Equinox Folk Music, Dance and Storytelling Festival

Equinox FOLK MUSIC,
DANCE AND STORYTELLING Festival

Presented by
California Traditional Music
Society
in collaboration with FolkWorks

 

MASTER CLASSES

September 11th -12:00pm
- 2:30pm, lunch included

Nightingale -
Arrangement Master Class

Sammy Lind (Foghorn)-
Advanced Fiddle

Caleb Klauder
(Foghorn)- Advanced Mandolin

Charlene Adzima (John
Whelan Trio)-

Advanced Fiddle
Master Class

John Whelan -
Advanced Accordian Master Class

 

CONCERT

Saturday evening:
September 11th - 7:30pm

Nightingale and John
Whelan Trio

First Presbyterian
Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd Street Santa
Monica, CA 90401

Festival: Sunday
September 12th 10am-6pm

 

FESTIVAL

Sunday: September 12th
- 10:00am - 6:00pm

Rancho
Cordillera del Norte

9015
Wilbur Ave in Northridge, CA

 

The Festival

The Equinox Folk Music, Dance and
Storytelling Festival is a revival of the CTMS Solstice (and previously
Dulcimer) festivals that were held many years at the SOKA University, Cal State
Northridge (CSUN) and Greystone Mansion sites. The festival will continue with
its focus on two concert stages, teaching workshops, dancing, storytelling
children's activities and, of course, lots of jamming.

 

Nightingale

Nightingale was formed in 1993 by Jeremiah McLane
(accordion, piano), Keith
Murphy (voice, guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion), and Becky Tracy (fiddle).
The nightingale bird is a poetic figure that appears in traditional songs from
many places including parts of Northern Europe, Canada and the United States.
So the nightingale was an appropriate emblem for a band committed to drawing
inspiration from a wide musical territory that includes Ireland, France,
Scandinavia, Newfoundland and Quebec.

 

John Whelan Trio

John Whelan is
known for his amazing button accordion virtuosity. He moved from the Dunstable
Irish community in London to the United States in 1980 and soon was performing
with Riverdance fiddler Eileen Ivers in one of the most celebrated Irish
duos of the decade. He has recorded both solo and band albums which have been
favorites of the Celtic Music community worldwide. He has also appeared in film
including Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil (1999).
Joining John is Charlene Adzima
on fiddle and song and Zac Leger
on guitar and bouzouki.

 

Foghorn Duo

The Foghorn Duo play old time
string band music deeply rooted in the American folk tradition. It's a
pre-copyright, post-bluegrass style, but the Foghorns put their own stamp on
it. Stephen "Sammy" Lind's fiddle and Caleb Klauder's mandolin play tight
unison lead lines. It's a sound that could be coming to you from a big console
radio in a 1930's living room, or an Appalachian front porch; instead it's
being delivered by players from the thriving old time music scene of Portland,
Oregon. Proof positive that folk music will remain vital as long as there are folks
who want to play it.

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OUTDOOR STAGE

10:20am       Sausage
Grinder

11:20am       Zadonu

12:20pm       Jax
/ The Sweet Set / Christa Burch Band

1:20pm         John
Whelan Trio

2:20pm         Conjunto
Los Pochos

3:20pm         Foghorn
Duo

4:20pm         Brother
Yusef

5:20pm         Bladerunners

 

INDOOR
THEATRE

10:30am       Mehanatones

11:15am       Tom
& Patrick Sauber

12:00pm       Looney's
Fortune

12:45pm       Severin
Browne

1:30pm         LUNCH
BREAK

2:15pm         Storytelling
- Nick Smith

3:00pm         Holy
Situation

3:45pm         Missincinatti

4:30pm         Triple
Chicken Foot

5:15pm         Aedan
MacDonnell

 

INTERACTIVE
DANCE AREA

10:15am       Latin
- Conjunto Los Pochos- Lead by Juanita Lopez -

11:30pm       Balkan
Dance - Mehanatones- Lead by Sherry Cochran

12:45pm       West
African - Zadonu- Lead by Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole -

