Lichfield Folk Festival  Programme 2010

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)

Venues - click the link for a map

Festival base:- Bader Hall, King Edward School 

 

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS IF NECESSARY

 

KES    =  KING Edward School

KELC =  King Edward Leisure Centre

Styles:-   W   = Workshop;   P = Playford English dance style;    A = American  dance style;       M = Mixed dance styles.

 

 

FRIDAY 18th JUNE

 

     
                    

Session Name

Guest Artists

Venue

Style

Ref

5.30 Office Open    KE Leisure Centre, 1st Floor by Bar    

 

6pm .

 

Meals at KES dining annex

       

7.15 -10.30

Early Welcome Dance  

Barrie Bullimore, Keeping Thyme

KELC

Sports Hall

 M 1.1
           

7.45 - 11.00

Welcome Dance

Robert Moir, Narrow Escape

KES Bader Hall

 M 1.2

 

SATURDAY 19th JUNE

 

     

 9.15- 10.30

 9.30 - 6.00

10.30 - 1.00 &  2.00 -3.00

12.30 - 1pm 

Office Open :-

Folk Sales

Costume display/ accessory sales open 

Shop Opening

 

 

 

 

 

KES Room 10    
           

9.30 -10.45  

English dance workshop 

"Magical Musical Moments"

Gene Murrow, Masquerade

 KES Bader Hall  WP 2.1
   

 

       

9.30 - 10.45

International Dance workshop  

Maggie Kaye, David Bradley and Gordon Taylor

 

 KES Gym  W 2.2
           

9.45 - 11.00

American Dance workshop

"Squares & Contras to send you "All of a Flutter""

 

Mike Courthold, Appalachian Storm

 KELC Sports Hall  WA 2.3
           

11.00 - 12.30

English Dance Workshop

"Playford & friends"

Robert Moir , Masquerade

 KES Bader Hall  WP 2.4
           

11.00 - 12.30

Music workshop for  Jane Austen screen dance workshop

 David Bradley & Gordon Taylor

 KES Gym  W 2.5
           

11.15 - 12.45

Contra Dance Workshop

"American Contras, American Style"

 Diane Silver, Appalachian Storm

 KELC Sports Hall  WA 2.6
           
11.00 - 3.00 Dance displays Display teams Market Square   2.7
           

11.15 - 12.45

 Dance Workshop

"Sweet Dreams "

 David & Kathryn Wright,    Keeping Thyme

 St Joseph's School  WM 2.8
           

1.00 - 2.15  

English Dance Workshop

"Progressive progressions"

 Gene Murrow, 3D

 KES Bader Hall  WP 2.10
           
1.30 - 2.45

Dance Workshop

"Know your Neighbours"

Barrie Bullimore, Keeping Thyme St Joseph's School   WM 2.11 
           
1.30- 2.45 Music Workshop:- Leader's choice Gordon Taylor  KELC Activity Room  W  2.12
           
2.30 - 3.45

English Dance Workshop

"Fried's Fancies"

David & Kathryn Wright

Masquerade

KES Gym

 WP

2.13

 

           
2.45 - 4.45.  Tea dance  Mike Courthold with 3D in Bader  KES Bader Hall  M  2.14
           
3.00 - 4.30

Workshop

"Dances from the Jane Austen screen productions"

Frances Richardson, with musicians from workshop led by David Bradley & Gordon Taylor. Suitable for new dancers KELC Activity Room WP 2.16
           

5.15– 7.15

Early Evening Dance 

 Barrie Bullimore,

Narrow Escape

 KES Bader Hall

 M 2.17
           

7.30– 10.30

Playford - style dance

"An English evening in New York"

Gene Murrow,

Masquerade

KELC Sports Hall

 P 2.18
           

7.45 – 10.45

 Dance

" Moir's Mazes"

 Robert Moir,

 Keeping Thyme

KES Gym   M 2.19
           

8.00 - 11.00

 Contra Dance

 Diane Silver,

Appalachian Storm

 KES Bader Hall  A 2.2

 

SUNDAY 20th JUNE

 

     

9.30 - 10.00

Folk Service. 

Chris Polhill,

Chaplain to the Festival.

Chris Dewhurst accompanying

 

KELC Seymour Suite    
           

9.45- 11.00  

American dance workshop

" Out of the Box"

Barrie Bullimore,

Keeping Thyme

 KES Bader Hall  WA 3.1
           
10.00

Folk Sales   10.00 - 2.00

Costume Display 11.30 - 2.00

Office     12.30 - 1.00

  KES Room 10    
           

 10.00 - 11.15

English Dance Workshop

"Fallibroome"

David & Kathryn Wright, Masquerade

 KELC Sports Hall  WP 3.2
           

10.10 - 11.30

Music workshop "International"

Maggie Kaye

 KES Gym  W 3.3
           

11.15 - 12.30

Dance Workshop

"Squares & Contras to have you "Reeling in the Heys""

Mike Courthold, Keeping Thyme

 KES Bader Hall  WA 3.4
           

12.00- 1.15

English Dance Workshop

"Robin Goodfellow and his friends"

Gene Murrow, Narrow Escape

 KEKC Sports Hall  WP 3.5
           

1.15 - 2.30

Dance Workshop "Tribute to Ken Alexander" 

David & Kathryn Wright,

3D

 KES Bader Hall  WMP 3.6
           

1.30- 2.45

American dance workshop

"Squares with a difference"

Barrie Bullimore,

Keeping Thyme

KES Gym   WA 3.7
           
2.15 -4.15 Farewell Dance Robert Moir, Masquerade KELC Sports Hall P 3.8
           

2.45 – 5.00

Come All Ye  

All callers, hosted by Gordon Taylor,

Festival Band led by 3D

 KES Bader Hall  M 3.9