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Storyteller Diane Macklin at last year's Washington Folk Festival. This Year's Festival will be held Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31.

Volunteers Needed for FSGW's Washington Folk Festival
Get hands-on experience in a wide variety of skills.
A few of hours of your time can help make the Festival possible. We need help not only during the festival weekend but on the weekends of May and June. Duties range from set-up/tear down to event planning and management, volunteer coordination, publicity, web page design, database management, fundraising, food preparation and more. To volunteer: Go to www.washingtonfolkfestival.org and fill out an on-line volunteer form. If you are interested in exploring a staff role, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. or call Dwain Winters at (301) 526-8558.

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FSGW DANCES


 

Wednesday April 29, 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.
FSGW English Country Dance
Anna Rain calls to music by Jeff Steinberg (fiddle), Ralph Gordon (cello), and Melissa Running (piano)
Light refreshments. $10/members; $12/non-members; $5/students
Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Street, Glen Echo, MD

Thursday, April 30, 8:00-11:00 p.m.
(Lesson at 7:30 p.m.)

Spring Contra Sonic
Brian Hamshar & Janine Smith
$8 FSGW/affiliates, students; $10 general
Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD


 

Sunday, May 3, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.

FSGW Sunday Contra
Yoyo Zhou with AP and the Banty Roosters
$10/members; $13/general admission; $5/students
Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD


 

Wednesday, May 6, 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.

FSGW English Country Dance
Melissa Running calls to the playing of Becky Ross (fiddle), Anna Rain (recorders), and Liz Donaldson (piano)
Light refreshments. $10/members; $12/non-members; $5/students
Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Street, Glen Echo, MD
 

Saturday, May 9, 2015, 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Music by Waverley Station (Liz Donaldson, Ralph Gordon & David Knight)

Practice Session: 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Potluck Dinner: 5:15-6:30 p.m.
Dance: 7:30-11:00 p.m.
Ticket information at http://www.bronord.com/ball2015/
Cherry Hill Park Conference Center
9800 Cherry Hill Road, College Park, MD


 

Sunday, May 10, 3-5 p.m.

Family Dance with Dave Eisenstadter with Lumber Jacksons 

(washboards & banjos & trumpets and kazoos--oh, my!)

Admission: $5

Spanish Ballroom Annex, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD

Sunday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Contra Dance
Dave Eisenstadter with the Lumber Jackson 5
Admission: $10/members; $13/non-members; $5/student or child.
Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
FSGW CONCERTS
They're Back! Alex Caton & Pat Eagan

Saturday, May 2, 8:00 p.m.
FSGW Monthly Program
RESCHEDULED!
Alex Caton &  Pat Egan in Concert
Irish, Appalachian & Old-Time Music

Free to FSGW Members; $15 for General Admission
[join at the door; $33 individual/$45 family]
Washington Ethical Society Auditorium
7750 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 
FSGW STORYTELLING
Storyteller Diane Macklin
COME HEAR IT ON THE GRAPEVINE!
In winter, folks gather to hear stories. Now FSGW has inaugurated a new series that will fill the chilly hours of winter with life and light!


Tim Livengood, Noa Baum, and Jane Dorfman host this new series of old-fashioned storytelling.
Celebrate the timeless art of the bards with stories of all kinds.
Truths and myths and everything in between!  Thursday evenings in Takoma Park.
  • May 7 - Diane Macklin & Tim Livengood
  • June 4 - Kit Turen & Sheila Arnold Jones 
First Thursday of each month, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
$10 suggested donation at the door.
OTHER EVENTS

Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Cliff Eberhardt plus Louise Mosrie, singer-songwriters.
$15 adv./ $18 door.
Ted's 355 Diner, 895 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 

Saturday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Singing in Solidarity!
Join the DC Labor Chorus and women's a cappella ensemble
In Process ... in a celebration of International Workers' Day
with songs to lift the spirits, including traditional labor and
civil rights songs. 
$20 Ticke ts at the door or at www.laborheritage.org/dc-labor-chorus.
First Trinity Lutheran Church, 501 4th St NW, Washington, DC

Saturday, May 2, 7:00 p.m.
Free Scottish Festival
Pipe Bands, Celtic Music and Dancing. Raffles! Scottish Treats for Sale!

Free, but donations gratefully accepted. All proceeds support the Rockville High School Pipe Band, a self-supporting extracurricular activity.
Rockville High School Auditorium, 2100 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD.
301-946-0211. Visit RHSPipeBand.org.


 

May 7-17
Ten days of music. Performers include NESHAMA CARLEBACH and the GLORY TO GOD BAPTIST CHOIR, jazz clarinet superstar ANAT COHEN, Judeo-Arabic retro-folk from THE EPICHORUS, klezmer rock band GOLEM, SHABBAT IN SONG, THE BIG BROADWAY SING-ALONG and more. The Festival closes on May 17 with the third annual WJMF IN THE PARK, a free day of concerts, crafts and games. Tickets, Info and music feed at http://www.wjmf.org/

Sunday, May 10, 6 p.m.
Lilt Anniversary Concert
Duo plays Irish traditional dance music on flute, tinwhistle, bouzouki, banjo, and mandolin. liltirishmusic.com
Dinner is included - Reservations are required.
Admission: $35 in the dining area, $25 at the bar
Dinner starts 6:00, Music at 7:30
Limerick Pub
11301 Elkin Street, Wheaton, MD

Friday-Sunday, May 22-24
Workshops, concerts, & jams
Register by April 15 for early bird pricing
Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Folklore Society of Greater Washington
PO Box 5693
Washington, District of Columbia 20016-5693
fsgw.org