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2011 San Francisco Free Folk Festival Saturday Daytime 2011 SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL Saturday Daytime Music Workshops Music & Dance Performances Family Jammin’ Dance Workshops Music 1 Music 2 Music 3 Music 4 Lead Belly Pete Seeger Woody Faith Petric M. Reynolds Jam Dance 1 Dance 2 Dance 3 TIME Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Room Stage Guthrie Stage Stage Family Room Room Workshop Workshop Workshop TIME Room 102 Room 106 Room 315 Room 317 Room 333 Room 107 Cafeteria Auditorium Room 324 Room 117 Room 226 Girls’ Gym Boys’ Gym 12:00 Early TaKeTiNa: Journey Into Songs from Irish Mark Levy Kingnik Beginning Vintage English 12:00 Stage Collective Cajun & California’s Songs Judaic singer Jug Tap Dacing Viennese Country Pennywhistle Poly-Rhythm Creole Music History Band Waltz Dance instruments Waxwing Singing old-time Natasha Open Mic Jam (doors may close) A new book! welcome John & the band from Haugnes Dick James Word & Blair Kilpatrick Karen Arlen & Amelia Crocker Sack Portland with The Quake Cathleen Myers Ric Bagwell Natalie Johl & Steve Tabak Nancie Kester Hogan Boys Fun and City Jug Band & Alex Lerman Goldman sign up irreverent. Bring 1:00 Hello, This is Works In Gypsy Jazz Sad Performing The near Cello Musical anything you got. Guedra: Bohemian Latin 1:00 a Guitar Progress Guitar – Songs As A Harkenbacks the stage! Joe Storytelling Moroccan National Dance Introduction Duo Dance Polka Beginners’ How to complete Real Appalachian, Colorful & calm California (Salsa Emphasis) workshop a song (see also 5 PM) from the Marlene McCall Have bike, have Circle Time Jug Band Jay Howlett & Don & Sadie Jeanie & Chuck Harkenback cello, will travel. Association Janine Cathleen Myers Ken Juli Moscowitz Rolfe Wyer Price Damascus Poling Family puppets & songs Ryle & Alex Lerman Chin 2:00 Beginning Russian DADGAD Expanding Performance Ragtime The Faith Toys Like Pre-Beatles Introduction Jane The 2:00 Slack Key & Folk Songs Chords & Your Song Improvement Skedaddlers Courtney Petric Music, Too! Rock’n’Roll to Blues Austen’s Charleston Talk Story and Beyond Songs Repertoire & Evaluation Janes sing with your toy Jam Dancing Dances Hawaiian-style. (for guitar) Irish, &c, from Bring a song String Band! “new time The one-and-only. Kids’ Open Alan Winston (for guitar) Jonnie Megan a pro Jay Howlett & old-timey duo” Performing live Mic Mugg Christophe and Persephone & Patrick Landeza Pekelny McLaughlin Shay Black Rolfe Wyer and in person! Just show up! Muggles Taylor Transit of Earth Charles 3:00 Beginning Songs How To Songs of Quake City Amber Imperial / Grupo Storytelling Irish Mazurkas Modern 3:00 Guitar in Build & Play Lee Jug Band Cross Jones Experimental Beatles Ceili Dance, Nago Ed Silberman Lively, passionate Theory Ladino A Washtub Goland Jam Pub dancing, Polish dance. Part 1 The Jewish/ Bass “Early American “Old time... and and Friends Bellydance Bev & Jerry A “structured Irish Style All welcome. includes Isadora Don Sephardic tradition Marcus blues and swing” straightforward” Zyphire, Shureen, Praver jam”, with Beatles John Duncan Technique Murdoch Mark Levy Mugg Muggles Duskin and Liviah chords, stylings, Bob Carragher Garden John Faiello and history 4:00 Traditional Plick, Pluck, Acoustic In The Lighthouse Curt Yagi & Patrick Chicken & Cross-Step Scottish Jug Band 4:00 Neapolitan Muffle & Guitar: Harmony’s Juncos String Band the People Landeza ABC’s Joe Cadora Waltz Country Swing Song Strum Beginning Way Standing fun & educational & Kevin Munro & (for ukulele) Lead Playing “Acoustic charged Raymond & Helen, Behind Me Hawaiian-style Lori DeLeon Kingnik Jeannine Achille & Nicola Dan A Capella roots music” Dave, Mary, and “One excellent passionate Menger Tom Hill & The Dunsmuir with The Fog City Bocus Scanlan Mac McCurdy Singing Robin of the SFFMC singer-songwriter” slack-key guitar Zany duo Morgan Scottish Dancers Jug Band Session 5:00 Mandolin Under- Gypsy Jazz Hot Steel & Thick Blah Blah Absynth Rounds Cajun Irish Set Redowa Cotswold 5:00 Left-Hand standing the Guitar – Cold Ukulele Soup Woof Woof Quintet for All Jam Dancing Waltz Morris Amelia Hogan Technique Circle of 5th’s Intermediate Fresh from their Maybe a two-step, Pub dancing! Vintage Bells, sticks, noise, & Advanced & Deborah Sandler Jumping uke & Five performing CD release at the a waltz, a shuffle Reels, jigs, Bohemian waltz rowdiness. Achille & Nicola Dan (see also 1 PM) nifty slide guitar songwriters; a Freight Friday Lani Blair Kilpatrick slides, etc Tom Hill & The Berkeley Bocus Scanlan Don Price “folk supergroup” night Herrmann & Steve Tabak John Slaymaker Morgan Morris Team Sunday Daytime 2011 SAN FRANCISCO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL