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===[https://www.cdss.org/ Country Dance and Song]=== ...eople in building and sustaining vibrant communities through participatory dance, music, and song traditions that have roots in English and North American c

...ze swept Europe and the [[Schottische dance|Schottische]] and [[Varsoviana Dance|Varsoviana]] followed close beside. ...C turned into the 19thC, the 'Long Rooms' were still host to the [[Country Dance]], the [[Minuet]] and [[Gavotte]].

...is often contentious, but for the purposes of the barn, country or ceilidh dance, a very simple description will suffice. There will be some moves which wil '''Dance Title''' plus the ''version'' (county version, caller's variant, identify

There might be a regular country dance or a folk night! There might be a Morris, Sword or Molly Dance team to watch or even join!

...still looked back to [[John Playford]] for the definitive body of English dance. ...50s, spearheaded by the [[EFDSS]], followed in the 1980s by an new English dance movement which was spawned in the musical seed bed of the folk clubs and fl

...dy (composer of Teddy-Bears' Picnic, who died in Cheltenham) and swept the country in the 1940's. ([[Hugh Rippon]]) [[Category: Dance]]

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 2 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]] ...ished by [[Peter Thompson]] in one of his [[Index_to_Thompson's_200_Series|dance collections]]

...arber has an index of tunes and PDFs of the following British Library tune/dance books on his [https://nick-barber.net/?page_id=303&fbclid=IwAR0QU0kEYiRTkf- ...For the Year 1711 With proper new Tunes, & Figures, or Directions to each Dance.

...e of information about the dances that now form part of the modern country dance repertoire. : The Story of the Minuet; The Early Waltz; Country Dance, Contredanse, Cotillon

'''GB/2/1 Hey Diddle Dis (Filkins Morris Dance)''' '''GB/2/2 Princess Royal (Filkins Morris Dance)'''

...ouse, the former home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe, set within 865 acres Country Park on the Rame Peninsula, South East Cornwall. [[Category:Dance]]

Country dance and morris tune, also known as 'Balance A Straw' and 'Balancy Straw'. [[Category:Morris Dance]]

*[[Bob Cann]] - [[West Country Melodeon (LP)]] / [[Proper Job]] - under the title ''[[Uncle George’s Hor ...ulwer|Walter]] and [[Daisy Bulwer]] - [[English Country Music (CD)|English Country Music]] - played in 6/8

...igned. The journal was replaced in 1932 by the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

===BLACK COUNTRY STORIES=== Roy Palmer relates some of the outrageous exploits of the Balck Country heroes Aynoch and Ayli (Enoch and Eli)

* The Earl Soham Slog - Step Dance And Country Music From Suffolk ‎(LP) Topic Records 12TS374 1978 ''Untitled Tunes and * Rig-A-Jig-Jig. Dance Music Of The South Of England. ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Topic Records TSCD659 1

* 1758 Twenty-four Country Dances for the year 1785... Thos Cahusac (Mitchell Library, Glasgow, M9200) * 1785 Twenty-four Country Dances for the year 1785... T.Cahusac, 196 Strand and Messrs. Ludlow & Wain

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 3 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]] The dance was also known in America and is mentioned on the [http://www.colonialmusic

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 2 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]] ...named Caroline. The daughter died in in 1767 aged 19. The birthday of the dance title could have been for either of these characters. In time, more detaile

...1970s (including some from the Topic LP [[West Country Melodeon (LP)|West Country Melodeon]], through to 9 tracks recorded by [[John Howson]] two years befor #[[Cross Hands Country Dance]] / [[Uncle George’s Jig]] / [[Uncle Jim’s Waltz]] / [[Kestor Rock]]

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 3 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]] [[Category:Dance]]

...ng with the Waltz and the Quadrille, in sweeping the Country Dance off the dance floors of England and elsewhere.

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 2 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]]

* Billy Bennington, Percy Brown, Harold Covill, Oscar Woods (2) - English Country Music From East Anglia ‎(LP, Album) Topic Records 12TS229 1973 ...The South Of England TSCD 659 1999 ''Volume 9 of The Voice of The People. Dance music of the South of England. An anthology edited by REG HALL.''

