Special Events
odd: label: General
content: Dance Instructors

Earl Arnould, Cajun dancer, Lafayette, Louisiana

Betty Cecile, Cajun dancer, Scott, Louisiana

Carol Roth, Polka dancer, Cudahy, Wisconsin

Ken Roth, Polka dancer, Cudahy, Wisconsin

File, Cajun music

Ray Brassieur, guitar player, St. Martinville, Louisiana

Ward Lormand, accordion player, Scott, Louisiana

Faren Serrette, 1956-, fiddle player, Cecelia, Louisiana

Kevin Shearin, bass player, New Orleans, Louisiana

Peter Stevens, drummer, Lafayette, Louisiana

Oulu Hotshots, Finnish American polka music

Bill Kangas, 1954-, drums, acoustic guitar player, vocalist, Oulu, Wisconsin

Glen Lahti, 1965-, accordion, keyboard & saxophone player, Oulu, Wisconsin

Leroy Lahti, 1963-, accordion, concertina, banjo, trumpet, guitar player, Oulu, Wisconsin

Alvin Styczynski Orchestra, Polish American polka music

Eric Anderson, trumpet player, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Nathan Bailing, trumpet player, Wausau, Wisconsin

Charles Dotas, trumpet player, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Brian Haseman, bass guitar player, Forestville, Wisconsin

Kevin Krueger, piano accordion player, Bonduel, Wisconsin

Jim Miller, drummer, Pulaski, Wisconsin

Michael Sierego, clarinet player, Pulaski, Wisconsin

Alvin Styczynski, concertina player, Pulaski, Wisconsin

Brian Woodbridge

"Boogie" Bill Webb, blues

Benjamin Sandmel, drummer, New Orleans, Louisiana

Jeff Sarli, bass player, Annapolis, Maryland

Bill Webb, guitar player, New Orleans, Louisiana
label: Introduction
content: The 1985 Festival featured several special events, including some that drew upon participants from two or more areas of the Festival. Three dance bands performed polka, Cajun and blues music, accompanied by dancers from their communities, on the music stages in the three main Festival areas every evening, except July 4. Each Saturday, an evening concert was held at the Sylvan Theatre on the Washington Monument grounds. These concerts presented music from the programs featured at the Festival. An evening of Indian performance, climaxed by burning a statue of the legendary demon Ravana, took place on the Mela! site on Friday, July 5.

Arlene Liebenau served as Dance Parties Program Coordinator.
label: Presenters
content: Barry Ancelet, Barry Lee Pearson, Nicholas Spitzer, Thomas Vennum, Jr.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1985 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1985, Series 5
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content: Archival materials