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DANCE
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| PERFORMANCE and DANCE TUTORS |
Tutors.Cotswold and Appalachian. Also available for 'performance sharpening' session - any genre. (Broken Ankles Appalachian and Stepback Morris retired)
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Anthony Allen
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Penny Allen |
Shindy::arts. Tutors
English and American Stepdance traditions.
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Jackie and
Ross Allen |
| Tutor: Cotswold / North West/ Rapper/English Social. |
Janet Dowling |
Tutor.
English, American & European. |
Kerry Fletcher |
Tutor and workshop leader
English, American |
Rosie Davis |
Tutors and performance
English Step Clog. Appalachian Clog. Cape Breton Step Dance . Ontario Step Dance. |
Jo Harmer
Simon Harmer |
Tutor
Irish set dance
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Blanche May |
Tutor: European Dance
Balkan, French, Breton etc |
Jan Mulreany |
| Tutors. Barn Dance, Ceilidhs, Scottish, Salsa, Morris, American Line and Hoedown |
Liz and John Scholey
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Folk for Berkshire
Schools work. Maypole |
Chris Smith |
Tutor
Morris (Cotswold and Molly) - Archives & history, music for dance |
Jeremy West |
Tutor , Dancer and Caller. Maypole
English, American, Scottish, Historical |
Mike Ruff |
| Folk Dance Tutor , Dancer and Caller |
Robert Weddell |
Tutor, Dancer
Modern Jive / Ceroc / LeRoc / Contra / Ceilidh / Barn Dance / Contra Waltz / Cotswold Morris |
John Sweeney |
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English Ceilidh / Barn Dance
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Fee Lock |
| English Ceilidh / Barn Dance |
Jane Petto |
| Barn Dance, Ceilidh, Scottish, Salsa, Morris, American Line & Hoedown |
Liz and John Scholey
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| Barn Dance / Hoe-down |
Rick Townend |
| English Ceilidh / Barn Dance |
Roger Watson |
| English, American, Scottish, Historical |
Mike Ruff |
| Contra, Barn Dance, Ceilidh |
John Sweeney |
| Folk Dance Caller |
Robert Weddell |
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MUSIC
PERFORMERS / TUTORS : BANDS / SOLO's / DUO's etc.
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The Simon Hopper Band
singer/songwriter |
Simon Hopper |
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Band of Two. Celtic
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| Porvari. Folk/Rock/Pop duo |
Simon Meader |
| Hot Rats Band |
Doug Hudson |
| Sounds of History. singer/songwriter |
Martin Jeremiah |
| Spare Parts Concertina Band.Concertina |
Bryan Creer |
| Percussionist |
Paul McKenna |
| Zoox. |
Jo May |
the Baskets Celi Band. Irish
Anglo-concertina. Session leader |
Mandy Murray |
| Mother Earth Music. Sound artist and singer/songwriter. Guitar |
Saffron Summerfield |
Rising Voices Community Choir
World Music vocal worshops
fiddle / voice. |
Cat Kelly |
Folk in Harmony. mixed A Cappella
the Ginger Jug Band |
Jane Petto |
Tabbush Sisters.
Anna Tabbush and the Odd Socks.
Guildford Vox Community Choir.
Tutor: song / fiddle / flute / choral work |
Anna Tabbush |
| Jews Harp specialist. performer and Tutor. IoNAJHA |
Michael Wright |
| voice : traditonal Singer |
Marion Button |
| voice : traditional singer |
Irene Shettle |
| Singer: folk - contemporary and traditional; blues and jazz; lead vocalist: Albatross Pie. Cast member: The Navvy’s Wife |
Heather Bradford |
Sussex Harmony. 18C costumed quoir
(West Gallery and Shape-note) |
Sussex Harmony |
| Mick Ruff Music. Minstrel. Accordion. |
Mike Ruff |
Musician and music lessons
Mandolin, Bouzouki, Guitar, Ukulele
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Luca Celano |
Bluegrass Musician and music lessons
Bluegrass fiddle& banjo.Clawhammer banjo |
Jason French |
| Eggibread (acoustic folk/rock duo) |
Stephen Skey |
| 2CameBy |
John Price |
| JigJaw: "singing for dancing, dancing for singing" |
Kerry Fletcher &
Rosie Davis |
Davis Locker & Winquist - Bluegrass & OT
Old Faded Glory - Old Time String Band.