A North Country song and dance uncovered by Joan Flett. ===RING O'BELLS - COUNTRY DANCE BAND===

By the 1920s he was a member of the local dance band, playing mainly country dance music.

...er parts of the country as leader and accordion player of the Bampton Barn Dance Band. :He was such an authority that the English Folk Dance and Song Society was preparing to award him the Gold Badge, its highest acc

*[[English Country Music from East Anglia (LP)|English Country Music from East Anglia]], Topic LP 12TS229 *[[Rig-a-Jig-Jig|Rig-a-Jig-Jig: Dance Music of the South of England]], Topic CD TSCD659 (*)

Cecil Sharp collected many country dance and morris tunes of him.

...clear, if at all, where the demarcation between 'folk dance' and 'historic dance' lies, and the study of one perforce includes the other. For a bibliography of the history of social dance have a look at this list on the [http://socialdance.stanford.edu/powers/Web

...n [[Peter Thompson|Peter Thompson's]] [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|200 Country Dances Vol,3]] ''One More Dance and then...'' '''New Victory Band''' TOPIC RECORDS TS382 (1978) republish

Various - Ranting & Reeling. Dance Music Of The North Of England. ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Topic Records TSCD669 1 Various - Troubles They Are But Few. Dance Tunes & Ditties. ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Topic Records TSCD664 1998

Cecil Sharp collected a good few morris and country dance tunes from him between 1907-11.

==Dance Research== * [[Dance Bibliography]]. Includes books, articles,academic studies, and links to not

...and also has a particular interest in the illustration of music and social dance over the centuries. http://www.broadsideband.co.uk ...e containing many articles and facsimiles pertinent to various aspects of dance, including quadrilles, the 1993 Hornpipe Conference, step and clog, English

...published with dance instructions by [[Peter Thompson]] in Thompson's 200 Country Dances Volume 4 [[Index to Thompson's 200 Series|Index]] [[Category:Dance]]

This item is a brief manuscript tune book, containing 16 dance tunes, Most pages contain dance instructions in the stylised manner of the printed

...revival in the late 1940s, and he did a lot of work for the [[English Folk Dance and Song Society]] in the south west of England. The folk music establishme ...on a national stage. After recording the [[West Country Melodeon (LP)|West Country Melodeon]] LP for [[Topic Records]] in 1975 he toured with a band of folk-r

...ollections of Vauxhall Songs from 1793 till at least 1800, yearly books of country dances and sheet music. * Bland & Weller (P) B & W's Annual Collection of 24 Country Dances for the year 1797, with their proper figures. For the violin & Germa

*[[Bacca Pipes]] (The Pipe Dance)<br /> *[[Country Gardens]]<br />

* English Country Music: Topic TSCD607. ''The greatly expanded CD reissue of the Record No1 * English Country Music ‎(LP, Album) Topic Records 12T296 1976

A country-dance air, which, however, has nothing in common with the tune in the text, is pr

He played 3 morris tunes and 3 country dance tunes for Cecil Sharp on 30 Aug 1909: Thomas Denley (Sharp wrote ‘Danley�

"A Collection Of Hornpipes, Reels, Country Dances etc. It consists of 147 numbered dance tunes, written in a capable hand, some with dance instructions below the tune.

...ived largely from his father, Richard, and his circle of friends, who were country fiddlers in the mold of Alva Greene (no recordings of Richard are known to ...fter the group asked Annadeene to sing country-western songs for the round dance interludes.

Various - Boscastle Breakdown: Southern English Country Music Topic Records 1974 ..., Let's all Sing like the Birdies do, Irish Hornpipe, Over the Waves, Clog Dance, Killikrankie, Robert E Lee, Sailor's Hornpipe, No Mother To Guide You, Iri

'''Song Books published prior to 1900''' (For ''dance tune'' books go [[List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available * '''[[Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs, The|The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs]]''' - by [[Heywood Sumner]]. Pub 1888

...ing classic examples of fiddlers tune books including a mixture of country dance tunes of the early nineteenth century, a few songs and number of street tun

...for Ever, but he subsequently left the group. Later he played in a country dance band, The Borderers.

