English Folk Dance

Some articles on dance, dances, english folk, english folk dance, folk:

Maud Karpeles - Bibliography
... Maud Karpeles "The Lancashire Morris Dance, containing a description of the Royton Morris Dance, collected and edited by Maud Karpeles" (London Novello Company) (1930) "Twelve ... Beard) "Dances of England Wales" (1950) A ... ed) (1967 3rd ed) Edited by Maud Karpeles "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians ...
English Folk Dance And Song Society
... The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) was formed in 1932 when two organisations merged the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dance Society ... The Folk-Song Society, founded in London in 1898, focused on collecting and publishing, primarily folk songs of Britain and Ireland although there was no formal limitation ... The English Folk Dance Society was founded in 1911 by Cecil Sharp ...

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    “Listen, sister. I don’t dance and I can’t take time out now to learn.”
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