianne
Mills, Andy
- Peterson, Gani Ruthellen, Jill Sandlaben,
Sue Schrader, Jeanette St. George, Anne Stadnychenko, Pat
Tagart, Paula Terrel,
- Bonnie Turner, Linda Vallie, Christina
Wallace, Taffy Wells, Corin Whittemore
- We are a chorus of mothers, daughters,
sisters, lovers and grandmothers. Our common bond is a love of
singing
- as we join to celebrate our
diversity.
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7:15 O-Fiddle-Sticks Juneau
- Callie Conerton, Camden Galvin, Bridget
Galvin, Cooper Galvin, Sean Galvin, Riley Paul and
Friends
- Fun music for fun people of all ages performed
by kids from 3 to 50
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- 7:30 Kahdushan (Michael Dunlap)
Juneau
- No politics and I don't lie
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- 7:45 Skagway Beach Picnic Skagway &
Juneau
- Barbara Kalen, Ardy Miller, Rob Miller, Pete
Beattie, Mary Beattie, Mike Wanner, Coney Danitz
- A few old chestnuts found on the beach at
Skagway
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- 8:00 Jim Senka Smithers, British
Columbia
- Traditional American acoustic (guitar/vocal) -
flatpicking fiddle tunes,
- Bluegrass & Ragtime (plus a few Jazz
standards)
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- 8:15 Twin Fathers of Distinct Daughters
Juneau
- Odin Brudie and Bill Childers
- We hope, some day, to open for Charli &
Aldyn! For now we'll shut up and play.
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- 8:30 Twice the Size of My Belly
Juneau
- Aldyn Brudie and Charli Childers
- Two local young ladies on vocals, guitar and
violin.
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- 8:45 Josh Lockhart & Rod Crist
Juneau
- Original guitar and mandolin duo - all
acoustic original music
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- 9:00 Shrieking Badgers Juneau, Petersburg,
Jerusalem
- Peter Kenyon, Scott Hursey, Bob Banghart,
Patrick Murphy
- When Charlie Parker meets Lyle Lovett at
Humphry Bogart's house...
- ˜Badgers? We don't need no shrieking
badgers...˜
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- 9:15 Art Johns Tagish, Yukon
- Art Johns, with friends at AFF
- Old and new country music
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- 9:30 J. Elvis & the Graceland Girls
Juneau
- J. Althea, Cheryl Bschor, Martha DeFreest,
Kelly Henrickson, Emily Kane
- J. Althea is a fake! She is really
Elvis©ˆ long lost twin sister and she has entered the
building.
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- 9:45 Carpe Diem Juneau
- Justine Bishop, Richard Bloomquist, Brian
Elliot, Hal Geiger, Terry
- Quinn, Kathleen Wiest Vin, Wind, and
Sin
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- 10:00 Patshiva Juneau
- Samia, Randy, Char, Phyllis, Pilar, Rob,
Adrienne, Ann, Ira, Pete, Cherri
- American Tribal Style,
Indo-Afro-Romany-Gitano-Contemporary Bellydance Fusion
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- 10:15 Glacial Erratics Juneau
- Betsy Sims, Martha Stey, Kim
Barlow
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- 10:30 Costa's Muca Pazzas Juneau
- Colette Cos'
- It's just like Uncle Guido used to say, "Don't
worry about it; I'm payin'!" Manga!!
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- Emcee: Riley Woodford
- Stage Managers: Anne Gifford
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Thursday
Evening, April 15 * Centennial Hall
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- 7:00 Ursa Major String Ensemble
Juneau
- Ren DeCherney, Franz Felkl, Megan Bush, Kelsey
Preecs, Taylor Hubbard,
- Ann Robertson, Nina Schwinghammer, Eamon
Conheady, Travis Blair,
- Hunter Brown, Daniel Piorkowski, Abe Levy,
Lorri Heagy, GuoHua Xia
- Dance Music! 1) Hungarian Dance 2) Spanish
Dance 3) Chinese Dance 4) American Dance (Hoedown)
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- 7:15 Steve Brown Fairbanks
- Steve, Leighton, Marie, Fred, Beth,
Jessica
- Steve Brown accompanied by some Fairbanks
friends perform his original songs with a complete
band.
