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FRIDAY NIGHT    July 11, 2003

Grant's Pub    7:00 Chad Bault (emotionally powerful)    8:00 Blue Tropics (for a good, call)    9:00 Eleven 69 (original pop/rock)    10:00 Django's Cadillac (Gypsy jazz & vintage swing)    11:00 Rocking Arrow Band (folk w/ harmonies)    12:00 Disposable Ego (rock and/or roll)

The Depot    7:00 Larry LaRiviere & the Bayou Boys (Cajun/country/oldies)    8:00 Canyon River Band (bluegrass & harmony)    9:00 The Funnies (organic hypno liquid space funk)    10:00 The Outriders (original western/cowboy/swing/blues)    11:00 Gillian's Axe (Pipes!!)    11:45 Romagossa Blu  (Latin/blues/folk-rock fusion)

Bob's Keg & Cork    6:00 John Spitler (solo Texas folk)    6:50 TBA    7:40 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)    8:30 Benjie (river songwriter)    9:20 P.K. Dwyer (original acoustic blues)    10:10 Reggie Miles (slide blues & a saw?)    11:00 Brendan Wires (touch-style bass artist)    11:50 ter-ra (original folk songwriter group)

Greystone    6:50.TBA    7:40 Kitty Dakota (original folk-rock singer)    8:30 Steve Cary (original folk-rock blues)    9:20 Les Mong (blues/folk-rock)    10:10 ter-ra (original folk songwriter group)    11:00 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)

Barrel House    6:50.TBA    7:40 Catch & Release (bluegrass)    8:30 Skweez the Weezle (high energy Celts)    9:20 Tangleheart (bluegrass/folk/country)    10:10 WesWedell (songs & stories from NW & beyond)    11:00 Aaron English (world folk sextet)

Yakima Cellars    6:00 Danny Weber (young original folk)    6:50 Wes Wedell (songs & stories from NW & beyond)    7:40 Sunday Speedtrap (folk rock)    8:30 Fran Gray (folk/rock/pop)    9:20 Kathryn Mostow (honey-voiced folk)    10:10 Larry Pattis (finger-style guitar)    11:00 TBA

Southern Soul Coffeehouse    6:00 Ian Barnes (singer/songwriter)    6:50 Dan Chott (original folk)    7:40 John Spitler (solo Texas folk)     8:30 James Harper (songs from the twilight zone?)    9:20 Steve & Shelly Hines (original acoustic duo)    10:10 Michael O'Neill (new folk stories in song)    11:00 Sidhe (progressive acoustic)

SATURDAY AT THE PARK & MUSEUM    July 12, 2003

Great Hall Stage (Dance Day)    NOON Grandview Dance Team high energy jazzy hip-hoppy dance) 12:40 In FolkMotion Cloggers Appalachian clogging & step-dancing)    1:20 Crystal Image Dancers (tribal style belly dance)    2:00-4:00 CONTRADANCE! North Pine String Band, caller:  Mitchell Frey    4:10 Eclectic Cloggers (high energy Appalacian clogging w/ live music!)    5:00 Maiyah's Kinzas (middle eastern dance)    5:40 the Schwartz Sisters (fringe cowgal vaudeville)    6:30 TBA

Lawn Stage    10:00 Rigormortis Tortoise (punk ska jam band)    11:00 Zuva Marimba (rhythms from Zimbabwe)    NOON Aaron English (world folk sextet)    1:00 the Funnies (organic hypno liquid space funk)    2:00 Blue Tropics (for a good, call)    3:00 Django's Cadillac (Gypsy jazz & vintage swing)    4:00 Dan Maher (Northwest's king of sing-along)    5:00 Catch & Release (bluegrass)    6:00 the Outriders (original western/cowboy/swing/blues)    7:00 Smoke Creek (traditional acoustic)    8:00 Willow (lush lingering and melodic folk)

