Diary: April 2008Click on the date below to see events we know about for that week |
w/c 1st April |
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| Thurs 3rd |
dance Colin Moore |
Wiltshire |
| Fri 4th | Cambridge Contra
contra |
Cambridgeshire |
w/c 5th April |
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| Sat 5th | Bawburgh Norfolk FA Spring dance |
Norfolk |
| Sat 5th | Bidford-on-Avon Bidford dance Bidford Band with Geoff Cubitt |
Warwickshire |
Sat 5th |
DancePat Wilkinson & Jacob's Join |
Lancashire |
| Sat 5th | Grove, nr Wantage White Horse CeilidhApril Fools Ceilidh Pigeon English |
Oxfordshire |
| Sat 5th | Holt |
Wiltshire |
Sat 5th |
Lancing Shoreham dance Rosemary Hunt & Orion’s Ring |
Sussex |
| Sat 5th | Northampton |
Northamptonshire |
| Sat 5th | Stonesfield Village Hall fundraising barn dance |
Oxfordshire |
| Sat 5th |
ceilidh The Woodpecker Band |
Gloucestershire |
| Sat 5th |
danceRobert Moir and Weston Country Dance Band |
Staffordshire |
| Sat 5th | Winchester |
Hampshire |
| Sat 5th | Woodford Green |
Essex |
| Sun 6th | Bromyard danceDavid Burke |
Herefordshire |
| Sun 6th | Derby
Mumpers Ceilidh Navigation Band & Roy Dyson |
Derbyshire |
| Sun 6th | Walton Music Workshop |
Staffordshire |
| Mon 7th | Solihull Friendly Folk dance Keith Orchard & Amaryllis |
West Midlands |
| Wed 9th |
dance
Dave & Helen Parsons with Keith Prescott |
Gloucestershire |
Fri 11th to Sunday 13th |
Oxford Folk festival |
Oxfordshire |
| Fri 11th to Mon 14th |
Fun FolkDance weekend |
Somerset |
| Fri 11th | Alcester contra English Contra Dance Band & John Turner |
Worcestershire |
| Fri 11th | Horwich Phoenix ceilidh422 & Joey Oliver |
Lancashire |
w/c 12th April |
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Sat 12th |
spring ballCharles Bolton and Knotted Chord |
Cheshire |
| Sat 12th | Cardiff RUFF ceilidh Ceilidh Chasers and Mic Spenceley |
Wales |
Sat 12th |
Cecil
Sharp House London Barn Dance contra Lynne Render and Chesapeake |
London |
| Sat 12th | Croydon dance Colin Hume & Folkus Pocus |
Surrey |
| Sat 12th | Haywards Heath Meltdown Ceilidh Twm Twp &Fee Lock |
Sussex |
| Sat 12th | Newark Costume BallHilary Herbert & Keeping Thyme This event has now sold out |
Nottinghamshire |
| Sat 12th |
dance
Joe Hodgson with Brian McMinn and Mike Green |
Northamptonshire |
Sat 12th |
Poynton BallCharles Bolton with Knotted Cord |
Cheshire |
| Sat 12th |
Spring Anniversary Dance Pat Wilkinson with 3D |
Lancashire |
| Sat 12th |
Dance Pat Wilkinson with 3D |
Lancashire |
| Sat 12th | Southampton |
Hampshire |
| Sat 12th | Winchmore dance Chris Turner & The Forest Band |
London |
| Sat 12th | Yarnton Kidlington Dance Doreen Crewe with JCJ band |
Oxfordshire |
| Sun 13th | Cumnor, Oxford St Andrews Assembly dance Bill & Barbara Kinsman with the St Andrew's Assembly Band |
Oxfordshire |
Sun 13th |
Samlesbury workshopRoy McCullough and Roy Smith |
Lancashire |
| Sun 13th |
ceilidh |
Yorkshire |
| Mon 14th | Harrogate Heatherdene dance Northern Comfort |
Yorkshire |
| Mon 14th | Solihull Friendly Folk dance Phil & Cynthia Stone with Cadenza |
West Midlands |
| Wed 16th | Norwich Kier Hardie ceilidh Fendragon |
Norfolk |
| Thurs 17th | Chilworth Contra |
Hampshire |
| Thurs 17th |
