Record

Performance TitleEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
Performance Date11 January 1963
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersLondon 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 BandArena Band,
Massed Bands,
Bidford Square Dance Band,
McBain's Band
ChoirsLondon Welsh Youth Choir
ConductorsTerry James
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 MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/6)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/6English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival11-12 January 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oofonoixuz_MigEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9171Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup; fl 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/12014Hamilton; Jack (c1919-2007); British folk dancer, bassist
DS/UK/12006The Jockey Morris Men of Birmingham; 1949-; English morris side
DS/UK/12020Green Man's Morris and Sword Club; fl 1950s-; English morris side
DS/UK/9643The Ranchers (fl 1960s - 1970s)
DS/UK/7041Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS); 1923-; Scottish dancing society
DS/UK/12089Hall; Robin (1936-1998); Scottish folksinger
DS/UK/12091Macgregor; Jimmie (1930-); Scottish folksinger and broadcaster
DS/UK/12011Shaw; Patrick "Pat" Shuldham- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, ethnomusicologist
DS/UK/9288Quinn; Peter (fl 1950s-1960s); British bagpipe player
DS/UK/11434Williams; Nan Fleming- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, violinist
DS/UK/13196McBain's Country Dance Band (fl 1960s)
DS/UK/12719James; Terry (fl 1960s); Dr.; Welsh conductor
DS/UK/13732Darke; Dennis (fl 1960s); British folk dancer, author
DS/UK/13733George; Gwyn (fl 1960s); British folk musician
DS/UK/13734Hewitt; Richard John "Dick" (1921-1994); British step dancer, publican
DS/UK/13739Chipping Campden Morris Dancers; 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/13738Woodward; Tom (fl 1963); British folk musician
DS/UK/13741Hathaway; Albert Cyril "Bert" (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk musician
DS/UK/13743Hathaway; Alfred Cyril "Alf" (1929-2007); British folk musician
DS/UK/13744Evans; Mary (fl 1960s); British folk dancer
DS/UK/13745Rundle; Bob (fl 1963-1964); British folk musician
DS/UK/13747Smith; Bob (fl 1963); British folk musician
DS/UK/13746Cleaver; Bert (fl 1960s); British folk musician, morris dancer
DS/UK/13748Bidford Square Dance Band; fl 1960s-; English folk band
DS/UK/13749London Welsh Youth Choir; fl 1950s-1960s; British youth choir
DS/UK/315English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS); 1932-; English folk society
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