69th National Folk Festival
October 12-14, 2007
Richmond, VA
Music Performance Schedule
Friday, October 12
Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage
6:30-7:15 Virginia Intertribal Dance Group (Ukrop's Field)
7:15-7:30 Opening Ceremony
7:30-8:10 Kotchegna Dance Company
8:25-9:30 Wayne Henderson & Jeff Little
9:45-10:30 The Holmes Brothers
Genworth Financial Stage
7:45-8:30 Vishten
8:45-9:30 Karan Casey Band
9:45-10:30 Cindy Cashdollar & Elana James
Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion
8:00-9:00 DL Menard with Terry Huval & the Jambalaya Cajun Band
9:15-10:30 Grupo Fantasma
Saturday, October 13
Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage
12:00-12:45 Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes
1:00-1:45 Karan Casey Band
2:00-2:45 Cindy Cashdollar & Elana James
3:00-3:45 Vishten
4:00-4:45 The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
5:00-6:00 The Holmes Brothers
7:30-8:15 Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion
8:30-9:15 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
9:30-10:30 Grupo Fantasma
Genworth Financial Stage
12:15-1:15 Moges Seyoum & The Yared Choir
1:30-2:15 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
2:30-3:15 Kotchegna Dance Company
3:30-4:30 Guitar Traditions with Wayne Henderson, John Cephas, Cindy Cashdollar and Whit Smith (Cindy Cashdollar & Elana James)
4:45-5:30 Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
5:45-6:45 Moges Seyoum & The Yared Choir
8:00-9:30 India Jazz Suites with Jason Samuels Smith & Pandit Chitresh Das
9:45-10:30 Henry Butler
Dominion Stage
12:00-12:45 The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
1:00-1:45 Big Country Bluegrass
2:00-2:45 Wayne Henderson & Jeff Little
3:00-3:45 Bryan Bowers
4:00-4:45 Henry Butler
5:00-5:45 Karan Casey Band
6:00-6:45 Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion
7:00-7:45 Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes
Comcast Stage
12:00-12:45 Melody of China
1:00-1:45 Marimba Linda Xelajú
2:00-2:45 Manoochehr Sadeghi
3:00-4:00 American Gospel Traditions with Doyle Lawson, Frank Newsome, Maggie Ingram, and Linda Lay
4:15-5:30 Fiddle Workshop with Pascal Miousse (Vishten), Elana James, Terry Huval, Hong Wang (Melody Of China), and Jeff Michael (Big Country Bluegrass)
5:45-6:30 Wayne Henderson & Jeff Little
6:45-7:30 Country Connections: The Hank Williams Legacy with DL Menard, The Holmes Brothers, and John Cephas
Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion
12:30-1:40 The Holmes Brothers
2:00-3:10 DL Menard with Terry Huval & the Jambalaya Cajun Band
3:30-4:40 Junk Yard Band
5:00-6:15 Grupo Fantasma
8:00-9:00 Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
9:15-10:30 Junk Yard Band
New Market Stage
12:00-12:45 The Paschall Brothers
1:00-1:45 Banjo Styles Showcase with Kinney Rorrer & Jeremy Stephens (3-finger style) and Olen Gardner & Friends (bluegrass)
2:00-2:45 Nona and Apprenticita: Flory Jagoda and Susan Gaeta
3:00-3:45 Mando Mania: Mandolin Apprenticeships with Gerald Anderson, Spencer Strickland, Spencer Blankenship and Herschel Sizemore
4:00-4:45 Dance Apprenticeships with Laura Ortiz & Ariel Hobza-Ortiz (Mexican Folk Dance), Ofosuwa Abiola-Tamba (West African), Asha Vattikuti (Kathak), Brenda & Shannon Joyce (flatfoot)
5:00-6:00

Instrument Making Apprenticeships with Patrick & Aaron Olwell (Irish wooden flute), Olen Gardner & Ross Matthews (banjo), Elton Williams & Earl Sawyer (steel drum), Gerald Anderson & Spencer Strickland (mandolin), and Audrey Hash Ham (fiddle)

