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42nd Alaska Folk Festival Dance Schedule

Dances


Thursday Night, April 7 • JACC

9:00 to 9:50 Uncle John's • Juneau, Alaska • caller: Odette Edgar
Sophia Butler, John Church, Sally Donaldson, Beth Leibowitz, Steve Winker
New contra/square band playing old fiddle favorites. Irish, French-Canadian, New England, and Old time tunes; picked by dancers for dancing
10:10 to 11:00 Outsiders • Juneau, Alaska • guest caller: Charmaine Slaven
Tom Paul, John Hatton, Chuck Dineen, Judy Lungren, Hot Bass Picker
Old Tme music to dance your pants off
11:20 to 12:10 The High Fives • Juneau, Alaska
Jason Messing, Jake Soboleff, Marcus Beckmann, Tim Ewing
Original Reggae homegrown in Juneau, AK.

Friday Night, April 8 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Donkey Cart • Douglas, Alaska
Ben Higdon, Jesse Stringer, Travis Croteau, Libby Stringer, Owen Cruise, Patrick Murphy
AM style Country Music
8:10 to 9:00 The Whisky Richards • San Francisco, California
Chase Christie, Katy Rexford, Adam Roszkiewicz, Zach Sharpe, Sean Tracey
San Francisco's "champagne of honky-tonk"
9:20 to 10:10 The Carper Family • Austin, Texas
Melissa Carper, Beth Chrisman, Jenn Miori, Sophia Johnson
2016 Guest Artists
10:30 to 11:20 Mongrel Mics & The Horn Stars • Juneau, Alaska
Doug Bridges, Mike Bucy, Alexei Painter, Jason Caputo, D. MacFarter, Mike Gamble, C. Costa-Lot, Jill Taylor, Tim Powers, Terry Schwartz
Take a rhythm & blues ride on the soul train with the party conductors!
11:40 to 12:30 Susu and the Prophets • Juneau, Alaska
Mike Maas, Riley Woodford, Simon Taylor, Shona Osterhout, Austin Osterhout
Upbeat dance music with big harmonies and friendly grooves.

Saturday Night, April 9 • JACC

7:00 to 7:50 Njuzu Marimbas • Juneau, Alaska
Betsy Sims, Valerie Snyder, Emily Kane, Reed Gardinier, Grace Newman, Clem Taylor-Roth, Arne Ellefson, Jesse Larson, Aleanna Collins, Clay Good
Joyous, rocking rhythms that will put a smile on your face and dancing shoes on your feet.
8:10 to 9:00 Chilkat Valley Ramblers • Haines, Alaska • caller: Tom Paul
Shonti Elder, Burl Sheldon, Nene Wolfe, Nancy Berland, Charlie Hunt, Mark Carol
Rambling French Canadian, old time, and northern tunes
9:20 to 10:10 Greywolf • Haines, Alaska • caller: Caroline Oakley & Ava Honey
Len Feldman, Jim Wolfe, Esther Whitmore, Katya Kirsch, Carol Anne Wolfe
Celebrating spring with old-time tunes for squares, circles and contras!
10:30 to 11:20 The Improbabillies • Homer, Alaska • guest caller: Charmaine Slaven
Grant Dermody, Forrest Gibson, Scott Meyer
Traditional and nontraditional old time music to take you there.
11:40 to 12:30 Flustered Cluckers • Douglas, Alaska
Sophie Lager, Alexei Painter, Craig Millard, Darren Jaeckel
Specializing in blues and rock covers, this band provides a fresh take on classics with a flair that will get your tail feathers shaking and your toe tapping.