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Adlington Folk Dance
Club
www.adlingtonfolk.co.uk
Alcester Folk Dance
Group A friendly
group of people who meet weekly to enjoy traditional English and American
dances using live and recorded music.
warkcom.net/live/cme591.htm
Anston Folk Club,
South Yorkshire. Meets at the Loyal Trooper the third Thursday in
the month. A singers club with occasional guests.Contact Judy Dalton,
213 Nursery Rd, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2QU
www.littlepotstove.com/anstonfolkclub
Australian Folks Songs now in it's tenth year this is a selection
of traditional Australian folk songs, with words, notation and sound
files. Also articles and reviews and lots of links to sites around
the world.
http://crixa.com/muse/songnet/
Back
Porch Acoustic Club at the Raven Hotel in Hook with featured artists,
singer-songwriters, bands, acoustic guitars, poetry, blues, fiddles,
folk, harmonicas and the occasional washboard. The club aims to provide
a showcase for talented musicians, both professional and unsigned.
This all takes place every third Friday of the month and entry is
free. www.backporch.co.uk
Bognor Regis International
Dance Ensemble A local group showcasing international dance
www.interfolk.co.uk
Le Breizho Breton Dance
class. Traditional and lively dances from Brittany. Beginners
welcome. Various Sundays 4pm. £4 (£2 le Breizho members. Contact:
Olivier Boennec 020 7738 8171 or danses@breizho.org.uk
www.breizho.org.uk/index_files/Dance.htm
British
Kodaly Association The BKA promotes the Kodály approach to music
education in the UK. Kodály was a Hungarian music educator who advocated
teaching musicianship through unaccompanied singing and use of traditional
folksong material in the musical "mother tongue".
www.britishkodalyacademy.org
The Buckland Shag Morris
Men a dancing tradition since 1987
http://www.bucklandshag.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
The
Bursledon Village Band a popular
Hampshire based English Ceilidh Band
hwww.bursledonvillageband.co.uk
Camping and Caravanning
Club, Folk Group Details of the Folk Group of the Camping and
Caravanning Club
www.folkgroup.org.uk
Camping
and Caravanning Club, North West Area Folk Group Details of the
North West Area of the above Folk Group
www.folkgroup.org.uk/northwest
Camden
Clog is a clog dance group which is based in Camden. We dance,
display and teach the East Lancashire style of step clog as expounded
by Pat Tracey
www.camdenclog.org.uk
Central
Council of Physical Recreation EFDSS is a Governing Body Member
of CCPR and belongs to the Movement and Dance Divison.
www.ccpr.org.uk
Pete
Cooper A website for fiddle player and teacher, Pete Cooper.
www.petecooper.com
Chilworth Contras
A New England Contra Club meets monthly at Chilworth Village Hall,
Nr Southampton.
www.users.waitrose.com/~jhmturner/chilworthcontras.htm
The
Copper Family of Rottingdean. Do they need an introduction? If
you aren't familiar with their tradition, go to the website now. If
you are familiar, then go to the website now!
www.thecopperfamily.com
Cornish Folklore Society
A website for all those interested in the folklore of Cornwall.
www.cornishfolklore.com
Country
Dance and Song Society of America
www.cdss.org
Dance
Around the World Check here for details of this festival with
an international flavour.
www.datw.org.uk
Dance
Resources Directory of dance related websites and discussion groups
www.about-arts.com/dance
The
Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium A database
of all the known country dances, published in the various editions
of the Dancing Master, by John Playford, Henry Playford and John Young.
www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/
The
Doc Rowe Archive & Collection. For many years, Doc has collected
and catalogued the traditions of the UK (amongst many other projects).
Well worth a visit.
www.docrowe.org.uk
Durham
City Folk Dance Group. A small friendly dance group, established
for over 30 years, meets 1st and 3rd Fridays.
www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamfolkdance/
Ealing
Country Dance Club
www.ealingfolk.org.uk
Earthly
Delights Earthly Delights covers everything from tutoring dance,
playing for weddings and putting on balls to producing CDs, publishing
dance & tune books and making fine costumes.
www.earthlydelights.com.au
English
Music Festival This will be an annual festival devoted to British
composers, commencing in October 2005, and held in the Abbey of Dorchester-on-Thames.
It will concentrate mainly on early twentieth century composers, and
particularly on neglected works.
www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk
Felpham and Middleton
Country Dance Club Information about the club, including 60 years
of club history.
www.interfolk.co.uk/fmcdc/
Folkimages
Folk Music Images from North West England and beyond
www.folkimages.com
FolkAlley.com is
a 24-hour, online music service featuring folk, world, and acoustic
music. The web site also offers a weblog with CD reviews, artist interviews,
reflections on the folk music industry and more.
http://www.folkalley.com
Folk Camps Society
combine folk and camping in a unique blend
www.folkcamps.co.uk
Fred
Dunn's Accordion Home Page A listing of accordion concerts in
the Canterbury area. Also sound files and notation for accordion compositions.
www.freddunn.co.uk
Fylde
Forum Although based in the North West of England the forum is
open to members from anywhere, likewise the posting of events etc.
