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Sponsor Spotlights (not updated for 2010)
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Workshops (not updated for 2010)
Poster you can print to promote the Festival (not updated for 2010)
2009 Photos from the
venues by Brad Sondahl:
Lair Auditorium
Sasquatch
Little Foot
Game Room
Cafeteria Stage
Bluegrass Old Time
Small Gym
Other pictures
Vendor photos
photos by Michael Conley
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Spokane Folklore Society
Answer Phone: 747-2640
P.O. Box 141
Spokane, WA 99210-0141
Welcome to our 2009 Fall Folk Festival Performers -
Traditional/International
Koyasuyo – music of the Andes
Oom Pa’s and Ma’s - Odessa’s German polka and waltz band
Leone Peterson and Autoharp Friends -- not your grandma’s autoharp
Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – dances from around the world
Spokane Tango - Argentine Tango
Stevens County Stompers (Colville, Wa) – clogging
Urban Coyote Bush Band - rip-roaring Aussie folk songs
Valley Crosstrailers Square Dance – demo and participation
Vinegar Flats Tub Ensemble – American Roots music
African
Ashe Drum and Dance Ensemble – West African
Chiroto Marimba Band (Clarkston, WA) music from Zimbabwe
Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, Id) traditional music from Zimbabwe
Asian
Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute Students – Japanese folk dance
Silk Road Band - folk songs from the Silk Road
Spokane Chinese Dance Association
Suzaku Taiko - traditional Japanese drumming
Celtic
Angus Scott Pipe Band
Celtic Nots - rousing neo-traditional Celtic
Consort Bon Accord – Celtic baroque
Nancy Davis – Celtic harp and vocals
Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots -
Brian MacLeod - Scottish tunes
Dan Maher (Pullman, WA) - Celtic and Inland Folk
Spokane Valley Highland Dancers
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers
Hawaiian
Kaikahi ‘O Hula / Hui O Hawaii - dance
Mele Polinahe - Hawaiian roots music
Pulehu Boys - traditional Hawaiian slack key
Klezmer
Chutzpah
Kosher Red Hots
Middle Eastern
Baharat - Middle Eastern belly dance and folkloric dances
Desert Silk Dance Company - Middle Eastern and fusion dance
Hasna Haddiyah – Middle Eastern, North Africa
Nah’Joom Dancers – Middle Eastern and American belly dance
Native-American
Brownhawk – Native American flute, drum and dance
Last of the Go Vonte (Daryl Shortman) - Montana Plains Indian flute music
Blues
Delta Preachers – old style blues
Ron Doyen – blues and folk
Lavinia Ross (Sweet Home OR) blues, spirituals, 12-strings
Rick Ross (Sweet Home, OR) - blues and slide guitar
Bluegrass etc.
Aaron & Tonio & the Afterthoughts – 3 kids and 3 old guys
Big Red Barn - rhythm and blues
Blue Grass Union Band – 4 part harmony
Bluegrass Conspiracy - bluegrass and more
Bluegrass Spectators - bluegrass, country, gospel
Columbia Bluegrass - fresh new sound
Crab Creek Wranglers – bluegrass, cowboy
Heartbreak Pass – new and bright
Kettle Creek Bluegrass Band - red-hot bluegrass
Molly and Tenbrooks - window-shakin’, barn-burnin’ bluegrass
Panhandle Polecats – family bluegrass band from Idaho
Stony River Bluegrass Band - traditional and original
Turner Sisters - tight harmonies and good fun
Wide River – above and beyond the call of bluegrass
Old-Time
Dead Fiddler’s Society - old-time string band
Huckleberry Jam - old-time, Celtic and gospel
Rainbow Fiddle Kids – old-time fiddle music – youth ages 4-17
Sondahl and Hawkins – old-time and blues original songs
Uncle Joe’s Banjo Band – old-timey tunes
Swing
Jive Five – swing from the 1930’s and 40’s
Musaiique – swing and jazz
Western Reunion - cowboy songs and western swing
Solos/Instrumentals
Gary Burris - acoustic guitar
Don Opsal – new and Celtic tunings
Tim Platt – solo acoustic finger style guitarist
Singers and Songwriters
Amy Bleu (Portland, OR) – contemporary folk
Blue Ribbon Tea Company - original songs from the American Roots tradition
Cheryl Branz – folk-pop
Hank Cramer – songs of sailors, cowboys and miners
Jerin Falkner – sass and class
Ron Greene – acoustic pop and folk with soul
Pete Holm – original folk and contemporary
Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron (Richland, WA) - original tunes, quirky humor
Janet Johnson – romance novelist in song
Tamara Lewis – (Seattle, WA) - passionate folk
Occasional String band – original songs about politics and relationships
Colleen Rice – pop and blues
Hannah Siglin -youth singer guitarist
Allen Surdez – blend of blues, jazz, country and folk for easy listening
There She Goes (Vancouver,Wa) - alternative folk duo
Folk/Eclectic
Bruised Orange - eclectic Americana
Dead Man’s Pants - country, folk, blues, jug band, bluegrass
Folk Remedy – folk harmonies
Keeler, Melvin and Morse - American roots music
David McRae and Michael Robinson - folkabilly
Plaid Cat - a little of this & a little of that
Sidetrack Unplugged - rockabilly and swing
Sidhe – guitar and voice duo
Spokane Community Choir – songs of peace from the people of the world
Toasted Toads - ragtime, blues, hillbilly, old-time
For Kids of All Ages
Susan Creed spooky folk tale favorites
Jenny Edgren - Kid’s Hour – songs for kids of all ages
Dick Frost – magician
Hel’wyse (Karen Standal) - Halloweens before and to come
Rocci Hildum – (Wenatchee, WA) - absolutely true stories
Ken Nesbitt - funny spooky poetry
Spokane Storytellers League - stories from around the world
Dance Workshops
Egyptian Belly Dance with Aisha Azar
English Country Dance with Mitchell Frey
Family Dance - international and traditional American dance with Susan Dankovich
International Folk Dance with Karen Wilson-Bell
Introduction to Belly Dance with Nizana
Japanese folk dance with Mukogawa Students
New England Contra Dance
Palestinian Debke with Aisha Azar – woman’s circle dance
Valley Crosstrailers Square Dance
Contra Dance Bands and Callers
Out of the Wood with Nora Scott and Ray Polhemus
Bridgewater Boys with Mitchell Frey