ENGLISH DANCE RECORDS
The following liM Y records are now availabl e and may be ordered through the Co un try Dance Society. Minimum order: three records; THE each $1. 31; no postage, no mailing charges. PLAYFORD (Folk Dance Band; Folk Dance Orchestra) COUNTRY 88687--Newcastle; Old Mole B988 1--Childgrove; Picking Up B9480- - Bl ack Nag; Rufty Tufty; Sticks If Al l the World We r e Bl0458--Dargason; Goddesses Paper; Maid Peeped Out 810459--Hole in the Wall; DANCER 89483--Jenny Pluck Pears; Queen's Jig Shepherd's Holiday; 810620--Jack's Maggot; Me rry , Parson's Farewell Merry Milkmaids 89880- -Draper's Maggot; El062 l-- Fandango; Geud Man of Shr ewsbury Lasses Ballangigh TRADITIONAL (Folk or Square Dance Ba nd, unless otherwise noted) C 1264--Christchurch Bel l s; B98 11--Corn Riggs; Durham Ran :? ers; Flowers of Edinburgh Roxbury Castle (melodeon) B9812--Speed the Plough; C3892- -Dr ops of Brandy; The Triumph La Russe (m elodeon) 810013-Bonnets So Blue; 134455 --The Mary and Dorothy; Thady You Gander Ribbon Dance 810014-Circassian Circ l e Medley 88684-- Steamboat; We Won't Bl0044-Morpeth Rant; So ldiers' Go !lome Till Morni ng Joy; Waltz Country Dance B868S --Fl owers of Edinburgh; 810 301-8onny Breast Knot; , llun t the SHornpipe; 895 19--Double Lead Through; Rickett's Hornpipe Over the Hills to Gl ory MORRIS (William Kimber, concertina, unless otherwise noted) I, 139520- -Bean Setting; Rigs of 89669 --Constant Billy; Country Marlow; 29th of May Gardens B9577 --Fool' s Jig; Ladies' 89670--Laudnum Bu nches; .I Pleasure; Lumpbs of Plum Shepherd's Hey Pudding; None so Pretty B967 1--Jockie to the Fair; (Joan Sharp, pipe & tabor) Old Mother Oxford B9578--0ouble Set Back; B- 9672- -H eadington Morris Gettin g Upstairs; Reel (Soldiers' FOLK SCHOOL FAR11, BRASSTOWtl, NORTH CAROLINA Hunting the Sq uirre l Joy); Bacca B9579--Blue-Eyed Stranger; Haste Pipes to the Wedding; Trunkles SWORD (North Skelton Long Sword - melodeon) VOLUME 10 B9539 --Lass 0' Dallogill; Oyster Girl Number 2 SUMMER 1954 35c PINEWOODS August 8 to 30 THE COUNTRY DANCER Perhaps you've never been to Pinewoods; perhaps you have been. Editor: May Gadd. Associate Editors: Edward Tatnall Canby, Either way, this is a good year for you to come. For we have a Anne Davis, Maggie Mahon, Florett Robinson, Ruth Sanders, well-founded feeling that this will be one of the best camps in our William Sellers, Genevieve Shimer, Roberta Yerkes. history- and that's going back a good many years. This will be the 28th annual national C.D.S. Camp. Published four times a year by the COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY Of AMERICA, 31 Union Square West, New York 3, N. Y: Telephone: Come for three weeks, two weeks or one week. Special weekend August 27-30. For both members and non-members. For both dancers ALgonquin 5-8895. Subscription: Sl a year; 35c a copy . and leaders. American and English dances; music and songs; recorder and orchestra playing; painting, too; swimming and canoeing. 1wo beautiful lakes. Pinewoods directors, May Gadd and Mrs. Richard K. WELCOME TO THE EAST Conant. Callers include Dick Forscher of Greenwich, Conn. To Rickey Ho lden, who after six years of calling and teaching And don't forget that Ibuglas Kennedy will be there part of the in San Antonio and throughout South and West Texas, is moving his home ba se to Arden, a s uburb of \Villmington, Del. With Ri c key time. !lis years of work with traditional dancers and musicians have and Marti Hold en move their time - consumin g children; Leslie, 2 given him a deep understanding of the real quality of dance. Jle has years 3 months, and American Squa r es magazines, aged 9 goin g on a magic touch which brings new life to dances, music and songs. 