SPRING/SUMMER 2013 No. 101 - Devon Folk

The ceilidhs at Sidmouth Folk Week tend to have
a high prole, but as James Garrett reports, 2013
promises to feature a very full schedule for the
folk dancers of all interests.
The Social Dance Programme - co-ordinated
by Malcolm Storey - offers a denitive, attractive
presence at Sidmouth focusing on the fantastic
custom-built Stowford Rise Community Centre.
Then there’s nightly in-town dances, morning
workshops in Blackmore Gardens and a range
of town based workshops through the week.
Quantity and quality are assured with the artists
already booked for a wide range of workshops and
dance events.
Callers include: the wonderful Cis Hinkle from
Atlanta, Georgia with irresistible contras and fast
moving squares; The Wrights of Licheld offering
Playford to New England Squares and Contras,
both old and new, simple and complex; Ivan
Aitken bringing a mixed programme including
Playford, Pat Shaw and Scottish; Frances
Richardson with everything from Playford
to Scottish Country Dance; Les Barclay with
Kentucky Running Set, a Dance Technique series
and Community Dance Evenings; Joe Hodgson,
back with New England squares and contras and
English traditional dance; Jerry O’Reilly returning
for Irish Set Dance Workshops and Madeleine
Smith offering Golden Oldies from the Classic
Playford Repertoire and much more.
Bands and musicians conrmed include:
Pendragon, English Contra Dance Band,
Moonlighting, Momentum, The Jovial Crew Band,
Meter Rite and Mollie Koenigsberger.
Special Dance Nights at Stowford Rise include
a Playford Ball with David and Kathryn Wright,
an Anglo Scottish Night with Ivan Aitken, a
Celtic Evening with Jerry O’ Reilly and Frances
Richardson, an English Country Dance
Night with Madeleine Smith and a grand night
of contras and squares with Cis Hinkle and The
English Contra Dance Band.
The workshop plans are developing into a full and
compelling week. See the www.sidmouthfolkweek.
co.uk for up to date news.
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