Contacts
Webmaster: Sam Hawcroft – email: sam@hulldayofdance.com
Links
Host teams’ websites:
The Beverley Garland Dancers: Practise in Beverley Minster Parish Hall on Thursday nights at 8.30pm. Garland and North West style. www.beverleygarlanddancers.co.uk
Green Ginger Garland Dancers: A Hull-based garland dancing and North West troupe who practise at the St Vincent’s Primary School, Queen’s Road, Hull (New dining hall behind the school) at 8pm Thursday nights. www.greengingergarland.com
Makara Morris, Bridlington: A Border Morris Team who train during the winter at Wansford Village Hall on Monday evenings at 7.30pm but will usually be out dancing in the summer. makaramorris.4t.com
Rackaback Morris, Hull: A Border Morris team who now train at the St Vincent’s Primary School, Queen’s Road, Hull (new dining hall behind the school), on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. www.rackaback.com
Useful Sites
The Morris Federation is the UK’s largest association of morris and traditional dance teams. www.morrisfed.org.uk
Withbelzon is the dedicated website for dancing at this year’s Hull Folk & Maritime Festival, which this year is from July 20-23.
Folkdance.me is a recently launched website created to help people find English folk dance activities near Hull and other places in Yorkshire.
The English Folk Dance and Song Society: www.efdss.org
Hull Folk Dance Club: Meets every Tuesday evening from 7.30pm – 9.30pm at the Darby & Joan Hall in Finkle Street, Cottingham. “Visitors and new members are always made welcome. A partner is not essential, so please feel able to join us even if you are on your own. Dancing is to recorded music and all dances are walked through before being set to music.” www.hullfolkdanceclub.btck.co.uk
Holderness Folk Dance Club: Meets Monday nights in Coniston, near Hull www.holdernessfdc.btck.co.uk
White Horse Ceilidh Band: One of the oldest dance bands in the area. whitehorseceilidhband.co.uk
Hessle Ceilidh Band: Plays music for traditional ceilidhs, otherwise known as barn dances or country dances. hessleceilidhband.com
Beggar’s Bridge: A Hull based ceilidh band noted also for their singing and song stories. www.beggars-bridge.co.uk
Morris Minors: A not-for-profit group providing Morris tuition to schools and youth organisations. They also promote Morris locally and have a “see Morris” page that gives dates and locations of some local Morris dance outs in Hull and the East Riding. www.morrisminors.wordpress.com
The Yorkshire Folk Arts Directory: As its name suggests, it covers folk clubs and dance teams from all world disciplines operating in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Well worth a browse for anyone interested in folk arts. www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/index.html
Folktalk: A directory of folk activities covering Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. http://www.folktalk.co.uk/talk2.htm
Yorkshire Garland: Collection of traditional songs www.yorkshirefolksong.net
The White Horse Folk Club: Now meeting at the Conservative Club, Wylies Road, North Bar Without in Beverley, 8.30pm Monday nights (closed bank holidays) www.whfolk.co.uk/home.htm
Folk-friendly hostelries
The Minerva on Hull’s riverfront hosts occasional sessions and Morris dance outs. www.minerva-hull.co.uk
The Ship Inn, Dunswell (Between Hull & Beverley): Hosts occasional Morris dance outs. www.shipsquarters.co.uk
The Tiger Inn, Beverley: Hosts regular sessions and occasional Morris dance outs. www.tiger–inn–beverley.co.uk