Record

Performance TitleAnglo-French Folk Dance Festival - Festival One
Performance Date6 January 1949
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersBacup Coconut Dancers,
Grenoside Sword Dancers,
Comerford Dancers,
English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) Sword Team,
English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) Morris Side,
Playford Dancers,
Folk Dance Players' Club,
Festival Dancers,
John Armstrong,
Billy Cain,
Le Chevalet de Montpellier and His Men,
Breton Dancers from Pont-Aven,
Singers and Dancers from La Vendee,
Les Fleurs d'Ajonc from Pont-Aven, Brittany,
Les Danseurs et Chanteurs du Marais Vendeen,
Les Pastourelles de Campan

W Collinge - concertina,
Sean Dempsey,
Alec McColl - pipes,
Kenworthy Schofield - pipe, tabor,
W Fleetwood,
Elsie Avril,
William Ganiford - fiddles,
Sam Mason - organ
Set List'Garland Dance' (Bacup Coconut Dancers, W Collinge),
'The Ribbon Dance' (Festival Dancers),
'Haste to the Wedding' (Festival Dancers),
'Sword Dance' (Grenoside Sword Dancers, W Fleetwood),
Solo Jig (John Armstrong, Alec McColl),
Procesional (English Folk Dance and Song Society Morris Side, Kenworthy Schofield),
'The Rose' (English Folk Dance and Song Society Morris Side, Kenworthy Schofield),
Solo Jig (English Folk Dance and Song Society Morris Side, Kenworthy Schofield),
'Queen's Delight' (English Folk Dance and Song Society Morris Side, Kenworthy Schofield, Elsie Avril),
'Green Garters' (English Folk Dance and Song Society Morris Side, Kenworthy Schofield),
'A Sicilian Circle' (Festival Dancers)
INTERVAL
'Coconut Dance' (Bacup Coconut Dancers,W.Collinge),
Square Dances (Festival Dancers),
'Fain I Would if I Could' (Playford Dancers),
'Dirk Dance' (Billy Cain, Elsie Avril, William Ganiford),
A North Country Community Waltz (Festival Dancers),
A Sword Dance (English Folk Dance and Song Society Sword Team, Fiddle:Elsie),
Set and Solo Dances (Comerford Dancers, Sean Dempsey)
A Country Dance,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/1)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/UQfUp.VUr2pYv
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/1Anglo-French Folk Dance Festivals6-8 January 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ysokiopeal_BiepAnglo-French Folk Dance Festival3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9171Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup; fl 1700s-; English morris side
DS/UK/9173Grenoside Sword Dancers; fl 1800s-; English morris side
DS/UK/9176The Playford Dancers; fl 1940s; English dance group
DS/UK/9179Armstrong; John (1929-1984); English farmer, huntsman, stick dresser, and musician
DS/UK/6432Mason; Sam (fl 1950s); English organist
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