1999 Festival Scrapbook

1999 Midway Folk Festival
Scrapbook

One of our best sets was Finnish rock star Eric Peltoniemi's. Eric pictured here with our own Kevin Kling and his own handsome son.	Ideal conditions for festival-going prevailed around mid-day Sunday.	Ethnic Dance Theater Vocal Ensemble: "Will we bother anyone if we warm up in the locker room?"
Standard issue festival attire, mid-day Sunday.	Composer Tom Robinson, performing his first set ever.	The 3 Tenors, er, emcees -- John Van Orman, Louis Killen, and Kevin Kling.
Kari Larson and Dakota Dave Hull, just prior to their sweet set of classic bluegrass.	Midway Folk Festival grows its own.	Calliope House ceili band (shown here with guitarist and frontman Paul falling off the right margin).
Deborah Martin, fiddler and folk-impressario -- whose idea and hard work the 1999 Midway Folk Festival mostly was.	To protect and to serve -- thanks for the muscle, security guys!	The backbone of the operation was our many volunteers -- they say service time at a Midway Folk Festival is deducted from your stay in hell.
The Kemps Cow dazzled us with her fancy fetlock.	Wendy Ward, Minnesota's #1 fan of traditional music.	Composer and contest winner Tom Robinson (in shades and white T-shirt) and his clan: (clockwise from left) wife Mary, himself, brother-in-law Ricky, son Andy, Mary's sister Joan, daughter Natalie and son Miles.
Clann na Cairde lift feet in a rollicking dance number.		Photos by Mary Ann Boe Thanks, Mary Ann! Why, that's Mary Ann right there, with the smile on.