10. If you are a dancer, you will enjoy dancing even more; if you are Rickey and Marti have enjoyed visits from many travellin g a leader, you will find inspiration for your own work - at Pinewoods! squ are dancers while in San Antonio, and hope that their friends wi ll continue to drop in for a night or a week whenever they come East. New address : 2117 Meadow Lane, Atden , Wilmington 3, A MAY WEEKEND Delaware. There' s always something new in the New York H. Q. area. In this instance, a spring weekend May 14-16 in the country - at lloliday SINGER OH PIIOTOGHAPIIER? Hills near Pa wling, N.Y., about 70 miles from Ne w York City. Avail Born June 3, 19 54 , in New York Ci ty; Pe t e r Rit chie able accomodations were limited as to number but, altogether 55 Pickow, son of J ean and George Pi ckow. persons attended - including six on the staff, and three very good cooks. Connecticut, Massach~etts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio SYDNEY PAR SONS and Pennsylvania - as well as New York city and state - were repre Died MayS in Newton, Conn. She was actively asso sented among the dancers. "One of our most successful events," r e Clated.wlth th e deve lopm ent of the Society when it ported C.D.S. members who were there . was stdl tl1e N.Y . branch of t he I·:.F. D.S.S. The program opened with danc ing Friday evening. There was a regular schedule for Saturday and Sunday - English country, morris APPHECIATIONS and sword, music and singing; American squares and contras - with a grand country dance party Saturday evening. To E. LELAND Il.JnKEE for g1 VIng his week at Pinewoods, won in the Raffle, to the Society to use as a scholarship. (Leland and Mrs. Much of the success was due to good management by Bob Bliss and Durkee are coming to Pinewoods, al so.) the staff headed by Miss Gadd and including Phil Merrill, Genevieve Shimer, Norman Singer and Mr. and Mrs. Schultz. . To the Jl!Il LIARD SCIIOOL OF MUSIC C. D. S. CENTEn for the country YE OLDE MAYING dance benef1 t party that brought the Society $26. 10. Along with reports of May activities in this Country Dancer, you 'Io the NEW JERSEY C.D.S. DISTRICT - composed of the Mt. i3ethe l, might be interested in a glimpse at Maying in Henry VIII's day from Essex County ~are Dance Group and Summit Genters - whose Spring Stow's Survey : Fe~tlVal c?ntnbuted $108 to our fund. Special thanks to to ~lr. "In the Month of May - namely, on May-day in the morning, every and Mrs .. Wi 1 ham Partington for again organizing the Festival in man, except impediment, would walke into the sweete meadowes and the .ga~den o! the1r hom e at Mt. De Lh el, and for giving us such a greene wood s, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, a nd with the harmony of birds, praysing go?d t1me. ~he ~ ·Jaypole was better than ever, the dancing most enJoyable and the picnic arrangements wonderful God in their kind. "I find also, that in the Moneth of May, the Citizens of London (of all estates) lightly in every pa rish, or sometimes two or three Photograph c redits : Mrs. Ca mpbe ll a nd Folk School wood ca rvers, Parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and did fetch by ll emmer; front co ve r, £letty Denash; Abbots Broml ey , Reece 1n Maypoles, with divers warlike shewes, with good Ar chers, MORICE Winston, 11ristol, En gl a nd. DAUNCERS, and.other devices for pastime all the day long; and to ward the even1ng, they had Stage-playes and Bonfiers in the streets." 18 19 hope. Consequently, most of my work is with this type of group, Our Featured Caller although I do have a regular monthly dance with my band on the sec AL MacLEOD ond Saturday of each month in Rockville Centre, which has been drawing an average attendance of about 200 . "My first contact with coun "As far as my favorite call is concerned, I have none! Whatever try dancing as an organized is the favorite call of the particular group I am leading at a par group activity was with the ticular time - 'DV\f call is my favorite. My greatest satisfaction English Country Dance Society is not in seeing that my made-up call goes over, or that all finish during the early '30's, "says right on phrase like a bunch of automatons, but in seeing that all Al MacLeod. "As a boy I had enjoy themselves in a wholesome recreational activity, with the hope attended the dances given by that I have created a desire to dance oftener and to take up country Scottish societies where they dancing as a regular activity with organizations like the C.D.S. and did the Lancers, Quadrilles, others. Perfection will come later from other leaders who are de etc, and I had always desired voting the time and patience necessary. ~bre power to them' They to participate again in that are the ones who keep the movement alive and going. type of activity as a man. "llere is a call which I find the folks seem to enjoy at my "Your Society presented me monthly dance at Rockville Centre. You will notice that the fig with that