Record

Performance TitleThe English Folk Dance Society
Performance Date31 December 1927
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersWilliam Kimber - dancer,
Elsie Avril - violin
Secondary PerformersBerkshire Branch,
Cambridge Branch,
Cumberland Branch,
Derbyshire Branch,
Dorset Branch,
Essex Branch,
Hampshire Branch,
Herefordshire Branch,
Hertfordshire Branch,
Kent Branch,
Lake District Branch,
Leeds Branch,
Leicestershire Branch,
Liverpool Branch,
Norfolk Branch,
Northumberland Branch,
Oxford and County Branch,
Plymouth Branch,
Scarborough Branch,
East Surrey Branch,
West Surrey Branch,
Sussex Branch,
Tottenham Branch,
Wiltshire Branch,
Worcestershire Branch,
Yorkshire Branch
ConductorsRalph Vaughan Williams
Set ListMassed Dances: 'Furry Dance',
'We Won't Go Home Till Morning',
'Mage On A Cree',
Country Dances: 'Lili Burlero' (London),
'Dull Sir John' (Northumberland Branch),
Morris Dances: 'Lads A Bunchum,
'Country Gardens' (William Kimber, English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
'The Gallant Hussar' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
Morris Jig: 'Shepherds' Hey' (William Kimber),
Country Dances: 'Queen's Jig' (Liverpool Branch),
'Round O', London (London Pride),
Short-Sword Dance (Westerhope, Northumberland),
Morris Jig: 'Bacca Pipes',
Morris Dance: 'Shooting (Hertfordshire Branch),
Country Dances: 'Dick's Maggot', (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
'The Phoenix' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
'Parson's Farewell' (English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team),
Country Dances: 'The Old Mole' (Dorset Branch, West Surrey Branch, London Branches),
Ceremonial Dance: 'The Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley'
INTERVAL
Country Dances: 'The Ribbon Dance',
'Jenny Pluck Pears',
'Gathering Peascods',
The Padstow Hobby Horse Ceremony',
Folk Carols: 'The Moon Shines Bright',
'The Holly And The Ivy',
'Come All Ye Worthy Gentlemen',
Country Dances: 'Twenty-Ninth of May' (Hampshire Branch, Oxford Branch, London Branches),
'Oranges and Lemons' (Hampshire Branch, Oxford Branch, London Branches),
Sword Dance: 'Kirkby Malzeard' (Leeds Branch),
Morris Dance: 'Shepherds' Hey' (York Branch),
Country Dance: 'Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing' (Dorset Branch),
Morris Jig: 'The Fool's Jig',
Morris Dance: 'The Flowers Of Edinburgh',
Country Dance: 'Aye Me' (Lake District Branch),
Country Dance: 'My Lady Foster's Delight' (Kent Branch),
Sword Dance: 'Flamborough',
Massed Dance: 'Hey Boys' Up We Go'
The Ampleforth Folk Play
Country Dance: 'Sellenger's Round'
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesTwenty-six branches of the EFDS were represented at the event, which was to raise money for the Cecil Sharp Fund to build Cecil Sharp House.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1927/86)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1927/86The English Folk Dance Society - New Year's Eve, All England Festival - Performance of Folk Song and Dance31 December 1927
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IovapohootipolThe English Folk Dance Society1
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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