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(cello!) involved.” The group’s debut album, Laylam, exhibits an eclectic mix of material, ranging from the traditional Little Birds, collected by Cecil Sharp on one of his collecting trips to the Appalachians, to Buddy Miller’s Wide River, with plenty...
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doors, ‘Twas because they would not sing. Oh! The first he was a miller, The second he was a weaver, And the third he was a little tailor. These three rogues went together. Now the miller he stole corn, And the weaver he stole yarn, And the little...
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- Category: Fun with Folk
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I ploughed it with my ram’s horn, I sowed it with my pepper box, I harrowed it with my bramble bush, I reaped it with my little penknife, I sent it home in a walnut shell, I threshed it with my needle and thread, I winnowed it with my handkerchief, I...
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As a proud partner of Cambridge Folk Festival’s 50th anniversary, the opportunity to attend on behalf of EFDSS and give a little back to festival-goers was part of our role for the weekend. With five members of staff and volunteers on site (easy to spot...
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either of words or music from these miners, and relied in the end on a gentleman of Plymouth who “was obliged to supply a little here or there, but only when a bad rhyme, or rather none at all, made it evident what the real rhyme was. I have read it...
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These town and village maypoles were brightly painted, covered in flowers, and very, very, high (up to 27 metres). We have little information about what dances were done around these maypoles. They might just have provided the centre piece for normal...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Costume
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costume is a dress which finishes above the knee, with large full sleeves which are gathered to the wrist. A small group of little bells are attached to the white plimsolls, often by coloured ribbon. The dresses are very decorative, shiny fabrics are...
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songs from the Sussex Weald in the 1840s. She recalled that her earliest musical memory was of her father singing The Wee Little Croodin’ Doo, a variant of the Child Ballad Lord Randal: "The first musical impression that I ever remember came from this...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Collectors
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else, to have a different perspective on things and to give a bit of variety to what we do.” Student 1 “In my village, Little Downham, a lot of folk dances have some form there so that made me so much more interested in it.” Student 2 “When you say folk...
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events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House that is being curated by sonic visual artist David Littler. Yan Tan Tethera – which is a traditional sheep counting rhyme used predominantly in the north of England as well as a way to...
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years in the AQA English GCSE anthology. Alongside poetry, he has written verse plays and librettos for venues including Little Angel Theatre and the Glyndebourne Festival. He has been a writer-in-residence at the BBC, the Southbank Centre and the...
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and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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Sam Sweeney https://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/7660-sam-sweeney-hannah-james
and Made In The Great War are taking up every spare minute I have. After Made In The Great War has finished and I have a little rest, I'll mainly be focusing on my new band Leveret. It's me, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron and we play entirely instrumental...
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textiles and traditional folk arts 10 May – 25 September www.textilefolksong.co.uk #textilefolk Sonic visual artist David Littler will curate Yan Tan Tethera, a season of performances, events, workshops and an exhibition at and around Cecil Sharp House,...
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Longsword dancing comes mainly from Yorkshire and a little further north. It is usually danced in teams of 6 or 8 dancers linked by the swords. The longswords are rigid, single handled strips of metal or wood, longer than rapper swords. The dances...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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Mollyhttps://www.efdss.org/learning/resources/beginners-guides/37-english-folk-dance/2175-molly
a high knee lift and strong swinging arms with an earthy and vigorous style. They share many figures with social dancing. Little was known and collected about the dances until the 1970s, so many teams developed their own dances and styles with varying...
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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which has helped define some of the styles. Competition style dancing is often focused on very precise footwork with very little upper-body movement. Solo clog dancer Toby Bennett Cressing Temple, Essex 2013 Photo: Hugo Lane
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- Author: EFDSS
- Category: English Folk Dance
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exceptional works of art such as Devis’s Death of Nelson and William Hogarth’s Captain Lord George Graham in his Cabin; little known treasures like Gabriel Bray’s shipboard watercolours; and iconic items such as Nelson’s uniform from the Battle of...
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House for a much anticipated show on 28 November. Ahead of the show, Joseph, known as the 'Welsh Springsteen' told us a little about his musical influences, recommendations and his forthcoming album of Springsteen hits, Tires Rushing By In The Rain....
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the first access to folk music for many and opportunities to progress in the genre, for which there is currently very little provision in London. The London Youth Folk Ensemble will meet over 10 monthly sessions on Sunday afternoons per year at Cecil...
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