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2002 Festival Schedule

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Sunday

Sunday, May 26, 2002
(sorted by Stage)

Stage
Time
Artist/Performer
Description
Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre
10:00 AM
Simple Gifts Simple Gifts 
Amphitheatre
10:30 AM
Ashley Gang
Florida Folk
Amphitheatre
11:00 AM
Makley Family
Florida's Yodeling Family
Amphitheatre
11:30 AM
University of Florida International Dance
Ethnic Dance From Around the World
Amphitheatre
12:00 PM
Gospel Consolers
Southern Gospel
Amphitheatre
12:30 PM
New Taylor Singers
Southern Gospel
Amphitheatre
1:00 PM
Djangoes
Bluegrass/Americana
Amphitheatre
1:30 PM
Jesse Sam Owens
Bluegrass, Blues, Gospel and Folk
Amphitheatre
2:00 PM
Jak Kelly
Contemporary Original Folk
Amphitheatre
2:30 PM
"Srpska Kruna" Serbian Crown Dance Troupe
Yugoslavia Folk-Dancing
Amphitheatre
3:00 PM
Ron & Bari's Roadside Revue
Florida Based Contemporary Folk
Amphitheatre
3:30 PM
Skin & Bonz
Southern Oldtime and Tall Tales
Amphitheatre
4:00 PM
Brendan Nolan
Irish, Scottish and Folk
Amphitheatre
4:30 PM
 
Re-set stage for evening performances 
Amphitheatre
5:30 PM
Whitey Markle and the Swamprooters
"Swampgrass and Florida Folk"
Amphitheatre
6:00 PM
Amy Carol Webb
Power Folk
Amphitheatre
6:25 PM
Versiteers Singing Gospel in Florida for over 50 yrs.
Amphitheatre

6:55 PM

Roy Book Binder
A tribute to Florid Folk Heritage Award Recepients with Roy Book Binder
Amphitheatre
7:20 PM
Liz Pennock and Dr. Blues
A tribute to Florida Folk Heritage Award Recepient Rockbottom
Amphitheatre
7:50 PM
Sir Charles Trio
Sir Charles Trio, featuring Florida Folk Heritage Award Recepient Charles Atkins
Amphitheatre
8:20 PM
Mike Seeger
Master Oldtime Musician
Amphitheatre
8:50 PM
Chief Jim Billie
Chief James Billie, Soar Recording Artists
Amphitheatre
9:20 PM
Doug Gauss
Festival Retrospective
Amphitheatre
9:40 PM
Verlin Thompson

Fun Country and Folk

Amphitheatre
10:00 PM
Guy Clark and Verlin Thompson
 Fun Country and Folk
Amphitheatre
10:50 PM
Doug Gauss
Festival Grand Finale Songs with DougGauss & Friends. All musicians on stage. 
Auditorium
Auditorium
10:00 AM
Sweetwater Shapenote Singers
Sacred Harp Singing with the Sweetwater Shapenote Singers (Everyone welcome to gather and sing)  
Auditorium
12:00 PM
Banjoes Unlimited
Song and Dance Tunes from the 1st US Century
Auditorium
12:30 PM
Rich Mermer
Blues and Traditional Guitar
Auditorium
1:00 PM
Ada Forney
Original Florida Family Stories
Auditorium
1:30 PM
Christine Koontz
Storytelling
Auditorium
2:00 PM
Hank Mattson
Cracker Cowboy Poet
Auditorium
2:30 PM
Storytelling Sims
Storytelling Duo with Florida Tales and Legends
Auditorium
3:00 PM
Mary McLaughlin
Celtic Magic:Storytelling and Musical Workshop
Azalea Stage
Azalea Stage
10:00 AM
Southwind Playing folk music at the Festival since 1974
Azalea Stage
10:25 AM
Deux Francois
Irish/ Celtic/ Folk
Azalea Stage
10:50 AM
Joe Mark & Michelle Moncrief
Traditional folk and origianal material reflecting folk traditions
Azalea Stage
11:15 AM
Rod MacDonald
Singer Songwriter
Azalea Stage
11:30 AM
Opa Greek Dancers Greek Dancing Demons and Workshop
Azalea Stage
11:40 AM
Ken Skeens and Leigh Goldsmith
Original Florida Songs
Azalea Stage
12:05 PM
Hot Flash
Traditional and Contemporary Folk
Azalea Stage
12:30 PM
Clyde Walker
Fingerstyle Guitar
Azalea Stage
12:55 PM
Jon Semmes and the Florida Friends
Acoustic Country/Folk
Azalea Stage
1:20 PM
Blue Plate Special
Bluegrass and Americana Roots
Azalea Stage
1:45 PM
Mom Makley and Uncle Ray
Country Gospel and Folk on Autoharps
Azalea Stage
2:10 PM
Level Seven
Contemporary Folk and Inspirational Acoustic Music
Azalea Stage
2:35 PM
Heart Strings
Oldtime and Folk with Harp and Guitar
Azalea Stage
3:00 PM
Whitey Markle and the Swamprooters
"Swampgrass and Florida Folk"
Azalea Stage
3:25 PM
John Hedgecoth
Bluegrass, Folk and Irish
Azalea Stage
3:50 PM
Upsala
Oldtime String Band- Singing Florida Songs
Azalea Stage
4:15 PM
Steve Blackwell & Friends
Original Florida Folk
Azalea Stage
4:40 PM
Artful Dodgers
Bluegrass
Azalea Stage
5:05 PM
Dave Dowling
Folk Singer/Songwriter
Azalea Stage
6:00 PM
 
