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Sonoma County Folk Society Links Sonoma County Folk Society Links l Lonesome Holler String Band Old Time Music for a new time! l Fox Valley Folk Society: Friends of ours in the Chicago area. l S. Kawaku Daddy: Master drummer and a Folk Festival favorite. l Dockside: Canadian Celtic. l B. Coole Designs: Cotton clothing for musicians and dancers. l Greenhouse: Great celtic music with Michael Rofkar, Patricia Casey, Jon Berger and etc... Home l The Hot Frittatas: Sweet Italian music with Gus Garelick, Don Coffin and Dennis Hadley and Sam Page. l The Skiffle Symphony: Jug band music at its finest. Band/Festival Links l Rosie and the Railroaders: oldtime music with a train in every song! FolkNotes l The Sebastopol Celtic Festival l Contra dance info Photo's l North Bay Country Dance Society l The Dance Gypsy Contact/Join l The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers l The Kate Wolf Festival Board Members l The Old Songs Festival, Local gigs, sessions, l CBA Old Time Music Page dances, house concerts... l Topanga Banjo and Fiddle contest l Seattle Folklife Festival Bulletin Board l California WorldFest l California Bluegrass Association l Huck Finn Jubilee Mohave narrows Regional Park, Victorville Ca. Country, bluegrass, country dancing, river raft building, catfishing. Camping available. l The California Traditional Music Society l StrawBerry Music Festival(s) Camping in Yosemite, Great Music & jamming. 209-533-0191 l berkeleyoldtimemusic.org Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. l San Francisco Free Folk Festival Entirely FREE and open to the public Info: E-mail [email protected] or call the SFFFF Hotline at: (510) 287-9095. l Florence International Music Summer Campus Classical and jazz music summer courses in the Florence Music School "Il Trillo", with musicians and teachers of international fame. l The Jug Band Festival l Lark In The Morning Music Camp. We have been sponsoring a music and dance camp since 1980. The camp has more than 100 instructors. Camp sold out last year so register early. For auto harpers: Rogo.com/folkstuff/autoharp.html Autoharp.org Special thanks to The Autoharp Quarterly for these web sites. Other links: Celtic MP3s BodhranTippers.Org Humboldt Folklife Society Mudcat Cafe Dirty Linen Magazine WesternSwing.com Festival Finder Lark in the Morning The Copyright Website Fiddler Magazine Shanties and Sea Songs Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador Larry Murphy's Irish Pub Andy M. Stewart home page Australian Folk Songs Nor. Cal. Celtic Music Venues Mike Seeger on Old Time Music No. Cal. O.T.M. from the 30's Bluegrass Unlimited Public Domain Music Fret 'n Fiddle Everything Celtic On The Web Old Time Music home page Fiddlenet Ceolas Canadian Celtic Music Stan Rogers home page Old Time Music on the web Irish Pubs of Canada Song lyrics galore FolkAlliance Stringband.com | home | folknotes | photos | contact | email | local gigs | bulletin board | SoCoFoSo blog | Sonoma County Folk Society Links l Lonesome Holler String Band Old Time Music for a new time! l Fox Valley Folk Society: Friends of ours in the Chicago area. l S. Kawaku Daddy: Master drummer and a Folk Festival favorite. l Dockside: Canadian Celtic. l B. Coole Designs: Cotton clothing for musicians and dancers. l Greenhouse: Great celtic music with Michael Rofkar, Patricia Casey, Jon Berger and etc... Home l The Hot Frittatas: Sweet Italian music with Gus Garelick, Don Coffin and Dennis Hadley and Sam Page. l The Skiffle Symphony: Jug band music at its finest. Band/Festival Links l Rosie and the Railroaders: oldtime music with a train in every song! FolkNotes l The Sebastopol Celtic Festival l Contra dance info Photo's l North Bay Country Dance Society l The Dance Gypsy Contact/Join l The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers l The Kate Wolf Festival Board Members l The Old Songs Festival, Local gigs, sessions, l CBA Old Time Music Page dances, house concerts... l Topanga Banjo and Fiddle contest l Seattle Folklife Festival Bulletin Board l California WorldFest l California Bluegrass Association l Huck Finn Jubilee Mohave narrows Regional Park, Victorville Ca. Country, bluegrass, country dancing, river raft building, catfishing. Camping available. l The California Traditional Music Society l StrawBerry Music Festival(s) Camping in Yosemite, Great Music & jamming. 209-533-0191 l berkeleyoldtimemusic.org Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. l San Francisco Free Folk Festival Entirely FREE and open to the public Info: E-mail [email protected] or call the SFFFF Hotline at: (510) 287-9095. l Florence International Music Summer Campus Classical and jazz music summer courses in the Florence Music School "Il Trillo", with musicians and teachers of international fame. l The Jug Band Festival l Lark In The Morning Music Camp. We have been sponsoring a music and dance camp since 1980. The camp has more than 100 instructors. Camp sold out last year so register early. For auto harpers: Rogo.com/folkstuff/autoharp.html Autoharp.org Special thanks to The Autoharp Quarterly for these web sites. Other links: Celtic MP3s BodhranTippers.Org Humboldt Folklife Society Mudcat Cafe Dirty Linen Magazine WesternSwing.com Festival Finder Lark in the Morning The Copyright Website Fiddler Magazine Shanties and Sea Songs Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador Larry Murphy's Irish Pub Andy M. Stewart home page Australian Folk Songs Nor. Cal. Celtic Music Venues Mike Seeger on Old Time Music No. Cal. O.T.M. from the 30's Bluegrass Unlimited Public Domain Music Fret 'n Fiddle Everything Celtic On The Web Old Time Music home page Fiddlenet Ceolas Canadian Celtic Music Stan Rogers home page Old Time Music on the web Irish Pubs of Canada Song lyrics galore FolkAlliance Stringband.com | home | folknotes | photos | contact | email | local gigs | bulletin board | SoCoFoSo blog | .
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