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Workshop Schedule - 34th Alaska Folk Festival

Schedule below was last updated Apr 11

Workshops





Saturday Workshops


Egan Room

Hammond Room

Sheffield Ballrooms

Cultural Center

Museum

Hickel Room

10:30
to
Noon

Guitar

Vic Cano

Shape Note Singing

Kari Lundgren

10am-11:30am MAIN STAGE

Using a Single Mic

AFF Sound Crew

Renaissance Dance

Lisa Marx

Folk-style Classical Guitar

Dan Hopson, Jose Garcia

Intermediate & Advanced Claw-hammer Banjo

Heather Tonga

Noon
to
1:30

Autoharp

Barb Kalen, Anne Fuller and friends

Native American Flute

Morgan Fawcett



Calling Dance Sets

Brian DeMarcus

Creole Music: Roots to Zydeco

Ed Poullard, Les Amis Creole

1:30
to
3:00

Music of French Canada

Greg McLaughlin

Harmony Singing

John Palmes

Couples Dances variety of styles

John Laskey

Appalachian Fiddle Tune Swap

Sergei Morosan, Jack Fontanella, Erik Chadwell

Beginning Jazz Guitar

John Lager

3:00
to
4:30

Jam Band

Brian DeMarcus

Intermediate Mandolin

Charlie Hunt

Science Songs for Kids

Dan Pascussi

Creole Dance Workshop

Sally Freund, Les Amis Creole

Blues Guitar

Pat Henry

ends 4pm





Sunday Workshops


Egan Room

Hammond Room

Sheffield Ballrooms

Museum

Hickel Room

10:30
to
Noon

Hymm Singing from American Revolution

Lynn Basham

Fiddle Tricks for all Levels

Shonti Elder

English Country Dance

Odette Foster with Amanitas



Noon
to
1:30

Show Don’t Tell: Exercises for Songwriters

Robin Hopper, Rick Miller, Ester Golton

Elements of Creole Fiddling

Cedric Watson

Dances of Universal Peace

Nina Massey

Zydeco Accordion

Corey Ledet

1:30
to
3:00

Interactive Music for Children

Kathleen Rushing

Introduction to Cross Step Waltz

Bruce Botelho, Suzy Gaffney

Creole Back-up Guitar

James Adams Jr.

Instrument Swap

3:00
to
4:30

Guitar Beyond Open Chords

Mark Lukey

Fiddlers Showcase

Hosts: Lis and Greg

Beginners Square Dance

Brian DeMarcus

Turkish Music Styles and Theory

Latif Bolat