Singer & musician - Bass, autoharp, banjo |
Rosie Davis |
| Merrymakers Music Hall - old time cockney knees-up |
Bloodstone Arts |
| Celtic String Band |
Chris Hamblin |
| Foolproof. Americana duo |
Cliff Baylis |
| Musician and promoter. Double Bass |
Gary Holder |
composer/singer/songwriter
Edge of Chaos Orchestra.
White Mansions |
Jimmy Lee |
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PERFORMERS ~ STORY / THEATRE / WRITTEN / SPOKEN WORD
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Daniel Herlakin |
Bloodstone Arts - The Guild of Traditional Showmen
Bloodstone - The Guild of Traditional Showmen - are European Performers & Craftsfolk who host spectacular Shows in their handmade Nomadic Village.
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Teri West |
The Fool Effect perform Clown Improvisation shows for theatres, arts centres and community venues.
Members of the Fool Effect also perform individually and can offer storytelling
performances - with or without a 'fool' element.
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"Janet Tells Stories"
Storyteller / Tutor / Traditional Customs
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Storyteller / Troubadour / Singer-songwriter
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| Storyteller, musician, writer |
Rob Parkinson |
Storyteller and Impro Clown.
Member of The Fool Effect |
Teri West |
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STORYTELLING CLUBS
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Three Heads in a Well
Surrey StoryTellers Guild |
Janet Dowling |
| Ashdown Forest Storytelling Club |
Gez Simith |
| Fibs and Fables. Beds |
Maggie Weber |
| New Forest Storytellers. Hants |
Pete Gritton |
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DEVELOPMENT and COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
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Steve Heap
Director
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Folk - A Thriving Future
Folk Industry & The Association of Festival Organisers Conference - November
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John Nolan
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The Celtic and Irish Cultural Society aims to establish and support Celtic events in the southeast of England.
CICS organises a number of events throughout the year including the Crawley Irish Festival, Crawley’s Saint Patrick’s Festivities and the Crawley Fleadh.
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Anna Tabbush
Director |
Bringing community arts to the people of Surrey and the South East through performance and education. We believe that everyone has the right to express their creative sides through music, dance and visual arts for their own enjoyment and wellbeing regardless of age, background and ability. |
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Jason Knight
Paul Midgley
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Drum Runners Trading create, promote and run projects, workshops and performances using music, multi-media and the creative arts.
From educational workshops to events management, Drum Runners Trading offer accessible short to long-term projects. |
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Katy Spicer
Chief Executive
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The English Folk Dance and Song Society has, for over a hundred years, worked to record, develop and promote the folk music, dance, song and traditions of our country.
Venue and library/archive @ Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
Full email contact list
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Kate Murdoch
Regional Development Officer |
MAKING MUSIC SOUTH EAST supports music-making and music-promotion groups across the SE, as part of a national umbrella organisation |
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Rosie Escott.
Community Arts Coordinator
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Music for Change is committed to developing cultural understanding and respect for cultural diversity through music and the arts in educational and community settings, and through events and projects. |
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Priti Paintal
Artistic Director |
ShivaNova. Celebrating cultural diversity through music as well as through other art-forms including storytelling, dance, visual art and projection, circus and theatre
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Gail Duff
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TRADS. ‘Taking Tradition Forward’. Using the traditional performing arts as a base, TRADS works in school and community with people of all ages and all abilities, making tradition relevant to the present day and taking it forward into the future. TRADS frequently collaborates with musicians from other musical genres, providing everything from the one–off workshop to the big performance.
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Blue Flash Music Trust
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| Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Tutor, Workshop and Project Leader (ex-TAPS) |
Roger Watson |
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Traditional Dance and Music in Schools
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| Poets Corner Community Society |
Debra Wade |
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FESTIVALS
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Mick Hoad |
The Black Horse Festival
"The Biggest Little Festival in Britain"
2010 Festival: Now had to be cancelled - see website for details.
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Clare Norburn
Deborah Roberts
Artistic Directors |
Now with events throughout the year.
Brighton Early Music's main Festival in the Autumn is the UK's fastest growing
and most forward-thinkingearly music event.
New takes on old music with 'Ritual'
as this year’s main theme
Next Festival 22nd Oct - 7th Nov 2010
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Jo Tuffs
Director |
Broadstairs Folk Week
Full week of Music, Dance, Song. Concerts, Shows, Ceilidhs, Workshops, Kids Stuff,Craft and Music Fair, Street Entertaiment, Processions, Campsite.
Folk, Blues, Cajun, World, Morris - and a beautiful beach as well!
Next Festival: 6th - 13th August 2010
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Kate Turner. Publicity Officer |
A Mixed Arts Festival
in the heart of the Sussex countryside.
