Pick up festival information, sign up for last minute classes, double check your schedule, meet the staff, purchase a festival T-Shirt, and get yourself oriented! If you cannot make it to Orientation, please check in at earliest convenience Monday.

Heritage Harbor Cruise
Time:   5:45pm
Location:   Ceres Street, Portsmouth, NH Map
If you did not pay with your registration, you can purchase ticket at the Harbor Cruise gate, but space is not guaranteed.
This is a one-hour cruise and is cooler on the water; dress appropriately.

DIRECTIONS: Exit I-95 Exit 7, turn towards downtown Portsmouth (EAST).  Left on Bow Street; immediate left onto Ceres Street (Ceres runs parallel to Market).

New this year! Immediately following the cruise, join us for a Seaside Reception at a beautiful waterfront home in Kittery, Maine. Schmooze with our mahvelous featured artists.

Classes begin / Late Registrations and Check-In
Drop-ins - $30/class. Yoga class drop-in fee is $12.
Time:   8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Class Locations:

• The SPACE, 2 Government Street, Kittery
  Directions | Map
• SRT2 (Seacoast Repertory Theatre) - 7 Walker Street, Kittery, just around the corner from The SPACE - Map
• Connie Bean Center, 135 Daniel Street, Portsmouth - metered parking nearby (75 cents hour) - Just over the bridge from The SPACE Map

Keith and Paul Reminisce
7:30pm
The SPACE, 2 Government Street, Kittery
Directions | Map

Noted composer and musician Paul Arslanian and world-reknown body musician Keith Terry reunite to talk about their pioneering work in the 1980's as founders and collaboraters of the West Coast-based Jazz Tap Ensemble, a company of musicians and dancers at the forefront of the tap renaissance. Free.

"Iced" Coffee House
7:30pm
SRT2 (Seacoast Repertory Theatre), 7 Walker Street, Kittery - Map
$10 at the door

Time to strut your stuff! Here's an opportunity for festival participants to showcase their talents in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. We'll be posting information shortly about registering for this event.

Tone, Text and Taps
7:30 pm
SRT2 (Seacoast Repertory Theatre), 7 Walker Street, Kittery - Map
$15 at the door

Brenda Bufalino, Jay Clayton and Paul Arslanian.
Excerpts from Bufalino's tap opera "Gertrude's Nose;" and Mixing up the Standards and exploring Charles Mingus

MaD Fest Follies
7:30pm
SRT2 (Seacoast Repertory Theatre), 7 Walker Street, Kittery - Map
$20 at the door

Seacoast Repertory Theater’s Grange Hall will be the informal and intimate setting for our extravaganza of festival artists and special guests.

Last year's Follies was standing room only! Purchase your tickets ahead by mailing in the festival registration form with your payment for your guaranteed reserved seat.