Main Performers | London Corps, Festival Musicians, Britannia Coco-nut Dancers, J.Emmington, Combe Martin Junior School, Devon, Dennis Darke, Tony Palmer, Gwyn George, Jack Hamilton, Massed Dancers (Provinces), Members and Associates from The Midlands with Dick Hewitt, The Nomads, Jockey Men's Morris Club, Chipping Campden Traditional Side, Green Man Morris and Sword Club, Tom Woodward, Bert Hathaway, Alf Hathaway, Godfrey Nall, Mary Evans, The Ranchers, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (London Branch), Blue and Golds, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham
Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor - vocals, guitar, Garth Flack, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw - vocal, Bob Rundle - pipe, Bert Cleaver and Bill Smith - pipe, tabor, Peter Kennedy and Bob Rundle - melodeons, Peter Quinn - pipe |
Orchestra or Band | Arena Band, Massed Bands, Bidford Square Dance Band, McBain's Band |
Set List | 'Overture' (Selection of tunes in the programme) (leader - Nan Fleming-Williams, Arena Band), 'Some Dancing' (London Corps, Festival Musicians), Britannia Coc-Nut Dancers from Bacup, Lancs (J Emmington), Highland Fling (Devon), The Cumberland Reel (Combe Martin Junior School (Devon), Dennis Darke, Tony Palmer), The Durham Reel, Waltz Country Dance (Combe Martin Junior School (Devon), Gwyn George, Jack Hamilton), Country Dances - Pins and Needles (Northumberland) Road To California (USA) (Massed Dancers, Massed Bands), 'Rhyfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech' (Men Of Harlech) (London Welsh Choir), 'Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn' (Watching The Wheat) (London Welsh Choir), 'Cyfri'r Geifr' (Counting The Goats) (London Welsh Choir), 'Unwaith Eto 'Nghymru Annwyl' (Once Again Dear Wales) (London Welsh Choir), From The Midlands - A suite of dances mainly of local traditions by Members and Associates from the Midlands with Dick Hewitt (music - Bidford Square Dance Band), Foreign Visitors, A Garland of Dances (London Corps, London Welsh Youth Choir, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw): The Horn Dance (Abbots Bromley) (Bob Rundle), A Carole (mediaeval chain dance) (Bert Cleaver and Bill Smith), Up Tails All (sixteenth century) (Peter Kennedy and Bob Rundle), Fain I Would (seventeenth century) (Festival Musicians, Williams with the Nomads), Captain MacIntosh (nineteenth century), The Morpeth Rant (The polka joins the country dance), The Gay Gordons (dancing in couples), The Alabama Jubilee (other influences) INTERVAL 'Overture' (Arena Band), Folk Tunes for the Telly - Johnny Todd (Z-Cars), Shrewsbury Lasses (Gardeners' Club), Trumpet Hornpipe (Captain Pugwash), Country Dances - Quadrille (Yorkshire Dales), Spanish Waltz (North Country) (Massed Dancers (Provinces), Massed Bands), Morris Dances - Orange In Bloom (Sherborne) (musician - Tom Woodward, Jockey Men's Morris Club), Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket (sometimes called Young Collins) (Chipping Campden Traditional Side, musicians - Bert Hathaway, Alf Hathaway), Dargason (sometimes called Irish Washerwoman) (Chipping Campden Traditional Side, musicians - Bert Hathaway, Alf Hathaway), Milley's Bequest (Lichfield) (Green Man Morris and Sword Club, John Masterson, Godfrey Nall, Mary Evans), Three 'Longways Dances' - Over The Hills To Glory (Oxfordshire), Dick's Maggott (eighteenth century), Bucksaw Reel (USA) (London Corps, The Ranchers), Garland Dance (Britannia Coco-nut Dancers, J Emmington), Scots Corner - The Scottish Lilt, Princess Margaret's Jig, The Lass O' London (Strathspey), Landerdale Lads (Reel), Rothesay at the Fair, Round About Hullachan (Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (London Branch), Peter Quinn, Robin Hall, Jimmie MacGregor), Rapper Sword Dance (Blue and Golds (Stockton-on-Tees, Co.Durham), Garth Flack), Foreign Visistors, Finale - Circassian Circle (Massed Bands), 'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1963/6) |