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- 7:30 The String Sisters San Ramon,
California
- Kathleen Rushing, Julie Machakos, Coney Dantz,
Melissa Zahasky
- From Lompoc, California to Juneau, Alaska and
points in between Ð
- Calaska flavored Folk Gospel Grass
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- 7:45 Buddy Tabor Juneau
- The singing house painter, call me for a free
estimate - 364-2280
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- 8:00 Hot Club of Cowtown Austin,
Texas
- Elana Fremerman, Jake Erwin, Whit
Smith
- Our Guest Artists for the 30th Annual Alaska
Folk Festival!
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- 8:45 Grant Dermody and Friends Seattle,
Washington
- Grant Dermody, Forrest Gibbson, Scott
Meyer
- We're going to play some tunes from Grant's
new CD
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- 9:00 Justin Smith Gustavus
- Solo acoustic guitar
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- 9:15 Cheryl and the Saloon Boys
Juneau
- Cheryl Bschor, Denny Bschor, Martha DeFreest,
Alan Michael
- In the tradition of Lloyd Wanzer, Bob Wills
and Asleep at the Wheel, featuring vocals of Cheryl
Bschor
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- 9:30 Bear Paw Pickers Hoonah
- Ben McLuckie, Bob Clark, Stephanie
Harold
- Tunes from the den
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- 9:45 Rocky Del Arnold Juneau
- Singer, songwriter (latest
originals)
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- 10:00 Lousiaska Fairbanks
- Jessica Knott, Marie Mitchell, Leighton
Nunez,
- Fred Weiss, Beth Chrisman
- Interior style Swampgrass from the marshes of
Ester
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- 10:15 Hunt/Bayer Fairbanks
- Nancy Bayer and Charlie Hunt
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- 10:30 Alien Noncombatants Juneau
- Jan NiDonovan and Ken Burch
- Music for the indefinitely
detained
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- 10:45 Sarahsea and Sweet Three
Fairbanks
- Fred Weiss, Jessica Knott, Leighton Nunez,
Sarah C. Hanson
- Sarah C. Hanson grew up in Juneau and has
found a lot to sing about.
- She performs with three members of a Fairbanks
Favorite: Lousiaska.
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- Emcee: Don Drew
- Stage Manager: Anne Fuller
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Dance
Schedule: Thursday Evening, April 15 * National Guard
Armory
- 9:00 Otis Uplift Experience
Juneau
- Jack Fontanella, Johnse Ostman, Slim Shady,
Bloovis Radcliffe, Fergus Graybeard
- Caller: Bill Martin
- Crankin' old time escalator straight to the
top. Watch the shoelaces!
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- 10:00 Leif Saya Juneau
- Leif Saya, Lis Saya
- Caller: Lynn Basham
- Dance music for the light and
bright-hearted
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- 11:00 The Foghorn Stringband Portland,
Oregon
- Caleb Klauder, Sammy Lind, Kevin Sandri, Brian
Bagdonas, P. T. Grover Jr.
- Caller: Bill Martin
- Old time appalachian style string band -
performing fiddle and dance tunes
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Friday Evening, April
16 * Centennial Hall
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- 7:00 Maya Soleil Seattle,
Washington
- Traditional African drum and
vocals
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- 7:30 Alaska Fiddlers' Convention/Panoramic
Photo by Ron Klein
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- 7:45 Slobberbox Anchorage
- Joel Kadarauch, Joe Page, Danny Consenstein,
Blonde Nate Williamson
- Regressively simplistic in its primality. Old
time music that sounds better than it is.
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- 8:00 Susie Ross Whitehorse, Yukon
- Original folk tunes from this Whitehorse
performer will have you laughing or crying or tapping your
toes!