Lawn Interlude Stage    10:45 Wes Wedell (songs & stories from NW & beyond)    11:45 Brendan Wires (touch-style bass artist)    12:45 Benjie (river songwriter)    1:45 Dallas McCord (cowboy song and tales)    2:45 TBA    3:45 Humphrey & Hartman (original folk w/ hot harmonies)    4:45 Tracy Spring (original folk & blues)    5:45 Hopkins (dynamic folk/rock)    6:45 Larry May (NYC folk-rock singer)    7:45 the great Sanger & Didele (seamen of the inland empire)

Grove Stage    10:20 Gillian's Axe (Pipes!!)    11:00 Larry Pattis (finger-style guitar)    11:50 Kathryn Mostow (honey-voiced folk)    12:40 Patrick Bennion (original & traditional tunes)    1:30 Benjie (river songwriter)    2:20 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)    3:10 Farr & Away (swing, sons of the pioneers style)    4:00 Steve & Shelly Hines (original acoustic duo)    4:50 Bill & Robyn Fisher (rhythm, harmony, & hope)    5:40 Humphrey & Hartman (original folk w/ hot harmonies)    6:30 Tracy Spring (original folk & blues)    7:20 Hopkins (dynamic folk/rock)    8:10 Larry May (NYC folk-rock singer)

Garden Stage    10:30 Julie Reddick (folk & country oldies)    11:10 the great Sanger & Didele (seamen of the inland empire)    NOON Reggie Miles (slide blues & a saw?)    12:50 Fran Gray (folk/rock/pop)    1:40 ter-ra (original folk songwriter group)    2:30 P.K. Dwyer (original acoustic blues)    3:20 the Rocking Arrow Band (folk w/ harmonies)    4:10 Sparkling Tonics (tin pan alley fun)    5:00 Richard Middleton (powerful vox and songs)    5:50 Dallas McCord (cowboy song and tales)    6:40 Alexander Green (percussionary acoustic guitar)    7:30 Brendan Wires (touch-style bass artist)

Children's Stage (tentative schedule)    1:00 Mary Sisk (storyteller)    1:30 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)    2:00 Michael O'Neill (new folk stories in song)    2:30 Bill & Robyn Fisher (rhythm, harmony, & hope)

SATURDAY NIGHT CONTRADANCE   7:30-11:00 at Broadway Grange Hall (corner of Washington & 11th Avenues in Yakima)

SATURDAY NIGHT    July 12, 2003

Grant's Pub    6:00 Nibbs Menard (guitarist songwriter)    7:00 Farr & Away (swing, sons of the pioneers style)    8:00 Crooked Mile (eclectic Celtic & songs of the sea)    9:00 Bye Bye Chinook (original rock/blues/jazz)    10:00 Patriot Act (clever commentary in song)    11:00 Hot BBQ (lively rockabilly blues)    12:00 Nick Vroman & Friends (avant folk)

The Depot    6:00 Jaime Wyatt & 7th House (folk-rock/country/blues)    7:00 TBA    8:00 Resin (psychedelic folk jazz)    9:00 TBA    10:00 Smoke Creek (traditional acoustic)    11:00 MJ Bishop (original country folk-rock)    12:00 the Fine Line (original country rock)

Bob's Keg & Cork    6:00 TBA    6:50 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)    7:40 Kitty Dakota (original folk-rock singer)    8:30 Deb Seymour (demented wit, haunting blues & ballad)    9:20 the great Sanger & Didele (seamen of the inland empire)    10:10 Hopkins (dynamic folk/rock)    11:00 Tracy Spring (original folk & blues)    11:50 Dallas McCord (cowboy song and tales)

Greystone    6:00 LaRae Wiley (contemporary American Indian music)    6:50 Not So's You'd Notice (mando/autoharp magic)    7:40 TBA    8:30 Richard Middleton (powerful vox and songs)    9:20 Steve & Kristi Nebel (original folk)    10:10 Alexander Green                                (percussionary acoustic guitar)    11:00 the Na Hilahila Boys (trad. Hawaiian & hapa-haole favorites)    11:50 TBA

Barrel House    6:00 TBA    6:50 Aces & Eights (western swing)    7:40 Bouncing Love Monkeys (primate party music)    8:30 Sparkling Tonics (tin pan alley fun)    9:20 the Schwartz Sisters (fringe cowgal vaudeville)    10:10 Peter & Robert Blake (potpourri of folk music)    11:00 Willow (lush lingering and melodic folk)

