Record

Performance TitleFolk Festival 1973
Performance Date17 February 1973
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRev. Kenneth Loveless - speaker

Guisborough Sword Dancers,
The Royal Ballet School,
Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup
Scottish Highland Dancers,
Yugoslav Dancers

Colin Fleming,
John Wells,
Tony Hill,
Eileen Crossley - dancers

Wilf Featherstone,
Street Band,
Joan Gilbert,
The Ranchers,
Zivko Matic,
Dragisa Radojevic,
Dragomir Simic,
David Fleming-Williams - musicians
Pipe Sgt. Robert Murphy - pipes
Orchestra or BandMcBain's Band (David Thornton - fiddle, Bill Farr - piano, accordion, Leigh Dyer - piano, accordion, Alan Humberstone - piano, Jack Farr - drums),
Volkskunstgroep 'Boerke Naas',
The Spinners (Tony Davis, Mick Groves, Cliff Hall, Hugh Jones),
Hertfordshire County Wind Orchestra,
Street Band,
The Ranchers (Brian Willcocks - piano, accordion, David Fleming-Williams - fiddle, Gordon Fredericks - fiddle, John Barber - guitar, Trevor Lowe - double bass)
ChoirsSt. Mary's Church Choir, Balham
ConductorsDavid Wells
Set ListOverture (McBain's Band),
Dressing The Well (St. Mary's Church Choir, Balham, Rev. Kenneth Loveless, McBain's Band),
Guisborough Sword Dancers (Wilf Featherstone),
Volkskunsgroep 'Boerke Naas',
Dancers From The Counties of England (McBain's Band, Barbary Bell, Cumberland Square Eight),
Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup (Street Band),
The Royal Ballet School (Joan Gilbert,The Ranchers, Dances from Bampton, Clog Dance, Mountain Square David Springall, Tim Witts, Bob Parker, Ron Smedley),
Scottish Highland Dancers (Highland Medley, Sgt. Robert Murphy, Strathspey, Reel of Tulloch),
Yugoslav Dancers From Popovica, East Serbia (Zivko Matic, Dragisa Radojevic, Dragomir Simic),
The Noble Captain (Shanties-The Spinners, London Folk, Boys of the Royal Ballet School)
INTERVAL
'Overture' from Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite (The Hertfordshire County Wind Orchestra),
Dancers From the Counties of England (McBain's Band),
Scottish Highland Dancers (Argyll Broadsword, Pipe Sgt.Robert Murphy),
Massed Morris Dancing (The Morris Ring), The Morris Call (Bert Cleaver),
The Spinners (Tony Davis, Mick Groves, Cliff Hall, Hugh Jones),
Dances From The Isle of Man (McBain's Band, Tony Hill, Eileen Crossley-of the Isle of Man),
Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup (Street Band),
The Royal Ballet School (David Fleming-Williams),
Yugoslav Dancers from Popovica, East Serbia (Zivko Matic, Dragisa Radojevic, Dragomir Simic),
Finale, Circassian Cricle (McBain's Band),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1973/32)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1973/32Folk Festival 197316-17 February 1973
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iekad_Foob_KowtFolk Festival 19734
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/10242Loveless; Kenneth Norman Joseph (fl 1950s); MBE; British Anglo-Catholic priest, morris dancer, concertina player, vocalist
DS/UK/1451The Royal Ballet; 1931-; British classical ballet company
DS/UK/13349Fleming; Colin (fl 1960s-1970s); English morris dancer
DS/UK/9171Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup; fl 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/13196McBain's Country Dance Band (fl 1960s)
DS/UK/13350Folk Group Boerke Naas (1949-)
DS/UK/124The Spinners (1958-1989)
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