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37th Alaska Folk Festival Dance Schedule

Dances


Thursday Night, April 14 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 The Contra Babes • Caller: Odette Edgar
Nene Wolfe, Lis Saya, Jacque Farnsworth, Shonti Elder, Ellie Sharman, Charlie Hunt, Tony Scott Pierce
Eclectic contra mix
9:00 to 9:50 Grateful Celtics • Caller: Valerie DeLaune
Terry Hoskinson, Beth Leibowitz, Art Morris, Cecily Morris, Steve Winker
Traditional Irish and New England tunes plus Klezmer and Balkan influenced contra dance music
10:10 to 11:00 Full Circle • Caller: Tom Paul
Greg Burger, Auri Clarke, Mary DeSmet, Cecily Morris, Art Morris
Contra dance music – Juneau style. Traditional and original music that gets you out on the floor
11:20 to 12:10 Joie de Vivre • Caller: Lynn Basham
Leif Saya, Greg McLaughlin, Lis Saya
Fun French-Canadian and Celtic tunes

Dance Master: Mike Rentel


Friday Night, April 15 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Dale Wygant & The Oomp-Ha Band • Juneau, Alaska
Dale Wygant, Steve Tada, Paul Shannon, Alan Young, Russell Strandtmann, Beth Leibowitz, Ken Guier, Brian Van Kirk
Polka, old time swing, waltzes and schottisches
8:10 to 9:00 Kari Groven & The Wristrockets • Douglas, Alaska
Kari Groven, Jason Caputo, Mike Bucy, Chris Frary, Dale McFarlin, Andy Engstrom
Electric groove based mix of funk, blues, rock ‘n roll and even a little Norwegian folk
9:20 to 10:10 C-Notes Honky Tonk Jam with special guests • Juneau, Alaska

10:30 to 12:30 Caleb Klauder Country Band with Jesse Lége & Joel Savoy • Portland Oregon
Caleb Klauder, Sammy Lind, Paul Brainard, Nadine Landry, Ned Folkerth, Jesse Lége, Joel Savoy
The 37th Annual Alaska Folk Festival’s Guest Dance Band

Dance Master: Marcelo Maiorano


Saturday Night, April 16 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Sweet Sunny North • Caller: Tom Paul
Katya Kirsch, Len Feldman, Jim Wolfe, Carol-Anne Wolfe
Old-time tunes to dance through snow drifts
8:10 to 9:00 GAD Almighty • Caller: Odette Edgar
Tom Paul, Jack Fontanella, Erik Chadwell, Sergei Morosan
The “G is Us.H” gang is back with even more keys to the old time kingdom
9:20 to 10:10 The Dawson Fairbanks Connection • Caller: Lynn Basham
Nancy Bayer, Charlie Hunt, Rose Crelli, Simon Crelli
The “Yukon Quest” of contradance bands
10:30 to 11:20 Njuzu Marimbas • Juneau, Alaska
Seven marimba players
The Njuzu Band joined by marimba students from the Canvas
11:40 to 12:30 Tenakee Rock and Blues Band • Tenakee, Alaska
Ross Soboleff, Gordon Chew, Mark Meyer, Robin Hiersche, Todd Vierra, Sterling Chew
High energy classic rock and blues dance tunes.

Dance Master: Rhonda Moseby