The English Folk Dance and Song Society has announced four recipients of its highest award, the Gold Badge. Gold Badges are presented for unique or outstanding contributions to folk music, dance or song and/or exceptional contributions to the Society’s work.
Gold Badges for 2020 will be awarded to:
Mick Peat
Radio presenter, musician and actor
Carolyn Robson
Singer, instrumentalist and educator
Benny Graham
Folk singer and worker in theatres and schools
Paul & Liz Davenport
Singers, organisers and activists
They join an illustrious list of Gold Badge holders including pioneering folk-song collector Cecil Sharp (1923), composer/collector Ralph Vaughan Williams (1943), performer/writer AL Lloyd (1975), Ewan MacCoIl (1987), Peggy Seeger (1987), Shirley Collins (2003) and Eliza Carthy (2007).
More than 150 awards have been made since the Gold Badge was created in 1922. Anyone can make a nomination, which should be seconded by one other person.
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