opportunity not only ure is varied enough to be interesting but is arranged in such a with the English society but way that the music is brought out. It may be prompted or sung. also with other nationality groups, and I acquired a know ledge of international dances FOUR LEAF CLOVER largely through the contacts (by Al MacLeod - a·singing call) made with Mary and Michael Herman. LADIES GRAND CHAIN OVER LIKE A FOUR LEAF CLOVER "I also traveled in upstate New York and 1n New England, where I CHAIN BACK STRAIGHT ACROSS THE FLOOR picked up many ideas on square and longways dances. llowever, the GENTS CROSS RIGHT HANDS, THE GENTS STAR AROUND methods used by the C.D.S. in teachin7 - that is, graded classes - (Gents right-hand star once around to partners ) and the opportunity to participate in ' party" dances had always PARTNER BY THE LEFT r~ND, GO ALL THE WAY AROUND ·~ intrigued me, and I often wondered why other groups did not follow (The gents break from their right-hand star as they that pattern - in both square and folk dancing. approach partners giving left hands to partners and turn once and a quarter around, or so that they are "When I moved out to Long Island again (I had been studying in in a position to advance toward corners) New York City to complete my college education at night) I started NOW YOUR CORNER BY THE RIGHT, YOUR PARTNER BY THE LEFT a group in Freeport, my home town. 'The group grew rapidly, and I WITH YOUR CORNER PROMENADE THE FLOOR, SINGING interested Ed Durlacher of Freeport in teaming up with me, and to "f M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER gether we endeavored to popularize square and folk dancing on Long 111AT I OVERLOOKED BEFORE." Island. A large measure of our success is attributed to the co operation of the Country Dance Society, whose dances we both Repeat four times in all. Any introduction or closing may be attended when possible, and to the help rendered by Mary and Michael used - keeping in mind that the tune takes up 64 counts. Windsor Iierman. They came out to Long Island frequently, not only to help has a pretty good record and I believe there is sufficient music us teach but also to bring many of their friends to our dances, to for the complete dance. This is a typical call that many of the swell the attendance and get us started in a big way. good dancers like - enough variety and yet simple enough so they can relax and sing the strain. "Most of my work now is with beginners, and has been for the past two or three years. My business takes up so much of my time, I am (Editor's note; Al Ma cLeod is teaching folk dan c ing and square unable to devote the time necessary to conduct r egular group activ dance calling, and l eadership, at Teelawooket Camp in Roxbury, ities and keep up with the new (?) dances. Many of the other callers Vermont, with Mr. and Mrs. Don 13egenau during the l atter part of out in Long Island are doing a fine job in conducting regular en June and early July. li e also has quite a few engagement s during gagements, with considerable emphasis being put on the intermediate the rest of July but hop es to take advantages of a visit to Pine woods in August. More about AI MacLeod and square dan cing in the or advanced dances. I feel that there is a lot of work available nect issue of the Country Dan ce r . with beginners, who in time attend the other recurring dances - we 20 21 WE SING BElliNO TilE PLOW KENTUCKY FOLK FESTIVAL Our fourth annual Kentucky Folk Festival was held at the Uni ver sity of Kentucky April 9-10. The festival began with a session for chddren, the fust through the eighth grades, Friday afternoon with. classes cii vided into primary, elementary and secondary groups. Plans were made for about 300 children but we were swamped with mo~e than 1,300 ~ager and interested children. Some of our plans ~ad to be ch~ged, but we now know how large a group is really 1nterested and we can plan according).y for next year. Mr. Richard Gtase told them folk stories, and Miss Edna llitchie led the groups In folk songs. ~e festival proper began Friday evening, continuing Saturday morning and afternoon, and closing Saturday night. Seven callers from all over Kentucky added much to the variety and enioyment of the dances. We had two orchestras! One was the dance' orchestra from the University of Kentucky's Music Department, under the direction of Mr. Willian Worrel; the other was a string band. 