The site is aimed at Tradition Music and Dance.
www.FyldeFolkForum.co.uk
Gainsborough
Folk Dance Club who meet at Chesleigh House, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
http://beehive.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/gfdc
Gaorsach
Rapper and Step English Rapper dances, English clog dances, and
hence English tunes north of the border! Gaorsach Rapper and Step
are an Aberdeen based group who are busy trying to show people that
'traditional' doesn't necessarily mean Irish, and that the English
stuff is great as well...
www.gaorsach.co.uk
Grand
Ceilidh Club Southend's barn dance club offers an evening of dancing
to live music every Wednesday
www.grandceilidhclub.org.uk
Icknield
Way Morris Men's Oxfordshire Folk Sessions A listing of Folk Sessions
in and around Oxfordshire. I might also suggest that stripping the
last part of the address off and visiting their general site would
be very interesting! www.icknieldwaymorrismen.org.uk/folk_sessions.php
Lichfield
Folk Dance Club Want to try something different? Join us on Monday
evenings, 8pm to 1015pm, in Bader Hall , Kings Hill Rd, Lichfield,
Staffs WS14 9EJ . New members and visitors are always welcome
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/lichfieldfolkdancers
Light-hearted
Dance Weekends
A series of English Country Dance Weekends for Enthusiasts.
Aimed at suiting a wide range of tastes, with dances from the 'Playford
era' (c1650) up to the present day including 'New England' Contras
& Squares. The series is organised and led by John & Hilary
Turner.
www.users.waitrose.com/~jhmturner/lighthtdwsum.htm
Little
Pot Stove Records. A company which provides CD stalls for folk
days and festivals. Also buys and sells rare and deleted vinyl folk
LPs by mail order. Contact John Dalton, 213 Nursery Rd, Dinnington,
Sheffield, S25 2QU
www.littlepotstove.com/
Maeran
Folk Music English folk song and folk carol writers
/www.maeranfolk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Mandolin
and Banjo Pages A resource for players of Mandolin, Mandola, Mandolin
Banjo and Banjolin
www.banjolin.co.uk/
Marije
Rommes A singing teacher holding individual and group classes
in Cecil Sharp House
www.singlalala.co.uk
Marlow
Folk Dance Club Sociable club meets alternate Fridays and dances
anything English.
www.communigate.co.uk/bucks/mfdc
Maypole
Teachers Check here for our own list of Maypole Teachers near
you.
www.efdss.org/mayteach.htm
National
Resource Centre for Dance The NRCD
Links page
www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD/links.html
Northumbrian
Pipers' Society
www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk
Nottingham
Folk Dance Group An EFDSS affiliated dance club
www.whitehead14.fsnet.co.uk/nfdg~main.htm
Open House London
Open access to lots of usually private buildings.
www.openhouse.org.uk
Pearly
Society The website to look for information on this aspect of
traditional London life
www.pearlysociety.co.uk
Pride
and Prejudice Ball Part of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture
2008 celebrations
www.merseyanddeesidefolk.co.uk
Roots
Quartet harmony singing workshops in the west country, esp songs
collected by Cecil Sharp in Somerset.
www.rootsquartet.com
Routledge
Journal of Folklore
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0015587X.asp
RUFF
ceilidh website. The RUFF runs ceilidhs and a dance club in Cardiff.
ruffceilidh.iccommunities.co.uk
Rutland
Folk Dance Club meets Fridays, Town Hall Uppingham, Rutland
www.rutlandfolkdance.co.uk
Salisbury
Folk Dance Club What can we say? A great folk dance club in Salisbury!
www.salisburyfolkdance.org.uk
Scarborough
Folk Dance Group Website showcasing Scarborough Folk Dance Group.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/scarboroughfolkdance/index.htm
Jim
Schofield Jim runs the Guest night at the Cross Keys, Uppermill,
near Oldham on a Wednesday and the Singers/Musicians' session at the
Buffet Bar at Stalybridge Railway Station, and now has his own website.
http://jimfolk.org.uk
Sidmouth
FolkWeek The best of folk music, song and dance and lots more
combined with a week's seaside holiday in East Devon.
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
Shape-note
Music in the UK music which can be directly traced as a distinct
musical thread back beyond the American Revolution, through to rural
England, back to Reformation psalmody and beyond to Renaissance polyphony.
www.ukshapenote.org.uk
Spen
Valley Longsword Traditional Yorkshire Dance
www.spenvalleylongsword.org.uk
Traditions of
Suffolk The wisdom of Suffolk's oral traditions recorded
by Neil Lanham since 1960s
www.traditionsofsuffolk.com
Tradition
Magazine A quarterly printed publication featuring British traditions
& customs; music, song & dance; folklore, myth & legend; traditional
diary; CD reviews; Interviews with renowned artistes from around the
world.
www.traditionmagazine.com
Union
Songs this is a selection of trade union songs from Australia,
Britain, Ireland, Scotland, United States with words, notation and
sound files. Songs from 200 years ago to ones being written today,
articles, reviews and lots of links to unions and workers songs sites
around the world.
http://crixa.com/muse/unionsong/
Wassail
Site A portal for a series of pages
about traditional dance and drama activities.
www.kickback.btinternet.co.uk/Wassail/Wassail.html
West
Gallery Music Association Study, revive and enjoy the church music
of our Georgian forbears
www.wgma.org.uk
Worsall
Folk Dance Group Come and learn and enjoy folk dancing where there
is always a welcome at Worsall on Teesside.
http://communigate.co.uk/ne/worsallfdg
Wroughton Folk Dance
Club meets on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 to 10.00pm in Wroughton
Infants School Hall, near Swindon, Wiltshire. Visitors welcome as
well as potential members.
www.communigate.co.uk/wilts/wroughtonfolkdance/index.phtml
York
Ceilidh Club welcomes new members and visitors to their lively
and varied monthly dances.
www.yorkceilidhclub.org.uk
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