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dance & song 
English Dance &
Song is the longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance
and song in the country. First published in 1936, it has appeared at least
four times a year ever since.
Issue 72-2
Summer 2010
72 2 Summer 2010
There's a dance theme in this issue, with features on ceilidh series, a folk dance club and a morris team.
The Singer, Song and Source feature is Norma Waterson, whose song is ‘A Poor Wayfaring Stranger’, as sung by Arkansas traditional singer, Almeda Riddle. This is the first times we’ve gone outside the UK for the source in this series.
A new series of successful dance events starts off with Ceilidhs in Stroud, while over the Bristol Channel, we have a feature
on a
new folk dance club in Chepstow, which was inspired by an earlier article in EDS.
Manchester Morris Men celebrate their eightieth anniversary this year, and we look back – in particular - at their north-west morris dance repertoire.
And Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men have recreated a famous photograph of an earlier version of the team, taken in 1954,
in Morris Dancing in a Sussex Village.
Pat Shaw is the subject of a review article – a new book about Pat’s folk music, dance and song interests has just been published.
Performing Englishess is the title of a feature by Trish Winters and Simon Keegan-Phipps on their recently completed
research about the recent interest in English folk dance and music.
Katie Howson reflects on three years of a very successful melodeon-making course in East Anglia, Twenty-eight and Counting.
Jack Brown’s Gold Badge citation is published.
Plus all the regular features – festive round-up, EFDSS Matters, news, reviews and dance events.
Sound and Video
‘Poor Wayfaring Stranger’ sung by Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy. With thanks to Topic Records for permission to include this recording from Norma and Eliza’s new CD, Gift. www.topicrecords.co.uk
Links to a clip of Almeda Riddle singing ‘A Poor Wayfaring Stranger’.
www.last.fm/music/Almeda+Riddle
Film about Almeda Riddle, Now Let’s Talk about Singing
www.folkstreams.net/film,131
Video links to Manchester Morris Men at Knutsford Royal May Day.
www.manchestermorrismen.org.uk
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English Dance & Song exists to interest, inform and
stimulate the membership of the EFDSS, as well as the wider folk music
and dance community.
English Dance & Song aims to publish contributions of the highest
quality.
The range
of interests include traditional song, traditional dance (social, display,
ceremonial), traditional music, custom and children's games. The geographical
spread is not confined to England, but may also include Scotland, Wales
and Ireland; as well as the USA, and other areas of the world which may
be appropriate.
Potential contributors are asked to read the Contributor's Style Sheet.
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Items for review should be sent to the Editor. Unsolicited reviews will
not be published.
The Editor of eds is Derek Schofield,
author of The First Week in August: Fifty Years of the Sidmouth
Festival, published in 2004 to celebrate the festival’s
Golden Jubilee.
He has also written biographies of William Kimber and Fred Jordan, as
published in their recent CDs, Absolutely Classic: The Music of William
Kimber (EFDSS, 1999) and A Shropshire Lad (Veteran, 2003). Derek has also
contributed to The Guardian, The Independent and The Times, as well as
to the Folk Music Journal and fRoots.
Contact the Editor at: Editor, English Dance and Song, EFDSS, Cecil Sharp
House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.
By email write to
eds.editor
@the domain name efdss.org