OPEN MIKE 
Heritage Stage
Heritage Stage
10:00 AM
Cross Creek Cloggers with Lloyd Baldwin and friends
Traditional Appalachian Clogging Demonstration with Cross Creek Cloggers 
Heritage Stage
10:30 AM
Hot Pepper Steppers with Lloyd Baldwin and Friends
 
Heritage Stage
11:00 AM
"Srpska Kruna" Serbian Folk Dance Ensemble
Yugoslavia Folk-Dancing Demonstration and Workshop
Heritage Stage
12:00 PM
Kazuko Law
Wako Kai Traditional Japanese Dance Workshop with Kazuko Law 
Heritage Stage
12:30 PM
Florida Folk Dancers
Folk Dance Workshop
Heritage Stage
1:00 PM
University of Florida International Dance
Workshop: Ethnic Dance From Around the World
Heritage Stage
2:00 PM
Roy Book Binder
"Songs I learned from the Rev. Gary Davis" and Bring your Guitar
Heritage Stage
3:00 PM
Songs and Memories from the Florida Folk Festival
Memories of the Florida Folk Festival with Dale Crider, Jeanie Fitchen, Pete Gallagher, Joe Mark, Bob Patterson, Lance Lazonby
Heritage Stage
4:30 PM
 
Reset Stage for Public Dances 
Heritage Stage
5:00 PM
Contra Dance
Band: Les Heaubeaux and caller: Susan Marynowski 
Heritage Stage
6:00 PM
The Contra Dance Continues
Band: Deux Francois and caller Susie Rudder
Heritage Stage
9:00 PM
Cajun Dance Workshop
Instructor: Marietta Massey 
Heritage Stage
9:30 PM
Cajun Dance
Band: Gumbo Limbo 
Jam Tent
Jam Tent
11:00 AM
Jubilee and Jackson Creek
Bluegrass and Folk Jam
Jam Tent
12:00 PM
Gypsy Wind
Newgrass Jam
Jam Tent
1:00 PM
Les Heaubeaux
Oldtime Music Jam Host: Gerry Cox and Les Heaubeaux
Jam Tent
2:00 PM
Murray Palmetto South Florida Swap Show
Boomslang's Swamp Music Workshop: "What it means & Where to find it!" Host: Boomslang Swampsinger 
Jam Tent
3:00 PM
Skip Johns and the Travelers
Bluegrass Jam Hosts: Skip Johns and the Travelers and New River String Band; All Pickers Welcome 
Jam Tent
4:00 PM
Gumbo Limbo
Cajun Jam
Jam Tent
5:00 PM
VGO
Sea Chanteys Workshop: VGO and Bill Schustic
Museum Garden Workshop I
Museum Garden Workshop I
10:00 AM
Oldtime Banjo Workshop
Mary Cox, Ernie Williams, Tommy Bledsoe
Museum Garden Workshop I
11:00 AM
American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
Host: Joanna Marsh
Museum Garden Workshop I
12:00 PM
Mandolin Workshop
Hosts: Ray Valla, Rob Knox, John Hedgecoth
Museum Garden Workshop I
1:00 PM
Blues Singing Workshop
Blues Singing Workshop Nancy Levine, Liz Pennock, Tampa Blue, Art Crummer 
Museum Garden Workshop I
2:00 PM
Traditional Ballads and Folk Songs
Hosts: David Suchman, Susan Boyer Haley, Bill Schustik
Museum Garden Workshop I
3:00 PM
Traditional African American Gospel Workshop
Hosts: Care Giver Through Praise, Troy Demps, New Taylor Singers, Gospel Consolers 
Museum Garden Workshop I
4:00 PM
Finger Picked Guitar
Hosts: Gabe Valla, Sam Pacetti, Clyde Walker 
Museum Garden Workshop I
5:00 PM
Songwriting Circle
Hosts: Ken Skeens, Keith Hope, Jon Semmes, Mike Jurgenson, Jak Kelly, Paul Garfinkel, Hapi McKenzie, Del Suggs 
Museum Garden Workshop I