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- 8:15 Blazer, Hazeltine, Hartle, Apathy Sitka,
Juneau
- Rex Blazer, Sheri Hazeltine, John Hartle,
Peter Apathy
- So many tunes, so little time
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- 8:30 Russ Kelly and Uncle Bookie's Band
Juneau
- Fred Weiss, Leighton Nunez, Jess Knott, Russ
Kelly
- Music inspired by the Spirit of Uncle
Bookie
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- 8:45 Pat Henry Juneau
- Songs from Jeanie's Kitchen
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- 9:00 Midnight Water Tucson,
Arizona
- Amber Norgaard
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- 9:15 The Budget Crisis Chorus
Juneau
- Ed Schoenfeld, Jim Grammel, Rob Bosworth,
Elizabeth Schoenfeld, Maggie Schoenfeld,
- Laurie Clough, Cam Byrnes
- Ed and Friends assume a choral form to address
the State©ˆs fiscal and political crisis ... and have
fun doing it.
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- 9:30 Los Esposos Bethel
- Joe Homlar, Paul Basile, Annie E. Farmer, Jon
Grover, Izzy Yzcowitz
- An interesting gulash of Rock, Easy Listening,
and Soulgrass ... we promise nothing but shivers
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- 9:45 Rick Miller Anchorage
- Tipping over more Sacred Cows.
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- 10:00 Ensemble Cafe Noir Anchorage
- Richard Gelardin, Mike Mitchell, Maggie
McQuaid
- Red Elk and Friends present old Jazz and Swing
standards from some smoky cabaret.
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- 10:15 Simpletones Talkeetna
- Kim Hutchings, Jim Stefanowski, Holly Hill,
Murray Nash
- Acoustic Old-Timey music from Talkeetna,
Alaska
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- 10:30 Mary DeSmet & Greg Burger
Juneau
- Music that swings "Full Circle"
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- 10:45 Gary Westcott Seattle
- Singer-guitarist performs in Seattle as a
soloist and with Reggie Garrett
- and Pamela Cook
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- Emcee: Collette Costa
- Stage Manager: John Laskey
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Dance
Schedule: Friday Evening, April 16 * National Guard
Armory
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- 7:00 Old Goat Juneau
- Stagnator, The Doldrum, Digum Dregum, Joe
Hosey, Marcus Beckman, Jacob Higgins
- Norwegian folklore-metal. Check out our albums
at Capital Records
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- 8:00 Raisin' Holy Hell Ester
- Eric Graves, Bob Bell, Thomas Hart, Nate
Williamson, Hugh Nose
- Rocking old timey, Gid Tanner meets Mick
Jagger
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- 9:00 Salsa Borealis Juneau
- Russell Sandstrom, Mike Stanley, Mike Bucey,
Marc Ramonda, Eric Ocasio,
- Albert McDonnell, Antonio Diaz
- The hottest salsa this side of the Arctic
Circle
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- 10:00 The C Notes Anchorage
- Danny C., John Hartle, Bob Banghart, Mike
Stanley, Adrian Minne
- Rockabilly/swing
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- 11:00 Hot Club of Cowtown Texas
- Elana Fremerman, Jake Erwin, Whit
Smith
- Western swing from our Guest
Artists!
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Saturday
Afternoon, April 17 * Centennial Hall
- 12:00 Cliff and Julia Landis Mill Valley,
California
- Old-time music & Country duets
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- 12:15 Acoust-A-Moose (Gangly Moose)
Fairbanks
- Dave Parks, John Knetchel, Kiff Hopson,
Michael Dattola
- Acoustic version of Alaska's best jam
band!
