Dances
for the Stamford Music Festival
Friday
June 20th
Tourdion
and friends
Trad
French Dance
United
Reform Church Hall, Broad Street, Stamford
8
pm Workshop 9 - 11pm Dance £3
This
is the opening event for the revived Stamford Music Festival. A
Tourdion dance event is very similar to the more familiar British
ceilidh or barn dance. This band's repertoire, though, is not from
the UK but is drawn from all parts of France - from Brittany to
Provence and all places in between. Just like a ceilidh, Tourdion
provide a caller who can talk the dancers through each dance, and
demonstrate the moves if necessary. Their large repertoire includes
bourrées, scottishes, an dros, mazurkas, valses and polkas, plus
some lesser-known Provencal dances. The six-piece band play a wide
range of instruments from hurdy-gurdy, cittern and épinette des
Vosges to mandolin, melodeon, whistle and clarinet.
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