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36th Alaska Folk Festival Dance Schedule

Dances

Friday After the Concerts: the guest dance band, The Tallboys, will play for a dance in Centennial Hall


Thursday Night, April 8 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Toute la Nuit • Caller: Tom Paul
Leif Saya, Lis Saya, Greg McLaughlin, Charlie Hunt, Nene Wolfe
French Canadian music
8:10 to 9:00 Grateful Celtics • Caller: Odette Edgar
Beth Leibowitz, Cecily Morris, Terry Hoskinson, Steve Winker, Art Morris
Celtic with unauthorized excursions to Eastern Europe
9:20 to 10:10 The Bevels • Caller: Odette Edgar
Terry Hoskinson, Kathy Fanning, Nene Wolfe, Wendy Parker, Sally Donaldson
Back Again! Having more fun than it makes sense to have
10:30 to 11:20 Impromptu • Caller: Warren Argo
Mike Sakarias, Anne Fuller, John Church, Odette Edgar
In the tradition of Bill Spence & Fennig’s All-Stars
11:40 to 12:30 Honky-Tonk Habit • Juneau, Alaska
Kris Eli Jones, Lindy Jones, Maridon Boario, Bob Banghart
Don’t rock the jukebox, play me a honky-tonk song

Dance Master: Ayaire Cantil-Vorhees


Friday Night, April 9 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 The Goat Rodeo • Anchorage, Alaska
Boot, Jake, Duane, Jordan
Up-beat honky-tonk originals
8:10 to 9:00 Salsa Borealis • Juneau, Alaska
Russell Sandstrom, Antonio Diaz, Alejondro, Soria, Eric Ocasio, Conrad Ebona, Mike Stanley, Mike Bucy, Bryan Johnson, Brendon Fuhs, Marc Ramonda
An unforeseen consequence of salsa in Alaska has accelerated global warming and dancing in the region
9:20 to 10:10 Juneau’s Oomp-Ha Band • Juneau, Alaska
Dale Wygant, Beth Leibowitz, Steve Young, Steve Tada, Paul Shannon, Russ Strantmann, Quin Tracy
Polka, waltz and swing for a good time
10:30 to 11:20 Raisin’ Holy Hell • Ester, Alaska
Erky G, Bobby B, Tommy H, Georgy G, Bobby BZ, Kliffy H
If it can’t be played in the key of D, it ain’t worth playin’
11:40 to 12:30 Bayou Glacée • Anchorage, Alaska
Celine Vaillancourt, Bill Allen, Patti Hamre, Beverly Grogan, Eric Stice, Gary Fitch
Traditional Cajun music sung in French
12:50 to 1:40 The Shocks • Juneau, Alaska
Odin Brudie, Evans Wohlforth, Rick Kinsey
Rock-n-roll originals. This music will move your soles

Dance Master: Norman Vandergriff


Saturday Night, April 10 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Doc South & Friends with Lost Dog • Caller: Doc South
Thomas Hart, Pete Bowers, Ryan Bowers, Nate MacDonald, Danny Consenstein, Doc South (caller)
Old time square dance music from our Honorary Alaskan Artist and his friends
8:10 to 9:00 Full Circle • Caller: Valerie DeLaune
Greg Burger, Mary DeSmet, Art Morris, Cecily Morris
High spirited, hard driving contras and squares
9:20 to 10:10 G is Us. H • Caller: Charmaine Slaven
Tom Paul, Sergei Morosan, Jack Fontanella, Erik Chadwell, Nicole Lantz
Righteous old time dance tunes in the key of G (mostly)
10:30 to 11:20 Red Hoochie and the Tomcods • Caller: Kari Lundgren
Bruce Schwartz, Sher Schwartz, Terry O’Hara, Adam Carter Nafziger, Kari Lundgren (caller)
Old-time southern square dance band
11:40 to 12:30 Pale Dry Sherri • Caller: Tom Paul
Sherri Hadley, Jack Fontanella, Sally Freund, Aileen McInnis
12:50 to 1:40 Sweet Sunny North • Caller: tba
Katya Kirsch, Len Feldman, Jim Wolfe, Carol-Anne Wolfe, Whitt Mead
Old time tunes to dance through snow drifts

Dance Master: Dennis Townsend