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Performance TitleThe Daily News - English Folk Dance Society Festival, in aid of The Cecil Sharp Fund
Performance Date26 November 1927
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersEnglish Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team
Guipuzcoan Dancers, (Basque Region)
Basse Navarre Dancers,
La Soule Dancers

William Kimber - dancer
Elsie Avril - violin
Secondary PerformersBedfordshire Branch,
Berkshire Branch,
Birmingham Branch,
Cambridge Branch,
Hampshire Branch,
Herfordshire Branch,
Kent Branch,
Leicestershire Branch,
Manchester Branch,
Northamptonshire Branch,
Oxfordshire Branch,
Sheffield Branch,
Somerset Branch,
Suffolk Branch,
East Surrey Branch,
West Surrey Branch,
Wolverhampton Branch,
Worcestershire Branch
ConductorsRalph Vaughan Williams
Set ListProcessional: 'Furry Dance',
Country Dances:'Butterfly',
'Gathering Peascods',
Country Dances: 'Picking Up Sticks' (London Branch),
'The Triumph' (Northamptonshire Branch),
Morris Dances: 'Lads a Bunchum',
'Haste To The Wedding' (Oxford Branch),
Morris Jig: 'Shepherds' Hey', William Kimber,
Country Dances: 'The Black Boy' (Sheffield Branch),
'Mr.Isaac's Maggot' (Hampshire Branch),
Morris Dance: 'Swaggering Boney' (Cambridge Branch),
Basque Dances: 'Palos Grandes' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
'Palos Pequenos' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
'Arcos Grandes' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
'Arcos Pequenos' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
'Espada Danza' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
'Jorral Dantza' (Guipuzcoan Dancers),
Morris Jig: 'Bacca Pipes',
Country Dances: 'The Round O' (London Branch),
'Pop Goes The Weasel' (Oxfordshire Branch),
Morris Dance: 'Rigs O'Marlow' (Birmingham City Police),
Country Dance: 'Old Noll's Jig' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
'Long-Sword Dance', Handsworth (Sheffield),
Country Dances: 'Dargason' (London Branch, Manchester Branch, Sheffield Branch, Worcestershire Branch),
'Newcastle' (London Branch, Manchester Branch, Sheffield Branch, Worcestershire Branch),
Ceremonial Dance: 'The Horn of Abbots Bromley',
Morris Dances: 'Processional Dance',
'The Morris Reel',
Country Dances: 'The Ribbon Dance',
'Mage On A Cree',
'The Phoenix' (Cambridge Branch),
Morris Dance: 'Shooting' (Hertfordshire Branch),
'Short-Sword Dance', Earsdon (Northumberland Branch),
Basque Dances: 'Volantak Dantza' (Basse Navarre Dancers),
'Fandango and Arin-arin'' (Basse Navarre Dancers),
'Dantza Khorda'' (Basse Navarre Dancers),
Country Dances: 'Haste To The Wedding'(Bedfordshire Branch, Leicestershire Branch, East Surrey Branch, West Surrey Branch),
'Lull Me Beyond Thee' (Bedfordshire Branch, Leicestershire Branch, East Surrey Branch, West Surrey Branch),
Morris Dances: 'Flowers of Edinburgh' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
'Leap Frog' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
Country Dances: 'Mr Beveridge's Maggot' (Hertfordshire Branch),
'Confess', (Somerset Branch),
Sword Dance: 'Flamborough',
Basque Dances: 'Mascaden Marcha and Barricada Haustia' (La Soule Dancers),
'Satan Dantza' (La Soule Dancers),
'Aitzina Pika' (La Soule Dancers),
'Godalet Dantza' (La Soule Dancers),
Country Dances: 'Hey Boys Up We Go',
'Sellenger's Round',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance Notes"BROADCASTING.
SECOND EMPIRE RELAY.
WAVE-LENGTH PUZZLES.
BY OUR WIRELESS CORRESPONDENT.
The second big experiement in Empire broadcasting from 5SW, Chelmsford, wil take place on Nov. 26 between 7.45pm and nine pm. On this occassion the programme will consist of a relay of the Folk Dance Festival at the Albert Hall."
(The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 1927)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1927/73)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1927/74The Daily News - Folk Dance Festival, for The Cecil Sharp Fund26 November 1927
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aizom_DyripiorThe Daily News - English Folk Dance Society Festival, in aid of The Cecil Sharp Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/315English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS); 1932-; English folk society
DS/UK/1572Kimber; William 'Merry' (1872-1961); English concertina player, Morris dancer
DS/UK/1573Avril; Elsie (6 October 1889-21 August 1977); Australian-born English folk violinist
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