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The third annual NEARfest returned to Baker Hall on the Lehigh University campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, on the weekend of June 23-24, 2001. This was the strongest NEARfest event yet, musically speaking, with some exceptional performances on display by the likes of:

Porcupine TreeBanco del Mutuo Soccorso
Deus Ex MachinaAfter Crying
White WillowCalifornia Guitar Trio (w/Tony Levin)
Under the SunDjam Karet
Birdsongs of the MesozoicThe Underground Railroad

Artist Roger Dean attended as the honored guest and he designed a new logo for the occasion. A large contingent of On-Reflection folks attended.

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The GGanGG with NF
co-founder Hutchinson 		NF01_02A
Jerry McCarthy & legendary
artist Roger Dean 		NF01_05A
John Galgano and Brian
Coralian of Proggers IZZ
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Dave Astley Sr
and John Jakob 		NF01_15A
Marc Catera & Ed Hurst
hang with White Willow 		NF01_09A
Etcher Jud Patterson
of Kreative Concepts
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Jerry &
Kiirja Paananen 		NF01_14A
With Guy LeBlanc up front
(Nathan Mahl/Camel) 		NF01_03A
Mammienun's Portuguese
Hideaway ... for 40
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Banco autograph session 		NF01_12A
Ed & Kiirja 		NF01_16A
Jerry & White Willow
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John & Brian of IZZ
with Jerry 		NF01_07A
Roger Dean peruses Japanese
Octopus mini-sleeve 		NF01_VN_full
V. Nocenzi, F. di Giacomo,
and R. Maltese of Banco
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Jerry & Ed
 
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F. Marcheggiani &
F. di Giacomo (Banco) 		NF01_04A
MG-bert, Julius, and
a host of hungry friends
 

This page created and last updated 13 March 2002 by Jerry McCarthy.
Photography by Jerry McCarthy & friends, June 2001.

NEARfest logo ©2001 by Roger Dean