Sales Catalogue: Educational Material

This learning resource contains our first DVD, a separate CD with all the music you need and a 24 page booklet with clear instructions to enable you to learn 13 Country Dances and a Morris stick dance called Bean Setting from Headington, in Oxfordshire. This resource was originally produced for the BBC by Ron Smedley and is divided into three programmes. All the movements and techniques are broken down into bite-sized pieces to enable easy learning for all ages. The children demonstrating the dances have picked up the patterns easily and you can see from the evening dance footage all ages can join in the fun. The music is by the great John Kirkpatrick and his All Star band. Issued under licence from the BBC.

Social dances featured on the DVD are The Big Set, Small Circle Dance. Long Set Dance, Lucky Seven, Bridge of Athlone, Town and Country Square Dance, Buttered Peas, Clopton Bridge, and La Russe. Dances not featured on DVD but music and instructions included are Patacake Polka, Cumberland Square Eight, Circassian Circle and Nottingham Swing.

EFDSS gratefully recognises the funding from the Linbury Trust.

John Kanakanaka

New playground games video from EFDSS - Price: £15.00
Accompanying instruction book with words and music - Price: £10.00

'John Kanakanaka' is an exciting new playground video published by the EFDSS and funded by London's Museums Archive and Libraries, Archives and Learning Grant Programme. Featuring pupils aged 5-11 yrs of Thomas Fairchild Community School, Hackney, E. London, and filmed by celebrated archivist Doc Rowe, the video demonstrates 25 playground songs, skipping, counting and clapping games - the traditional way of learning the basic building blocks of music, song and dance. And it's great fun! There will be workshops for ideas on how to get the most from the video.

'John Kanakanaka' shows the musical treasures to be found both in archives and in today's playground. Hackney school music teacher Pam Davies has clearly enthused her pupils with her selection from the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library archives. The pupils have contributed in turn by sharing their games with Pam.

'John Kanakanaka' is an invaluable resource for play organisers, community leaders, teachers, home educators, in fact anyone who wants to learn and share skills in the traditional manner. After watching and imitating the games on the video the children can explore their natural creativity by incorporating words and ideas of their own. These games also encourage fitness, co-ordination, language practice, tolerance, negotiating skills and team-work - all things that children need to grow into healthy, happy, functioning adults.

The book has helpful tips and teaching suggestions as well as pictures of the children performing the games.

TRACK LIST 1. Old King Glory 2. Who Stole the Cookie 3. Each Peachy Pelly Plum 4. Bingo 5. Red White and Blue 6. Un Deux Trois 7. Here I come 8. I Like Coffee 9. Domina Domina 10. Down in the Meadow 11. One Potato 12. Grandma 13. Muffin Man 14. Coca Cola 15. Pepsi Cola 16. Doggie 17. My Mother Baked 18. I Know a Little Irish Girl 19. Queen Mary 20. ABCD 21. Here Comes a Bluebird 22. Blue Shoe 23. Mrs One Goes In 24. Ribena 25. John Kanakanaka

Project Co-ordinator: Diana Campbell Jewitt, EFDSS
Funding: London's Museums Archive and Libraries, Archives and Learning Grant Programme
Filming and editing: Doc Rowe
Design: John Rice
Production: Reflex
With thanks to Pam Davies (teacher), the pupils, Headteacher and staff of Thomas Fairchild Community School, Hackney, E. London.

Keep Dancing

Complete dance instructions inside jewel case including two Maypole dances.

This CD resulted from collaboration between the EFDSS, Hertfordshire Folk Association and four local ceilidh bands; Easy Weasel, Flowers of the Thorn, Jump the Vortex, and Time of Your Life. Each year a spectacular dance event for hundreds of young people is organised at Hatfield House by Hertfordshire Folk Association and creating music for rehearsals is an important part of the preparation. This CD was produced not only to provide a rehearsal music resource for those attending the festival, but also to be generally available for other groups wanting an economical and handy dance resource for festivals and celebrations.

The dances are graded into three levels of accessibility to help both new dancers and new teachers.

The music and dances cover over 300 years of history and include examples from the sixteen and seventeen hundreds as well as one dance created by children from a Newcastle school in the late twentieth century. Alongside old tunes that have long been associated with certain dances this CD offers new tunes written by the featured musicians. All of which demonstrate the living and growing nature of our music and dance heritage.