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- 12:30 Hogwallop Fairbanks
- Dave Misiuk, Jennie Hogwallop, Missy
Hogwallop
- Old-time-bluegrass music if'n Jennie &
Missy don't up'n ru-n-n-o-f-t
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- 12:45 Kray Van Kirk Juneau
- Singer-Songwriter with 6 & 12 string
guitar
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- 1:00 Mark and Scott Juneau
- Mark Bush and C. Scott Fry
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- 1:15 The Emeralds Anchorage
- Martha Leffek, Amanda Kerr, Matt Smith, Matt
Crimp, Ethan Barske, TylerTornfelt
- The Emeralds, Anchorage©ˆs premier
youth folk band, bring back their
- fancy fiddling to the Alaska Folk Festival
for the 4th year.
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- 1:30 Denise Martin Anchorage
- Hammered dulcimer tunes from her new CD,
"Saturday Sensation"
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- 1:45 Homegrown Girdwood
- Melissa Costello, Dawn Venters
- Female acoustic duo of two born & raised
Alaskans
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- 2:00 Bucks & Honey Whitehorse,
Yukon
- Dan Halen, Grant Hartwick, Graeme Peteres,
Dale Cooper
- Our newest project is "teacher" oriented, as
most of our group are teachers.
- A touch of satire with a wholesome
message.
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- 2:15 The Silver Ravens Whitehorse,
Yukon
- Gary Lachance and Rob Hunter
- A delicate blend of youth & maturity,
combining to form a truly Yukon
- Style! Johnny Cash mates with Avril
Lavigne
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- 2:30 Ron Wise Willow
- Finger-style Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed type
tunes. Has played in Nashville at Opry Land Hotel
- & toured in Vegas performing at the Golden
Nugget Hotel. Now, living in Willow; writing
- music and cutting CDs. A great, gifted
player.
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- 2:45 Scott Pavey Anchorage
- Solo didgeridoo music
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- 3:00 Julie Mae Pigott Clinton,
Washington
- Singer-songwriter returns to the
Motherland
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- 3:15 Slightly Askew Fairbanks
- Collin Stackhouse, Jody March, Katie Sousa,
Aurora Bowers, Kyla McGoarty, Ryan Bowers, Louise
Foster
- Five (well, more) Fairbanks teens who love to
fiddle and hope you have a blast at AFF 30!
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- 3:30 New Archangel Dancers ®
Sitka
- Traci Gale, Mary Alice Hamberg, Sara
Hesse-Bruhl, Bobbi Jordan, Klaudia Leccese, Kelly
Pratt,
- Jeanne Stolberg, Sarah Warren, Kris Wilcox,
with Dale Wygant, John Staub, and Steve Tada
- Spirited and energetic folk dance from Russia
and the surrounding regions
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- Emcee: Tracy Bird
- Stage Manager: Susan Phillips
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Saturday
Evening, April 17 * Centennial Hall
- 7:00 Amanda Kerr Anchorage
- Amanda Kerr, Jim Kerr, maybe someone
else
- Fiddle contest champion, Western Open Jr.
winner 2003, 4-time winner Alaska State Fair,
- 5th place Weiser National Jr. 2002 &
2003
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- 7:15 Katie Henry West Lebanon, New
Hampshire
- Singer-songwriter
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- 7:30 The Docktones/Ace Boatbuilding
Douglas
- Bob Shorey, John Shedd, Chris Frary, Dale
Ziel, Mary Healey, John Jamison, J.C.Wisenbaugh
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- 7:45 Patrice Helmar Juneau
- Songs for freight trains, small towns, hope,
the charismatic 5%, the town drunks, and dreamers;
- For your heart and the revolution
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- 8:00 Well Strung Anchorage
- Todd Grebe, Conor McManamin, Wade Collin,
Jason Norris, Rion Schmidt
- Acoustic bluegrass
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- 8:15 Michael Stackhouse Fairbanks
- Original country/folk songs from his recently
(finally!) completed CD "Coming Home"
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- 8:30 Panhandle Crabgrass Revival Band
Juneau
- Father JP, Panhandle Slim, Captain Ferg,
Silvertongue, Princess M
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- 8:45 Julie Rafferty Fairbanks
- Julie Rafferty, Forrest Gibson, Alex
Clarke
- Fresh and frank jazz vocals from Julie's new
CD "No Finer Place",
- featuring Alex Clarke and Forrest
Gibson
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- 9:00 Hoe Slinger Fairbanks
- Missy Beth Chrisman, Jimmie Jess Knott, Mandy
Sue Bent
- Honkytonk women singing sad songs for sad
times.