'Ibis "live., music was appreciated and rn.j oyed by all the dancers . . .The danc~s were ~erican, English and Danish, which gave us a Olive Dame Campbell 1882 - 1954 w1de selection of figures and music. On June 14th Olive llime Campbell came to the end of a life The festival included many other entertaining and delightful dedicated to the purpose of "singing behind the plow." Founder of experiences for participants. ~ecial sessions were held for folk the John C. Campbell Folk School in BJean Ritchie . them to develop, those who enjoy the folk songs that she collected and made to live again -- all these and many more think today of A NEW LONG-PLAYING RECORD FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. 33 1/3 R.P.M. her stimulating presence, her quick appreciation and her generosity. Cover photograph by George Pickow. Booklet containing words for ·each song with each record. Jean Rit chie sings, accompany It was largely due to the welcome that Mrs. Campbell gave to ing herself on dulcimer and guitar: Cecil Sharp when he came to the Southern Mountains that he was Cedar Swamp False Sir John Lonesome Dove able to complete his great collection of Southern Mountain folk Nottamun Town Bachelor's Hall Old Woman and Pig songs. A£ ter Mr. Sharp had visited with Mr. and Mrs. Campbell in The Hangman Song The Girl I Left Behind The Little Sparrow the spring of 1916 and had studied her collection, which she 0 Sister Phoebe Jimmy Taylor-0 Goin' to Boston generously made available to him, he wrote to a friend, "She has Killy Kranky just the combination of scientific and artistic spirit which work DULCIMER PIECES: Shady Grove .. . Old King Cole ... Skip to My Lou of this kind needs if its is to be of use to posterity." Price: $4 .45 plus 23 cents for postage; regular discount to All of us who knew her are the richer for having been touched by national C.D.S. members. her quality of "singing behind the plow" and know that by it we have 23 been" stimulated, enlivened and enlightened." M.G. 22 A PLACE OF FRESH GREEN For the past two weeks I have been taking part in the annual Folk Arts Recreation COurse of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brass town, N.C. Known as the "Short COurse" to distinguish it from the longer Winter COurse, it this year celebrated its 25th anniversary. The COurse is directed by Georg and Marguerite 3idstrup with Phil Merrill, May Gadd, Otto and Marguerite Wood, Jane Nauss, Lynn and Lucile Gault and Gretal Dunsing assisting with the dancing, music, play party games, singing, recorder-playing and story-telling, and Murray Martin and Fannie McLellan in charge of wood carving and the making and use of puppets. Dance classes - Danish, American and English - occupy two hours of the morning, with a dance party for everyone - preceded by play party games - for an hour and a half at night. 'lne rest of the day is taken up with other activities, to gether with talks, discussions and visits. 'Ihe course is designed to show the place of folk arts in rural living, and to provide the tools for their use; to help those living in a rural situation to get a fuller appreciation of its assets as well as its problems; and to bring an understanding of rural life to those liv1ng 1n an urban situation. It is a happy meeting place for A GROUP OF FOLK SCHOOL WOOD CARVERS AT WORK UNDER THE TREES people from both rural and urban areas. hall was built, community social evenings were started and it was To accomplish these purposes, the course not only provides in found that a Grand March at the end of the everuing was acceptable. struction in various types of folk arts and their use as an enrich Gradually, simple turns and circles were introduced, and it was soon ment of rural living but brings in people directly concerned with understood that there was no harm in such an activity. Drinking and rural problems and progress. The COunty Agent and the Home Demon wild dancing - the original cause of the objection by the churches -* stration Agent first present and explain what has been done to im were absent from the school gathering and soon it was possible to prove farming and living conditions, and then back up their state do simple Danish and English dances, and play party games. However, ments by