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Stage Schedule 2012

Skylands Stage, 2012
Stage Manager: Kurt Utenwoldt
Master of Ceremonies 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Jim Albertson
Master of Ceremonies 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm Bruce Johnson

      
10:30 to 10:45 Opening Ceremonies
  • Color Guard: U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, Earle
  • Color Guard: Rutgers Army ROTC, Queens Guard
  • Frank Watson, Highland Bagpiper
  • Anthem: William F. Mead, NJVFW State Vocalist
            Former Sergeant, United States Marine Corps
            President, Veteran Alumni of Rutgers University

10:45 to 11:00 Kukeri: Traditional Bulgarian Ritual Parade

11:00 to 11:30 Jean Rohe: 2011 singer/songwriter winner

11:30 to 12:00 Bosilek: Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble

12:00 to 12:30 Awards Ceremony

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Roger Deitz
  • Honorary Chair, Dr. Iveta Pirgova
  • Grand Marshal, Tina Gordon, Douglass ‘72
  • Honorary Grand Marshal, Christopher D. Rafano
  • Deputy Grand Marshal, R. William Selden
Special Presentations
  • Radoslav Tochev, Consul General
            Bulgarian Consulate General in New York
  • Elena Poptodorova
            Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
            Republic of Bulgaria to the United States of America

12:30 to 12:45 Roger Deitz, Folk Musician and Writer

12:45 to 1:30 Cherven Traktor: Bulgarian Family Group

1:30 to 2:30Masters of the Celtic Harp: Gráinne Hambly & William Jackson

2:30 to 3:00 Svitanya: Bulgarian Women’s Vocal Ensemble
        Philadelphia: Singing, Dancing, Live Music

3:00 to 4:00 Highest Praise Gospel

4:00 to 5:00 Bad Dogz: Bluegrass from South Jersey

5:00 to 6:00 Zlatne Uste: Bulgarian Brass Band

 

Shore Stage Schedule 2012
Stage Manager: Allison Howard
Master of Ceremonies 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Dan O’Dea
Master of Ceremonies 2:00 to 5:30 pm Spook Handy

11:00 to 12:00 Old-Timey Jam

12:00 to 1:00 Irish Session

1:00 to 2:00 Bluegrass Jam

2:00 to 2:30 Spook Handy

2:30 to 3:00 Singer-Songwriter 1

3:00 to 3:30 Singer-Songwriter 2

3:30 to 4:00 Singer-Songwriter 3

4:00 to 4:30 Singer-Songwriter 4

4:30 to 5:00 Singer-Songwriter 5

5:00 to 5:30 Singer-Songwriter 6

 

Pinelands Stage Schedule 2012
Stage Manager: Matthew Hueston
Master of Ceremonies 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, Kathy DeAngleo
Master of Ceremonies, 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm, Kathleen McCool
Master of Ceremonies, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, Roger Deitz

11:00 to 11:45 Next Generation: Irish Music

11:45 to 12:30 Richard Sorrentino: Italian Partisan Music

12:30 to 1:00 Spook Handy: Woody Guthrie Tribute

1:00 to 1:30 Haitian Storytelling: Marie Nadine Pierre

1:30 to 2:00 Svitanya: Women’s Songs of Bulgaria

2:00 to 2:30 Jim Albertson: Songs & Stories of the Pinelands

2:30 to 3:00 Francine Still Hicks: Black Doctor of the Pines

3:00 to 3:30 Piping Traditions: Bill Selden & Frank Watson

3:30 to 4:00 Bulgarian Rhythms: Michael Ginsburg

4:00 to 4:30 Mike Rafferty Tribute: Lesl Harker and Dennis Gormley

4:30 to 5:00 Bulgarian Folkways: James Deutsch

 

Gateway Stage Schedule 2012
Stage Manager: Casseia Lewis
Master of Ceremonies, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, Chris Amundson
Master of Ceremonies, 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Michael Fowler

12:30 to 1:00 Bosilek: Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble

1:00 to 2:00 Brady Wegener, The Class Clown

2:00 to 2:30 Princeton Folk Dancers with Ksenia Bobylak
        Performance and Demonstration

2:30 to 3:00 Next Generation: Irish Music

3:00 to 4:00 Brady Wegner: The Class Clown

4:00 to 5:00 Princeton Folk Dancers with Ksenia Bobylak
        Demonstration and Audience Participation

 

Loree Room 022 Stage Schedule, 2012
Stage Manager: Alicja Cygan
Nikolai Burlakoff, Master of Ceremonies

1:00 to 1:30 Piping Traditions of Bulgaria & Scotland
R. William Selden & Frank Watson

1:30 to 2:00 Introduction to Bulgaria
James Deutsch, Smithsonian Institution

2:00 to 2:30 Performance Art: Haitian Storytelling
Marie Nadine Pierre

2:30 to 3:00 Italian Resistance Movement: Partisan Music
Richard Sorrentino

3:00 to 3:30 Russian Foodways: Borsch in America
Nikolai Burlakoff

3:30 to 4:30 James Still: Black Doctor of the Pines
Francine Still Hicks

4:30 to 5:00 Bulgarian Bagpipes
Vassil Bebelekov, Master Bagpiper from Devin, Bulgaria,
video by R. William Selden

 

Loree Room 020 Stage Schedule, 2012
Stage Manager: Alicja Cygan
Joel Lewis, Master of Ceremonies

Poetry Festival
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Reading
at the New Jersey Folk Festival

1:00 to 1:30 Joel Lewis of Hoboken, New Jersey

1:30 to 2:00 Rich Villar of Pearl River, New York

2:00 to 2:30 David Roskos of Toms River, New Jersey

2:30 to 3:00 Janet Hamill of Middletown, New York

3:00 to 3:30 Danny Shot of Hoboken, New Jersey

3:30 to 4:00 Nancy Mercado of New York, New York

 

 


 

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