Yakima Cellars    6:00 Ken Calandra (original folk)    6:50 Patrick Bennion (original & traditional tunes)    7:40 Carolyn Currie (haunting songwriter)    8:30 the Na Hilahila Boys (trad. Hawaiian & hapa-haole favorites)    9:20 Idle Road (Irish tunes & songs)    10:10 Crooked Mile (eclectic Celtic & songs of the sea)    11:00 Sky In the Road (contempo folk foursome)

Southern Soul Coffeehouse    6:00 Claire Bard (original folk)    6:50 Christine LeDoux (original story songs from Nashville)    7:40 Common Bond (father-son folk duo)    8:30 Bill & Robyn Fisher (rhythm, harmony, & hope)    9:20 Joy Mills Trio (acoustic folk & americana)    10:10 Larry May (NYC folk-rock singer)    11:00 Shannon Beck folk blues w/ heart)

SUNDAY AT THE PARK & MUSEUM    July 13, 2003

Great Hall Stage (Celtic Day)    11:00 TBA    11:50 Gan Aimn (Celtic quartet)   12:40 Eclectic Cloggers (high energy Appalacian clogging w/ live music!)   1:30 Crooked Mile (eclectic Celtic & songs of the sea)   2:20 Idle Road (Irish tunes & songs)    3:10 Peter & Robert Blake (potpourri of folk music)    4:00 Heather & Sage (traditional Celtic)    4:50 Harper Tasche (Nordic-Celtic harp and more)    5:40 Skweez the Weezle (high energy Celts)   6:30 TBA

Lawn Stage    11:00 Mystery Fluid (unplugged rock)    NOON Bye Bye Chinook original rock/blues/jazz)    1:00 MJ Bishop (original country folk-rock)    2:00 Resin (psychedelic folk jazz)    3:00 Jill Cohn (upbeat heartfelt all-original folk pop)    4:00 TBA    5:00 the Barbed Wire Cutters (acoustic folk and Ôgrass)    6:00 Dusty 45s (high energy rock'n'roll & Ôbilly & blues & fun)    7:00 Eleven 69 (original pop/rock)

Lawn Interlude Stage    11:45 Na Hilahila Boys (trad. Hawaiian & hapa-haole favorites)    12:45 Carolyn Currie (haunting songwriter)    1:45 Claire Bard (original folk)    2:45 Donnie Dunn (original music)    3:45 Deb Seymour (demented wit, haunting blues & ballad) 4:45 Helen Downs (12-string & yodeling)    5:45 Patriot Act (clever commentary in song)    6:45 TBA

Grove Stage    11:00 Donnie Dunn (original music)    11:40 Sherry Flanigan (original Northwest coast songwriter)    12:30 Ken Calandra (original folk)    1:20 Carolyn Currie (haunting songwriter)    2:10 Patriot Act (clever commentary in song)    3:00 Shannon Beck (folk blues w/ heart)    3:50 Claire Bard    4:40 Deb Seymour (demented wit, haunting blues & ballad)    5:30 Nibbs Menard    6:20 Helen Downs (12-string & yodeling)    7:10 Dan Chott (original folk)

Garden Stage    10:30 Greta Utigard (contemporary Christian)    11:10 David Shearer (Christian folk)    11:50 TBA    12:40 Sky In the Road (contempo folk foursome)    1:30 Common Bond (father-son folk duo)    2:20 Camille Bloom Band (edgy acoustic alternative folk))   3:10 Not So's You'd Notice (mando/autoharp magic)    4:00 LaRae Wiley (contemporary American Indian music)    4:50 Jaimie Wyatt & 7th House    5:40 the Fine Line (original country rock)    6:30 TBA

Children's Stage (tentative schedule)    1:00 Tom Lewis (Springsteen of sea shanties)    1:30 Bill & Robyn Fisher (rhythm, harmony, & hope)    2:00 Mary Sisk (storyteller)