EDS Vol 42 No 1
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Cover: Bill Gibbons, clog dancer, pace egger, musician (Toni Arthur,1979)
Contents |
[edit] SPECIAL FEATURES
[edit] DANCE IN TUDOR ENGLAND
Jill Beck looks at the 16th century dance renaissance.
[edit] THE BALLAD OF BLACK_EYED SUSAN
Mike Yates writes about the history of the ballad popular from 1730 to 1978
[edit] THE PLOUBOYS (sic) OR MODES DANCERS AT REVESBY
Paul and Georgina Smith assess the significance of a recently discovered "earlier" text of the famous Revesby Plough PLay
[edit] BILL GIBBONS - BARGE DANCER
The autobiographer of a canal worker, pace egger and clog dancer, selected and edited by Dave and Toni Arthur from a recorded interview made by them in 1979.
[edit] BACUP REVISITED
Sarah Ledbury lets off steam about the lack of respect for traditional customs shown by many folk 'enthusiasts'.
[edit] WHAT IS THIS PLAYFORD ANYWAY?
Playford authority Tom Cook reappraises some commonly held ideas as to what Playford is and is not.
[edit] OBITUARY
Ioan Jenkins
[edit] REGULAR FEATURES
[edit] FOLKLIFE
Tony Foxworthy looks at Wroth Silver, Gooding, Grottoes, Banging Out and Weddings.
[edit] MORRIS WORKSHOP
The Morris of Dean Forest. An examination of an extinct tradition by Russell Wortley.
[edit] CORRESPONDENCE
===REVIEWS===Conferences, books and records.