Sunday Daytime Music Workshops Music & Dance Performances Family Jammin’ Dance Workshops Music 1 Music 2 Music 3 Music 4 Lead Belly Pete Seeger Woody Faith Petric M. Reynolds Jam Dance 1 Dance 2 Dance 3 TIME Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Room Stage Guthrie Stage Stage Family Room Room Workshop Workshop Workshop TIME Room 102 Room 106 Room 315 Room 317 Room 333 Room 107 Cafeteria Auditorium Room 324 Room 117 Room 226 Girls’ Gym Boys’ Gym 12:00 Ukulele Making Gospel Ray Bierl Ka-Chi Scandinavian Modern Gyspy/Rom Argentine 12:00 Chord Music with Singalong Sea Shanties Music Jam Dance, Dance Folkloric Concertina Studies Found Circle song- & Ballads, fiddle “Eclectic blend Waltzes, Part 2 Circle dancing Dance 1st hour: Objects sharing Forebitters tunes, vintage rock, Open Mic of pop-folk and polkas, hambos, includes Isadora Men tap, women demos, Q&A Ira Marlowe Tin Pan Alley, reggae music” schottisches, &c Duncan Technique swish. Flirtatious. Erich Sadie Faith Marina of “Brainy Tunes” Sylvester Damascus 2nd hour: Petric maybe more Bob Palasek John Faiello Bear Pampa Cortes sign up More advanced; 1:00 Folk Into Phun with Shape-Note The San Francisco Kids Junk Argentine Dances of East Coast 1:00 + tune-sharing near Rock Frasing Singing Richard Sam the stage! Sound Wave Band Irish Tango Old Swing Adrianowicz & History and Pushing & pulling Chase Chorus Instrument making, Slow California Daniel Hersh, Peter Kasin Session songs the words Carol Denney, Gary Breitbard, “Dynamic chorus of playing & singing Rose & Jim Ray & Jack Gilder Peter Ross & fabulous women” Slow speed, then Carol Alan Persephone Hudson Bierl Terry Moore Miss Juli moderate speed Horn Winston Ann 2:00 Beginning Barbershop Fun With Parodies Harp Alan Jeanie & Mamadou & Bob Reid McChesney- Belly Flamenco Cajun & 2:00 Button Harmony French Tunes Showcase Smithline Chuck Vanessa “Today Show Young Dance The Basics Zydeco Accordion on Mountain Show & Tell A “master musician” & White House” & Open to all Beginners Dulcimer (Accordion Classic and modern with their Country from Mali & an Music & The Jolly . welcome. included) Charles Peter Bev & Jerry Patricia Haan & Blues guitar Roundup accomplished Afro- Movement Clamdiggers Rasa Nemesio Dana Paul Kostka Feltman Teommerup Praver Jacqueline Lynaugh Cuban percussionist Gayle Schmitt Vitalia Paredes de Simone 3:00 Mandolin Songs Bhi Liz The Nordahl Grieg The French Egyptian Dances of Israeli 3:00 Lick Folk-Rock Contra Dance of Bhiman Ryder Shut-Ins Leikarring Henriettas Jam Belly Universal Dancing Exchange on Band -Cide “the aesthetic of “Nothing really “Providing Norwegian Dancing! 1930s Yodeling Hurdy-gurdy, etc, Dance Peace Share your “short Film Workshop Bob Dylan & the wry beats a cozy gig rhythmic & melodic performed & Tango & More Sing & See musical phrases” Arlene eye of Randy in a Sheffield pub!” solutions” taught Amina Yaquin Sufi & Yale Steve Scott Showing rare Come here to join Immerman Newman” Argentine Dancing! Jeremiah & Laurie Gary Breitbard Goodyear Perry Pike Rosenblatt clips of folk-rock the big open band 4:00 Harmonica performances for tonight’s Richard Bob Frank Dirt Floor Don Burnham Music Games Barbershop Merengue Gender-Free French 4:00 & Guitar from the 60’s. dance Traditional Adrianowicz From Memphis Band & the Bolos from Near&Far Wood- Domincan/Haitian Contra Country Ideas Art Peterson & Scottish & in the 60’s comes a folk-country From the Western Bonnie Lockhart shedding couple dance Easy/fun Bourrée, polka, and English Peter Kasin Jam Myron Ann “counterculture gypsy punk rock, Swing Hall Of Fame Princess and New England valse, & more Richie Ballads Grossman & Unterberger McChesney- Songs of the sea confederate with a from Mendocino to you the Pirate Learn barbershop! Dana folk dance Gary Breitbard Tom Murray Young capital C” Suska and Mordecai Charles Feltman de Simone Dean Allemang & Jena Rauti 5:00 Flash Mob I Think I’ll Blues Guitar Sharyn Celia The Easy Nell Robinson Leftover Music for the Strictly Norwegian Contra Gender-Free 5:00 Choir Put Out A Accompani- Dimmick & Ramsay Leaves & Jim Nunally Dreams Whole Family Bluegrass Dancing Dancing Scottish "Exhilarating" CD ment Sadie Scottish Bluegrass stomps Nell has sung for Patricia Haan and Gayle Schmitt Jam Dance it tonight. Dance "How did we DO “How-To” Chords and folk music to personal Garrison Keillor; Jim Tony Marcus, w/ structure & Damascus Family Favorite that?" pulsing rhythm and ballads spirituals plays w/ David singing “like velvet etiquette intro Songs Meg Mavis Bruce Grisman. Combo = ? on velvet”. Tony Elman Wendy DeWitt Joe Cadora Jeremiah & Laurie Jeanie & Chuck Laycock McGaugh Herboldt .
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