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dance Three Around Three The morris dance Brighton Camp The north-west morris dance Winster Gallop Some examples of Polkas: Little Polly Polka Astley’s Ride Albert Farmer’s Bonfire tune Below, you can find an audio recording of the New Jenny Lind Polka,...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Instrumental Folk Music
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of what they heard. This has enabled future generations to keep playing the material. Sadly, there is often very little known about the original musicians that provided the collectors with the tunes in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library online...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Instrumental Folk Music
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These town and village maypoles were brightly painted, covered in flowers, and very, very, high (up to 27 metres). We have little information about what dances were done around these maypoles. They might just have provided the centre piece for normal...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Costume
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costume is a dress which finishes above the knee, with large full sleeves which are gathered to the wrist. A small group of little bells are attached to the white plimsolls, often by coloured ribbon. The dresses are very decorative, shiny fabrics are...
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- Category: English Folk Costume
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songs from the Sussex Weald in the 1840s. She recalled that her earliest musical memory was of her father singing The Wee Little Croodin’ Doo, a variant of the Child Ballad Lord Randal: "The first musical impression that I ever remember came from this...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Collectors
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else, to have a different perspective on things and to give a bit of variety to what we do.” Student 1 “In my village, Little Downham, a lot of folk dances have some form there so that made me so much more interested in it.” Student 2 “When you say folk...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House that is being curated by sonic visual artist David Littler. Yan Tan Tethera – which is a traditional sheep counting rhyme used predominantly in the north of England as well as a way to...
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years in the AQA English GCSE anthology. Alongside poetry, he has written verse plays and librettos for venues including Little Angel Theatre and the Glyndebourne Festival. He has been a writer-in-residence at the BBC, the Southbank Centre and the...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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Sam Sweeney https://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/7660-sam-sweeney-hannah-james
and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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- Author: intern
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textiles and traditional folk arts 10 May – 25 September www.textilefolksong.co.uk #textilefolk Sonic visual artist David Littler will curate Yan Tan Tethera, a season of performances, events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House,...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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Longsword dancing comes mainly from Yorkshire and a little further north. It is usually danced in teams of 6 or 8 dancers linked by the swords. The longswords are rigid, single handled strips of metal or wood, longer than rapper swords. The dances...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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Mollyhttps://www.efdss.org/learning/resources/beginners-guides/37-english-folk-dance/2175-molly
a high knee lift and strong swinging arms with an earthy and vigorous style. They share many figures with social dancing. Little was known and collected about the dances until the 1970s, so many teams developed their own dances and styles with varying...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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which has helped define some of the styles. Competition style dancing is often focused on very precise footwork with very little upper-body movement. Solo clog dancer Toby Bennett Cressing Temple, Essex 2013 Photo: Hugo Lane
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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exceptional works of art such as Devis’s Death of Nelson and William Hogarth’s Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin; little known treasures like Gabriel Bray’s shipboard watercolours; and iconic items such as Nelson’s uniform from the Battle of...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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House for a much anticipated show on 28 November. Ahead of the show, Joseph, known as the 'Welsh Springsteen' told us a little about his musical influences, recommendations and his forthcoming album of Springsteen hits, Tires Rushing By In The Rain....
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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the first access to folk music for many and opportunities to progress in the genre, for which there is currently very little provision in London. The London Youth Folk Ensemble will meet over 10 monthly sessions on Sunday afternoons per year at Cecil...
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exceptional works of art such as Devis’s Death of Nelson and William Hogarth’s Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin; little known treasures like Gabriel Bray’s shipboard watercolours; and iconic items such as Nelson’s uniform from the Battle of...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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it played in everyday life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is a great place to start! You can know very little, or a great deal, and still find this day rewarding and interesting. What will the day consist of? Steve and a guest speaker...
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- Author: EFDSS Editor
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Balkanplushttps://www.efdss.org/whats-on/27-dances/12544-balkanplus-2023-6-evening
Saturday 10 June 2023, 6:00pmthe same and no partners required. The steps can be picked up as you go along or are sometimes demonstrated if they are a little more complex. Everyone is welcome to come along and dance to the beautiful music of south eastern Europe. **** This evening...- Type: Article
- Author: EFDSS Editor
- Category: Dances
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