8:00 PM
Inca Spirit
OPEN DRUM CIRCLE Everyone Welcome! Hosts: Inca Spirit
Museum Garden Workshop II
Museum Garden Workshop II
10:00 AM
"Basic Music Theory and Practice"
Hosts: Charley Groth 
Museum Garden Workshop II
11:00 AM
Fiddle Tips and Fiddle Wisdom
Host: Elan Chalford of Green Grass Revival 
Museum Garden Workshop II
12:00 PM
Make Your Own CD
Making Your Own CD
Museum Garden Workshop II
1:00 PM
How to play the Bodhran
How to play the Bodhran
Museum Garden Workshop II
2:00 PM
Fingerstyle Guitar
Fingerstyle Guitar Hosts: Bill Dudley, Jim Carrick, Clyde Walker 
Museum Garden Workshop II
3:00 PM
Slide /Lap guitar workshop
Slide/Lap Guitar Workshop Hosts: Arvid Smith, Art Crummer, Ron Akers, Tampa Blue, Rich Mermer
Museum Garden Workshop II
4:00 PM
Hammer Dulcimer Workshop II
Hammer Dulcimer Workshop
Museum Garden Workshop II
5:00 PM
French Canadian Fiddle Tunes and Stories
Host: Leo Pitt
Museum Garden Workshop II
6:00 PM
Instant Guitar Playing Basics
Host Claude Brownell
Old Marble Stage
Old Marble Stage
10:00 AM
Gospel Consolers
Southern Gospel
Old Marble Stage
10:30 AM
Care Giver Through Praise
"Black Gospel"
Old Marble Stage
11:00 AM
New Taylor Singers
Southern Gospel
Old Marble Stage
11:40 AM
Orlando African American Hymn Liners
Traditional African American Hymn Lining
Old Marble Stage
12:05 PM
Mary McLaghlin
Daughter of Lir
Old Marble Stage
12:30 PM
Tammerlin
Folk Fusion 
Old Marble Stage
1:00 PM
Bob Patterson
Florida Songs & Stories 
Old Marble Stage
1:25 PM
Roy Book Binder
Acoustic Blues
Old Marble Stage
1:50 PM
Jeanie Fitchen
Traditional, Contemporary, Original, Florida Music
Old Marble Stage
2:15 PM
Bobby Hicks
"I'm Florida Need I Say More"
Old Marble Stage
2:40 PM
Mike Seeger
 
Old Marble Stage
3:05 PM
Guy Clark and Verlin Thompson
 
Old Marble Stage
3:30 PM
Southwind
Playing the Festival since 1974
Old Marble Stage
4:10 PM
New Sand Mountain Wildcats
Mountain/ Country/ Folk
Old Marble Stage
4:40 PM
Rod MacDonald
Singer Songwriter
Old Marble Stage
5:05 PM
Brendan Nolan
Irish, Scottish and Folk
Old Marble Stage
5:40 PM
Mimi Hearn and the Hearn Dogs
Jazzy Blues / Acoustic Trio
Old Marble Stage
6:10 PM
Jim Carrick
Fingerstyle Gutar
River Gazebo Stage
River Gazebo Stage
10:45 AM
Ron & Bari Litschauer
Florida Song Circles Hosts: Ron & Bari Litschauer
River Gazebo Stage
12:00 PM
Frank & Ann Thomas
"Florida Songwriters Showcase" Hosts: Ann & Frank Thomas 
River Gazebo Stage
12:20 PM
Mike Jurgenson
Original, Traditional, and Contemporary Folk
River Gazebo Stage
12:40 PM
Kate Carpenter
Florida Songs for the Family
River Gazebo Stage
1:00 PM
Doug Gauss
Florida Songs
River Gazebo Stage
1:20 PM
Pete Gallagher and Raiford Stark
Florida Songs
River Gazebo Stage
1:40 PM
Crabgrass Cowboys
Country, Rockabilly And Bluegrass
River Gazebo Stage
2:00 PM
Marie Nofsinger
Americana Folk
River Gazebo Stage
2:30 PM
J.U. and Wanda Lee
Florida Songs the Oldtime way
River Gazebo Stage
2:50 PM
Kieth Hope
 
