Record

Performance TitleEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
Performance Date11 January 1957
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMassed Dancers (London),
De Vendelzwaaiers,
Stockton Blue and Golds,
Macedonian Dancers and Singers
Massed Dancers (Provinces)
Beaux of London City Morris Men,
Jack Brown,
Dawnswyr Yr Urdd,
Society For International Folk Dancing,
Tooting and Balham Sea Cadets,
The Worksop EFDSS Juniors,
Westminster Morris Men,
Stockton-on-Tees Morris Men

Jackie Toaduff,
Patrick Shuldham-Shaw - vocal,
Llio Williams - harp,
Peter Kennedy - accordeon,
Nan Fleming-Williams - fiddle
Secondary PerformersHRH Princess Margaret
Set ListOverture - 'Folk Song Suite', Vaughan Williams,
Abram Circle Dance (Massed Dancers (London)),
Hulichan Roundabout (Massed Dancers (London)),
Ceremonial Flag Waving (De Vendelzwaaiers),
Rapper Sword Dance (Stockton Blue and Golds),
Tinsmith's Dance (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
The Bride's Dance (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
Kopatchka (Digging Dance) (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
Blaydon Races (Massed Dancers (Provinces)),
Tom Pate (Massed Dancers (Provinces)),
Monk's March (Sherborne) (Beaux of London City Morris Men),
All The Winds Jig (Lichfield) (Jack Brown),
Beaux of London City (Brackley) (Beaux of London City Morris Men),
'Dawns Flodau Nantgarw' (Dawnswyr Yr Urdd),
'Aly Grogan' (Llio Williams),
'Berantce' (Joy of Youth) (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
Shepherd's Dance (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
A Garland Dance (Massed Dancers (London)),
Soldier's Joy (Massed Dancers (Provinces)),
Sicilian Circle (Massed Dancers (Provinces)),
Skralat (Society For International Folk Dancing),
Flamborough Sword Dance (Tooting and Balham Sea Cadets, Peter Kennedy),
'Flowers of Edinburgh' (The Worksop EFDSS Juniors),
'The Gipsy's Wedding Day' (The Worksop EFDSS.Juniors),
Cumberland Square Eight (The Worksop EFDSS.Juniors),
'The Holly and The Ivy' (Herefordshire) (Patrick Shuldham-Shaw),
'Claudy Banks' (Hampshire) (Patrick Shuldham-Shaw),
Staines Morris (Longborough) (Westminster Morris Men),
Leap Frog (Bledington) (Stockton-on-Tees Morris Men),
Green Garters (Bampton) (Stockton-on-Tees Morris Men),
Durham Rangers (Massed Dancers (London)),
Road To California (Massed Dancers (London)),
Clog Dance (Jackie Toaduff, Nan Fleming-Williams),
'Berovka' (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
'Shopsko' (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
'Montenegro' (Macedonian Dancers and Singers),
Finale - Circassian Circle,
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Margaret
Performance NotesPrincess Margaret, Patron of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Miss A Thurston from Barnet, London and met by Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams (President) and Mr Douglas Kennedy (Director).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1957/3)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1957/3English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival11-12 January 1957
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yxoroiboon_SihEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society Festival3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9161Toaduff; Jackie (fl 1950s-1960s); British dancer
DS/UK/9478Westminster Morris Men; 1952-; English morris side
DS/UK/8981HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002); British royal family member
DS/UK/10143Beaux of London City Morris Men; fl 1950s-1960s; English morris side
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