..., split and recombine in different ways, change title, emigrate to another country and style... and so it goes on.

...e was also a keen and accomplished singer. His repertoire included country dance tunes and [[Christmas carols]], often with harmony parts. He was visited on

...pper|Jim]] and [[Bob Copper]]: [[Contented Country Lad , The|The Contented Country Lad]] ([[Roud 606]]) (1.32) <br>recorded Rottingdean, 1951 # The [[Haymakers Village Barn Dance Band]], led by [[Peter Kennedy]]: The [[Seven Step Polka]] (0.50)

...tained the old plates and stock and continued the series of yearly country dance books; he also re-printed, with additions, one of the larger gatherings, be

Various - Songs Of The Open Road, Gypsies, Travellers & Country Singers ‎(LP) Topic Records 12T253 1975 Various - Troubles They Are But Few. Dance Tunes & Ditties. ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Topic Records TSCD664 1998

...8 set to No. 861 ; printed on both sides of the paper. They also published Country Dances in folio and oblong 4to. [[1801 Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1801]]

See also [[Dance Bibliography]] for research on Dance. ...he Olden Time''. 1855. 2 Vols. A collection of Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, illustrative of the National Music of England. With short introducti

...fore him. I have also found that he made direct copies of the small oblong dance books, which Walsh issued about 1714, etc. Did more examples of Wright's pu ...blong 8vo, which were entitled "Wrights' Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances," vol. 1st and 2nd. The preface to volume one is signed D. Wright, a

:(''Oak, Old Swan Band, Edward ll, Feckless, English Country Blues and Dance Bands, Tiger Moth'')

== The English Folk Dance and Song Society == The [http://www.efdss.org English Folk Dance and Song Society] is the longest running society in England dedicated to p

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...y others he sings about recent Gypsy experiences and sets it all down to a country rhythm. The songs he’s written over the years are known and sung by Gypsi ...iolin years ago,” says Ambrose. “They’d make a fire and get a board to tap dance on and he’d play jigs and reels on the fiddle. That was their entertainme

* Navy Dance * William Litten Country Dance

...manuscripts. With illustrative notes and a bibliography of English Country Dance Music ( London: William Reeves, 185 Fleet Street, EC - 1890) ''[http://www

* English Country Music, Topic TSCD607. ''The greatly expanded CD reissue of the original LP * Rig-a-Jig-Jig: Dance music of the South of England , Topic TSCD659 - (The Voice of the People Se

* [[1826 Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1826 - Goulding and D'Almaine]] London and Dublin [[Category:Dance Book Publisher]]

==Essex Dance Traditions== ===Morris Dance===

...sicians heard in the streets. These include early notations of the country dance tunes ‘Astley's Ride’ and ‘Davy, Davy Knick-Knack’, and of the melo

...one of the founders of the [[Folk Song Society]] (later the [[English Folk Dance and Song Society]]). In his notes accompanying their archive CD [[Come Writ ...im and Bob were invited to sing on an episode of the BBC Radio programme [[Country Magazine]] and, over the next few years, the BBC would record them further,

I’ll sing and dance upon your grave, Source: Madden Collection, VWML microfilms 83 / Country printers

===English Dance & Song=== ...longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance and song in the country.

Containing 80 musical items. Mainly dance tunes, some song airs, and hymns at the back. Inside cover are the rubber-stamped logo of ‘The English Folk Dance Society’ and the following words in a 19thC hand:-

...ology of American Folk Music''' is a compilation of several dozen folk and country music recordings that were released as 78 rpm records in the 1920s and 1930 ...t, with a special interest in film, he had a hobby collecting old folk and country records. At a time when many people considered these records to be ephemera

...the reels and some of the jigs is large, typical of the age when the Gows dance band and their tune books were popular in both Scotland and England. 8 country dances

...llery Music''' is a term coined to describe the music performed in English country churches during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is so cal ...Music''] - online version of an article which first appeared in [[English Dance and Song]], 56 (4), Winter 1994.

