Record

Performance TitleThe English Folk Song and Dance Society
Performance Date1 January 1927
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMr Houtekamer,
The English Folk Dance Society Demonstration Team - dancers,
Elsie Avril - violin
ConductorsRalph Vaughan Williams
Set ListCountry Dances:
'Furry Dance',
'Galopede',
'Gathering Peascods',
'Epping Forest',
'Oaken Leaves'.
Morris Dance: 'Step Back'.
Country Dances:
'Shepherd's Holiday',
'Haste To The Wedding'
Massed Dance: 'Rigs O' Marlow'.
Morris Dances:
'The Gallant Hussar',
'The Month Of May'.
Country Dances:
'The Slip',
'Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing',
Morris Jig: 'Shepherd's Hey', William Kimber.
Dutch Country Dances:
'Zeeland Clog Dance', (Mr Houtekamer),
'South Beveland Peasant Dance', (Mr Houtekamer),
'Goodbye', (Mr Houtekamer).
Country Dances:
'The Triumph' (EFDS Demonstration Team),
'The Old Mole' (EFDS Demonstration Team).
Long Sword Dance
Country Dances: 'Jacob Hill's Jig',
'Fain I Would'.
Morris Dance: 'Old Trunkle'.
Ceremonial Dance: 'The Horn Dance Of Abbotts Bromley'.
Country Dances:
'The Ribbon Dance',
'Goddesses',
'Newcastle'.
Short Sword Dance
Ceremonial Dances:
'The Garland Processional Dance',
'The Morris Reel'.
Morris Dances: 'The Rose' (EFDS Demonstration Team),
'Leap Frog' (EFDS Demonstration Team).
Folk Songs:
'The Keeper',
'King Herod and the Cock',
'The Sailor From The Sea',
'Spanish Ladies'.
Country Dance: 'Chelsea Reach'
Morris Dances:
'Bean Setting',
'Blue Eyed Stranger'.
Country Dances:
'Jenny Pluck Pears',
'Nonesuch',
'The Phoenix',
'Sage Leaf',
'Sellenger's Round'.
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesSome of this concert was televised by the BBC (The Times, 1 January 1927)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1927/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1927/1The English Folk Dance Society - All England Festival, Performance of Folk Song and Dance1 January 1927
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwbadevutipookThe English Folk Song and Dance Society1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
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/288Williams; Ralph Vaughan (12 October 1872-26 August 1958); OM; English composer
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