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Schedule for the 2015

El Cerrito Free Folk Festival

The Festival Program
(for information on events, click their names)

STAGES

Courtyard Stage:

12:30 to 1:00  Cindy Webster
1:00 to 1:30    
The Sighreens
1:30 to 2:30    Ken Hayes & Friends
2:30 to 3:30    The Usual Suspects
3:30 to 4:30    
Jump In
4:30 to 5:30    Hophead
5:30 to 6:30    
The Splinter Group

Cafeteria Stage:

12:00 to 1:00  Alzara and Brother Spellbinder
1:00 to 2:00    Maurice Tani
2:00 to 3:00    Polka Cowboys
3:00 to 4:00    Don Burnham and the Bolos
4:00 to 5:00    
Bearcat Duo
5:00 to 6:00    
Calaveras
6:00 to 7:00    Alan Smithline
7:00 to 8:00    
Euphonia
8:00 to 9:00    Dirty Cello

Building C, Outside Stage:

12:00 to 1:00  Expanding Your Folk Song Repertoire - Shay Black
1:00 to 4:00    Open Mic at the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival


MUSIC WORKSHOPS AND JAMS

Jam Room (Large Gym):

12:00 to 1:00 
Melody Cryns Ukulele Sing-Along Jam
1:00 to 2:00   Women's Songs: Singing Strong!- Laurie Story Vela
2:00 to 3:30   In Harmony's Way Singing Session - Marlene McCall & Riggy Rackin
3:30 to 5:00   Sing the Beatles - Jeannine Menger, Kit Nelson, and Kylie McKnight
5:00 to 6:00   Modern Honky-Tonk - Doug Norman, Eric Jaeger, and Jeff Davis

Music Room (Bldg. C Room 101):

12:00 to 1:00  
Rounds for All - Lani Herrmann
1:00 to 2:00    Triad: Secrets for Great Harmony - Sheridan Malone
2:00 to 3:00    Hands-On Klezmer: Styles and Tunes - Jim Rebhan assisted by Barbara Hollinger & Barbara Speed
3:00 to 4:00    
Guitar that Sounds Like Open Tuning, but Is Not! - Mark Lemaire with Cindy Lemaire
4:00 to 5:00    
Guitar: Beginning Lead Playing - Mac McCurdy
5:00 to 6:00    
Intro to Mountain Dulcimer - Deborah Hamouris

Family Stage:

12:30 to 1:00  Scotty - The green eyed, blue haired
1:00 to 1:30    Jamar - The gentle banjo player
1:30 to 2:00    Ed Hilton - President, San Francisco Folk Music Club, Kindergarten Teacher
2:00 to 3:00    B2_s from Pacifica
3:00 to 4:00    Jailhouse Stringband - Foot stompin' fun!!
4:00 to 5:00    Ed Silberman and other tellers share folk tales. And maybe you too.
5:00 to 5:30    Paul Herzoff and Hali Hammer
5:30 to 6:30    Laurie Story and Jeremiah - Come Sing-A-Long & Play-A-Long with Laurie Story Vela & her Jeremiah.

DANCE PROGRAM

Notes:

Neither experience nor partners are required for the dance workshops and dances. Children under 12 are welcome in the dance workshops and at both evening dances IF accompanied on the dance floor by a responsible adult partner.

Shoes are not permitted in the Dance Studio. Bare feet or socks/stockings only. Thank you for your cooperation!


The 1pm Landler Waltz class and the 4pm Irish Ceili Dance class are aimed primarily at adults and teens and may be too challenging for children under the age of 12.


Dance Workshops

1:00 to 2:00     Bollywood – a Warm-up Class with Style – Lahlah Habib
2:00 to 3:00     
The Landler Waltz – as danced in “The Sound of Music” - Cathleen Myers & Alex Lerman
3:00 to 4:00     
Jane Austen’s Dances (English Regency Country Dancing) – Alan Winston
4:00 to 5:00     
Irish Ceili Dancing – Kat Repose (CD’s only)
5:00 to 6:00     
Waltz Sequence Dances – Transit of Earth - Alan Winston

Evening Dance Party

8:00 – 9:30
  
Transit of Earth - A Dickens Dance Party