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Diary: April 2008

Click on the date below to see events we know about for that week
w/c 1st April
w/c Saturday 5th
w/c Saturday 12th
w/c Saturday 19th
w/c Saturday 26th

 



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w/c 1st April

Thurs 3rd

Westbury

dance

Colin Moore

Wiltshire
Fri 4th Cambridge Contra
contra
Cambridgeshire

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w/c 5th April

Sat 5th Bawburgh
Norfolk FA
Spring dance
Norfolk
Sat 5th Bidford-on-Avon
Bidford

dance
Bidford Band with Geoff Cubitt
Warwickshire

Sat 5th

Bolton-le-Sands

Dance

Pat Wilkinson & Jacob's Join

Lancashire

Sat 5th

Grove, nr Wantage

White Horse Ceilidh

April Fools Ceilidh

Pigeon English

Oxfordshire

Sat 5th

Holt
50th Anniversary dance
Malcolm Mace, Brian Lyons, Barry Gant and Geoff Elwell.

Wiltshire

Sat 5th

Lancing
Shoreham
dance
Rosemary Hunt & Orion’s Ring
Sussex
Sat 5th

Northampton
barn dance
in aid of the Chris Kokta Memorial Trust
Banana band
tickets and details: 07867 504996 or


Northamptonshire
Sat 5th Stonesfield
Village Hall fundraising barn dance
Oxfordshire
Sat 5th

Stroud ceildihs

ceilidh

The Woodpecker Band

Gloucestershire
Sat 5th

Walsall

dance

Robert Moir and Weston Country Dance Band

Staffordshire
Sat 5th

Winchester
Woodfidley
Mr Playford's Assembly
John Turner with Pete & Sue Hall

Hampshire
Sat 5th

Woodford Green
Chingford
dance
Kelley's Eye & Barrie Bullimore

Essex
Sun 6th

Bromyard

Falconers

dance

David Burke

Herefordshire
Sun 6th Derby
Mumpers
Ceilidh
Navigation Band & Roy Dyson
Derbyshire
Sun 6th

Walton

Stafford

Music Workshop

Staffordshire

Mon 7th Solihull
Friendly Folk
dance
Keith Orchard & Amaryllis
West Midlands
Wed 9th

Frenchay

dance

Dave & Helen Parsons with Keith Prescott

Gloucestershire

Fri 11th to Sunday 13th

Oxford Folk festival

Oxfordshire

Fri 11th to Mon 14th

Halsway Manor

Fun FolkDance weekend


Ray Goodswen, Frances Oates, Moira Gutteridge, Peter Gutteridge

Somerset
Fri 11th Alcester
contra
English Contra Dance Band & John Turner
Worcestershire
Fri 11th

Horwich

Phoenix ceilidh

422 & Joey Oliver

Lancashire

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w/c 12th April

Sat 12th

Adlington

spring ball

Charles 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

Nottingham

Costume Ball

Hilary Herbert & Keeping Thyme

This event has now sold out

Nottinghamshire
Sat 12th

Northampton

dance

Joe Hodgson with Brian McMinn and Mike Green

Northamptonshire

Sat 12th

Poynton

Adlington

Ball
Charles Bolton with Knotted Cord

Cheshire

Sat 12th

Preston FDC

Spring Anniversary Dance

Pat Wilkinson with 3D

Lancashire
Sat 12th

Preston FDC

Dance

Pat Wilkinson with 3D

Lancashire
Sat 12th

Southampton
M27 Megabop
ceilidh
Hosepipe Band with Will Hall

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

Folk North West

workshop

Roy McCullough and Roy Smith

Lancashire

Sun 13th

York Ceilidh Club

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

Westbury

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

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w/c 19th April

Sat 19th

Barrow on Soar

Quorn

dance

David & Kathryn Wright and Stradivarious

Leicestershire
Sat 19th

Bedford Early Dance

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 Contra

Barrie Bullimore & Kelly's Eye

Surrey

Sat 19th

Halton

Bolton-le-Sands

workshop

Pat Wilkinson & Gloria Newton

Lancashire

Sat 19th

Manchester

workshop

Barbara Kinsman

Lancashire

Sat 19th

Manchester

dance

Barbara Kinsman

Lancashire

Sat 19th

Melksham

tea dance

Barry Gant

Wiltshire

Sat 19th

Shenstone

Lichfield

Workshop

Rosemary Hunt and Orions Ring

Staffordshire
Sat 19th

Shenstone

Lichfield

dance

Rosemary Hunt and Orions Ring

Staffordshire
Sat 19th Stonesfield
dance
Maggie Hosking with Narrow Escape
Oxfordshire
Sun 20th

Bromyard

Falconers

dance

Val 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

Rugeley

Advanced Dance Workshop

Staffordshire

Sun 20th

Walton

Stafford

Scottish workshop

Joyce Walker and Wendy Brakes

Staffordshire
Mon 21st Solihull
Friendly Folk
dance
Ken Alexander with Brian & Meg
West Midlands
Wed 23rd

Frenchay

dance

Ian Ludbrook & John & Mary Brock

Gloucestershire
Fri 25th Hitchin
Unicorn Ceilidhs
ceilidh
Laughing Gravy + Barry Goodman
Hertfordshire

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w/c 26th April

Sat 26th

Bath Ceilidhs
ceilidh
The Committee Band & Nick Walden

Somerset

Sat 26th

Bebington

St. George's Dance

Judith Veevers with the Hoghton Band

 Wirral

Sat 26th

Cambridge

The Round

ceilidh

Stocai

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

Great Western Morris

ceilidh

Random

Devon

Sat 26th

Lancashire Folk

Day of dance

Pat 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

Bedford Early Dance

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

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