Level One (easier): Big Set Mixer, Brighton Camp, Circassian Circle, Cumberland Reel, I Want to be Near You, Moonstruck, Muffin Man, Patacake Polka

Level Two: Farmers Jig, Caerphilly March, Clopton Bridge, Durham Reel, Jumping Joan, Penny on the Water, Welcome to Welbeck

Level Three (harder): Barley Reel, Bridge of Athlone, Goddesses, Mock Turtle Hornpipe, Panshanger Sicilian, The Waterloo Dance

Longsword: An Introduction to the Longsword dance tradition of Yorkshire
Written and compiled by Diana Campbell Jewitt

A practical guide to Longsword dance for beginners. Written with the help of experts in the tradition this is a fascinating guide, produced with:

• Well illustrated diagrams and photographs

• Helpful notes to improve performance

• Three typical but different examples of England's longsword dances

• The newcomer to the tradition in mind.

The practice and subsequent performance of these dances will develop the self-confidence and self-image of those taking part and will delight any audience. An excellent activity for encouraging team spirit and a good way to involve boys in a structured dance form.

Also available - CD to accompany the dances in the traditions contained in the main book

 

Cat.no. BED4	Book	£15.00
Cat. no. EDCD05	CD	£12.50

Understanding Victorian Society Through Dance
General editor - Diana Campbell Jewitt
(EFDSS, Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society and Grand Union of Folk Dancers)

• A4 book and CD

A flexible learning resource offering three levels of skill. Have fun experiencing the spatial dance patterns and skip to the music of the nineteenth century, then try out some simplified steps and mannerisms of the period or go the whole hog and use the full ballet steps for an authentic performance. The music on the CD is as authentic as we could make it with tunes from the period and similar instruments. The book includes help with costume ideas and fascinating history notes.

Five sections:
Ballroom - polka, waltz, quadrille, the Spanish dance, schottische, highland schottische, Hart's Lancers first quadrille, galop finale fron First Set.
Country Dance - Pop Goes the Weasel, Ninepins, Triumph, Fout Hand reel, Tempest, Sir Roger de Coverley.
Morris and Processional - Bean Setting, Helston Flurry, Stave dances, Castleton Garland dance.
Performance - Sailor's Hornpipe, Tambourine dance, Jockey dance, Skirt dance, Clown, Crossing sweepers.
Clog - steps from Lancashire.

Cat. no. BED4	Book	£13.00
Cat. no. EDCD04	CD	£12.50

Traditional British and other Dances
for National Curriculum KS2 - by Diana Campbell Jewitt

• A4 book

• three cassettes (with some voice-overs, and warm-ups) and/or CD

• all in a handy vinyl wallet.

• Designed as a distance learning package for schools, churches, youth groups and family celebrations this collection of dances is a multicultural look at some of the influences affecting our tradition. Anglicised versions of dances from Scotland, Ireland, America and Europe testify to the mixed nature of our culture. The historic range of dances from Tudor, Victorian and modern times demonstrates the living nature of this culture through the past, into the twenty-first century. 20 dances are clearly explained with photos and diagrams and 'a teaching script'. Includes some sheet music. To help beginners with teaching techniques the music is available on three tapes with voice-overs and suggested warm ups. For performance, a music only version is in CD format. Music played by 'Pandemonium' from Northamptonshire.

The dances:
Grand March, The Snake or Farandole, Big Set or Circular Virginia Reel, Dashing White Sergeant, Thatched Cottage, Sir Roger de Coverley, Kings Silver Jig, Bridge of Athlone, Circle Hornpipe, Clopton Bridge, Belfast Duck, Patacake Polka, Holmfirth Square, The Chug, Texas Schottische, Circle Waltz, Thady U Gander,  Aunt Hessie, Czech Dance, Horses Brawl

CD available (music only); sold with book, or as alternative to audio cassettes, or separately.  All tracks as on cassettes.
 

Cat. no. BTED2	Book with tapes or CD	£24.00
Cat. no. EDCD01	CD alone	£12.50

All Join Hands
Training video for teachers which complements the dance instruction books.

With teaching tips on rhythm, hand and foot movements, performance skills and music. Complete instructions for Bridge of Athlone (a longways set) and Circassian Circle.

