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17th - 19th June 2011
A weekend of dance and music in this lovely cathedral city.
Dances - Displays - Workshops -
Morris Tours
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We have had a splendid weekend, thank you to those who attended, for supporting us.
If anyone has any suitable photos or videos of the weekend, please send them to us to be added to the website?
Detail of the 2010 will be left on the site for reference and will remain there until to 2011 programme is produced.
Lost property:-
A pair of Zone ladies dancing shoes in a green draw bag.
A pair of fawn "Walk Easy" ladies sandals.
One ear ring, black 4 concentric ovoids.
( Can be claimed from Freddie)
Feedback
If you have any suggestions for the improvement of our future festivals please let Freddie have them. Last years comments were very helpful.
Review from Roy and Norma Garrington being reproduced in Set & Turn Single
Review of the Lichfield Folk Festival, 18th – 20th June, 2010
This year was the 35th Anniversary of this hugely popular event, held in the city of Lichfield in the West Midlands. A positive cornucopia of first class callers and bands ensured that every possible dancing and musical taste was catered for.
From the USA was Gene Murrow, returning to Lichfield by popular demand, and he did not disappoint, with his clear and meticulous calling of Playford style dances – his cleverly devised workshops and dances were all particularly well attended. Diane Silver, also from the USA, on her first visit to Lichfield, presented some high energy modern contras and squares, to the terrific driving music of the Appalachian Storm band – more visitors from over the pond ! Home-bred dancing masters, and a mistress, Barrie Bullimore, Robert Moir, David and Kathryn Wright, gave us superb general dances and workshops in American, Playford and Fallibroome, working to the sublime music of Keeping Thyme, Narrow Escape, Masquerade and 3D bands. Mike Courthold, Maggie Kaye and Frances Richardson, all added to the varied dance mix, with General, International and Jane Austen dances respectively.
The festival is now conveniently held at a single-site venue, augmented with a hall close by, with camping and hard-standing available for caravans and motorhomes, all adjacent. Lots of B&B accommodation, in all price ranges, is available either in the City itself or in the surrounding area. This year we stayed in the village of Whittington, just a few minutes drive away along the Tamworth road. Previous complaints concerning poor acoustics in one of the on-site venues (the infamous Gym), have now been very effectively dealt with, thanks to a lot of time and money well spent by the organisers, and due in no small part to the technical expertise and sewing skills of David and Gwen Burke ! The on-site catering this year was much improved too, with a wide range of reasonably priced and tasty snacks, and hot meals, available throughout the weekend. Our Sunday lunch was delicious, and all for £6 a head !
The festival has evolved into a compact, well organised, high class dance event in the summer calendar – one definitely not to be missed !
(Footnote : next year’s dates are June 17th – June 19th, 2011)
Roy & Norma Garrington 21.6.10
Gene Murrow's programmes during Festival 2010
Magnificent Music w/Masquerade – Saturday 9:30 – 10:45 KES Bader Hall
Princess Royal (UNUSUAL SOURCE: Morris tune, 24-bar phrase)
Peter and Peggy (PHRASING: danced hemiola; G. Roodman, J. Jensen)
Say I Do (UNUSUAL STYLE: English cakewalk; G. Roodman dance, J. Jensen tune)
Felicity (TRIPLE: swing waltz; Dave Brown’s tune)
When Laura Smiles ( 13-bar phrase; O. Krasner dance)
Silver Primrose (UNUSUAL TONALITY: Lydian mode; F. Herman dance, John Stapledon tune)
Progressive Progressions w/3D – Saturday 1:00 – 2:15 KES Bader Hall
Fenterlarick
(Joyce Walker). No time for the first corners to sort out what happened as they get flung into Sharp siding with the new foursome!
Gleaners
(Ron Coxall) - circle once around plus one place Up a double, but NOT back! And there you are. Heather Bexon's beautiful and brilliant tune (steeped in the William Lawes - English musical eccentric tradition) adds to the mystery...
Mr. Adson's Masque
(Gary Roodman)- a final "moving gypsy" 1/4 way around and "pass through" (doesn't get any cheesier than that!) gets you there
Wooing Mairi
(Scott Higgs) - turns become circles which expand and invert, 1s start improper... huh? Which of course is the prequel to Mairi's Wedding. Which of course led to Mairi's Divorce (yes, there IS a Scottish CD of that name, by Angus Henry, which canonizes the classical error often made in Mairi's Wedding).
In the Sere
(Fried de Metz Herman) - Final inning, with only 4 bars to go. Two men dance a chevron, but the women dance straight across, et voila! How'd that happen?
Muriel's Measure
(Colin Hume) - a left-hand star 1 1/4 does the trick, but it needs more than those final 4 bars, even at Colin's preferred "pavane" tempo! So ignore Colin's "full stop" (period) punctuation mark in the directions and let the preceding 3/4 turn flow naturally into an "early start" for the star. It feels _so_ good.
Companions
(Victor Skowronski) - the "Fenterlarick/Let's Have a Ceilidh" progression meets 16th-century tunesmith Tielman Susato of Antwerp in Victor's electrical engineer's brain and gets re-wired! Sparks fly.
English Evening in New York w/Masquerade – Saturday 7:30 – 10:30 KELC Sports Hall
Sun Assembly
Mary K (G. Roodman)
Braes of Dornoch
Prince William
Emperor of the Moon
Autumn in Amherst (P. Callens)
Kneeland Romp (G. Roodman)
Candles in the Dark (L. Holz)
Newcastle
Dublin Bay
BREAK
The Punchbowl (P. Shaw)
Cumberland Square Eight
Hudson Barn (J. Schwab and C. Hammond)
Helena (C. Hume)
The Introduction (F. Herman)
Lilliburlero
Peace Be With You (F. Herman)
Robin Goodfellow and His Friends w/Narrow Escape – Sunday 12:00 – 1:15 KELC Sports Hall
Mad Robin
Lover’s Knot (J. Kitch; tune is “Trip to Kilburn” / “Black and Grey”)
Woodstock Park (N. Kynaston)
Noisette (P. Callens; tune John Stapledon)
Manhattan Chowder (B. Francis)
100 Years of Mischief (S. Kevra)
Steel Anniversary Reel (R. Mohr)
Artists booked for 2011 to date:
Skylark,
Colin Hume
Tom Amesse (USA)
2010
Registration
Please note that this year, registration is at the Sports Hall, first floor on Friday,
on Saturday it moves to King Edward School Room 10.
Arrival time Caravans & Campervans
Please ensure that you do not arrive on site with your caravan/ campervan before 5pm
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**See "Fallibroome" Page for details of Revised Collection sponsored by the Lichfield Folk Festival. **
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You can pay on the door for all events, space permitting, but season ticket
holders will be given priority entry up to the start time at several
of the key sessions on Saturday morning and evening.
And you can save money with a season ticket £37.
Dance Workshops £4
Evening Dances £6.50
Music Workshops £2 (children under 16yrs free)
Tea/ Farewell dances £5.50
Coime all Ye £5.50
Early evening dance £5
Saturday season £20
Sunday season £12
Full time students under 25 with student ID will get £1 discount at workshops and £1.50 at dances
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Try the dances from Jane Austen TV & movies
3.00 to 4.30pm Sat 19th June
K E Leisure Centre
Lichfield WS14 9DE
£3.50 each
No experience needed. Come alone or bring a friend
Dancing partners available if needed
Period costumes on show
For more information ring Frances (Workshop Leader)
on 07900 896908
E-mail contact