english 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.

Contents

67 – 1 Spring 2005

St George’s Day – Derek Schofield
A Song for Saint George – John Kirkpatrick
Strictly Come Folk Dancing – Spectator
Top Bismarcks! – Gavin Atkin
Steyning Tipteers’ Play – Sean Goddard
John of Hazelgreen – Dungbeetle
Farewell to X – a dance by Maurice Dunnett
Session Tunes from the Newcastle Courant

Branching Out – Norma Waterson Hon DMus; Misdemeanours, Folk Archive, BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, BBC Folk Awards 2005, Sidmouth Folk Week 2005.

Lives Remembered – including Martyn Bennett, Cathie Stewart, Margaret Fay Shaw, Mikeen McCarthy, Ian Graham, Maurice Courtney, Sid Long

Reviews – including Dear Companion book; Dearman, Gammon & Harrison; Orange & Blue and The Ranchers.
Regular Features:
Festive Round-Up; Songs under the Microscope; Letters

Editors: Felicity Greenland and Derek Schofield

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. htm rtf pdf

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 Unsolicited reviews will not be published.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