Record

Performance TitleFestival of Folk Dance and Song
Performance Date29 February 1964
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersNan Fleming-Williams (leader),
Elsie Avril,
John Barber,
John Conquest,
Dennis Darke,
Bill Farr,
Jack Farr,
David Fleming-Williams,
Victor Godrich,
Jack Hamilton,
Ken Hillyer,
Alan Humberstone,
Neil Linden,
Vi Le Maistre,
Brian Osborne,
Brian Patrick,
Anton Van Renssen,
Tom Roddick,
Bob Rundle,
Patrick Shuldham-Shaw,
Frances Slater,
Denis Smith,
Lynda Smith,
Reg Smith,
Paul Stannard,
Terry Summers,
David Thornton,
Dick Watkins,
Brian Willcocks

The Boffins (Alan Browning - leader),
Birmingham Folk Dance Players (Godfrey Nall - leader),
Cambridge Band (D J Marshall - leader),
Derbyshire District Band (John Cash - leader),
Essex District Band (Brian Conner - leader),
Gloster Square Dance Band (Jean Forsyth - leader),
North East Hampshire Band (Mary Ireson - leader),
Hertfordshire District Band (I M Du Cane - leader),
Mid Kent Players Club (Brian Hayden - leader),
London District Band (Victor Godrich - leader),
Norfolk Ramblers (Ivy Meachen - leader),
Oxfordshire District Band (Bob Weaver - leader),
Pyrford Country Dance Band (J A Perry - leader),
The Ranters (W B Bonnett - leader),
The Strawplaiters (Brian Patrick - leader),
East Surrey District Band (Tom Roddick - leader),
Sussex District Band (Mike Howley - leader),
Thames Valley District Band (Joan Gilbert - leader),
Thursday Band (Ruth Andrewes - leader),
Mid and East Yorkshire District Band (M Hurst - leader),
South Yorkshire District Band (Graham Cole - leader)

Company of Fools - Jack Hamilton, Rowland Howls, Colin Fleming, Tom Cronin, David Seaborne, Michael Brooks, Bill Astley, Bert Cleaver, Ken Hillyer,
Morris Dancers from Manley, Cheshire,
Leslie Haworth,
Arthur Webb,
Caleb Walker,
Ted Kavanagh Irish Dancers,
Richard Griffin,
Michael Johnson,
Royal Ballet School,
June Wilson,
Dancers from The Provinces,
Sword Dancers from Loftus (Yorkshire),
Arthur Marshall,
Skansen Folk Dance Team (Stockholm, Sweden),
Camden Town Sound,
Pat Tracey,
Hamish Fraser,
Bob Parker,
Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire),
Jackie Toaduff,
Coral Do Ribatejo (Santarem, Portugal)

Cyril Tawney - vocal,
Derek Goom,
David Bing,
Reg Ezekiel - trumpets,
Colin Sheen,
Adrian Stocks,
John Major - trombones,
Bill Ashton,
Malcolm Strutt,
Keith Brown,
Pat Evans - saxophones, clarinets,
Foggy Lyttle,
Dick Hammett,
Keith Roberts,
John Easey - rhythm guitars
Orchestra or BandMcBain's Band,
Arena Band
Set ListOverture (Arena Band, Nan Fleming-Williams),
Festival Dancers (McBain's Band, Arena Band),
The Visitors,
Morris Dancers from Manley (Leslie Haworth, Arthur Webb, Caleb Walker),
Ted Kavanagh Irish Dancers (Richard Griffin, Michael Johnson),
Morris Dances by Schoolboys - Beaux of London City (Adderbury), Queen's Delight (Bucknell), Jockey To The Fair (Brackley), Bonny Green Garters (Oakley Secondary School Schoolboys, Cheltenham Schoolboys, County High School (Chingford),
'Fingerpolkett' (Skansen Folk Dance Team, Stockholm),
'Fjallnaspolska' (Skansen Folk Dance Team, Stockholm),
'Fryksdalspolska' (Skansen Folk Dance Team, Stockholm),
Cyril Tawney,
'The Camden Town Sound' (Pat Tracey, Hamish Fraser, June Wilson, Bob Parker, Patrick Shuldam-Shaw, Jack Hamilton, Derek Goom, David Bing, Reg Ezekiel, Colin Sheen, Adrian Stocks, John Major, Bill Ashton, Malcolm Strutt, Keith Brown, Pat Evans,
Foggy Lyttle, Dick Hammett, Keith Roberts, John Easey, David Fleming-Williams),
Durham Reel (Schools),
Brighton Camp (Schools),
Overture - 'Folk Tunes', from The Beggars' Opera (Arena Band, Nan Fleming-Williams),
Dances from the Isle of Man - Hunting The Wren (McBain's Band), Peter O'Tavy (McBain's Band), Mona's Delight (McBain's Band),
Double Set Back (Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire)),
Trunkles (Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire)),
Rodney (Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire)),
Rigs O'Marlow (Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire)),
'The Blue Eyed Stranger' (Headington Quarry Dancers (Oxfordshire), John Graham, Kenneth Loveless, David Rendell, Harry Fell, Arthur Kimber),
The Tibetan Children (Tibetan Children from Pestalozzi Children's Village, Sussex)
Country Dances by Teenagers - Tom Pate (Ranchers, Brian Willcocks), Cumberland Square Dance (Ranchers, Brian Willcocks), Gay Gordons (Ranchers, Brian Willcocks), Hullichan Roundabout (Ranchers, Brian Willcocks),
Jackie Toaduff (Nan Fleming-Williams, Jackie Toaduff),
'Erva Cidreira' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Passo Largo' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Bailarico Da Desgarrada' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Fadinho Das Fontainhas' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Vira Da Tia Emilia' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Melodias Do Ribatejo' (Rapsodia) (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Chotica' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
'Os Caracois' (Coral Do Ribatejo, Santarem, Portugal),
Finale - Circassian Circle,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesAssociated Press Archive holds B&W British Movietone footage of the event (Story No.BM87991).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1964/19)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1964/19Festival of Folk Dance and Song28-29 February 1964
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uzosoigem_MiolFestival of Folk Dance and Song3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11434Williams; Nan Fleming- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, violinist
DS/UK/1573Avril; Elsie (6 October 1889-21 August 1977); Australian-born English folk violinist
DS/UK/12014Hamilton; Jack (c1919-2007); British folk dancer, bassist
DS/UK/12015Hillyer; Ken (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk fiddler
DS/UK/13745Rundle; Bob (fl 1963-1964); British folk musician
DS/UK/12011Shaw; Patrick "Pat" Shuldham- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, ethnomusicologist
DS/UK/8651Walker; Caleb (1907-); British concertina player
DS/UK/12008Tracey; Patricia "Pat" (1927-2008); English clog dancer
DS/UK/10240Headington Quarry Morris Dancers; c1790s-; English morris dancing team
DS/UK/9161Toaduff; Jackie (fl 1950s-1960s); British dancer
DS/UK/13196McBain's Country Dance Band (fl 1960s)
DS/UK/14654Williams; David Fleming- (fl 1960s-); British violinist, arranger, musical director
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