dance Robert Wright |
Wiltshire |
| Fri 18th to Sun 20th | Halsway Manor Last Minute Do Come ! Ray Goodswen and Meltdown |
Somerset |
| Fri 18th | Durham dance |
Durham |
| Fri 18th | Cambridge Contra contra |
Cambridgeshire |
| Fri 18th | Cecil Sharp House Knees Up Cecil Sharp ceilidh Peeping Tom |
London |
w/c 19th April |
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| Sat 19th | Barrow on Soar danceDavid & Kathryn Wright and Stradivarious |
Leicestershire |
| Sat 19th |
workshop - 18th and early 19th century dances Anne Daye |
Hertfordshire |
| Sat 19th | Brighouse Ryburn 3 Step ceilidh Fendragon & Andrew Swaine |
Yorkshire |
Sat 19th |
Cecil
Sharp House The Night of the Long(ways) Dances Ceilidh, Contra and Playford Mike Courthold with Stick Shift www.stickshiftcontra.com |
London |
| Sat 19th | Challock Warehorne Spring dance Carol Hewson and Cats Whiskers |
Kent |
| Sat 19th | Egglescliffe Stockton dance Ian Jones & Cumbrian Gap |
Cleveland |
| Sat 19th | Jacobs Wells Guildford ContraBarrie Bullimore & Kelly's Eye |
Surrey |
Sat 19th |
Halton workshopPat Wilkinson & Gloria Newton |
Lancashire |
Sat 19th |
workshop Barbara Kinsman |
Lancashire |
Sat 19th |
dance Barbara Kinsman |
Lancashire |
Sat 19th |
tea danceBarry Gant |
Wiltshire |
| Sat 19th | Shenstone WorkshopRosemary Hunt and Orions Ring |
Staffordshire |
| Sat 19th | Shenstone danceRosemary Hunt and Orions Ring |
Staffordshire |
| Sat 19th | Stonesfield dance Maggie Hosking with Narrow Escape |
Oxfordshire |
| Sun 20th | Bromyard danceVal Rees |
Herefordshire |
| Sun 20th | Cecil Sharp House Quadrille Club Late Victorian Ellis Rogers |
London |
| Sun 20th | Derby
Mumpers Ceilidh Going Tapless |
Derbyshire |
| Sun 20th | Slitting Mill Advanced Dance Workshop |
Staffordshire |
| Sun 20th | Walton Scottish workshopJoyce Walker and Wendy Brakes |
Staffordshire |
| Mon 21st | Solihull Friendly Folk dance Ken Alexander with Brian & Meg |
West Midlands |
| Wed 23rd |
dance
Ian Ludbrook & John & Mary Brock |
Gloucestershire |
| Fri 25th | Hitchin Unicorn Ceilidhs ceilidh Laughing Gravy + Barry Goodman |
Hertfordshire |
w/c 26th April |
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| Sat 26th | Bath
Ceilidhs |
Somerset |
| Sat 26th |
St. George's Dance Judith Veevers with the Hoghton Band |
Wirral |
Sat 26th |
Cambridge ceilidhStocai |
Cambridgeshire |
Sat 26th |
Cecil Sharp House Bucks District Workshop Brian Jones with Weston Country Dance Band |
Buckinghamshire |
Sat 26th |
Cecil Sharp House Bucks District St George's day dance Ray Taylor with Weston Country Dance Band |
Buckinghamshire |
| Sat 26th | Egglescliffe Clevedale Folk Association dance Dave & Caroline |
Cleveland |
| Sat 26th | Exeter ceilidhRandom |
Devon |
Sat 26th |
Day of dancePat Wilkinson |
Lancashire |
| Sat 26th | Poynton ceilidhs ceilidh Fidget Pie |
Cheshire |
| Sat 26th | Shipham Mendips FDC Spring Ball Robert Moir with the Falconers |
Somerset |
| Sun 27th |
workshop Hazel Dennison |
Hertfordshire |
| Sun 27th | Soberton FASH AGM & dance |
Hampshire |
| Mon 28th | Harrogate Heatherdene dance Heather and Chas |
Yorkshire |
| Mon 28th | Solihull Friendly Folk dance Mike Whiting & Boys of Oakhill |
West Midlands |
| Wed 30th | Chetton dance Neil Franklin |
Shropshire |