| Main Performers | London Folk (Peter Stead, Colin Delamore, Michael Bennett, Richmond Cursiter, Sally George, Alex Tevendale, Mervyn Clayton),
Sherwood Rise of Nottingham (Stephen Bailey, Sid Long, Cren Morris, Jenny Warren),
The Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers of Bacup,
The Green Man's Morris and Sword Club,
The Ekome Dance Company,
Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers,
Caroline Smith - vocal,
Bobby Casey - fiddle |
| Orchestra or Band | The Yetties,
London Folk Players,
Teesside Travellers (Garth Flack - accordion, Jane Kelly - fiddle, Frank Porter - bass) |
| Set List | 'Overture' from Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs, arr, David Fleming-Williams,
'Abbots Bromley Horn Dance',
'Abram Circle' (The Yetties),
'The Floral Dance' (Green Man's Morris Men),
'Lichfield Bower' (London Folk),
Green Man's Morris and Sword Club, Dances from the Lichfield Morris Tradition,
A Theme in Green:-
'The Banks of Green Willow', Traditional song with George Butterworth's orchestral arrangement,
'Les Manches Vertes' (Greensleeves), Feuillet's Recueil de Contredanses 1706,
'Castlering and Bonny Green' (Morris dances from Lichfield and Bucknell),
'The Green Man', Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances c.1750,
'All Round My Hat I Will Wear a Green Willow', trad,
'Green Willow',
'Maggot Pie 1932',
'Green Mountain Volunteer',
'Longways Contra Dance' (London Folk, London Folk Players, Green Man's Morris and Sword Club, Caroline Smith),
'Irish Traditional Fiddle Tunes' (Bobby Casey),
Selection of Popular Dances (Teeside Travellers),
London Folk - 'Take a Light Hearted Look at the Tale of Robin Hoo' (Robin Hood - Peter Stead, Maid Marion - Sally George, Prince John - Colin Delamore, Sheriff of Nottingham - Alex Tevendale, Little John - Michael Bennett, Friar Tuck - Mervyn Clayton, Alan Adell - Richmond Cursiter, Minstrels - Sherwood Rise of Nottingham),
The Dances:-
'Allmain' (Composed by Claude Gervaise, found in a collection of dances printed by Attaignant in 1557),
'Branle', Orchesography by Arbeau 1589,
'Venus', Court Dance with Italian origins, attributed to Lorenzo de Medici 1463,
'Elverton Grove', from John Walsh's 'Twenty Four New Country Dances for the year 1712',
'Love in a Forest', from John Johnson's 'Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances' Vol 4. Published 1748,
Ballad composed from Traditional Elements and sung by Sherwood Rise - Stephen Bailey, Sid Long, Cren Morris, and Jenny Warren, Members of the Nottingham Traditional Music Club,
INTERVAL,
Children's Interval Dancing at Matinees only (M C Jean Matthews)
OVERTURE
'Shaw To Shaw', arr. David Fleming-Williams),
The Coco-Nut Dance (The Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers of Bacup, Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers),
The Garland Dance (The Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers of Bacup),
A Feast of Maggots - (A maggot was a whim or fancy. The following selection of dances from John Playford's 'Dancing Master' no doubt reflects the whims of the people named in the titles),
'My Lady Winwood's Maggot',
'Jack's Maggot',
'Draper's Maggot' (London Folk),
'Mr.Isaac's Maggot' (London Folk Players),
'Huntington's Maggot' arr. David Fleming-Williams,
'Mr.Beveridge's Maggot',
'Dick's Maggot',
Afro Caribbean Folk Music and Dances (Ekome),
'A Little Bit of Dorset' (The Yetties),
Finale:-
London Folk and The Teesside Travellers dance to the singing of The Yetties,
'The Mozart',
'Levi Jackson's Rag',
'Blaydon Races', arr. David Fleming-Williams |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1983/18) |