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32nd Alaska Folk Festival Dance Schedule

Schedule below was last updated
5 Apr, 10 AM

Program Schedules
as PDF file
(frozen 23 Mar)

Dances


Thursday Night Dance • National Guard Building

9:00 - 9:50

The Jig Is Up • Anchorage & Juneau

Jacque Farnsworth, Lis Saya, Rex Blazer, Nene Wolfe

Irish band.

Caller: Jim Grammel • Juneau

Dishwasher safe!

10:10 - 11:00

Starr Hill • Juneau

Anne Fuller, Kathy Fanning, Mike Sakarias, Rob Bosworth, Debbie Johnson, Kate Boesser, Sally Donaldson,

Nene Wolfe, Lis Saya, John Church, Terry Hoskinson

Caller: Becky Hill, Guest Caller

11:20 - 12:10

Whozyamama Cajun/Zydeco Band • Bainbridge Island, Washington

Rex Blazer, Claudette Boudreaux, Tami Allen, Jack Fontanella, Alexina Boudreaux, Randy Rhinehart

Rex Blazer joins Claudette Boudreaux, Tami Allen, Jack Fontanella and local suspects for a fais do do!!

Dancemaster: Valerie DeLaune


Friday Night Dance • National Guard Building

7:00 - 7:50

Celtic Confusion • Fairbanks

Gary Newman, Caitlin Warbelow, Colleen Herning, Lisa Jaeger

Fairbanks contras for your dancing pleasure.

Caller: Gordy Euler • Portland, Oregon

Gordy has been calling contra dances in the Northwest for six years. He is the barker? banker? for the Portland

Country Dance Community.

8:10 - 9:00

The Improbabillies • Homer, Anchorage & Seattle

Scott Meyer, Forrest Gibson, Grant Dermody, Brian DeMarcus

Old time music.

Caller: Tom Paul • Juneau

9:20 - 10:10

Fire on McGinnis • Juneau

Lazlo, Laurie Gardner, Doug Gardner, Martha DeFreest, James Bibb, Dave Sheakley

Celtic folk rock.

10:30 - 11:20

Raisin' Holy Hell * the People's Republic of Ester

Doctor Bob-o Bell, Hot Babe Farrier Hart, Chicken Lovin' Loser Graves, Jubilicious Hadley, Cowgirl QBP

Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, you'll be grinnin' like a jackass in a cactus patch `cause this gang's jumpy

as a long-tailed cat in a room full a rockin' chairs.

11:40 - 12:30

Deep North • Fairbanks & Seattle, Washington

Grant Dermody, Robin Dale Ford, Pat Fitzgerald, Forrest Gibson, Alex Clarke

Seriously fun blues-boogie dancing.

12:50 - 1:40

The C-Notes • Anchorage & Juneau

Danny C., Johnny H., Adrian Minne, Marc Ramonda, Bob Banghart

Roots, rock and roll!

Dancemasters: Collette Costa and Sean Tracey


Saturday Night Dance, April 8 • National Guard Building

7:00 - 7:50

Sweet Sunny North • Haines

Len Feldman, Katya Kirsch, Tom Paul, & friends

Old-timey from the northern panhandle.

Caller: Valerie DeLaune • Juneau

8:10 - 9:00

Anchor Steam • Anchorage

Denise Martin, Mike Richardson, Jim Kerr, Patty Hamre, Dave Hamre, John Michaud in spirit memoriam

Lively steaming contras & squares.

Caller: Lynn Basham • Fairbanks & Turkey

Fairbanks caller from 11 time zones away.

9:20 - 10:10

Leif & Lis Saya • Juneau

Contra, Irish & square dance tunes to bring you joy!

Caller: Becky Hill

10:30- 11:20

Grateful Celtics • Juneau

Cecily Morris, Beth Leibowitz, Chris Pace, Art Morris, John Church

Traditional tunes but also klezmer influences. A little different sound-fiddle free.

Caller: Kari Lundgren

11:40 - 12:30

Salsa Borealis • Juneau

Antonio Diaz, Russell Sandstrom, Albert McDonnell, Eric Ocasio, Marc Ramonda, Mike Bucy, Mike Stanley, Rhonda Cruz

Get ready to shimmy, shake, wiggle and gyrate to Juneau's very own salsa band-featuring new songs and new sounds (piano) that are sure to get you in the Latin groove.

Dancemasters: Heather Haugland and Antonio Diaz