Editor: Helen Gordon Staff: Pam Harders Volume 26, No. 10 June/July 1990 (703) 281-2228 14TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON FOLK FESTIVAL - JUNE 2 & 3 at Glen Echo Park It’s almost summer, and it’s festival season again! Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, and the buzzards returning to Hinckley, the Washington Folk Festival returns to Glen Echo Park for two days of FREE music, dance, storytelling, kids’ programs and crafts! The Festival goes on, rain or shine, from noon until 10 PM, Saturday, June 2, and from noon until 6 PM, Sunday, June 3. Glen Echo National Park is located at Goldsboro Rd. and MacArthur Blvd. in Glen Echo, MD. Parking is very limited after last year’s flood, so carpool or catch the N8 bus from the Friendship Heights Metro stop. Bring a picnic, a blanket and the whole family! This year’s program features both familiar and new faces. You’ll hear the tight Balkan harmonies of Slaveya, the in­ tricate music and dance of a Balinese kenreling, and the masterful duo of Fink and Marxer. Workshops feature every­ thing from old time country mu­ sic to bagpipes from around the world to the rhythms of tap and step dancing. StorytellersSharon Butler, Linda Fang and many others will en­ thrall with their tales. Craftspeople will show the arts of quilting, ornamental inlay, instrument construction and much more. Kids can join in the fun of singing nonsense songs or seeing how musical instruments really work. See the schedule on the next page for a host of other acts! As always, all the performers and artists in the Festival are from the Washington area. They, and all the staff, are volunteers. If you’d like to help, too, visit the Festival Office. The Festival is made possible with the support of the National Park Service, the Montgomery County Council on the Humanities, and the kind donations of individuals and organizations. Thanks to all of you, and enjoy the Festival! Sparky Rucker House Concert...June Program: Estonia...Page 3 INSIDE: WFF SCHEDULES!!!...Page 2. Sunday Night Dances...Page 4. June AND July Calendars! FSGW Newsletter, Volume 26, No.10 June/July 1990 Wash ngt.nn Fnllc Festival - Saturday, Juno 2, 1990 YU R T VILLAGE ADVENTURE CUDDLE-UP STORYTELLING CHILDREN’S SPANISH CRYSTAL POOL STAGE THEATER STAGE AR EA AREA BALLROOM STAGE 12:00 Ollantay Buffalo Nickel Band Ed Tamulevich Tall Tales The New St. George Ron Trotta Mazin Marji Nonsense Songs Ap p a la ch ia n 1:00 Dulcimer Workshop Double Dutch Original Tales and Tunes Stages in a Wom an’s Jumprope Ceili Dance Swingabilly Band Au toh arp Workshop Life Wor k sh op Hazlewood Frog Stories Ironweed 2:00 ComedySportz Giggi Liberti Ceoltoiri Pete Kennedy Family Dance Guitar Workshop Wiley Ways Wor k sh op La Rondinella Mazin Marji Water Songs 3:00 Blues Workshop Workshop Linn Barnes and Pipes to Pedal Allison H a m p ton Marc Spiegel Swing Dance New Voices Steel: How Does It Rhythms of Feet Worksh op Connell, Dickens, Slaveya Work? Workshop and McLoughlin 4:00 New Faces, Old Stories Limberjacks Ar ch ie Edwar ds Country, Down-Home Rhythms of Work Guitaroids Workshop Zem ya Steve ’’Ham bone” Style Jane Gillman Both Sides of the Hickman 5:00 Ocean Daddy Longlegs Morton Brook, Jr. Lox and Vodka Mississippi John Quebecois Sampler Tap Dance Workshop Hurt Workshop Yon a Ch ock Italian Music Five-String Banjo Sampler of Stories 6:00 Workshop Namu Lwanga Alborada Gospel Harmonies Waltz Workshop Sharon Butler DC Rhythm Ensemble 7:00 Ganga Story Swap BAMCO Warn er William s Springfield Baptist Church Male Chorus Reed Martin Songs of Sociable Louvin Brothers 8:00 Ferment Workshop Tales for a Midsummer’s Night Musica Antiqua Gamelan Kenreling Bill Baker Linda Fang 9:00 Mill Run Dulcimer Franklin, Harpe and Band Usilton Loony Toonz Saturday Night Paramount Jazz Band Workshop Dance Bruce Hutton 10:00 11:00 Washington Folk Festival — Sunday, June 3, 1990 YU R T VILLAGE ADVENTURE CUDDLE-UP STORYTELLING CHILDREN’S SPANISH CRYSTAL POOL STAGE THEATER STAGE AR EA AREA BALLROOM STAGE 12:00 King David’s Harp Sodabread Sh aron Butler Greek and Lionhart Pipe Band Gospel Singing Stories for the Macedonian Dance Workshop Spirit Clishmaclaver Djimo Kouyate Worksh op Allon s Zee Cathy Fink k. Marcy 1:00 Tales from Around Marxer Joe Hickerson Rowdy English Hammered Dulcimer the World Blues Workshop Country Dance Irish Stew Workshop Within and Without Djimo Kouyate Worksh op Accor dion Wor k sh op 2:00 Tales from the Cathy Fink and Washin gton Toho Middle East Cowboy Dance Marcy Marxer Bagpipe Workshop John Bell Worksh op Koto Society Cornucopia 3:00 Ragtime Workshop Team of Tellers Daryl Davis Band An n Sheldon Jump Up, Clap Hands The Boarding Party Contra Dance Brock