Next Festival : 23rd Sept - 3rd Oct 2010
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Southgate Playing Fields will once again play host to the annual Crawley Irish Festival on Sunday 29 August 2010. Celebrating its 15th year, the Festival is a fantastic day out for the whole family, and a chance to enjoy the very best of Celtic and Irish entertainment and culture.
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Dave Watmore
Director |
Crawley Folk Festival is a three day family friendly celebration of the best traditional and contemporary music that the folk scene has to offer. Runs from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th June 2009 in the wooded grounds of The Hawth Theatre, Crawley.
Next Festival : Fri 25th - Sun 27th June 2010
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Caspar Cronk |
Dance Around the World organises a weekend festival of Traditional Dance in October. With over fifty groups representing countries and cultures from around the world, one of the aims is to encourage inter-cultural inderstanding through the media
of dance and music.
Next Festival: 23rd -24th October 2010
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Fee Lock
Secretary
Keith Leech
Director
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Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green
The Hastings Jack in the Green is the largest annual gathering of Morris dancers on the south coast.
There are concerts and ceildhs with stonking bands.
MAYDAY Monday is the BIG day when Jack in the Green is paraded around the town with his entourage of bogies, giants, dancers and sweeps.
Next Festival: April 30th - May 3rd 2010
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Rochester Sweeps Festival |
Doug Hudson
Music Director |
Rochester Sweeps Festival
The biggest morris dance festival in the world also features top line folk acts including Bellowhead, Cara Dillon, Wheeler Street, Ceremony of May and many more.
Next Festival: 1st, 2nd & 3rd May 2010
PLUS: Folk programming @ The Brook & Central Theatres, Chatham
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John Levett
Organiser |
Sevenoaks Summer Festival
A mixed Performing Arts Festival
Over 70 events in 13 venues.
Next Festival: June 19th - July 4th 2010
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Tenterden Folk Festival |
Alan Castle
Director |
Tenterden Folk Day Trust is a registered charity formed in May 1994 to preserve and advance public education and appreciation of traditional and contemporary folk music, song, dance and other related traditions, crafts and folk arts as a part of the living heritage. The Trust promotes Tenterden Folk Festival, The Eight Bells folk club, educational workshops, occasional events and acts as a local folk development agency.
Next Festival
Thurs 30th September to Sun 3rd October 2010
Now four days of folk song, music and dance!
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Steve Heap
Director |
now in it's 46th year.
More than your average weekend festival - offering
69 hours of entertainment over 5 days, across 7 stages.
Next Festival Thurs 26th to Mon 30 August 2010
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Daniel Herlakin |
Bloodstone - The Guild of Traditional Showmen
May Fayre - 'Mayday in Albion' in Queen's Park, BRIGHTONl
Sunday 2nd May 2010
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PROMOTERS ~ DANCE
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Penny Allen
Secretary |
Meltdown English Ceilidhs. Sussex
Souped-up Barndancing - English style!
Now operated by SEFAN itself as part of its fundraising and
Youth Development programmes. |
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White Horse & Grove Village Hall Ceilidhs. Oxon
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| The Ceilidh Club (Scottish) London |
Ed McCabe |
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| Dansez-Français. Bals à Samedi. Brighton |
Jan Mulreany |
| Les Batons. Traditional French and Breton Music and Dance. Kent |
Isabel Senior |
| Contrafusion. Contra Dances. Ashford Kent. |
John Sweeney |
| Asha Family Ceilidh Project. Milton Keynes |
Jackie Allen |
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PROMOTERS ~ VENUES
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Inspiring and entertaining professional performances locally...
Applause helps communities in Kent and East Susex promote professional performances in their local venues such as village halls.
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A modernist icon for contemporary arts and architecture
on the coast of South East England.
Occasional Folk and Traditional Arts programming.
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what's on @ the House
Full email contact list
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Cecil Sharp House
Folk arts agency, venue and library/archive
Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
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Dee Ashworth
Director
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Gulbenkian Theatre. University of Kent |
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Dave Watmore
Director |
The Hawth Theatre is one of the south's liveliest arts venues playing host to an exciting and diverse mix of theatre, dance, music, comedy, concerts, film and visual arts.
Home to Crawley Folk Festival every June.
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Graeme Surtees
Director |
The Stables Theatre. Milton Keynes |
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PROMOTERS ~ MUSIC
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Lawrence Heath |
Music for today ....