Capital One Family Area: Family Stage
12:00-12:45 Kotchegna Dance Company
1:00-1:45 John Styles
2:00-2:45 Dovie Thomason
3:00-3:45 Marimba Linda Xelajú
4:00-4:45 John Styles
5:00-6:00 Autoharp Traditions with Bryan Bowers, Jim Snow, Linda Lay and Mike Seeger
Parawing (Up the Hill)
12:00-12:45 Signora Bella
12:45-1:30 JAMinc
1:30-2:15 Kathak Dance Lesson with Ramani Devi
2:15-3:00 Signora Bella
3:00-3:45 Harmonica Instruction with Phil Wiggins
3:45-4:30 Parade
4:30-5:15 Dovie Thomason
5:15-6:00 JAMinc
Sunday, October 14
Ukrop's/First Market Bank Stage
12:00-12:45 DL Menard with Terry Huval & the Jambalaya Cajun Band
1:00-1:45 Big Country Bluegrass
2:00-2:45 The Madison Hummingbirds
3:00-3:45 Manoochehr Sadeghi
4:00-5:00 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
5:15-6:30 Piano Masters: Henry Butler & Jeff Little
Genworth Financial Stage
12:00-12:45 Vishten
1:00-1:45 Jason Samuels Smith & Pandit Chitresh Das
2:00-2:45 Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
3:00-3:45 Bryan Bowers
4:15-5:15 Percussive Dance Traditions with Jason Samuels Smith, Pandit Chitresh Das, Martha Spencer (Whitetop Mountain Band), Pastelle LeBlanc & Emmanuelle LeBlanc (Vishten)
5:15-6:30 Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
Brown's Island
3:45-4:15 Virginia Intertribal Dance Group
Dominion Stage
12:30-1:15 Cephas & Wiggins
1:30-2:15 The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
2:30-3:15 Melody of China
3:30-4:15 Kotchegna Dance Company
4:30-5:15 Marimba Linda Xelajú
5:30-6:15 Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes
Comcast Stage
12:00-12:45 Melody of China
1:00-1:45 Hammered Dulcimer: Persia & China with Yangqin Zhao (Melody of China) and Manoochehr Sadeghi
2:00-2:45

Linda Lay

3:00-3:45 Jeff Little
4:00-4:45 The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
5:00-6:00 Manoochehr Sadeghi
Richmond Times-Dispatch Dance Pavilion
12:30-1:25 Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
1:45-3:00

Junk Yard Band

3:15-4:30 Cindy Cashdollar & Elana James
4:45-6:00 Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
New Market Stage
12:00-12:45

Gospel Apprenticeships with Frank Newsome, Buster Mullins and The Madison Hummingbirds

1:00-1:45 Fiddle Apprenticeships with Buddy Pendleton and Thornton & Martha Spencer
2:00-2:45 Banjo Roots with Mike Seeger, Seth Swingle, Joe Ayers, and Patrick Hester
3:00-4:00 Guitar Masters with John Cephas, Scott Fore, Marc Pessar and Cheryl Lunsford
4:15-5:00

Vocal Apprenticeships with Linda Lay & Katherine Whitesell (bluegrass), John Cephas & Marc Pessar (blues), and Bob Cage & Jim Crawford (tobacco auctioneering)

5:15-6:15

Frank Newsome & Buster Mullins, Linda Lay, David Lay & Katherine Whitesell, and the Whitetop Mountain Band

Capital One Family Area: Family Stage
12:00-1:15 Autoharp Traditions with Mike Seeger, Linda Lay, Jim Snow and Bryan Bowers
1:30-2:10 John Styles
2:25-3:10 Marimba Linda Xelajú
3:30-4:15 John Styles
4:30-5:15 Dovie Thomason
Parawing (Up the Hill)
12:00-12:45 Dovie Thomason
12:45-1:30 Breakdance Instruction with Rokafella & Kwikstep
1:30-2:00 Signora Bella
2:00-2:45 JAMinc
2:45-3:15 Harmonica Instruction with Phil Wiggins
3:15-4:00 Flatfoot Dance Instruction with the Campbell Family Band
4:00-4:45 Signora Bella
4:45-5:15 Parade
5:15-6:00 JAMinc