conducting a guided tour to neighboring farms. the ballroom dance hold could not be used until much later, and it A pleasant feature of this tour is that it ends with a picnic w as a long time before square dances could be used. Nowadays, there ••• supper at beautiful Shatuge lake, made by TVA, with the Great Smokies is not much prejudice against it but people who want to square-dance as a background - with opportunity after supper for students to ques can find it in the neighborhood, so the School feels it had better tion their guides concerning what they have seen. devote itself mainly to other forms. A talk on another day by Mr. W. L. Landis of TVA Agricultural lie Through Georg, the dancing and games spread to other communities. lations Department gave the philosophy behind an intelligent program They were introduced at Derea COllege, Warren Wilson COllege and for rural living. The putting of theories and plans into practice is Asheville Normal School, and soon there was a greater demand for his ably demonstrated by the Folk School itself with its improved methods ft services than the School could fill. By now, Georg had started the of cultivating its farm, its fine dairy herd, its community program. ~ School Farm, with students coming during the winter months, and he could not be spared to travel to institutes. So the Short COurse was On the first morning of the COurse, Georg Didstrup, now director I started to bring those who wanted to learn, to the School, at a time of the Folk School, gave a picture of how the Folk School came about, ' and why. - A number of years before the school was founded, Mrs. John when most of the regular students were away. All of the private C. Campbell and Marguerite 3utler, now Mrs. Georg Didstrup, visited schools in the area sent teachers, and the communities sent leaders. Denmark to study the Danish Folk Schools. 'lhey felt that much of Many ministers, wanting this form of recreation for their young peo what they saw v.ould apply to a folk school in this country, with the ple, were among those who came. result that when the School was built Georg Didstrup came from Den The Short COurse has gone on ever since. It has made use of folk mark to be a member of the staff. Folk dances were used until it dances and songs, and as there was no prejudice against the songs of was found that dancing was banned by the churches and that the young the area, it has drawn on the valuable collection of songs made by people were being forbidden to come to the school as a result. Mrs. Campbell and on those collected by Cecil S1arp during his visits 'Ihe School realized that it must introduce such a recreation more from England. One is impressed by the gratitude shown by the School slowly in order to carry the community along with it. When the large to this English musician for his help in making so many of the songs 24 25 of the region available for general use, for the dances he brought NATIONAL SPRING FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK from England and for the fact that he stimulated awareness and appre The first of May came in with all the glory of Spring herself - ciation of the value of the songs, music and dance of the region. as far as the C.D.S. ann its annual Festival were concerned cer• In developing its program, the School has chosen material that will tainly! The festival was held at Barnard College with May Gadd as fit naturally into the times of the people and will be acceptable to Festival Director and Phil Merrill as Orchestra Director. Many groups were represented, among them dancers from at least half a them; and material for which leaders are available with direct know dozen states, which made the New York group very happy. ledge of their subject, so that they can pass it on with real under standing of its quality. Spring dancers - for llelston Furv and Jack's Maggot, followed \. by Sellenger' s Round around the !VIaypole - were len on by. Hobby The handicrafts of the area have been developed, and forgotten Horse, Clown, Besom Betty and Whifflers. These characters, of crafts revived. Instruction in these crafts is available either dur course, symbolize the return of new life in the spring. Further ing the Tiecreation Short Course or the Handicrafts Short Course that more, it is the job of the Whiffers and Besom Betty to sweep all