.... because of yesterday
A selection of the very best of music and dance with its roots in the tradition
Programming at
Electric Theatre Guildford, Farnham Maltings,
Cranleigh Arts Centre
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Gary Holder |
Gary Holder presents his special musical guests at
Coolham Village Hall Billingshurst Road Sussex. RH13 8QN.
Open Mic Nights and occasional Concert nights
'Dedicated to putting on a great show, no matter what!'
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Jimmy Lee. proprietor
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Founded in 1987 as a venue where one can enjoy a whole range of acoustic music from jazz to blues, folk and country and more
in a friendly, relaxed style and comfortable surroundings.
Every Thursday at 8pm
Blakwood, Pulbrough RH20 1DD
Blakewood is 1mile down Blackgate lane,1mile north of Pulborough off the A29 '
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| Spyboy |
Bob Perry |
| Folk at the Brook / Folk Cellar / Rochester Sweeps. Programmer for Medway Council |
Doug Hudson |
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ORGANISERS ~ FOLK CLUBS and SESSIONS
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| Tenterden Folk Club |
Alan Castle |
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Lewes Saturday Folk Club. (formally Lewes Arms Folk Club)
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the Music Institute: Guildford
West Surrey Folk Consortium |
Lawrence Heath |
| Faversham Folk Club |
Mary Henderson |
| Tunbridge Wells Bluegrass & Old Time Music Club |
Rick Townend |
| Horsham Folk Club |
John Byng |
| the Brighton Folk and Blues Club |
Alan White |
| Brighton Acoustic Session @The Lord Nelson. Monthly singaround + guest. |
Stuart Reed |
| Sutton Acoustic Music Club |
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| Rising Voices Community Choir (Oxford) |
Cat Kelly |
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Guildford Vox / Community Vox
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| Friday Feet (weekly classes International dance @ C.Sharp House London) |
Caspar Cronk |
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Jazz/Blues sessions. Sutton Scotney
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| The Foundry Session Brighton (mainly Irish) |
Mandy Murray |
| Session @ The Bull Ditchling |
Ian Chisholm |
| Les Batons. Traditional French and Breton Music and Dance. |
Isabel Senior |
| Dansez-Français. Bals à Samedi (Brighton) |
Jan Mulreany |
| Mrs Yarringtons Music Club (Battle) |
Mick Hoad |
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STORYTELLING CLUBS
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| Three Heads in a Well |
Janet Dowling |
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COMMERCIAL
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Applause Rural Touring -
Inspiring and entertaining professional performances locally...
Applause helps communities in Kent and East Susex promote professional performances in their local venues such as village halls.
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Paul Hurst |
Barn Dance to Banquet - Live traditional and period entertainment -
Barn Dances, Ceilidhs and Medieval Banquets.
agency + sound lighting systems
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Daniel Herlakin |
Bloodstone Arts - The Guild of Traditional Showmen - are European Performers & Craftsfolk who host spectacular Shows in their handmade Nomadic Village.
Travelling show: the Feast of Fools - '1000 Years of England'
Honeymoon Tavern etc
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Paul Midgley Jason Knight |
Drum Runners Trading create, promote and run projects, workshops and performances using music, multi-media and the creative arts.
From educational workshops to events management, Drum Runners Trading offer accessible short to long-term projects. |
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Roger Smith |
Randomband Agency
Barndance / Ceilidh Band Agency
Random Band (own band). Electric Ceiidh music with guts
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Jane Downes |
Why Dance? is a comprehensive book about traditional country dancing.
Includes 2 CD's in resource pack. Facts about the origins of the music and dances,
fitting the dance to the music,dancing with adults and children and suggestions for
arranging a 'barn dance' are all included.
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Dragon Records
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Recording and web services
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| Freelance Sound engineer (live or recording) |
Paul Dengate |
| Traditional Dance and Music in Schools |
Tradamis |
| Smugglers Records |
Tom Thompson |
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AMS Music Services
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One-off Productions
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the Barndance Agency
Barndance Publications |
Derek Jones |
Freelance Festival + Event Organiser
and Trainer |
Bob Adams |
| Twin Arts Ltd |
Chris Hamblin |
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OTHER ~ LISTINGS / MEDIA / PRINT / ENTHUSIASTS / RESEARCH / SCHOOLS
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| Research: Traditional song especially early 20thC southern England collectors and their singers |
Irene Shettle |
Plumpton Primary School ~
after-school Morris Club (Border) |
Plumpton
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| Kentfolk.com. Folk listings for Kent |
Beau Webber |
| Research: archives & History Morris Dance (cotswold and Molly) |
Jeremy West |
| IoNAJHA. Jews Harp specialist |
Michael Wright |
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