NEFFA Events - Saturday April 20, 2024
Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2024 Festival. The events for the 2025 Festival will be put here in February 2025
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10:00am
Intro to Folk Waltz
TB
--
Alyssa Adkins
,
Brookline Country Players
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Israeli Oldies Dance Party
NX
--
Andrea Gwosdow
,
Israeli Oldies Dance Band
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Social Singing 101
C
--
The Ranzo Boys
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Introduction to Contras
DB
--
David Millstone
,
Cecilia Vacanti
,
Sam Zakon-Anderson
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Community Dance Party with Margaret Bary and Tabbies' Delight
DF
--
Margaret Bary
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
--
Midnight Capers Morris & Sword
,
Harbour Steel
,
No Apologies Rapper
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
Keeping Our Bodies Dancing As We Age
GB
--
Anna Rain
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Breton and French Dances!
E
--
Ganivelle
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Hot Music, Cool Dances (ECD)
DS
--
Ted Rudofker
,
Hidden River
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
Introduction to English Handbell Ringing
TB
--
Connecticut Handbell Musicians
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
10:30am
A Guide to Harmony Singing
TS
--
Kim Wallach
,
Heidi Slaney
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
11:00am
Bretagne Dance
DB
--
Pardon My French
,
Box and String Trio
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Zwiefachers: EZ to Hard Z
NS
--
Ret Turner
,
The Mother Zwiefacher Orchestra
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Start and Grow a Dance Series
C
--
Rob Matson
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Intro to English Country Dance
DB
--
Sue Rosen
,
Bruce Rosen
,
Vince O'Donnell
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Family Scottish Country Dancing
DF
--
Karen Sollins
,
Tom Pixton
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
--
Muddy River Morris
,
Renegade Morris
,
Newtowne Morris Men
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
Sagebrush to Silver Screen: Cowboy Songs
GB
--
Allen Hopkins
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Little People, Big Feelings
GF
--
Sandy Pliskin
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
World Music Concert
E
--
Boston Harmony
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Get in the Groove Contras
DS
--
Dereck Kalish
,
Festival Orchestra
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
Ukulele Off the Page
GS
--
Ken Mattsson
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
11:30am
Folk and Religious Music from the Republic of Georgia
E
--
Iveria
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
12:00noon
Dances of Anatolia
DS
--
Jeanne Clifford
,
Rakiya
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Learn the ECD Medley Dances
DS
--
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
,
Tom Roby
,
Northeast Extension
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Fox Library Open Jam
GS
--
Bob Solosko
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Couple Sequence Dances
DB
--
Alan Winston
,
Two Cousins
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
--
Vineyard Swordfish
,
Hop Brook Morris
,
Ha'Penny Morris
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
The Secret History of Chanteys
P
--
Craig Edwards
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Family Fun Dance
DF
--
Don Veino
,
JumpStart
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
You Can Count With Me
GF
--
Kim Wallach
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Protest Songs: Sharing & Leading
GB
--
Nora Maynard
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Squares for Contra Dancers
DS
--
Bob Isaacs
,
Raise the Roof
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
Traditional Music of E. Europe, Georgia, & the Balkans
E
--
Yale Slavic Chorus
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
12:30pm
Jam Session: English Country Dance Tunes
GS
--
Betwixt and Between
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Succession!
C
--
Scott Higgs
,
Lisa Greenleaf
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
1:00pm
Scottish Ceilidh Party
DB
--
Hila Lenz
,
Torrent
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Dance Performances
--
Iskwelahang Pilipino
;
Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.
;
Origins Folkloric Dance Company
;
Mladost Folk Ensemble
;
Samskrithi
;
Revontulet
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
The Food of Love Hurts
E
--
Renaissance Jukebox
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Intro to International Dance
TB
--
Janet Yeracaris
,
Shining Moon
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
--
Great Meadows Morris and Sword
,
Ladies of the Rolling Pin
,
Hart's Brook Garland
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
Missouri Fiddling: The Little Dixie Region
TS
--
Richard Shewmaker
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Family Barn Dance
DF
--
Jacob Bloom
,
Free Association
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
A Family Cabaret
EF
--
Jackson Gillman
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Connecticut Sea Music Festival Chantey Sing
GB
--
Connecticut Sea Music Festival Singers
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
We Meet Again Contras
DS
--
Sue Gola
,
Autumn Rose Lester
,
Eric Eid-Reiner
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
The Ultimate Parody Jam!