follows. This course adds iron work and pottery to the crafts listed evil spirits from the path of dancers. That they did the job before. As I am attending this course as a student, I'll be able to full well was shown by the high spirits of the dancers all through the evening, which lasted till the witching hour of 12 midnight. tell you about it in our Fall Country Dancer. We wish that we had pictures of the dancing, and of Genevieve Brasstown is a beautiful spot - unlike its name, which I under Shimer's Maypole, splendid with flowers, greenery and mirrors and stand comes from an Indian name meaning" a place of fresh green." bright metal--to attract the life-giving sun- - -traditional English You should plan to come one June, either to the Recreation or the fashion. Bill Partington again provided for our Jack-in-the Handicrafts Short Course - or to both. "The Little Folk School Green. He trimmed the frame with greenery just outside of the follows for children of the neighborhood, and then comes the five entrance, much to the mystification of early-comers. day Craftsman's Fair in Asheville, N.C., where native craftsmen The H.Q. demonstration group presented a special Garland Dance can be seen at work. The dates this year are July 20 to 24. preceded by the Winste.r processional. Morris dancers did Beaux of London City, Jockie to the Fair and Bacca Pipes, and the Sword MAY GADD dancers danced Earsdon with its flexible rapper swords. DENVER FESTIVAL Several English country dances were presented by Festival "The Steele Community Center of Thnver, Colorado - under the lead dancers who had practised but there were many American and English ership of C.D.& 's Fred G. Enholm- held its Village Folk Festival dances" for everyone," including spectators who came down from the on Friday evening, May 14th, at the center. The festival was for balcony to dance. All wound up in the Country Dance Waltz, danced the pleasure of the community and it was a most colorful occasion. to the beautiful Scottish tunes so popular in England. Of course, one of the high spots during the evening was the TI1e hall was decorated with posters from many countries. A gar drawing of prizes in the C.D. S. raffle, reported on another page. .,. den backdrop at one end of the hall was flanked by colored streamers and pictures of folk costumes of other lands - drawn by Patricia DANCING IN BALTIMORE Allison, a member of the Sherwood Club, folk dance group of the Here is some information on folk and square dancing in Balti Steele Community Center. Above the backdrop and masking a basket more which I hope will be of use. Folk dance sessions are held ball basket was a huge and handsome arrangement of spirea. In the two or three times a month on Sunday or Monday evenings at the center of the hall was a gaily draped maypole. Jewish Community Center, 395 West Monument Street and are ope? to the public. Sunday sessions are led by Dave Rosenberg of Washwg 1ne Little Tot group presented a rhythm band, playing in accomp ton. Bill Neelands leads folk dancing every Thursday evening at animent to folk tunes, and then ciid folk games. The Sherwood Club 1006 North Charles Street. presented dances of many nationalities, while the Drama Group Square dances are more numerous - every Friday evening during danced aroung the maypole. the summer, on the roof of the YMCA, Franklin and Cathedral Streets. For square dance information, one might call George Ihe United States was represented by the children's group with Meekins at BElmont 5-0094. For folk dance information call Southern ~buntain play party games, while the Campfire Girls danced Nathan Gerber at Liberty 2-4653. the Grand Square. Fred Enholm called "Hot Time in the Old Town All Nation's Day will be held August 29 at Gwynn Oak Amusement Tonight" and "Cowboy's Dream Song" for the Sherwood Club to show Park. On this day, Baltimore's ethnical groups will present a American square dances. pageant of their traditional music, songs and dances. They also The Thursday Evening Folk Dance Group, which is a recent addit will present exhibits of handicrafts, ornaments and other of tion to the Center's activities, demonstrated the "Oxford Minuet" their cultural objects, and they will prepare traditional deli cac1es. All of this will be open to the public. and the "Spanish Circle." We in Baltimore are