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- 9:15 The Page Brothers Anchorage
- George Page, Joe Page, Robin Dale Ford, Joel
Kadarauch
- After 22 years, George and Joe Page reunite on
stage
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- 9:30 Five Buck Fiddle Fairbanks
- Pete Bowers, Uncle Buck, Phil Cassel, Kliff
Hopson, Joe Karson, Nate Williamson, Christa Wisneski
- Hot old-time music and a cool new
CD
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- 9:45 Homade Jam Sitka
- Kris Fulton, John Fulton, Tracy Turner, Andy
Turner, Peter Apathy
- Original Alaskan music about fishermen, their
wives, and whales
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- 10:00 Michael Truax Juneau
- I promise to behave. I promise to behave. I
promise to behave. I promise·
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- 10:15 Simple Messengers Whitehorse,
Yukon
- Pete Beattie, Mary Beattie, Coney Danitz,
Kevin Cavanagh
- Fortified by moose meat
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- 10:30 Maya Soleil Seattle,
Washington
- Saturday post-concert dance with our Guest
Dance Band!
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- Emcee: Ishmael Hope
- Stage Manager: Laura
Lucas
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Dance
Schedule: Saturday, April 17 * National Guard
Armory
- 7:00 Fishing For Cats Sitka
- Julie Schmitts, Ted Howard, Peter Apathy, Dean
Orbison, Dorothy Orbison, Lauren Wild,
- Jim DiGennaro, Kayla Boetcher, Bonnie Harris,
John Simmons
- Caller: Odette Foster
- Sitka's hottest contra dance band
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- 8:00 The Lun(d)gren Sisters - Sibling Revelry
Spokane
- Judy Lungren, Kari Lundgren, Ted Howard, Peter
Apathy
- Caller Valerie DeLaune
- Old-time music happens
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- 9:00 Anchor Steam Anchorage
- Denise Martin, Jim Kerr, John Michaud, Patty
Hamre,
- Mike Richardson, Dave Hamre
- Caller: Bill Martin
- Eclectic dance tunes
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- 10:00 Fat Weasel Stringband Eagle
River
- Brian DeMarcus, Jason Bent, Sherry
Hadley
- Caller: Bill Martin
- Driving old-time tunes for spirited dancers of
squares and contras
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- 11:00 Grateful Celtics Juneau
- Beth Leibowitz, Cecily Morris, Chris Pace, Rob
Bosworth
- Caller: Jim Grammel
- A little Irish, a bit of New England, a touch
of Eastern Europe
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- 12:00 Jubilee Anchorage
- Shonti Elder, Denise Martin, Jim
Kerr
- Caller: Kari Lundgren
- Fiddle tunes
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Sunday Afternoon,
April 18 * Centennial Hall
- 12:00 Robin Hopper Chugiak
- Robin Hopper and Caitlin Hopper
- APRN's 2003 Song of the Year winner. Robin's
CD's are available in the lobby
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- 12:15 Flatlands Frank Skagway
- Folk rock 60's original acoustic
guitar
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- 12:30 Sweet & Low Valdez
- Riesa Rose, there will be a few others, we'll
have to see who shows up
- Country & bluegrass folk music
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- 12:45 Sis Ky'all Stringband Ashland,
Oregon
- Lawrence Thompson and David
Fletcher
- Oldtime southern appalachian
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- 1:00 Dave Manning & Rolfe Buzzell
Anchorage
- Dave is a touring songwriter who spends his
summers on the road
- making equal parts music and trouble. He found
Rolfe, the harp player,
- living by the tracks in Anchorage
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- 1:15 Jane Roodenburg Juneau
- Hmmm, sort of the same, maybe different, let's
have fun
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- 1:30 Sophie and the Blue Jays
Juneau
- Sophie Lager, John Lager, J.B., and Doug
Fanyak
- Blues and rock and roll
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- 1:45 Something's Cooking Juneau
- Andrea Mogil, Chris Martinez, possible other
friends with pots & pans, we hope
- Songs from the kitchen
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- 2:00 Old Fart and Guitar Fairbanks
- Skip Nodler
- Original Songs
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- 2:15 Natalie Edelson Whitehorse,
Yukon
- Heart surgery for dummies
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- 2:30 Jim Quinsey & Rob Hunter Whitehorse,
Yukon
- Two colorful guitarists making great sounds
around the heart of Jim's emotionally charged songs about life's
twists,
- turns and joys. They©ˆve been
pleasing many a Yukon audience for the past two years.
