May dances coming up

7 May Church Stretton, 13 May Lydham, 25 May Chetton
It was one of those 5 Friday months in April, so for those of you thinking it must be Alphabet Dancers this week, sorry  it's a week later on 13 May. 

However to reduce withdrawal pangs we have coming up:
Saturday 7 May Church Stretton Music Festival with a folk dance concert 11:15-12 in The United Reform Church, followed afterwards by a dance in the URC Hall next door until 2pm.  See this poster for details of "The Incomplete Dancing Master Exposed"  (I suspect that's me!)

bit.ly/1TlI9MA
If you have a chance to print and distribute please do!
The complete programme for the day can be found here


or  at these links  bit.ly/1TCd6yC  bit.ly/1VFswpb
It looks like a lot is happening and proceeds to a good cause. Hope to see many of you there.

On 13 May we have our last regular dance at Lydham - we'll run a little longer and have cake in the interval.  Start 8pm with the band

And to reduce your wait until September Paul & the band are at Chetton Folk Dance Group on 25 May from 8pm-10:15 at Chetton Village Hall.  Please come along as visitors and join in.  You'll be most welcome.


And if you have read this far - maybe see some of you at Clun Green Man on Sun 1st May- I'll be Cotswold Morris dancing at 12 and 3:15.  Bedlams will be in the square from 11am on 2nd May, but my ligaments preclude me from that.

Upcoming dates

We've some lovely opportunities to dance to live music coming up.
Our normal Alphabet evenings on 8 April and 13 May will be with the marvellous Alphabet Band providing the music, and 22 April we have CDs.  13 May will be party night as our last regular meeting until September as we take a break for people to enjoy the outdoors, so there will be cake and a slightly longer dance.

Locally Church Stretton Music Festival  has a dance in the URC Church Hall over lunchtime on Saturday 7 May following on from a concert of dance music in the URC Church from 11-12am.  This features two excellent experienced musicians in Brian Stone on fiddle and John Dudley on melodeon and will be a great sound.  Paul will be calling with them in the church hall.

And the Alphabet Band have been invited to play for Chetton Dance Group on 25 May at Chetton Village Hall, again with Paul calling.  This is definitely the last appearance before the summer, and there won't be club that Friday due to the Bank Holiday so do come along and support the band.

Put Bromyard Folk Festival in your diaries for September 9-11th, where the "Day of Dance" will incorporate a dance on the Friday night and workshops on the Saturday. There will be ceilidhs, concerts and lots going on. To allow as many as possible to support Bromyard,  Alphabet Dancers will resume on 23 September 2016

A note on road works - they are all finished!