and the Workshop Tales about Folks Michael Fleming Singer-Songwriter Rockets Spanish Dance 4:00- Ruminahui Ecuadorian Folklore Workshop Eleanor Ellis and Society Bill J enkins’ Friends Morris Dancing Tales from Africa Wonderful World of Worksh op Nubian League John Bell Music Patuxent Partners 5:00 Fiddle Workshop Wash in gton Old Tales, Fresh Balalaika Society Ideas Vietn a m ese Mu sic Zydeco Dan ce P arty Tisza Ensemble Sunshine Skiffle 6:00 Band 2 Deadline for August Issue: 9pm, Thursday, July 12 FSGW Newsletter, Volume 26, No.10 June/July 1990 SPARKY & RHONDA RUCKER HOUSE CONCERT Saturday, June 23, 8pm Sparky Rucker, folk-blues performer, storyteller, histori­ an, folklorist and educator, and his wife, Rhonda, pay a special visit to FSGW for a house concert June 23, 8pm, at the home of Lars Hanslin in Chevy Chase, MD. Sparky’s voice ranges from a throaty growl to a warble, backed by the rhythm of his bottleneck guitar playing. Rhonda Rucker is a versatile performer, singing harmonies with Sparky and playing harmonica. Rhonda has studied with Washington’s Phil Wiggins, and applies her techniques when accompanying Sparky. Their concerts are total experiences in sound, history and culture, mixing song, legend, tale, and historical narrative in an exploration which tells the story of American life. Once a teacher and now a travelling troubadour, Sparky mixes jokes and comments on contemporary life with the historical roots of the traditional material he loves so well. Admission to this intimate concert is $5, FSGW; $7, non-members. Call (301) 654-4317 for directions to the Hanslin house. Thomas & Tarmo Urb Estonian Freedom Songs June Program at WES : Friday, June 8, 8:30pm The FSGW June Program features two brothers from Estonia who bring to the US a view of Eastern Block life not often heard. This is the first DC concert appearance by these recent emigres, who just have been honored by the Congressional Human Rights Foundation. They will be featured later this month on Diane Rehm’s WAMU talk show. Their songs are topical, original, mostly in English, and accompanied by guitar. It is reminiscent of topical folkmusic of the ’60s. Changing politics in changing times! Join us at Washington Ethical Society Auditorium, 7750 16th St. NW, DC. Programs are FREE to members, including those who join at this event, and $6 all others. FSGW "On the Way Home" Friday, July 13, 8pm Friday, July 13 will be "FSGW Night" at Arena Stage’s Old Vat Room for an 8pm per­ formance of Stephen Wade’s "On the Way Home". After 8 years at Arena with his previ­ ous show, "Banjo Dancing", Stephen Wade has prepared a new selection of American stories, songs, tales, and historical narratives all ac­ companied by his favorite banjos and banjo pieces. Steve (an FSGW member) is a veteran researcher of folk and traditional sources and has prepared materials for film and television as well as for his own shows. He came to Arena for a 3 week run in January 1981 and his engaging and effervescent manner have been charming audiences and critics alike ever since. Now, through a special arrangement with Arena Stage, FSGW members can see the new show at 35 percent off the normal ticket price. The tickets cost $9.75 and must be reserved in advance by calling the Arena group sales office at (202) 488- 4380. Ask for the FSGW group on July 13. You will need vour membership card to pick up vour tickets on the night of the performance. A block of seats will held until July 2. Additional seats will be on an as available basis. Reserve your seats now for a special opportunity to enjoy this delightful evening. Newsletter Editor's Address: 14244 Bradshaw Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20905 3 FSGW Newsletter, Volume 26, No.10 June/July 1990 FSGW Sunday Night Dance at Glen Echo Park The FSGW Sunday night contra & square dances are held in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, just off MacArthur Blvd. in Glen Echo MD. The dance is aimed at intermediate to advanced dancers (i.e. little teaching, short walk-throughs, lots of music & dancing). Dances start 7:30pm & end 10:30pm promptly. Admission: $4, FSGW, BFMS, ATDS, CDSS, NPS Golden Eagle Pass Holders and Senior Citizens; $6 non-members. NEW! N EW! N EW! Sunday night dancers are invited to gather before the dances for "Picnics in the Park." Show up at 6:30. BYO Everything: share conversation & the chance to get to know your fellow dancers better. Let’s enjoy even more of Glen Echo Park! Ju n e 3: Robbin Schaeffer; band TB A. Robbin will call an Ju l y 8: Bob Dalsemer with Tripping up Stairs. DARE TO evening of all contras to the music of a band not DANCE W ITH W IT: This afternoon’s contra­ worn out by the festival.