somewhat behind, I'm afraid, in English Pop was served, and a good time was had by all, with everyone dances. But I hope that we can remedy this. I am very anxious looking forward to next year's festival 1 to attend a Country Dance Society session and intend to come to the classes when I visit New York. NATHAN GERBER 26 27 THE DANCING ENGLISH (Editor's note; Ethel Capps of Knoxville, Tenn., went to England las~ August to teach in Birmingham on a Fulbright Fellowship. An act1ve C.D.S. me~ber and organizer of the Knoxville Center, she has now been act1vely concerned with dancing in England.) One of my best introductions to England was the Darford Anglo Anerican school directed by Dicky McLain and the 0 arks - Kenneth and Sybil, Midlands organizers for the English Folk Dance and Song Society. I met many of the "dancing English" there and liked Dar ford so much that I plan to finish my year here with a week there. I also went to a weekend in Sussex directed by Elsie \\hiteman, Kathleen Dliss, Dill Ganniford and Michael Dell . Other courses which I attended include a 3irmingham weekend under the leadership of Miss Sinclair, Mr. Ganniford and tvlr. Smedley - all from head quarters - and a grammar school event, directed by Cyril Pine, where the boys and girls had such a good time the atmosphere was very much like that of the Derea Festival in Kentucky. All the courses had excellent music and leadership. It was so good to hear Elsie and Kathleen play their lively tunes again after ABBOTS BROI~LEY HORN DANCE- TRADITIONALLY FIRST r~ ONDAY AFTER SEPT. 4 having heard them at Pinewoods. There is a great deal of music l3rasstown, North Carolina. For one thing, along with the English here with that certain lift which makes for rhythmical dancing. qances. the Danish double quadrille was on the program. TI1e next The first demonstration which I saw was for school children. day I went o~t with Mr. Haworth and the Royton dancers. Some of An adjudicator, Dill Scott, pointed out. good and bad features of the men had danced nDyton for years. The dancing was spirited and the dancing. Ihis kind of activity is pretty general here. The the costumes very stylish, especially the hats made by Dbrothe~ and next demonstration was for the annual members' meeting at Cecil Mrs. Haworth and entirely covered by tiny flowers cut out from red Sharp llouse in London. There was general dancing as well - great green, b~ue, purple and yellow felt. Each hat had a wreath of lar~e fun for me, since many of my friends from Darford showed up. roses and other flowers around the crown, to top it all. Perhaps the most spectacular demonstrations which I saw were at .PADSTOW: May Day weekend I had two extra days off to go down to the Albert llall in London in January. My greatest thrill was when Pads~o~ ::md see the Hobby Horse. It was a hypnotic performance 1 William Kimber walked on to the floor amid thunderous and sustained Fest1 V1t1es began on May Day just past midnight, when the company applause. lhs humble manner in accepting the recognition endeared met at the Golden Lion, the village local. Although I could not get him to everyone. We saw the first performance of Michael Dell's out of my hotel (no n1ght clerk to let me back in) to be near the Folk Ballet and many other fascinating groups, including the Devon singers, I did hang out of my window and listen for.a long time. shire Morris men who danced with such evident enjoyment. Th~ next morning I was out early, to examine the Maypole and see The Midlands area will hold a festival in 3irmingham June 16, and the httle boys dancing in imitation of the real "Old 'Oss" and his a children's festival. After that, a day at the Stratford f~stival team. At 11 a.m., after an introductory speech which traced Padstow will round out my attendance at festivals in England. And how lucky May Day .celebrations back at least 200 years, the "Wee 'Oss," his I have been to see performances of a traditional nature 1 team and a merry band of pirates appeared and began their perform ance outside the Golden Lion. ABBOTS BROMLEY, September 7: We first caught sight of the !lorn dancers on the lawn in front of a manor house just outside of I followed them all morning - to manor houses hotels and homes Abbots l3romley. We watched them there and then followed them down as did many local people and other outsiders lik~ me. There was ' a long, tree-lined lane, through the village streets, where they surely magic in the air. One felt almost impelled to follow even paused to dance or accept refreshment at the more generous houses. th?ugh it was the same performance and the same song all day' long. 