Record

Performance TitleFolk Festival '69
Performance Date15 February 1969
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNan Fleming-Williams,
John Flynn,
Tony O'Sullivan,
Muzaffer Semiz - leaders

Musicians:
Bill Ireland,
John Graham,
Leigh Dyer,
Sheila Mason,
W.Fleetwood,
Denis Smith,
Brian Heaton,
Robin Arzoni,
Jean Forsyth,
Richard Smith,
Pipe Major Bob Hill - pipes

Festival Company,
Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers of Bacup,
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (London Branch),
Headington Quarry Morris Dancers,
Dancers From The Counties of England,
Tim Hart and Maddy Prior,
Tony O'Sullivan, Julia Feeney, Linda Heneghan - Irish dancers,
Grenoside (trad.) Sword Team,
Festival Dancers,
Bursa Kilic-Kalkan Folklor Dernegi,
Captain E A Frost,
Sussex Caledonian Sword Dancers,
The Bacup Nutters,
Green Man's Morris Club,
Norman Robinson
Orchestra or BandThe Wassailers (Tony Foxworthy - leader, David Andrews, Peter Chopping, David Cooper, Tony Dean, Tony Foxworthy, David Hislop, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Tony Rose, Tony Shaw, David Trenow, Eric Wilmot),
Massed Bands,
McBain's Band,
Street Band,
The Journeymen,
The Kenton Ramblers,
The Orange and Blue Band,
Peter Boyce's Band,
The Ranchers,
The Southerners,
The Strawplaiters,
Band of Young People
Set ListOverture (Massed Bands),
Festival Company - 'Square, Set and Circles' (MacBain's Band, Nan Fleming-Williams),
Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers of Bacup (John Flynn, Street Band),
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (London Branch) - The Gude Man O'Ballengeich, The Montgomeries Rant, The Quaich - The Campbells are Coming, Round About the Hullachan (McBain's Band, Bill Ireland),
The Headington Quarry - Constant Billy - Laudnum Bunches, Merry Kimber (John Graham, Morris Dancers),
Dancers from The Counties of England - Yorkshire Square Eight, Double Quadrille (Massed Bands),
Folk Songs (Tim Hart and Maddy Prior),
Irish Dancers - Three Hand Reel, Solo Hornpipe, Medley Three Hand: Reel, Jig, Hornpipe (Tony O'Sullivan, Leigh Dyer, Sheila Mason),
The Grenoside (trad.) Sword Team (Captain E A Frost, W Fleetwood),
Three Popular Country Dances of Today from Playford's Dancing Master - Parson's Farewell, Nonesuch, The Round (Festival Dancers),
Sword and Shield Dancers (Bursa Kilic-Kalkan Folklor Dernegi, Muzaffer Semiz)
INTERVAL
Harvest Home:
Song - 'Come Landlord' (The Wassailers),
Dances - Haymakers Jig (The Festival Dancers), Corn Rigs (McBain's Band, Norman Robinson, Denis Smith), Juice of Barley,
Soul Caking (Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, The Wassailers),
Boxing Day Mummers (Headington),
Country Dance - Over The Hills To Glory (County Dancers, Massed Bands),
New Years Eve (Scots and English) (Pipe Major Bob Hill, McBain's Band),
'Here We Come A Wassailing' (The Wassailers),
The Papa Stour Sword Dance (The Sussex Caledonian, Sword Dancers, Brian Heaton, Robin Arzoni),
'Hatfulls, Capfulls, Three Bushel Bagfulls' (The Wassailers),
'Easter Saturday' (The Bacup Nutters),
May Day-Lichfield - The Bower Processional, Nuts In May, Castlering (The Green Man's Morris Club),
Finale:
Sellenger's Round (everybody),
Blaydon Races (everybody),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Circassian Circle (everybody)
Performance NotesAssociated Press Archive holds B&W British Movietone footage of performers dancing outside the Hall (Story No.BM94443).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1969/14)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/14Folk Festival '6914-15 February 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Padcnaz_RihFolk Festival '694
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11434Williams; Nan Fleming- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, violinist
DS/UK/12012Ireland; William J "Bill" (fl 1950s-1960s); Scottish folk dancer
DS/UK/12726Hill; Bob (fl 1960s); Scottish piper
DS/UK/7041Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS); 1923-; Scottish dancing society
DS/UK/10240Headington Quarry Morris Dancers; c1790s-; English morris dancing team
DS/UK/9173Grenoside Sword Dancers; fl 1800s-; English morris side
DS/UK/9171Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup; fl 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/12020Green Man's Morris and Sword Club; fl 1950s-; English morris side
DS/UK/13196McBain's Country Dance Band (fl 1960s)
DS/UK/17839Prior; Madelaine Edith "Maddy" (1947-); MBE; English folk singer
DS/UK/17841Robinson; Norman (fl 1960s); British clog dancer
DS/UK/17844Hart; Tim (1948-2009); English folk singer, multi-instrumentalist
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