River Gazebo Stage
3:10 PM
Bob Patterson
Florida Songs
River Gazebo Stage
3:30 PM
Bettina Makely and Under the Water Lillies
Contemporary Folk and Original Songs
River Gazebo Stage
3:50 PM
Dale Crider
Florida's Environmental Troubador
River Gazebo Stage
4:10 PM
Jeanie Fitchen
Traditional, Contemporary, Original, Florida Music
River Gazebo Stage
4:40 PM
Frank & Ann Thomas
Florida Songs
Seminole Camp
Seminole Camp
10:00 AM
June Apple
Traditional Irish Music
Seminole Camp
11:00 AM
Paul Buster
 
Seminole Camp
12:00 PM
Peters Road Swap Blues Band
Swamp Blues
Seminole Camp
1:00 PM
Back Porch Revival
Back Porch Revival: Folk & Bluegrass 
Seminole Camp
2:00 PM
Sno Rogers Band
Bluegrass
Seminole Camp
3:00 PM
Chief Jim Billie
Soar Recording Artist: Chief Jim Billie Swamp Songs 
Seminole Camp
4:00 PM
Tammerlin
Celtic Fusion & Folk 
Seminole Camp
5:00 PM
Tampa Blue
Blues
Song & Story
Song & Story
10:00 AM
Veronika Jackson
Songs of Florida
Song & Story
10:30 AM
Roy Moye
Florida Cracker Tales
Song & Story
11:00 AM
Chuck Hardwicke
Original Florida Songs
Song & Story
11:30 AM
Annette Bruce
Storytelling
Song & Story
12:00 PM
For Kids Only
Children's Music
Song & Story
12:30 PM
Lucille Fuller and the Multi Cultural Players
Jamacain Stories
Song & Story
1:00 PM
Briar Pickers
 
Song & Story
1:30 PM
Picalota Strings
Oldtime Country
Song & Story
2:00 PM
Mary Alice Turpen
 
Song & Story
2:30 PM
Gospel Consolers
Southern Gospel
Song & Story
3:00 PM
Bob & Mary Cox
Oldtime Banjo, Guitar and Dulcimer
Song & Story
3:30 PM
Rich Mermer
Slide Blues
Song & Story
4:00 PM
Murray Palmetto South Florida Swap Show
Boomslang Swampsinger 
Song & Story
4:30 PM
Ally Smith Band
Contemporary Folk
Song & Story
5:00 PM
Mindy Simmons
Blues and Folk
Song & Story
5:30 PM
Cool Bus Riders
Folk and Newgrass
Song & Story
6:00 PM
Ron Akers
Bluegrass, Traditional Country and Folk
Song & Story
6:30 PM
Peter Road Swamp Blues Band
Swamp Blues
Tower Stage
Tower Stage
10:00 AM
Bullard Brothers
Gospel
Tower Stage
10:00 AM
Tara
Tara & Friends: Spiritual Sing-a-long 
Tower Stage
12:00 PM
Steve Sternberg
Boogie-Woogie and Blues Piano
Tower Stage
12:30 PM
David Suchman
Folk and a Little Bit of Everything
Tower Stage
1:00 PM
Charlie Jirousek
12 String Blues
Tower Stage
1:30 PM
Mary Ann DiNella
Irish Ballads 
Tower Stage
2:00 PM
Orlando African American Hymn Liners
Traditional African American Hymn Lining
Tower Stage
2:30 PM
New Sand Mountain Wildcats
Mountain/ Country/ Folk
Tower Stage
3:00 PM
Boyd Brothers
Hammer Dulcimer
Tower Stage
3:30 PM
Bev Carol with Steve Wallace
Story songs about the sea, sailing ships, lighthouses and more
Tower Stage
4:00 PM
Blues Harmonica Workshop
Blues Harmonica Workshop Hosts: Stan Geberer, Long John Higginbothan, Liz Pennock, Joe Reina,
Tower Stage
4:30 PM
Wind that Shakes the Barley
Traditional Celtic
Tower Stage
5:00 PM
Care Giver Through Praise
"Black Gospel"
Tower Stage
5:30 PM
 
 
Tower Stage
6:00 PM
Carl Wade and Something Special
Traditional, Bluegrass and Novelty Songs
Tower Stage
6:30 PM
New River String Band
Florida Bluegrass

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