'Ihe tunes were those we associate with country dances. Although the Ra1n drove everyone inside in the afternoon but at about 5 the procession cast its spell, I did miss the beautiful Abbots l3romley "Wee 'Oss" reappeared and danced through the village until' midnight, melody which we still hear with less traditional performers. I was very careful to toud1 ~he llobby Horse for luck as others did. ROYTON: In November I visited Mr. and Mrs. Leslie llaworth in BAMPTON, Whit Monday, June 7: I tried to add to my luck when I Oteshire. Friday night we went to his sister Dbrothea's community bought and ate a bit of cake from the sword of the Cake-Dearer group. Despite the accents, I felt very much as if I were in Mr. Wells, a relative of the late l3illy Wells. 'lbe present fiddler, Mr. Oark, told me that he had lived in Winnipeg, where he played 28 for country. and square dancing some 30 years ago. 29 Four of the Bampton dancers were mature men; the other two were OUR C.D.S. FUND young boys. Fiddler, Cake-Dearer and Fool completed the group. As We most gratefully acknowledge the donations that have been re a special courtesy, Russell Wortley, Bagman of the Morris Hing, was ceived from the following contributors. · They include the Sponsors invited to dance with the team for a dance or so. and Patrons listed in our Festival program. 'This about covers all that I have done here in the name of dance ALABAMA - Alexander H. Ware except that I have gone to ?orne of the weekly classes in Birmingham directed by Hilda Roberts and to some of the square dances called by CONNECfiCUT the Clarks. What a shock, even after Phil Merrill's warning, to hear Harry Cooper Dorothy Kilbourn our American calls in English accents' I3ut I have become so used to ILLINOIS - Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rosser it. it does not seem at all strange now. I also went to a square dance where Mrs. Mildred I3uhler of California was guest caller. IOWA - Mrs. Robert C. Lautenbach KENTUCKY The opportunity to be with dancers and to see festivals and tra Sophia Holliday Mrs. Edward J. Nauss ditional teams has been one of the most gratifying aspects of my year Lexington Folk Dance Center h ere. And after experiencing the English winter, I can well under MARYLAND stand why May Day and the summer have been greeted so joyously in traditional and ritual dances 1 E1liEL CAPPS Nathan Gerber J . Donnell Tilghman MASSACHUSETTS Richard L. Best Marjorie Hurd OUR C.D.S. RAFFLE Oavid Bridgham Mrs. Robert H. Lamond This year we augumented llelen P. Burns Mrs. Malcolm P. McNair our Funds by promoting a Irvin M. Davis E. Eddy Nadel Raffle - in New York and the Col ton n. Hazard Theodore Sannella, Jr. Alexander lloyle Everett H. Smith surrounding H. Q. area, as Evelyn K. Wells the U.S. Mail may not be used for this purpose - and NEW JERSEY , raised $300. Of this amount Mary Buckie Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Partington $75 was used for prizes. New Jersey Festival The drawing was conducted NEW YORK at the New York Spring Fest Dora Albert Mr. & Mrs. Russell lloughton "• ival, and Mr. James Rosser Jack Atkinson Paul llunt - our C.D. S. vice-president Mrs. Mireille Backer Mr. & Mrs. Archie Juris Gloria Berchielli Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Knowles for the Central area - drew Mrs. Allen T. Burns Mrs. Evelyn F. Koch the first prize of a week at Clare Chaplinski Mr. & Mrs. Irving Lapiner Pinewoods for Mr. E. Leland Mrs. Arthur 0. Choate Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. McLain Durkee of Bethlehem, Pa. , Anne W. Davis Carroll Moses and a $25 gift certi fica te Walter F. Gawlick Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Rafferty for Miss Carol Preston of Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. John Shimer McLean, Va. (No, no use of Mrs. Mary Putnam Gross Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Sheinwold Mr. & Mrs. Philip II. llardie Gertrud Schaffner the mails, but raffle ticket Elizabeth II. llarris Norman Singer sellers got around.) Juilliard S
