From: martin@lyra.cis.umassd.edu (Gary Martin)
Newsgroups: alt.appalachian
Subject: Eisteddfod Folk Festival
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:14:47 GMT
Reply-To: martin@cis.umassd.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


This year's Eisteddfod doesn't feature any Appalachian performers, but
a number of the musicians perform songs collected there.  Readers in
New England may be interested in attending; readers elsewhere may
wish to pass the info on to friends in N.E. who may be interested but
don't have net access.  Thanks.

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      |                UMass Dartmouth EISTEDDFOD                |
      |                         presents                         |
      |      A Festival of Traditional Music, Dance & Crafts     |
      |                                                          |
      |                 SEPTEMBER 25 and 26, 1992                |
      |                                                          |
      |           University of Massachusetts Dartmouth          |
      |                5 miles west of New Bedford               |
      |                 60 miles south of Boston                 |
      |                25 miles east of Providence               |
      |                100 miles east of New Haven               |
      |==========================================================|

           Concerts, Miniconcerts, Workshops, Contradance
            Crafts Tables, Food Service, Children's Area

                          Featuring music from
   America, Australia, the British Isles, Canada, Turkey, and Ukraine
                               including
         Blues, Cajun, music of New England and the Adirondacks
   children's music, maritime songs, shape note singing, storytelling
                               played on
                fiddle, concertina, dulcimer, banjo, harp 
              guitar, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, autoharp, etc.


PERFORMERS:
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Hanny Budnick - Dance caller and teacher
Joe Cormier - Cape Breton fiddler
Yildiray Erdener - Turkish musician
Lynn and Turner Foddrell - Blues
Friends of Fiddlers' Green - Canadian singers of maritime songs
     includes:  Alistair Brown, Tam Kearney, Grit Laskin,
                David Parry, Ian Robb, 
Lorraine Lee Hammond and Bennett Hammond - dulcimer and guitar
Cliff Haslam - Songs of England
Priscilla Herdman - collector and interpreter of songs
David Ingalls - Ballads about women
David Jones - British ballads, music hall, etc.
Irene Kytasty - Ukranian musician
Linda Morley - folklorist, interviewer
Maggi Peirce - Irish storyteller and singer
Martyn Wyndham-Read - Australian songs
John Roberts, Tony Barrand, and Lisa Preston - English ballads, etc.
Marc & Ann Savoy with Ken Smith - Cajun music
Carla Sciaky - old and new songs from all over
Christopher Shaw - songs and stories from the Adirondacks
Short Sisters - unusual harmonies, strange rounds, shape-note, etc.
     includes: Fay Baird, Kate Seeger, Kim Wallach
Lucy Simpson - Ballads
Karen and Pete Sutherland - contradance music (Pete was in Metamora)
Dave Van Ronk - a folk/blues legend
Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis - collectors of songs from many traditions
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CONCERT SCHEDULE:
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Friday, September 25, 1992  8 pm  $10 general, $6 senior, $5 under 17
     Lynn & Turner Foddrell
     Dave Van Ronk
     Maggi Peirce
     Marc & Ann Savoy with Ken Smith
Saturday, September 26, 1992  12 Noon  Family Concert  $3 adults $2 kids 
     Lorraine Lee Hammond & Bennett Hammond
     Yildiray Erdener
     Kim Wallach
     Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis
Saturday, September 26, 1992  8 pm  $10 general, $6 senior, $5 under 17
     Priscilla Herdman
     Martyn Wyndham-Read
     John Roberts & Tony Barrand with Lisa Preston
     Friends of Fiddlers' Green
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Miniconcert/Workshop Titles (Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm):
$2 button allows admission to all workshops except as noted and
is good for $2 off of the Saturday concert admission
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American Songs                      Ballads I & II
Banjo                               Blues
British Isles                       Collecting/Cecil Sharp
Concertina                          Contradance ($5 admission)
Dancing While Singing               English
Fiddle                              Folklife Study & Research
From Cape Breton to Cajun Country   Guitars
Hotstuff                            Images of Women in Traditional Songs
Industrial                          Irish Songs, Ballads & Yarns
Jokes                               Lunchtime at the Coffee House
Monologues, Poems & Recitations     Morning Coffee (House)
Morris Dancing                      Quiet Songs, Soothing Songs
Record Promotion and Production     Sea Songs
Songwriters I & II                  Stories
Two Old Friends on Down Under       Unusual Instruments
Why I Sing                          Work Songs
Social Issues, Protest, Land and Environment
Beginning Mountain Dulcimer (instruments available for sale or rent)
Interview: Irene Kytasty on Traditions of Ukraine
Interview: Lynn & Turner Foddrell
Interview: Maggi Peirce
Interview: Martyn Wyndham-Read
Interview: Yildiray Erdener on Traditions of Turkey

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SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON RELIGIOUS SONGS:
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1992  10 AM - NOON

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SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE:  For a donation of $50 or more, receive an all-event 
ticket plus an invitation to the performers' party following the Saturday 
concert.

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FOR TICKETS AND FURTHER INFORMATION call 508-999-8546

EISTEDDFOD IS A NON-PROFIT EVENT FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE STUDENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH
--
Gary A. Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UMass Dartmouth
Martin@cis.umassd.edu
Newsgroups: alt.appalachian