Record

Performance TitleEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
Performance Date8 January 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersCharles Leatherby,
Nan Fleming-Williams,
Elsie Avril - leaders

London Members of The Society ,
Tooting and Balham Sea Cadet Corps Boys,
Birmingham Boys' Sword Dance Club,
Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers,
Men of Mercia Morris Club,
Whirligigs Folk Dance Club,
Marlow Scottish Dancers,
High Spen Traditional Dancers,
Beaux of London City Morris Club,
Sidcup Blackfen County Primary School

Jackie Toaduff,
Patrick Shuldham-Shaw - vocal,
C A Pegram - accordion,
W H Songi - concertina,
Geoffrey Mendham,
John Lawson - violins,
Elsie Avril,
Nan Fleming-Williams,
Jim Coleman - fiddle,
Donald Adam - pipes,
Jimmy Johnson - melodeon

Festival Bands:
Elsie Avril,
Nan Fleming-Williams,
Arnold Ashby,
Alan Browning,
Jim Coleman,
William Ganiford,
Geoffrey Ginn,
Kay Graham,
Douglas Heffer,
Peter Kennedy,
Margery Lempfert,
David Mason,
Sam Mason,
Ernest Penfold,
Patrick Shuldham-Shaw,
Beryl Smith,
Margot Stebbing,
Harry Taylor,
Patricia Woods
Orchestra or BandHanwell Silver Band,
Folk Dance Band
ConductorsAlfred Jarvis
Set ListCountry Dance (London Members of The Society, Hanwell Silver Band),
Sellenger's Round, Alfred Jarvis (Leatherby),
Children's Dances:
Morris (Heston Boys' Morris Team),
Getting Upstairs (Pegram, Songi),
Country (Sidcup Blackfen County Primary School, Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams),
Ribbon Dance (Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams),
'We Won't Go Home Till Morning' (Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams),
'Thady You Gander' (Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams),
Durham Reel (Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams),
'Sailors' Hornpipe' (Tooting and Balham Sea Cadet Corps, Pigott),
Sword (Birmingham Boys' Sword Dance Club, Browning),
The Revesby Play (Britannia Coco-Nut Dancers),
Country Dances - Haymakers' Jig (Folk Dance Band), The Cumberland Square (Folk Dance Band),
The Lichfield Morris:
Processional (Men of Mercia Morris Club, Mendham, Lawson),
Ring O'Bells (Men of Mercia Morris Club, Mendham, Lawson),
Sheriff's Ride (Men of Mercia Morris Club, Mendham, Lawson),
Nuts In May (Men of Mercia Morris Club, Mendham, Lawson),
Big Set - A Square Dance In Kentucky Style (Whirligigs Folk Dance Club, Avril),
Scotland:
New Caledonian Quadrille (Marlow Scottish Dancers, Fleming-Williams, Adam),
Ruidhleadh Nan Coileach Dubha (Marlow Scottish Dancers, Fleming-Williams, Adam),
Cath Nan Coileach (Marlow Scottish Dancers, Fleming-Williams, Adam),
The Country Bumpkin (Marlow Scottish Dancers, Fleming-Williams, Adam),
A Masque (Bell, Avril, London Members of the Society),
Contry Dances - Dorset Ring Dance (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band), Double Sicilian Circle (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band),
Sword Dance (High Spen Traditional Dancers, Johnson),
Morris Dances:
Processional (Beaux of London City Morris Club, Coleman),
Lads A Bunchum (Beaux of London City Morris Club, Coleman),
Constant Billy (Beaux of London City Morris Club, Coleman),
Old Tom of Oxford (Beaux of London City Morris Club, Coleman),
Leap Frog (Beaux of London City Morris Club, Coleman),
Sword Dance - Papa Stour (Avril),
Country Dances - Morpeth Rant (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band), 'Lady Walpole's Reel' (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band),
Clog Dances (Toaduff, Fleming-Williams),
Scotland - Dirk Dance (Fleming-Williams), St.Andrew's Rant (Fleming-Williams),
Finale - 'A Carol-Square' (Shuldham-Shaw), 'La Russe' (Shuldham-Shaw), 'Circassian Circle' (Shuldham-Shaw),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/3)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/1English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival7-8 January 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ainanyhiob_BuzEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival4
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/10143Beaux of London City Morris Men; fl 1950s-1960s; English morris side
DS/UK/315English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS); 1932-; English folk society
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/9171Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup; fl 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/9161Toaduff; Jackie (fl 1950s-1960s); British dancer
DS/UK/12011Shaw; Patrick "Pat" Shuldham- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, ethnomusicologist
DS/UK/11439Coleman; Jim (fl 1950s-1960s); British fiddle player
DS/UK/11554Hanwell Band; 1891-2001; English brass band
DS/UK/16924Jarvis; Alfred (fl 1950s-1980s); British conductor
Add to My Items