Minnesota Folk Festival
2001 Scrapbook


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Crafts booths and the great volunteers

"Songs of Faith and Faithlessness"
Workshop participants included James Keelaghan, David Hanners and members of the Deadly Nightshade Family Singers

"Songs About Friendship"
Lojo Russo, Peter Ostroushko, Dirk Freymouth and David Hanners

"Humourous Songs - Nothing is Sacred"
Pat Donohue, Peter Ostroushko, Members of the Deadly Nightshade Family Singers, Lojo Russo

Our Sponsor: Summit Brewing Company

The New Songwriting Contest stage and the 2001 winner: Bill Isles

"Blues, the World's a Hard Place to Live In"
Snaker Dave Ray, Pat Donohue and Papa John Kolstad

(left) One of the burial mounds of Indian Mounds Park
Center: Dave Murphy, a.k.a. Corn King
(right) The raffle prize: a Takamine guitar donated by Mars Music Bloomington

"Songwriting Versus Poetry"
James Keelaghan, David Hanners, members of the Deadly Nightshade Family Singers

The Deadly Nightshade Family Singers

The information booth and (right) two of the cutest festival participants.

Saturday's evening concerts including Pat Donohue

Bernadette Pollard interviewing Lojo Russo, Scott Keever and James Keelaghan for her folk festival documentary

Sunday morning: testing the lines of communication
with Paul Garding, Site Manager and Deb Martin, Director, and Mary Ann Boe

"Songs of Hope"
Pat Donohue, James Keelaghan, Lojo Russo, Scott Keever and David Hanners

"Music of Ireland"
Peter Ostroushko, Lojo Russo, Barra

"Songs That Have Weathered the Ages, Time Stays - We Go"
James Keelaghan, Peter Ostroushko, Paul Garding, Snaker Dave Ray

"Instrumental Music - A Tune is Worth a Thousand Pictures"
Pat Donohue, Monroe Crossing, Peter Ostroushko, Dirk Freymouth, Scott Keever

"Appalachian Step Dancing - An Interactive Dance Workshop"
Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and audience

sound booth, stage one



Evening concert: The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers

Peter Ostroushko and Dirk Freymouth

Monroe Crossing

James Keelaghan

Thanks to Brie Monahan for photos #14, 53, 55, 57


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