Record

Performance TitleFolk Dance of the British Isles
Performance Date23 June 1951
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersScottish Country Dancing Society,
The Headington Dancers - Oxfordshire,
Ruswarp Sea Scouts,
The Bacup Dancers - Lancashire,
Kenneth Loveless - vocal
Orchestra or BandTim Wright's Band
ChoirsCoedpoeth Youth Choir
ConductorsHilda Edwards
Set ListEnglish Sea Songs and Dances (Lovelace) - 'Shanty Haul Away Joe', Pulling, The Dorset Ring Dance, 'Shanty, Sacramento', Capstan, 'The Sailor's Hornpipe', Johnson Ellwood, The Flamborough Sword Dance, The Rifleman (Country Dance), English Sword - The Grenoside,
Scotland - Dances to be chosen from: Strathspeys - Glasgow Highlanders, She's ower Young to Marry Yet, Camp of Pleasure, Strathglass House, Madge Wildfire's Strathspey, Monymusk, Jimmy's Fancy, Reels - Hamilton House, Miss Nancy Frowns, Scottish Reform, Lord Rosslyns Fancy, Montgomerie's Rant, Campbell's Frolic, My Mithers coming in,
English Morris - Dances to be chosen from: Blue Eyed Stranger, Rodney, Country Gardens, Bean Setting, Haste ye to the Wedding, Constant Billy (The Headington Dancers - Oxfordshire),
Yugoslavia - Dances to be announced,
Wales - Folk Songs by the Coedpoeth Youth Choir Conductor: 'Y Gwew Fach (Cuckoo Dear)', arr. Gwynn Williams, 'Mae'r ddaear yn glasu (The Earth is Reviving)', arr. Gwynn Williams, 'Merch Megan (Megan's Daughter)', arr. Gwynn Williams, 'Cyfri'r Geifr (Counting the Goats)', arr. Lloyd Williams,
The Isle of Man - Dirk Dance, Billy Cain,
Northumbrian Barn Dance - Circassian Circle Part 1, Songs by William Robinson - 'Sair Fyeld Hinnie', 'Caa Haakie thro' the Watter', Clog Dance, Johnson Ellwood, La Russe
INTERVAL
The Padstow Hobby Horse and Mayers,
Three Meet (Country Dance),
English Sword - The Kirby Malzeard Dance (Ruswarp Sea Scouts),
English Morris - The Bacup Dancers (Lancashire),
Scotland - Dances to be chosen from Reels and Strathspeys listed in Part 1 and the following dances by Jack Johnstone: Highland Fling, Sword Dance, Seann Tribhas, Earl of Errol,
Yugoslavia - Dance to be announced,
English Sword - The Royal Earsdon Dancers (Northumberland),
Ireland - Solo and Country Dances to be chosen from: The Glenbeigh Bridge, The Three Tunes, Trip to the Cottage, off to Puck Fair, The Kerry Dance, The Bonfire Dance, The Gales of Derry, The Pipers Jig, St Patricts Day, The Ulster Blossom, Three Hand Reel, Various Reels, Jigs, and Hornpipes
FINALE
The Cumberland Square Dance,
Circassian Circle
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/142)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/142The English Folk Dance and Song Society - Folk Dances of the British Isles21-23 June 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_SadatoovivaixFolk Dance of the British Isles3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7041Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS); 1923-; Scottish dancing society
DS/UK/10242Loveless; Kenneth Norman Joseph (fl 1950s); MBE; British Anglo-Catholic priest, morris dancer, concertina player, vocalist
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