GB
--
Joel Landy
,
Sandy Pliskin
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
1:30pm
West Gallery Music
GS
--
The West Gallery Quire
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Pre-dance Open English Band Practice
TS
--
The English Country Dance Open Band
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
2:00pm
Introduction to Bollywood Dance
TB
--
Bolly Beatzz by Priya
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Philly's Phinest Contras
DS
--
Liesl Jandrey
,
The Dixie Butterhounds
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Watch Out!: Warnings, Wrongdoing, and Wrath
E
--
Nicole Singer
,
Becky Wright
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Contra for Big Kids (6-12s)
DF
--
Tamar Myers
,
The Midlings
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
--
Pinewoods Morris Men
,
Firebird
,
Charles River Rapper
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
Clawhammer Banjo Concert
E
--
Ken Perlman
,
Ruth Rappaport
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Come Sing Along!
GF
--
Bobbi Macdonald
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Music of Scotland and Cape Breton
E
--
Boston Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Next Level Folk Waltz
TS
--
Alyssa Adkins
,
Alias
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
Songs of Mine and Mill
E
--
Steve Suffet
,
Valentine Doyle
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
2:30pm
Balkan Kefana Singalong
GS
--
Balkan Kefana
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
'Fishermen's Ballads' 150 Years On
E
--
Michael O'Leary
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
3:00pm
Tricky Balkan Dances
TS
--
Ed Abelson
,
Tom Pixton
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Triplet Time (3 Cple Sets)
DS
--
Chris Page
,
Free Association
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Mostly Swedish Jam
GS
--
SAC Spelmanslag
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Family Barn Dance
DF
--
Alex Cumming
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
--
Jack in the Green Morris
,
Half Moon Sword
--
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center) (50 min.)
Power Harmonies
E
--
Power Harmonies
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Mostly Celtic Tunes and Songs
E
--
Good Company
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Queer Maritime Music
E
--
The Ranzo Boys
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Parlor Party - Sing and Jam
GS
--
Maury Stauffer
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Festive Yet Tasteful ECD
DS
--
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
,
Intuition
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
How to Play the Irish Bodhran
TB
--
Jeanne Hansberry
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
3:30pm
Stellar Hits from the First 20 Years!
E
--
Constellations
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Django, Jazz, & Bluegrazz
E
--
Blue Jersey Band
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
4:00pm
International Folk Dance Party
NS
--
Panharmonium
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Queer as Folk Dance (Contras)
DS
--
Qwill Duvall
,
Chimney Swift
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
How to Play the Bones
TB
--
Steve Brown & Friends
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Scottish Country Dancing for Beginners
TB
--
Flights of Fancy
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
How to Apply to NEFFA
C
--
NEFFA Program Committee
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Seated Square Dance
DB
--
Fred Wersan
,
Assabet Ramblers
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Fat Ton Trad - Bal Folk Tune Workshop
GS
--
Duo Thomas-Fownes
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Shape Note Workshop
TB
--
Glen Wright & Friends
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Kudos to Kynaston (ECD)
DS
--
David Millstone
,
Brylig
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
Argentine Tango Jam
GS
--
Orquesta Tipica Mermelada
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
4:30pm
Shetland Fiddle Workshop
TS
--
Becky Miller
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Balkan Singing Workshop
TS
--
Tatiana Sarbinska
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
5:00pm
Balkan Dances in 11 and 22!
TS
--
Tom Roby
,
Tom Pixton
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Scottish Country Dancing
DS
--
Howard Lasnik
,
The Mad Katters
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Songs from the Osterie (Italian Taverns)
GB
--
Vecchio Stile
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Intro to Balkan Dancing
DB
--
Sue Rose
,
Whatever Floats Your Goat
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Homecoming Album Launch
E
--
Alex Cumming
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Ottoman Turkish Makam Music
E
--
NEVA
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Lilting Jam: Singing the Tunes
GB
--
Becca Mandel
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Sacred Harp Singing
GS
--
Norumbega Harmony
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Contra Medley
NX
--
Not Enough Fiddles
--
Trade Center West (20 min.)
Uke Power
G
--
Evy Mayer
,
Allen Hopkins
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
5:30pm
Celtic Harp - From the Past to the Present
E
--
The Harper and the Minstrel
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Routes of the Blues
E
--
Cousin Louis
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Contra Chestnuts Plus
DS
--
Jeremy Korr
,
Not Enough Fiddles
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
6:00pm
Ballo Liscio from Italy (Waltzes, Tangos, etc.)
NS
--
Vecchio Stile
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Balkan Joy! Balkan Dances
DS
--
Balkan Fields
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Songs of Earth, Moon, & Beyond
E
--
Jackson Gillman
,
JillianEstelle Gillman
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Appalachian Flatfooting and Buck Dancing
TB
--
James Keenan
,
The Dead Sea Squirrels
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Maritime Ballads: Context from Content
P
--
Chris Koldewey
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Not the SOS
E
--
Mark Belanger
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Humor Us!