...list presently concerns itself with the effect of this on English popular dance music, which even from the earliest times can be seen to reflect reality by ...e Library Of Dance], which contains links to many early published tune and dance books from all around the world.

Originally published in [[EDS Vol 47 No 2|English Dance and Song]] ...g 'uns at the back of me. I were brought up in Slaithwaite area, always in country. Me father worked int' mill. There were a biggish family on us. I used to s

* 1000 English Country Dance Tunes; Raven,Mike; Stafford; Michael Raven Pub; 1999; Revised 2nd ed, of 19 ...nd Contemporary Tunes from the British Isles, arranged in sets for English Country Dancing 34pp

9.Country Dance JGi.009 66.Black Dance JGi.066

9.Country Dance JGi.009 66.Black Dance JGi.066

104 leaves. 312 tunes or pieces, chiefly dance music. Fairey Dance (Gow’s)without the dots

[[LEA 2044]] Music from the Coleman Country The Coleman Country Traditional Society: [[Fred Finn]], [[Peter Horan]], [[Andrew Davey]], [[Jo LED 2060 Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music [[John J. Kimmel]]: accordian (1978)

[[A North-Country Maid]] [[Sword Dance Song]]

...r another purpose or just for the joy of it. Thus a song tune can become a dance tune or a concert piece. ...standards, popular tunes that are played often at sessions up and down the country so they are useful tunes to know! They are mostly from Irish and English tr

...liams]] and [[A.L. Lloyd]], revised by [[Malcolm Douglas]], [[English Folk Dance & Song Society]], London, 2003. [[A Sailor in the North Country]] ([[Roud 1504]])

...In 1943, Frank Howes wrote an article in the ''Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society'' to "celebrate the centenary of scientific method applied ...rnt Them by Hearing Them Sung Every Christmas from Early Childhood, by the Country People, Who Go About to the Neighbouring Houses, Singing, or "Wassailing" a

...82 and published in the [[EDS Vol 45 No 1|Spring 1982]] edition of English Dance and Song. The interview is reproduced here with John Howson's kind permissi ...ge down that little winding lane), and later on someone mentioned a 'Jolly country lad from Lancashire,' and someone said, 'shall I try it'. 'Yes go ahead'

...first four volumes of the series of Thompson's dance books entitled '200 Country Dances' and published between 1758 and (probably) 1796. Volume 5 is expect * [[Black Dance,The|The Black Dance]] 140-V3

Country Bumpkin Country Farmer [King Jame's Jig {sic} / Painted Chamber]

...rm, known as The Full English) is a major initiative from the English Folk Dance and Song Society to put online some of the major manuscript collections of '''[[Songs of Country Life]]''' ''millers, blacksmiths, cobblers''

...s evidently written by flute players or other instrumentalists. As well as dance tunes, they often contain psalms, hymns, songs and militia tunes. Though ma ...een omitted as being based on uncertain information, or containing too few dance tunes. Most of the items are 18th/19thC, though a historically significant

[[Bampton Morris]] - [[Quaker, The (Morris Dance)|The Quaker]] - [[You Lazy Lot of Bone - Shakers|Volume 16]] Track 03 [[Britannia Coconut Dancers]] - Live Performance - [[The Nut Dance]] - [[You Lazy Lot of Bone - Shakers|Volume 16]] Track 01<br />

W: His name was up through the country round;<br> W: to be an old country dance air. A lively tune of the same character is sung in Scotland to the<br>

W:of English Country Songs" as item 61 on page 115. Roy Palmer's rendition, and the broadside te C:Mr. Goff, Herefordshire, July/August 1909 (Dance Tunes, 1 of 6) <br>

T:Country Coll. (p)1651.PLFD1.018, The T:Ape's Dance. (p)1657.PLFD1.137, The