Cat. No. VED2
Video
£15.00
 

English Traditional Dancing, KS2
Wendy Knight

The second edition of this popular resource is enhanced with photos and diagrams to help new teachers and community leaders pass on this very healthy and happy activity. Designed as an educational resource for beginners of all ages the instructions are arranged so that each new dance increases in complexity as you work through the book and each new dance figure is explained in greater detail. All the dances were either collected or based on dances that were collected during the early part of the twentieth century. At this time enthusiasts and researchers were keen to both archive and pass on the traditional cultural heritage of England and we hope that in using this resource a new generation will come to appreciate this living tradition.

A full 78-minute, bursting-at-the-seams, 27 track CD accompanies the book, replacing the previous audio tape. Along with many of the original recordings we have added another ten exciting tracks. Players include John Kirkpatrick, Leigh Dyer, Alison Ellacott, Maggie Fletcher, Vic Godrich, Chris Jewell, Andy Johnson, Richard Smith, and Anna and Paul Tabbush plus others. £12 plus £1.50 p&p

The Dances:
Circassian Circle, Galopede, Dorset Ring Dance, Three Meet, Brighton Camp, Six Hand Reel, Marnhull Dance, Johnny Fetch Your Wife, Turn Off Six, Cumberland Long Eight, Norfolk Long Set Dance, Ribbon Dance, Up Sides and Down Middle, La Russe, Cornish Three Hand Reel, Three Around Three, College Hornpipe, Golowan, Haste to the Wedding, Wiltshire Six Hand, Winster Galop, Muffin Man, Yorkshire Long Eight, Devon Jig,  A Hunting We Will Go John Brown's Body, Cumberland Reel, Huntsman's Dance
 

Cat no. BED1	Book	£12.00
Cat. no. EDCD08	CD	£12.50
Book & CD together package deal	CD & Book	£23.50

Dancing: Round the Maypole
By Diana Campbell Jewitt
A4 book and CD

2nd edition - A4 book and CD Now with instructions for making a beautiful wooden Maypole by Geoff Ayton MBE. All you need to start a performance team, this popular distance learning resource also gives twelve country dances which can be done in the round, without taking down the maypole, so that your audience can join in the celebrations. Suitable for dancers aged 5 to 85! - 10 maypole dances, a ribbon dance and 12 country dances - fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams - a teaching script for the absolute beginner - helpful tips and suggestions - historical information and background to the dances - music scores - full guide to making your own wooden maypole Book £13.50 CD £12.50 Together £24.00

Lead On, Taking the Ribbons, Barber's Pole, Single or Double Plait, Spider's Web, Gypsy's Tent, Three in Hand, Additional Set, Merry Month of May, Lead Off, Chrysanthemum, Shuttlecock, Roundabout, Accumulator; Ribbon dancing without a maypole.

Country Dances:
Black Jack, French Wedding, Green Stockings, Lucky Seven, Circassian Circle, Russian Ballet, Tom Pate, Ffarwel Marion, Pines Parade, Ideal Schottische, Danish Double Quadrille, Wring Out the Dishrag
 

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Clog Music
Heather Bexon and Pat Tracey

Audio cassette designed for practice and performance at all but top performance speed.

Hornpipes, Reels, Waltzes and Jigs, recorded at slow, medium and performance speeds.  Over 90 minutes.
Cat No. TED 3
Tape
£5.00  

Education Project books

Each book contains 10 cross-curricular activity cards; folk fact sheets; Morris, Maypole and Social Dances; Songs; A Mummer's Play, and NC Attainment Target sheet.

Cat. no. BOP1	May - summer term project	£7.95
Cat. no. BOP2	Plough Monday to Hocktide - spring term project	£7.95
Cat. no. BOP3	Midwinter - Christmas term project	£7.95
	All three	£20.00

Join the Band

60 Popular Dance Tunes suitable for younger players. B. Wood (Ed) (2 parts + ABC chords). First part of tune noted on one side of the page and second (easier) part of tune for second instrument is on the opposite side so two musicians can harmonise together.
£9.50

Posters:
All A2 (594mm x 420mm), portrait format. Lots of fascinating photographs.

• Hobby Horses - part colour; information both sides
• Morris and Sword Dancing - full colour
• British Calendar Customs - full colour
• £1.50 each or £3 all three

To Order:

Please add 10% p&p to all orders, with a minimum charge of £2.00

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