E
--
Plays Well With Others
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Introductory Hand Drumming Workshop
TB
--
Dave Curry
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
6:30pm
Waltz Jam
GS
--
Three Quarter Time
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Slow Jam: The Pulse of a Jig
GS
--
David Titus
,
Debby Knight
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Contras with Rum & Onions
DS
--
Steve Zakon-Anderson
,
Rum & Onions
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
7:00pm
Beaucoup des Bourrées
TB
--
Lynn Baumeister
,
Lisa Tamres
,
Box and String Trio
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
ECD Medley
NX
--
Tom Roby
,
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
,
Betwixt and Between
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (20 min.)
Pioneering Women of Old-Time
E
--
Marylou Ferrante
,
Anne Rouillard
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Intro to Colonial Dance
DB
--
Jacob Bloom
,
Nancy Bloom
,
The Colonial Minstrels
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Original Acoustic Songs
E
--
Jeremy Van Cleave
,
Nathaniel Diamond-Jones
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Hypnotic Old-Time Jam
GS
--
The Dead Sea Squirrels
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Ballads: Stories Told and Sung
E
--
Mike Agranoff
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Pub Sing with Jack in the Green
GB
--
Jack in the Green Morris
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Songs of Road and Rail
E
--
Steve Suffet
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
7:30pm
Recent English Country Dance Delights
DS
--
Jenny Beer
,
Betwixt and Between
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
How to Talk to Your Sound Engineer
C
--
NEFFA Sound Committee
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Music Concert of Unusual Instruments
E
--
Larry Unger & Julie Metcalf
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Beatles Contra
DS
--
Donna Hunt
,
Wissahickon Express
--
Trade Center West (50 min.)
8:00pm
International Dance Party!
NS
--
Shining Moon
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
NEFFA Funny Song Swap Hour!
GB
--
Joel Landy
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Schottis from the Bright Side
TB
--
Joan & Jim Savitt
,
Marilyn Butler
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
ABCs of American Roots Music
E
--
Craig Edwards
--
Seminar (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Front Porch Busking
E
--
The Watertonics
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Sad Song Swap
GS
--
Laurie Tupper
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Contra Tune Slow Jam
GS
--
Chris Carpenter
,
Dave Miller
--
Trade Center Tent (50 min.)
Stories for Grownups
E
--
Helen Engelhardt
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
8:30pm
ECD Favorites with the English Open Band
DS
--
Cathy Hollister
,
The English Country Dance Open Band
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Double the Fun!
E
--
High Strung Strummers
--
Princess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Mike Kennedy Remembrance (1946-2023)
GB
--
Roll & Go
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Best Contras of the 2010's
DS
--
Greg Frock
,
Good Company
--
Trade Center West (80 min.)
9:00pm
Intro to Casino Rueda (Cuban Dance)
TB
--
Lauren Ingram
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Remembering Phil Ochs
GB
--
Joel Landy
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Swedish Couple Dancing
NS
--
lydia ievins
--
Marlborough (Hotel West) (80 min.)
Woodbury Family & 1800s Parlor Songs
GS
--
Maury Stauffer
,
Nancy Stauffer Johnson
--
Sterling (Hotel West) (50 min.)
French Jam
GB
--
Mark Vidor
--
Sudbury (Hotel West) (50 min.)
Hammer Dulcimer - Making Sense
TB
--
Keith Prairie
,
David Neiman
--
Westborough (Hotel West) (50 min.)
9:30pm
Bulgarian & More Dance Party
NS
--
Zdravets
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (50 min.)
Song Swap Party
GS
--
Nicole Singer
,
Becky Wright
--
Princess (Hotel East) (120 min.)
Well, That Didn't End Well! Tragic Ballads
GS
--
Lynn Feingold
--
Southborough (Hotel West) (120 min.)
10:00pm
Jug Band Blues and Swing Dance
NS
--
Outrageous Fortune
--
Ballroom AB (Hotel East) (90 min.)
Django Jazz Jam
GS
--
Django Jazz
--
Duchess (Hotel East) (90 min.)
Stream of Contraness (Contra Hash!)
NX
--
Michael Karcher
,
Torrent
--
Trade Center West (20 min.)
10:30pm
Dances of Yves Moreau
NX
--
Pinewoods Band
--
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East) (60 min.)
Contra Party!
DS
--
Michael Karcher
,
Torrent
--
Trade Center West (60 min.)
New England Folk Festival Association