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1950s : Furry Dance in Looe

It's that time of year, folks! Liskeard Carnival with the Furry Dance, Midsummer Bonfire (Tansys Golowan) with the Old Cornwall Society, Mevagissey Feast...and #cornishdance is a great way to bring folks together.

This time last year, I was in Pengelly's fishmongers in Liskeard having a natter with the lovely Angela about Cornish dancing, and in particular the "Flora Dance", the variations across Cornwall, and how it always used to be danced in Looe.
We were talking about whether it was danced in a straight line (like I know from "North Cornwall Furry"), or diagonally, with the front couple going one way, while the back couple went the other way (as you still see today for Liskeard's Furry Dance on the Wednesday evening of the Carnival).

"My Mum's got some pictures of the Flora Dance from overhead, where you can see them dancing in opposite directions," said Angela as she proceeded to dance the steps in the shop as if she were in a set of 4…

Sparkers keep the Olympic Torch Alight!

Dydh da! Good Day! It's nearly here, folks ... the Olympic Torch is passing through Liskeard on Saturday 19th May, and the Vital Sparkers have lined up some Cornish dancing including a simple, colourful OlympicTorch Serpent-March for the afternoon in Westbourne Gardens.

All the Cornish dances are really easy to pick up - just follow the rest of the dancers. Wear flame colours - black, red, orange, gold & be a part of the grand spectacle.

There'll be a few 'snakey, serpent' dances, where you join the line & follow the leader as they spiral around the dance space, a few circle dances, including the 'Mr Martin's Reel' challenge dance between the dancers & musicians, along with a furry-circle & some partner dances.

AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN IN!!
The History Back in the days of the Cornish Tea Treats (and still now in some parts of the Duchy), the local band would lead a procession of dancers across the fields to the local farm, or down th…

Bodmin Heritage Day - The Children's Dance 2016

What an absolute joy to support the Bodmin Heritage Day - The Children's Dance 2016with such an amazing bunch of children, a fabulous team of volunteers and musicians, and with the support of Bodmin Town Council and Bodmin Lions, a very generous donator, 720 PRINT and all the parents!

This was an extraordinarily special project for Bodmin Town, with a call out for help to revive The Children's Dance, when 1,000 or so children used to learn the dance at school, with schools entering with their banners, and receiving trophies.

Alas the school commitment in this first year was missing . . .

Maybe all that target reporting work means there isn't time to spend on such frivolous activities as helping children learn how to work together, how to dance, and how important heritage is to them.

Fortunately, a good number of young people persuaded their parents to let them join in, so big up the parents!

Rehearsals began in January at the Sheer Dance Academy with the brilliant support of…

Rehearsals for The Children's Dance, Bodmin Heritage Day

A cracking launch to Bodmin Heritage Day - The Children's Dance at Sheer Dance, home of the Sam Deakin Dance Academy hidden up on the Walker Lines Industrial Estate in Bodmin this morning!

Justine Stephens, one of the driving forces behind the revival of The Children's Dance, introduced me to the Bodmin variation of "North Cornwall Furry" as we demonstrated the dance for the wonderful dancers. Subtly different to all the other variations of this dance I've ever come across, with just four steps forward (rather than the usual 8), right hand star, left hand star, followed by four steps forward, right hand star, left hand star.

A perfect 'fit' to the music!

Freelance photographer, Peter Hodges takes the official pictures of the dancers - do check out Peter's excellent photography and courses here.

Note the temporary gold and blue sashes, stitched together by Thea Palmer up at the upholsterers near the library in Bodmin (thanks, Thea!).
Stepping out like…

Fer Lyskerrys & The Vital Spark

Dynnergh! Welcome! Let’s begin at the beginning … the beginning of The Vital Spark, that is (which is probably some way from the real beginning, and a very long way from the end) ...

Shortly before Kemysk Cornish Dancers headed out to Lorient Interceltic Festival in 2010, we danced out for the first time for an invited audience of 40 or 50 up at St Clether Barn to raise money for the church organ, and to help fellow dancer, Gemma Kempthorne to promote the space as a new community venue. I was really lucky to be introduced to Lois Taylor, an inspirational contemporary dance artist, and we began talking about the possibility for doing some Cornish dance in Liskeard in the not-too-distant future.

Sometime after the festival season, Lois dropped in for coffee and a chat about a potential project inspired by the Cornish dances she’d seen up at St Clether Barn, and how the stepping had made her think about the way in which the needles of a sewing machine moved up and down. Could we trans…

Scoots Kernow: Cornish dancer - set, step & social, and I run workshops in Cornish dance for adults and young people, lead dances at nos lowen (happy night) Cornish dances and call for troyls (Cornish ceilidhs).

Performed at many prestigious festivals, including Lorient Interceltic Festival, Sidmouth Folk Week, Yn Chruinnaght (CeltFest IOM), Tredegar House Folk Week, Wallingford Bunkfest.

Run #cornishdance workshops as part of #coast2coast in east Cornwall, and work with community organisations on special events.

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