THE SPRINGVILLE WORLD FOLKFEST is one of the largest festivals of folk dance and music in the United States. It takes place each summer in Springville, Utah and has featured performers from more than 45 countries since 1986.
Two bands from the folk festival perform on this episode of Highway 89: Postchnbanda of Austria and the Randellaires of Catalonia. 
1\. POTSCHNBANDA: Georg Hartmann & Michael Mader (tenorhorns), Bernd Gludovatz & Gottfreid Putz (flugelhorns), Alex Pongracz & Klaus Dragositz (clarinet), Ewald Preinsberger (tuba), Franz Treiber (accordion) & a (drum player) 

MUSIC: P.S. Polka, Alte Linde, Wohin Polka, Wenzel auf der Alm, Amsel Polka 
2\. RANDELLAIRES: Jordi Ballesteros (accordion), Santi Llgostera (bones guitar), Ángel Giralt (flute), Miquel Grifell (guitar) 

MUSIC: Contrapàs llarg de Ripoll, El mestre, Ball cerdà de matamala, El Ball de la mort del porc, Ballet de Déu, Mon diu que munde 

HOST: Steven Kapp Perry 
HIGHWAY 89 is a LIVE music performance program that originates in the radio studios of BYU Broadcasting and is distributed nationally on Sirius XM 143 BYU Radio and locally (in Utah) on Classical 89.1 & 89.5 FM. In 2012 HIGHWAY 89 featured 595 musicians from different genres of music—Classical, Jazz, Broadway, Indie, Folk and Rock to name a few.

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