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Schedule
of Events
 Daytime
Festival Schedule is now
available! Get
the scoop on what's happening when! Print
it, study it and make your plans!
 Schedule
by Performer
Find out who's playing when
All musical performers will be
present for the whole festival, participating in daytime
workshops and mini-concerts
on Saturday and Sunday. Main Concert performances
consist of 25 minute sets; see right hand column for anticipated
order of performance.
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Friday,
June 25 |
IN-DEPTH
CLASSES 3:30 pm
- 5:00 pm
taught by Festival Performers and Old Songs associates.
CLASS
DESCRIPTIONS
Included in an all-festival
ticket and Friday ticket.
GREAT
GROOVE BAND A stringband experience
for youth. Open
to school-aged players of stringed instruments
- violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin,
banjo, piano, plus flute and percussion players.
Band rehearsals Friday afternoon, Saturday and
Sunday mornings with midday performance on the
Main Stage Sunday.
MORE
INFO/REGISTRATION
FESTIVAL
JUG BAND, session I
Friday afternoon - 3:30 - 5:00 pm.
Kids
of all ages: come on by and play some great old
songs with the Festival Jug Band.
We will make and play washboards, kazoos, spoons, washtub
bass and any instruments brought to the Festival
Jug Band.
Session II, Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:00;
Session III, Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 am;
Main Stage performance at 12:30 pm Sunday. MORE
INFO
OPEN
MIC
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sign up a little before 5:00. Kate Blain, MC
DRUM
CIRCLE
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Led by members of Fakoli Dance & Drum
MAIN
STAGE CONCERT
7:00 pm
- 11:30 pm
see line-up at right
Contra Dance 11:30 pm - 1:30 am
Caller: Fern Bradley
Band: Fennig's All-Stars
After Concert SING at the Dutch Barn
Host: Dick Greenhaus
After Concert OPEN JAMS
Area 6 & Street Corner
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| Saturday,
June 26 |
Daytime
sessions 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
10 areas offer mini-concerts, learn-how sessions, participatory
dance, children's activities, jam sessions, family-oriented
performances.
Shape-note singing: 9:00 am
See link for Schedule grid above left.
MAIN
STAGE CONCERT 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
see line-up at right
Contra Dance 11:00
pm - 1:30 am
Caller: Ted Crane
Band: Grand Picnic
After
Concert SING at the Dutch Barn
Host: Chuck Irose
After
Concert OPEN JAMS
Area 6 & Street Corner
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| Sunday,
June 27 |
Daytime
sessions 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
10 areas offer mini-concerts, learn-how sessions, children's
activities, jam sessions, family-oriented performances.
Shape-note singing: 9:00 am
See link for Schedule grid above left.
SPECIAL MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCES
New
Artist Series
10:45 am
a group of up-and-coming musicians from the Big Apple (see sidebar,
right)
Great
Groove Band
!2:00 noon.
Our young string players perform
Festival
Jug Band
12:30 pm.
Our family jug band lets loose
Tree
of Life Concert
midday - time
to be announced.
Choral Harmony Performance
2:30
Peter & Mary Alice Amidon lead singers who participated
in their Choral Harmony workshops
MAIN
STAGE CONCERT 3:30 pm - 7:00
pm
See line-up above right
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| Main
Concerts |
| FRIDAY
7PM
Billy Jonas
Sally Rogers
& Howie Bursen
James Keelaghan
Tennesse Mafia Jug Band
Paul McKenna Band
Joe & Jesse Bruchac
Madcat & Kane
Elizabeth LaPrelle
& the Fruit Dodgers
MC: George Ward
SATURDAY
7PM
Tim Eriksen
Moscow Nights
Debra Cowan
Babik
Gadelle
Brian Peters
Matt & Shannon Heaton
Kim & Reggie Harris
MC: George Ward
SUNDAY
3:30 PM
Joe Hickerson
Tony Barrand, Becky
Tracy & Keith Murphy
Alan Kaufman & the A-Ks
Cathy Barton &
Dave Para
Susan Trump
AJ Bodner & Liza DiSavino
MCs: Bill Spence
& Roger the Jester
ALL
PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
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| Special
Programs |
The Amazing Atwoods |
The Discovery of Songs & Verse from the
Hills of West Dover, Vermont
Tony Barrand, Keith Murphy and
Becky Tracy will perform their renditions of many of the
outstanding songs from the Edith Sturgis collection.
Saturday, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Find out more
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Songs
of Trial
& Triumph
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Brian Peters
A ninety-minute solo performance of some
of the greatest of the 'Child Ballads': great story-songs
collected in
Britain by Francis J. Child in the 19th century.
Saturday, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Find out more.
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New Artist
Program |
Old Songs
welcomes 10 new performers from the environs of New
York City. They will be featured in two performances:
Saturday, 3:00 pm, Area 7
Sunday, 10:45 am, Main Stage
Find out more
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Children's
Peace Choir |
We're very happy to welcome
this special choir to this year's festival. It is made
up of kids from the Berkshire Region of Massacusetts
and the Capital Region of New York. The mission of the
the group is to aid children and families who have been
affected by war. Money from donations and CD sales will
go to organizations such as Money raised from the project
will go to non-profits such as WarChild.org, Unicef and
Child Victims of War.
Saturday, 12:30-1pm in Area 3 and 4:45-5:15pm in Area
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