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1. Dance Round Up: April / May 2012
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Don't forget you can find all events listed on the SEFAN What's On webpage
additions/alterations since last week's round-up are in GREEN
non-SEFAN-member items are in italic

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CONTRAFUSION regular sessions
Mondays - Ashford: Hothfield Village Hall
Tuesday AFTERNOONS - Maidstone: Fit As A Fiddle - dancing for the Over-50s Hazlitt Arts Centre.
Thursday AFTERNOONS - Ashford:   Fit As A Fiddle - dancing for the Over-50s The Stour Centre.
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Irish Set dancing - Crawley. Mondays - contact John Byng (of this parish) for details
Hi Jinx Appalachian Clogging - Crawley. Thursdays - contact John Byng for details
John Byng : jbyng
_at_ btinternet.com

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APRIL 2012
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Fri 13th       
LONDON
The Ceilidh Club (Scottish)
Cecil Sharp House.

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Fri 13th   LONDON
Mistral (Chris & Caroline Shaw) at On Bouge French Dance Club
Primrose Hill Community Centre,
29 Hopkinson's Place
Fitzroy Road
London NW1 8TN

See Mistral on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisShaw00?ob=0&feature=results_main

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Sat 14th        KENT
Doctor's Orders + Caller Jane Petto play a fundraiser Barn Dance in aid of
YIPEE (charity for young people with brain damage). FRANT, nr Tunbridge Wells.  
Details and tickets: 01892 673418

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Sat 14th        
SUSSEX
Irish Ceili _at_ The Emerald Club Crawley. ?5
Contact John Byng <jbyng_at_btinternet_dot_com> for details


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Sun 15th
       KENT
from 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Mistral (Chris & Caroline Shaw) at Les Batons French Dance Club
Hollingbourne Village Hall
Hollingbourne (M20, Jct 8)

http://sites.google.com/site/lesbatons/sundaydates

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Fri 20th
       LONDON
KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS (English)
Triptych Ceilidh Band + Barry Goodman       

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Fri 20th - Sun 22nd       OXON
OXFORD FOLK WEEKEND
Friday evening
- Climax Ceilidh Band and Hannah Bright
Saturday lunchtime - The Ship Band and Hannah Bright
Saturday afternoon -
Elizabethan dance workshop
Saturday evening -  Triptych and Barry Goodman
Sunday afternoon - Eurodance
Angles (with first 45 minutes slower to teach steps)

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Sat 21st              
LONDON
The Ceilidh Club
(Scottish)
Cecil Sharp House.


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Sat 21 April     SUSSEX     
HEFFLE CUCKOO FAIR Barn Dance
Doctor's Orders with Sue Hudson calling
Heathfield, E. Sussex

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Fri 27th       LONDON
The Ceilidh Club (Scottish)
Cecil Sharp House.

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Sat 28th       
LONDON
The Ceilidh Club
(Scottish) SINGLES NIGHT
Cecil Sharp House.

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Sat 28th       SUSSEX
Dansez Fran?ais  
Evening Bal with Les Souris Dansent

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Sat 28th
       KENT
CONTRAFUSION. BIG DANCE. Caller: John Sweeney (CD's).
7:30pm to 8:00pm:       Free introductory
contra dance workshop for beginners
8:00pm to 11:00pm:       Contra dance
Only ?5

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MAY
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Fri 4th - Mon 7th MAY.       SUSSEX
HASTINGS TRADITIONAL JACK IN THE GREEN
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Ceilidhs with Peeping Tom and Toothless Mary.

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Sat 5th              BUCKS
HADDENHAM CEILIDHS.(English).
Grand Union
Spot: Poynton Jemmers. In Concert: Pilgrims' Way

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Fri 11th       LONDON
The Ceilidh Club (Scottish)
Cecil Sharp House.

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Fri 11th - Sat 12th        HERTS
SARRATT FOLK FESTIVAL.
Friday: Concert: The Old Rope String Band
Saturday: Ceilidh with Random Ceilidh Band.
Also Morris on the Green.
Voice, Fiddle and Children's Morris Workshops.


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Sat 12th       LONDON
EFDSS.
May In A Day : Afternoon Children's Festival.
JigJaw, Megson (duo), barn dance, maypoles + Morris.
       
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Sat 12th       OXON
OXFOLK CEILIDHS. (English).
The Aardvark Ceilidh Band with Pete Grassby.

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Sat 12th       SUSSEX
ZaZa Music.
Lewes Barn Dance. Climax Ceilidh Band.
Spot: Cuckoo's Nest Womens Morris

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Fri 18th       LONDON
KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS (English).
Belshazzar's Feast with Gordon Potts        

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Fri 18th       SUSSEX
East Sussex Schools Dance Festival.
This year's additional activity features Song.       
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Fri 25th       LONDON
The Ceilidh Club (Scottish)
Cecil Sharp House.


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Sat 26h       SUSSEX
Dansez Francais
Evening Bal with Ravi Sawney & Les Moutons Noirs

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Sat 26h       SURREY
GBH CEILIDHS _at_ Godalming Borough Hall.(English).
The All-Star English Ceilidh Band
Special one-off grouping for this event! (Nina Hansell, Gareth Kiddier, John Spiers) + Sheena Masson

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Sat 26th       KENT
CONTRAFUSION BIG DANCE
Caller: Jim Kitch (USA). Band: Folkus Pocus

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Sun 27th       KENT
APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING presents
JigJaw.
St Barnabas School, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2EY
afternooon Singing workshop + Evening performance


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