2:00pm         Square/Clogging
- K. Boogie and the Brownbaggers
                     - Called by Susan
Michaels -

3:15pm - 6:00pm                     Contra - Nightingale
                     - Called by Susan
Michaels and Frannie Marr

 

WORKSHOPS

FIDDLE

10:30am          Beg/Int Irish Fiddle - Chris Loken -

11:45am          Int/Adv Fiddle - Sammy Lind

1:00am            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Int. Old Time Fiddle - David Bragger

3:30pm            Int/Adv Irish Fiddle - Kira Ott

4:45pm            Int. Old Time Fiddle- Tom Sauber

 

BANJO /
PERCUSSION

10:30am          Spoons - Monika White

11:45am          Intermediate Banjo - Chris Berry -

1:00pm            REMO
Drum Circle

2:15pm            Bodhran - Christa Burch

3:30pm            Beginning / Intermediate Banjo -
Steve Lewis

4:45pm            Rhythms of the World - Jamie Papish

 

MANDOLIN /VARIOUS

10:30am          Intermediate / Advanced Mandolin -
Caleb Klauder

11:45am          Harmonica - Roger Goodman

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Shape Note Singing - Jessica Catron

3:30pm            Intermediate / Advanced Mandolin -
Patrick Sauber

4:45pm            Mandolin  - Ashley Broder

 

GUITAR

10:30am          Beginner Guitar Irish Standard Tuning
- Matt Tonge

11:45am          Basic Guitar - Kelly Martin

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Intermediate Irish Guitar - Zac Leger

3:30pm            Beg/Int. Guitar w/ DADGAD tuning -
Jimmy Murphy

4:45pm            Int. Old-time Guitar - Joe Wack

 

VARIOUS

10:30am          Backup Piano  - Jeff Spero

11:45am          Yiddish Songs - Ross Altman

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Songwriting - Severin Browne

3:30pm            Intro to Irish Music/Sessions -
Melanie Nolley & LeAnne Gorne

4:45pm             Beginning Piano Accompaniament - Georgiana
Hennessey

 

DULCIMER/HARP

10:30am          Beginner/Intermediate Hammered
Dulcimer - Patti Amelotte

11:45am          Fretted Dulcimer - Bobbi Adler

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Intermediate/ Advanced Hammered
Dulcimer - Patti Amelotte

3:30pm            Beginner/Intermediate Harp - Aedan
MacDonnell

4:45pm            TBD

 

FIDDLE & MORE

10:30am          Jamming 1.0 - Tom Corbett

11:45am          Beginner/Intermediate Flute/Whistle
(Irish) - Frank Simpson

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            Intro to Balkan Music - Pat
MacSwyney

3:30pm            Fiddle Boot Camp I - Jim Mueller
& Amber Roulard

4:45pm            Fiddle Boot Camp II  - Jim Mueller & Amber Roulard

 

STORYTELLING

10:30am          Step Into Story - Audrey Kopp

11:45am          Celtic Fairy Folklore - True Thomas

1:00pm            LUNCH BREAK

2:15pm            The Handy Guide to Storytelling -
Ina Buckner-Barnette

3:30pm            Building a Family Tradition with
Storytelling - Linda Pruitt

4:45pm            Story Swap - Nick Smith

 

FAMILY AREA

11:00am - 12:00pm     Family Dance called by Susan Michaels

12:30pm - 1:00pm       Storytelling w/ Linda Pruitt

1:00pm - 2:00pm         Harmonikids Workshop with Gary
Allegretto

2:00pm - 2:30pm         REMO Drum Circle for Kids

3:00pm - 3:30pm         Kids Get the Blues Too w/ Brother Yusef

4:00pm - 4:30pm         Storytelling w/ Ina Buckner-Barnette

Old Fashioned Games
from 1-4pm (from Parties by Stacey)

Plus All-Day Events
including: crafts, facepainting, hoola hoops, juggling, and more TBA

 

TICKETS

Tickets are only $25

Go to the CTMS Website to
either get them online or find out alternative ways to pick them up

 

Location