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MEMBER Ü VENUES Ü PERFORMERS Ü SERVICES Ü WORKSHOPS Ü SOCIETIES Ü FOLKLIFE STUDIES p 26 v List 7: FOLKLIFE SOCIETIES: MEMBERS Associations, Trusts, Organisations v incl. non-Members, online only Member listings appear in print Directory, and are copied online 1-line summaries a ppear in FQ, every quarter Categories: [1] GENERAL: A1-A3 • Societies that include both folk music and song, or folk music, song, and dance. [2] SPECIFIC: A4-A6 • Societies that cover solely folk music OR song OR dance. [3] SPECIFIC: A7-A15 • Societies covering Folklife activities other than the above. • see our Members’ Festivals Diary or Folk Directory for Societies set up solely for 1 particular festival or club/venue or dance series A.1, A.2, A.3: A.1 arranged alphabetically: 1. by Nation, 2. by Region(s), 3. by name. bilingual Entries are welcome FOLK MUSIC, SONG & DANCE SOCIETIES, NATIONAL United Kingdom ® CAMPS ................................. FOLK Office ...................... 0208 1232136 : www.folkcamps.co.uk * Folk Camps Society Limited, 43 Mill Street, Tonyrefail, PORTH CF39 8AB. Mobile: [phone] [email protected] ⊕ Folk Camps runs holidays with an emphasis on the enjoyment and participation in folk dance, music and song. For people who like folk festivals, dancing, camping in the great outdoors, making their own music and meeting other fascinating people! UK: Cymru/Wales ® Music Traditions Wales/Traddodiadau Cerdd Cymru Blanche Rowen trac 02920 318863 : www.trac-cymru.org * trac, PO Box 428, Cardiff CF11 1DP ⊕ Wales’ Folk Development organisation; its rôle to promote and develop the music and dance traditions of Wales - both within Wales and beyond. trac provides an information service, a free magazine, and the website lists performers, events and contacts. UK: England & Wales [see also → Cymru/Wales, → England] ® FOLKLIFE .................. Sam & Eleanor Simmons .. 01684 575704 : www.folklife-west.org.uk Barrett Rise, Worcester, Worcs WR14 2UJ * 16 ⊕ Membership-based non-profit publishers of Folklife Quarterly (including the Folk Directory), Folklife Traditions (including this Directory): all print-based, but copied to online. . UK: England ® ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY (EFDSS) Office ........... 020 7485 2206 : www.efdss.org * Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, LONDON, NW1 7AY. ⊕ National organisation: folk song, music, dance, tradition. Membership: two magazine subscriptions, use of VWM Library, free performers’ insurance, and more. A.2 FOLK MUSIC, SONG & DANCE SOCIETIES, REGIONAL (for local see A.3, next) England: East Midlands & West Midlands ® TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM ............... Pam Bishop ............. 0121 247 3856 : www.tradartsteam.co.uk * 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7 DU. [email protected] ⊕ Promoting traditional performance arts for the 21st century, the Traditional Arts Team encourages participation through community events, training and performances in the Midlands. England: North-West ® FOLKUS ...................................... Alan Bell ............... 01253 872317 : www.folkus.co.uk * 55 The Strand, FLEETWOOD, Lancs FY7 8NP. Fax: [phone] ⊕ The Folk Arts Network of the North-West. Workshops, Concerts. Supporting folk artists and touring groups in Lancashire and North-West. England: South-East & South-West [see also separate South-East and South-West below] ® SOUTHERN COUNTIES’ FOLK FEDERATION (SCoFF) ........... ...................... : www.scoff.org.uk * Email webmaster via website. ⊕ Includes SCoFF & FASH Joint Message Board; hyper-linked map of Members; festivals, special events and workshops list; database of web pages and contact information for Southern Counties artistes and groups. England: South-West [SCoFF under ‘S-E & S-W’ above] ® WREN MUSIC ............................. Kevin Buckland ................. 01837 53754 : www.wrenmusic.co.uk * 1 St James Street, OKEHAMPTON, Devon EX20 1DW. [email protected] ⊕ Artist-led, Devon-based folk and community arts development charity, with a mission to inspire creativity and celebrate cultural identities. Over 30,000 people of all ages participate in Wren Music projects each year in many social, educational and health settings. England: West Midlands [see also → Traditional Arts Team under ‘E.Mids & W.Mids’] ® WEST MIDLANDS FOLK FEDERATION (WMFF) Geoffrey Johnson 0121 360 7468 : www.wmff.org.uk Folk and Traditional Arts across our region, based in the centre of England. ⊕ A.3 FOLK MUSIC, SONG & DANCE SOCIETIES, LOCAL (County, Borough, local area) England: North-West ~ Gtr Man ® TAMESIDE FOLK ASSOCIATION (TFA) .... Mike Riley ....................... 0161 366 7326 : no website * 39 Newton Hall Road, HYDE, Cheshire, SK14 4PS. ⊕ Collection, research and performance of folk music and song. Information and advice given on folk music and song on request. Includes “The Open Door Company”, the performance section of TFA. Register of folk musicians, singers, storytellers, and other folk contacts. England: South-West (West Country) ~ Devon DEVON FOLK ............................... ® Colin Andrews .................. 01363 877216 : www.devonfolk.co.uk Bonny Green, Morchard Bishop, Crediton, Devon EX17 6PG. Fax [phone] * ⊕ Voluntary county-wide organisation promoting folk activities of all types (song, social dance, ritual dance, mumming, etc) and, through 4-monthly publication "What's Afoot", and through a website, providing contact details for clubs throughout the county. ~ Glos ® GLOSFOLK ................................... Peter Cripps, Chairman ....... 01452 780401 : www.glosfolk.org.uk * 22 Severn Way, Apperley, GLOUCESTER, GL19 4DA. ⊕ Promotes traditional music, song, dance and drama within the county, by maintaining a website, a directory of performers, a comprehensive folk diary, and publicity. England: West Midlands ~ Hfds ® THE MUSIC POOL .......................... Rob Strawson ................... 01432 278118 : www.musicpool.org.uk * The Music Pool, The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Edgar Street, Hereford, HR4 9JR [email protected] ⊕ The Music Pool presents an eclectic mix of folk, roots, blues and world music with accompanying education and participatory workshop activities in schools and for the public. Events happen at The Courtyard and a range of other venues around the county. GlosFolk