Record

Performance TitleEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
Performance Date7 January 1956
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersLondon Members of The Society,
Marshfield Paper Boys,
Lei Tambourinaire De Sant Sumian,
Honiton (Devon) Secondary Modern School Boys and Girls,
The Fine Companions Club (Bedford),
Roadley Archibald,
Lingdale Traditional Sword Dancers,
Beaux of London City Club,
Greensleeves Club,
London Pride Club,
London Rodney Club,
London University Club,
Ravensbourne Club,
St. Alban's Club,
Westminster Club,
Donald Cassels,
Manley Morris Dancers,
EFDSS Team,
King's College Morrismen,
Balkanska Berreda Group of The Society for International Folk Dancing,
Bedfordshire Team,
Berkshire Team,
Buckinghamshire Team,
Cambridgeshire Team,
East Surrey Team,
Essex Team,
Hertfordshire Team,
Kent Team,
Leicestershire and Rutland Team,
Northamptonshire Team,
North East Hampshire Team,
Oxford Team,
South Hampshire Team,
Suffolk Team,
Sussex Team,
Thames Valley Team,
Warwickshire and Birmingham Team,
West Surrey Team,
Wolverhampton and Walsall Team,
Worcestershire Team

Margery Johnstone - vocal,
Elsie Avril - violin,
Max and Marius Fabre,
Fred Hamer - mandolin,
Aileen Hall - mouth music,
Richard Hogarth,
Caleb Walker - concertina,
Joe Clarke - drum,
Colin Ross - fiddle,
Jivoin Popovic - accordion,
Kenworthy Schofield - pipe, tabor
Secondary PerformersPatrick Shuldam-Shaw - musical arranger
Orchestra or BandHanwell Silver Band,
Folk Dance Band,
Festival Band
ConductorsAlfred Jarvis
Set List'Overture' (Hanwell Silver Band),
'Entry of Jack-In-The-Green and The Company' (Avril),
Country Dances - Portland Fancy (Folk Dance Band, Fleming-Williams), Square Dance - The Texas Star,
'Mummer's Play' (Marshfield Paper Boys (Glos), Lewis),
Country Dances - The Winster Galop (Folk Dance Band), The Nottingham Swing (Folk Dance Band),
France - Le Rigaudon Provencal (Lei Tambourinaire De Sant Sumian, Dr. Pierre Rochas, Max and Marius Fabre), Les Cordelles (Maypole Dance) (Lei Tambourinaire De Sant Sumian, Dr. Pierre Rochas, Max and Marius Fabre),
Children's Dances - Bonny Breast Knot (Honiton (Devon) Secondary Modern School Boys and Girls, Folk Dance Band), La Russe (Honiton (Devon) Secondary Modern School Boys and Girls, Folk Dance Band),
'May Morning' (Fine Companions Club (Bedford), Johnstone, Hamer),
Isle of Man - The Dirk Dance of The Kings of Man (Archibald, Hall),
Sword Dance (Lingdale Traditional Sword Dancers (Yorkshire), Hogarth, Knight),
Dances - The Winster Reel (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band), Old Noll's Jig (London Members of The Society, Folk Dance Band),
Morris Dances (Beaux of London City Club, Greensleeves Club, London Pride Club, London Rodney Club, London University Club, Ravensbourne Club, St. Alban's Club, Westminster Club, Cassels, Schofield),
France - Chivau-Frus (Hobby Horses) (Lei Tambourinaire De Sant Sumian),
Morris Dance (Manley Morris Dancers, McDermott, Walker, Clarke),
England In South Africa - Abram Circle, Swaggering Boney, Clog Dance, Folk Song, The Rifleman (EFDSS Team),
Sword Dance - The Tyneside Rapper Sword Dance (Kings College Morrismen, Moncaster, Ross),
Country Dances - The Tempest (Vermont, USA), Virginia Reel (Folk Dance Band),
Yugoslav Dances - Cacak, Struga Oro and Ochridsko Oro, Posavina Kolo (Balkanska Group of The Society for International Folk Dancing, Thornton, Popovic),
Country Dances - Sion House, The Chorus Jig (Folk Dance Band),
France - Les Fielous (Torch Dance), Les Jardinieres (Garland Dance) (Lei Tambourinaire De Sant Sumian),
Circassian Circle (Hanwell Silver Band),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/4)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/4English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival6-7 January 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Danyhiob_SerEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival2
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/1573Avril; Elsie (6 October 1889-21 August 1977); Australian-born English folk violinist
DS/UK/8651Walker; Caleb (1907-); British concertina player
DS/UK/12017Ross; Colin (1934-); English folk musician, pipemaker
DS/UK/1574Schofield; Kenworthy (fl 1930s-1960s); Dr; English morris dancer, pipe and drum musician
DS/UK/12011Shaw; Patrick "Pat" Shuldham- (fl 1950s-1960s); British folk dancer, ethnomusicologist
DS/UK/11554Hanwell Band; 1891-2001; English brass band
DS/UK/16924Jarvis; Alfred (fl 1950s-1980s); British conductor
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