This page has scheduling for the following activities:
Children's Folk Activities
Dance Lessons
Ralph Stanley Film Screening
Legacy Stage Performances
Children's Folk Activities
Games and activities will be ongoing throughout the day,
Saturday & Sunday, 12 noon – 6 p.m.
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Children's Activities Area -- Saturday & Sunday
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Build Your Own Outdoor Forts
Traditional Crafts Traditional Games |
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Dance Lessons top of page
All lessons take place at the Dance Stage
POLKA INSTRUCTION -- Friday 6:45p.m.
SCANDI INSTRUCTION -- Saturday 12 p.m., Noon
CAJUN INSTRUCTION -- Saturday 7:30p.m.
Ralph Stanley Film Screening top of page
"Ralph Stanley's Story" film screening and discussion with filmmaker Herb E. Smith.
Saturday, Aug. 9, 4:30 p.m.
MSU Union Gold Room B (click here for map)
$5 suggested donation
Ralph Stanley's Story is a portrait of this Grammy award-winning bluegrass great and current star of the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack. For over 50 years, Ralph Stanley's "clawhammer" style banjo playing, haunting tenor voice and tradition-inspired repertoire have epitomized old time bluegrass music. This documentary explores Stanley's musical roots in the Clinch Mountains of Virginia, the early days of The Stanley Brothers, and Ralph's decision to continue on after the untimely death of brother Carter. Interviews with Ralph, former band members, and fellow musicians like Patty Loveless and Dwight Yoakam are intercut with live performances of such songs as "Rank Stranger," "Pretty Polly," and "Man of Constant Sorrow," and performance from his annual "Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival."
Filmmaker Herb E. Smith, a native of Whitesburg, Kentucky, has been making award-winning documentary films about people in the Appalachian Mountains for over 30 years. Other films include Beyond Measure: Appalachian Culture and Economy, Unbroken Tradition: Jerry Brown Pottery, Strangers and Kin, and Hand Carved. For more, see: http://www.appalshop.org/film/ralph.htm .
Legacy Stage Performances top of page
Reinforced through The Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, master artists teach their traditions to apprentices, thereby assuring a legacy for future generations. At the Great Lakes Folk Festival, master artists and their apprentices talk about their role in their communities, their traditions and demonstrate them. Examples include bagpipes, North Indian dance and playing bones & spoons. Click here to learn more about the artists featured on the Legacy Stage.
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Perona & Seppala
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Wilho & Kilpela
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Wilho & Kilpela
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Ashoka Rao
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Arneson
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DJ Krogol
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Ashoka Rao
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Perona & Seppala
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Perona & Seppala
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Wilho & Kilpela
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Wilho & Kilpela
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Arneson
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Ashoka Rao
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Ashoka Rao
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DJ Krogol
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Click here to view the GLFF festival map.
Programs and performances are subject to change due to weather, performer cancellation and other reasons. Changes that occur before the festival will be posted on this site. At the festival, please check stage signs and at information booths for last minute scheduling updates.
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