- Described as jazzed out bluesy folk with world
influences, their musical paintings are sure to please your
ears.
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- 2:45 Arctic Gypsy Swing Band
Fairbanks
- Alan Bent, Christa Wisneski, Amanda Bent, Phil
Cassel
- Acoustic swing band
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- 3:00 Zack Freiwald Cameron, North
carolina
- Original singer/songwriter who plays roots
& Americana. www.zackfreiwald.com
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- 3:15 C.A. Wylie & Alex Bloomfield
Juneau
- Alaska grown jazz and blues
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- 3:30 Primal Thump Sitka
- Charlie, Richard, Bonnie, Jeff, Katherine,
Jelena, Amelia
- Sitka drumming group playing afro-cuban
rhythms
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- Emcee: Greg Maloney
- Stage Manager: Genevieve
Casey-Smith
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Sunday Evening,
April 18 * Centennial Hall
- 7:00 The Lilting Banshhes
Whitehorse
- Marg Tatam, Charlene Wilson, Jerome McIntyre,
Craig Marcuk
- Hold yourself down. This group of noisy
neighbors from Whitehorse is going to lift you from your
seat
- with the power of live Celtic
music.
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- 7:15 Rory Stitt Portland, Oregon
- Home-town boy returns to play his sultry piano
cabaret-pop for the soulful and starry-eyed.
- If you like what you see, come experience a
full length Rory show at the Hangar Ballroom
- on Friday, April 23
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- 7:30 Crow in the Puddle Juneau
- Chris Behnke, Henry Hopkins, Safia Rawoot,
Lynn Basham
- Irish traditional on pipes and various others.
Music for unhappy animals or specialized listeners
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- 7:45 Will Putman Fairbanks
- Will Putman, Trudy Heffernan, Shonti
Elder
- Got a new CD, but after playing that stuff all
winter we might do something else for a change. Original
songs.
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- 8:00 Myrna and the Amazing Musicians
Palmer
- Myrna Ukelele, Don Anchovy, and other amazing
musicians to be announced·
- It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that
swing·
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- 8:15 Greg McLaughlin & Lis Saya
Juneau
- Music from Northumberland
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- 8:30 Mule Train & Associates
Juneau
- Don Drew, Gerry Fiscus
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- 8:45 Sofa Kings Douglas
- Eric Holle, Albert McDonnell, Patrick Murphy,
Bob Banghart
- When Cab Calloway meets Gene Vincent at Tom
Waits' house
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- 9:00 Hot Club of Cowtown Austin,
Texas
- Elana Fremerman, Jake Erwin, Whit
Smith
- Our Guest Artists for the 30th Annual Alaska
Folk Festival!
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- Emcee: Jeff Brown
- Stage Manager: Barbara Pavitt
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- Songwriter's Showcase
- Saturday and Sunday
- 3-6p.m.
- Backroom at the Silverbow
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- All-Day Coffee & Jam
- St. Ann's Parish Hall (5th & Gold) *
Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- 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
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THE OFFICIAL ALASKA
FOLK FESTIVAL PHONE NUMBER IS: 907-463-3316
Web page maintained
by: JF
